"It's like the World Tree uses beacons to find other worlds and establish connections. Then it can use the tidal gap in energy between the two worlds to convert it into nutrients for the World Tree." Because of the comparison, Fen naturally made an association. But this way
Her statement was incomplete, and everything had its purpose. She asked, "What did the gods do in this process? What did they gain?"
"Well, we have been to many worlds outside of Mystery. Every world, no matter how similar it is to Mystery, will have some differences. Some things that may be difficult in Mystery are difficult in other worlds.
Quite commonplace. Things that may require a lot of effort here can be done effortlessly in other worlds. I was thinking..."
Faced with someone's temptation, because the content aroused interest, Fen couldn't help but take the bait and asked: "What are you thinking about?"
"You see, the characteristics of a spirit son is that while maintaining its own characteristics, it will also adjust its shape according to the different worlds it is in, so that it can integrate itself into this world. And these spirits composed of... well, existence,
They will have a tendency to be close to the world, which means that when they use certain abilities, it will be easier than the natives of Midland. So what they are doing seems to be using the specialties of the world they are close to.
The characteristics of the spirit child are brought to Midland and sold at a high price."
Fen felt dumbfounded at first when he heard someone's description. But when he thought about it seriously, there seemed to be nothing wrong with it.
Lin continued: "As for what the being who lends power gets in this process, it's hard to say. The gods who usually do this are advocating that they will lead the souls of the devout to her.
In the kingdom of God, you can live a good life forever. The devil, on the other hand, directly uses the soul as a bargaining chip, unless a better sacrifice than the soul can be proposed today. Isn't that the case?"
"That's right." Fen scratched his face and said, "I just heard you compare gods and demons to businessmen, which seems a bit nondescript."
"What's so nondescript about this? Get close to worlds with specific attributes, and rule at least one of them. Otherwise, you can open up an exclusive world for yourself to rule, euphemistically calling it the Kingdom of God. Then take the common commodities or products in those worlds
Ability is sold to other relatively precious worlds in exchange for souls or other valuable currencies. This is a transaction that only the height of the gods can enter and carry out. And...
…”
Someone seemed to be appetizing and only spoke half of his words. Fen had to ask aloud: "And what?"
After thinking for a moment and not coming up with an answer, Lin simply stated the question in his mind. "You see, gods also have two contradictory qualities. One is that faith is immortal and gods are immortal. But the other is ironclad.
concept, the spirit of flowing water.
"You are very familiar with the former. No matter how many times those old gods are killed, as long as worship and belief still exist, the gods will suddenly revive one day after their death. And according to you, even if other mortals try to steal them
The power of the old gods that have fallen and become vacant will ultimately only allow the old gods to resurrect themselves, lose their will, and become the same old gods as the ones they killed before. But I have always had a question, this
Is the old god who revives again and again really the same one as before?"
Fen replied: "Every time an old god dies, I will destroy it until its spirit and soul are gone, and it will never die again. Otherwise, I will throw its soul into the eternal fire and become the fuel of the oil lamp. But even so,
The old gods will still be resurrected again and again because of faith, with the same appearance and the same abomination.
"If you look at it from the perspective of the soul, the former god and the latter one should be different souls. But they are gods after all. I can't guarantee whether they have the same level of resurrection mechanism as the Lich's phylactery. At least for them.
As far as a lich is concerned, the soul is hidden in the phylactery; as long as the phylactery is not destroyed, the lich can be resurrected indefinitely. In the past, I would have thought that the Kingdom of God had the same function. But from what you said, it seems
Isn’t that so?”
Lin nodded and said: "Yes, and this involves the second characteristic of the contradiction."
Fen asked in confusion: "What is the concept of iron and water gods? I don't understand."
"That sentence has a historical allusion in my hometown. To put it simply, in order to prevent the generals from getting too familiar with the soldiers, the emperor united to rebel. So he changed the troops from time to time, but the camps defended by the generals remained unchanged, leaving the generals no choice.
Opportunities get acquainted with soldiers, then bribe them, and then rebel. By using it in this place, I just want to emphasize that the concept of achieving gods will not waver in any way, but the gods achieved by this concept may not always be the same."
Her hatred for the gods made Fen never understand the new god system after her resurrection. Even among the eight powers that magicians can use, she was indifferent to who the respective gods corresponded to. Of course, let alone meditating.
For rituals and the practice of magic, she still uses the same old methods, the old methods from thousands of years ago. Lin understands these, so he explained:
"You see, after the end of the old gods, the rise of the new gods is no longer the worship of nature in the past, but the creation of godheads based on concepts that everyone agrees with, and the ignition of divine fires. Do you know that there is actually a goddess of magic in the Lost Land? Because
There are eight powerful gods in front of her, and the magicians are all lawless and unbelievers, so she chooses a god with the concept of 'magic'. She can't draw much faith from the magicians, so she is a sadly weak god."
"There is such a thing." Fen said in surprise. If you don't regard God as a 'god', these popular gossips are quite interesting.
"Yes. And the history of the New God is only a short seven or eight hundred years. In such a short period of time, the goddess of magic has been replaced five times. Do you dare to believe it?"
"Fifth term!" Fen's beautiful eyes widened, and he raised his right hand in surprise, with his fingers spread out. "Are you sure you are not the kind of person who dies and then comes back to life?"
"No, it's just a substitution. It seems that as long as magic is studied to a certain level, someone will want to take over, kill the gods and replace them. This happened five times. These are clearly recorded in the inheritance records of the Magicians Association.
.Even though the reality may not be as stated in the record, it is certain that someone will be replaced.”
"This is really..."
"In short, I think the identification of the spirit son can explain these problems related to the gods. Although there are still several pieces of the puzzle missing to have a complete answer, it has also made a big step forward."
Regarding the previous third question: What is God? In fact, Lin still has a lot of doubts. Of course, the questions here are not philosophical. Since there is a saying that it is 'another level of life', then this level,
What are the characteristics?
On the other hand, another problem at hand can be solved with today's discovery. Lin said: "But the most important gain is the discovery of the spirit son, which will help track our new friend who has come and gone without a trace. Next time, we will
You don’t have to wait for the other party to leave traces before you can follow him slowly.”
"Well, tell me, if we completely destroy those worlds, is it possible to completely eliminate a god?" Fen still asked about the topic she was concerned about.
"That's true in theory, but in practice it can't be done." Lin shrugged and replied, "As long as there is demand, there will be supply. You can shift the demand, but it's just filling the vacancy with other things.
It doesn’t mean there is no need for it. Therefore, even if humans do not die, gods will not be destroyed.”