"Great Phoenix God—Bennu!
You are the God of Flame!
God of Eternal Life!
God of Souls!
I am willing to serve as a vessel and accept your divine power!
Let the hottest flames purify everything!"
Accompanied by the solemn, low chant, the red pillar of light symbolizing divine power instantly transformed into flames that filled the sky.
Behind Dumbledore, a pair of enormous wings formed entirely of fire seemed to spread open like a phoenix's.
Without a doubt, the amulet clutched in his hand was the Holy Symbol of the Phoenix God, Bennu.
Or rather, he had formed a pact of faith and soul with this deity from his "hometown" long ago.
After all, once he had arrived in this world, Dumbledore had learned through reading books on theology and religion that mortals had to possess a faith and a sole patron deity. Otherwise, they would face all kinds of trouble.
The most crucial matter was the destination of their souls after death.
Those without a clear faith or patron deity would ultimately have to stand trial in the City of Judgment on the Fugue Plane, after which they would be assigned to the deity closest to them according to their actions and faith during life.
If a god accepted the soul as a follower, an emissary would take it back to the corresponding divine realm.
If it was rejected, or if the soul was simply a false believer, the result would probably be either forced labor or being sent to plaster the Wall of the Faithless.
Although Kelemvor, the new God of Death, had already discussed dismantling this threatening and intimidating structure with the gods, he had faced opposition from many deities.
Thus, for a long time to come, the Wall of the Faithless would remain something mortals had