Faith, this is a familiar yet strange term for Mary.

Everything she has done so far has been to play the role of an excellent believer. Although many in the Church Court believe she is the reincarnation of the Goddess of Life, and people of the same era worship her, Mary knows very well she is not the Goddess of Life and has never truly approached Her.

And just now, Bazatous revealed the secret.

If a true Goddess of Life descended, She wouldn't need to travel between cities, often staying awake for several days seeking a cure for the Scarlet Plague.

For True Gods, they only need to notice the disasters in the world, then a snap of their fingers would make all disasters and suffering vanish into thin air.

All believers of the Life Divine Teachings firmly believe this, and Mary is no exception.

"I feel your team members should avoid the upcoming conversation."

Ethan glanced towards the door, "The Sub-human Chamber of Commerce is preparing a gathering, and Ginny is a hospitable leader. You'll soon fit right in with them."

"But why?"

Sariman asked in confusion.

Every conversation at this table was overturning his perception, and he hadn't heard enough yet.

He was even planning to boast in front of his wife about today's experiences when he got home. Oh, and more importantly, even the Evil God Bajatos played bridge; they met at the card table. It was enough to show that playing bridge was an excellent social activity. He believed that as long as he invoked Bajatos's name, his wife wouldn't stop him from playing cards anymore.

"Have you heard of magic?"

"You mean the Magician?"

Grave asked.

The followers of the God of Trickery, the Empire established many Astrology Guilds and sought talented children throughout the Empire. By the end of Henry VI's reign, Magicians had already surpassed Elemental Shapers in status within the Empire, though they had always been seen as threats by Julius, and Carlo also never allowed them to meddle with this land.

"It's not that complicated, it's just magic."

Ethan picked up the wine glass from the table, shook it in front of a few people, then with a snap of his fingers, the wineglass disappeared instantly. When everyone came to their senses, it was already lying steadily on Sariman's head.

"Whoa, how did you do that?"

Sariman exclaimed in surprise.

"That's the interesting part about magic. If you knew the principle, it wouldn't be called magic."

Ethan winked at him mysteriously.

The cost of probing into the roots is that they would receive a boring spell that would be written into the academy's "Elemental Shaper Theory" textbook. This book is a textbook of the academy, and every student has a copy, but few students can study its content with the same excitement as watching a magic show.

Because it would make them think of exams and the sour faces of parents when returning home if they fail. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"You mean 'believe'.

Leon pondered, "The more we understand the principle, the harder it is to believe."

He had this feeling for a long time.

Students of the Truth Society find it difficult to become excellent believers, even though their faith in the God of Truth is full of restraint. They are also the only ones who dare to study the True Gods. "Someone in the society proposed a theory that the moment we truly understand the structure of the gods, they cease to be gods."

Ethan was quite gratified, "See, that's why you always score high."

"But the scholar who proposed this theory was soon burned to death."

Leon supplemented.

Julius considered it a great disrespect to the True Gods, believing only followers of the Evil God would propose such beguiling statements.

However, these theories had a profound impact on Leon.

Especially when the scholar described the True Gods as "more powerful Saints" or "advanced energy beings beyond the human realm", both of which have many real arguments to support them.

In fact, over the past six epochs, people's exploration of the limits of power have all stopped at the Saints.

After that, there was no longer any title of promotion, and each Saint was powerful enough to rival an army alone. In their twilight years, they often restrained their power, which the scholar considered an important factor restricting them. Another important reason was that there weren't any systematic cultivation materials beyond the Saints.

Nobody in this world could guide a Saint in cultivation.

However, each path recorded some unconventional Saints who were obviously more powerful, but for the lack of a corresponding evaluation system, they were eventually awarded some additional titles to signify their difference from regular Saints.

Like "Saint" Mary, or the "Red King" she strove against all her life.

As for research on advanced energy beings, it originated from the academy.

In the academy's records, there were a few Elemental Shapers in history who accomplished the feat of merging with natural elements, their bodies becoming elements themselves. A Saint adept in the elements of electricity could teleport to another corner of the city in the blink of an eye without using the Space Teleportation Spell.

"What if the True Gods only walked farther on their path than anyone else? All existing paths today were actually handbooks they left for subsequent generations."

In this rare opportunity, Leon posed a question that had always lingered in his mind before leaving.