It's hard to describe what the situation is like now. Jenkins doesn't have a deep research on dreams, and he doesn't understand why the dreams are broken like this. He guessed that the environment he was in at this time was probably the space condensed by the spirit of the so-called common subconscious of mankind.
But it doesn't matter where it is, he has the upper hand in this pure spiritual confrontation. As a calamity born in a dream, the opponent has the home field advantage, and there are thousands of mortals who are confused by it. Even if Jenkins temporarily has the ability to absorb the spiritual power of the dream because of the [Dream Crystal], there is absolutely no possibility of defeating the opponent.
On the one hand, the confrontation of mental power is invisible, but because of the characteristics of dreams, the invisible mental attack has a form. In the sea of spirits, nightmares and illusions of lies appear in turn. This reflection in the real night sky of Beldyran makes the scene under the night sky even more chaotic. Occasionally, huge monsters will roar and appear, and then appear like clouds and smoke The same dissipates.
It just so happened that the Church of the Twelve Orthodox Gods had manpower in Beldylan. In response to this phenomenon, a series of investigations and researches were carried out gradually. It was easy for people to discover that these phantoms were reflections from the dream world, and thus connected with the clues discovered when checking the tobacco club a few days ago.
Without any evidence, the church successfully deduced that this was a lie. The believers confronted the [Smell and Appreciation Committee] again, and even speculated that the terrible monster in the depths of the dream had awakened.
Dad has rushed from the hotel to the Holy See to assist the keepers in finding the confidential information about the disaster beast [Nightmare of Sin]. The information about the Calamity Beast is a top secret that is forbidden to be opened to anyone. Only very few secret keepers in the church are eligible to inquire because of the need to regularly update and maintain the information.
Dad is very familiar with entering the database of the palace library with the elder of this generation of secret keeper, Mr. Wood Broshear, and others. He used to be a secret keeper, and even almost became a new generation of secret keeper Elder, but everything changed because of that unexpected trip with old Jack.
"Although I don't know which believer of lies is fighting the disaster in the dream, it is clear that he is definitely not the opponent of the monster."
Mr. Blothier said very worriedly, and together with a group of people, they looked through the documents that might not necessarily be opened once in hundreds of years under the moonlight. All the books and notebooks they opened were bound with seals painted with the holy emblem of the sage, which represented the taboo nature of these materials.
"A believer in lies is still a mortal after all, he can do this step is already very powerful. I am curious, what exactly did he go through before he can show such an illusion in his dreams... You have noticed the terrible appearance under the night sky Is it an illusion? Part of it is obviously created by believers of lies, and they are indeed the most dangerous lunatics."
Dad said seriously.
In the eyes of ordinary people, the night sky tonight just suddenly appeared colorful brilliance similar to the aurora. Although it is a bit strange, it is acceptable. After all, there was a spectacle of snow falling all over the world some time ago.
But the bestowers can clearly observe the phantoms transformed by spiritual power. While Papa was communicating with the Keeper, a monster with three lion heads appeared in the night sky of Beldyran, and was torn into pieces by a monster with wings, a slender face, and tentacles. two cuts.
These are the products of [Nightmare of Crime] and Jenkins' spiritual confrontation. The former extracts images from the nightmare of intelligent life, and the latter purely searches for monsters that can be formed from memory.
But no matter what, Jenkins gradually couldn't suppress his opponent. If he wants to win, there are only two ways in front of him. One is to find a large number of believers who provide pious beliefs for himself like a nightmare of crimes, so as to increase the spiritual power he obtains; or find a more effective way to use spiritual power. In this way, qualitative changes overwhelm the opponent's huge volume.
"Finnie..."
Thinking of this, he immediately called softly in his heart, Nolan City Sage Church, the sleeping girl gave his god a response in his dream. At the same time, the little angel Louise who was one with Fenny also noticed that Jenkins' situation was not good, and through the fragile connection between Fenny and Jenkins in the dream, she sent part of her power to Jenkins.
So the shield made of angel wings blocked Jenkins, blocking part of the attack from the nightmare for him. At the same time, the monster images unconsciously drawn by his mental power also added elements related to [angels].
The mixture of chaotic monster shapes and holy angelic elements made the grotesque phantoms appearing under the night sky of Beldilan even more weird and terrifying, which also made the church more convinced that the believers who believed in lies were absolutely a group of lunatics.
But these help is far from enough for Jenkins, even if Fei Ni can be called a "fanatic", but the number of people bewildered by the nightmare is too many.
Not only those who have smoked tobacco, as long as they are in the dream at this moment, they are adding strength to [Nightmare of Crime]. This is the talent of the opponent. Jenkins wants to defeat the opponent in his dream, and he is simply seeking his own death.
"It's too late to develop a group of believers temporarily. I can't make people believe in me, let alone suddenly believe in me in such a short period of time..."
His consciousness focused on those fragile mortal souls in the dream world, and suddenly a bold idea came to him. At this moment, he exists completely in the form of a spirit body, without the shackles of the physical body, so he is closer to the form of "God of Lies", and people in sleep have little self-awareness, so it will be easier to perform mental interference in this state .
After weighing it over and over again, he used part of the spiritual power he absorbed to fight against the monster on the opposite side, and part of it into the power of his own lies. The purely accumulated spiritual power cannot be compared with divinity in terms of quality or quantity, but it is enough for him to drive lies with the power above mortal Jenkins.
He knew it was wrong, immoral, but there was nothing better to do at the moment:
"Mortals, believe in me~"
The incomplete [God of Lies] in the dream world said that the clergy spread to all dream worlds driven by huge spiritual power. The power of lies touched those sleeping souls and did not fundamentally change people's beliefs, but it also Enough to drive them to pray to the gods unconsciously.
Jenkins' essence manifests in astral state, revealing to those who pray the power of the God of Lies:
"Praise the god of lies! You are the protector of the flower girls, you are life, you are death, praise you, sing praises to you! Almighty god of lies bless us, may lies be with the world!" (Note 1)
Complicated whispers and whispers appeared in Jenkins' ears. While praising and praying, the mixed thoughts of mortals also appeared in his ears. This is a bit like the sequelae after absorbing that mass of mental power for a long time. Now Jenkins probably understands that this is the unconscious drift of thoughts after the connection between mortals and gods.
[Crystal of Sweet Dreams] completely melted into Jenkins' soul, and the power of lies infected those sleeping souls with the fluctuation of the dream world. This bold act can be regarded as the biggest lie since this era. Using the power of gods to change the beliefs of mortals is a taboo in itself, and it is enough to provoke the disgust and hostility of all gods. But all of these happened in the world of dreams. The belief made of lies is itself a lie. After everything is over, the lies disappear, and people's beliefs will not change in any way.
As those prayers to him grew louder, Jenkins felt a glimmer of clarity. What he is doing now is using lies to gain beliefs, but those beliefs are also lies. There is nothing more suitable for the priesthood of [lie] than this. He has obtained this priesthood for such a long time. At this moment, it is the first time for him to exercise the power of God as a god, instead of simply using it as a tool.
"I am… "
In the night sky of Beldyran, a ray of golden light suddenly flashed, breaking through the sea of chaotic colors. At the same time, the purple star of fate in the sky is also shining, and fate has reached a turning point again.
"I knew that pure believers in lies are no match for the beast of disaster. Look, the great one really made a move."
The father in the Holy See was talking with the Keeper in a low voice. At this moment, the power of the gods came to the material world again. Even if they had nothing to do with the God of Lies, they still had to show proper respect.
"I am the god of lies..."
Thousands of prayers gathered together, and the invisible and colorless spiritual power that originally surrounded Jenkins' soul was suddenly dyed golden.
"I am the god of lies, exercising the power of lies..."
Tonight will probably be a magical night, because after the sun rises in a few hours, a third of the people in the physical world will remember that they prayed to a strange man, but no one will remember the words of the prayer.
"I am the god of lies, exercise the power of lies, believe in me, mortals."
Beldyran in the real world, and Hathaway, who leaned on the window sill to observe the night sky outside, twitched her ears and heard prayers from unknown sources. She is a believer in the God of Music, because the God of Music also has the priesthood related to [hearing], so Hathaway can occasionally detect some sounds that do not belong to this world.
She looked at the sky and saw the golden light representing the power of the gods dispelling the chaotic colors. Seeing the purple star of destiny next to the double moon, my heart, which was a little sad because of Jenkins, suddenly calmed down a lot for some reason.
At the same time, a dry spring appeared in Jenkins' eyes in the dream world. He closed his eyes, listening to the prayers of mortals, pondering the meaning of the lie.
The golden light that emerges from itself is even more dazzling than the golden color displayed by the spiritual power gathered through prayer. Although [The Priesthood of Lies] was not formed by him, it has to be admitted that he is indeed suitable for this priesthood.
A moment of thought seemed to ignite the first spark in the world. The God of Lies, who used lies to seek false beliefs, finally touched the deepest level of power by himself on the 143rd day after he obtained the priesthood (Note 2).
Tick ~
He seemed to hear the blood falling into his heart, and he seemed to see the thunder across the sky to illuminate the world, the wind howling in the wilderness, and all the running things shouting in unison.
A relieved smile appeared on his face, and the golden light around him reached its peak at this moment, making him seem like a golden sun in the dream world.
God opened his eyes, raised his index finger slightly with his right hand, and a drop of active golden liquid jumped on His fingertips.
Note 1: You can compare it with the last prayer in Chapter 985 to see which part is missing now.
Note 2: Obtaining the priesthood of lies is the night of December 31, 1865 in the general calendar, and the current date is the night of May 23, 1866 in the general calendar 31+28+31+30+23=143.
Another: Jenkins' behavior cannot be copied. This time, he relied on the nightmare of crime to easily leverage the power of the dream world. In the future, he will not be able to use this kind of behavior to prostitute the gods for nothing.