In the past few days, Allen has been staying in the cabin in Oak Town, studying the magic rules of this new dimension while inquiring about information from local residents.
Regarding this new dimension, Allen's most intuitive feeling is the word "hot".
Here, the sun only sets around eight or nine in the evening; and at four or five in the morning, it is already high in the sky, scorching the earth.
But I heard from Catherine that a few years ago, when the climate was not as hot as it is now, it would snow occasionally in small southern towns like Oak Town.
"Perhaps this is because the power of the goddess of light wraps the plane crystal wall from the outside!" Allen secretly guessed.
However, the most unexpected thing for Allen is that he can actually accept the power of the town residents' belief in the sun god.
The residents of the town have rarely seen the world, and undoubtedly regard the various strange phenomena he performed with magic as miracles sent by the Sun God. In their eyes, Allen has naturally become a person favored by the Sun God.
When the residents praised the sun god devoutly, the power of their faith flowed into Allen's conscious world like a trickle.
Allen has always been deeply puzzled by this.
With the memory fragments left behind by his predecessor, Allen knew that the reason why he was able to obtain the power of faith was basically based on the name "God of Darkness".
This name is like a coordinate. Only when a lighthouse locks this position can the power of faith come from it.
Otherwise, the power of faith will be like rootless duckweed, floating in the air and gradually dissipating.
For example, the identity of "Alan York" also has a large number of admirers in the Braden Kingdom, which will naturally generate some power of belief.
But because this identity does not have the corresponding name, authority and function of God, it is difficult to effectively attract and gather this power. In the end, only a negligible part can be effectively utilized. The rest can only be allowed to dissipate.
Allen had previously speculated whether the so-called "Sun God" in this plane with an upper limit of only three levels was basically a figment of the residents and was worshiped as a spiritual pillar.
And when Allen came to this plane with his godhead, he was able to use these illusory powers of faith for his own use.
But he wasn't sure about it.
The God of Darkness and the God of Light, as their names sound, are almost opposites. According to this theory, Allen has no chance of intercepting the belief of the Sun God.
He also thought of a bold plan
"Can I pretend to be the messenger of the Sun God, act in this plane, and take over the empire residents' belief in the Sun God as my own? In this way, I don't need to spread the teachings of the Dark Temple from scratch, and can easily
Can a dove occupy a magpie's nest with loose stools?"
However, he did not dare to try it easily.
Let’s not talk about how he should convince the residents of the Essar Empire of his identity.
Now, the goddess of light is still watching covetously outside the crystal wall of the plane.
He was very worried that since he could easily seize this part of the power of faith that belonged to the Sun God, could others, such as the Goddess of Light, effortlessly take away this part of the power of faith that did not belong to him?
Finally, Allen's eyes fell on the "Evil God's Notes" again.
"o,my eternal dark lord,fatherbeings,rulerwraiths."
These are the names given to him in the prayers, namely "Eternal Lord of Darkness", "Father of All Living Things", and "King of the Dead", which are both his name and his authority.
"Lord of Darkness" is easy to understand.
The word "King of the Undead"...if he guessed correctly, it should contain "death" and "fear".
Only the "father of all living beings" puzzled him.
Does this refer to the authority of “life”?
Or is this universe originally created by the God of Darkness?
Allen did consider the possibility.
After all, there is this sentence on the first page of "Origin":
"God creates order out of chaos and creates law out of nothingness."
The first paragraph of the "Bible of Light" also reads:
"At the beginning of the birth of the world, everything was shrouded in darkness and despair."
Although it contains a derogatory connotation for darkness, it also seems to imply that darkness was born before light.
If this is the case, then the term "Father of All Living Things" would be superior to the "Sun God", and it would naturally be able to directly rob the Sun God of his power of faith.
It’s just that Allen can’t understand. If the God of Darkness is really powerful enough to create everything in the world, why did he suddenly fall? Since he created humans, why does he need human faith to maintain his divine power?
"It's really strange." Allen shook his head slightly, and his eyes inadvertently glanced at the inconspicuous line of addition calculations.
"11+2=13,12+1=13"
Allen previously believed that this foreshadowed the thirteen chairs next to his round table.
But after that, his mind became more open and he had more guesses about the meaning of numbers.
For example, these numbers represent specific dates and times, or the coordinates of certain locations, or some unknown stories in the history of the Black Temple.
As a former programmer, Allen even tried to use these numbers as the key to the Caesar cipher, and cracked the previous prayer by moving the letters thirteen times back according to the key.
Of course, he found nothing except a bunch of gibberish.
"Perhaps this is really an arithmetic problem written randomly by the original owner of the body." Allen shook his head helplessly and closed the "Evil God Note" again.
"Dong dong dong!"
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door in this room.
Allen stood up, went to open the door, and found the petite red-haired girl Catherine standing outside the door.
She held a stack of thick books in her arms, stacked one on top of the other, higher than her head, making her swaying as if she might fall at any time.
"Mr. Allen," she was heard panting, "this is the book you need. I found it for you from Mayor Royal. Maps of the Essa Empire, relevant laws, historical documents, and noble genealogies.
…It’s all in there.”
"Thank you, Catherine," Allen smiled politely, "Actually, you only need to tell me the location and I will move the books myself. I really feel sorry for letting you, a girl, do this for me."
As he spoke, he waved his hand, and all the books flew up, floated in the air, and then landed steadily on Allen's desk one after another.
"I'm fine, Mr. Allen." Catherine said quickly.
To be honest, the reason why she did this kind of thing herself was to take the opportunity to watch Allen perform magic, and
"Also, Mr. Allen, there is something I want to ask you for help with."