Don't call me evil god

Chapter 9 True Name Known
Hearing Bahamut's request, Pete had no choice but to follow his previous method and try to pray to Noven:
"God of knowledge, Noven, if you can hear my request, please tell me how to gain Bahamut's trust!"

The main gods that Pete believed in before, such as the Goddess of Magic and the God of Light, had so many believers that they needed to follow a strict prayer format when praying, otherwise it would be difficult to get a response from the corresponding gods; the foreign gods were much more relaxed in this regard, and usually as long as the name of the god was correct, the prayer was completed and the request could be conveyed to the god.

Norman, who was always paying attention to Pete's situation, naturally received the other party's request at the first time. Then, Norman felt a similar experience to the previous acquisition of the [Hada's Hunger] spell. A new spell was instantly integrated and mastered by him completely.

"Do you know the real name?"

Noven was a little confused.

Because when Pete was interrogated, Novin had already learned that the way to get Pete to leave was to gain the trust of the interrogator, and he also learned that the interrogator's name was Bahamut.

As a result, when his power was triggered, it gave him a spell called [Know Your True Name].

This spell is not complicated. If we only consider the difficulty of casting it, it is at the level of a tier 2 spell.

The effect is also very simple. You can use the power of arcane to perform divination-like operations to detect and call out the other person's real name, and this spell can see through the disguise of various pseudonyms.

"If knowing the other person's name is enough to gain their trust, then why would we need magic? Can't I just ask Pete to read the name from the oracle?"

"Isn't this a waste of time?"

Nowen didn't understand what the relationship was between this spell and gaining Bahamut's trust. After all, his power could only provide him with effective solutions at present, which could be some magic or asking believers to accomplish something, but as to why it could solve the problem, his power would not tell him the reason.

Combining the existing information, Nowen attempts to analyze:

"It's definitely not as simple as just knowing the real name. If that's the case, the priesthood authority should just tell the believer to say Bahamut's name."

"And now I've been given a new spell."

"The difference between casting a spell and speaking it directly... seems to be that the former has a certain degree of effect in seeing through the other party's disguise."

Noven felt like he had an idea.

"In other words? This guy named Bahamut might have some disguise that he doesn't want others to know about?"

……

【The mission has been released. 】

[Task: Learn the spell [True Name Known], progress: 0%]

[Mission: Cast the spell [True Name Known] on Bahamut Conquertontes Grazchardon, times: 0/1]

In the Kingdom of God, Nowen didn't take too long to think, so Pete soon heard the "ding" sound that he was already somewhat familiar with.

"Level 2 spell? Not bad, I should have no problem with this."

Pete didn't think so much. With Novin as his external brain, he only needed to follow the oracle's instructions.

With the experience of learning [Hada's Hunger] before, Pete was much more proficient this time. He followed the same method and began to try to mobilize the magic net.

Perceiving the magical energy dissipating in the surrounding environment, and decoding the disordered information one by one, Pete noticed a different detail in the process: "The results obtained after decoding the disordered information of magical energy in different environments according to the format are different?"

Although it was different from the first time Pete cast the spell in this way, it did not affect the spell, and Pete quickly established contact with the magic network again.

Putting these doubts aside for the moment, Pete continued to concentrate on casting the spell.

[Current trust level: 40%]

Although Bahamut, who was sitting opposite him, still had no expression on his face, except that his expression became a little more focused, the level of trust shown by the oracle would not lie, and Pete was delighted.

"The God of Knowledge is really reliable! Although I don't know why casting this magic can gain Bahamut's trust, just completing the step of mobilizing the magic network can increase his trust in me, which shows that this method is effective!"

The complexity of the spell model of the 2nd-level magic is much lower than that of the 3rd-level magic. Although he is a dummy 2nd-level spellcaster, Pete has at least mastered several nd-level spells properly, so the process of completing the magic of [Know Your True Name] was very smooth this time.

Without much effort, Pete felt an arcane energy gradually gathering at his throat under the control of magic.

The moment the magic was completed, Pete opened his mouth uncontrollably and made a sound that was clearly different from his normal state:
"Seek the truth and call forth your true name! Your name is——Bahamut Conkedun... cough! cough! cough! cough!!!"

When Pete began to recite, the originally calm expression on the face of Bahamut, who was sitting opposite him, began to look a little strange. When he read the real name, Bahamut's face changed on the spot, and without hesitation, he stretched out his right index finger and pointed it at Pete in the air!
"Counterspell!"

It was as if someone had suddenly grabbed Pete's vocal cords in the middle of his words, but he actually felt even worse than that. Not only was the spell he was chanting interrupted, making his breathing difficult and causing a burning pain in his throat, but his head also felt like it had been hit hard by something, and his ears were filled with buzzing auditory hallucinations, making it impossible for him to concentrate at all!

“Cough… cough cough! cough!!!”

As a pure "academic" spellcaster like him, he had never experienced a real spellcaster battle. He was caught off guard by a [Counter Spell] from at least a fifth-level spellcaster, which resulted in him being controlled for dozens of seconds, even though the magic was originally just used to interrupt other people's chanting!
After more than half a minute, Pete barely recovered, his face full of shock. "No, sir! I prayed to the God of Knowledge as you said, and He responded with this spell. I did exactly what you asked. Why did you... stop me from casting the spell!"

Bahamut seemed to be concise this time, and said quickly: "No need. I believe you have nothing to do with those evil god believers."

Petr Chinal: "Ah? But I haven't completed the spell yet..."

"No, no, no, you are good enough, young man. I believe in you. I believe in you very much now. I believe in you very much! Come, just sign your name here."

Bahamut handed over the paper he used for recording.

Somehow, Pet always felt that Bahamut's tone was no longer as calm as before, but became a bit urgent, as if he was eager to leave here.

Only then did he react and check the oracle again.

[Current trust level: 77%]

[Task completed]

"What happened??"

……

(End of this chapter)