Devil's Bible

Chapter 8 Discipline Paladins

Regardless of the reason for the gift, it was so generous that it caused Neil to maintain a good attitude towards Op.

This also made Nair less attentive to the supervision of Op.

Above the floating whale, there are churches in various villages and towns, which serve two purposes: to guide people's faith and to monitor the local 'extraordinary' beings.

Demons don't appear every day; in fact, many garrisoned paladins may not smell a single demon for over a decade.

However, there is no shortage of people with extraordinary abilities who break the rules.

One of the doctrines of the Discipline Church is to encourage people to 'save energy'.

The God of Discipline spoke the truth of the world: the world's resources are finite, especially after the great cataclysm on the ground and the migration of people to the floating whales.

In this context, energy conservation is the healthy lifestyle.

However, human nature is never satisfied. In order to gain more for themselves, there will always be people who break the rules to obtain various extraordinary powers.

Just like a black stone seed whose value has reached nine or higher and has hit a bottleneck, it discovers an illegal thing that can allow it to break through the limitations and sublimate into a steel seed.

Then there is a high probability that they will take risks.

Of course, many more violations involve the overexploitation of non-renewable resources.

Most ways to make big money are written in the criminal law, naturally because the more something is prohibited, the more sought after it becomes.

It is very likely that Oppein took this path.

The village of Backfin is lacking in renewable resources, which are mainly some herbs from Backfin Mountain, but it is not necessarily lacking in non-renewable resources.

Nair lacked even this much foresight, which only proves that it's normal for someone like him to fail.

Nems narrowed his eyes slightly, then broke into a smile.

"I will investigate the matter thoroughly."

"That's good. You're a good boy, so don't go down a path of no return!" The old pastor's eyes seemed to grow increasingly cloudy.

He was getting on in years, and the impassioned hymn he had just performed was not easy.

The pastor's system is based on meditation; they need to meditate on the glory of God and then generate holy light from their spirit.

Every time the Holy Light is used, it is a challenge to one's spiritual will. If one's faith is not firm enough, then the Holy Light will only become more and more difficult to bear.

Many elderly priests develop a luminous body because their decaying bodies can no longer bear the weight of the holy light.

"Furthermore, I discovered my own weaknesses in this battle against the demons, so I wish to be promoted to Discipline Paladin." Only then did Nemus reveal his true purpose for coming to the church.

Sending Downs over to test him with his demonic aura was only one aspect; another was naturally to explore the influence of the power of faith in the God of Discipline on the power of the God of Discipline.

The old pastor was a priest of the Iron Race. He looked like just an old man, but his existence had surpassed that of a normal human, and he could even be considered a supernatural being.

Given the current resource situation, it would take Naim at least ten days to half a month to develop before he could kill the opponent without taking any damage.

If we want to get away from the old pastor's rampant theft of faith under these circumstances, we can't do it secretly; we have to do it openly.

According to information obtained by Nems from various sources, becoming a Discipline Paladin is currently the only relatively easy path to take.

A Discipline Paladin must take a Discipline Oath under the witness of God, then fully activate their life spirit, actively draw the faith of the Discipline God into their body, become a humanoid idol, and thus gain power beyond the limit.

This is an extremely drastic method. Nemus and Kurog had previously been reluctant to use too much of their life essence during their battles, because this essence is finite. Once fully activated, it means that all of one's potential has been converted, and it also means that the path to transcendence is severed.

At the same time, their lifespan will be significantly reduced.

Generally, it is only fanatical believers within the church who have reached their limits who choose to take this path.

Although Niel had previously given up, he still harbored a sliver of hope for being promoted to a Steel-type, so he had never considered such a thing.

"Are you sure?" The old priest was taken aback and said incredulously, "Even a Discipline Paladin with power beyond its limits might not be able to defeat the Ironborn!"

"I know, but this is my last chance!" Nems wasn't the original owner of the body, so he stood up and kicked as fast as he could.

"Today?"

“Today!” Nems nodded, his expression resolute.

The old pastor stood up and paced back and forth in front of the idol, occasionally turning to look at Nemes, as if deep in thought.

"Sigh..." The old pastor then let out a long sigh, finally making up his mind.

"Come on! Go close the door!"

"Consider it something I owe you." As he said this, the old pastor's face seemed to grow even more sallow.

The old priest then had Nemus sit on the kneeling cushion in front of the idol, and then began to practice the paladin's secret breathing technique.

Nemus's breathing constantly changed, stimulating the spiritual light within his body, aiming to transform it into numerical power within his body.

It might take years to truly transform this level of breathing.

This is the bottleneck that this body has reached.

Conventional breathing exercises are unlikely to mobilize much life force, and the secret breathing techniques used to fight demons are a way of using life force as a temporary buff, which is not worthwhile.

Breathing continued incessantly, and soon reached its limit.

At that moment, a holy light suddenly appeared in front of the old pastor.

These holy lights transformed into sharp blades that pierced into Nemus's body.

Then, as if adding fuel to the fire, the rate of breathing was rapidly increased at this moment.

A significant amount of life energy was instantly extracted. This is similar to the previous secret breathing technique. This kind of suddenly extracted life energy is unstable and will dissipate quickly instead of rapidly increasing the body's stats.

However, it was at this moment that the Holy Light changed again.

"By the God of Discipline, today a believer wishes to inscribe the commandments with faith; may God grant them glory!!!"

The old pastor's words stirred the faith accumulated on the idol, and this faith, following the changes in the holy light, was subsequently nailed into Nemus's body.

Discipline Paladin's Law - Holy Nail!
Nems silently recited his own commandment of forgiveness, and then the holy nails forged by faith responded, quickly nailing themselves onto the life aura and stabilizing it.

As the life force stabilized, a tremendous power surged from within the body.

The value quickly rose from eight to nine, then to ten, and then soon broke through the limit, finally stopping at thirteen.

[Discipline information has been updated]

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