How To Live As A Writer In A Fantasy World[part1]

Chapter 154: Butterfly Effect (3)

This world was not a place where symbolic gods like Jesus, Buddha, or Allah exist, but a place where literal gods exist. If believers prayed to the gods or offered sacrifices, the gods would grant them a power called "divine power." With this divine power, believers could display various abilities.

Furthermore, through "divine guidance," the gods encouraged believers to follow a better path. However, even they could only provide advice at the level of guidance, as they couldn't casually reveal someone's future.

Moreover, perhaps due to constraints, even the divine guidance was often vague. For example, let's say a devout believer was to tragically die in an accident shortly after. The god couldn't provide detailed explanations to that believer. At most, they might suggest to be cautious or that it would be good to rest at home today. They didn't offer detailed explanations.

As a result, believers often suffered as they tried to interpret the divine guidance given by the gods, and frequently encountered situations where their interpretations turned out to be incorrect.

Of course, if one offers high-quality sacrifices or an enormous amount of divine power, the gods might provide more detailed divine guidance. Seeing this, one might wonder if gods were subtly greedy by nature.

Anyway, the trust bestowed by the gods could also be considered a kind of prophecy. It is believed that there are no results without a price, so followers of each sect prayed with deep faith and offer exceptional sacrifices for a better future.

[Why haven't the gods informed us about the contamination of the World Tree roots and the summoning of devils? Was it because the offerings were insufficient, or were the qualities of the followers lacking?]

[The Holy Kingdom Xavier. The Pope and the high priests offered sacrifices and prayers to the gods, but the gods remained silent. Could it be that the gods are disappointed with mortals?]

[The gods have already revealed the future through a prophet named Xenon. Therefore, they did not need to provide further answers.]

However, recently, the actions of the gods have been somewhat strange. Signs of contamination of the World Tree roots and the summoning of devils—just these two alone could have caused a major catastrophe, endangering the world.

Yet, the gods have not issued any warnings or even provided a response after these incidents came to light.

Even though people have been talking about me being a prophet or a regressor from the future, the gods remained silent and did not react. However, they continued to bestow people with divine power, even though we heard nothing from them.

Based on this, it seems that the gods were taking a passive stance and observing the current situation. It was almost certain, judging by the lack of response when the Pope and the high priests offered prayers.

In that case, if I were to directly ask as the center of these events, what would happen? Would they respond like usual, or would they remain silent and watch? If it's the former, then there must be something wrong with the gods. If it's the latter, I would question why they were just observing.

However, when we look at history, even gods themselves are beings with human aspects. They were not omnipotent beings in the literal sense of the word 'god,' but rather beings that can be described as transcendent entities.

'But I've never had any divine power or even prayed. Will it be okay?'

The weekend had arrived as time passed. I stepped outside the academy and headed towards the temple.

Obtaining permission to leave the academy from Professor Elena was not difficult, and I had already informed Nicole and others in advance.

Initially, they were surprised when they heard I was going to the temple, but soon they seemed to understand. It seemed that given the circumstances, it was natural for me to visit the temple.