Devil's Bible

Seeing Xinuo's state, the captain sighed.

There were many things he couldn't understand before. Even though the church was right, why were there still so many problems in the world?

But after arriving in the town of Sleeping Souls, he had an epiphany.

From the books in the library, he learned the root cause.

God, the Church, and the nobles who depend on the Church—this system is indeed the order of the material plane.

This system of order is indeed fighting against demons, disasters, and various dangerous problems.

However, if you ask the key question, you will find that these dangerous problems come from where?

From the Mythical Age to the Golden Age, then the fading Silver Age, followed by the Chaos of the Elements, the Iron Age, the Black Stone Age…

And the current end times.

God seems to be getting stronger, but people's quality of life is getting worse.

Humans were born in the Golden Age. Humans of that time were golden humans. They could live for thousands of years even if they did nothing. They had long lifespans, great strength, and abundant resources.

Yet these golden humans are now called 'sinners'.

Because these sinners were unwilling to remain merely of the golden race, they studied numbers, leading to the emergence of the flawed numbers, which gave birth to the abyss.

The title of sinner seems well-deserved.

However, the research of a divine saint pointed directly to the essence.

The Golden Humans' discontent stemmed from two factors: their instinctive desire to become a mythical species and their yearning to rebel.

Rebel against whom? The gods!

One of the sins of the Golden Humans is 'disrespect for the gods'.

With their immense power, some gods and mythical beings wantonly humiliated and toyed with humans and other intelligent races.

For these golden races to rebel would be to disrespect the gods.

In order to rebel, they desperately needed power, which is why they began to study numbers.

However, now that the gods have been completely stripped of their power, all the blame falls on the sinners, who are blamed for everything due to their greed and desires.

"Many gods control vast resources in this world, and they should also bear corresponding responsibilities."

"But they shirked these responsibilities in various ways."

"The floating whale is an example of this."

"The problems that should have been borne by God have been transferred to the floating whale, and one of the costs is that the humans on the back of the floating whale bear the burden."

"This is one of the key reasons why the world's problems are becoming increasingly serious!"

The gods have been developing better and better over the years, and their numerical power has become stronger and stronger, leaving the whole world feeling top-heavy.

However, these 'numbers' became the private property of the gods.

Aside from a few deities, such as the sun god and the earth god, most deities bear very little responsibility.

"The greed and inaction of the gods are the root cause of your miserable life."

"This situation, from top to bottom, is like alchemy, where the top influences the bottom and the bottom influences the top. The environment forces the church and the nobility to become greedy as well."

"This system is the root cause of your tragic situation in the first half of your life."

"Faith is merely a chain that runs through this system."

"Nemus may be our enemy, but he has indeed shown us the truth of this world."

“Therefore, you may not have to join the fictitious agreement, but it would be better to give up your faith!” the captain said sincerely.

"You've been bewitched!" But Hino wouldn't listen to a word. In his view, the captain had been bewitched by the cult classics of the demon Nemus, and only through devout faith could he avoid being corrupted and save himself.

Hino repeatedly upheld his 'precepts and faith'.

Seeing this, the captain shook his head; Xinuo was too young.

The first half of his short life was extremely tragic, and his status as an illegitimate child subjected him to all sorts of humiliation.

In the latter half, due to his talent, he received various acts of kindness and preferential treatment.

The difference between before and after was so great that Hino was completely unable to resist the faith narrative that brought all of this to light.

“I won’t report you, or rather, given the situation here, we should have been exposed long ago.” The captain stood up and then said, “Think about it carefully, step outside the framework of faith.”

Watching the captain's departing figure, Xinuo instinctively rejected the other party's suggestion.

"According to the rules of faith, faith can protect the mind."

“If I abandon my faith, I too will be misled.”

"It's all fake, I must rely on my faith to hold on!!!" After experiencing these things, Xinuo became even more fanatical in his faith in God, showing signs of turning into a fanatic.

This is not surprising; when one's values ​​are severely impacted, extremism is a normal reaction.

However, some people tend to go to the extreme of abandoning everything from the past.

Others choose to stick to everything they have before.

Hino was the latter.

"This is an extreme form of belief. If this continues, Hino will increasingly deny everything that exists."

“A perfectly kind and normal person can also become crazy and twisted.”

Nems couldn't help but sigh.

The more he understood the power of faith, the more dangerous he felt it was.

The deeper one goes into the belief in other beings, the more 'pure' it becomes, and this purity is extremely exclusive.

The result is that beliefs are extremely prone to extremism.

Of course, this is partly because the god these people believe in is essentially a centralized existence of 'number', and its existence itself is becoming increasingly extreme.

"This is the flaw in the world, the flaw in the mechanism of numerology."

"The earlier a number is born, the more naturally it 'suppresses' it over the numbers that follow. And with ten as a step, it exhibits a hierarchical dominance."

"This structure is destined to be biased towards extremism."

"The more I understand, the more I realize that the world's entry into the end era is inevitable, and in my opinion, it has entered it far too late."

In response to Nemus's words, the Dragonborn, who had just finished maintaining order in the war-torn world, nodded in agreement.

"So we're just going to ignore the child?" The Dragonborn then changed the subject, looking at Hino.

Whether it's the city lord or the dragon descendant, there's nothing wrong with calling Xino a child.

"Don't worry, he will gradually regain consciousness during this process."

"The prologue has already been prepared."

On the other side, Xinuo felt an itch on his nose, then he quickly returned to his residence, put the silver water aside, and prepared to advance to the gold seed.

He does not intend to become a Silver Seed as Klose suggested.

He now feels somewhat repulsed and resistant to these things.

He plans to advance directly to the Gold Saint level based on his own abilities! (End of Chapter)