Life has dealt a heavy hand to a weak demigod like me.

"Take a rest and let's get ready to leave." After comforting Peroz, Charles said to Teresa.

"Huh? Are you in such a hurry?" Theresa was a little surprised.

After Ciel realized his relationship with Lady Doom and obtained some of Pandora's power, the restrictions on the map were no longer specific to time, but simply following the map was enough to complete the ritual.

Although Theresa didn't have anyone in particular she wanted to see in this place, she could feel Charles and Peroz's attachment to this place. She thought they would choose to stay here for a while.

"Floyce is dead," Charles said.

Floyd? Who?

The two were stunned for a moment, and then quickly figured out each other's identities.

"Mernadette will be very sad, so...I want to go back early to comfort her."

"Right now." Theresa looked at Charles seriously.

"I can handle everything here by myself, so... Rocks, you can go back first."

Ciel shook his head.

"This was Mernadè's own choice. When she chose this path, it meant she said goodbye to her previous peaceful life."

"Sacrifice and separation, perhaps she will have to experience these for a long time to come."

"I want to protect her forever, and I want to protect you all forever. But... no one knows what the future will hold. She'll have to adapt to some things."

A great man once said: "Revolution is not a dinner party, writing an essay, painting or embroidering. It cannot be so elegant, so leisurely, so refined, so gentle, courteous, frugal and modest. Revolution is an insurrection, a violent act by one class to overthrow another."

There are bound to be sacrifices in this kind of movement. Floyd is the first, but he will definitely not be the last.

If Mernadette cannot be strong and cannot turn this pain into nourishment, then... even if it means going against her, Charles will stop her.

Charles had actually thought about the liberation of thought for a long time.

After coming to this world, he had thought about doing this kind of thing, and even wrote some books as theoretical guidance - although he gave up after knowing that there were gods and supernatural beings in this world.

But Ciel had actually considered doing such a thing.

The reason was very simple. In the era he lived in, ordinary people had countless mountains weighing on their heads, although it was much better than the Middle Ages in the West or the feudal era in the East.

But there are still many constraints.

This kind of constraint made Charles very uncomfortable, so he wanted to break everything and bring new light to this era.

Afterwards... after joining the church, and especially after becoming a high-ranking official in the church... he had thought about his future and whether he should continue to do what he had thought about before.

To be frank, Charles' status and the power he could control at that time would have ranked him among the top 100 in the entire world.

As a vested interest, it is a bit of a question for him whether to bring in more advanced ideas.

After all, under conservative thinking, he could obtain a country from the Church of the Earth. In that country, in addition to following the doctrines of the Church of the Earth, he would be the new god.

As long as you study dogma carefully, you can always find loopholes, especially for someone like Charles who has no great fear of gods and is smart and brave.

At that time, there were two paths before him. One was to do nothing and just maintain the status quo and enjoy the benefits it could bring him.

Even the world in the past brought him a lot of fun and had a lot of advanced technology.

But...technology and ideas are not the same thing.

As the god of a country, he controls extremely powerful forces and also knows many truths like Clifford that can promote scientific and technological progress.

As long as he is willing to develop in the country with peace of mind, within a few decades, everything that exists on the earth will be here, and things that do not exist there will also be here.

Another way is to spread ideas while developing technology.

At first, he chose to give up the path of spreading ideas because he was worried that he would become a "pagan" - you know, both the novel and the history of the Middle Ages in the West let Charles know what the consequences would be if he spread such ideas in such an era.

Especially in this age with gods, he has no power and he has no chance even if he wants to escape or resist.

It was only after he became a member of the church that he realized how ridiculous his previous thoughts were.

The Church of the Five Gods has, to some extent, overturned his understanding of the church and God.

Occasionally, he would think that if he had been firm in his ideas and had begun to spread his thoughts before he discovered the extraordinary, perhaps his path would have been much smoother than the one he took later - or it might have been more bumpy.

After all, he thought that the Church of the Five Gods was just an empty shell, and the prologue contained chapters that guided people to break away from feudal superstitions and shape new beliefs.

Faith is very important to the church. After all, an appropriate amount of faith combined with the power of the gods can break the total number of extraordinary characteristics that exist in this world, and in a sense, it can break the limits of the world.

But the spread of ideas does not fundamentally affect people's beliefs, especially in this era when gods really exist and protect people for real reasons.

Both options have their advantages, although they thought about bringing some knowledge that they shouldn't have to that era through their own experimental fields.

But Charles has always been conflicted about the choice between the two.

But one thing is certain.

If one day, a similar idea appears in the world, he will not hinder its spread, and may even add fuel to the flames.

He also wanted to know whether this world, with its extraordinary abilities, could liberate its minds and remove the mountains that weighed on people - although even in the world that Charles once lived in, there was still a mountain on people, but the mountains that were visible and the mountains that were hidden were different after all.

Because I am concerned about this aspect, I am also confused.

That's why Charles was particularly concerned when Mernadè chose to go down this path.

On the one hand, he sincerely hoped that Mernadette could become the standard-bearer who blew the horn of the world, but on the other hand, he was worried that the ideas and era she brought were not what he expected.

Sometimes Charles felt that he might have some difficulty making decisions, but most of the time he was not bothered by this symptom.

But at some critical moments, he became less decisive.

While Charles' thoughts were wandering, Theresa couldn't help but look worried after hearing what he said.

"This is a bit too cruel for Mernade."

"She's just a child after all."

Although she was not familiar with Floyds, as the hostess of Rocks Manor, she had had some contact with him.

So she could sense Floyd's respect and love for Mernadè.

Melnadette is a sensitive child who accepts and returns the kindness shown to her by outsiders.

Perhaps everyone present had a normal feeling about Floyd, and even if he passed away it would not cause too much pain.

But Mernadette...she'll probably be very, very sad.

"I believe her." Charles said seriously.

"She may be the one who can change this era."

Not maybe, but definitely.

As a true god, although Mernadette may be just an incarnation, reincarnation, consciousness, or some other connection.

But her appearance in this era will bring unimaginable changes to this era.

At least, the ridiculous behavior of those demigods who pretend to be human beings and hold the so-called "Conference of Gods" to judge all living beings will not continue for too long.

Some rules will also be corrected slowly.

Charles was too lazy to do such things. After all, because of Mernadette, he did not fall into darkness and was even very upright most of the time.

But compared to correcting the world's thoughts or something, he still prefers to enjoy life by taking it easy.

When some troublesome things come to his eyes, he will do some good things.

But if he were to spend some time and experience specifically doing this kind of thing - please, even the teachings of the Earth Church don't force it.

What's more, as the high priest of the Church of the Earth, although he theoretically needs to teach people to be good, but... that is the job of other high priests.

However, due to his own special nature, Charles has a more important mission.

For example, improving seeds and cultivating better crops - simply called farming.

Although the farmer sequence can greatly improve the fertility of the soil from beginning to end, the yield of crops that originally had low yields can be increased to a yield close to that of the crops in Charles' previous life under the influence of supernatural powers.

However, this method of improvement is highly dependent on extraordinary people in the farmer sequence, and the number of extraordinary people is limited compared to the vast land.

Therefore, Ciel's mission and responsibility can be said to be of utmost importance. With this as an excuse, no one would say anything even if he did nothing in this era.

Besides, he didn't really do nothing. He had previously placed some scientific farming-related books that he had compiled during the Five Gods Era in some university libraries.

There will always be people in this world who are attracted by the knowledge he left behind, and then slowly innovate under his guidance. Maybe after dozens or hundreds of years, Charles' "achievements" in the church will be greatly improved due to their efforts.

After all, he was the one who led them onto this path, and no matter what results they achieved, he had a share of the credit.

Thinking of this, Charles felt a little confused.

The priests of the Church of the Earth, from the gods, and even all the members of the church's farmer sequence, even if they were scattered throughout the countries, could not ensure that all land would become fertile.

But the Mother Earth should possess this kind of power.

But except for a few times in the early days, she had not displayed similar power in the thousands or tens of thousands of years that followed - because of this, Charles had misjudged the power of the gods for a long time.

Even before he became a Sequence 2, his judgment of the power of the righteous gods was still wrong!

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Chapter 313: Rumors, Mernadè's Dilemma

In fact, it was not just the Mother Earth Goddess. The power contained in the miracles displayed by other gods to the world also influenced Charles' judgment to a certain extent.

The greatest miracle of the Eternal Blazing Sun in the Book of Holy Words is that it transforms into a new blazing sun after the blazing sun goes out.

The goddess of night probably created the moon?

The Goddess of the Sea and the God of War and Glory, Charles couldn't think of any great miracles they had performed.

This is a deviation caused by insufficient strength and insufficient cognition.

His judgment of the power of the gods is different when he was an ordinary person, when he was a member of the church, when he was a high priest, and now.

But it is precisely because of this different judgment that Charles's doubts continue to emerge.

Even Ciel couldn't find fault with the character of the five righteous gods.

This was the judgment he made after more than sixty years of life.

But with their power and their character, it is very easy for them to change the world.

During the Age of the Five Gods, although the social order and people's lives in his time were much better than those in the Middle Ages in the West and the feudal period in the East in his previous life, there were still many defects.

With the power of the Five Gods, it would be very easy to correct this defect.

But they only maintained an order. Although they showed miracles and blessed the land, these blessings and miracles were far less than the real power they possessed.

They seemed to be deliberately suppressing their own strength.

Just like the work that Ciel was responsible for in the church before.

Improved seeds?

If Mernadette wanted, he wouldn't have to do this at all.

You know, at this time, his ability in terms of the earth is far behind that of Mernadé in his heyday, but after becoming a Sequence 2, his blessing has leapt to cover the entire planet.

And this blessing will continue as long as he wants it to.

As for Mernadè, she possesses a greater power than Charles in this state.

In theory, her blessing should be eternal.

The blessing bestowed by a single miracle is enough to make the entire planet unreasonably fertile for tens of millions of years.

Under this power, any crop with poor yield will evolve autonomously towards people's hopes under the power of the earth.

Whether it is the yield, taste, or even the shape and taste will become what people expect.

Under this kind of power, Charles's scientific method of improving seeds to increase yields is basically even more useless than chicken ribs.

But Mernadè's few acts of blessing in history did not last long.

The shortest is only one year, and the longest is only three, five, or ten years.

He couldn't understand why Mernadette chose to do this.

But he can be sure that under such powerful forces, theoretically, neither the ecological environment nor even changes in people's hearts and population issues will become obstacles.

Think about what's happening now.

Perhaps they had been accumulating their own strength from a very early time to face some dangers that he did not understand.

This world is becoming more and more interesting.