551 The Ten Commandments (1/2)

”Second Commandment: Thou shalt not use my name in vain.

”Third Commandment: Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

”Fourth Commandment: Honor thy father, thy mother, and thy children as you love me.

”Fifth Commandment: Thou shalt not commit adultery.

”Sixth Commandment Thou shalt not kill the innocent.

”Seventh Commandment Thou shalt not bear false witness, frame, or violate contracts.

”Eighth Commandment: Serve me with your heart, not with your offerings.

”Ninth Commandment: Those who have committed lesser wrongdoings, first atone for your sins before seeking forgiveness. ”Tenth Commandment: Honor my name by helping your compatriots and companions.”

One commandment after another echoed in the ears of the bald rebel, Kalat, causing him to completely prostrate himself. He held his head close to the ground, uncontrollably trembling slightly with reverence, fear, and excitement.

As a Mid-Sequence Beyonder, a rebel who had once been educated in the Feysac Empire, he had sufficient insight to understand that the worship of the Sea God was based more on fear—fear of powerful forces, fear of the fearsome natural risks that mankind faced, and many rituals that retained primitive bloodshed, a backward faith that reveled in inhumane and uncivilized practices, something that would be eliminated sooner or later.

However, the faith he had developed since he was young had made him afraid to go against the divine revelation. He could only bury the idea of modifying the ritual process deep in his heart and avoid the parts which conflicted with his own wishes as much as possible.

Now, the Sea God's sudden change left him extremely delighted. It was as if he could see the so-called ”primitive totem,” that outsiders claimed it to be, evolving into a true god.

Blessed are we; blessed are the rebels; blessed are the true believers... In his blurred vision, Kalat raised his head, spread his hands sincerely, and placed them against his mouth.

”I will abide by your teachings as if I am praising your name.”

The blurry figure in front of him disappeared, the magnificent voice by his ears vanished, and the scene in the cave returned to its original state.

However, Kalat knew that everything was no longer the same.

He moved his elbows several times and quickly crawled back to his wheelchair. He once again sat on it and turned to the other side of the cave.

Kalat quickly met with Edmonton. This member of the Resistance with a blue sea serpent tattoo was standing in front of the deity figurine that was bleeding abnormally. His forehead was a mix of scarlet red and black, dirty and gruesome.

However, Edmonton's expression was joyful, excited, and satisfied. He looked at Kalat and blurted out, ”Did you receive the revelation?”

”Yes, it's the aura of God, just like before.” Kalat nodded in excitement ”Not only has God rebuilt the earth, but 'He' has also rebuilt his covenant.”

Edmonton let out a sigh of relief.

”I was even suspecting that I was hallucinating before.

”It seems like as long as an outsider touches the holy sword, God will be able to walk the land again. There's no need for it to be completely lifted.”

Kalat chimed, ”Indeed. The reason why the deity figurine shattered and bled is because God has changed 'His' image. We must build a new one! Just like the scenes we saw earlier!”

”God also showed his Sacred Emblem. Above the symbol of the waves, there was a scepter in the shape of lightning, surrounded by strong winds,” Edmonton said as he recalled.

Kalat immediately patted the armrest of his wheelchair.

”Let's find the High Priest right now. He should've also received the revelation.

”We will usher in a new world!”

Above the gray fog, Klein put down the Sea God's Scepter and rubbed his temples in exhaustion.

He had noticed a problem earlier. The Sea God Scepter could respond to ritualistic magic, which meant that it could provide a certain amount of strength to help the worshiper complete the ritual and achieve their goals. However, it could only be concentrated within his domain and could not exceed the limit Whatever could be done was relatively limited.

For example, the Evernight Goddess could use a method of influencing fate to let ”Her” believers naturally obtain the money they needed and pay their debt As for the Sea God Scepter, it could at most produce fake money on the altar, and after a while, it would become ineffective and return to its true form.

This is the difference between a false god and a true god...

Besides, apart from the gray fog, as long as it fulfills the procedure and prayer, the Sea God Scepter is capable of automatically responding to ritualistic magic, unless it will use up more than half of its power in one go... This might be why the steps to ritualistic magic are extremely important...

Above the gray fog, prayers will be screened, reduced to points of light The Sea God Scepter is unable to automatically respond; hence, requiring me to manually handle them. This makes it relatively troublesome. It's impossible for me to stay here all day. Of course, there's also a benefit to it—as long as the prayer doesn't have any mistakes, and it is accurately pointed towards the Sea God Scepter, regardless of how perfunctory the ritual is, they will be able to receive a response.