"His own?"
Cheng Shi was confused.
"What do you mean by his own?"
The innkeeper explained very patiently:
"Athos's mentor is Zaingil, the leader of the Creation Alchemy School of the [Tower of Matter]. This school has very deep attainments and a huge technological lead in creation and puppetry.
Due to various concerns, other schools assassinated Zaingil before he published his latest results. As a result, Athos, who lost the protection of his mentor, became a fugitive scholar.
He wandered underground, met us, and joined us."
hiss--
Why does this sentence sound so familiar?
Brother, if you could say to me one last time, "Would you like to join us?", I would go straight back to Fang Shiqing's arms in my dreams.
"With our support, he developed the ability of 'Puppet Self' and transformed himself from a seriously injured and dying person into a flesh-and-blood human puppet!"
"?" Cheng Shi didn't understand and blinked.
"If he becomes a puppet, who will control him?"
"No one can control him. The only one who can control him is himself before he became a puppet. He has designed a perfect consciousness for himself to support our actions to the greatest extent possible."
"......"
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE?
Cheng Shi’s head was buzzing.
Isn’t this just artificial AI?
Make yourself an AI?
Why bother?
“What’s the point?”
"Meaning? Using one's own broken life to create something, creating a puppet that is comparable to a perfect life form. Isn't this the meaning of pursuing the Truth?"
"......"
What you said makes a lot of sense, but my mom told me not to talk to idiots.
Cheng Shi's inner desire to complain had expanded to the extreme, but on the surface he still smiled patiently.
How can this be called the pursuit of truth?
Isn't this just pursuing idiocy?
"So who is that tonight...?"
"Kotaro, Athos's junior, also made himself into a puppet."
"......"
Double kill!
So what are these people after?
If you think about it carefully, they seem to have been infected by [Depravity] and fallen into a state of excessive pursuit of personal desires and obsessions.
Since this is underground, maybe what they believe in is [Depravity]?
So Cheng Shi asked doubtfully: "[Filthy]?"
"You mean my faith? No, no, no, I don't really believe in any [god]. Or rather, the existence I believe in has not yet arrived."
"???"
Cheng Shi was confused again. He frowned and stared at the innkeeper's face, wondering:
"Then where does your power of [Defilement] come from?"
The innkeeper raised an eyebrow, stretched out a hand and shook it gently.
As his arms shook, the power of [Filth] in his body began to dissipate, and gradually, a golden power revived and wrapped around his body again.
Cheng Shi was stunned when he saw this familiar power.
【order】!
It’s the fucking power of [Order]!!!
“You you you…”
“It’s incredible, isn’t it? Actually, I am His believer.
Not only that, I have also served on the Grand Inquisition.
And Mercius...
It is my junior fellow student.”
"!!??"
"Stunned" is not enough to describe Cheng Shi's current expression. His expression management function has completely collapsed, and his mouth is opened so wide that two light bulbs can almost be stuffed in.
No, wait a minute!
"You are... an Inquisitor of the Grand Inquisition?"
"First-Class Inquisitor, Chenosley, what a nostalgic name."
"Then what about the power of [Defilement] in you? Are you an oathbreaker?"
The so-called oath-breakers are believers who have given up their original beliefs and turned to believe in other [gods].
Because these believers have betrayed their original vows, they will suffer endless punishment from their previous benefactors.
In fact, players of [Game of Faith] now also have this option, but after activating [Abandoning Oath and Praying], even if they successfully change their faith, they will still be left with a permanent debuff from the benefactor who betrayed their faith.
The changed [God] will not give extra care to those who have forsaken their oaths.
So, making this decision is extremely difficult.
"Oathbreaker? No, I did not abandon my devotion to Order. I simply added devotion to other Gods to my devotion."
"?"
Is this possible?
Wow, what a follower of Aquaman.
I want them all.
The question is, can the gods who have been “degraded” by you tolerate it?
"I have never heard of such a...philanthropic...trustful man."
Chenosley laughed loudly and said a little crazily:
“Before we succeeded, no one realized that faith could be so impure and chaotic!
This is why we can come together!"
Here we come!
Cheng Shi's eyes narrowed, realizing that tonight's conversation was finally about to get to the point.
Since this former first-level inquisitor opposite is neither a believer of [Depravity] nor a forsaken of [Order], there must be some inhumane reasons for him to come to the heart of the Grand Inquisition again.
And this reason may very well involve a deeper struggle of faith.
Cheng Shi had some idea in his mind. He guessed that this person might have begun to worship [war]!
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