Uplifting Journey

As the legendary black dragon lord who suddenly rose, Angel still experienced quite a lot of troubles. In front of the abnormal red dragon statue, although he showed a shocked expression because he was caught off guard, he still subconsciously completed the magic chain spell. A series of security operations such as enchantment mobilization.

But the next moment he collected himself, and after making sure that all the warning and protective circles had not been attacked within the comprehensible range, he looked at the red dragon statue that was turning its neck to look at itself with strange eyes.

——The image of the gods has a mysterious relationship with it. There are indeed stories in historical documents that gods communicate with believers through statues of gods. In folklore, there are stories about mortals who did indecent things in front of the statues of gods and were punished by gods because they offended the gods. .

"I salute you, the God of Knowledge." Angel, who had no relevant experience, saluted a little strangely. While trying to strike up a conversation, he couldn't help but muttered in his heart - isn't your statue and the name of the god not a little inspired? ?

After observing the details of the image resonance included in the god-pointing agreement, Cheng Bin controlled the stone red dragon body to fold its wings, bowed its head and smiled lowly: "Don't be so restrained, Angel, didn't we already contact you at the beginning?" Are you familiar with the communication?"

Can the friendship between the experimenter and the experimental prop be counted in this way? Angel's expression was only slightly relaxed when he heard this—and, who knows if your personality has changed drastically after becoming a god? In the past history, there were not one or two gods who were denied by their relatives.

After Angor nodded yes, there was a strange silence in the hall for a while, and then Angor, who was stared at by the red dragon and felt weak, said, "Dear God of Knowledge"

"Just call me Kasa."

"Master Casa, you have come here, do you have anything to tell me?"

Cheng Bin, who was really busy, was not in a hurry, he said with great interest: "Don't you have been praying to me? Ah, after countless prayers, your sincerity touched the gods in the sky, so the gods came here to respond You, normally at this time, it should be you who put forward your own prayer, right?"

But your tone of voice and demeanor are not normal at all! Angel was thinking a little tangled—his prayers in the past were just trying to build up his faith, and he didn't have any specific prayer content. How can there be anything worth alarming the gods?

It didn't take much time for the thoughts to wander in my mind, and Angel replied with dignity: "Faith itself is a great honor, how dare you bother the gods with trivial matters of mortals?"

Who knew that the Red Dragon said to himself as if he hadn't heard it: "Well, ordinary believers will pray for their families to ascend to the eternal and beautiful kingdom of gods when encountering the manifestation of gods. I'll make room for you here."

"Hey, I haven't made any contribution to you yet, so how can I be qualified to go to your country?" Angel's face changed slightly and he kept saying - I don't want to die yet!

"Okay, stop joking," said the stone red dragon with a serious tone, with its mouth full of sharp teeth slightly opened, "but I do need you to help me in the Kingdom of God, but it's not me. That has been merged into the divine kingdom that is the source of the holy light."

Angel was slightly taken aback, and then heard the Red Dragon continue to say: "Before I tell you the specifics of the matter that needs your help, I have to ask you a question-do you really want to believe in me and in the pursuit of knowledge?" Dao, and practice it regardless of any difficulties and obstacles?

"When you were praying to me, did you really not have any doubts in your heart that you longed for answers and help you longed for?"

Facing the scrutiny of the red dragon, Angel pondered for a while, carefully recalling everything that happened since the upheaval of the Dragon Vein Warlock family, and then he hesitated for a moment before slowly saying: "In the past management and battles, I deeply I have fully realized the power of knowledge and also understood the value of the spirit of seeking knowledge.

"The Black Dragon collar can develop to the point where it is today, in addition to the power I have, it relies on the respect for knowledge, and the development trend of constantly improving technology to change its own form

"But that's why I'm always confused"

After a pause, Angel took a careful look at the red dragon's listening appearance, then took a deep breath and continued: "The life of the black dragon leader has always attracted people from all over the world to come and live here. Huge, the contradictions with some forces are becoming more and more obvious.”

Recalling the stack of contracts with other external forces that he had just signed, Angel sighed lightly and said: "The most troublesome thing is the churches of the gods behind these forces.

"After the water conservancy dams are built, the people of the land no longer fear floods and droughts. When the lightning is bound in the glass, the artisans no longer regard the thunder in the sky as the wrath of the gods.

"People who know more about crops after the advancement of farming technology no longer fear and rely on the priest of the God of Agriculture, or even the gods behind it"

Facing the incarnation of a god, Angel boldly described his feelings along the way: "Except for the God of Forge and Furnace, who has a slightly special priesthood and doctrine, and has the support of dwarves, the proportion of beliefs in the Black Dragon Territory has always been higher. decline

"The major churches of the gods originally had opinions on the special regulations of the Black Dragon Territory restricting the method of preaching. In this case, they sent me a warning message either explicitly or secretly.

"I know what they want - a ignorant society with a large population and the support of the power of the gods. The more people know, the more people have the spirit of seeking knowledge and questioning, the less able they are to develop pious beliefs

"Is there a contradiction between the progress and development of society and the belief in gods? The priests of the god of agriculture must know more about farming, but they never like to teach these, but prefer to use magic to solve the problems encountered by farmers .

"From the perspective of different lords, it can also be understood as the consideration of preventing the increase of materials and population of non-own forces, but would the gods care about these like a lord? Isn't more farmland and more agricultural products the key to agriculture? What does God want to see? I don't quite understand these questions."

"This involves some mysteries of the power of the gods - the divine power fed back from the priesthood is always a lot worse than the divine power fed back from the pious belief, and without enough real name support, it is difficult for the gods to obtain the godhead distribution normally. It is easy and simple Naturally, few gods are willing to take the difficult path, after all, those who are behind in strength will be eliminated.”

The Red Dragon casually mentioned the secret of the gods, and looked at Angel with some surprises: "You dare to talk about these things in front of a god, your courage is admirable."

".It's not that I'm bold, but that you are tolerant enough." Angel sighed as he gazed at the stone statue that had no sense of majesty and no trace of divine spirit. Against the will of the gods?"

"Hehe, your level of black dragon leader is not as good as that of dwarves and elves. You just affected the performance of some regional bishops. If you want to say that you have received the attention and subjective resistance of the gods, let's wait until you can create a magic net."

After laughing, Cheng Bin continued: "But your point of view is right. A civilization that keeps exploring and climbing will sooner or later touch the realm of gods. As long as the current environment in which gods need to draw power from the belief in their real names remains unchanged, such a Civilization is doomed to have a fundamental conflict with the gods

"As far as I know, the civilizations that have shaken the foundation of the gods due to their development to an extremely high level in history have been completely destroyed, and it is difficult to find any historical records.

"In the distance, there are races related to the current dwarves who want to bring all material planes into a unified system to control and interfere with the macroscopic operation of the world. Nearby are the kingdoms of great arcans who created magic nets and want to usurp the authority of the gods.

"Last time you saw, my two elf believers, the previous civilization of the elf kingdom they belonged to also involved some high-level things, and died after 'accidentally' being involved in a war with the dragon around the turn of the last era "

The secrets that the gods deliberately buried in history, Angel’s face paled the more he heard it—he didn’t know the secrets of dwarves and elves, but the great arcanists, the mages of that era, and the various other things left by those mages The spells named after him are all well-known in the circle of high-level mages.

Angel, the legendary black dragon who studied magic, couldn't help but smiled wryly. He finally knew why those powerful mages who pulled mountains and broken mountains to create floating cities, and traveled through planes and voids disappeared inexplicably.

Angor murmured in a dazed voice, "So, there is no other way?"

"There must be a way," the stone red dragon pointed at Angor with the tip of its claws, and said jokingly, "As long as you kill all the gods and become the supreme ruler, then you can play however you want."

Angel's face became even more bitter: "...please don't make such jokes."

"I'm not joking," the red dragon said solemnly, "the advancement of civilization is not a dinner party. If you want to implement the way of seeking knowledge, you must overturn the entire structure of the gods' world. A simpler and more powerful path that does not conflict with the development of civilization is set before them, and they are allowed to make their own choices."

"'They'. You don't regard yourself as a god at all." Angel's expression and reaction were a little subtle, and his attention was completely biased to a strange place.

"Cough, don't care about these details," Cheng Bin shook his head, and then asked seriously, "After knowing these terrifying obstacles that you will inevitably face in the future, are you still willing to take the path corresponding to my priesthood?

"I can tell you clearly that as the god of seeking knowledge, I will definitely practice my own path, so I have been carrying out actions to subvert the pattern of the gods. The gods are quite clear about my priesthood, so they secretly It's normal for the source of the holy light that changed because of my joining

"If you choose to believe in me, then you cannot escape being involved in it."

——Although I agree with this path, do I really have the consciousness in my heart to be an enemy of the gods and spirits of the whole world?

Recalling Ivy's warning about the belief in the Red Dragon, Angel was silent for a long time, and then said with some difficulty: "Sorry, although I personally agree with it, but as a lord, I must be responsible for the people of the Black Dragon Leader. I cannot take them into unacceptable risks.

"It's just the strength of the bishops and pastors of the churches of the gods in some regions. We have already dealt with it quite exhausted. In the face of the storm of the gods, the black dragon leader seems too fragile and too small. We are not ready to face that kind of scene at all. Mentally prepare."

After a pause, Angel continued firmly: "... If one day in the future, I can break away from the responsibilities of the lord, or if everyone around me is eager to move forward to the realm of the gods, then I will definitely not Back off."

"It's a good thing to have the lord's responsibility. It's good if you personally agree. After all, without knowing the details, you can't expect me to protect everything you care about."

The red dragon who was told he was sorry didn't feel anything special. He smiled and asked: "Then, as long as you don't cause any damage to you or affect the people in the territory, you shouldn't mind doing me a little favor. Do you want to contribute to the grand plan of the seeker?"

Angel immediately nodded and replied, "It's a duty."

"Very good," the red dragon nodded approvingly, and then said his request, "In that case, you can do me a favor—go believe in the master of the magic net, Mystra, the goddess of magic."

"???" Angel was stunned on the spot with a dazed look on his face.

After staring at each other in silence for a while, Angel asked with some embarrassment: "I'm sorry, what did you just say? I may have some auditory hallucinations and misunderstandings."

Cheng Bin shook his head and said, "No, you didn't misunderstand or misunderstand, it just means literally——I, please, go and believe in Mystra, the goddess of magic."

Angel was silent for a while, and then said with a serious face, almost saying a word: "Please allow me to refuse - even if you are the god I worship, you can't shake or interfere with my will and belief, even if I believe in It's you."

For a pair of mortals to communicate with the gods like this, it is hard to say how the gods who have been rejected many times will react, but the red dragon has no obvious emotional changes from the beginning to the end, which is why Angel is getting more and more courageous. Big root cause.

"Well, your reaction is quite similar to some fanatics." Red Dragon stood on both feet and spread his paws, "Don't worry, I didn't distort your consciousness—I, who became a god, am using my godhead to help you represent my real name." Under the circumstances, it is no problem to temporarily simulate devout believers and fool the faith interface.

"If it weren't for my dislike of creating intelligent life, I would also have some concerns about the real name given to the life created out of thin air. This kind of thing can be done casually, and it has no special impact on the consciousness of the simulator itself. "

Angel breathed a sigh of relief, and then said with some hesitation: "Isn't it bad to deceive other gods like this? And what kind of thing do you even need to pretend to be believers of other gods?"

happy New Year.

Carrying the computer code words between other people's homes and the teahouse with the notebook bought by the IOU on the hand-shopping festival, at least I did not break my promise.

Theoretically, 6k of estimated homework can be coded today, but the accumulated manuscripts will probably be consumed in various New Year visits.

I feel like writing more, I really don’t have any game time every day, emmm, I don’t know how long I can last.

Happy New Year.