Devil's Bible

Chapter 9: Upgrading the Discipline
[Main Theme: Forgiveness—Forgive others for their mistakes, so that they are not harmed by sin!]

[Discipline Feedback: Every time you forgive someone, you receive a positive reinforcement from that person.]

[Current bonus: Towns - Health bonus (value is 1).]

"So that's how it is. The power of faith can elevate the way the commandments are completed to a certain extent, and also make the feedback closer to the essence?" Nemus carefully savored the holy nails within his body.

Originally, forgiveness required one to forgive others and to actually absolve them, but now it is no longer necessary to be so strict.

At the same time, while forgiveness originally only granted a health bonus, the bonus it now grants has increased.

Currently, the only person he has forgiven is Towns, so he is still only receiving the life bonus from Towns.
"It's still not enough. My faith isn't strong enough. Currently, I only have seven holy nails in my body, representing twenty-one years of faith power."

The village of Backfin has more than 100 households and a population of about 500. Although everyone is outwardly a believer, only about 200 believers actually pray every day.

In other words, the entire village would have approximately two hundred years' worth of faith power over the course of a year.

These forces of faith would flow from the small shrines in each household to the statues in the church.

Subsequently, the majority of the power of faith is transferred to the God of Discipline, with only a portion remaining, thus making the statues in the church increasingly divine.

Nemus opened his eyes and looked at the statue of the God of Discipline in front of him. Based on the three years of faith power and one holy nail, the statue still had about seven hundred years of faith power remaining.

Based on the wear and tear, it can be roughly estimated that the God of Discipline probably hasn't drained the faith from the statue for three years.

"It coincides perfectly with the time I fell into the abyss. It seems the God of Discipline suffered considerable damage that time," Nemus thought with delight.

"But that's normal, since part of His divine essence is with me."

Nemus, who had some doubts about the faith, stood up, and a series of explosions came from his body.

By slightly circulating his breathing technique, Nemus could feel that his own life force had dimmed.

A person's life aura is a feedback from the numbers they possess.

Squeezing out the aura will extract its numerical value, and from then on, the aura of life will only serve the function of sustaining life.

Its dimness suggests that Niall's body likely only has two to three years left to live.

Furthermore, its potential is exhausted, and unless a miracle occurs, it will no longer have the opportunity to become a steel species.

The secret breathing technique has also failed, making it impossible to directly summon spiritual light to obtain a temporary buff to damage the demon.

Of course, Nemus's stats don't need this kind of temporary buff anymore.

After breaking through the limits of the Black Stone species and reaching thirteen, Nemus did not become a Steel species, but he did gain extraordinary characteristics.

Unlike the imp possession that grants the body supernatural abilities and immortality, this is different.

Nemus has gained two extraordinary abilities at this moment.

A type called—Initial Breakthrough.

This is actually a temporary buff obtained from the secret breathing technique, the kind that can directly damage demons with immortality traits, but now it's fixed.

Another one is called the gift of forgiveness.

This is because Nemus gained this trait by becoming a Discipline Paladin through the discipline of forgiveness. Its effect is that the one who forgives others will also receive forgiveness, be immune to damage of no more than ten, reduce damage of more than ten to a certain extent, and also reduce negative statuses such as mental stress and curses!
These two extraordinary properties are closely related to the Holy Nail within Nemus's body; as long as the Holy Nail remains, these properties will continue to exist.

Nemus roughly assessed his own condition and confirmed one thing: with these two characteristics, he could fight even a Steel-type monster using his paladin skills. This was the power of a Discipline Paladin—a paladin stuck at a bottleneck could break through their limits and gain related extraordinary traits, greatly enhancing their strength.

The Church of Discipline is one of the top churches in the material plane, and this is no exaggeration.

"Alright, you've got what you wanted. I hope you don't get to go before me." The old pastor looked at Nemus, a sigh flashing in his eyes, before turning and walking towards the confessional.

As Nemus looked at the other person's aged body, he pondered what the chances of successfully taking him down were if he were to launch a sneak attack at this moment.

However, Nemes ultimately abandoned the idea and decided against playing on the opponent's home turf.

The priest's combat power in the church will be greatly enhanced, because the Holy Light can, to a certain extent, draw upon and strengthen the power of faith.

At the same time, when a church is built, there is a high probability that some sacred objects are buried there, and those sacred objects can unleash powerful energy when necessary.

On the other hand, Nemes was also very interested in the secrets buried by the old pastor.

Nair was exiled to this small village because he had fallen out with his family and exposed some of their scandals.

What about the old pastor?

One steel species, which surpasses 80 percent of the world's priests.

How could someone like that be a resident pastor in a small village?

This is no longer a matter of using talent for a small task; it's a serious waste.

In times of great instability, the problems that the Iron Seed Priests can solve are enough to ensure a stable life for tens of thousands of people, or even more.

“He arrived in this village earlier than Nair and didn’t have a name. He was quite considerate of Nair.” Nems probed Nair’s memories, trying to find more information about the old priest.

For example, according to custom, Nair should have stayed in the church's rest area, but he instead stayed in the house provided by the village chief, Op.

The old pastor would occasionally have heart-to-heart talks with Nair, offering him comfort and so on.

That's all the information available.

There wasn't even as much information as what the other side revealed today.

In Nemes's mind, today was nothing more than 'lifting the roof'.

It takes several rounds of discussion with the old pastor before the 'window opening' stage can begin.

For example, a Discipline Paladin who has his entire body nailed with holy nails and whose potential is fully unleashed can be transformed into a Disciplined Paladin with only one holy nail nailed into him.

However, after the old pastor learned that he came from the Dartmanley family and then began to talk about letting go, Nemus's plan became more radical.

They firmly confirmed that they would undergo full abstinence today.

The old pastor actually agreed, and throughout the process, he acted as if he owed Nair something.

“Interesting. It seems I need to investigate the old pastor’s information through other channels.” Nemus had a keen sense that the old pastor’s existence might represent some secrets.

This secret is very likely related to the Dartmenley family or even the Discipline Church!

　Thank you for reading. If you're a student preparing for the college entrance exam, good luck!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)