Chapter 801

With Ren's assurance, the goddess of magic nodded in satisfaction.

Ryan was also very excited.

In fact, when the saint incarnation of the goddess of magic arrived, he knew that the other party agreed.

Everything displayed today, the Statue of the Goddess of Magic, the Temple of Wisdom and the Academy of Magic, is not a decisive bargaining chip. What really makes the Goddess of Magic agree is the five-year plan!

Two months ago, the first five-year plan of the Principality of Augustus was completed.

The results are remarkable, far exceeding the target!

The Principality entered the age of steam with great strides, experienced the industrial revolution, and the productivity exploded. Under the planned economy, the living standards of the people have been greatly improved. Lay a good public foundation, spread the teachings of the goddess of magic through the school-based education system, set up a wizarding academy, and guide people to the goddess.

In just five years, half of the people in the Principality of Augustus became believers in the goddess of magic.

Although the total population is small, only about 3 million, the power of faith it provides is comparable to a kingdom with a population of tens of millions.

And there will be more and more in the future.

The Dukedom of Drogonburg, north of the Dukedom of Augustus, has also been subtly affected. Queen Emily cooperated secretly, and some people have given up the Dragon God and converted to the Goddess of Magic.

The Duchy of Drogonburg quietly built the school.

In fact, it is the temple of the goddess of magic.

At the same time, Renn also used industrial products to dump other duchies, controlling their economic lifelines, eating away people's hearts step by step. The more than 30 million people in the Seven Kingdoms of Congatro will become goddesses of magic sooner or later within fifty years believers.

The goddess of magic is very satisfied with this.

Ryan hinted that he could do more and better by reporting the timing of the second five-year plan. The Principality of Augustus is just an experimental field. If this plan is extended to the empire, it can develop more believers for the goddess and provide massive power of faith.

But the premise of implementing the plan is that he must control the power of the empire.

It is far from enough to have the support of the Supreme Council. The Supreme Council is likely to be a hindrance, and it must be the absolute right to rule.

The goddess of magic understood immediately, but did not respond immediately, saying that she had to think about it.

until today.

Ren raised the bar step by step, and finally made him nod.

The Goddess of Magic flew over, with a cloud of silver fire condensed in her hands, her eyes lit up with divine light and shone on Ren's head. After taking a look, she frowned slightly, and asked rather displeasedly, "Why are you still a shallow believer?"

"this……"

Ren felt embarrassed and didn't know how to answer.

He had read "The Road to Conferring the Gods", and it was recorded in the book that the mortal believers in the world of Allenus were divided into different categories according to the degree of belief in the gods.

The lowest level is the unbelievers who don't believe in gods at all, and then the heretics who believe in other gods, both of which do not provide any power of faith and have no effect on the gods.

In the eyes of the gods, unbelievers are the most shameless people with zero value and must be cast aside.

The souls of the unbelievers have no protection from the gods after death, and most of them fall into the abyss, become the minions of evil gods, or simply dissipate. However, there are very few unbelievers in Ellenius. These people are either stubborn and fearless ordinary people, or extremely powerful superhumans.

Somewhat better than the unbelievers are the heretics.

They are potential believers, with the potential to develop into new believers in their own right, who hold some value but feel free to let go when the need arises.

Generic believers who worship multiple gods at the same time have real value to the gods because they provide the power of faith.

Not much, but talk is better than nothing.

No matter which god's divine power is accumulated little by little by the power of faith, it is never too little.

Super believers are similar to general believers, and they don’t provide much power of faith. The difference between them is the number of gods they worship, one believes in multiple gods, and the other only believes in one god.

Gods naturally prefer shallow believers who only worship themselves. The power of faith provided by a believer is limited, and they are unwilling to be shared by other gods.

Most of the world's people are shallow believers.

It is very common for shallow believers to cut off believers or convert when their own interests are affected, and the frequency of prayer is also low, praying once every few days, and many times it is perfunctory.

Above the shallow believers are the faithful believers.

They are extremely loyal to the gods, pray on time every day, and act according to the teachings of the gods. Faithful believers generally will not convert unless their lives are endangered and they have to compromise. They are the backbone of the church, and more than half of the power of faith in the gods comes from faithful believers.

Only fanatics can provide more power of faith.

They are all fanatical religious elements, they pray many times a day, and their words and deeds in daily life are strictly guided by the teachings. The meaning of their existence is to give everything for God, including their own lives.

The power of faith provided by a fanatic can be worth ten loyal believers, or hundreds of shallow believers.

However, the number of fanatics is too small, and the power of faith accounts for less than half of it.

The gods usually give power to fanatics, allowing them to serve as high-level church leaders or even the pope, and choose the most favorite one as their spokesperson in the mortal world.

That is, God's Chosen One!

Everyone in the empire thought that Ren was the chosen one of the Goddess of Magic, even the Seven Sisters of the Silver Star Duke thought so, but in fact, he was not at all.

I am just a shallow believer.

He can hide it from others, but cannot hide it from the goddess of magic. He can see it clearly at a glance.

"Ren, what's the matter with you?"

The goddess of magic was obviously very upset, and asked coldly: "You pray to me every day, and I answer every time. Isn't that enough for you to agree with my teachings?"

Ren's cold sweat came down all of a sudden.

Tremendous stress!

To put it bluntly, the degree of piety of belief is the recognition of the teachings of the gods, whether they are willing to pay more for the gods, shallow believers are at a very low level in this regard, and may convert at any time.

Ryan himself wanted to be more pious, and prayed hard every day.

However, as a successor who grew up under the red flag, he really couldn't convince himself to dedicate everything to a "God" wholeheartedly. Even though the gods of this world possess great power, they also have various "personalities" of joy, anger, sorrow, and joy. They are still "human" in essence, but they have mastered powerful power.

Since you are also human, why should you be superior to me?

When I also master the mighty force, even stronger than you, then will you respect me as a god in turn?

For a long time, Ren has regarded the goddess of magic as his boss, and he can also be a client. The two parties deal fairly, and at most show enthusiasm in etiquette. Occasionally "licking" is also to get more benefits from the goddess.

But you are not my wife, why do you want to kneel and lick without a bottom line?

Faith is something that comes from the heart. If you don’t agree with it in your heart, you can’t even pretend to be it.

This is because the character and teachings of the goddess of magic are relatively in line with Ren's three views, and I agree with it. If it were other gods, he would not even be a shallow believer.

"Miss."

Ren couldn't explain it, so he could only bite the bullet and reply: "I will pray more in the future, increasing to three times a day."

The Goddess of Magic glanced at him blankly, "No need."

"I originally wanted to give you the silver fire and officially announce that you were promoted to God's chosen one. Since you are only a shallow believer, you are not qualified to be my chosen one." The silver fire in his hand disappeared, and he said lightly: "This is you Loss."

With deep regret on Ren's face, he lowered his head, "I beg your forgiveness, ma'am."

In fact, he was relieved.

Most Chosen are fanatics, like the Silverstar Duke and her sisters. For the gods, fanatics are the real ones, and they can be completely at ease.

Only a very small number of God's Chosen are loyal believers, which is the minimum standard.

No god will allow a shallow believer to become one of his chosen ones. To be promoted to the chosen one requires a lot of divine power, communicating with the gods at any time, and mastering some of the gods' secrets.

If the Chosen One is instigated and converted, not only will he lose these divine powers, but he may also be mastered by the enemy gods and use the Chosen One to deal with him.

Even if Ren made such a great contribution, the goddess of magic was unwilling to make an exception for him.

"snort."

The goddess of magic snorted coldly, almost having the word "angry" written on her face.

He stared at Ren coldly, making his back wet.

Ren has heard about the mysterious silver fire.

He saw the Duke of Silver Star and Queen of Storms use it, and he also learned something about the power of Silver Fire from his lover Kui Lu.

Its real name is "Magic Secret Fire", which is transformed from the divine power of the goddess of magic. It can provide super affinity for all series, increase spell damage, dispel magic, dispel enchantment, penetrate protection, absorb the enemy's magical energy and convert it into healing Techniques, etc., can also develop many usages. Only the voters of the goddess of magic are eligible to be bestowed with silver fire.

The caster gets the silver fire, at least double the strength, which can match two or three legendary elements!

But Ryan is not rare.

Yinhuo can't make a qualitative leap in its own strength, isn't it just the legendary elements, and he already has more than a dozen legendary elements, and there is no shortage of them.

He was afraid that the goddess of magic would change her words and withdraw the terms just negotiated, which would be a big loss.

His enthronement plan will also be postponed and overhauled.

Fortunately, the Goddess of Magic did not regret for a moment, "Don't forget your promise." After finishing speaking, He didn't look at Ren again, removed the sound insulation force field around him, raised his body slightly, and was about to return to his own body. Kingdom of God.

"Congratulations to the great lady of mystery."

On the square, the holy soul wizard and the guests saluted one after another, watching the goddess of magic ascend to the sky.

Hundreds of thousands of believers also prayed loudly.

Soon, when the Goddess of Magic ascended to the height of a statue, an ethereal voice sounded in everyone's mind: "Bless my followers, I hope that one day, I can see you all ascending to my kingdom of God, follow me, and explore together The future path of magical truth."

"Follow the lady's oracle!" Hundreds of thousands of people responded in unison.

The goddess of magic turned into a beam of light and shot into the rainbow channel high in the sky, and then the channel closed, and the hole dissipated.

The clear sky reappeared, and the world returned to tranquility. People looked at the tall statue of the goddess of magic, and it was still like a dream. If it weren't for the blessing of wisdom blessed on their bodies, they could hardly believe that they saw the goddess descending.

Ren was completely relieved and smiled.

After all, the Goddess of Magic still couldn't resist her own temptation. No god could refuse the plan that would increase the power of faith.

Believers are the foundation of the gods, but also the weakness of the gods.

The desire for believers, the power of faith, and divine power suppressed the anger of the goddess of magic. Even, he could only sulk by himself, not even a small punishment.

God is not that scary!

Ren muttered in his mouth, proud of his heart, and glanced at the guests under the steps. When they noticed his gaze, their eyes showed awe and curiosity.

Even the holy soul wizard is the same.

There is only one exception.

That was his teacher, Anse Wodoss. There was nothing unusual on the old wizard's face, but the eyes of his soul sensed that his mood at the moment was very complicated.

The Storm Queen asked directly: "Ren, what did the lady tell you?"

"No comment."

Ren ignored the Queen of Storms, waved his hand, and restored the projection screen on the sky. His voice spread across both sides of the bay, and he said loudly: "Everyone, the great ladies have returned to the Kingdom of God, but our unveiling ceremony is not over yet."

"Now, please speak a few words for us, His Excellency Gnaeus, the consul of the empire."

"Your Excellency, please."

Ren issued an invitation on the steps, waited until Gnaeus came up naturally, gave him his seat, and stepped aside.

Last night, when the chief of staff of the Herald Palace informed Gnaeus that he would be present, Ren asked Frajaska to reply. Today, the consul will be invited to give a speech, and he revealed some information and procedures of the ceremony, so that He is ready.

Sure enough, Gnaeus took the stage calmly and began to give a speech immediately.

"The goddess protects, and the truth lasts forever!"

He first prayed, and then said: "Dear holy souls, gentlemen and ladies, it is a great honor to be invited by Speaker Rennes to participate in today's ceremony. To be honest, I am as shocked as you are. Before coming , I didn't know the lady would come..."

Gnaeus talked eloquently on the stage, sometimes serious, sometimes humorous, the content was not boring at all, and he did not forget to praise Ryan.

Hundreds of thousands of people listened attentively.

Ren, who was standing a few steps away, had been watching Gnaeus with his soul eyes. He always felt that there seemed to be something wrong with the consul, but after observing it carefully for a while, he didn't find anything.

Gnaeus's speech was not long and ended in ten minutes.

In the end, he strongly praised Gotham, certified the city's legitimacy, and called on more people from the empire to come to Gotham to open up a new continent for the empire.

This was the main purpose of Ryan's invitation to Gnaeus to come and speak, and the other party complied tacitly.

"never mind."

"Since the goal is achieved, then it's fine."

Ren was no longer suspicious, and waited until Gnaeus finished his speech amidst warm applause, before shaking hands with him and exchanging greetings. The two faced the audience together, remained still, smiling, and let the reporters take their pictures.

In less than half a day, the photo of the two of them will appear on the front pages of all newspapers in the empire together with the statue of the goddess of magic.

That concludes the unveiling ceremony.

Hundreds of thousands of people gradually dispersed, and the Temple of Wisdom and the Great Library will not be officially opened until tomorrow.

Ren led the Holy Soul Sorcerer, Consul and guests into the Temple of Wisdom to visit the exhibitions and the large library inside. A few hours later, the tour was over, and most of the guests left Gotham City immediately, while Gnaeus had returned to the Empire earlier.