Fanatics of the Magic Academy

Rose looked down at the god before her, quite surprised by how He addressed her.

Rose thought of many ways her gods might refer to her.

For example, they might directly refer to themselves as believers, or as the chosen people, disciples, messengers, servants, or relatives.

Or perhaps, like Jesus and the bastard, they called their followers "children."

But what I never expected was that it would be addressed in the manner of a senior addressing a junior—

Young man.

Rose was somewhat puzzled, but in the end she accepted it.

Subsequently, although Rose encountered her god for the third time, she still showed no respect or faith towards him.

But this does not prevent Rose from feeling grateful to her own god, because without the other,

Even with fanatical materialists within the Self-Nature All-Souls Cult, one cannot harness the power of faith and thus falls into the abyss.

He said politely:

Good evening, my beloved god.

Upon hearing Rose's address, Rose keenly noticed a hint of bitterness at the corner of his mouth.

Although Rose could only see the god's golden vertical pupils and not his face, she still keenly sensed this emotion in the god.

Then, the deity responded:

You can call me... [Gu Long].

"Gu Long?"

Rose chewed on those two words. Hmm, the god of the Ancient Dragon believers is called Ancient Dragon? That makes sense.

Rose then made a request, saying:

"Um, Master Gu Long, could you please repeat what you said when we first met?"

[Gu Long] nodded with some surprise and doubt, but still did as instructed:

"Yes, you've arrived, young man."

Rose then responded:

"Yes, I'm here."

Gu Long:

"..."

He looked at Rosetta with a puzzled expression.

Rose was somewhat disappointed. Wasn't it the Gu Long we knew?

What the hell are you disappointed about? Which ancient dragon is that?

[Gu Long] seemed to realize that Rose was playing some kind of joke on Him, and He simply chuckled and said:

"An interesting young man."

Then, He addressed the Roman racecourse:

"Young man, you must have many questions for me, and I will do my best to answer them."

Rose thought for a moment and asked the first question, a question that got to the heart of many of his doubts:

What are gods?

Although Rose thought it was absurd to ask a deity what a deity was, she sensed that the other party had obvious goodwill and a desire to communicate.

So he asked that question.

[Gu Long] thought for a moment and said:

"Deities are actually a special kind of beings, born from human thought."

However, the birth of a god requires certain conditions; at the very least, it requires five beings with a faith level of 40 or higher to simultaneously worship the same image.

Only by accumulating a large number of people can a god be born. Simply accumulating too many people is useless; no matter how many ordinary people believe in a god, it will not lead to the birth of a god.

The six most basic numerical values ​​of a living being are: strength, agility, faith, rationality, concentration, and perception.

The so-called gods are beings that only have faith and no other values, and they exist in a state similar to a soul.

Moreover, deities are unique. Two physically isolated groups that believe in the same deity will ultimately point to the same deity.

Because besides the material world we all inhabit, there are other dimensions, such as the world that the thoughts and souls of all living beings point to together—

The "spirit world," which you can also call the dream world, is where gods reside. Therefore, the physical barriers that restrict humans do not exist for gods.

Gods can temporarily gain several other stats through blood sacrifices, which can then be applied to the real world.

Only after a deity is born does the accumulation of quantity become meaningful; the more people who believe in that deity, the more stable the deity's existence becomes.

The divine projections summoned through blood sacrifices become increasingly powerful and multifunctional.

Rose quickly digested the information about the gods that Gu Long had provided.

So, are the gods imprisoned by the Magic Federation also imprisoned in the "Spirit Realm"?

Indeed, if gods are unique, the Magic Federation's current method of sealing and castrating gods can indeed sever the belief system at its root.

The gods were not what Rose had imagined—some great being, a being beyond imagination—but simply a special kind of being.

Only a soul-state life with added faith.

Even the conditions for its formation are not particularly demanding; a god can be born from the thoughts of five believers whose faith reaches level 40.

However, what concerned Rose most was that the god had just mentioned a numerical dimension he had never heard of before—sensory perception.

Rose asked:

"What is intuition?"

[Gu Long] thought for a moment and said:

"You can understand 'sensory perception' as comprehension and the ability to perceive the world, and there's almost no way to improve it; it's whatever value you're born with."

People with high sensitivity points... well, let's just say they're a bit abnormal.

I've met people with very high levels of intuition before, how should I put it...

[Gu Long] frowned, carefully choosing his words to describe it:

"It's like that kind of situation where after a fight, you ask him if he won or not, and he says he's figured it out."

Then, [Gu Long] pointed to the Luo racetrack:

"And it's also very difficult to detect. Even your panel can't detect your sensor values ​​in just over six years of contact with you."

"Oh...so that's it...no, wait?! What did you just say? Panel?!"

Rose's expression changed from contemplation to astonishment.

Gu Long, somewhat puzzled by Luo Sai's overreaction, said:

"What's wrong? As my only believer, I know everything about your profile and your soul that doesn't belong to this world. After all, I was the one who chose you as my believer."

I even have a rough idea of ​​how you came into this world.

God, who knows everything!

No, I mean the all-knowing god!

Rose quickly asked:

"Lord Ancient Dragon, how did I come to this world? Can I go back?!"

[Gu Long] raised a finger, signaling Rose to calm down, and then said:

"Young man, don't be in a hurry. As long as I know the answer, I will try my best to answer your questions. But before that, let me tell you a story."

After hearing this story, most of your questions will be answered.

Luo Sai let out a long breath, regaining his composure. He sat cross-legged, looking directly into the eyes of [Ancient Dragon], and said:

"I'm all ears."

[Gu Long] nodded and said:

"This story begins 32,421 years ago..."

Rose:

"..."

It still reflects the precise grasp of time characteristic of Gu Long's followers.

However, 30,000 years ago? The Magic Federation hadn't even appeared yet; it was probably the age of the gods.

Gu Long continued:

"That era predates the Age of Gods. At that time, besides humans, there were many powerful mythical beasts, and humans were merely the weakest among them."

Humans are scattered throughout the world, wantonly ravaged, toyed with, raised, and killed by those powerful alien beasts.

Humanity can only rely on one thing: the gods born from their own thoughts. When the monsters arrive, they summon the phantoms of the gods through blood sacrifices to fight them.