Don't call me evil god

Chapter 757 The Impact of Cognition

Noven has made a new discovery about the void.

The believers also made new discoveries after learning the secrets provided by Evelyn.

However, what we discovered this time was not so pleasant.

After Evelyn left.

To verify what she said.

Miranda plans to conduct a test.

She took out the small statue of the God of Light that she always carried with her and placed it on the table in front of her. Then she began to calm her mind and tried her best to put herself in a state of tranquility and focus.

After drawing a circle symbolizing the God of Radiance across her chest, Miranda solemnly began to chant the prayer:
"The brilliance above the sky..."

"...Shield of Toughness, attached!"

The entire prayer was chanted word for word, but the expected holy white light shield did not descend.

Miranda's expression suddenly turned ugly.

She tried to leave Nowen's help and use her original divine spell slot to release [Divine Word: Shield].

But her release failed.

With Miranda's proficiency in divine arts, it was impossible for her to mispronounce the prayer or make mistakes in the steps.

To be on the safe side, she deliberately chose one of the simplest 1st-level glow spells this time, and chanted the complete version of the spell prayer!

During the thousand-year development of the Cult of the Light, the believers blessed by Navarre summarized and concluded that some of the prayers for divine spells were successfully simplified, such as [Divine Word: Shield].

In a fast-changing battle, chanting a complete prayer takes too long and it is easy to miss the opportunity.

Although the simplified chanting method will weaken the effect of the magic, it is faster.

Miranda used the chanting method with normal effects, which is also the method with the highest success rate of release.

But she clearly sensed a problem.

She recited the entire prayer, but she did not feel that she had received any response from the God of Light.

This is not normal.

Normally, after reciting the first half of the prayer, the feeling of a mysterious response and power flowing into the body and then being released by oneself will gradually become obvious, which is a precursor to the formation of the divine art.

After believing in Nowen, she felt the response more quickly, almost as soon as she opened her mouth.

This time, not at all.

"what happened?"

Gail nervously squeezed Miranda's hand.

He and Pete were not too worried about losing the ability to cast magic, because the method of casting spells they used now was no longer praying to the goddess of magic.

But Miranda is different. The power of the divine magic she can use comes from the God of Light.

The failure of the divine spell meant that what Evelyn had warned them about before was proven true.

When Miranda learned the secret that "God is fake", her cognition would inevitably change accordingly.

One of the most direct consequences of these changes is that Miranda can no longer get a response from the God of Light on her own as she once did.

Miranda took a few deep breaths and tried to calm herself down.

She has another solution:
Seek help from Noven, the god of knowledge!
"The brilliant light above the sky... Shield of Tenacity, attached!"

This time, the white pocket light shield successfully appeared beside Miranda, slowly circling around her body.

Seeing this, Gale breathed a sigh of relief.

"so far so good."

Then he clasped his hands together devoutly and said: "Praise Novan, thank you!"

Gail was afraid that Miranda would never be able to use any magic again after learning what Evelyn had said.

Now it seems that as long as there is Norwen's blessing, the magic can still be used normally.

This is undoubtedly good news.

But for Miranda.

Her worldview was still greatly impacted.

Miranda's expression was complicated.

Evelyn's warnings have been proven true.

Then... the secrets she revealed are probably very credible.

God is a fake.

The God of Light, Navar, whom she had always believed in, might not be a great true God at all, but a device that made judgments and responded according to conditions.

Then what have she, her parents, the candidates for the Crusades who once served with her in the Church of the Glowing God, and the millions of believers in the Kingdom of Reyak who believe in the God of Glowing Light, placed their hopes on over the years?
A device?
People are trying to solve the pressure of monsters with a rigid device? The threat of evil gods?

If you think about it more deeply, it's even more terrifying.

The sign of the advent of "Navarre, the God of Light" is that He ended the dark age of chaos and despair, drove all the evil gods and monsters back to their homes in the void dimension, and ushered in a prosperous new era of glory for the mortal world.

It wasn't until 500 years later that the threat of the Void returned.

"If the God of Glow still has enough power to drive away the evil gods and monsters from the void, then He should have done so the moment the void threat erupted again. Or, there should have been no void threat erupting again."

"The device is rigid. It won't slack off, won't be lazy, and won't escape."

"So, over the course of 500 years."

"Either the power of the void has become even stronger, beyond what the God of Light can handle."

"Or maybe there is something wrong with the God of Light himself."

"He... became weak, or was entangled in something and his strength decreased."

Miranda hesitated for a moment, but decided to continue calling the God of Light "Him".

It was still difficult for her to accept everything Evelin said for a while, even though there was definite factual evidence to support it.

"In either case, the outcome is the same."

Gale took a breath and softly continued Miranda's words:
"Perhaps... we have been fighting against monsters for so many years, hoping to completely eliminate them one day in the future and drive the evil gods back to their home in the void. In these 500 years, we have not made any truly valuable progress."

"At least, relying solely on the power of the New Glory Gods is definitely not enough."

"Otherwise, they should have thought of a solution to all this 500 years ago."

“Even if the solution does not meet the conditions at the time, it can at least tell us what needs to be met, so that we can find a way to make an effort to complete it.”

“But they didn’t do that.”

"The only means of resistance is the [Past Glory] barrier, but it is only a 'wall' to protect us, not a weapon to destroy and drive away all monsters and evil gods."

This speculation is worse than the secret that God is a fake.

Because it represents a not very optimistic future.

"Wait, everyone."

When the atmosphere became a little subdued, Brandon suddenly spoke up.

"cheer up!"

"I think - the situation is not as bad as you think!"

"Don't forget, we are different now than we were 500 years ago!"

"At that time, they didn't have the guidance of the God of Knowledge!"

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(End of this chapter)