Don't call me evil god

Chapter 906 Characteristics of Cultists
【Cognitive protection barrier】

[Build a solid barrier to protect the mind and cognition. When encountering cognitive influences, you will gain protection effects and status reminders. ]

[Usage cost: 500 Life Points/30 days]

After quickly reading the oracle's instructions, Pete was overjoyed.

"Praise Novin! There is a solution!"

"Now we don't have to worry about the evil cultists' tricks anymore. We have the protection of Norwen!"

Miranda and Lancelot, who also received the news, also smiled with relief.

Well known.

As long as the magic is given to the believers by Norman himself, the quality will be good, and it can even be said that the effect is excellent!
The power Annabelle used obviously came from the evil god they believed in. It was indeed extremely difficult to use mortal power to fight against the magic of an evil god.

But it’s different with Nowen’s help!

Things turned into a power struggle between gods!
……

It was not really difficult for Nowen to solve the "cognitive erasure" used by Annabelle.

Especially after getting the full help of Resti, the so-called [cognitive protection barrier] becomes easier to achieve.

No matter how cognition is influenced, the established facts of human behavior exist.

The methods Annabelle used could deceive other mortals, but they could not deceive Nowen's eyes.

Under the gaze of gods, every move of mortals is exposed.

Nowen simply used his divine power to personally shape a huge pale eyeball, through which he constantly monitored and compared the environment around the believers.

When a situation with cognitive impact occurs.

Resti will immediately use illusions to construct in the "cognition" of the believers the real and unaffected environment and situation in the eyes of the gods.

Thus.

So-called cognitive erasure is a viable defense.

……

Pete and the other two excitedly told the good news to King Kenreddin, who was also extremely surprised.

"Great! This is really... Praise to Noven! May He live forever!"

With the means to resolve the impact of cognitive influence, they have a talisman to go to the deep areas to investigate. At least, the believers in knowledge and those believers in evil gods have returned to the starting point of fair competition.

As for the precious last opportunity to ask questions, after some consideration by several people, it was still Pete who asked the questions in the end.

"How much do you know about the situation in the Deep Region?"

This question is not groundless.

If we ask Harris directly questions like "Where is Annabell now?" and "What other plots does the Church of the Supreme Truth have in the Kingdom of Reyak?", it would probably be difficult to get truly useful answers.

This can be seen from the previous two memories.

Annabelle and Harris Eugene appeared to be in a cooperative relationship, but in reality, the entire process was almost Annabelle unilaterally exploiting Harris Eugene.

The relationship between the two parties is not equal.

Harris probably doesn't know any important, confidential information.

But if the target of the inquiry is locked on the keyword "deep region", it is very likely that some information related to Annabelle, the Church of the Supreme Truth, and those evil god believers can be dug out from Harris' memory.

The result was not much different from what the three had expected. They did find some useful clues from Harris's memory.

"The Deep Region will soon become the gathering place of various churches. It will become the future center of the world and the sanctuary of the gods."

“No matter which great being one believes in, their followers are qualified to go to the abyss together, where they can gain endless glory and great promotion.”

"They are about to return to this world. They are about to descend. They are about to bring an eternal end to the world."

"..."

In Harris's memory, these and other obviously inflammatory statements were mostly mentioned casually by Annabelle when she and he were having fun together.

After experiencing this series of memories, even Pete felt a little overwhelmed.

On the one hand, this "first-person perspective" personal experience is too realistic.

On the other hand, they became more wary of Annabell.

This dark elf was different from all the cultists they had seen before.

She is too rational.

In other words, she is too normal to be a "believer in evil gods".

In Pete's impression.

Because cult members believe in evil gods, they are often crazy.

Those with severe symptoms may not even be able to speak clearly, their emotions are extremely unstable, they have almost no rationality, they will explode at the slightest touch, and their minds are always thinking about how to please the evil god they believe in in exchange for more attention or twisted and powerful power.

Even those with milder degrees will have serious distortions in their world outlook, outlook on life and values.

Because of the long-term attention and power of the evil god, the thoughts in his mind were affected, and he became fanatical and crazy little by little. He regarded the belief in the evil god as his highest pursuit, and was willing to sacrifice his relatives, wealth, friends and even his own life for this, gradually degenerating towards that serious symptom.

This is the case with the thugs from the Blood Fang Gang that we saw in Green Harbor.

His brain, which was not very bright to begin with, became even worse after being contaminated by the power of the evil god.

Then there are the “believers in the Supreme Truth” who wear spiral tattoos on their necks.

They are also the kind of people who dare to sacrifice themselves if they have a disagreement, or they are the kind of lunatics who explode when they are upset.

Even the "messenger" who was killed by Pete and his men in the stone fortress.

The other party's situation was obviously also abnormal.

Although the gray dwarf could communicate intellectually, her body had been severely polluted and distorted, with all kinds of obvious mutations and corruption.

But Annabelle is an exception.

In the memories of Harris and Annabell that Pete experienced, not only was the other party conscious and able to communicate normally, but her body also looked extremely normal, without any of the malignant changes caused by pollution and erosion.

This is not finished.

Annabell once admitted that she was a spellcaster. She could cast the magic of [Self-Invisibility] for herself, which meant that she was at least a tier 2 wizard.

According to past records, once mortals offer their faith to evil gods and accept their twisted power, their original extraordinary powers, whether combat skills, magic or divine arts, will be significantly distorted.

But Annabelle did not experience a similar phenomenon.

She looks like a completely normal dark elf mage!
If she had not personally admitted her belief in the evil god, and without knowing anything about her, it would be impossible to tell how she fits the "consistent characteristics" of a cultist!
Strange!
Very strange!
……

(End of this chapter)