Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 946 Patrick's Final Test
"Who did she lie to?" the sun god replied helplessly. "From the very beginning, she told us that she could only exist for a maximum of one thousand years."

She even managed to survive a little longer.

If she truly came from hell and was a loyal subordinate of the Lord of Hell, then it must be that her master only gave her that much time.

In the darkness, she came here on vacation, but fell in love with the light... You do everything yourself, but your priest fell in love with..."

"What does this have to do with anything?" The Goddess of the Night interrupted him quickly. "I ordered her to give up, not because she originally promised to remain pure for life but ended up falling in love."

I'm not that heartless.

Human emotions can change suddenly.

But I absolutely will not allow her to make the same mistake I did; falling in love with the wrong person is just asking for trouble.

Toronto idly pinched his earlobe a couple of times. He had no interest in the love lives of his ancestors from tens of thousands of years ago; knowing his own bloodline was enough for him.

"What's the difference?" The sun god was adept at dealing with his troublesome sister. "When light sees evil, it will have the same thoughts as you, and vice versa."

The other party also wouldn't trust that we, after knowing her true identity, would have enough rationality to consider whether she had actually done anything wrong.

The mere mention of hell is enough to arouse countless suspicions.
For a thousand years, she truly did not do anything she shouldn't have.

And my followers have long known that they can only be with her for a thousand years.

The Lord of Storms' irritated blue handwriting suddenly rolled out: "All you know is this useless stuff."

Still don't understand the Sun God's implied meaning? Dark Night.

That visitor from hell may have placed some kind of restraint on her for a thousand years, so even when evil thoughts arose, she suppressed them.

Otherwise, do you really think she didn't waver at all when she was hunting down the devil's followers?
Especially since some of these things might have been arranged by her master!
She, who regains her true form a thousand years later, certainly wouldn't be able to do that.

That "she" was not a partner.

There's no need to treat them as the same person.

Therefore, for Gerndale, the person he loved was indeed dead, vanished without a trace in this world, or even in the universe.

"Can I still think like that?" The black characters appeared intermittently, clearly indicating a bit of confusion.

Gerndahl?

Is it the name of the ancestors of the Gezar family?
Toronto is only somewhat interested in this.

Of course, in his view, there was nothing wrong with the ideas of the sun god and his followers... If love is the disguise, then what does the dark angel who tears off the disguise have to do with Gerndal?

What is illusion eventually becomes reality.

The sun god's tone was firm: "Gerndal already knows about this, and he has no doubts."

After all, the person he loved had been personally sent away long ago.

He didn't care what kind of person a stranger was.

The Goddess of the Night still couldn't understand: "What kind of nonsense is this? Huh?"
Am I listening to a hellish joke?

Then Toronto saw another string of brown text: "Toronto, shouldn't you go check on that Patrick first? He seems to be close to succeeding."

Toronto was taken aback: "Who? Isn't that the woman from the beginning?"

"Oh, that lady, you made it to the penultimate level," the Lord of the Earth replied calmly.

Doesn't that mean that when he asked Darlene after her failure, he could already be pretty sure she had failed?

Toronto recalled their previous conversation and gave a helpless shrug.

The Lord of the Earth is truly... he never makes a definitive statement until the very last second!
Even though he already knew the ending.

The Lord of the Earth seemed to sense Toronto's dissatisfaction and immediately offered his reason: "Plants and minerals are different."

The properties of minerals are mostly fixed, with occasional variations, but most will develop along the general group attributes.

But plants are different.

No one knows how a gust of wind, a rain shower, or even just a small fluctuation of energy could cause a plant to grow into something completely unrecognizable.

Even the same plant growing in the same place can produce completely different fruits.

Therefore, believers in the earth can be divided into two categories: those with plant-like attributes and those with mineral-like attributes.

"Why aren't there any animals?" Toronto asked, voicing the question that had been lingering in his mind from the beginning.

"What's the point of messing around with animals? Humans are enough." The Lord of the Earth responded in surprise. "Although animals are important and a very important part of nature, the one who has the greatest impact on nature is always humans!"
The earth has no need for animal-oriented anchor points.

Moreover, the deeper one's understanding of humanity, the less suited one is to the earth.

That's a very interesting answer.

Toronto felt as if he had gained a little more understanding of the laws upheld by God.

Of course, he couldn't be completely oblivious to the fact that the Lord of the Earth was actually avoiding the option of humanity.

But given his behavior during this period, it's not entirely incomprehensible.

This is social anxiety.

Therefore, the Lord of the Earth cannot create an orderly community of believers, since he listens to everything but also doesn't truly listen to anything.

“I’m going to check on Patrick.” Toronto waved and stepped into the depths of the earth.

Patrick stood in front of the adamantite mine, deep in thought.

The thick notebook in his hand proved that his efforts over the past few days had been fruitful. Toronto glanced at the still blank pages, certain that Patrick was currently in a state of confusion... The rules he had described were meaningless to adamantite.

This thing makes no sense.

Only through magic, or the will of the gods, can adamantite ore appear, and it cannot be done intentionally.

Even mithril is a unique coincidence created by the interaction of time and space, and matter and matter.

Although rare, the results can lead to the conclusion of why such a coincidence occurred, and it is even possible to create another 'coincidence' through certain special means.

But refined gold won't work.

Without the involvement of magical power, even if the same coincidence were created a million times, it would be impossible for this thing to reappear.

In other words, if an equivalent transformation is performed using some alchemical principle, refined gold alone cannot be created.

Even the Lord of the Earth couldn't do it, but he was able to accomplish a miracle through countless coincidences... Only he could do it.

Therefore, no secrets can be found in the gold mine.

If Patrick were to draw something, then he would be truly doomed.

This proves that at the end of reality, he chose the falsehood of self-deception.

In some ways, believers in the Earth are more like scientists.

The methods of creation they studied were no different from those of botanists in their previous lives who played with grafting, hybridization, and even gene combination.

Although there aren't many researchers in the mineral field, there are quite a few people who could be considered geologists.

If these guys go out into the world, even the dwarves will have to admire their research.

Patrick must have learned about this beforehand, which is why his notes are so targeted.

Compared to his father and grandfather, who were more adept at business, he had a more scholarly air about him.

But he also possesses the smooth-talking nature of a business owner.

It's not surprising that the Lord of the Earth ultimately chose him.

These deities do not always view their believers in the same way they do themselves... They sometimes pursue attributes that they do not possess or that are hidden within themselves.

For example, the people the Lord of the Earth likes all have personalities that are quite different from his own.

Patrick and Darlene, this brother and sister pair, are both a bit stubborn and extreme at heart, which is a quality that the Lord of the Earth desires but cannot possess.

Of course, if you don't look at how he gets along with his siblings, probably no one would notice this shortcoming of his.

He doesn't need to reveal these things when facing believers.

All you need to do is give the order.

Not to mention the dark of night.

Even the sun god was too lazy to explain how she chose the anchor point.

Are we looking for shadows in the light?

But that's called being exposed to direct sunlight.

The sun is so bright it makes you dizzy, and all you can think about is the coming darkness?

Toronto completely failed to understand her strange logic: if someone who is dizzy from the sun but only thinks about wind, rain and a drop in temperature is not suitable to be her follower.

Isn't the dog days of summer the time when we look forward to the arrival of autumn?

Does it not get hot at night?

But he didn't say much. People who pretend to know what they don't are the most stupid. Using your own logic to think about gods is definitely just pretending to know what you don't.

Toronto has no interest in being called a fool.

Patrick, who was below, still didn't write down his observations of the adamantite in his notebook.

Without hesitation, he pulled out a mining pickaxe and began digging diligently.

Toronto couldn't help but laugh.

"A perfectly normal reaction, isn't it?" he said with a mocking smile. "Let's see who can resist the temptation when they encounter adamantite."

Brown handwriting immediately rolled out: "I've already given you double the amount of adamant gold as a reward, and you promised you wouldn't rob me!"

"Ha!" Toronto said, disgruntled. "I never break a contract I've agreed to!"

"That's good~ After he finishes digging, please send him out." The Lord of the Earth was relieved. "Let's see if that mark can appear intact in his soul."

"You... you've fallen for him that easily?" Toronto asked, somewhat confused. "Isn't there still several days left?"

"Greed is the original sin," the Lord of the Earth replied immediately. "The first person to reach the finish line should be rewarded. We cannot change our principles just because those who come later may do better."

No matter how good he is, we are not meant to be.

That proves that he didn't have that luck either.

Here, only the storm can cause some hesitation, since there are too many qualified people.

The cyan characters slowly appeared: "Are you mocking me? My secret realm hasn't even opened yet!"

Toronto couldn't help but burst out laughing.

There are too many people in the Wind's Secret Realm, and the competition is too fierce. While everyone is working hard, they are also holding back those around them. Let alone the Secret Realm, no one has even reached the inner circle yet!
(End of this chapter)