Don't call me evil god

Chapter 298 A delicate balance

String together!

All connected!

Noven already had some guesses about the situation in this world, but he had no evidence before.

Now with the Illusion Goddess, an old goddess who has lived for who knows how long, as a witness, many things make sense.

To put it bluntly, what the gods of the last era did was a kind of game.

Pack up the void's pollution of the gods and throw it into the mortal world, and then let the mortals use the power of magic to "fight poison with poison."

Nowen feels that no phrase is more vivid than fighting fire with fire.

When a mortal uses divine magic, the corresponding god will be polluted, and the amount of pollution may be 10.

What if - a mortal used divine magic to kill 100 divine monsters?
In terms of total volume, isn't it equivalent to helping the gods eliminate pollution?

However, judging from the end of the old times, it is obvious that the gods of the previous era finally collapsed.

The actual situation is probably that after a mortal obtains divine power, he can only kill 5 divine monsters.

Therefore, the more they use divine magic, the more polluted the gods will become, and then they will have to pack up and drop more divine monsters into the mortal world, and then mortals will have to rely more on divine magic.

Endless loop.

It's still a vicious cycle.

In this case, the pollution has not disappeared, it has simply changed location.

One of the gods and mortals must explode first.

Or both sides explode together.

……

Combined with the complex underground cave system under the Dark Forest, Nowen is now 80% sure that the so-called Dark Crypt is the "garbage dump" where the gods dumped polluted things in the last era.

After all, pollution is just like hazardous waste. If it is thrown away randomly, it will definitely cause toxic substances to spread everywhere.

You have to find a fixed place, take corresponding purification measures, and then throw it in accurately.

The various layered designs in the dark dungeon all vaguely fit this logic!

Think deeper.

"The red tide of monsters that comes steadily every year has an obvious periodic pattern. Could it be that the gods of the New Huili era are throwing away their toxic garbage?"

"The so-called monsters of this era are probably the distorted forms of the evil gods of the previous era!"

"The gods may be selecting mortals to be qualified to grant divine arts, and choose those individuals who have the potential to grow and fight against monsters."

"When allowing mortals to use divine arts, they must give priority to those mortals who can make back their 'pollution costs'!"

"From this perspective, isn't it the same as the Pope of the Church of the God of Light and the archbishops who worked together to perform the miracle of the divine art of [Past Glory] - the God of Light drawing a group of SSR-level rare decks?"

"A divine spell has been in effect for nearly 500 years. Although it failed to directly destroy the monsters, the indirect blocking effect was enough to give mortals a chance to recuperate and avoid being directly overwhelmed by the monsters."

"No wonder the Crusaders of the Glorious God Cult only stayed within the range of [Past Glory]."

"To fight against monsters, the Crusaders only need to follow the orders issued by the Bishops and fight bravely. The God of Light who gives the Bishops the oracle has much to consider."

"Every time the Crusaders use divine magic, it means that the pollution is getting worse."

"If we send them to the Dark Forest to kill the monsters and end up not making back our investment, then it would be a waste of time."

Everything fit in. It all made sense.

……

I finally understood why my believers could get other gods to respond to their magic.

Norman also realized one thing:

His current position seems to be in a delicate state of "balance".

First of all, His body has already taken the shape of an evil god, with very pure ingredients and a very high concentration.

Even if Nowen himself could emphasize verbally and through his actions that he was not an evil god and was not the same kind of person as those void lunatics.

But his nature cannot be changed!
Once the true identity behind the "God of Knowledge" vest is exposed, at the level of mortals, what they have to worry about is not the "heretic expulsion", but whether they will wake up one day and find that the God of Knowledge has gone mad, filling him with chaotic divine power, and directly falling into evil.

As long as you offer your faith, there is this risk.

The initiative is entirely in Norman's hands, and no mortal can interfere.

Of course, Nowen is also sure that in the face of the temptation of power, there will still be plenty of mortals willing to take a gamble.

The focus is on the divine level.

Noven put himself into the perspective of the gods of the New Huili era.

It would be fine if they didn’t know that their true identities were evil gods.

However, judging from the "Order of Expulsion of Heretics" issued by the Church of the Sun, Noven now suspected that the gods of the New Sun might actually know His identity.

Know that Noven is an evil god.

But at least for now, they can "ignore" this.

Because the believers of the God of Knowledge are destroying cultists and monsters!
This is helping them to reduce the pressure caused by the accumulation of pollution.

You don’t have to pay any cost except divine power!
No-cost business, you’ll make pure profit no matter how much you clear!
But - the gods probably won't be willing to allow the number of Nowen's believers to expand indefinitely.

They hope to see the followers of Nowen rushing to the front line to fight against monsters, but they don't want to see too many mortals put their faith in Nowen.

Because every believer of the "God of Knowledge" is actually a potential monster.

Norman is both their savior and a huge bomb that may explode at any time.

The faith that mortals offer to gods can actually only be lifted unilaterally by the gods.

If the size of the Church of Knowledge is allowed to increase.

Even if one day in the future, the gods take back the authority they shared with the Novin believers.

At that time, Nowen could also just say “everyone stop playing”.

The table was lifted.

Monsters are rampant.

Drag everyone down with you.

The best case scenario is that the number of Noven's believers can be maintained in a delicate balance.

It can help them eliminate enough monsters to relieve the pressure, but it won't let Norman take over.

When Nowen thought about the series of warnings, purifications, and suppressions in the Kingdom of God when the number of believers reached 1000, he was even more shocked.

"Perhaps... they have already prepared corresponding restrictive measures."

Thinking of this, Norman also understood what to do.

At least at this stage, as long as his "scale" does not expand rapidly, the gods of the New Huili will not completely break off with him even if they know his evil nature.

They need Noven's existence.

By maintaining this delicate balance, Noven's room for maneuver will be much larger!

Moreover, Nowen learned about the existence of the transfer ceremony from the Goddess of Illusion!

The transfer and handover of divine power!

What we need to do now is to continue to accumulate strength, collect more resources, maintain the apparent balance, and slowly develop more believers.

When the time is right and the conditions are right...

Noven has already thought of his lines for the occasion.

"Please, God of Radiance, take your hands off my Radiance magic, okay?"

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Guozi's note: This is only a partial world view and does not represent the complete picture.

But most of the information about the old times is accurate.

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