Chapter 438

(I discovered that there are people over-interpreting this chapter; please let it go, okay? It's just a character setting written casually. Can you guys stop your overly active reading comprehension ability? I'm scared.)

"So, in order to save this world, let's become idols together... pfft, I mean, let's found a new sect to compete with the Radiant Church."

During the break in Lord Shen Wang's small classroom, Dorothy gathered her good sisters together, then slapped the hammer-shaped Canon of Destiny "Genesis" onto the table and said this with great excitement.

Regarding this, the witches first lowered their heads to look at the large hole smashed into the table by the hammer, then blinked their eyes in confusion, not knowing what to say.

They couldn't keep up with the Home Witch's train of thought. Why would she suddenly want to found a sect for no reason?

Clearly, participating in the Witch's Night festival only required following the plot, so there was no need to do anything extra...

emmm, wait, the plot has already collapsed, so never mind.

The witches subconsciously looked at Di Di Nisha on the side, then turned their heads in unison to look at Dorothy.

According to the normal process, they only needed to patiently hide and wait for Lord Shen Wang to awaken and build the Holy City of Pandora before going to join the big boss. After that, it would just be obeying arrangements, listening to commands, and waiting for the big boss to carry them.

It was nothing more than Lord Shen Wang fighting the hardest battles at the beginning herself, while all they needed to do was go to the peripheral battlefield to fight those "Heavenly cannon fodder" that were about the same level as them, engage in a few rounds of pecking at each other, and then they could go back and wait to receive awards based on their war merits.

Yeah, a normal Witch's Night should have been like this.

After all, this festival was essentially to let these witch students who hadn't graduated from school yet experience the cruelty of the real battlefield from a first-person perspective, understand the difficulty of the war of Lord Shen Wang's rise back then, and understand how hard-won the status and glory of the witch world were today. Young people should not forget their original intention, keep their mission in mind, strive for improvement, and take over the future of the world from their seniors early, so that the witch world could create new brilliance, etc.

To put it bluntly, this was an education festival to love the world, cultivating students' hearts to love their own race and their own world. It was also to let them experience the battlefield atmosphere in advance before graduation, to have a simulated war, so as not to be at a loss when they went to the real frontline battlefield after graduation.

In short, everything just needed to follow the plot process, and no one would really think about letting a group of students who hadn't graduated from the academy yet play a huge role that would truly affect the entire battlefield pattern, or even decide the future direction of the world.

For example, this Witch's Night had the entire process of the war of Lord Shen Wang's rise as its background, but no one would really think that a group of students whose highest level was just entering the Great Witch stage could truly affect the direction and pattern of the final war, right?

In the early stages of Lord Shen Wang's rise, when the overall strength wasn't high, this group of students could still play some role, but on the battlefield of the middle and late stages where gods fought, a group of students who weren't even Great Witches would be useless. At most, they could only be cannon fodder on the peripheral battlefield, pecking at each other with the angel cannon fodder on the opposite side.

Even if the rules of this festival were changed from a single-player game to a confrontation match, it wouldn't have much impact. It would be nothing more than the opponents changing from "NPCs" made of phantoms of the past to "players" made of the Heavenly delegation.

It would still be a group of newcomers pecking at each other. Anyway, most of them didn't even have the qualifications to enter the main battlefield of Lord Shen Wang and the Radiant Lord; otherwise, they might have been blown to death by the aftermath of the big bosses' fight.

Therefore, the real "scoring points" of past Witch's Nights were all in the early and middle stages of the war, in the stage before the total war began, where the level of this group of students could still get involved. As for the middle and late stages of the war, most witches actually acted more as war reporters, going to the war scene to sightsee and experience what true god-level fighting was, and to see these big scenes of the past to broaden their horizons.

At most, it was the difference between poor students acting as reporters on the peripheral battlefield and ordinary students acting as reporters on the main battlefield.

Only a very small number of top students could not act as reporters, but join the battlefield as official soldiers, finding a little bit of participation in the main battlefield where sages gathered, peaks were everywhere, and ordinary Great Witches weren't even as good as dogs.

Anyway, among past students, those who could obtain a third-class war merit on that main battlefield were already considered true top students, and those who could be rated as second-class merit or even first-class merit were all future stars of the witch world.

After all, third-class merit was quite easy; as long as one performed prominently in the war, such as killing a few enemies or saving a few teammates, one could obtain it. But second-class merit required you to at least play a key role in the battle you were in. As for first-class merit, it required your contribution to be so excellent that it could affect an entire theater of war.

As for the special merit that affected the direction of the entire war situation, there hadn't been many in the more than 100,000-year history of the Witch's Night festival since it began. The winners were almost all big shots already standing at the peak of the witch world.

For example, the Dragon King and the Demon King both had records of several special merits during their student days.

And besides them, you could almost find the names of other winners in the Sage Directory.

Yeah, anyway, Dorothy had heard her mother, Yufiliya, mention before that she had obtained a special merit in the Witch's Night during her student days. Even Long Ma, who had always been particular about dignity and didn't easily show emotions, couldn't hide her pride when mentioning this, which showed the gold content of this thing.

And afterwards, Dorothy had specifically gone to the True Sight Eye club to borrow the recent Witch's Night award situation from Senior Sister Diana, and then discovered that the recent special merit winner was a familiar name—Asafanni.

At that time, the Home Witch clearly felt the pride of the Senior Sister, the hat on her head. This troll hadn't immediately shown off when Long Ma mentioned this before; she was probably waiting for this moment to arrive.

Tsk tsk tsk, anyway, regarding the way the Senior Sister showed off at that time, Dorothy could only express her admiration.

At that time, the Home Witch had thought that if she had the chance later, she would also go and get a special merit to show off to others.

And now....

She had indeed affected the pattern of this battlefield. After all, Lord Shen Wang had been messed up by her and hadn't been able to awaken, and the subsequent war might not even have a chance to start.

Yeah, if the angels also had special merits, the Radiant Lord might have given her one.

"Big Miss, although that Lord back then did indeed take the path of founding a sect, the President hasn't been found yet, and it seems none of us are good at the path of faith."

After hearing Dorothy's proposal, Ma De Lin thought for a moment, then said this.

Because Di Di Nisha was also by her side at this time, she didn't dare to directly say Lord Shen Wang, but used "that Lord" to refer to her, acting as a riddle-maker.

"Yeah, Little Little Yaojing, snatching faith from angels is not an easy thing, especially since the angels also have the "Gospel" in their hands. That is the Canon of Destiny. That Lord back then had the "Revelation" to be able to walk the path of faith. We..."

Senior Sister Mia also spoke of her worries. Now that Lord Shen Wang hadn't awakened, let alone the Canon of Destiny "Revelation" that belonged to the Angel Witch obtained later.

Now that history has been changed, whether Lord Shen Wang can obtain "Revelation" again is uncertain.

After all.....

The Golden Princess glanced at the kind and gentle Di Di Nisha on the side. This state of Lord Shen Wang didn't quite match the image of Lord Shen Wang, who was almost a tyrant and dictator as recorded in history.

Although Lord Shen Wang in history was indeed the savior of the witch world, she was also the most indifferent one among the three kings. This point could be seen from the decadent appearance of the Angel Witches nowadays.

Not to mention the Demon King who was still in office, but the Dragon King who had also stepped down, although she didn't show up often, she had actually always been sitting in the Dragon Kingdom, living in that Dragon King Palace. The high-level officials of the Dragon Kingdom could still contact her if they had something.

Unlike Lord Shen Wang, who almost ignored the Angel Kingdom.

If it weren't for the lack of Lord Shen Wang's guidance, the Angel Witches wouldn't have become decadent and fallen to this state.

The true personality of Lord Shen Wang could actually be glimpsed from the scripture "Revelation" of the Shen Wang sect.

The opening of "Revelation" emphasized Lord Shen Wang's status as the destined savior. She was the hero who received the revelation of fate and embarked on the path of saving the world from then on.

As the first king, she was favored by fate. Whoever was her enemy was the enemy of fate, the villain of destiny, and a clown who overestimated himself by standing in front of the torrent of the era, and would definitely be crushed to death by the wheels of fate.

Interestingly, the power of the Radiant Lord was fate. She had almost once controlled fate and became the spokesperson of fate, but in the end, she was abandoned by fate and defeated by Lord Shen Wang, who was also chosen by fate.

In short, the entire "Revelation" almost emphasized the orthodoxy of Lord Shen Wang, telling of the strength and majesty of Lord Shen Wang. Anyway, there was only one meaning between the lines, and that was that following Lord Shen Wang was definitely right. Believe in Shen Wang, and you will have blessings to enjoy; don't believe in Shen Wang, and you will suffer great disaster.

This thing was called the Canon of Destiny nicely, but to put it bluntly, it was actually a brainwashing bible of personality cult, even more terrifying than the angels' "Gospel."

After all, the "Gospel" only told of the beauty of Heaven and various truths, goodness, and beauty that could get you into Heaven, which was actually just a big pie drawn.

Whether personality cult is right or not, this is really hard to say.

Many people actually fell on this path and were eventually backlashed by overly fanatical faith.

After all, you say you are a god, and others believe it, but if you can't produce the omniscient and omnipotent power corresponding to a god later, then the backlash after the lie is exposed will be as terrifying as the fanaticism of the faith was.

But Lord Shen Wang was undoubtedly one of the few successful cases. She gathered the resistance power of the entire world with her strong personal charm and snatched back the main faith of this world from the hands of the angels.

And she indeed didn't live up to the expectations of her followers. She relied on her strong talent and ability to bring this world, which was originally on the verge of destruction, to the peak of the Western Universe.

Yeah, as long as all the boasts I made come true, then how can you say I'm engaging in personality cult? I'm just being realistic, okay?

During the reign of Shen Wang, there was only one voice in the entire witch world, and that was the will of Lord Shen Wang. The entire world was built into a whole with Shen Wang as the center. Only with unity, where hearts went to one place and strength went to one place, could the witch world tenaciously hold on through the initial and most difficult period.

It was just that, clearly, the new generation of witches now couldn't experience the hardships of their ancestors. They would only feel that Lord Shen Wang was indifferent and ruthless.

Many young witches, when reviewing the history of the Shen Wang period, would feel that that period of history was so dark and bloody. They would feel that Lord Shen Wang was a bit too overbearing, simply a dictator. She was so self-willed, indifferent, and ruthless. Sometimes, in order to achieve a goal, she even used human lives to fill the gaps, not caring about the life or death of the people below at all, and was a tyrant through and through.

And this kind of view now had quite a market among the new generation of witches, and over time, it formed the impression that Lord Shen Wang didn't understand human hearts.

Senior Sister Mia naturally wouldn't be stupid enough to believe those "why don't they eat meat" idiot views, but she agreed that Lord Shen Wang was indeed ruthless enough.

After all, those in high positions generally must be cold-blooded enough. People who are soft-hearted and indecisive are not suitable to be leaders in the first place. Some things really can't be done without a hard heart.

She felt that Lord Shen Wang's approach back then was already the optimal solution. Although it looked a bit dictatorial and even bloody in the eyes of ordinary people, some things were meritorious for the ages but sinful in the present. If it weren't for Lord Shen Wang, where would the witch world's current brilliance be? Those Mana Web keyboard warriors would probably still be slaves to the angels, so where would they have the chance to talk nonsense here?

Senior Sister Mia actually felt that Lord Shen Wang didn't understand human hearts? She clearly understood human hearts too well. She knew that a group of rabble was unreliable, so she simply used fanatical faith to directly hijack the will of that group of rabble, letting them all obediently listen to her.

To summarize in one sentence: you all just lie down. I don't ask for you to have merits, but I ask for no mistakes. As long as you obediently listen and act as tools, I'll do the rest.

Otherwise, why do you think this battle is called the War of Shen Wang's Rise and not the War of the Witch Race's Rise? Because the other witches were really pure tools, all relying on Lord Shen Wang to carry them.

Lord Shen Wang walked too fast, and the other witches really couldn't keep up.

Even not to mention Lord Shen Wang, even the Three Kings era now was the Three Kings walking too fast, and the other witches still couldn't keep up.

In short, although Senior Sister Mia understood Dorothy's heart to solve the problem, one couldn't walk blindly. Replicating the path of Shen Wang was unrealistic. Was the path of Lord Shen Wang something others could walk?

Not to mention others, even this Miss Di Di Nisha now might not be able to, because of Dorothy's intervention, she hadn't been able to experience that true despair. Her heart now was still far from cold enough, and she couldn't be as calm and decisive as the true Lord Shen Wang.

It was just....

"Who said there's no Canon of Destiny? Isn't this it? This is the Canon of Destiny "Genesis" of my Baiyue sect. Let's make do with it for now."

Dorothy pointed to the inscription on the ordinary-looking engineering hammer in her hand and said this.

The witches: "....."

No, you call this thing the Canon of Destiny?

.... The witches were full of question marks....