"I cannot see through its fate." Merlin stared at the breach for a long time, then sighed. "The being that prevented the Red Moon from invading Yata no Kagami has already surpassed the limits of what I can perceive... Forget it. Let us make the most of our time."
He turned around and looked solemnly at Lin Qiye.
"Are you ready?"
"Ready for what?" Lin Qiye asked blankly.
"Ready to receive the baptism of faith." Merlin smiled faintly and raised a hand, pointing at the countless stars glittering beneath the black dome. "The Power of Faith accumulated by a divine kingdom over more than fifty years is my gift to you."
Lin Qiye looked up at the Aurora River flowing overhead and the dazzling stars filling the sky, unable to stop his mouth from falling open...
"This, this..."
Lin Qiye was utterly stunned.
One had to know that hanging above them was the faith accumulated by Takama-ga-hara's gods over half a century! Faith offered through the prayers of tens of millions within the Human Circle, day and night!
Compared to truly vast ancient nations, this faith might not have been all that terrifying, but it was still the foundation of an entire country. More importantly, the one using this immense faith was not a complete divine kingdom and its many gods...
But one person.
"But... I haven't become a god yet."
Lin Qiye clearly remembered Merlin saying that only gods with divine personae could use the Power of Faith to amplify themselves. He was merely a human at the Infinite realm; even if he possessed such terrifying faith, he should not have been able to use it.
"Do not worry, I am not asking you to use it now." Merlin smiled. "I will use a forbidden spell to seal all