Don't call me evil god

Chapter 8: I have to write the background myself

The God of Knowledge is the priesthood image that Norman came up with for himself.

When believers encounter difficulties, they can pray to Noven. Although Noven cannot consume divine power to directly help believers solve the difficulties, Noven can convey the solution to the problem or the progress status to the believers!

How to do it specifically depends on the believers themselves. What Nowen does is just responding to the believers' demands and giving them the information they want.

This is the image of the "God of Knowledge" envisioned by Nouwen, a god who is in charge of the pursuit of knowledge and exploration of the unknown.

The character setting of the vest is ready, and the next step is to find a way to draw a clear line with the so-called "evil god" and sever all ties with him.

Noven began to make up his own background:
[I have awakened from a long sleep, and the world is now very different from what it was then.]

【All things in the past have evolved into a sea of ​​​​change, and the former believers have long since turned into dry bones in the tomb. 】

[The glory of the past is gone, the splendor of the past is no longer there. ]

[Helpless mortals, if you need to find the direction of the lost, then offer your devout faith! ]

The good news is that Pater's act of placing his last hope in Novan can be seen by Novan's priestly authority as an incomplete prayer.

This gave Noven some information that would help Pete gain Bahamut's trust:
In addition to the orthodox gods who are believed in by a large number of mortals and the evil gods who have no reason and only cause destruction, there is also a kind of existence in between the two in this world, which is called "outer gods" or "secondary gods."

The duties of the Outer Gods are often rather unconventional, and their authority can do less than that of the Orthodox Gods. Therefore, the number of believers they can obtain is very limited, and it is difficult for them to establish any formal sects.

Because there are not enough believers, even the names of foreign gods may be lost in mortal civilization, causing the gods themselves to fall into dormancy due to lack of divine power, or even eventually die out.

Of course, compared to the true gods, choosing foreign gods as the main belief of mortals also has unique advantages.

The status of the believers of the two gods can be roughly described as "phoenix tail" and "chicken head".

There are a large number of believers in the righteous gods. If your affinity with the gods is not high enough, it will be difficult to gain more love from the gods, which means it will be difficult to reach a higher level in strength, and you can only become an ordinary believer.

It is different for the Outer Gods. Since the number of believers is limited, the Outer Gods often do not care much about affinity. As long as mortals are willing to offer their faith, the rewards they give will be much more generous than those given by the righteous gods, but the upper limit is difficult to reach the level of the righteous gods.

Some of the priesthoods of the Outer Gods may have certain evil and chaotic tendencies, and their believers may seem to be somewhat righteous and evil in their actions, but at least they will not be as exaggerated as the evil gods who directly pollute their believers and transform them into mad monsters who have lost their minds.

The characteristics of the Outer God that are somewhere in between the two just meet the positioning of the pseudonym identity that Norman urgently needs to create for himself.

He couldn't get close to the orthodox gods, let alone a sect. He didn't even have a group of decent believers. At present, he only had Petr Chinar, and no one would believe him even if he said he was a true god.
Going forward, Norwen didn't want to go along with the evil god, otherwise, if he wanted to develop his own power, he would have to do it secretly. Even if he could develop it, the church stronghold might be used as a team dungeon by various righteous heroes every few days, and it would definitely not end well.

The identity of the Outer God is just in the gray area between the two. Noven has set himself the image of "the name has been lost for a long time, and when he woke up, he happened to receive Pete's prayer, and showed his divine power to help mortals overcome difficulties."

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In the interrogation room, the oracle that Pete received in his mind eased his nervousness a lot.

He remembered that when the priest of the Glowing God Cult came to preach when he was a child, he once said that the evil gods were all evil gods full of madness and frenzy. They had no reason and would only follow their instincts to spread those dangerous abilities to their believers until mortals were completely polluted and corrupted.

The "God of Knowledge Nowen" who appeared in his mind was different. He seemed to be a rational being who could communicate!

It was just that the evil sacrificial scene of the black-robed men and the flesh-and-blood monsters that were transformed were too shocking, and his preconceived ideas prevailed, so Pete thought that he was also connected with the evil god. It seemed that Pete might not be entangled by the evil god, but just met an outer god who was willing to help him at the critical moment of life and death. The two things happened to coincide with each other, and he had a misunderstanding!

Pete convinced himself and quickly explained:

"Sir! Wait! Please listen to me! I'm telling the truth!"

"I'm really not a believer in the evil god! This is what's actually happening!"

"In that cave, I prayed in desperation..."

After quickly recounting the process of how the oracle appeared in his mind and how he successfully cast the spell step by step by following the guidance of the God of Knowledge, Nowen, Pete added, "The God of Knowledge just gave me an oracle, saying that He had just awakened from a deep sleep and just happened to receive my prayer message, so He decided to help me."

[Current trust level: 31%]

It finally went up!

Pete breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Pete couldn't tell Bahamut's attitude from his facial expression, if the "task progress" in his mind was accurate, it meant that his words must have worked and increased the other party's trust.

After listening to Pete's description, Bahamut wrote a few more words on the paper thoughtfully.

"Nowen, the God of Knowledge? An Outer God just received your strong prayers and gave you power to help you through the danger? Compared to your previous statements about the sudden increase in the affinity of the Goddess of Magic, this is indeed much more credible."

"Tell me more specifically, what is the power of this God of Knowledge? If he is really an Outer God, then your acceptance of his power means that you are willing to become his believer. Show me the gift you have received."

Pete organized his words and tried to make his tone sound more sincere. "Well... sir, in the oracle given to me by the God of Knowledge, if I understand His meaning correctly, His power should be to give the believers the information they need. How can I demonstrate this power?"

"Required information? What does that mean?" Bahamut was stunned for a moment, a hint of confusion appearing on his originally expressionless face.

"It's just... His gift doesn't seem to give me any intuitive power. Instead, if I encounter something I don't know how to do, I will pray to the God of Knowledge, and then He will give me a way to solve the problem."

Bahamut groaned for a moment. "According to you, you needed a way to escape danger, so the God of Knowledge gave you the tier 3 spell [Hada's Hunger] so that you could use it to destroy the aberrations."

"In that case, pray again in front of me now."

"If He can give me something to prove that what you said is true, I will believe you!"

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