Chapter 119 - Druids’ Change of Conviction (2/2)
Pittman laughed and grunted. “Ke, furthermore, this is an example that the Church of Holy Light intentionally proclaimed. It is used to warn those people that aren’t respectful towards the God of Holy Light or those who attempted to steal the Holy Light.”
“The priest of the Church of Holy Light would be engulfed by Holy Light when they used magic to release the Holy Light miracle, but it would be fine for the druid religion’s priests to use magic and release the natural miracles.” Gawain looked at those alchemy tools and the platform that was engraved with runes and a magic circle while shaking his head slightly. “What do you feel is the greatest difference?”
“Because our god is broad-minded.” Pittman then made a serious religious gesture at his chest before saying, “While the God of Holy Light is narrow-minded.”
He was very stern and serious, but Gawain could most certainly say that this little old man didn’t have any respect for the God of Nature.
The druids’ ability might have been viewed by others as ‘half theurgy, half spell’, but the so-called theurgy was merely referring to the sacred process. Everyone who knew the insider information would know that the druids no longer had the ability to release theurgy. In this world, when people lose the support of theurgy, the so-called conviction would turn into a kind of pure spiritual entrustment. The Spirit of Nature and various other spirits that the druids believed in were simply a deception for themselves. But was Pittman the type of person that would deceive himself?
If he was, then he would at least be able to remember the words of blessing!
Hence, Gawain believed that this person was a weirdo among the druids, and he would never believe that Pittman was a devout believer. Gawain continued to look at Pittman with a smile that wasn’t a real smile until Pittman couldn’t tolerate it anymore and spread out his hand. “Of course, I still have an explanation…”
Gawain laughed. “I just want to hear the opinion of you as a druid.”
“It isn’t because humans stole the god’s authority, but the god truncated a power that should belong to humans.” Pittman used a brief statement to describe something that would be enough to scare a whole group of people to death in this era.
Of course, he would only dare to say such things to a feudal lord that didn’t believe in religion and when he was far away from any church.
After seeing that Gawain didn’t have a great reaction and had nodded pensively instead, Pittman let out a breath before saying unhurriedly, “You should know that apart from the druid theurgies that have already been transformed into spells, the theurgies of other religions are ‘strict and self-locked’. Only the corresponding religion’s priests are able to cast theurgy with the precondition of a theurgic ritual that complies with the doctrines. Furthermore, if any of the conditions do not match, even the simplest Holy Light spell would be impossible to release. Forcefully releasing it would result in the berserk and engulfment phenomenon that we mentioned earlier. Why is this so?”
“Three thousand years ago, the druids were still considered clergies, and we used the system of the Nature theurgy that is similar to the God of Holy Light and the God of War. Back then, when druids released theurgy, it was actually similar to other priests. They also had to follow strict rules. A slight deviation would cause the theurgy to lose control… It was the so-called divine punishment. But after the legendary White Starfall incident, no one was able to execute theurgies anymore. In fact, the prayers weren’t even being responded to. As a result, the druids were able to use a method to execute magic to produce the ‘natural miracles’ that should have vanished. Why do you feel it is so?”
Gawain didn’t utter a word but his heart gradually appeared with an answer:
Because the management had disconnected…
When his heart flashed with this thought, Gawain looked at Pittman with strange eyes.
Pittman felt uncomfortable and contracted his neck.
“Your understanding doesn’t seem like what a low-ranking druid, a semi-antique appraiser, a shoddy rogue, and a fake hermit should have,” Gawain said unhurriedly. “I don’t think even those scholars who are always thinking about the history of religion and magic would be able to say such things.”
Pittman was instantly frightened and put on a bitter face. “I know I shouldn’t say it. Saying it will just be a disaster…”
“I didn’t say that I am going to do anything to you.” Gawain changed the topic and said, “Everyone has their own secrets. You have, I have, even Amber has them too. It is no big deal.”
“Why did you suddenly involve Amber?” Pittman curled his lips and felt a little at ease. “But when you mentioned that scholars who are always thinking about the history of religion and magic wouldn’t be able to say such things… I disagree.”
While speaking, the little old man let out mischievous laughter and said, “The druids’ history isn’t a secret. Our theurgy and magic aren’t secrets either. Ordinary people might know less due to their status and hierarchy, but those upper echelons of the various religions are able to look up all the information, and they are all intelligent people. How could they not think the same things as me?”
“The most intelligent people knew it clearly in their hearts, but no one spoke of it publicly.”
“After all, they aren’t gods…”