Father Rachi maintained a flawless smile as he recited the Rules in an aria-like tone. "The great Holy Lord has brought us light and life. We worship Him devoutly and cannot allow wicked heretics to tarnish His glory.
"Yet the Holy Lord has always been merciful and benevolent. Though He wishes for heretics to receive their due punishment, He does not wish for the innocent to be implicated. The authority of judgment shall be entrusted to you all. Every morning, I will organize a trial for you.
"Each of you has one vote. All decisions must be made by voting. You must identify and execute the true heretics, appease the Lord's wrath, and let Him rest."
The Instance's mechanics had now become clear. The Players could not use items or force to kill anyone. If they wanted to kill other Players, they could only follow the Instance's own Rules: "Believers are slain at night; heretics are executed by day."
These Rules bore many similarities to the werewolf games on the market. The "Heretic" card was equivalent to the "Werewolf" role.
"Heretics" could kill "Believers," while "Believers" could execute "Heretics" through judgment. If they judged correctly, they won; if they judged incorrectly, the "Believers" would lose members.
But unlike werewolf games, this game had no special roles that could counter the "werewolves," which seemed highly unfavorable for the "Believers."
Asakura Yuko looked at the small [Heretic] card that had appeared beneath her [Taboo Scholar] card in the upper-right corner of her vision and narrowed her eyes slightly.
The Eerie Game could not possibly create such an obviously unfair situation. There had to be some hidden mechanism that weakened the [Heretic] faction. Could it be related to the [Holy Lord]?
Even in previous Instances with God-level NPCs, they had usually remained behind