Don't call me evil god

Chapter 21: Hand-Rubbing Detection Array

Reina was very surprised to receive the response from the God of Knowledge, but when she saw that the method was to let her take a professional talent test, her eyes that had been filled with surprise suddenly dimmed and she became a little disappointed.

"how?"

Noticing the girl's change of mood, Pete asked.

"The God of Knowledge suggested that I take a professional talent test, but... I can't afford the test fee." Lena said regretfully.

Pete understood.

Professional talent testing is something that has almost nothing to do with ordinary people, and the testing fee is frighteningly high.

This is different from testing affinity with a particular god individually.

Except for the "easy-going" magic goddess who doesn't care much about her believers and is willing to let her believers come and go freely, most of the gods on the continent of Plantis are actually a bit petty.

Mortals need to pray to a god for the first time, and only after they formally offer the prayer and establish a connection can they sense the specific degree of their affinity with this god.

If the affinity is not high and you intend to abandon your faith and "switch to another god", in addition to losing the blessings of the existing gods, you will also be "blacklisted" by most gods for a period of time.

It can be as short as one year, or as long as several years, or even longer.

During this period, mortals who abandon their faith will become "forsaken by God", no god will be willing to accept their prayers, and they will not be able to enjoy the blessings of any gods except the Goddess of Magic.

Moreover, the experience of abandoning faith will be remembered by the gods. If one wishes to become a true believer, a fanatic, or even a holy spirit in the future, the higher up one goes, the more difficult it will be for the abandoner to be promoted.

The reason is easy to understand.

From the perspective of the gods, this guy who jumps back and forth between multiple gods is clearly a fence-sitter with unsteady faith. Since he can abandon his superiors, maybe one day he will abandon himself for the same reason.

Such speculative behavior will naturally be disliked by the gods.

Therefore, choosing a belief is a very important matter for mortals. They need to fully understand the characteristics and influence of the corresponding gods. Once they find that it is not appropriate after praying, most people can only accept their fate.

Anyway, if you don't plan to become a professional, a shallow believer can also enjoy the most basic and weak blessing effect. Even if you change your sect, the difference will not be that big.

Of course, if you want to become a professional, it is best to choose the god that best suits your development path from the beginning.

If you want to find the god with the highest affinity with you, you need to perform a talent detection ceremony.

The true talent detection ceremony requires a true believer of the God of Justice Phil to act as the host.

The person being tested enters a specific ritual array, and Phil's followers use divine magic to request the God of Justice to look down and use His infinite power to comprehensively evaluate the affinity between the person being tested and the various gods.

But the number of true believers in the God of Justice is very small.

Because the requirements to become His true believer are very strict. One must conform to the doctrine, act fairly, be impartial, not give in to personal feelings, not lie, not cheat, abide by promises and oaths, and maintain order.

Only a small number of people can meet these requirements.

As far as Pete knew, there were only a handful of true believers in the God of Justice in the entire Green Harbor.

If you want to ask one of them to use divine power to detect the professional talent of the person being tested, the price would be astronomical for ordinary people.

Pete frowned: "That's not right. The God of Knowledge knows your current situation. He shouldn't let you do something you can't do."

"Besides asking you to take the professional talent test, what else did the God of Knowledge tell you?"

Reina hesitated and said, "Well, there is another sentence below, saying that I need to pay 5 knowledge points." "Mr. Pete, what does knowledge points mean?"

Pat patiently explained: "The God of Knowledge told me that He will not help us unconditionally at any time, but requires us to make our own efforts."

"The God of Knowledge will watch over his believers. If they act according to his teachings and offer their faith to him, he will reward them with knowledge points."

"Don't worry about not having a high enough affinity with the God of Knowledge, Norwin. As long as you have enough knowledge points, you can use them to exchange for what you need from Him."

“How many knowledge points do you have now?”

Reina calmed down and felt it.

[Current knowledge points: 10]

"There are 10 points! It seems that when the God of Knowledge accepted my faith, he said it was a reward for new believers!"

Pete sighed softly, and was a little envious at first. After all, he managed to preach to Reina and only gained 5 knowledge points, but Reina could get 10 points just by becoming a believer.

But on second thought, when his life was in danger before, the God of Knowledge directly gave him a powerful tier 3 spell. Later, the [Arcane Missiles] he used in the police station and to defeat the gangsters were also given to him directly by the God of Knowledge.

Comforting himself in this way, Pete regained his balance.

"Why don't you try to use up the required five points and see what solution the God of Knowledge will give you?" suggested Pete.

Reina closed her eyes obediently and tried to call Noven.

As the thought came to my mind, a prompt came:
【Believers' demands detected.】

【You have lost 5 knowledge points. 】

[Reward: Principles of the Professional Talent Detection Array, Basic Detection Method]

Reina's eyes suddenly widened in surprise!
"Mr. Pete! The God of Knowledge gave me... something called the Principles of Making a Professional Talent Detection Array. It seems there are also matching detection methods or something!"

As she spoke, Reina realized that the tip allowed her to view more specific details.

"The production principle states that an empty room of at least 50 square meters is required, and a magic array corresponding to the proportions of the room is carved out using magic-infused pigments..."

"...Prepare a silver scale, a long sword, and a statue of Phil, the god of justice, and place them at the three ritual points of the magic circle. Hmm, the weight and material seem to have to be calculated specifically according to the scale of the magic circle."

Pete was stunned.

When he was in the Kingdom of Reyak, he had a professional talent test. Of course, the result was very bad. He was not compatible with most career paths. No matter which career he chose, it would be difficult for him to be promoted to level 3.

In order to fool the noble inheritance law, he had to at least reach level 3 in a combat career path, so Pete finally chose the magic goddess, who was relatively less tiring and could abandon her faith at any time, and took the wizard's career path.

He remembered the talent detection ceremony at that time, and there were indeed things like scales, swords and statues in the magic circle!

If the information provided by the God of Knowledge, Novan, is accurate...

Pete thought of a possibility that made him tremble with excitement:
They are not true believers of the God of Justice Phil, but they can surely make a set of detection arrays by hand to complete the test of professionals' talents!

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(End of this chapter)