Hearing this, Bishop Daryl's expression relaxed a lot.
His body leaned backward, leaning on the back of the seat.
The bald bishop, whose age was indistinguishable, was sipping warm black tea while pointing his chubby finger at the ring on Annan's hand.
"The Mark of Holy Light is not something complicated and bizarre... You can simply understand that it is the 'carrying object' used by the priests.
"Let's start from the beginning. We 'priests'... or in ancient terms, 'priests' don't need curse-bearing objects made of metal. Because we are different from you extraordinary beings... we don't know how to
Take the curse into your body.”
Having said this, Bishop Daryl's expression turned slightly serious.
"This is because, from the level of 'bishop' upwards, almost all priests will not die well. We will always die in this or that nightmare.
"After all, purifying nightmares doesn't require you to be physically strong... It's better to say that if there are fewer curses stored in your body, your body will be weaker. If you become a monster, you won't hurt innocent people.
"Just like you extraordinary beings can transfer the invisible and intangible curse by carrying and granting the curse... Of course the curse can be transferred. Even if you are not priests, after purifying the nightmare, you will be able to transfer it quickly.
Strengthen yourself. This is because the curse that makes up the nightmare has been purified, refined and sucked out by you.
"The obsessions that make up a nightmare are like a skeleton; and these curses that can be sucked out are flesh and blood. No matter which one is missing, the nightmare will collapse.
"As for the remaining, most turbid curses that cannot be purified by human power, they will be handed over to the righteous god in the local parish for deep purification; if there is no church nearby, then they will be passed on to the righteous god of this month.
side.
"But you must also know... For this world, 'curses are power'. The same is true for Sir Silver and the others. These curses that we cannot purify, whether they are true gods or false gods, are
A great tonic.”
Bishop Daryl looked at Annan's expression.
He was generally sure that Annan understood, and then continued slowly: "The reason why we can use the secret of extraordinary abilities without storing the curse... is not because the priests have an ability system that is beyond the curse, but because they belong to
This part of our curse has always been stored in our respective gods, just like deposits in a bank.
"Imprints are certificates that temporarily borrow extraordinary powers from different gods. In essence, they are still our own curses. This is also a kind of banking business... banking business in the extraordinary world."
...I roughly understand it.
Annan understood and nodded slightly.
This mechanism is more like a cloud disk than a bank.
Due to various reasons, it is inconvenient to store the curse in the body, so it is stored in the cloud. When needed, the data can be called based on the certificate, and it will be stored when not in use...
It’s so useful, my dear gods.
But, in other words... is the curse the "experience" that the players get?
Annan was thoughtful.
In this way, he probably understood.
The biggest difference between Annan himself and the players and the aborigines of this world...perhaps is that the aborigines cannot transfer the curse by killing each other.
It is understandable that he got so little experience from killing a Silver-level wizard because most of the experience was used to build nightmares. And the professional level obtained after purifying the nightmare is only the easiest to digest and absorb.
That part.
"In other words... the mark of holy light is a certificate obtained after completely purifying the nightmare?"
Annan asked.
Bishop Daryl nodded: "Yes. We priests or clergymen have no hierarchy. The difference in strength only comes from the number of imprints we hold.
"The deeper the distortion of the nightmare, the more marks we can get after complete purification, for example..."
As he spoke, he extended his right hand to Annan, palm down.
On the back of Daryl's hand, a large number of fine and profound silver runes suddenly appeared. Starting from the back of the hand, they spread densely toward the sleeves...and crawled up to his neck, chin, and the right side of his face.
These complicated silver runes gave people a strange divine charm. Daryl's right eye seemed to be mixed with some runes, shining with a strange silver light.
And Annan could feel a strong dizziness just by looking at those runes.
Annan forcibly looked away and reached out to press his forehead.
"This is"
"This is the Seal of Holy Light, the medium through which we perform divine magic. Not everyone has the ability to communicate with gods... but obviously, you do."
Daryl said and waved his hand.
Annan vaguely sensed that something seemed to be spreading in the room...
In other words, it's like there was something in the air that was now purified.
"After you have just completely purified the previous nightmare, I feel that I have added a trace."
Daryl pointed to a spot on his cheek: "I predicted at first that with the intensity of this nightmare, I should have gotten ten strokes."
The face that originally looked honest and kind turned out to be very majestic against the backdrop of the silver runes.
"This should be because I only purified the nightmare once. And you found the key and destroyed the cornerstone of the nightmare. So you should get far more than me."
"Yes, I got nine strokes."
Annan nodded and admitted.
So that’s it.
He knew it in his heart.
Only after a nightmare is completely purified will rewards be truly distributed. The more times a nightmare is purified, the more marks will be obtained...
"Then what if the nightmares were purified not by priests, but by other extraordinary beings?"
Annan remembered the existence of the players, so he asked.
Daryl shrugged: "Of course you can only get the part of the nightmare you got, as long as you haven't left the parish where you purified the nightmare.
"After all, when we purify nightmares, we don't get power from them like extraordinary people. They are paid on a daily basis, and we are paid on a monthly basis, which is naturally different. However, some nightmares are very difficult to purify, or
The task is heavy, and we will also temporarily hire extraordinary people... using the 'key' of the nightmare as a reward to let them enter the nightmare to assist in the purification. Otherwise, we will be trapped. To put it simply, everyone gets what they get. Let the official
, or at least the innocent supernatural beings help us quickly end the purification of nightmares, and we temporarily open nightmares to them so that they can improve their strength."
wrong.
Annan suddenly realized something.
If the extraordinary ones purify the dungeon, they can only get the professional level they had when they cleared the level...
After the priests completely purify the copy, they can only obtain the Holy Light Seal.
But Annan, a transcendent who is about to work part-time as a priest, obviously got both?
So does this count as...
After doing a job, you went to two bosses and asked for two wages respectively?
Is this a bug or a mechanism?
For a moment, Annan felt as if he had caught the righteous god's wool...