Chapter 131 Slums (Part 2)
"Okay, since you don't plan to be with us, we won't force it. By the way, you don't have a place to settle down yet, right? Anyway, we will definitely not come back here in the future, so if you don't mind, I'll give it to you~"
After saying this, Sean stood up and called his younger brother. The two left one after another, leaving only Riel alone sitting quietly in the shack made of broken wooden boards to meditate.
Before the two brothers left, Riel had already dug up a lot of things from the two people, but obviously, the two brothers had just joined the Dark Truth Society, and they were so young and had no intention of keeping secrets. Therefore, they were destined to not get too much useful information from their brothers. In fact, the information that Riel asked was nearly 80% of the information that he had already purchased before.
"But at least a few things have been confirmed. First, the dark truth gathered 80,000 believers in less than three months. During this period, their actions were very low-key. Whether it was recruiting believers or preaching doctrines, they were solved secretly. Moreover, most of the members who just joined had to receive doctrine study and education. Hey, do you mean reading "study" and writing "brainwashing"?
There is nothing strange about this. In fact, almost 90% of religious organizations seem to do it like that. The first job for new members who have just joined is to repeatedly bombard their own teachings with fatigue, and use education similar to brainwashing to make believers devote themselves to their own religion. However, the behavior of the Dark Truth Society made Reel think of another possibility.
"Ninety percent of the people in slums are poor people who have suffered for four or five lifetimes. Suddenly, they have gained enough power to subvert life. It's okay for young people like Sean and Rennes to have heroic complexes. Adults have a very high possibility to start to let themselves go. If this happens, it will definitely attract the attention of those interested. Therefore, first, they will find a name to restrain the newlyweds who have just joined to ensure that they will not go out for bad things casually. When the education is done, they will assign additional tasks."
It is precisely because of this that it has expanded at the plague-like rate without leaking too much news. It was not until recently that the Pure White Church was caught in its whereabouts?
However, from the news heard from Sean and Rennes, it seems that the ban has been released recently. The members of the Dark Truth Society, who were originally restricted and unable to act at will, seem to have received permission for free action recently. Sean and Rennes were released under such premises. The two brothers had just joined the Dark Truth Society, and they had to undergo at least half a month of doctrine study before they could be released.
"No matter how you restrict manpower, this binding force is limited. Simply put, the number '80,000' is almost the maximum limit that the top leaders of the Dark Truth Society can manage. If you exceed this number, even if you want to manage, you will start to lose your will, right? After all, it is an emerging religion, and insufficient manpower is an absolute big problem."
Therefore, since we already know that the number of people continues to increase, we cannot develop quietly and secretly as before. We simply let go of our hands and feet and use the 80,000 believers we already have. We began to expand in a real sense... not the secretly and secretly secretly development, but completely standing on the table and starting to preach publicly.
"According to the teachings of the Dark Truth Society, it is very attractive to poor people at the bottom, and that strange power. According to the brothers Sean and Rennes, it is the power of "faith". As long as you are willing to believe in the "Mother Goddess" and worship faith, no matter who you are, you can master this power. Unlike magic, you must have talent. Practice must rely on hard practice. If you believe, you will have it. If you don't believe, you will not have it... What is related to the level of power is not talent and cultivation, but the firmness of faith. Well, so I really hate this weird power system..."
In fact, even though Riel traveled through time and came to this magical world full of unknowns and miracles, he actually accepted the power of magic, which was impossible to exist in the past. However, until now, he still could not let go of a kind of power, that is, the so-called power of "faith".
As Riel said, if you believe, you have it, if you don’t believe it, you don’t. This weird power system is simply challenging the last common sense that Riel has left. In Riel’s view, even if magic is unreasonable, at least he follows a principle. This power needs to rely on the inheritance of talent and the accumulation of time. That is to say, how much results you want to achieve, you need to make corresponding efforts to equal it. Talent may be an entry ticket, but even with this entry ticket, if you don’t have enough time and effort to spend it, you will not be able to improve your strength even if you enter.
However, it is simply inexplicable to believe in the power of faith. It does not require any talent, nor does it need to practice hard day after day. As long as you believe in this power, it will really exist. The firmer you believe in, the stronger your power will be. On the contrary, no matter what level of power you have mastered, once you no longer maintain this faith, your power will disappear in an instant.
However, even if it is unacceptable, at least he does exist now, so he can only use this as a premise and pinch his nose and recognize it first. Under the premise of accepting this, how attractive is this ability that does not require talent or hard practice, and can gain strength by just giving faith?
...This is really indescribable. It is not difficult to imagine how terrible its expansion speed would be if the dark truth really came to the open.
"... Within half a month, with 80,000 people as the basis, I will give me about half a month, and I can increase the number of people to between 150,000 and 200,000. This is the most conservative estimate. Hey, Pure White Church is in trouble now."
All of this was almost integrated with the information obtained from the Pure White Church and mixed with some information dug out from the two brothers Sean. Although most of them were speculations, they should be not far from the facts. Then there is the information that the Pure White Church did not collect, and it is definitely a part of the facts.
Riel felt a strange power on the two brothers. In their own words, this was the power given to them by the Mother Goddess they believed in. However, Riel found that although this power was similar to magic, it was different in many places. And although Riel had never seen such power in the past, he had encountered something similar to this power.
Thinking of this, Riel pressed his chest with one hand, and a black light flashed in his hand, and immediately a purple-black crystal appeared.
Ryer glanced at the Crazy Dragon Crystal that had been preserved in his hands. While sighing, he took it back into the space emblem.
"It's indeed this... the devil's curse!"
Yes, the strange power close to magic on Sean and Rennes is not a blessing from a god, it is a real value of the devil's curse!
Then, there is only one problem left.
What is the true body of that devil king? It is definitely not the "Demon Dragon King" Digarex. From the descriptions of Sean and Rennes, Ryer discovered two details.
First. The source of power between the two people is called "Mother Goddess". Well, this is no big deal. Many religions of the Father Goddess have guest appearances. Second, it is the most critical point.
Sean had a high fever before, and it was because of this opportunity that Renn found the people of the Black Truth Society and got in touch with him. When the senior member of the Black Truth Society named Heya treated Sean, a detail appeared. A black sea appeared in Sean's consciousness.
The black sea is a very important symbol among the demon clan. One of the three major sources of chaos, the black ocean surrounding the entire abyss world, is one of the sources of all demonic power... The funeral ocean!
As for the ability to satisfy the existence of the two keywords "Black Sea" and "Mother Goddess" at the same time...
...It really takes no need to think about this to get the answer - "The Goddess of the Earth in the Black Sea" Erkolamia!
In other words, the demonic forces behind the Black Truth Society were born with the power of Erkolamia. If this conclusion is true, then it is naturally not difficult to imagine the reason why this demonic force established the Black Truth Society. Resurrection of this demon king who once brought endless nightmares to mankind... the Earth Mother God of the Black Sea!
Of course, it is also possible that these two are mazes released by the demon clan. But since Sean saw the black ocean when he was receiving power, and when the two used power, there were some slight changes on their bodies, such as the bright yellow snake eyes turning into a snake's eye and a black snake-shaped tattoo on their faces. These are all very conspicuous details. Combined, the possibility that the demon king curse acting on the believers of the Black Truth Society is inherited from the Mother Goddess of the Black Sea is very high.
But there is another problem, because according to what Sean and the others said, their biggest job now is to let the "Mother Goddess" come to the world, so as to cover the grace of this "great" god on more people. It sounds like that. However, when I learned that the so-called Mother Goddess is likely to be Erkolamia, this statement seems to be resurrecting the Demon King!
This judgment is also consistent with the conclusion that Ryer just came to, so this is the problem. Is Erkolamia... still possible to be resurrected?
"According to legend, the threat of Erkolamia is too great, so it was solved by the nameless third sage... uh, that is, I will solve this by myself in the future. This, if it were me, it would leave an opportunity for resurrection to the enemy that must be eliminated. If nothing unexpected happens, just as the legend says, Erkolamia has completely returned to the west and has no possibility of resurrection!"
Erkolamia is too threatening to humans, because she is the only one who can transform a demon army out of thin air from nothing. She can even be asexually reproductive and self-pregnancy. Without the help of any external force, she gave birth to a group of subordinates. Moreover, because she is of the same origin, Erkolamia has "absolute" control over her subordinates, and there is no need to worry that they will turn against each other. This kind of control is very terrible.
Such a demon king will naturally be completely eliminated without even giving any chance to resurrection. In fact, according to legend, human beings are indeed the case. Erkolamia was personally executed by the third sage and completely eliminated, and there is absolutely no possibility of resurrection.
Chapter completed!