Thunder rumbled in the chaotic sky, and countless bolts of lightning descended from the sky, shattering the sky and splitting the earth, as if they were going to shatter the world in one fell swoop.
A young man with a somewhat gloomy face watched all this indifferently on the hill. In this vision, people screamed and ran away in fear. But in the eyes of the young man, these were just tens of thousands of people.
of dust and ants.
He let sulfur and fire fall from the sky above the castle, destroying the entire castle, all the defenders in the castle, and all the hills and plains around the castle, as well as everything growing on the ground. A few people were lucky enough to escape from the castle.
They escaped from this disaster, but they couldn't help but look back. With just one glance, they were turned into pillars of salt.
Another young man ran up the mountain in a panic. He looked brighter and more lively than the previous young man. He ran to the gloomy young man and saw the scene down the mountain at a glance. He froze there. After a while, he
Then he stammered and said to the somewhat gloomy young man: "Emmanuel, I said I would bring the governor of the province of Efilika to quell the rebellion. Why are you in such a hurry?"
The young man called Emmanuel dismissed the complaint: "Longinus, you came too late. Let the governor of Ephilica go back and forth wherever he goes. The leader of the rebels
Kefalinas has turned into a pillar of salt."
"Brother, you did such an exaggerated thing again! If someone asks me who did it, what should I say?"
Immanuel responded casually: "Just say it's God who is angry."
"Which god?"
"It doesn't matter which god. If it happens to be the god that the governor believes in, he will be happier."
After saying this, his face sank again, staring at everything below the mountain - the melted stone walls, the burned red hills, and the burned dry and cracked plains. Each person's appearance
The pillars of salt stood on the ground, gradually deforming in the wind.
This was a rebellion within the Seven Hills Empire, which broke out in the Numidia region that was conquered by the Seven Hills Empire. Its leader, Takfalinas, once served as the commander of the Seven Hills Empire's auxiliary legions, and later became a bandit.
The local people launched a rebellion.
"Longinus, since we were six years old, there have been several rebellions in the Seven Hills Empire. Do you still remember clearly?"
Longinus suddenly looked embarrassed. He scratched his head and counted several times with his fingers, but he couldn't come up with a specific number.
Emmanuel sighed. Illyricum, Teutoburg Forest, Panoria, Germany, Thrace, Gaul, Numidia...there have been rebellions of various sizes in these areas.
No wonder Longinus couldn't calculate clearly.
The Qiqiu Empire relied on its powerful force to conquer many foreign races and established an unprecedentedly large empire on the mainland. However, it was consuming its strength in these rebellions. If it continues like this, I am afraid that the Qi Qiu Empire will eventually
Will usher in destruction in victory after victory.
There is also a temple on the plain, which the rebels renovated based on the original Seven Hills Imperial Temple.
Immanuel did not know which god was worshiped there.
The Empire of the Seven Hills contains many ethnic groups, each with their own different beliefs: in Rabbah, Argob, Bashan, to the banks of the Arnon River, people believe in Moloch; from Aroai to Nebo,
Chemosh was worshiped as far as the shores of the Dead Sea; the god between the rivers of Syria was named Baal; in Azor, on the border of Palestine, stood the temple of Dagon; and Osiris, who was worshiped by the Egyptians
of worship...
Even in the Qiqiu Empire's own belief system, there are many gods fighting overtly and covertly.
In this way, how can rebellion not break out and fights not occur?
"Longinus, do you know? Whenever I think of this kind of thing, I will especially admire our prophet Moses."
"What?" Longinus couldn't follow Emmanuel's train of thought for a moment.
Emmanuel raised a finger to the sky: "One God, above all."
"Ah, is it called Yahweh? The god you Semites worship. Unfortunately, in mythology, he only makes a covenant with you."
Emmanuel's eyes looked into the distant future.
"That God is supreme, perfect, eternal, infinite, omnipotent, and omniscient. His extension extends from eternity to eternity, and his manifestations extend from infinity to infinity; he is not eternal and infinite, but
But it is eternal and infinite. He is not extension or space, but he continues and exists. He exists forever and is omnipresent, thus forming extension and space."
"However, Moses left behind a way for people to approach eternity and infinity... How can this be done? There are only a few people who can reach that level from ancient times to the present. And those low-level clumsy people
Magicians are just adding to the disputes in the world. If you ask me, just use the methods of those stupid polytheistic believers to make people believe that magic comes from the blessing of gods."
"This new god has eyes, ears, brains, arms, and the ability to feel, understand, and act, but in a completely non-material way, in a way that people absolutely
He behaves in an unknowable way. He is infinite, and people know nothing about how he, the infinite, perceives and understands things."
"If he cannot be understood, no one can get protection from him. Fearing his infinity, people will eventually realize their own limitations. Therefore, his believers will inevitably lose the power of magic!"
"On top of this, tell everyone that although people cannot learn magic by understanding the nature of the only true God, the only true God will actively give gifts to a small number of people... In this way, Yahweh's power will only
Gather into this small group of people. They will gain powerful power that no other believer of God can match! Isn’t this faster and more powerful than the method left by Moses?”
"On top of this, I will go one step further and base the power of a small number of people on a few eternal truths. The only god should not only master fire, water, war, victory and other things, it must master
Truth. Let the person chosen by God grasp the power of truth, which will make him more feared by believers, and his power will become stronger as a result."
"Like honey surrounding the queen bee, the people who have lost their power will unite around the only power with unprecedented cohesion - Longinus, listen, how wonderful this would be! The vast majority of people who cannot master magic will
Humans, a very small number of people who maintain order with extremely powerful magic, and the only god... As long as such an order is established, the world will be peaceful!"
“So, from this day forward, Yahweh will be the universal God!”
Longinus listened in a daze for a while. When Emmanuel finished speaking, he stammered and asked: "Emmanuel... you want to create a new god yourself?"
"Isn't this what stupid people often do? They make up a clay doll and kneel down to worship it. They use their imagination to give the clay doll divine power, and then pray to the clay doll to give it to themselves... I'm just
Just do the same thing."
The sunlight disappeared from Longinus' face.
"Emmanuel... You and I clearly know the true source of magical power, but you want to use this power to create a new god to deceive the world?"
"Longinus, have you heard the story of the Tower of Babel?"
"I heard that people wanted to build a high tower leading to the throne of God, but they fell apart under God's punishment and could no longer be united."
"Oh, the story says that it was God who caused this ending - but Longinus, you and I both know what kind of thing God is! It can't be God that caused this ending, but man himself -
—If everyone realizes their own potential to reach the gods, they will inevitably fall apart within themselves!"
"Emmanuel, what do you want to say?"
"Let people prostrate themselves forever under the gods they created... Longinus, if you still want to maintain peace and order in this world, never reveal the true secret of magic to the world!"
"Emmanuel! Have you ever thought that the Seven Hills Empire... no, this world may not all accept this new god you created?"
"If this world does not accept it...then destroy this world first, and then rebuild it! If this is true, I will be called by future generations: King of Kings, Ruler of Kings!"