Wearing black silk for a foreign woman

"How is it? Is my mother pretty?" Mother Earth said, shaking her lush crown. Seeing Lind, she was very upset. A tree asked a human if it was pretty...

And do you really want to be my mother? Not long ago, a fox over 90 years old wanted to be my grandmother, and you, a tree over 500 years old, want to be my mother...

"Yeah, it's beautiful." Linde said perfunctorily, and quickly got to the point. "A group of people came to the island and slaughtered an entire tribe of new beastmen."

"Who!? How dare you kill my people! Son, kill them for me!" said the Mother Goddess of Earth angrily.

"…Can't you do it yourself? And you don't even know about this?"

"God cannot interfere in the real world at will, and there are so many believers. Believers are born and die every day. How can I take care of each of them..." The Mother Goddess of Earth muttered as if complaining.

Similarly, if other believers heard such words, their faith would collapse. But Lind is different. Although Lind wears the hat of the Son of God, he does not believe in the Mother Goddess of the Earth.

"Yeah, I understand. I understand." Lind nodded in agreement, muttering to himself that this god was too human. "I came to you because I want to ask you something."

"Do you know the Holy Grail?"

"The Holy Grail?" The face on the tree trunk looked thoughtful and recalled. "I don't know, I've never heard of it. What is it?"

"To put it simply, it is a cup held by the goddess of the lake in the legend. In the legend of the Kingdom of Batoran, drinking the water from the holy grail can gain powerful strength. And this group of people who came to the island are the knights of Batoran, and their purpose is to find the holy grail." Lind told the Mother Earth about the holy grail.

"Hmm... I still haven't heard of it." The Earth Mother frowned and thought for a while, but still couldn't think of the Holy Grail. "But I have a question."

"what is the problem."

“Who is the Lady of the Lake?”

"Ah?" Lind was stunned. "The Lady of the Lake, the deity worshipped by the Kingdom of Batoran, don't you know her?"

"I have indeed never heard of any god with this name." The Mother Earth smiled and shook her head.

"Don't you gods know each other?" Linde frowned.

"No, we gods are aware of each other's existence, but it is rare and difficult for us to come into contact with each other." Mother Earth explained. "If this god really exists, even if my power is very weak, I should not be unaware of it."

"This..." Linde was dumbfounded.

"If the group of people you mentioned really believe in a god I haven't heard of, then there is only one possibility." Mother Earth said, "That god is another god in disguise."

Chapter 348: The Apple of the Earth Mother

The main god of the Kingdom of Batoran, the Lady of the Lake, is another god pretending to be her! ?

Such a result made Lind, the knight's squire, feel a shock at the level of soul impact.

It is not surprising that gods would pretend to be other gods. Many gods or their followers would change their appearances and names and images to continue to preach for various reasons. The most typical example is the Chaos Evil God. In order to preach in hostile areas, the Chaos Evil God often changes his appearance and acts in the name of various unknown gods.

How to distinguish whether a religious group of a small god is a disguise of a certain evil god is a headache for many forces. The Holy Empire has set up a black and white list and a special department tribunal for this purpose.

But in theory, these problems should only be limited to relatively niche gods. Mainstream gods with many believers should not have the problem of being impersonated. But now, the chief god of the Batolan Kingdom, one of the top military powers in the human world, is impersonated by other gods?

This... is a bit confusing.

"The Lady of the Lake is another god in disguise?" Lind was shocked. Although he was not from Batoran, as a knight's squire, Lind had a special feeling for Batoran, the country of knights, and also for the Lord God of Batoran. But now he suddenly found out that the Lady of the Lake was another god in disguise! ?

"At least it's not a real name." Mother Earth continued to explain. "For gods, there is only one real name. For example, my title is Mother Earth, and my name is Amora. This is unique and cannot be changed."

"The Lady of the Lake you mentioned doesn't exist, so I think she is another god in disguise."

"You know her... Forget it, you definitely don't know. Do you have any way to find out her real identity? Mother?" Linde thought for a moment and asked seriously.

Hearing Linde calling her mother, the Earth Mother's mouth couldn't help but reveal a trace of happiness. At this time, just say something nice to the other person.

"This... is difficult." The Earth Mother Goddess smiled bitterly and shook her head. "Unless He reveals His true identity, even if He is also a God, it will be difficult to discover His true identity."

"Perhaps, that cold sun has a solution?"

"Your Majesty the Divine Emperor?" Lin De raised his eyebrows and blurted out.

Then the next moment, cold sunlight shone in from the darkness beside.

"Ah! It hurts! Your light hurts me!" The Mother Goddess of Earth cursed angrily when she was illuminated by the holy light.

"Sorry, Ms. Amora, you are too weak and you couldn't control yourself just now." The voice of God Emperor Neos came from the direction of the sunlight.

"You!" Mother Earth was furious. "Get out of here! I don't want to see you, a purist! If you don't get out, I'll get out!"

"It seems I came at the wrong time." Neos said with a wicked smile, his voice drifting away, and the holy light also dissipated. "Linde, don't forget what you promised me."

"What did you promise him?" Amora asked angrily after Neos left.

"I was reading his scriptures, but I forgot about it because I was too busy recently." Lin De raised his eyebrows.

"...How is the preparation of my scriptures going?" When the scriptures were mentioned, the Mother Earth became excited again.

"Not yet. I'll burn it when it's ready... I said it for you to see." Lind replied.

One of Lind's plans was to transform the belief in Mother Earth into an organized religion, rather than its current form full of primitive beauty, and this was approved by Mother Earth.

A complete religion not only needs an object of faith, but also doctrines, and the carrier of doctrines is often scriptures. After all, God's time is limited, and it is impossible for him to personally answer every believer's prayer, so clergy are needed to do the job.

Originally, Lind had proposed that Mother Earth write her own doctrinal scriptures. At first, Mother Earth was indeed enthusiastic, but soon she gave up and threw the job to Lind, saying shamelessly that she was Mother Earth and writing was not within her authority.

This god is so transparent that he looks too much like a human.

"I came to you just to confirm whether the Holy Grail is really on the Island of Ivozhen. If you don't know, then it's probably gone." After confirming, Lind was ready to leave. He had stayed here for a little too long.

"Wait a minute." The Earth Mother called Lind. "I'll give you something good."

A branch extended from the crown of the Mother Earth like a tentacle, and at the top of the branch, an apple hung alone.

He reached out to pick the apple, and the branch retracted. Holding the apple in his hand, Lind looked at the face of the Earth Mother with some confusion.

"what is this?"

"Apple." Mother Earth said expectantly. "This is the fruit that grew on my body~"

The fruit grown from the body of the Mother Earth, the name itself carries a sacred flavor, and it is definitely a rare item in the game.

If it were someone else, they might just stuff it into their mouth without thinking twice, but not Linde. Holding the apple, Linde looked at the face of the Earth Mother with suspicion.

"What effect will this have?" Linde looked doubtful.

"You'll know after you eat it." Mother Earth said expectantly. "Don't worry, how could I possibly harm you?"

Linde said nothing, holding the apple quietly looking at the Mother Earth.

"...I don't know what the Holy Grail you're talking about is, but based on your description, it should be a way for God to bestow power on believers." Seeing that Lind refused to eat, the Earth Mother Goddess had no choice but to patiently explain. "Then, although it looks different, eating my fruit should have the same effect as drinking the water from the Holy Grail you mentioned."

"Oh." Lind nodded, and then took a bite of the apple without any doubt. After taking a bite, Lind felt that all the pores in his body opened up. This apple tasted beyond imagination.

"I feel like this can be added to the scriptures." After eating the apple with the skin in a few bites, Linde felt a force rising in his body.

"It tastes good." After eating the apple, Lind said goodbye. "Thank you for the information. Next, I will go and entertain those knights."

"Well, I wish you success~" Mother Earth waved goodbye to Lind.

After Lind left, an evil smile appeared on the face of the Mother Goddess of Earth, as if her conspiracy had succeeded.

"Dear little Linde, don't blame your mother. I had no choice." Mother Earth said to herself in a tone like a strange aunt. "You can only blame Linde for being too attractive. You attracted too many gods' attention. I don't want to lose you."

Chapter 349 Hypothesis

After finishing the communication with Mother Earth, Lind severed his connection with her consciousness. The scene before his eyes quickly disappeared and turned back into darkness.

When I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was Alisa's face.

"Why are you so close to me?" Lind frowned slightly as he looked at Alyssa who was only a few centimeters away from him.

"Ah? You're awake." Seeing Linde open his eyes, Alyssa was also stunned. "I, I'm just a little curious, are you asleep?"

Elisa's face flushed slightly, as if she had been caught playing a prank. Linde didn't think much about it, but just sat up from the chair and stretched hard.

"I'm sleeping... No, how long have I been sitting here?" Lind asked while stretching.

"About half an hour." Ilufa crossed his arms and leaned against the wooden pillar that served as a support. "What did you gain from communicating with the Earth Mother?"

"Not bad, I learned a lot of things." Lind nodded, and compared the time in his mind. In his mind, he had been communicating with the Earth Mother for almost an hour, but in the real world, only about half an hour had passed?

"Is the Holy Grail here?" Ilfa asked with interest.

"Mother Earth said she's not here," Lind replied.

"Is that so?" Ilfa was a little disappointed.

"Pay attention to my choice of words. I said that the Earth Mother said she was not there." Linde repeated his words. "She said she was not there, not that she was definitely not there."

"Linde, you don't trust your mother so much?" Elisa blinked in surprise.

"...The information that Mother Earth has is very limited." Linde looked at Alyssa expressionlessly, and he didn't have the energy to correct the name "Mom". "From what happened in the past, we can see that Mother Earth can't fully grasp even the things on Ivozhen Island."

God is not omnipotent and has limitations. This is a point of view that Lind has expressed many times. Even if it is not the first time I have heard it, I still feel shocked.

"That being said, I feel like the Holy Grail really isn't on Ivozhen Island," Lind added. "After all, if there really is something with such powerful divine power, the Earth Mother Goddess wouldn't be completely unaware of it on her own territory."

"Oh, there's one more thing, ma'am. Do you know how to tell if a god is another god in disguise?"

"You should ask the Sisters of War about this question," Illufa suggested. "The Inquisition, the department in charge of identifying heretics in the Empire, is affiliated with the Church of the Holy Emperor. There are also demon hunters in the private sector who are hired to investigate suspicious phenomena."

"I understand. I'll find time to ask." Lind nodded and prepared to leave.

"Oh, right." Before leaving, Lind hesitated again and again, but still asked the question. "If, I mean if, the Lady of the Lake is also an impersonation of another god, which god do you think is most likely to be impersonating her?"

Originally, Linde didn't want to ask this question, but after much hesitation, he still asked it. In order to leave a way out, Linde also used an if.

"That's a really... bold question." Ilufa was also stunned by Lind's sudden question. "Is the main god of the Batoran Kingdom impersonated by another god?"

"No, no, no, I didn't say that, I said if." Linde emphasized again.

"If so..." Illufa tilted her head to think, and after a while, she smiled bitterly and shook her head. "I'm sorry, Linde, your question is too sudden and unexpected. I have never suspected that the Lady of the Lake is a disguised god of other gods, so I can't think of any suspicious objects at all."

"Is that so?" Lind nodded. "Then I'll leave. The question just now is just a hypothetical one."

After Lind left, Alisa asked Ilufa in surprise, "Mom! What did Lind mean just now? The Lady of the Lake... is a disguised god!?"

The concept of disguised gods is not new. Chaos evil gods especially like to disguise themselves with other identities, so as to blend into the forces of order and achieve the goal of disintegration from within. Among them, the most common are strange gods and evil gods, especially strange gods. The light god royal church has discovered more than 30 disguises.

And just now, Lind said that the Lord God of the Batoran Kingdom, one of the most powerful military powers in the human world, was also a disguise! ?

"No, Linde is just assuming, assuming." Ilufa sternly corrected her daughter. "Don't tell anyone what you just said, do you hear me!?"

Although Lind kept speaking hypothetically, both Ilfa and Elisa could see that Lind must have known something from the Mother Goddess of the Earth, which is why he asked this question.

What Linde learned from the Earth Mother Goddess was unknown to the mother and daughter, but it was obviously a matter of great importance. It was a matter of faith for a country, so of course it had to be handled with caution.

Leaving the main tent, Lind walked towards his residence, recalling every detail of his communication with the Mother Earth.

Originally, I just wanted to confirm with the Earth Mother whether the Holy Grail of the Lady of the Lake was on the Island of Ivozhen, but I got a lot of unexpected gains. Not only did I know that the Lady of the Lake was probably a disguise of another god, but I also learned many more things related to the gods.

Unlike before, the scene where the Mother Earth Goddess communicated with him had changed a lot. From the original emerald green light, it turned into a green meadow. He also saw her true body, which was a huge tree just like the legend.

In the eyes of ordinary believers, they would only think that this was a further manifestation of God, and then they would become more pious. But Lind was different. What Lind thought about was to find patterns from the changes.

Before crossing over, Lind really disliked believers and religions, especially monotheism, because their theories were totally illogical. In Lind's opinion, whether it was God or Allah, they first assumed an ultimate answer, and then used this ultimate answer to answer all questions. It was just for the sake of explanation. It was a miracle that this was logical.

This is what Linde thought at first about the God of this world, but after actual contact with him, Linde had a strong feeling that the God of this world was very human and also had limitations.

Since there are limitations, there must be rules, and if there are rules, we can study them. The first step in research is to find the rules. After finding the rules, even if we don’t know the principles, we can still use them.

As Linde was thinking while walking, he kept his head down and therefore did not notice that along the way, many female beastmen were looking at him as if they were prey.

"Master, you're back... huh?" Back in the tent, Efit was waiting for Lind. He was stunned for a moment when he saw Lind.

"Efit, that's great. I want to discuss this with you."

Chapter 350: Unique Cavalry

Linde was 100% or even 90% sure that Efit was the undercover agent of the evil god. As for what mission the evil god had assigned to Efit, one could get a glimpse of it from the story Efit told about the first generation of the High King of the Elves. It was likely that the evil god wanted to drag him into the water.

Although he was 100% or even 90% sure of Efit's undercover identity, Lind did not expose her. Instead, he pretended that he knew nothing and continued to keep Efit by his side as a capable female secretary.

As long as the followers of the evil god have not reached the stage of madness, their appearance is quite pleasing to the eye. They have outstanding work ability. Whether it is to gain his trust or for some other reason, Efit works very actively and efficiently.

She's pretty, useful, and hasn't done anything that would harm you, so just keep her for now. Whether or not to expose her will be decided later.

In addition, Lind has another idea. Can we try to turn Effittze around?

In other words, use Efit to do an experiment to see if there is any possibility of bringing back the evil god's believers?