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Chapter 279: God Thief

Wow!
There was an uproar on and off the city wall.

Marcus and others looked at each other and saw the despair in each other's eyes.

They can't even defend themselves.

Because they really did such a thing, even without the light of judgment, their crimes can be found out if we investigate carefully.

But why?
Hasn't it always been like this?
The messengers of God who had walked the earth before also discovered these things, but they did not interfere with me!
Were all the previous messengers of God fake?
Also, why did a God of Judgment suddenly appear whom they had never heard of?
But they are unable to disprove the authenticity of the God of Judgment!

A series of questions arose in their minds, but no one could give them answers.

They only knew that this time the trouble was huge, and it wasn’t just their trouble, everyone was in trouble!
Perhaps, they should report what happened here to the Grand Master earlier, and let them make the final decision and find out the true identity of the God of Judgment...

At this moment, no one mentioned the time traveler anymore.

……

Delasha swallowed her saliva, looked at the eloquent Li Ye, and sighed silently. It's over, these people are finished, they have all been bewitched by the evil god!

What a powerful method!

He is worthy of being the evil god from another world!
……

"God, are you really from the divine realm?" a little girl in the crowd asked timidly.

"Yes, I come from the God Realm." Li Ye nodded, "To be precise, I come from the Land of Exile. Ten thousand years ago, the gods and demons went to war, and the God Realm was destroyed.

In order to save the world, the God King exiled all the gods and demons.

As a result, all the gods were trapped in the Land of Exile, unable to return to the human world.

The Land of Exile is desolate and hopeless, where the laws are chaotic, no grass grows, and there are many evil demons, and the gods must constantly fight against them.

The power of the gods comes from you. The gods must rely on your faith to survive and have the strength to fight against evil.

More than a decade ago, the belief that gods came from the human world suddenly disappeared.

Without the power of faith, the gods can no longer project their incarnations into the human world.

Faced with the evil god's continuous retreat, they had no choice but to gather the power of all the gods and spent ten years to pry open a crack in the Land of Exile. They sent me here to investigate the truth behind the disappearance of faith..."

The crowd was in an uproar.

"Do the gods need our faith to gain power?" someone asked.

"That's right. Without faith, the power of the gods will gradually weaken, and they may even be unable to sense the prayers of believers." Li Ye said.

"When I was praying some time ago, I felt the power of the sun god," said Marcus.

"As far as I know, the envoy of the Poseidon Cult just arrived a few days ago." The bishop of the God of War Cult echoed, trying to expose Li Ye's lies.

"That's the problem." Li Ye glanced at Marcus and frowned, "The gods have lost their faith and can't project their power to the human world, but you can still sense the power of the gods, and there are messengers of gods descending on the human world. This is the biggest problem.

This proves that the evil god behind the scenes not only hijacked the faith of the gods, but also stole the power of the gods. In other words, the mastermind behind the scenes is not one evil god, but a group of them.

They stole the power of the gods, pretended to be the gods and blessed the believers, and projected the incarnations of the gods into the human world...

The gods are fake, and the messengers of God are fake!
This group of despicable god thieves actually want to replace the gods."

Wow!
The crowd was in uproar again.

"The God Thief?"

"It is incredible that there are evil gods who dare to steal the faith and power of the gods."

"No wonder I couldn't sense any response from the gods these days."

"Perhaps the God Thief wants someone like Marcus to be a bishop. They want to use this group of people to ruin the reputation of the gods..."

……

Tomoko is suspicious of his neighbors.

With Marcus dividing up the believers' money before, and the holy Li Ye told them the reason.

A group of people who have faith but have not benefited from it all started to talk about Li Ye's conspiracy theory and began to look for evidence for the God Thief.

such as:

Some people have believed in the Sun God for ten years, but have never awakened his divine power;

Someone awakened a magical skill, but he was no match for another person with the same magical skill;
Some people gave away all their wealth to worship gods, but in the end they did not receive the gods' protection...

……

It's not that they don't work hard, it's not that they are not as hardworking as others, it's not that they are stupid...

It was that the true gods were isolated. Now the gods were occupied by evil gods, the god thieves, and it was the god thieves who abandoned them.

Everything has a reasonable explanation.

Marcus and others looked at each other. Their faith was originally devout enough.

But at this moment, they also began to doubt whether the gods had really been replaced?

"Marcus, when did you start embezzling the believers' property?" Li Ye looked at Marcus and asked.

"I..." Marcus opened his mouth but said nothing.

"Marcus, I believe you were once a devout believer in the Sun God. Your faith is pure, I can feel it." Li Ye's voice slowed down a lot. "Tell me, when did you start to fall? This will help me investigate the God Thief and seize the time of the gods' faith."

“……”Marcus was stunned.

"An upright and pure believer would never do such a dirty thing as embezzling the believers' money, because he has also dedicated himself to the Sun God." Li Ye looked at him and continued, "You can embezzle money with a clear conscience. There is only one thing that can happen: your heart has been corrupted by the evil god without you realizing it."

“…” Marcus’ eyes were confused, as if he was lost in memories.

"Think carefully, there are traces of a person's downfall." Li Ye persuaded, "Was it when you were promoted to bishop, or when you saw other bishops living a comfortable life while you could only live in poverty?"

"..." Marcus' eyes suddenly widened, "I..."

"Have you ever struggled, felt conflicted, or even felt guilty in the dead of night?" Li Ye shook his head. "Tell me, have you?"

"Yes." Marcus nodded painfully.

"That's right. Your struggles, your contradictions, your guilt, are all the real you fighting against the erosion of the evil god." Li Ye sighed, "It's just that the power of the evil god is too strong. They will always create all kinds of temptations to penetrate the gaps in your heart, disintegrate your will bit by bit, and finally lure you to fall..."

"So, it was the evil god who tempted me? It wasn't what I wanted to do?" Marcus' breathing was a little heavy.

At this moment, he seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw, a life-saving straw that could allow him to get ashore and breathe.

"Ask yourself, do you want to do that?" Li Ye asked.

"Of course not." Marcus suddenly became upright, his eyes full of pain, "I used to be a very upright person, and I also looked down on those scums who stretched out their hands to take donations from believers.

I once swore to let the sun god's light shine on everyone in the world, so that they can feel the sun god's warmth from now on. I hope that no one will suffer in my jurisdiction...

However, my life was so poor, while those corrupt people could take the believers' money, squander it and enjoy themselves, and even bribe their superiors to transfer to richer churches.

The cardinal above me even hinted at me and asked me for more money. I didn't give him any, so he transferred me to the poor Silver Crown City...

At that time, resentment and pain began to grow in my heart.

Why?
Why are those greedy people able to reach high positions?
As an upright person, I could only swallow the bitter fruit in silence. From then on, I changed and I also reached out to the believers for donations...

God of Judgment, I am guilty. I failed to withstand the temptation of the evil god. I am ashamed of the sun god. Please punish me and let me confess to those innocent believers..."

As Marcus spoke, he seemed to be moved and burst into tears.

For a while.

Even Li Ye couldn't tell whether he was acting or truly repentant, but at this moment, he seemed to see those corrupt officials who repented in the courtroom...

What a resemblance!
……

The people on and below the city walls were silent.

"Marcus, this is not your fault." Li Ye sighed heavily, "It's all the evil god. It was the evil god who tempted you. Moreover, it seems that everyone in the cult has been corrupted by the evil god.

I think I know why they were able to steal the faith of the gods. They corrupted everyone from top to bottom, making their hearts and beliefs no longer pure!"

He frowned tightly and turned to the God of War Bishop: "What about you?"

"God of Judgment, my situation is similar to Marcus's." Bishop Ares said with a guilty look on his face, "At that time, I was also a devout believer in Ares, and I just wanted to devote everything to him.

But, I eventually fell into depravity. I once thought it was my own fault, but I never expected that an evil spirit was at work..."

"Me too." City Lord Hope said, "God of Judgment, please forgive my sins and let me fight against the God Thief together with you..."

……

Li Ye took a deep breath and looked at the person in front of him with a frown on his face. "This is more serious than I thought. The mind thief has taken control of all the passages. This is troublesome..."

"God, since the faith of the gods has been stolen, should we still pray to the gods?" someone asked in the crowd.

"Not for now." Li Ye glanced at him and said, "Every bit of your faith will be transformed into the power of the God Thief, and eventually turned into a knife to stab the real god."

finally.

Li Ye couldn't help but reach out to the gods. He needed influence. In this religious world full of gods, if he didn't snatch their faith, how could he gain a firm foothold?

As for the consequences of offending the gods?
He couldn't care less about that. His master was Wang Lingguan, an upright Eastern god who didn't rely on Western gods to survive...

If a person is not ruthless, he cannot stand firm!
(End of this chapter)