e-booksonline Chapter 106
Chapter 106
106: Do You Believe in the Lord's Existence?
The scorching golden blood slowly dripped from the Lord's fingertip. Even just a single drop made Otto tremble with longing from the depths of his soul. But the blood of a god was something even the most powerful dragons could not withstand, so how could humans who possessed no magical aptitude endure it? Thus, the loving Lord Yahweh transformed this drop of golden blood into countless golden streams that merged into the clouds, bestowing hope upon humanity in the form of a divine rain.
In an instant, a golden rain symbolizing the future and dawn descended upon human settlements. At first, people watched in terror at this sudden golden downpour that came without warning. But when those raindrops infused with golden blood fell upon their bodies, they discovered something remarkable: their bodies, once sore from exhausting labor, were instantly restored to their original state. Those who were disabled grew new organs symbolizing new life. The wrinkles on the elderly foreheads vanished. This sacred golden rain was not only the loving Lord's gift to replant magical talent in humanity! It was also a magnificent comfort gift from the majestic Lord to humans! A grace bestowed upon the hardworking and lovely humans!
And Otto, the man who started all of this, also received the god's blessing.
Yahweh personally bestowed magical talent upon him and created for him an entirely new magic system rooted in the power of faith: God-given Magic.
"The hymn of humanity is a hymn to courage. Wise one, you not only possess rare wisdom and devotion, but also the courage and faith to charge forward for your people! Return home, traveler. You have witnessed Heaven. Now, go forth and spread the seeds of faith. Remember, as long as you do not lose your nobility, the entire world will open itself to you!"
The supreme Lord descended from the sky and opened a path for Otto to return from Heaven to the mortal realm, giving him a new mission: to spread the Lord's faith.
Indeed, under the oppression of other races over long years, many humans had already lost their reverence and faith in the Lord. Otto's next mission was to replant this seed called faith in people's hearts and make it take root and sprout.
Otto devoutly thanked the Lord for his gift, then turned and left Heaven.
Returning to the human world, Otto established the Holy Church. He became the Church's first Pope and spread the new magic system called God-given Magic to the Church's believers. Later, Pope Otto led the people in a war to fight for human rights. The unprecedented God-given Magic quickly caught the various major races off guard. For the first time, these proud beings discovered that humans, a race they once found too scrawny to even consider as food, had actually grown to such an extent.
However, after their shock subsided, the higher races quickly adjusted and launched a counterattack against humanity.
To humans, magic was a novel power, a miracle bestowed by the great Lord. But to the higher races, this was not the case. They had lived with magic since birth. To them, magic was as common as weeds by the roadside.
What's more, although God-given Magic was a form of magic personally created for humans by the supreme Lord, it still belonged to the domain of magic. And the higher races had researched magic for tens of millions of years. How could humans who had just obtained magic possibly compete with them?
Thus, the counterattack of the higher races began.
Just as they had arrogantly predicted, after recovering from the surprise of God-given Magic, humans were still no match for the higher races. However, because humans were so cunning and often launched harassment attacks from the flanks rather than organizing large-scale frontal assaults, the damage the higher races could inflict on humans was also extremely limited.
But overall, the situation still favored the higher races.
At least in terms of high-end combat power, humans could not compare to the higher races.
Until the Church's first Pope, Otto, obtained the recognition of the Holy Lance.
The Holy Lance Longinus was a weapon once used by the great Lord Yahweh at the beginning of creation. It was called the Spear of Destiny. Those who wielded it could gain the power to create miracles out of thin air and contend against fate.
With it, Pope Otto single-handedly fought against the Dragon King without falling behind at all, thus earning the dragon race's recognition.
The dragon race only recognized those with powerful strength. Clearly, Otto wielding the Holy Lance was sufficient to earn their respect.
Later, a human Knight King obtained the recognition of the lake fairies. They bestowed upon the Knight the Star-forged Holy Sword and the friendship of the elves. Since elves and fairies were close symbiotic races, obtaining the fairies' recognition meant obtaining the elves' recognition as well. From then on, the elf race withdrew from the war.
Having lost the two most powerful leader races, the elves and the dragons, the remaining races were completely no match for humans who possessed the Holy Sword and Holy Lance. Thus, the war ended, and humanity obtained its own territory and the qualification to stand as equals with other races.
This situation continued until the Knight who obtained the Holy Sword passed away, the higher races went into seclusion, and the age of magic and mysticism came to an end.
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"The above is the origin and history of God-given Magic as passed down orally within the Church."
"Somehow, it feels like some kind of epic story."
Evelia wasn't trying to be contrarian on purpose, but what Jasmine had told them really did sound like a story copied from some religious storybook.
Leaving everything else aside, just the first Pope's experience alone was outrageous enough. Just now, Jasmine said something about seven days and seven nights of devotion moving Yahweh. But no matter how Evelia thought about it, she felt that the Creator had simply given the golden blood because that Pope had annoyed Him by chattering in His ear for so long.
Then there was the origin of the Holy Lance and Holy Sword. It all felt too contrived, as if every gift in the world was biased toward humanity.
"Right? I think so too."
Jasmine shrugged helplessly, indicating that she was just telling the story according to regulations. As for the story's authenticity, she made no guarantees.
"..."
The corner of Evelia's mouth twitched. So even the Saint herself didn't believe this stuff.
"But one thing is true. God-given Magic was indeed created by the gods specifically for humans."
"Why do you say that?" Evelia asked curiously.
"Because so far, apart from humans, no other race has been able to use this magic system. Even angels are the same. That's also why I allowed Miss Amya to observe freely. Because even if she wanted to learn, as an angel rather than a human, it would be impossible for her to master it."
Jasmine paused slightly, then looked seriously into Evelia's eyes and asked, word by word:
"Miss Evelia, may I ask, do you believe in the existence of the gods?"