Chapter 377: The Bell Ringer (3rd Update)
It's different from the previous "fight" with Nicholas.
Although Bernardino is the Pope, Paper Ji did not show any mercy when he attacked him.
A large part of the reason for this is that the bell ringer, as the "God of Terminal Illness and Limit", is a false god who has no backing, no prosperous church, and no main god.
Although the bell ringer and the paper girl are false gods who have ascended in the same era, they are not familiar with each other.
And it's different from accepting Yaon's invitation and getting the asylum to be promoted to a paper queen from the gods...... Although the bell ringer was invited by the three gods, Granny Bone, Lady Silence, and Mother Moth, he did not accept any olive branches in the end.
The invitation to the three gods is not because of his good personality or great ability.
Simply because its field is quite critical...... The classification is just vague.
Paper Ji also remembers that the book of truth of the bell ringer is called "The Theory of Gray Blood". It contains truths about disease, apoptosis, blood, weakness, aging, life, and many other fields, and it is a very powerful book of truth.
In the end, when the bell ringer completed his sublimation, he chose "established death" as his core concept.
So he finally sublimated into the "God of Terminal Illness and Limit", the "bell ringer" who sounded the death knell for mortals who died.
It was a lone false god with a perverse, lonely personality and no friends. Not only did He never take the initiative to create the Church, but even those who founded the Church for Him would not receive any additional benefits and protection—even the Light Seal was rarely given to the Christians, but only after the nightmare had been completely purified before the corresponding Light Seal could be obtained.
Generally speaking, false gods will give the Holy Light Seal to their satisfied believers. After all, the Church of False Gods does not have so many rules and regulations, and they do not have a fixed territory, so they will act more casually.
For believers who are satisfied with themselves, even mortals and transcendents who are not their own believers, some holy light imprints will also be given. As long as it's pleasing to the eye, there's nothing you can't do.
After all, the essence of the light sigil is the authorization of the gods to the power of the believer. The reason why the Holy Light Seal is given after the nightmare is purified is actually because the gods get part of the benefits after purifying the nightmare, and give the priests corresponding rewards.
It's like a factory that buys raw materials and prepares them for secondary processing gives a certain amount of remuneration to the seller of the raw materials.
The sigil of the Holy Light is just "currency".
It's not something you can get through nightmares.
Even the Orthodox Church can obtain the imprint of the Holy Light by completing tasks within the Church.
It's just that the Orthodox Church must have rules and clear rewards and punishments. Every sigil of the Holy Light given is recorded on the Pope's side...... Even the gods cannot give gifts at will, but only those within the church. Otherwise, it would interfere with the authority and work of the Pope.
In other words, in the Orthodox Church, the gods themselves are not involved in the administration, but are entrusted to the Pope, and even the cardinals are difficult to contact.
It's like the relationship between a star and his or her own fan base.
And so it is with God.
From God is not just about getting shelter day.
Their Lord God will also allocate a portion of his manpower directly from the General Church to help them take care of the believers and the clergy. It's like signing a contract with a big company...... You don't need to worry about anything in the follow-up operation.
This is also the reason why the papal authority of the righteous God is much higher than that of the king.
- The Pope and the Holy One of God are the true rulers of this world.
And the wild false gods are completely different.
The false gods themselves are directly involved in the administration of the church.
False gods are not easily betrayed except that the Pope, as a keeper of secrets...... Even cardinals are at risk of defection; And they don't have any rules for choosing cardinals, they basically just look at the eyes of the pope or the false gods.
In other words, it's pleasing to the eye.
For example, a tragic writer, or a pale princess.
Given the need to move at any time, the churches of false gods are extremely small—most of the clergy (not believers) who can be false gods are less than three digits. From this point of view, the rotten man can be regarded as a strange thing among the false gods......
And the bell ringer is strange in another sense.
But he didn't distance himself from his followers because he was abiding by the rules......
It's because of his extremely perverse personality.
He doesn't communicate with anyone other than the necessary social interactions—and doesn't expect His followers to help him.
He even did what he did to maintain his realm.
There is a folk legend that when mortals are dying of terminal illness or about to die without illness or disaster, they will occasionally hear the low sound of three death knells outside the door before going to bed the night before they die. And no one can hear the bell except for the dying man.
This is the mercy of the bell-ringer to the dying man.
He reveals the final death and gives people one last day to write a will and give an account of what will happen.
This is also why, in the Misty Continent, it is considered very impolite for those ignorant children to ring the bell or bell in front of the door of the elderly or the sick.
And because of this, the priesthood of the bell ringers is very unpopular.
But even so, he had some fanatical believers who believed that "man dies once", spontaneously made bronze bells with bronze handles, relied on divine magic to determine the dying, and went to their doors to ring the bell.
- And even if he did, the bell-ringer would not give any reward.
For what He himself believes, that the great time will come.
No help is required.
No need for any publicity.
There is no need to resist.
Therefore, He does not need any believers.
He even gave himself the name "Bell Ringer." You know, in the context of the United Kingdom, "Lao" is actually a rather bad derogatory term, referring to "lowly and despicable people".
For example, the little guy refers to the poor boys who steal and rob; Boat guys refer to those who smuggle goods and kidnap women in black boats.
The believers of the bell-ringers were even more unpopular than the believers of the glass-bearers—the mere sight of those holding bronze bells, bandages, and black hoods entering the village without saying a word was a sign that someone was dying.
Although the bell ringer is not an evil god, he has never done anything illegal.
But it's just not likable.
After He rejected the invitation of the three gods, no god could be friends with Him. But there were several gods who were by his strange temper.
Pope as the bell-ringer...... It doesn't have to be a good identity.
Think about it from this point of view.
Annan didn't think that it was the bell ringer behind Bernardino who was looking for the Book of Cranes.
"-So, what is the purpose of your coming to me?"
Faced with Bernardino, whose spirits were completely annihilated by the paper queen and himself bound by countless silver chains, Annan told all his analysis.
He stood behind the paper and asked calmly, "The Book of Heavenly Cranes is here with me." What are you doing? ”
"I warn you, don't fight Annan's idea."
Before he could reply, Paper Ji warned, "Otherwise, even the bell ringer won't be able to protect you." ”
Bernardino, on the other hand, only smiled strangely.
He smiled and asked, "You don't have to worry about me......
"Why don't you just kill me?"