As the Pope finished speaking, Yanil's face suddenly turned pale, the aura around him became violently disordered, and the faint holy light lingering around him suddenly went out completely.
Deep in his heart, something that had once been constant and unchanging suddenly developed a huge crack.
A trace of blood emitting a white holy light flowed from the corner of his mouth and stained his blankly raised fingers. Against the backdrop of his pale skin, it looked particularly shocking.
Faced with this scene, the Pope just calmly looked at the struggling Yanil. His eyes, which were filled with white holy light, were filled with some unknown meaning, as if he was waiting for something.
Gradually, as time passed, Yanil's gaze slowly calmed down, and a trace of determination rose again from the depths of his eyes.
The pale white holy light re-emerged from his body, seemingly no different from before, yet there seemed to be some essential difference.
"How do you feel at this moment?"
Seeing this change, a glimmer of expectation suddenly flashed in the Pope's eyes.
“…There is no difference.”
Exhaling softly, Yanile looked at his hands and answered in a low voice.
"Very good! Very good!"
Hearing this, Saint Messiah III finally showed a look of relief on his face.
"Although you have been shocked by the truth, it has not touched the foundation of your faith. Your true faith is not God, but light.
Even if this light crystal disappears now, you will not be affected too much because faith always exists.
And this is the most critical requirement to become the Pope!"
"Become Pope?"
Hearing the Pope's words, Yanile was shocked again.
"Your Majesty, what do you mean?"
"Don't worry. In our position, there are many secrets that we have to know. Even if we don't want to know, everything is bound to happen."
Turning around and looking at the huge light crystal stone in the center of the cave, the Pope spoke in a low voice.
"God does not exist. This is a secret that only the Pope is qualified to know.
There is no god, nor is there any kingdom of God. What responds to people's prayers from beginning to end is nothing but people's own beliefs.
I admit that He is powerful, extraordinarily powerful.
But He is not a God after all, but just a cold product of alchemy, a container for the power of faith.
Although some special changes have occurred due to the infiltration of the endless power of faith, it is just a simple improvement in carrying capacity and feedback efficiency. The gap between it and becoming a god is like the distance between the sky and the earth! "
As he spoke, the Pope turned around again and stared at Yanile.
"But you know, Yanile, it shouldn't be like this. There is something that is always limiting it! According to the fragmentary records in ancient times, gods really existed at that time. The existence of the power of faith also proves this from the side. The power of faith that he has collected should have reached the limit of deification long ago.
But what happened after that? Why did the gods disappear? Why can't the gods appear again? Where did the gods go? "
"Your Holiness..."
Seeing the Pope looking a little agitated, Yanil was somewhat frightened and couldn't help but try to end the topic.
"So, after becoming Pope, whenever I had free time, I looked up ancient documents, trying to find clues related to that lost history."
However, the Pope completely ignored Yanni's interruption.
"Finally, I found some information about all this on a stone tablet handed down from the ancient golden age.
It was a war, a war of a scale beyond anyone's imagination, a war between the high elves and the nameless existence, the final war that ended the entire ancient golden age.
We do not know the cause and course of the war, but in the history after that war, there was no trace of gods.
That war changed the basic rules of this world, and there is no way forward.
The high elves exchanged the future of all living beings in the world for the end of the war. Yes, just an end.
The Last War of the Ancients has never ended, but has only been extended indefinitely, and it continues to rage in the past, present, and countless future generations."
"Your Holiness, why are you telling me this?"
Hearing this, Yanile finally couldn't help but ask a question.
"Haven't I already said that the day of final judgment is approaching? Without the protection of the Lord's light, the entire world will be forever sunk into endless darkness."
With a cold smile, the Pope revealed a piece of information that was like a bolt from the blue.
"Half a month ago, 'God' gave me a new revelation. The dark beings that were lost in the ancient final battle have now re-locked the coordinates of the main material world.
Now, the darkness of the mythological age is about to come again, and people need a god who can protect the world.
If the rules are missing, then we will make them up again. If the gods are not here, then we will create our own gods!"
"!!"
Hearing this, Yanile finally couldn't help but widen his eyes in shock.
Man-made gods! At this moment, in this most sacred place of the Holy Light Church, the holy words spoken by Pope Saint Messiah III are even more blasphemous and treasonous than the most evil and twisted pagans! "Don't look at me like that, Yanile."
Having already anticipated Yanile's reaction, Saint Messiah III walked up to Yanile and spoke in a low voice.
"In this cold world, no god will have mercy on all living beings. The only ones who will have mercy on us are ourselves, only ourselves!"
"But this is blasphemy..."
Looking at the Pope's eyes flashing with a faint holy light, Yanile murmured.
"Yes, it is blasphemous."
With a cold smile on his face, Saint Messiah III nodded, his eyes filled with a hint of pity.
"But it is also saving the world."
“…”
Looking at the Pope in front of him, Yanile opened his mouth, but finally just lowered his head slightly.
"So, Your Holiness, what do you need me to do?"
"No need to fear, Yanil."
"You know what? There is actually no God in this world, but because people need God, 'God' appears.
The true meaning of the scriptures is actually to praise the greatness of man.”
Facing the silent Yanile, the Pope softened his tone.
“Remember the first verse of the first chapter of the Holy Scripture?
The ancient foreign objects brought twisted darkness, which devoured the people. People called on God in despair, and then God came with supreme light and banished the darkness and foreign objects.
From the beginning to the end, "God" comes from man. We do not worship idols because God exists in everyone's heart.
It is because people need light that there is light in this world!" . ….….(End of this chapter)
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