A Guide to Becoming a God Starting from a Monastery

To survive in this world, you need strength.

Thomas' mind wandered as he rode and walked.

The divine power has been accumulated almost enough. Maybe if I go to the church a few more times, I can try to contact the third level of the magic network.

But... maybe he needs to learn some specific spells.

Chapter 243 The Third Layer of the Magic Net 2

Surprisingly, the affairs of the Gwalan family did not cause a big stir.

Dozens of elite fighters, including the eldest son, were killed in one go, but no one said anything more.

In fact, for two or three days, Thomas heard nothing of note. There were some rumors, but they were only rumors that were not considered public.

Rather than saying that the rumor originated from the heavy losses suffered by the Gwalan family, it would be more accurate to say that the rumor originated from the fire that night.

Near the dock, a less important building burned down.

This kind of rainy and snowy weather is actually very rare.

That's why people are speculating.

The Gwalans were clearly trying hard to conceal the truth.

In addition, the magician should have handled the body very well, so it will not be found in the short term.

However, there are limits to this concealment.

After all, the eldest son and heir is dead. It is possible to conceal such a thing for a while, but it is impossible to conceal it for a lifetime.

Thomas didn't care about it these days. His main energy was focused on three things.

The first was to sell the spoils in batches, especially the artifacts he no longer needed, to cash in. The second was to visit the church whenever he had time to collect some divine power. The last was to study the magic books he had just acquired.

All three are not difficult, but tedious tasks.

Most of these magic books are about theories and conjectures of magic, and do not involve actual meditation and spellcasting.

But Thomas had no shortage of meditation methods or knowledge of actual spells; what he lacked was the theory.

In particular, the book "Supernatural Magic" discusses some aspects of faith.

Why do gods need faith? Do they need believers? Do they need various sacrificial activities? They will obviously be happy or angry because of the sacrifices made by believers.

Ultimately, it is because humans were created by God and humans themselves have divinity.

What God needs is not the physical body of human beings, but the last trace of divinity that remains in the depths of human body and soul after repeated degeneration.

Although this divinity is very small, it comes from the God of Creation and the essence of divinity is very high.

God gains strength through induction into these remnants of divinity.

It is hard to say whether it is to refine oneself, improve one's essence, or simply to absorb some energy unknown to humans.

This theory at least seems to have some rationality, but there are also some things it cannot explain.

That is why the requirements of different gods are different.

Some gods crave blood sacrifices, others do not. Some want their worshippers to sing and dance around a bonfire, others want their worshippers to sit quietly and pray.

There is no need for other pantheons, just the indigenous gods of Ross, and there are very obvious differences between different gods.

Is this extremely obvious difference simply due to the gods' own preferences?

Or is it a different interpretation by the church clergy?

It should have nothing to do with the clergy, because if this matter is related to the clergy, then in this era when information is not widely disseminated, there will definitely be huge differences between different places due to the differences in clergy.

But in reality, this rarely happens. For example, the Perun believers that Thomas encountered in different places were completely different in terms of membership and size, but their doctrines were surprisingly consistent.

It would not be the case that one sect thinks Perun likes fighting, while another sect thinks Perun hates fighting.

However, further demonstration is needed.

After a few days, Thomas finally accumulated nearly a hundred groups of divine power.

Because of his character as the "Nameless God" and the fact that he goes to church every day to participate in various rituals, the speed at which his divine power grows is still quite good.

Four or five groups can be added every day.

A light white mist blew out of Thomas's mouth and nose, and dissipated into nothingness in the cool morning air.

He sat in his room, applied the potion, and then closed his eyes and meditated.

My heart is full of anticipation.

The third level of the magic net is considered an important level in magic practice.

Only those who have reached this level outside the church are qualified to call themselves magicians, and only those within the church will be noticed by their superiors.

Those first and second level spells, after all, weren't worth much. Apart from anything else, they weren't even enough to fool fools.

Only when you reach the third level of magic can you be qualified to perform the trick of "showing off in front of others".

I'm afraid no one has ever mastered this step at his speed.

Magic is different from martial arts. In most cases, magic can only be accumulated over time.

Those with mediocre talents will spend their entire lives, for forty or fifty years, practicing, which is the third level of the magic network.

Even those with outstanding talents would need five or six years of hard training to reach the third level of the magic network.

If Gandalf knew that he had been promoted from the second level of the magic network to the third level in just over a month, no one would know how he would react.

Thomas put aside his distracting thoughts and focused his attention on the magical river.

Infuse divine power into your spirit and urge yourself to continue upstream in the river of magic.

I can clearly feel that this layer of magic river is different from the previous one.

Neither the flow rate nor the density are comparable.

If it weren't for the divine power behind him pushing him forward, even a single step would be extremely difficult. Taking even one step forward would be an extremely arduous and laborious task.

Moreover, the power of this magic river seemed to slowly seep into his body and began to continuously eliminate the impurities in his body.

The speed is so slow that it is almost imperceptible, but it is real.

Thomas clearly understood that this was the effect of the magic network on humans.

Long-term immersion in the magic web will change humans into magical creatures, thereby greatly extending their lifespan.

It was said that the starting point for this change was the seventh layer of the magic network, but now it seems that the third layer of the magic network can achieve this effect.

It’s just that the effect of the third layer of magic net is too low, almost non-existent.

If Thomas's original lifespan was seventy years, then immersing himself in the third layer of the magic net every day could probably extend it by a month.

He could feel that every cell in his body was becoming more lively and brisk in the process of removing impurities.

At the same time, many insights, experiences, and memories from meditation practice also flooded into his mind.

Thomas closed his eyes and took it in.

After a long time, he got up and washed his face.

Then he calmed himself down and checked his divine power.

The consumption is greater than expected.

Contact with the first layer of the magic net consumes about four or five groups of divine power. Contact with the second layer of the magic net consumes twenty-five groups of divine power.

Contacting the third layer of magic net consumed a full eighty-five groups of divine power.

Damn, this consumption... This means that it may take nearly three hundred groups of divine power to contact the fourth layer of magic network!

Wouldn't the fifth layer of the magic net have to break a thousand? As for the sixth... seventh layer... that's hard to imagine.

In other words, at this rate, it would take at least one or two years to reach the fifth level of the magic network.

And there's another thing to consider...that's spellcasting ability.

Chapter 244 The Third Layer of the Magic Net 3

After a while, he stood up and started taking out his spellbook.

These are all orthodox spells obtained from the monastery through the introduction of the Grand Master.

It must be pointed out that although meditation is time-consuming, learning spells is also quite troublesome.

Of course, if you only learn one spell, it's fine. You can master it in two or three months. But if you want to learn multiple spells like Thomas, you have to use cheats.

Third-level spell: acceleration!

As a ball of divine power was consumed, memories of learning the spell flooded back into Thomas' mind. It was as if he had chanted the incantation countless times before, weaving the magic. In an instant, the entire casting process became so familiar that he could perform it instantly.

He walked into the yard, but no one was there. A maid had just finished sweeping the snow that morning and left.

Thomas looked up, muttering the spell softly, his fingers interweaving into gestures.

Since his proficiency was already very high, he completed the spell within a few seconds.

Then take a deep breath, close your eyes and feel the changes in the magic power.

The power from the magic network surged throughout his body.

Someone had used this spell on him before, but this was the first time he had cast it on himself.

As the magic power surged, rapid and miraculous changes took place in his body.

The magical energy affected not only his muscles, but also his nerves.

With a bang, a dent was created on the ground.

With the blessing of magic, Thomas used the highest secret of the Steel Soul Art, and time stopped.

He rushed forward several meters and slashed at the training stakes with his sword.

He deliberately did not use force with his hands when striking the sword.

However, at high speed, the long sword easily cut through the wooden stake without any force, and the feeling in the hand was no more difficult than cutting a piece of paper.

Half of the wooden stake was blown away by the impact and flew a long distance.

The air in his chest quickly depleted, and time could no longer stand still. However, the acceleration technique continued.

Thomas began to dance with the sword.

Although he was alone, he imagined himself fighting against the Blasphemous Knight.

When accelerating, both attack and defense are greatly advantageous.

Originally, he would be restricted in two or three moves, and would fail in less than ten moves.

But if you have the help of acceleration, you will be able to win.

I can’t say how many advantages there are, but there are not too many disadvantages either.

Although he could still be defeated by the opponent, he had enough time to recover.

One magic spell can greatly make up for the difference between the elite and the national protectors.

No, it wasn't enough, they were still at a disadvantage. Although they seemed evenly matched, there was no chance of winning.

It just delays failure.

If I make a mistake, Boris will catch me, leading to inevitable failure.

But after a long battle, how could people not make mistakes?

But if you add one or two spells, such as light magic or haze magic, then it is completely even.

Although Thomas cannot win, Boris can't win either.

So that's it... This is the power of magic!

"So, now I just need to add all the spells I can. With the blessing of seven or eight magic spells, even Boris can't beat me!" Thomas understood in his heart.

Of course, this "unable to beat" is just an ordinary competition, not a life-and-death battle.

Because Thomas had never seen Boris fight with all his strength, he could not accurately estimate his strength.

The battle with Malovet doesn't count - that battle wasn't a fight between two people, so it can't be used as a reference.