Devil's Bible

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He then looked into Hayes's background, which was quite interesting.

Hayes was a 'genius' from a young age.

On the day of his coming-of-age ceremony, he completed his breakthrough from the Blackstone race and became a Steel-type Paladin.

He then made rapid progress, reaching his peak at the age of sixty.

He completed his promotion to Gold Seed that very evening.

His speed was not much different from that of Gotthard, who was known as a genius paladin.

However, he walked a much more steadily than Gotthard after that.

Because at that time he had already decided to become the head of the Parmehi family.

Resources began to flow in his favor.

Hayes is now 450 years old, but his stats have reached over 980, just a little short of the maximum.

Both its characteristics and techniques are very strong.

His ideas weren't exactly obscure, but they weren't particularly prominent in everyone's eyes.

Aside from being a bit rude, Hayes was actually the more human one.

For example, right now, Hayes was right next to him, using mental communication to tell Naims gossip about the other five people on the ship with great interest, seemingly without any dissatisfaction because of Naims's previous refusal.

"The guy right across from you is named Adrian."

"He has a thing for married women, and he has taken advantage of countless of his subordinates' wives."

"I heard he also likes to do disgusting things in front of people."

“The guy on your left is an old pervert who changed his name many years ago and now calls himself the Holy Walker,” Hayes continued. “His favorite thing to do all day is to be tortured.”

“To say that you are bearing the sins of others.”

"She's actually a moral hypocrite who loves to morally blackmail others."

"If you are with him, you'd better watch your behavior. Any behavior that does not conform to doctrine or morality will be met with his criticism."

"The person on the left opposite is called Alice. Don't be fooled by her pretty appearance; she used to be quite ugly."

"She suffers from severe appearance anxiety; her current appearance was maintained only after having dozens of succubus skins removed."

"Besides that, she was also very greedy, believing that everything should belong to people like her."

"The person on the right opposite is named Big. He is obsessed with power and pretends to be the kind of person that people like the most. He is not greedy for money, lust, or enjoyment, but only for power. He is a complete power animal."

“The last one was named Andron Acker.” Hayes paused slightly when he said this name, and his voice became more emotional.

Nems' attention was also drawn by this pause, and he couldn't help but look at the person.

The man was dressed in a very common priest's robe, which had some stains on it, and it was clear that he didn't care much about the cleanliness of his attire.

His face was ordinary, and he even had some nasolabial folds.

He was sitting on the other side with his head down, seemingly asleep.

"He's also a weirdo. He's usually listless, but he's extremely passionate about all sorts of interesting things."

"He volunteered for this operation, but he wasn't interested in the prospective identity; he just enjoys the thrill and the excitement."

After saying all this, Hayes seemed to smile, then said to Nemus, "So, Holy Son, what do you want? Is it really just to reform the Church?"

Nems did not answer the question, but closed his eyes and waited to depart.

This time, the team has a total of seven people.

In addition, it is said that there will be two saints to assist them.

One of them was the hermit saint that Nemus had encountered back then.

He had previously bestowed his own holy secrets upon Nemus.

After a period of rest, and with the death of the twin demons Alaros, the Hermit Saint's injuries were mostly healed.

In this situation, he was already able to fight, and the combat power he displayed surpassed that of many top-tier Gold Saints.

As for the other saint, the situation remains confidential.

Their mission this time was very simple.

Use the teleportation array to travel to the Black Sky Whale.

Then, starting with the Black Sky Whale, the search moved towards the area where the Azure Sky Whale had originally been located.

Until the current traces of the Azure Whale were found.

Of course, this process requires the use of Nemes' legendary species characteristics to improve the accuracy of this search.

Finally, we should land on the Azure Whale and, if possible, carry out a decapitation strike to kill the fictional demon that has taken over the Azure Whale and restore peace to it.

If that doesn't work, then find the materials for the teleportation array locally and rebuild it.

The church's support will arrive immediately via the super teleportation array.

The 'ship' they were on at that moment was the Origin Whalebone Ship of the Pameshi family.

It is said that this piece of bone was cut off because a large-scale disaster struck the Central Plains, causing the Source Whale to be injured.

This bone is worth more than many sacred objects and artifacts.

To maximize the use of this bone, its main body was used as the keel to build this airship.

The ship wasn't large, but it was enveloped in a special aura.

Nems could even feel that his mind had become more active while he was on the ship.

Chapter 484 The Future of Believers—Prayer

The bone ship's teleportation is extremely fast.

The moment Nemus and his companions opened their eyes, they had already arrived at the Black Sky Whale.

It was only then that Nemus realized that the bone ship also had the effect of stabilizing spacetime.

Otherwise, with his current perception, it would be impossible for him not to notice the process of such a long-distance spatial teleportation.

Afterwards, Nems and the others did not linger. After confirming their location in the dark sky, they quickly flew away into the distance.

Just as Nemes was about to take a closer look, several people brought food from outside the ship.

Among them was Cheryl, the "mom" figure from back then.

As Nemus's assistant at this moment, she will also participate in this mission.

Of course, she was not on the list of official participants at all.

This operation is not the same as the previous Abyss Operation.

The reason why there are Iron-type characters in the Abyss Operation is that they need the cooperation of the Arbiter to enter the Abyss in order to use the Arc Technique.

In this operation, those like Cheryl, who belong to the Iron race, were merely cannon fodder sent to explore the way.

The great calamities have been occurring for twelve hundred years.

The full-scale outbreak also took a thousand years.

The church has long been prepared to deal with disasters.

For example, calamities can have a strong effect on living organisms.

This is why flying over the earth can be very dangerous.

The bone ship can emit the scent of a floating whale, thus disguising itself as a floating whale in flight.

However, if you were to directly collide with those flying calamity creatures, there was no way to avoid it.

Once a battle breaks out, if the afflicted calamity creatures cannot be dealt with quickly, they will only gather in greater numbers.

Ultimately, even calamities will be able to see through the disguise of the bone ship, with unimaginable consequences.

This is where they become cannon fodder.

Using methods such as the sacred nail of discipline, one forcibly activates a person's life force, making them a target of that life force.

Only in this way can the calamity-causing creatures be lured away.

Cheryl and her batch of steelworkers naturally understood these things.

But at this moment, she looked at Nemus with a gentle smile.

Then he served Naimus food, showing no concern for his own life whatsoever.

“Don’t worry about me, I’m not afraid,” Cheryl said with a smile.

"After we have dedicated ourselves to God, we will eventually gather together in God's Kingdom, where countless people will enjoy joyful times that will never end."

“So there’s no need to be afraid or worried,” Cheryl said.

Nems could sense that Cheryl genuinely believed in this.

This is actually the thought of most believers.

They knew that it would be difficult for them to turn their lives around; they were unable to cultivate themselves, or they could not reach a high level of cultivation.

They also have no way to earn enough money, or even if they do, they can't keep it.

Their lives have no chance of improving.

If that's the case, then we can't have hope for life; we can only place our hopes on what happens after death.

Faith is the only window through which they can obtain a 'future' if they simply persevere.

Under this window, all they can tell themselves is to believe, to believe.

Faith arises in this process, and as faith grows, even death seems less frightening.

In this situation, believers will only cling more and more to faith as a lifeline.

However, Nemes had been to the Kingdom of God.

He knew how high the steps of that divine kingdom were.

To God, the souls of believers are merely a resource.

Most believers will be converted into supplicants.

A supplicant is a spiritual being who prays eternally and draws closer to God.

Their thinking will become rigid, turning them into beings who only know how to pray.

After thousands or tens of thousands of years, the souls of the supplicants will be completely swallowed up by faith and merged into the divine kingdom, becoming a kind of material for building the divine kingdom.

Some of those with outstanding combat skills will be made into Prayer Angels, who suffer a more tragic fate.

Although those who pray are bound by rigid thinking and forced to pray to develop faith, at least they still have their own thoughts.

Most of the prayer angels, however, have lost all thought and become pure weapons.

In addition, there are some special believers. These special believers have made great contributions or have special status. Their abilities have been recognized by God, so although they may also become supplicants, they are higher-level supplicants.

These superior supplicants are not completely bound by rigid thinking, but are blessed by God with a certain degree of freedom of thought.

They are the staff who manage God's Kingdom, and they can exist in God's Kingdom for a long time to help God handle various matters.

Jeff wanted to become that kind of superior supplicant.

However, such superior supplicants are rare; generally, only popes throughout history and cardinals who have performed great deeds can become so.

Besides these, there are saints and holy spirits.

Saints, or those who have a unique understanding of doctrine and have very special thoughts, become the Holy Spirit after death.

Their status in the Kingdom of God is not low either; it is even slightly higher than that of some popes who are not particularly favored by God.

They can provide significant assistance in the construction of God's Kingdom and fill its gaps, making them important helpers to God.

This shows that even saints cannot attain eternal joy and peace after death.

Ordinary believers, even the most devout ones, can only become supplicants.

However, this truth will have no effect on most believers.

The kingdom of God was too far away for them to see clearly.