Believers were roughly divided into five ranks according to the depth of their faith.
They were casual believers, ordinary believers, devout believers, fanatics, and saints.
What were fanatics?
Fanatics pursued the object of their faith to an extreme, with utter fervor. They believed that only by worshipping their god could they receive salvation or blessings.
They disregarded all rational thought and devoted themselves wholeheartedly. Even if their god ordered them to die, they would carry it out without hesitation.
Moreover, they could not tolerate any criticism of their god.
Usually, when faced with such situations, they would persuade, curse, or even attack directly.
For particularly serious cases, they would not hesitate to become thugs and launch brutal attacks against their enemies.
When the Dragonman Youth first discovered that Big Guy was his fanatic, he had felt strange and puzzled.
But as he thought more deeply, he gradually understood.
By the standards of a fanatic, if Big Guy was not his fanatic, then what was he?
After the Old Shipwright died, Big Guy came to firmly believe that the person who treated him best in the world, and his only family, was the Dragonman Youth!
Whenever the youth was in danger, Big Guy would instantly fly into a frenzy and fight to the death to protect him, without regard for his own life!
"Why did he become my fanatic?"
Looking back on Big Guy's life, the merman youth gradually came to understand.
Big Guy had been abandoned as a baby, but fortunately, he had received the Old Shipwright's care.
As he grew up, he turned out to be a fool and occasionally went mad.
Naturally, the people around him did not treat him kindly. Contempt, disgust, and exclusion were the main themes of his life.
The Old Shipwright had been the