Chapter 333: Chapter 8: Faith

Where do I come from? What am I going to do? Where am I going?

The three ultimate questions of life.

As long as there’s the unknown, there will be fear; as long as there’s fear, there will naturally be a search for spiritual support. At this time, a voice emerges—

You come from the embrace of God, striving to live positively (create myths in the dungeon), and those who live earnestly will return to the embrace of God after death, enjoying the eternal paradise. Those who are lazy will descend to Hell after death.

The core idea is, diligently excavating relics will grant eternal peace even if you die, but if you spend your time being cunning and lazy, you’ll suffer even after death.

This isn’t an original idea from Lynch. In this world, human society already has all sorts of strange religions. After all, a civilized society like Earth’s needs spiritual support, let alone an era of ignorance like this.

Lynch merely summarized these chaotic folk religions into a unified whole, for which he specifically wrote a book called “Divine Oracle,” a religious text similar to the Bible on Earth, to explain a series of life philosophies and expound upon this world to ordinary people.

Of course,

The Light Church Lynch established is not just a scam organization; it genuinely fulfills social obligations.

Mainly in the medical field.

Lynch consolidated all his knowledge relating to life, healing, and restoration magic, preparing to specially train a group of apprentices as core members of the Light Church. Based on Rune Studies, he also planned to build alchemy devices like Holy Pools that have restorative effects.

Afterward, they will undertake humanity’s medical work. Whether it’s an illness or an injury from an adventure, all should go to the Light Church to be treated by the priests there.

The interworld framework system was constructed at such great cost and resources because, in Lynch’s eyes, each individual here is an important mineral for excavating ruins. Of course, he won’t let them die casually from a small cold.

With the Church’s treatment, the survival rate of people can be effectively increased, with a conservative estimate showing an increase in average life expectancy by over five years. The retirement time of each adventurer can be stretched by five to ten years.

Then have Greywell make a series of social adjustments, such as raising the price index, extending the loan term to 30 years, and see, hasn’t the number of adventurers who can excavate relics been effectively increased by 30%?

Additionally, the presence of the Church can serve as a safety net.

In the past, there was no such thing as a safety net. Ordinary humans, when reaching a certain age without strength, or due to laziness or temporary failures unable to face life and thus losing their ability to work, would simply die from hunger or disease, purely subject to natural elimination.

That worked before because people were low-level beasts with no room for resistance. But now, it’s different. After the popularization of fighting spirit education, these individuals have become strong beings wielding real power.

Try letting them survive without food?

If Lynch were to face a terrifying social retaliation by invincible beings, it would be a great loss.

With the Church providing free porridge and rice in the cathedral, even those struggling to survive wouldn’t starve to death. Additionally, the monks of the Church can teach sermons daily, guiding them to be positive, perhaps helping them out of trouble and regain confidence in life, right?

Everyone has unlucky times. A young adventurer might find himself lost due to temporary setbacks. Offering a helping hand at this time might lead to him achieving something great in the future, no?

As long as they’re not innately malicious, wrecking havoc on order, Lynch is willing to give them a chance.

Finally,

The Church assumes the most crucial duty, pivotal to Lynch’s vocational system’s functionality and whether these adventurers can continuously explore the dungeons—

Resurrection!

Yes, resurrection.

The dungeons in the Ancient Ruins are similar to the Blood Moon Battlefield, each a separate and completely enclosed space. Once dead inside, the soul won’t be taken by the will of the rules immediately but will be trapped inside.

In the domain of magic, life and death hinge on the soul. As long as the soul is preserved, no matter how grave the injuries, even if the body is pulverized, in theory, resurrection is possible.

Back in the Ancient Ruins, Lynch saw the corresponding knowledge with Avery and mastered many related spells himself. He compiled these, to be entrusted to the Church to handle adventurers’ resurrection in the future.

The dungeon relics are no amusement parks for children. Laden with crises, some formidable beings within even Lynch dare not venture deep into, categorically marking them as dangerous zones.

Exploring such locations while ensuring efficiency suggests an inevitably high mortality rate. If too many adventurers die, subsequent explorers might lose their zeal.

After all, fear of death is human nature. Regardless of how Lynch boasts, regardless of how he manipulates various living resources for pressure, if lives are easily forfeited, these adventurers certainly won’t be inclined.

But with the Church, death is reversible, clearing the greatest mental barrier, thus transforming the dungeon from terrifying hell into a truly desired and precious place.

Because, within Lynch’s framework system, for the people here, the dungeon truly is—

Where effort leads to reward!

’Also, to experiment with that magic system related to faith.’

Beyond the aforementioned reasons, another significant factor motivating Lynch to establish the Church was the involvement of a magic system under the spiritual category of the Wizard World, the Faith System.

This was once a flourishing magic system in the Wizard World, even promoted by a specific wizard category—

Faith Wizard.

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A few days later, Greywell announced citywide that the devout followers of God, the Holy Daughter of Light, would soon visit Feiyan City, spreading God’s gospel to all citizens, and would henceforth reside in Feiyan City as a spiritual bridge between people and God.

Shortly after Greywell’s announcement, a group of missionaries began propagating their doctrine, “Divine Oracle,” to the common people of Feiyan City. This religious organization, known as the Light Church, gradually gained public recognition.

To welcome the arrival of the Light Church and the Holy Daughter of Light, Greywell reserved a plot of land beside the Central Square to construct a Light Cathedral on it.

After three months of construction, the Light Cathedral was successfully completed.

Subsequently, the Light Church publicly declared that a Mass would be held at the Central Square, with the Holy Daughter of Light personally spreading the doctrine and gospel. After more than three months of anticipation, this mysterious Church was finally about to meet the people.

This was also the last piece of Lynch’s relic excavation puzzle, as everything was set. After this Mass, this Witch Domain would completely usher in a new era, a break from the past—

The Adventurer’s Era!

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