Don't call me evil god

Chapter 172 Purification, Crystallization

What Pete couldn't figure out, Norman...actually didn't understand either.

He learned the news much earlier than Pete and others.

When some believers received a notice from the Church of the Glowing God in Green Port, Norman obtained the news from the believers' perspective.

Noben originally planned to use his divine power to get all the information about the causes and consequences of this matter clear.

However, the expected results fed back made Nowen give up this idea.

The number of mortals involved is extremely large, which is equivalent to using authority to know the "mentality" and even "thoughts" of a large number of mortals at the same time.

Although he could do this in theory, the amount of divine power required would be an extremely outrageous astronomical figure.

The divine power reserves that Norman currently has are not enough to support him in completing the task.

Nowen could only settle for the second best and narrow his target to determine the source of the heresy expulsion order.

The target was the headquarters of the Cult of Light, southwest of the royal capital Starosh.

It even confirmed the final issuer of the decree.

Harrison Eugene, the current cardinal of the Church of the Luminous God, the father of Rayank Eugene, and the first person under the Pope.

This means that this decree really came from the top leaders of the Glowing God Cult.

Nowen didn't know how much the higher-ups of the Cult of the God of Light knew about him, or whether they knew that his followers could get responses and cast divine spells without having any faith in the God of Light.

But now that the decree has been issued, his reputation in the Church of the Glorious God must be "neutral and indifferent" or below.

After the "Heretical Expulsion Order" came into effect, it meant that members of the Church of Knowledge could no longer openly enter the territory of the Kingdom of Reyak.

But for Nowen... this is not entirely a bad thing!
Norwen even wanted to thank the Glowing God Cult for giving him this "assist".

After all, this decree only meant "expulsion of heretics" rather than "elimination of evil gods."

This is equivalent to the relationship between the two camps changing from "friendly" to "neutral".

It hasn't reached the level of "hostility" yet.

Not to mention anything else, just the fact that the [Detect Evil] spell might mark a person as red was something that made Nowen feel uneasy about letting his followers run around in the diocese of the Church of the Glowing God.

If the divine power flashes red at that time, Norman dare not imagine the scene.

Has the evil god infiltrated the heart of the Reyak Kingdom?

Given the current strength and number of Enoch’s believers, they are definitely not going to be able to defeat them.

The expulsion order from the Glowing God Cult actually helped Nowen eliminate this hidden danger.

He can successfully gather believers to this newly developed unowned territory outside the border of the Kingdom of Reyak!

Backed by the dark forest, it has unlimited development potential.

The threats of monsters and evil gods that are difficult for the Glowing God Cult to deal with are clearly nutrients for Norman to improve the strength of his believers!

This is the good thing about being an evil god. The righteous gods still have to rely on the faith and behavior of their believers to gain their power, and Norwen has an additional way to plunder.

His followers cannot defeat the Cult of Light now, but what about in the future?

The Church of Knowledge developed in the Dark Forest.

Noven estimated that the story should change from "an unspeakable monster appeared in the dark forest" to "the great and supreme Church of Knowledge arrived at its loyal capital Starosh today."

As for the issue of not being able to enter the kingdom after being issued an expulsion order.

joke.

Norman was not afraid at all because this thing was not operated by gods, but by mortal believers themselves.

The "Order to Expel Heretics" is equivalent to a warning backed by the strength of the Glowing God Church. Violators are equivalent to going against the Glowing God Church.

But it does not contain any divine power itself, nor is it like fighting against evil gods, where the decree is personally issued by the gods.

Therefore, it will not have the effect of making monsters lose their direction, become confused, or be blocked like the magic of [Past Glory].

As long as Nowen's believers want, they can still sneak into the kingdom!
Just don't get caught by the Cult of the Light.

Where there is demand, there will be a market.

Aren’t some of those dark elves who believed in joy and were expelled many years ago still active in the secret underworld of the kingdom?
Some nobles would even secretly raise dark elves they liked and play with them for fun.

And the deportation order has another benefit for Novan.

He can use this opportunity to purify his believers!
When in Green Port, Norman was in urgent need of divine power, and he would accept any mortal who was willing to offer his faith.

But there are definitely many fence-sitters among these mortal believers. If the Church of the Glowing God and other churches declare hostility towards the Church of Knowledge in the future, these people may simply abandon their faith and run away.

Considering the situation of the entire district.

It is absolutely necessary to purify believers and increase the cohesion of the church.

For those who abandon their trust and run away, Nowen will directly block them and never hire them again.

For those who want to offer their faith and become new believers, Nowen will set certain tests as a threshold, so that they can prove their piety and determination!

Now this heretic expulsion order can also serve as a test threshold for him.

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After confirming that the news about the "Heretic Expulsion Order" was accurate, Pete and the other two felt mixed emotions.

Because they really don't think that the doctrines they believe in are in conflict with the Church of the Glorious God!
The criminal gangs that had surrendered to the evil gods were destroyed;

Opened up the unowned wilderness territories outside the borders;
Even rescued dozens of refugees!
Every one of these things should be the kind that should be highly praised by the Glowing God Church.

Now they have to face a choice.

If they continue to believe in the God of Knowledge and maintain their status as members of the Church of Knowledge, it means that they will be legally recognized as heretics by the Cult of the Light of the Kingdom of Reyak and need to be expelled.

It's true that Pete is going to leave the country, but he is following the will of the God of Knowledge to expand his territory. He has no intention of not coming back!

"Could there be some misunderstanding here? Why don't we go to the nearest Church of Glory and ask if the expulsion order can be cancelled?" Gail said with a frown.

Pete shook his head. "The decree has already been issued. No matter if there was a misunderstanding before, even if there was one now, it must be treated as if there was none."

"This was issued by the Grand Master of the Glorious God Church. Once it is announced, it cannot be withdrawn or cancelled."

Although both were born into border noble families, when it comes to political wisdom, two Gaels put together cannot compare to Petr.

Pete understood the "reason" behind this.

The decree itself represents the Glowing God Church, and it has been notified to the branches of the Church across the continent. If it is withdrawn shortly after it was issued, it will seriously damage the authority and status of the Church in the minds of believers.

Even if one wants to cancel it, one has to wait a long time, or even until a new cardinal takes office.

"The question now is," Pete said seriously, "what are your plans?"

"Leave, or - continue to follow the Lord's guidance?"

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(End of this chapter)