It was different from the previous “battle” that was almost like pushing and shoving with Nicholas.
Although Bernardino was the Pope, Paper Princess showed no mercy when she attacked him.
A large part of the reason for this is that the bell-ringer, as the "god of terminal illness and death", is a false god with no backing, no prosperous church, and no main god.
Although Bell Ringer and Paper Princess are false gods who ascended in the same era, they are not familiar with each other.
And unlike Paper Princess who accepted Yaweng's invitation and got the protection day and was promoted to a subordinate god... Although the bell ringer was invited by the three righteous gods including the Bone Burial Granny, Lady Silence and the Moth Mother, in the end he did not accept any
A bouquet of olive branches.
Being invited by the three righteous gods is not because of his good character or ability.
Just because its field is quite critical...and the classification is very vague.
Zhi Ji still remembers that the book of truth written by the Bell Ringer is called "The Theory of Gray Blood". It contains truths about disease, apoptosis, blood, weakness, aging, destiny and many other fields. It is a very powerful book of truth.
When the Bell Ringer finally completed his sublimation, he chose "predetermined death" as his core concept.
So he eventually sublimated into the "god of terminal illness and death" and the "bell ringer" who tolled the death knell for mortals who were dying.
He is a lone false god with an eccentric personality, loneliness and few friends. Not only does He never take the initiative to create a church, but even the people who create churches for Him will not receive any additional benefits and protection - even the Holy Spirit
Light Seals are rarely given to believers in addition, but only after the nightmare has been completely purified can the corresponding Holy Light Seal be obtained.
Generally speaking, false gods will issue holy light seals to believers they are satisfied with. After all, the false gods' churches do not have so many rules and regulations, and they do not have a fixed territory, so they will act more casually.
For believers that he is satisfied with, even mortals and extraordinary beings who are not his followers, he will also give some Holy Light Marks. As long as they are pleasing to the eye, there is nothing that cannot be done.
After all, the essence of the Holy Light Seal is the authorization of the power of the believers by the gods. The reason why the Holy Light Seal is given after purifying the nightmare is actually because the gods get some benefits after purifying the nightmare and give corresponding rewards to the priests.
It's like a factory that purchases raw materials and prepares them for secondary processing gives a certain amount of remuneration to the seller of the raw materials.
The Mark of Holy Light is just "currency".
It's not something you can only get through nightmares.
Even in the Zhengshen Church, you can obtain the Holy Light Seal by completing tasks within the church.
It’s just that the Zhengshen Church must have rules and clear rewards and punishments. Every Holy Light Seal given is recorded by the Pope... Even gods cannot grant gifts at will, and can only reward those within the church.
Otherwise, it will interfere with the authority and work of the Pope.
In other words - in the Orthodox Church, the gods themselves do not participate in the management, and are entirely entrusted to the management of the Pope, and even the cardinals are difficult to contact.
It's like the relationship between a celebrity and his fan base.
And the same is true for God.
Not only can you get shelter from God.
Their main god will also directly allocate some manpower from the main church to help them manage the believers and clergy. It is like signing a contract with a big company... There is no need to take care of the subsequent operations.
This is also the reason why the rightful god’s papal authority is much higher than that of the king——
——The righteous pope and saint are the real rulers of this world.
The wild false gods are completely different.
The false god himself will directly participate in the management of the church.
Except for the pope, who is the keeper of secrets, the false gods cannot betray easily... even the cardinals may defect; and there are no rules for selecting cardinals. Basically, it depends on the popularity of the pope or the false gods.
In other words, it’s just what’s pleasing to the eye.
For example, the tragedy writer, or the Pale Princess.
Taking into account the need to relocate at any time, the church of false gods is extremely small - most of the clergy (not believers) who can falsely believe in gods have less than three figures. From this perspective, Rofu can also be regarded as one of the false gods.
It's so weird...
The bell ringer is a weirdo in another sense.
But it was not because He abided by the rules that He alienated His followers...
It's because he has an extremely eccentric personality.
Apart from necessary social interactions, He does not communicate with anyone—and He does not expect His followers to do anything to help Him.
Even the actions of maintaining his own domain were done by Himself.
There is a folk legend that when a mortal is tortured by a terminal illness and is dying, or is about to die without any disease or disaster, he will occasionally hear three death knells outside the door before going to bed the night before his death.
The bell rings. And except for the dying person, no one else can hear the bell.
This is the mercy the bell ringer gives to the dying man.
He revealed the final death and gave people the last day to write a will and provide for the funeral arrangements.
This is why, in the Misty Continent, it is considered very impolite for those ignorant children to ring bells or bells in front of the door of the elderly or patients.
And for this reason, the priesthood of the Bell Ringer is very unpopular.
But even so, He still has some fanatical followers who believe that "all men are mortal". They spontaneously make bronze bells with bronze handles, rely on divine magic to judge dying people, and go to their doors to ring the bell.
——And even if you do this, the bell ringer will not give any reward.
Because what He himself believes in is that the end will eventually come.
No help required.
No publicity is needed.
No need for any resistance.
——Therefore, He does not need any believers.
He even gave himself the name "Bell Ringer". You know, "Bell Ringer" is actually a pretty bad derogatory term in the context of the United Kingdom, referring to "a mean and despicable person".
For example, young men refer to those poor boys who steal and rob; boat men refer to those who drive black ships to smuggle goods and kidnap women.
Believers of the Bell Ringer are even less popular than believers of the Cup Girl - as long as you see those people holding copper bells, wrapped in bandages and wearing black hoods entering the village without saying a word,
It means someone is going to die.
Although the Bell Ringer is not an evil god, he has never done anything illegal.
But it's just not likable.
After he rejected the invitations of the three righteous gods, no gods could become friends with him. However, there were several gods who were angered by his weird temper.
The Pope as a bell-ringer...is not necessarily a good identity.
Think about it from this perspective.
Annan did not believe that it was the bell ringer behind Bernardino who was looking for the Book of the Sky Wheel.
"——So, what is the purpose of you coming to me?"
Facing Bernardino, who had all his spirits annihilated by Paper Princess and himself bound by countless silver chains, Annan told all his analysis.
He stood behind Zhi Ji and asked calmly: "The Book of Heavenly Cars is here with me. What do you want to do?"
"I warn you, don't take advantage of Annan."
Before he answered, Zhi Ji warned: "Otherwise, even the bell ringer can't protect you."
But Bernardino just showed a weird smile.
He smiled hoarsely and asked: "Don't worry about what I say...