Mythology: Ragnarok

Chapter 373 Faith

Upon hearing the dean's contradictory statements, Xuan Yuan Muze, completely bewildered, retorted, "Why did you say we shouldn't abandon our faith? According to you, believing in those fictional gods is utterly useless!"

The dean explained, “Severing faith would be absolutely harmful to you. Millions of believers may not be enough to materialize those fictional beings into gods, but they are more than enough to give them the ability to influence reality and make them into monsters.”

When you develop faith in these spirits, they will sense it and establish a connection. The deeper the faith, the stronger the connection. If you try to break free, these spirits will immediately notice, and they will retaliate because they have lost their source of power. In other words, while some of the gods you worship may not be able to help you, they certainly have plenty of power to harm you. Therefore, once you become attached to faith, it's impossible to easily extricate yourself. My advice is either to never get involved with these things at all, or to believe until death. Only then can you live a peaceful life. This is unavoidable; after all, the weak are always at the mercy of the strong, and this has always been the way of the universe.

Only then did Xuanyuan Muze realize and say, "So this is why you worship the Dragon God? Agreed used this method to make you submit to him!"

Upon hearing this, the dean chuckled and said, "His Majesty would disdain such methods. As a nature god, His Majesty has no need for the power of faith to enhance his strength. However, you do not have faith in His Majesty and do not possess any items representing the faith in the Dragon God, so it is difficult for me to prove this to you."

Upon hearing this, Xuan Yuan Muze seemed to suddenly remember something. He took out the items that the scholars from the Academy of Science and Technology had given him from his storage space, and then handed these items of faith to the dean with a smug look on his face, saying, "I'm sorry, but I happen to have an item representing the Dragon God faith. Can you prove to me how Agred is different from other gods of faith?"

Upon seeing these religious artifacts, the dean was initially surprised, but then smiled and said, "Of course, please stand here and don't move. I will prove it to you right away."

As he spoke, the dean teleported to a position several hundred meters away from Xuan Yuan Muze in the blink of an eye. Then, he raised his hand and unleashed a ninth-tier spell, 'Judgment Holy Light'. The terrifying light elemental energy instantly enveloped Xuan Yuan Muze. The action was so fast that Xuan Yuan Muze didn't even have time to activate the shield on his nano armor. As a result, the magic directly washed over Xuan Yuan Muze, and the fear of death enveloped him in that instant.

But after the light dissipated, Xuan Yuan Mu Ze was unharmed. Only the surrounding land, burned into crystals, proved the terrifying attack that had taken place. Xuan Yuan Mu Ze stood there in fear, sweating profusely, looking at the dean of the magic academy. In front of Xuan Yuan Mu Ze, the necklace that Gulasga had given him was floating there, forming a green fluorescent barrier to protect Xuan Yuan Mu Ze from being burned to ashes by the residual power of the magic.

A few seconds later, as the residual power of the magic dissipated, the necklace turned to ashes and vanished with the wind. Then, the dean of the magic academy teleported back to Xuan Yuan Mu Ze and said, "Did you see that clearly? Just now, these objects of faith saved your life."

Still not calm, Xuan Yuan Muze immediately roared incoherently, "Are you crazy? You almost killed me! You bastard... Wait, why did this necklace save me? What just happened? Explain yourself!"

The dean explained, "All believers in His Majesty the Dragon God will receive a Dragon God token issued by the Temple of Faith. These tokens will prevent believers from feeding back the power of their faith to His Majesty the Dragon God. At the same time, these tokens will store the intercepted power of faith within the tokens. When the wearer is in danger or injured, the tokens will release the power of faith stored within them to repair the wearer's damage and protect the wearer with the power of faith."

So you were protected from death by the divine power of faith within this token. This is how His Majesty the Dragon God deals with these divine powers of faith. After the great war that drove out the gods, he selflessly returned the power of faith to his believers, allowing their faith to protect them.

You asked me what the difference is between His Majesty and those who believe in gods. I think I don't need to say anything more now, do I? Please also believe that in this country, we worship the Dragon God not because he needs our faith, but because we need His Majesty. We yearn to do something for His Majesty, but His Majesty has made us feel ashamed time and time again with his sincerity and greatness.

"You are truly fortunate. Each Dragon God's Relic is like a second life. With so many Dragon God's Relics and the top-tier armor you possess, it's practically impossible for any being below the level of a god in this universe to kill you."

Xuanyuan Muze looked at the tokens in his hand and fell into deep thought. After a while, he raised his head and retorted, "Perhaps he is just pretending to be selfless, or perhaps the power of faith is of no value to him at all."

The dean shook his head and countered, "Let me put it this way: who would complain about having too much money? Even if the power of faith is worthless, it is still divine power, one of the highest levels of energy known in the universe. Even if His Majesty doesn't need it, there's no reason for him to distribute it to believers. Wouldn't it be better to use this power to cultivate more gods of faith? But in fact, His Majesty didn't. Even if His Majesty is pretending, as you say, there's a saying: 'If someone pretends to be a good person their whole life, then no matter what their heart is, they are a good person.' It's all about actions, not intentions."

As a follower of His Majesty, I can understand your dislike of him, but I will never allow you to slander him. His greatness and achievements are unmatched, both in the past and present.

However, Xuanyuan Muze remained skeptical and argued, "That may not be the case. Agred's current achievements are also a matter of fate. I admit that his achievements are groundbreaking, but to say that there will be no one like him in the future is a bit of an exaggeration."

The dean scoffed, "Fate? You're so young. You think everything in this world can be obtained by luck. But His Majesty does have a flaw: he's too self-deprecating, to the point that everyone thinks he's a lucky guy who climbed up by luck. This gives many nobodies the illusion that 'I could do it too.'"

Tutankhamun's legacy was merely a stepping stone; His Majesty was not the first to obtain it, yet those who did vanished into the annals of history. Why is that? Because His Majesty forged his own path, reaching where he is today through talent and effort beyond our comprehension. To this day, I can still confirm that even without Tutankhamun's legacy, the great His Majesty could still have reached this position. Furthermore, His Majesty selflessly bestowed upon us his secret technique, the 'Soul Vortex.' Many have practiced this art, but either died from the imbalance between their soul and body or from going mad due to insufficient understanding of its practice.

Later, no one attempted to cultivate His Majesty's techniques anymore. It was then that we understood a simple and easy-to-understand truth: 'Success can never be replicated; following someone else's path will lead to nowhere!'