Chapter 122: Chapter 82 Blood Sacrifice
Of course, the resurrected gods are still the original gods, but they are no longer the original gods.
It's a bit difficult to say, but the common explanation that is easy to understand is this.
The resurrection of gods is similar to gods leading believers to the kingdom of God.
However, the difference is that gods resurrect believers by using divine power and the souls of believers.
When believers are resurrected and become petitioners, memories that are useless to the gods will be erased.
Because the god has imprinted his origin in his priesthood, he has accumulated enough power over the course of time. When he is resurrected, he is mainly based on the power that he has retained in his origin, although he also has the memories of his previous life.
However, the resurrected gods are primarily based on their own divine duties.
Mainly focusing on the priesthood, normally the impact is actually not that big. After all, even when the gods are alive, their divinity will be affected by their believers and priesthood.
It's just that when gods are alive normally, their own growing character is the main factor, supplemented by their priesthood and the influence of believers.
As for the gods resurrected from the long river of time, due to the changes in their origins, they will be mainly influenced by their priesthood and believers, and the influence of their memories of their past lives will gradually fade.
To explain it more simply, a god that grows normally will slowly change from a human to a god, and a god that is resurrected will slowly eliminate the characteristics of his previous life as a human being, bit by bit.
Of course, no matter which kind of god it is, if you want to accumulate power, the most important thing is of course faith value.
However, the gods who want to be resurrected cannot receive faith points provided by believers in their own divine domain like normal gods.
Because he is dead, although his origin still exists, if normal believers want to receive power, most of the power through prayers and sacrifices will be taken away by the long river of time.
This is because after the death of a deity, believers have no channel to directly offer their faith to him.
And after so many years, there are always some gods who are resurrected from the long river of time, either through the prayers of believers or with the help of other gods.
So after some experiments, some gods discovered that there was a kind of directional sacrifice that could deliver more than half of the power directly to their own gods.
This kind of sacrifice is a blood sacrifice. Blood sacrifice does not necessarily require the life and soul of the believers, but the life and soul of the believers are the best effect.
Of course, after this kind of sacrifice was discovered, some gods discovered that the gods resurrected by this method would have their origins assimilated or polluted by too many souls, so the personalities of the resurrected gods would be greatly affected.
And because it is an integration of the origin, generally speaking, there will not be a good solution.
In addition, even if they are all fanatical believers who are determined to resurrect the gods and sacrifice their lives and souls, everyone has a different personality, and the changes in gods are always more negative than positive.
So many years ago, the Pantheon issued an order to completely ban blood sacrifices.
As early as when everyone was learning theoretical knowledge in elementary school, they were already aware of the dangers and horrors of blood sacrifice.
So when everyone saw the dwarves willing to die in order to escape from Lonely Mountain, they immediately thought of this incident.
The reason why blood sacrifice can directly convey most of the power to the gods is because it requires the ultimate power of the believers.
If he is a fanatic, then nothing else is needed. The fanatical belief in the gods is enough. But if he is not a fanatic, then you need to find a solution from other aspects.
For example, extreme hatred, extreme fear, extreme pain, and so on.
It is not difficult to understand why the dwarf would rather jump off the wall and die than run away.
The death of a god is a huge blow to the faith of believers. For many believers, when they learn that the god they believe in has died, the consequence is no less than the collapse of the sky.
In this case, the decline and collapse of faith is also common sense. Except for some fanatical believers, other believers may also shift their faith.
Under such circumstances, it is already difficult to get them to voluntarily sacrifice their lives and souls.
What's more, in order to be able to transmit more power more accurately and to the gods whose origins remain in the long river of time.
If you want to squeeze the most out of life, the easiest things, besides desire, are probably fear and pain.
And these two often complement each other.
Obviously, something extremely cruel or terrifying must be happening in Lonely Mountain, the base camp of the Dwarf Kingdom.
This will make the dwarves not care about their own lives and only want to leave Lonely Mountain.
Everyone looked at each other and immediately saw the solemnity in each other's eyes.
If there were restrictions on the plane before this, the highest power would not exceed that of a demigod anyway.
And now, if this god is really resurrected from the long river of time, then even if the strength will not be exceeded, the danger will be greatly increased.
Lonely Mountain, interior.
There are several "rivers" flowing here, with many objects floating in them, because the rivers are less than half a meter wide and less than one meter deep.
So while it's flowing, the stuff inside will occasionally hit the wall and stop.
Several straight rivers converge into the center, where a large number of dwarves prostrate themselves.
They are different from ordinary dwarves. They do not have rough beards, but reveal a little elegance in their movements.
At this moment, he was praying devoutly that the dwarf in the middle would be able to recognize Amor if he were to be resurrected.
This is his good friend of hundreds of years—Hazan!
"The great creator!"
"The King among Dwarves!"
"Almighty Father, the guiding light of our path!"
"We offer our souls and lives to you, and look forward to your return from the darkness!"
Under the auspices of Hazan, a group of fanatics were responsible for presiding over the ceremony.
"ah!"
"Help! Mom! Come and save me!"
"Red Nose, we have been friends for eighty years, please give me a quick death!"
A dwarf with unshaven beard and wrinkled face had half of his skin peeled off. Because of his strong strength, he was not dead yet. He looked at his friend who was still cutting him with a knife with a pleading look on his face.
"It's been eighty years, Whitebeard. After all these years, your faith in the Lord has not yet reached the level of a fanatic. You are unforgivable!"
As a fanatic, Red Nose is now working to resurrect the god he believes in, so naturally he doesn't care about friendship.
"laugh!"
"Ah! It hurts!"
An underage dwarf, because of his great potential, was hung next to a blacksmith's furnace. There was also a fanatic beside him, who would burn him with a red-hot iron from time to time.
At the beginning, the underage dwarf still had the strength to shout for help, but later, only when the branding iron was on his body did he have the strength to cry out in pain.
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