Devil's Bible

The bone ship's teleportation is extremely fast.

The moment Nemus and his companions opened their eyes, they had already arrived at the Black Sky Whale.

It was only then that Nemus realized that the bone ship also had the effect of stabilizing spacetime.

Otherwise, with his current perception, it would be impossible for him not to notice the process of such a long-distance spatial teleportation.

Afterwards, Nems and the others did not linger. After confirming their location in the dark sky, they quickly flew away into the distance.

Just as Nemes was about to take a closer look, several people brought food from outside the ship.

Among them was Cheryl, the "mom" figure from back then.

As Nemus's assistant at this moment, she will also participate in this mission.

Of course, she was not on the list of official participants at all.

This operation is not the same as the previous Abyss Operation.

The reason why there are Iron-type characters in the Abyss Operation is that they need the cooperation of the Arbiter to enter the Abyss in order to use the Arc Technique.

In this operation, those like Cheryl, who belong to the Iron race, were merely cannon fodder sent to explore the way.

The great calamities have been occurring for twelve hundred years.

The full-scale outbreak also took a thousand years.

The church has long been prepared to deal with disasters.

For example, calamities can have a strong effect on living organisms.

This is why flying over the earth can be very dangerous.

The bone ship can emit the scent of a floating whale, thus disguising itself as a floating whale in flight.

However, if you were to directly collide with those flying calamity creatures, there was no way to avoid it.

Once a battle breaks out, if the afflicted calamity creatures cannot be dealt with quickly, they will only gather in greater numbers.

Ultimately, even calamities will be able to see through the disguise of the bone ship, with unimaginable consequences.

This is where they become cannon fodder.

Using methods such as the sacred nail of discipline, one forcibly activates a person's life force, making them a target of that life force.

Only in this way can the calamity-causing creatures be lured away.

Cheryl and her batch of steelworkers naturally understood these things.

But at this moment, she looked at Nemus with a gentle smile.

Then he served Naimus food, showing no concern for his own life whatsoever.

“Don’t worry about me, I’m not afraid,” Cheryl said with a smile.

"After we have dedicated ourselves to God, we will eventually gather together in God's Kingdom, where countless people will enjoy joyful times that will never end."

“So there’s no need to be afraid or worried,” Cheryl said.

Nems could sense that Cheryl genuinely believed in this.

This is actually the thought of most believers.

They knew that it would be difficult for them to turn their lives around; they were unable to cultivate themselves, or they could not reach a high level of cultivation.

They also have no way to earn enough money, or even if they do, they can't keep it.

Their lives have no chance of improving.

If that's the case, then we can't have hope for life; we can only place our hopes on what happens after death.

Faith is the only window through which they can obtain a 'future' if they simply persevere.

Under this window, all they can tell themselves is to believe, to believe.

Faith arises in this process, and as faith deepens, even death seems less terrifying. In this situation, believers only cling more and more to faith as a lifeline.

However, Nemes had been to the Kingdom of God.

He knew how high the steps of that divine kingdom were.

To God, the souls of believers are merely a resource.

Most believers will be converted into supplicants.

A supplicant is a spiritual being who prays eternally and draws closer to God.

Their thinking will become rigid, turning them into beings who only know how to pray.

After thousands or tens of thousands of years, the souls of the supplicants will be completely swallowed up by faith and merged into the divine kingdom, becoming a kind of material for building the divine kingdom.

Some of those with outstanding combat skills will be made into Prayer Angels, who suffer a more tragic fate.

Although those who pray are bound by rigid thinking and forced to pray to develop faith, at least they still have their own thoughts.

Most of the prayer angels, however, have lost all thought and become pure weapons.

In addition, there are some special believers. These special believers have made great contributions or have special status. Their abilities have been recognized by God, so although they may also become supplicants, they are higher-level supplicants.

These superior supplicants are not completely bound by rigid thinking, but are blessed by God with a certain degree of freedom of thought.

They are the staff who manage God's Kingdom, and they can exist in God's Kingdom for a long time to help God handle various matters.

Jeff wanted to become that kind of superior supplicant.

However, such superior supplicants are rare; generally, only popes throughout history and cardinals who have performed great deeds can become so.

Besides these, there are saints and holy spirits.

Saints, or those who have a unique understanding of doctrine and have very special thoughts, become the Holy Spirit after death.

Their status in the Kingdom of God is not low either; it is even slightly higher than that of some popes who are not particularly favored by God.

They can provide significant assistance in the construction of God's Kingdom and fill its gaps, making them important helpers to God.

This shows that even saints cannot attain eternal joy and peace after death.

Ordinary believers, even the most devout ones, can only become supplicants.

However, this truth will have no effect on most believers.

The kingdom of God was too far away for them to see clearly.

This uncertain yet crucial future is precisely what motivates them to commit everything.

Therefore, in many cases, the gods deliberately control the frequency of miracles.

Miracles occurring too frequently can actually make people less devout because they happen too close to the public.

Seeing Cheryl's devout expression, Nemus knew the church's plans.

Through a special juncture, he forcibly connects himself with Cheryl, projecting his need for maternal love onto Cheryl.

Then he attempted to influence Nemus step by step through Cheryl's understanding of faith.

It's even quite possible that the other people who were on this mission together were specially arranged.

Sometimes, it is precisely the contrast with these demons and monsters that makes Cheryl, who is willing to sacrifice herself for her beliefs, appear so 'noble and great'.

If Nems is really just a child a little over a year old, then given his immature mind, there's a very high probability that this series of attacks would actually instill his faith in him.

The bone ship flew through the air, and Nemus and the others could only stay in the cabin and could not go out, for fear of disturbing the calamity.

The entire bone ship rapidly flew into the sky, and then, under Hayes's control, it tried to capture the scent of the floating whale in the air in order to locate the Azure Whale.

However, Hayes's expression changed the next moment. (End of Chapter)