Chapter 468: Divinity and Believers

Prophecies are always ambiguous.

Even if the prophet is a god, they can only see some blurred fragments, and they are often misinterpreted.

And coincidentally, the power of the God of Trickery and Lies is adept at misleading others.

So, after seeing a few fragments deliberately displayed by Murphy, Morrigan thought she had figured out Murphy's background.

She saw a demigod who was almost imprisoned and converted by the Christian God—this was exactly the method the Christian God was good at, converting local gods into his own angels or distorting them into demons—Murphy's divine power seemed to come from the ancient Pan, but he escaped the conversion of the Christian God and then swore revenge on the Christian who tried to enslave him.

Morrigan let go of her heart.

Revenge, there is no purer motive than this.

What's more, his enemy is also her enemy.

This is a perfect tool.

"Wizards are only mortals. Your Magic Net might be able to enhance their power and allow them to fight against ordinary angels. But you have seen archangels; that is not an opponent wizards can contend with," Morrigan coaxed.

"You need us, just as we need you."

Murphy frowned tightly, as if his mind had been spoken, but he was still hesitating and didn't want to hand over the authority.

So Morrigan went a step further. "We are very generous to our friends. You want to protect your wizard compatriots; relying solely on the power of the Magic Net is not enough, but we can help you. All the elves, all the goblins, centaurs, and merfolk in Great Britain will be your friends, and you will be unimpeded everywhere."

"But we also cannot allow the existence of enemies."

"You killed Merlin, and many gods are very unhappy about this. You wouldn't want to face their anger."

Murphy was silent, as if he was undergoing a fierce psychological struggle.

But the gods have patience. Morrigan stood in front of him, countless phantoms overlapping on her body, making her look elusive.

For a long time, just when Morrigan was about to apply a little more pressure, she heard Murphy suddenly let out a long breath, as if he had put down something.

"The Magic Net can enhance the power of the gods," he said. "I don't just mean helping the gods use divine power better, but it can purify the gods' divinity, permanently increase the upper limit and quality of divine power, and make the gods more powerful."

"What did you say?" Morrigan was startled.

The so-called divinity, similar to a divine office, actually refers to a certain attribute of the "concept" possessed by the gods. The divine office represents the scope of the concept occupied by the gods, which is the breadth of the concept, while divinity represents more of the extension of the concept, which is the depth of the concept.

Divinity derives the unique authority of the gods, such as the God of Trickery and Lies being good at deception, and the God of the Sea's authority easily affecting water bodies and storms, etc.

The two are related but also independent. Generally speaking, the broader and more fundamental the divine office, the broader and deeper the concept can be interpreted, making the divinity strength higher.

But this is not certain. Different gods have different depths of cognition and interpretation of their own concepts, so even with the same divine office, differences in divinity will be produced.

These differences will eventually be reflected in the quality and level of divine power.

In addition to divinity and divine office, the number of believers and the degree of faith of different gods will also affect the quantity and quality of divine power.

So, setting aside divine office and divinity, what ultimately reflects the strength of the gods is actually the quality and quantity of divine power.

Murphy said the Magic Net could increase the upper limit and quality of divine power. If what he said was true, it could indeed fundamentally make the gods stronger.

This was a surprise Morrigan had not expected.

"I originally planned to use this method to enhance my own power after I became the God of Wizards," Murphy sighed. "But you are right, I am still just a mortal now. I don't know how long I have to wait to become a god, and even ordinary gods are difficult to contend with archangels, let alone the Christian God."

"To defeat him, we need more powerful gods."

"Wait, how does the Magic Net enhance the gods' divine power?" Morrigan was in no mood to listen to Murphy's inner journey and asked impatiently.

The gods fight each other all day long, and their dog brains are about to be beaten out. Isn't it for that bit of faith and that bit of divine power? Why do you dare to say that you can enhance divine power by just messing around with something?

"The key lies in believers," Murphy said. Seeing Morrigan's confusion, he asked again: "Do you respond to the prayers of believers?"

"Naturally, I do."

Responding to the prayers of believers and fulfilling the wishes of believers is the main means for gods to increase deep believers and fanatical believers.

"And the frequency?"

"What on earth are you trying to say?" Morrigan was very dissatisfied with Murphy's teacher-teaching-student attitude. "Say it clearly in one sentence."

Murphy sneered inwardly, but nodded on the surface. "Okay. I will explain it simply."

"Communication between gods and believers has many benefits. On the one hand, it can enhance the depth of believers' faith and provide gods with more and higher-quality divine power. On the other hand, the believers' own understanding of faith can also help gods interpret doctrines more deeply, correct doctrines to obtain more believers, increase believers' stickiness, and even obtain broader divine offices."

"But the frequency of communication between gods and believers is often very low. On the one hand, this is naturally due to the need for gods to maintain mystery, but on the other hand, it is also restricted by the quality of the channel and processing capacity."

"On one hand, the faith channel between gods and believers is very primitive, and the communication quality is extremely poor. Usually, only extremely intense thoughts or very powerful believers can transmit prayers to the ears of the gods. This makes it difficult for gods to receive prayers in real-time, making it difficult to establish effective communication."

"At the same time, the way of bestowing miracles through faith channels is too inefficient and will greatly consume the gods' power. Even if the gods hear the other party's prayers, it is very difficult to satisfy them."

"On the other hand, the gods' information processing ability is not much different from ordinary people, and they cannot communicate with multiple believers at the same time. Therefore, neither energy nor consumption allows gods to communicate with believers too frequently."

"And the Magic Net will solve all of this."

"On one hand, the Magic Net can provide high-quality real-time communication within its coverage area, allowing believers' prayers to reach the gods in time. And within the coverage area of the Magic Net, the divine power consumed by bestowing miracles is also very limited, greatly reducing the consumption of communication with believers."

"At the same time, the Magic Net can also collect believers' suggestions anytime, anywhere, and even read believers' minds, dig out their deep desires, accurately provide comfort, or extract their thinking patterns to interpret doctrines and the essence of divinity more deeply, so as to improve the quality of divinity."

"On the other hand, the Magic Net's central processor can process hundreds or thousands of visits in parallel. Gods can talk to hundreds or thousands of believers at the same time. Even if they feel it is cumbersome, they can also hand it over to the Magic Net for self-feedback. The Magic Net can record the gods' conventional response methods and imitate the gods to communicate with believers, thereby reducing the gods' workload."

"It can be said that with the Magic Net, gods don't need to do anything, and divine power will constantly rise."

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