There was probably no need to investigate how Victoria met up with Diana, but from a certain standpoint, the passionate meeting between a "queen" and a "king" in history was even more noteworthy.
Unfortunately, relationships between people were often affected by many factors. Although the two "lovers" had indeed met at a banquet, there hadn't been much of a commotion between them. Those who knew the truth felt that it was a pity.
Yep, that insider was none other than Roland himself, who had been taking pleasure in Diana's misfortune the entire time.
"Aren't you afraid that if Dasos really falls in love with Victoria and finds out that the woman he loves still likes other women, he'll be so desperate that he'll turn gay and come looking for you?"
Alright then, of course, such an unreliable threat wouldn't scare Roland too much. But the price of being disgusted was that the silly cat would be brutally abused afterwards.
But now, on the eve of war, the arrival of the two female elves and the Moonlight Goddess's army was undoubtedly a good thing.
"Eternal praise to our great Moon Goddess Patricia. May her love encompass us, may her light illuminate our path, and may her gaze always be with us."
The Moonlight Goddess Patricia was a powerful God under Aillé. As a powerful True God, she had many Divine Concepts, including Moon and Moonlight, Guardian of the Lost, Dormant, Dream, Purify, Watch, and Hunt. Although she belonged to the Elven Faction, her believers included humans, elves, rangers, professional hunters, and so on. She also had many armed forces under her command, but she had actually been quite close to Aillé for a long time. But after she transformed most of her divine power into a starlight net, she had fallen to mid-level Divine Power.
The starlight net would become a tracking and surveillance device across the entire mortal plane. Any otherworldly existence that entered the mortal plane would be discovered immediately. The Moonlight Goddess would become even more powerful as she obtained merits and believers, and the priests of the Moonlight Goddess Church would become the most reliable tracking hounds.
Originally, doing this much would have been more than enough. However, as one of the most loyal supporters of the Ayer Faction, she didn't intend to remain a nobody under the Main God's protection. In fact, she even took action before the Holy War began.
She was one of the powerful Gods to begin with. Once she started a war, she would have many believers. And because she had been fighting against Rose and the other Evil Gods for a long time, she had many powerful warriors among her believers. Once they were armed and organized, they would become a truly powerful force.
Since the warriors were loyal followers of Aillé, they naturally became members of the Contract Heroes. This time, they took the initiative to participate in this battle.
The Gray Elves under the Moonlight were the collective name of the former Dark Elves who had chosen the path of justice, and the Moonlight Sacred Emblem on their arms was their symbol.
Following Rose's downfall, the originally suppressed dark elves also had a chance to make a new choice. In just two short years, the number of gray elves had increased by more than ten times. If it weren't for the fact that time was still too short, their numbers would have increased explosively.
Meanwhile, Diana, who was searching for the source of her faith, responded to her God's call and joined the Gray Elves in battle.
However, perhaps only she knew that her journey alone wasn't for the sake of pursuing faith. On the contrary, it was because she had gotten too close to the Gods and understood the truth about the Gods that her faith was about to collapse. It seemed to be an expedition in pursuit of glory, but more than that, it was an escape from the truth.
Faith was incredibly common in this world. In fact, it was a concept that actually existed. And to most mortals, True Gods were existences far more important than their own lives. It was no exaggeration to say that a True God's will was more important than one's own life.
As a Holy Knight, Diana used to believe in the Holy Light and hoped that the Holy Light would point out the path of salvation for her. But one day, a certain man casually said something that almost caused her faith in the Holy Light to collapse.
"As a Holy Knight, you don't believe in the God of Holy Light? Of course I don't believe in the God of Holy Light. I only believe in the Divine Light itself. Who would worship an existence that has no sense of self? "
That man, or perhaps I should say that he was the incarnation of a certain God in the Aichy continent, showed her the truth about the Gods. Or, more accurately, he used his actions to tell her that the Gods were nothing special. They were just slightly older, slightly more powerful ancient existences, and that all of their miracles could be explained by the natural laws.
If that was all there was to it, she could still accept it. But what Diana found the most difficult to accept was his understanding of the True Gods. It would have been fine if he was purely an anti-God, but he just happened to have divine favor that nobody could understand. It could even be said that he was a God himself.
"In the future, if you choose to study Law, I'd also advise you not to worship the God of Law himself. Instead, you should study Law itself, understand it, love it, love it, and even become a faith. And if you're unable to recognize everything that Law represents, then you should unhesitatingly give up on it. Worship is the furthest distance from the truth. "
"Faith? Of course I have faith. Otherwise, how could I possibly become the Guardian of Law? You feel that there's something different? Of course, it's different. To be honest, I feel that your faith is filled with utilitarianism, which makes me feel quite uncomfortable. Your faith is far too impure. "
"Rich merchants worship the Goddess of Wealth because they hope that she'll bestow them with fortune. Farmers worship the God of Harvest because they hope that they'll be able to have a good harvest next year. The God of War's faith has never been broken, but that's because victory in battle is forever the sweetest thing ever. Perhaps I'm the most devout believer here. I believe in the True God only because I agree with the ideals that he represents. I believe that Law is correct, which is why I promote Law. I hope that Law will be able to make the world better, but I don't hope that Law will do anything for me personally. "
Pure faith? Diana understood Roland's words and thought about it. However, she almost ended up becoming a former Holy Knight. From a certain standpoint, this female Knight was far too pure. Pure to the point of being cute, pure to the point of being silly.
Because she was pure, she refused the many temptations and desires of the dark elf world. Because she was pure, she believed that the Holy Light could save her entire species. Because she was pure, she had pure faith. She gave everything to the Holy Light, which actually allowed her to grow even stronger. But in the end, because she was pure, she listened to a certain person's lies and almost tormented herself to death.
Actually, every generation had a different understanding of faith. In a certain dark generation on Earth, Diana's attitude of giving everything to the Gods was the choice of most people. Believing in a certain God, even after death, even one's soul would be returned to that God's Divine Kingdom. However, a certain person's understanding of Gods and faith leaned towards the end of the Age of Chaos. That was, "I think you're fine, so I'll follow you. But if you deviate from your original beliefs, I'm sorry, but I'll have to rebel against you."
"Faith? Divine power server? You're a God, but you're looking down on the Gods? "
The most dangerous part was that even Roland didn't know about his identity being leaked. Wumianzhe was the lich Roland, and the lich Roland was the Holy Knight Roland. When Diana saw this, the female Holy Knight felt that this was the same as a True God speaking the truth.
"Perhaps as long as we recognize and understand the Concepts and teachings that the Gods represent, we'll be able to borrow the Gods' power. In that case, perhaps we can also take the initiative to steal the Gods' power and even become True Gods."
Alright then, it was quite obvious that Diana had misunderstood Roland's words. She was simply thinking about how to obtain more power. This was indeed the mainstream view in this world. Most people who became Holy Knight didn't believe in the Holy Light from the very start. They only believed in the Holy Light to earn a living and obtain power. Most other Divine Job class members were like this as well. However, the price for obtaining power was that they were offering their everything to the Gods.
Even in death, Holy Light job class members were still Holy Light job class members. So-called former Holy Light job class members had most likely been hunted down and killed.
Due to Rose's death, the Dark Elves' Divine World directly collapsed, and a large number of former priests and Divine Job class members appeared.
Many Dark Elves lost their purpose in life after losing their faith in Rose. However, many former priests and Holy Knights who lost their power were constantly searching for new sources of power. One such example was Diana's younger sister, Victoria.
It would have been fine if Diana had been the only one thinking about this. However, her "younger sister" just happened to be a former High Priestess candidate for Rose. She had access to a tremendous amount of God's knowledge, and she had many former Rose priests working under her. She herself was also an excellent priest. When Diana communicated her thoughts with her younger sister, she decided to experiment.
That's right, it was her, not them. Diana still belonged to the standard Order and Good Faction, while Victoria was a typical Dark Elf. She would only care about the results, and wouldn't care about the process or sacrifices.
In this idealistic world, there were many times when there wasn't only one "correct" answer. Extreme stubbornness could even create another path. This one and a half year of exploration had already given birth to creations that shouldn't have appeared in this world.
"Desecration Priests and Anti-Holy Knight — Divine Power Stealers and Divine Job Desecrators."
Roland would never have imagined that his casual words would create such a ridiculously powerful job class.
In this battle, the first to suffer were the Sea Tribe. From the very start, the main characters of this battle weren't the Ottoman Empire. Instead, it was the girls from the Northlands. On this excellent stage, the new Northlands faction showed off their astonishing potential.
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