"My lord is the lord of war, who holds the power of killing and destruction. A single thought from him can ignite a great war in the mortal world."
The missionary of the God of War spoke first, and the other missionaries followed suit.
"The Lord I serve is the supreme God of the sea and storms, whose every breath brings forth a thunderous roar!"
"The supreme being I serve is the Lord of the Underworld, who rules over death and silence. The death of all things in the world is subject to my Lord's control."
"The opposite of death is life, and the authority of life is only a part of my Lord—the Mother Goddess of Abundance and Earth."
The missionary of Mother Earth Goddess then spoke.
He was quick-witted and steered the conversation toward the daily lives of the people: "The lightless crops that people eat in Aurora City are a gift from Mother Earth. If we were to blaspheme Mother Earth, the city would collapse in an instant. Every one of us should be grateful to Mother Earth!"
"My lord is the God of the Sun. It was because He was disappointed with the calamities and chaos of the mortal world that He used His authority to unleash divine punishment, plunging this world into the calamity of darkness and the shadow of twilight!"
"Only by believing in our Lord can we have the good fortune to see the original form of the sun, and only true believers are qualified to enter the radiant Kingdom of God."
The missionaries of the Sun God were initially somewhat unsure of themselves, since most of the residents of Aurora City had never actually seen the sun and could only imagine what the sun looked like in the sky from books and stories passed down by elders. They had no way of understanding the power of the Sun God.
However, he quickly changed his approach, interpreting the current calamity of darkness as divine punishment brought down by the god of the sun, which in turn made the sun god's status in the hearts of the people surpass that of the other gods.
"My lord—the god of the moon—is the same."
"You have not yet seen the true face of the Iron-Patterned Moon because my Lord has brought down divine punishment. Only by believing in my Lord can you enter the eternal and peaceful Silver Moon Kingdom."
The moon goddess's preacher followed the sun god's words, but her words seemed somewhat uncertain.
The real reason is actually quite simple—
For the past two weeks, she has not received a single divine message from the Ironmoon, nor has she received a response to her prayers.
This caused her to involuntarily waver in her faith.
After the missionaries finished speaking in a circle, they all turned their gazes toward Anna, who was the last to step onto the stage.
Although the other party was just a little girl who looked to be under twenty years old.
However, when it comes to a conflict of faith, the missionaries will naturally show no mercy.
However, Anna's face remained unmoved in the face of the pressure from the many missionaries.
Her clear and melodious voice slowly rang out.
"The power of those gods you speak of—"
"Destruction, storms and thunder, the changing of the sun and moon, it may be..."
"Even destruction and rebirth are just cycles within this small world."
"Three thousand such small worlds are needed to form one medium world, and three thousand medium worlds are needed to form one large world."
Anna lifted a handful of pale sand, then gently released it, letting the grains flow down like a waterfall.
"As for the number of Great Worlds, they are as numerous as the grains of sand in Aurora City, and the Boundless Land, which contains so many Great Worlds—"
"It was created by my lord—the god of arcane magic."
"The Arcane God is not the one you believe in, who can only wield certain specific powers and is powerless in areas beyond those powers, thus having clear limitations."
"He is the unification of rules and laws in all planes and worlds, and the fundamental law and cornerstone of the operation and existence of all things in the world."
"My Lord's rules explain the location of the Boundless Land, and thus the Boundless Land came into being."
"In the law of my Lord, the rules of sunrise and sunset, and the alternation of day and night were established, and thus there came to be the blazing sun and the silver moon."
"In the knowledge and truth of my Lord, thunder and storm, life and death are given clear definitions."
"And so the world has the ebb and flow of the ocean, the roar of thunder, and the cycle of life and death."
...
A deathly silence fell upon the high platform.
For a moment, both the missionaries on the semi-high platform and the people below listening to the debate among the missionaries had the illusion that "my head is itchy, is it going to grow a brain?"
What small world, middle world, great world, what boundless land?
It was something I had never heard of, never seen, and never even imagined.
But such a world structure and such a huge number make people feel that it is magnificent, which further highlights the supreme status of the so-called Arcane God in Anna's words.
As for the subsequent explanations that analyze all things and define the laws of the world.
It further reinforced the image of those lofty and powerful deities, which had previously been praised by missionaries and admired by many believers.
In an instant, they all became vassals of the Arcane God, mere nameless nobodys.
The missionaries racked their brains trying to find a way to refute Anna's arguments.
After all, the current situation is clear: if Anna is defeated in the debate, the most believers will be attracted.
However, there was not a single flaw in Anna's words.
Although Anna could still come up with terms like Lesser Boundless Land, Middle Boundless Land, and Greater Boundless Land, placing her own deity above the God of Arcane Arts.
If we're going to be serious, then we can continue to fabricate this story according to this logic, and we could keep going until next year without any problem.
However, even the believers in Aurora City below could see that this was purely a copy of the power of the "God of Arcane Arts".
At that time, apart from a small number of genuine die-hard fans, any normal person with rational thinking will choose to join the embrace of that arcane god.
In this somber atmosphere, Anna took another step forward.
"To be precise, what I worship is not the god of arcane magic, but the truth that my lord represents, which explains the laws governing the existence and operation of all things in the world."
"Therefore, my Lord does not demand that you have devout faith—"
"And my Lord will not make any unrealistic promises such as going to the eternal kingdom of God after death and enjoying infinite life without disaster or hardship."
"For the followers of the Arcane God, everything must be earned and fought for through their own hard work and struggle."
"And what arcane magic can do is to erect a lighthouse for you in this long night, to point out the direction of your efforts and struggles, so that you can do what you want to do."
"A sharp-tongued heretic!"
The preacher of the god of storms and the sea snorted coldly.
After much thought, he realized that he could find no flaws in the other person's logic or words.
So he decided to change his approach.
"It's merely using some empty and grandiose concepts to engage in sophistry—"
"But--"
"Can you perform miracles like those of my Lord?"
The preacher of the storm and sea god bowed his head slightly and solemnly recited a prayer.
next moment--
It was accompanied by a loud bang.
A bolt of lightning, about the thickness of a finger, flashed across the sky above the square and disappeared.
The flash of lightning disappeared in an instant, but it caused a huge stir among the onlookers in the square.
"Magic!"
"A divine art that arises from nothing and releases light!"
People were quite excited and began to discuss the matter noisily.
Although it was just a tiny, fleeting flash of lightning.
But for the residents of Aurora City—
Light is produced by burning firewood.
In order to maintain enough light, firewood is consumed very quickly, so the people of Aurora City have to risk their lives to go out and collect firewood.
This is a truth that all residents of Aurora City have long believed in, a truth that has never been questioned in the past two hundred years!
And yet, like this moment, without any origin or source, it appears out of nowhere in the sky, radiating light and thunder.
These are things that are beyond human reach and control.
Only a miracle!
Only divine magic!
Only then can we explain what the eye sees!
In no time, the name of the God of Storms and Thunder began to be discussed wildly among the people of Aurora City.
The preacher of the storm and ocean god looked down at the petite girl in front of him.
Even he never expected to be so lucky today, to receive the divine blessing of the Lord with just one attempt at prayer.
After all, based on the missionaries' past experience, the Lord's power seemed to be interfered with, and the response was sometimes effective and sometimes not, often requiring ten or even dozens of attempts to get a response.
"so--"
"How will you respond?"
"Among the other false gods mentioned by the Lord in the oracle, there is no such 'God of Arcane Arts'."
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