For a year after the outbreak of the demon tide, all believers lost the ability to listen to the revelation of the gods. Not only those low-level priests and priests, but even bishops and even popes of various denominations have also lost this ability at the same time.

Of course, even under normal circumstances, humans cannot directly hear the voice of God. The so-called "listening to the revelation of God" actually refers to the devout believers who are close to the "spirit of God" in the process of sincere praying, performing sacraments, and performing covenants. This is the main way for clergy in this world to advance and become stronger.

Because those vague whispers do have the power to change the human spirit and make human beings stronger and pure, they are sublimated from ordinary hallucinations and are regarded as a sacred phenomenon by the clergy.

However, in the year when the demon tide broke out, all believers could not hear this "whisper from the gods". They were frightened to find that no matter how they prayed or held the rituals in a strict manner, their gods no longer responded, just as the gods disappeared collectively.

Because of the loss of divine grace, all clergymen were unable to get promotion in that year, and there was no newcomer among shallow believers and ordinary people who could master divine arts. Even babies born in that year were proved that they did not have the slightest talent for divine arts afterwards.

If the situation continues to deteriorate according to that trend, it is hard to say what future will be for the believers of the gods on this continent, but it is like the last glimmer of hope in despair. People find that the magical arts they have mastered have not failed. Although their power is slightly weaker than before, at least the priests who have become formal clergy before the demon tide can still use magical arts. These priests who can still use magical arts struggled to maintain the shaky churches at that time. But even so, many small sects at that time were unable to support them and disappeared from the wasteland as people escaped from the Gondor Empire.

Gao Wen remembered that at that time, the leaders of major sects conducted more than one secret talk and attempt, and people gave up their previous prejudice and hostility, just like ordinary people walking side by side in the demon tide. The clergy no longer cared about their respective beliefs and historical hatred, and instead gathered together to find a solution to the problem. Later, several large sects represented by the God of Holy Light, the God of War, and the Three Gods of Blessing finally made some progress. After several emergency meetings, the leaders of several sects made an attempt to communicate with the gods on the top of the "Peak of Ancestors" on the eastern border of the Ogure Tribe. The attempt was a closed-door meeting. Even Gowen Cecil didn't know what the specific happened. He only knew that the leaders of each sect announced to the public that the gods had descended a new metaphor, revealing that ordinary people gave up disputes and survived unitedly. The demon tide was a disaster caused by various foolish actions of mankind.

Various sects signed a pact called the "Sacred Covenant" by later generations at the peak of the ancestors, announcing that they would give up all belief disputes. The sects would no longer be in opposition and would do their best to continue human civilization as their mission. It seemed that this act really pleased the gods. In the second month after the signing of the Holy Covenant, which was the anniversary of the entire year after the outbreak of the demon tide, the gods once again favored humans.

Believers can hear the voice of the god again.

This is what Gao Wen knows, which leads to the historical events in which there are many sects on this continent but maintain a relatively peaceful situation.

This historical event has changed a lot:

It terminated the disputes between various beliefs on the mainland and also united the clergy of various sects to help human civilization resist the demon tide and rebuild their homes. However, some too stubborn sects could not accept this fact. They chose to fall, and became enemies with all the sects that signed the "Sacred Covenant" and became various distorted heretic beliefs, and gradually evolved into the most terrifying dark organizations in the world today. The magic they used was also called "Dark magic"...

To this day, those fallen and twisted craziers are still one of the most chilling shadows in the world.

As a person with normal logic and no brains, Gao Wen certainly has a high evaluation of the "Divine Covenant". Although he is not religious, he appreciates those who believe in putting aside disputes, unite and continue the efforts of civilization in a critical moment of survival and death, regardless of whether the efforts are due to God's command.

But he also knew that even the Divine Covenant was not permanent for a race like a human who had a short lifespan (compared to the elves).

Now seven hundred years have passed, and although the covenant that year is still engraved on the foundation stone of various sects, just like the "brother agreement" that has long disappeared between Tifeng and Ansu, people have gradually forgotten the significance of the covenant concluded at the foot of the peak of the ancestors.

Although many gods in the mainland are still in peace today, they have never been a private tit-for-tat and rejection, and some sects with huge doctrine deviations have even reached a situation where they have almost declared war publicly.

After all, no one can really hear what the gods are saying to them clearly. Even the pope of the Holy Light Sect hears from the gods just vague whispers, and the vagueness of God's enlightenment gives people room to play.

"What if the gods ask us to fight with the pagans? Anyway, that's what I think, it definitely has nothing to do with the fact that I had eaten too many dream grass before praying..." Many people think so.

But no matter what, the Holy Covenant is still a little more authoritative than the alliance agreement between several human kingdoms (after all, it is in the name of God). Even if the friction between various sects is getting worse in private, at least on the surface, everyone will still maintain a good situation for you and me. There are several churches in big towns, and it is very common for priests from various sects to look up and see each other without seeing each other. Of course, it is also very common for priests to turn their heads and spit and go home to kill villains after greeting each other.

But no one will make this situation clear, especially high-level priests from various sects, it is impossible for them to say something like "Although there are many gods, my boss is better than you."

Veronica said so.

Gao Wen didn't know whether the saint princess was deliberately suggesting or whether it was a holy and intelligent appearance that was hidden under her heart that was speechless. Anyway, he cared about this matter very much, and the high-level goddess who appeared with Veronica seemed to be cast in light made him feel even more suspicious. In this case, he did not dare to accept anything thrown by the other party.

As for whether the territory will build churches and introduce churches in the future, he actually doesn't have much conflict with this. After all, there are really gods in this world, and divine art is indeed a part of people's daily production and life. As a pragmatic person, even if he doesn't believe in God, he will not stop others from believing in such a fantasy world. If he still holds atheism hard, it would be too idealistic.

But then he will definitely strengthen supervision of the church to ensure that everything is under his control: the magic is true or not, the divine power will affect the regime, but it is also true, and he is not willing to fall into a trap in this regard.

Just like every qualified time traveler's magic technique, in Gao Wen's mind, it is used as a means of production.

Of course, planning these things is a bit too far away now. When the territory cannot even be built with a small church, it is better to think about how to control the faith on the land than to think about how to make up the reality of infrastructure construction. So Gao Wen decided to take advantage of the period when external troubles were temporarily settled and build a foundation for the territory.

The news about the eastern border brought by Veronica and others reminded him that in this uneasy world, the dangerous things are far more than the demon tide in the wasteland of Gondor. This continent has enjoyed peace for seven hundred years. There are too many things that are ready to move under the appearance of peace. If you want to live comfortably in such a situation, you have to get nervous first.

Gao Wen returned to his tent and said that more and more tents are turning into stronger and warmer wooden houses or even brick and stone houses. It was time for him to upgrade the tent. He woke up Betty, who was sleeping heavily on the mat and drooling, and let the girl move all the drawings he had accumulated over the past few days.

He unfolded the drawings one by one, then removed the unrealistic things inside (but not ready to be destroyed, what if it is useful in the future?), and finally he found what he wanted: some kind of simplified machinery, metal wheels, connecting rods and cylinders were cleverly combined, and several secondary drawings contained the split and detailed description of these mechanical structures, but below the main drawings, there was a line of eye-catching red words: The initial power could not be solved, and it was temporarily shelved.

"You go and call Rebecca and Hetty," Gao Wen looked at the little maid standing by the table, "Just say I have something... Forget it, just remember to call them."

Betty trotted out, leaving Gao Wen to face several semi-finished drawings and fell into thought. Amber's voice suddenly came from behind him: "What are you painting? Why can't I understand?"

"Some kind of power mechanism," Gao Wentou said without raising his head, while slapped the half-elf thief's claws off his silver seal with ease. "Theoretically, this is something that only consumes energy and can move continuously on its own, and can drive other mechanical structures, but it has not been designed yet."

Amber's entire body was separated from the shadow form, and she looked down at the drawings on the table curiously: "Oh? Are you talking about those magic puppets driven by the elemental core?"

Gao Wen shook his head: "No, it's not a thing at all. This is a more general and basic device, but its value is far beyond those puppets... Unfortunately, it still lacks the most important part."
Chapter completed!