Chapter 402: Occupy the high ground of public opinion
The plan is finalized.
As for the man in black robe, in addition to the stone tablet pointing to the dwarves of Stone Castle, there is also the Glow Divine Cult that is suspected to be inextricably linked. This is the only clue that can be grasped at present.
Pate plans to take a group of people to Stone Castle to investigate.
This is a long-distance trip, so you must be well prepared, as you may not be able to leave for a while.
Investigating their connection with the Glow God Cult can solve it immediately.
If everything goes well, if nothing unexpected happens, we will be able to dismount another bishop!
This is easier to do.
The main reason is that the image of Novan, the god of knowledge, has been quietly reversed in Ceylon.
Previously, the propaganda of Glow God Cult was too serious.
Pett and the others have figured out how the Glow God Cult "smeared" them.
"Believers of the God of Knowledge are obsessed with exploring the unknown without any taboos. In order to get closer to the 'unknown truths', they will do whatever it takes, ignoring authority, laws, and gods. "
"If you get close to them, your own safety cannot be guaranteed, and you may be affected by divine punishment for violating it at any time!"
This is what the Glow God Cult said when it warned the people.
Then spread rumors.
Someone started to exaggerate the atmosphere of terror.
“It is said that the brain of a baby can accept all the wisdom in the world. Those believers who seek knowledge will gather together, lay out white napkins, light candles, pray to the gods, and then crack open the brains of the kidnapped babies and steal them. "
There are also rumors:
"It is said that they will dig out the brains of monster corpses and eat them alive to gain knowledge belonging to evil gods, and become crazy and chaotic. !”
The image of Novan in many people’s minds is almost equated with that of the evil god. His followers are monsters who eat children alive.
no way.
For most ordinary people.
The villages and small towns they live in may be the entire world, and the most prosperous place they have ever visited is the city of Ceylon.
They don’t have much knowledge. They just believe what others say.
Many ordinary people even firmly believe that King Leyak in the west is a god walking in the world.
Otherwise, why can I be a king?
The preaching by the preachers of the Glow God Cult is an unquestionable authority for them.
They have never been to the territory of Qiuzhi Church in person, nor have they witnessed the appearance of Qiuzhi believers with their own eyes. They don’t even know how to identify them. They only know that those guys are "very dangerous".
The more backward a place is, the more serious this stereotype is.
The outbreak of the Evernight Disaster has eliminated the misunderstanding to a great extent.
When the rescue had just arrived in various villages and towns, especially those with a small population, the surviving villagers even discussed in private, whose children should be sacrificed to the seekers of knowledge as dinner, in exchange for shelter during the disaster.
Fortunately, Novin’s followers used their actions to prove to ordinary people:
“They are not dangerous, and they do not eat children!”
From “Cannibalism” "Monster" becomes the image of "normal human being". This is only the first step.
In disasters, their presence in destroying monsters, protecting the safety of ordinary people, and providing them with food and water has made the image of believers of the God of Knowledge more positive.
Plus, credit for preventing disaster.
Yes.
Originally, ordinary people were completely kept in the dark about how Eternal Night ended.
They don’t even know why the disaster happened.
All I know is that it suddenly got dark, and then monsters appeared.
Later, rescue came, but it turned out that it was not the Glow God Cult, but the heretics of the Seeking Knowledge Church.
Later, they were taken to Qim Town. At this time, the holy army of the Glow God Religion arrived belatedly.
About the hero who solved the disaster.
First of all, the Glow God Cult can be ruled out.
The Crusaders are right in front of us, how could it be them.
The Glow God Sect is currently too busy internally to take care of itself, and they simply don’t have the nerve to deal with public opinion.
Some people speculate that they are believers of the God of Knowledge, but there is a lack of evidence. After all, they don't even know how Yong Ye ended, and no one can explain it clearly.
The high ground of public opinion is right there.
The Glow God Religion has no face to occupy it, of course Noven will not waste it!
Decisively assigned tasks to believers.
The person who finally completed the task and popularized this matter to people was the goblin Hugo Seavey.
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Three days after the eternal night ends.
Chim Town.
A lot of order has been restored here.
For the survivors of the Evernight disaster, they have basically accepted the pain caused by "losing their loved ones".
Life must go on.
You can’t wallow in grief every day.
They still don’t know that their family members have been resurrected collectively at the Altar of Creation and are about to rush to Qim Town to reunite with them.
The seekers of knowledge who are in the know have reached a consensus.
Everyone tacitly concealed the news.
Plan to give them a huge surprise at the right time.
Hugo took the lead and led a group of people to work for three days.
Finally, the "surprise" prepared for ordinary people was completed before the resurrected victims arrived in Qim Town.
That night.
A large open space outside Qim Town was crowded with people.
The arcane light ball generated by [Illumination Technique] is suspended in the air, providing sufficient illumination and illuminating the entire open space like daylight.
The ordinary people who came here went to their respective "districts" according to the instructions of the knowledge-seeking believers who maintained order.
Districts are divided into villages and towns.
Raven Town is in one area, Chim Town is in another area, and the entire open space is divided into more than a dozen large or small areas.
The larger ones are towns with larger populations, with hundreds or even thousands of people.
The smaller counterpart is a village, with perhaps only a few dozen people.
People received the news in the morning.
Ask them to gather here at night, something important will be announced.
Ordinary people’s daily lives are basically very simple.
In addition to eating, sleeping and working, there are very few entertainment activities. Moreover, night entertainment requires lighting, which is an additional cost.
When it gets dark, most people, if they don’t go to a pub or the like, can only go home to have a baby, or just go to bed.
There are now free activities to participate in, so they have no reason to refuse.
What’s more, this is an activity specifically called for by believers seeking knowledge.
Out of concern, they had to come over.
The scene of tens of thousands of people gathering in an area is quite spectacular.
The seekers of knowledge did not ask them to keep quiet.
The sound of people greeting and chatting with each other made the whole area busy and noisy.
The amplification magic will not have much effect at this time.
In the past, large scenes like this basically relied on the more advanced level 4 [Silent Field] magic or the glow magic such as [Solemn Ritual] to force the crowd to quiet down.
However, for this event, Hugo has prepared a more suitable method!
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(End of this chapter)