Devil's Bible

Chapter 21 The Tranquility of Evil
He assigned the village guards to monitor Oppein.

At the same time, Nemus used the Oath Rope to activate Silence Control on the village guardian, allowing him to move silently.

Logically speaking, given the vigilance shown by the village guards, it was unlikely that he would be discovered by Op.

So why did the village guardians behave so strangely, which the Oath Rope sensed?

What truly surprised Nemus was that even the village guardians had developed a kind of 'faith'.

The village guards were forced to serve him through a demonic contract and by threatening to sacrifice his daughter's life.

The village guards harbored clear hatred towards him, and given the chance, Nemus was certain that they would kill him.

Yet, it was precisely this relationship that led the villagers to develop faith in him.

"No, that's not right. It's not about my faith, but about the faith in 'the demon.'" Nemus, through the power of divinity, touched upon that faith and thus understood its essence.

"It turns out that faith itself does not have an absolutely clear direction!"

"The structure of faith is really interesting."

In a narrow sense, faith refers to trust in and reliance on God.

However, true faith is the conviction in some abstract concept.

For example, if a businessman prioritizes profit above all else, then he is a believer in profit.

For example, farmers earn their living by working in the fields, so they have trust in the land and the crops, which is also a kind of faith.

Even if you like the wind, that liking can be regarded as a kind of faith.

Such thoughts of admiration, submission, trust, fear, etc., toward things and abstract concepts can all exist as faith.

For example, among the righteous gods, there is a wild and violent pantheon.

The Berserk pantheon, led by the Lord of Storms, primarily gains faith through the terror of storms.

Although Naimus knew this in the past, it was as if he had heard a story; his knowledge was limited to mere 'knowing'.

At this moment, witnessing firsthand how the village guardians developed faith out of their fear of demons, or even the more abstract concept of 'evil,' Nemus finally understood and achieved 'knowledge.'

"Then the next step is to put it into practice, and ultimately achieve unity of knowledge and action." After understanding the complexity of faith, Nemus found a way to deal with those distracting thoughts.

However, Nems was not in a hurry. Sharpening the axe would not delay the work of chopping wood. He sensed that the village guards were rushing towards the village.

Sure enough, soon there was a knock on the door of Nems's dwelling, it was the village keeper.

“Op... he lured the miners into the mine and then blew it up!” The villager swallowed hard as he said this.

Although he had also killed people, compared to Op, it was nothing.

He was nowhere near as decisive and ruthless as Op.

He chatted and laughed with a dozen or so miners, and then, after they went inside, he threw out several scrolls without hesitation, blowing up the mine shaft.

Among them were even some of Op's own confidants, the servant who brought tea and refreshments to Nems and the others today.

He was also killed by Op.

The sheer evil displayed in pursuit of profit reminded the village guardians of Nemus; both were similar beings, true demons.

One might be a demon race, while the other is someone whose soul is close to that of a demon.

It was this awareness of fear that formed the faith, and because of the rope of oath, Nemus sensed it.

“Looks like Op did a good job.” Nemus said with a smile, despite the slight fear in the eyes of the village guard.

This behavior truly sent a chill down the spines of the village guards.

He killed for his daughter, and afterwards he tried his best not to kill anyone, but only to dig up corpses.

He still held a deep respect for life, but Op and Nems were different; their only judgment of life was its value, and they were indifferent to its existence. The hatred he felt for Nems was largely dispelled by fear at that moment.

The village guards' original ulterior motives also disappeared at this time.

"Forget it, as long as my daughter's safety is guaranteed, I won't fight with people like them anymore. I can't win."

This isn't a matter of strength. If it were just about strength, then even though the village guard was previously beaten by Nemus, he wasn't afraid.

This is a complete psychological crushing.

"Why are you afraid?" Nemus suddenly asked the village guard.

"Aren't we all just cannibalizing each other for our own benefit?"

"It's just that the way of eating is different."

"Just do your own thing and don't be uneasy about it." Nems' words gave the village guard a strange sense of peace, and his own sins were forgiven by Nems.

Nems also saw a seed being planted, a belief in evil in the heart of the village guardian.

As dawn broke and the whales roared the next day, Nemus once again performed whale-transformation surgery on the quietly arriving Poole.

This time, however, Nemes made Poole actively activate his Painful Essence ability, and then the Oath Rope within his body began to change under Nemes's control.

The power of sealing can shield something that actually exists, thus preventing its influence.

“It has to be a demon.” Nemus sighed. The seal’s ability came from the contract with the little demon Kurog.

Demons are a naturally extraordinary race, and even lesser demons are far beyond the reach of ordinary humans.

“And this can also provide a reference, namely the state of demonic possession.” Nemus’s inspiration kept flowing.

The village guardians, through repeated infections and self-healing, adapted the deep well water within their bodies to the whale-like mutation, leaving behind the seeds of whale-like transformation.

Then I wouldn't need to go through that trouble.

Nemus manipulated the Oath Rope and began to seal the whale disease as the main component.

"I sealed Kurog in Towns' body. Towns' body allows the demon to remain in this world for a long time, but it also prevents it from further invading Towns."

"This line of thinking can also be applied to whale disease."

"By using the seal to reduce the conflict between the whale disease and the deep well water, the whale disease can be maintained indefinitely. Then, by constantly manipulating the seal, the whale disease and the deep well water can collide and merge in small amounts and multiple times."

"As long as I have enough precision in controlling the seal, and with Poole's own essence acting as a binder, the experiment will most likely succeed!"

Nems's train of thought became extremely clear.

While 'Nair's' soul continued to manipulate the experiments on the surface, his true spirit, hidden deep within, also began to activate his divine nature and observe the newly emerging faith in Poole.

Everything went very smoothly.

Nems' idea was correct.

The existence of the seal restrained the intensity of the conflict between the deep well water and the whale disease, keeping them in a state where a fight was possible, but unlikely.

Finally, there is Poole's own power—the nature of suffering.

This power, inspired by the commandment of forgiveness and awakened by the rope of vows and faith, possesses the ability to control one's pain sensitivity and transform pain into inner strength.

Those forces of pain acted as the best bridge, quickly building a platform to combine the two forces.

The outward manifestation was that Poole, who was originally lying down, suddenly developed many black spots on his body.

The black spots quickly spread out, and the power of the whale disease blossomed on Poole's body for the first time.

　If anyone has the time or resources, please help promote this. Thank you.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)