Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 496: Three religions have the same origin, but are infinitely divided!
Obviously, the traditionalists' large-scale copying of forbidden knowledge unsurprisingly led to a tragic accident out of control.

Even though they had already disassembled the original copy of "The Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven" in advance, they minimized contamination.

However, these nuns copied for a long time without having the systematic knowledge of black magic to reconcile the pollution, which inevitably brought disaster upon themselves.

This was also the escape route that Sister Teresa prepared for herself at the beginning.

If she couldn't resolve the resentment Margaret and her group had towards her, she would drag the entire monastery into the water.

Once they accidentally died in the process of copying scriptures, the hatred naturally shifted from her to the entire Maltese monastery.

[Uncrowned King] Even if he wanted to take revenge, he would not take into account a small character like her.

This kind of villain may not be able to accomplish anything, but he is good at doing bad things.

"hiss--!"

Aunt Margaret and several aunts hadn't even sat down in the scriptorium before they encountered this SAN-lowing scene, and they collectively gasped.

Even Byron saw this kind of angel's "holy descent" for the first time.

However, I found that the angels in "The Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven" are not exactly the same as the images promoted by the church. They have nothing to do with each other.

Compared to beautiful angels or normal humans, this thing looks more like those indescribable creatures drowned in the sea of ​​​​source!
"Strange, wasn't the Creator the ultimate winner of the War of the Gods? The style of the one who established the Silver Law shouldn't be like this.

Why is the forbidden knowledge he leaked so similar to those of the old gods? Even if the forbidden knowledge corresponds to the mythological form of [Beastiality], it is really too abstract. "

Byron knew a great deal about the secrets of the mythical age.

The clans themselves said that even though the old gods had been dead for many years, they were still extremely hostile to the [Bound Creator].

In order to fight for the only chance to survive, they directly destroyed the entire mythological era. He felt that the key should be to find out what they were fighting for back then.

Moreover, Byron had a strong premonition that the answer might lie in this book "The Gospel of Heaven" which contains countless "angels".

In a flash, the situation collapsed.

All the nuns near the scriptorium began to flee.

“Help! Aaaaaah!”

Some people were running and screaming, seemingly being driven crazy by the tragic plight of one sister after another during these three days.

However, there were also nuns with particularly strong faith, who raised the silver cross emblem in their hands and chanted a prayer:

“For great is the Creator and greatly to be praised! He is above all gods and should be feared!”

The silver holy light lit up, instantly covering the [Angel of Death] Azrael and a young nun right below His body.

"Emily, don't let the 'angel' control you. Focus on taking your own body back."

Unfortunately, the last efforts of the fellow nuns were of little use.

Hundreds of eyes appeared on Emily's body in the blink of an eye.

It opened suddenly and locked onto everyone around it, leaving no blind spots in any direction.

call out!call out!call out!
As his eyes closed and opened again, several dazzling green flashes suddenly burst out from his pupils.

If it falls on a desk or wall, it will immediately begin to weather. If it falls on a living person, most people will die on the spot.

The forbidden book [Gospel of Heaven] may have great side effects, for example: it can only be learned by the Temple Sequence, and you can praise the angels as soon as you open your mouth. If the anchor is not enough, you will gradually become "superstitious", convert to the angel from the bottom of your heart, and become a brainless fanatic, willing to sacrifice everything for Him.

But it is really strong.

The core ability [Angel's Descend] alone is almost equivalent to achieving a very high level of "Holy Descent" effect in one step.

Let a powerful unknown spirit from heaven descend into your body to fight for you, and your abilities in all aspects will be comprehensively enhanced.

It is not much different from the "Devil Descending from Heaven" in the [Divine Vision] realm.

Margaret and her friends encountered this kind of scene when they first entered the library, and their reaction speed was obviously not as fast as that of other experienced nuns.

Just like some people immediately dodge tactically when they hear gunshots, while others think they are firecrackers and want to join in the fun.

By the time I reacted, it was too late to escape, so I could only hide under the table.

Byron was also prepared. If the safety of his aunt and others was threatened, he would get rid of the other party first, even at the risk of exposing himself.

Sister Emily herself is not very strong, having just reached the second-level professional grade. Even if she is contaminated by the Angel of Death and becomes ten times stronger due to blackening, she is at most equivalent to the level of a beginner in the third level.

Byron can use Fukuin's body to fully exert his own power, and it only takes one move to kill her.

Even if you use the [Microwave Hand] to burn her to a crisp, no one will be able to discover the source.

At this time, Marina, the third-level [Coronation Priest] who sent them here, had already taken action in advance.

This was not the first time that a library out-of-control accident had occurred. The monastery's top management had foreseen the consequences and had prepared emergency plans long ago.

Even if control gets out of control, the fallen ones will not have a second chance to strike.

He raised the Mithril Cross Holy Emblem high in the air and chanted a holy prayer:

“Praise the Creator! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in the firmament of his power!”

At the same time, the power of the Level 0 holy relic that suppressed the monastery's divine domain descended.

A statue of the Virgin Mary with a look of compassion appeared, with silver halos blooming from her fingertips, suppressing the out-of-control nun in circles.

All the pale green death beams were deflected and destroyed her own eyes again. At the same time, a lock-shaped silver seal appeared on her forehead.

Azrael, the previously unstoppable Angel of Death, was gradually pushed out of the material world.

Even though He struggled violently to stay inside the nun's body, it was completely useless.

Unfortunately, the pollution suffered by the nun cannot be eradicated.

Although Emily's eyes were closed, they still looked bulging and particularly creepy.

Everyone in the library was silent, and no one thought that the nun named Emily had been saved.

He might not die this time, but he has been anchored by the "angel". If he is not careful, he will lose control again sooner or later.

Until they are polluted and turned into true fanatics, or even into a brainless tribe that only knows how to praise angels.

Marina, the third-rank clergyman in charge of the scribes, simply tapped her chest four times and said to the group of armed nuns who rushed in:
“Emily sacrificed herself for a noble cause. The monastery will remember her deeds and the Creator will bless her.

Take her to the confinement room, and then transport her to the Holy Silver Empire for treatment along with the other contaminated people."

Under normal circumstances, if a large amount of the monastery's stored mental and spiritual power is consumed and a high-level purification ritual is initiated, it is indeed possible to save the person.

But Byron had seen through the traditionalists' conspiracy and knew that those power-hungry senior officials had never had that intention from the beginning.

Although these victims are all traditionalists, they will most likely be thrown into Protestant parishes along with the spread of the forbidden book "Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven".

Creating bloodshed and undermining the unity within Protestantism is simply cannon fodder.

This is the tragedy of the little people.

A speck of dust from the times is like a mountain when it falls on a person's head, and he may not even know why he is dying.

"Everyone else should return to their positions. The reason you are afraid of difficulties is that your faith is not strong enough.

Now is the time to prove yourself."

Marina asked the nuns who had just escaped to return to their original positions and continue copying.

My aunt and several aunts also came out from under the table and sat down with some doubts.

Just as I picked up the pen, I saw Marina pointing at a nun in the next room who had not run away but had insisted on copying and praising her:

“You all come and see how Sister Irma does things?
She remained calm in the face of danger and did not panic because she had a firm faith and firmly believed that she would not be harmed under the Lord's protection.

The motto of the Temple sequence: 'With God'.

Since she has such a firm belief, I believe she will be able to be promoted to the third-level middle sequence soon, and stand shoulder to shoulder with me to make greater contributions to God's cause.

You all need to learn from Sister Alma, okay?"

Sister Irma certainly deserves the praise she receives.

Even when praised in person by her direct manager, she still did not raise her head and continued to work at her desk with full concentration, as if nothing could make her stop copying.

But when Byron's [Divine Vision] swept over, he found that the other person's eyes were lifeless, and his hands were still mechanically outlining letters, but the handwriting was becoming more and more messy.

Until the blue ink smudged onto the bagasse paper to create a portrait of an angel.

"Oh no, it happens again!"

next moment.

Just when they had just dealt with the Angel of Death from the Holy Descent and everyone was still in shock, this diligent nun suddenly looked up and exclaimed affectionately:
"Ah! Praise the Blood Angel Lamia!"

Then another "angel" came and possessed her body.

This angel looks more human than the Angel of Death, with a graceful female body that is completely naked, but with several pairs of curved horns on her head and red skin.

It has six bat wings, using two wings to cover its face, two wings to cover its feet, and two wings to fly, but each wing has six pairs of red eyes, which constantly shed blood and tears.

This time the accident was closer to Byron and the others, so they could see it more clearly. Marina, who had just praised the other party for his concentration, suddenly became stiff-faced, clutched the holy emblem, and cried out helplessly in her heart:
"Oh my God! Why are the ones who get into trouble always the most hardworking nuns? If this continues, when will we be able to fulfill the saint's requirements?"

There have been seven or eight accidents in the library over the past three days, otherwise Marina wouldn't have been so anxious to find the "prisoners" to help copy.

Moreover, those who lost control were the "paper kings" who worked the hardest, spent the most time copying, and produced the most fruitful results.

They were copying when others were drinking water, they were copying when others were eating, and they were still copying when others were sleeping.

Many nuns even arrived in the scriptorium early, as they woke up at four in the morning.

How does the famous saying go, "Working overtime leads to loss of control, while slacking off is good for the body and mind."

Whether in the mundane world or the extraordinary world, the principles are exactly the same. Mental pressure is real. While it kills others, it also hurts yourself.

Otherwise, there wouldn’t be the rumor that those who work overtime have more resentment than ghosts.

Bang!
And unlike the Angel of Death just now, this nun possessed by the Blood Angel Lamia was blown into a ball of blood mist on the spot.

A large number of blood-red bats flew out from the blood mist with a "crackling" sound. Some of them bit anyone they saw, while the other ones rushed out of the library without hesitation, trying to escape.

This immediately caused chaos in the library.

Obviously, the degree of her contamination was far more serious than the former, and she had become a true follower of the old gods, chaotic, bloodthirsty, crazy, but also extremely cunning.

But what was very strange was that this time, although Margaret and the others were very close, they were not attacked by any bats.

As if they were deliberately avoiding something, they were unwilling to get close to them even if they had to take a long detour to escape, thus forming an arc.

At the very center of this arc was Byron, who was stunned after seeing the "Blood Angel Lamia".

"I know this angel!
Barat, Lilitu, Lamia, etc. are all aliases of [Mother of Creation Lilith]!"

[Night Demon Prince] is the highest-level member of the family of Lilith, the Mother of Creation. There is a natural and deep connection between the two.

Ever since he was promoted to the third level, Byron has been able to hear the old god's mumblings and learned a lot of ancient knowledge that had long been blocked and destroyed by the church.

One of them is about the origin of Lilith.

In the mythological era, the divine domain she ruled was mainly located in the central part of the continent, the riverland between the two rivers. She was the symbol of life and storms, and was also one of the most powerful gods at that time.

Among them, Lamia is her divine incarnation, representing part of her authority to rule monsters.

Later, in the "Gospel of Creation" compiled by the church, His status was greatly downgraded, and His image became the first woman created by the Creator, which was also integrated into the church's belief system.

Byron was filled with a storm of anxiety:
“Why does the forbidden book “Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven” released by the Creator contain the knowledge of Lilith?
Although it is the image of an angel, I will never mistake the essence of its power.

Then is the same situation true for the many other angels described in this book?
The so-called "angels" in heaven are actually gods from the mythological era, and their incarnations? !

Could it be that the Creator ate a part of them?"

In the ship's log, the unlocking density of [Secret: The fuse of the religious war, historical influence 65] jumped from 15% to 35% in an instant.

Byron suddenly realized that he seemed to have discovered a huge secret.

In the mythological era, gods really existed, but in the Silver Age, the "Bound Creator" became the only omniscient and omnipotent God.

All gods from other pantheons fell from grace and were reduced to the level of sixth-order [demigods] with only "beastiality" left, and were drowned in the sea of ​​​​source.

In a world where even “claims” carry extraordinary power, “God’s Title” is not just a casual boast.

If the name does not match the reality, the omniscient and omnipotent status of the Creator will be shaken.

Now Byron finally understood why the Creator could give birth to such terrifying authority as "omniscience and omnipotence".

Combined with what [Succubus Princess] Therese said: "Before the great flood, the gods essentially fought to grab something that could save their lives."

Apparently, in that war of gods that was a matter of survival, the Creator had somehow taken away all the gods in this world, including true gods, demigods, subordinate gods, and incarnations, representing the stable "divinity" in their bodies, as well as the anchors that those gods used to rule their believers!

This allowed the [Creator] to achieve the highest level of "all things return to one" by relying on the powerful anchoring at the foul level.

He bound himself tightly to the human collective and became the only omniscient and omnipotent God in the material world!
Afterwards, the "Church of the Creator" in the material world expanded massively and took over the entire Old World in one fell swoop.

In the process of expansion, they destroyed the myths and beliefs of the gods and broke up the pantheons exclusive to each tribe.

They also used the "take-it-as-it-is" approach, changing the names of their gods and integrating them into their own mythology system, namely the "angels" in "The Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven"!
The Bible describes angels like this:
“Angels are created from light, belong to a world that is invisible to the naked eye, have no gender, are spiritual beings, have no material needs and no material functions;

They do not eat, sleep, marry, or have children.

Although the Creator has endowed them with wisdom, they do not have free will and free choice, but are completely obedient to the Lord's divine will and the Lord's sacred commands. They worship and serve the Lord in various ways. "

Essentially, they were co-opted.

Now, as the knowledge that originally belonged to the gods began to dissipate from the Creator, the "angels" who were once swallowed also fell into confusion.

There is no doubt that the [Bound Creator] himself has a big problem!

Byron recalled a law of increasing entropy from his previous life, which he used to describe the degree of chaos within a system:
"In an isolated system, any change cannot lead to a decrease in the total value of entropy, which means that the isolated system will only become more and more chaotic."

This law reveals the tendency of the universe and life systems to evolve from order to disorder.

For example, a pile of stones in nature will never turn into a towering castle no matter how long it is left, and a pile of hematite will not turn into a steel knife, but the reverse is true: from order to disorder.

Sooner or later, the castle will be eroded by water and weathered into a pile of stone, and the steel knife will rust into a pile of rust.

Perhaps the same principle applies to the Bound Creator.

Although He has achieved "the unity of all things", He has also trapped himself in this closed world and is destined to become more and more chaotic.

Even if the other party's realm is extremely high and the speed of chaos is extremely slow, it may take thousands or even tens of thousands of years, but the process is unwavering.

"Well, if we reason rationally.

The Church of the Creator has been divided since its birth. Is it also based on this principle? "

After Byron roughly guessed the situation of the Creator, he went back and re-examined the religious wars of all ages since the Silver Age.

There are three main branches of the Creator religion.

The earliest one was the "Remitism", which appeared in the sixth century BC of the Silver Age. At that time, the "Creator" was just one of the gods.

At that time, man made a covenant with God, and the [Holy Word Tablet] engraved with the Ten Commandments was the core of the Silver Law and has been kept in St. Peter's Cathedral in the Holy Silver Empire.

The greedy and cunning Remit people call themselves God's chosen people, which is strictly speaking not a big problem.

Starting from the first year of the Silver Age, the "Church of the Creator" slowly separated from the "Remit Religion" and established its own sect, which soon became dominant. It reached its peak in the fourth century, and then the dark millennium of the east coast began.

In the seventh century of the Silver Age, a founder on the west coast received "divine revelation" and established the "Holy Spirit Church", which then split into the "Orthodox Path Faction" and the "Followers Faction".

In the past, Byron had always focused on Protestants and traditionalists, subconsciously ignoring the fact that the East Coast Church and the West Coast Holy Spirit Church were inherently incompatible.

They were the beginning of the church split and religious wars. The large-scale Crusades were fought nine times until the fall of the Holy City in 1453 of the Silver Age.

Today, it is clear that the Church of the Creator on the East Coast is headed for another major split.

The history of church development seems to be a history of division.

Byron has always been wondering: Red Flower, Green Leaf and White Lotus, the three religions were originally one family. Since the three religions have the same origin, why did they always end up going their separate ways?
If we live in a materialistic world where gods do not really exist, different understandings of doctrine among believers may indeed lead to continuous divisions in sects.

But the gods of this world really exist, and there are countless priests who claim to be able to communicate with gods. How could the doctrines be self-contradictory and allow believers to interpret them differently?
Byron made a bold guess:

"It now seems that the communication between the top leaders of various factions is most likely just about a certain aspect of the One God.

Just like a blind man touching an elephant, he can only understand part of the other party's existence and obtain incomplete knowledge.

With the gradual collapse of the One God's 'All Things Return to One' system, this division will most likely continue to intensify in the future.

Even if Protestantism splits into seven or eight sects in a short period of time, I would not find it strange at all.

If this continues, the church system will become increasingly chaotic, and the differences between the various branches will grow greater and greater.

Even if one day in the future a branch suddenly merges with the church of the old gods' followers, there is no need to be surprised.

It was just that when a whale fell, all things came into being. "

Now Byron finally understood what it meant when he said "The Era of Luo Yan is bound to come" was the general trend.

Once the spiritual tide rises to a certain level, the Creator himself becomes more confused and immediately finds himself in a situation where he is trapped both internally and externally.

Those old gods who have been dead for more than a thousand years are 100% sure to make a comeback.

This time point may be decades later or hundreds of years later, but he, the [Prince of Night Devil] who has gained immortality, can definitely see it.

Byron had never expected that during an investigation to rescue his aunt and her group, he would accidentally uncover such a huge secret.

Immediately, the unlocking density of [Secret: The fuse of the religious war, historical influence 65] jumped from 35% to 45%.

[Secret: Prophecy, Kingship, and the prophecy of racial revival by the god of the Wild Hunt, Woden, historical influence 69] The decoding density also jumped from 54% to 58%.

At this moment, there are not many people in the world who can see the future situation more clearly than him.

The world situation is changing rapidly. If you are quick, all steps will be quicker. But if you are slow, you may be eliminated in an instant and not even be qualified to play chess.

Byron felt a sense of urgency.

"Let's set a small goal first. Next year, I will be crowned king and sit on the throne of God!"

(End of this chapter)