Humans are contradictory.
Norton is the same.
He is constantly caught between Schrödinger's cat-like state of being bad and not bad; the distinction between good and bad is indefinable.
Even though he instigated a massive holy war in the past, causing the deaths of half the Southern Continent, who dares to say that his opponent, the Papal State, was necessarily a benevolent faction?
Norton is indeed using the people of the Southern Continent as experimental subjects to test his path to godhood, but who can be sure that he Norton n't leading the entire population to evolve?
The above are all Norton's defenses.
In reality, he used all life on the entire Southern Continent for his own purposes, making him a truly wicked person!
However, Norton's evil is not contradictory to his gentleness.
Norton sipped the blood wine in his glass, his pale hand holding a newspaper as he read its contents.
"The 'Science and Technology Exhibition' convened by the Pale God is about to begin. This exhibition will gather a galaxy of talents, with scholars from the Kaimen Empire, the Madrid Empire, the Aidebao Empire, and even the Holy Boya Empire all coming!"
It is said that Kemen Faraday, a scholar from the Kaimen Empire, invented a device called the ' Voltaic Pile,' which may rewrite humanity's current understanding of electricity. Meanwhile, the inventor of the Aidebao Empire has brought his newly researched split-type condensing steam engine, planning to apply it to certain manual labor tasks. A revolutionary change may have already begun...
Newspapers were filled with all sorts of news, most of which were tabloids about the Pale God, and their content reflected the current level of technology.
The Southern Continent is now in a new agricultural society where the Enlightenment has ended and new ideas are taking over the era.
When the already revolutionary steam engine undergoes further innovation and is truly incorporated into production, the Industrial Revolution will truly begin.
"In such an era, I must seize the opportunity to spread my name, so that the name of Norton, the God, may also spread with the arrival of the Industrial Age... When the time is ripe, I will ride the wind and disappear without a trace, leaving only my sacred name in the Southern Continent. Such an act will inevitably lead to me being worshipped God, thus completely deifying myself!"
A true God shouldn't exist in this world. A vague and ethereal God, hanging on the wall, is the only qualified God worthy of worship.
Therefore, if Norton wanted to completely deify himself, he would naturally have to do something great, like Laozi Tzu leaving Hangu Pass, and then never return, so that future generations would put him Norton, on a pedestal!
By then, the transformation of humankind's holy water will be largely complete.
With this double effect, if Norton still cannot reach the level of godhood...
Norton's eyes deepened, as if some wicked idea was forming in his mind again.
Fortunately, Elizabeth's report came again at that moment, pulling Norton out of his evil thoughts.
"Your Majesty, aside from the current problems within the royal families of various countries, Grand Duke Abraham has reported on an organization called the ' Eternal Life Society.' Its members are all powerful families or wealthy merchants from various countries in the Southern Continent. They are all Third-Generation Vampire, yet they have gathered together to plot to usurp Your Majesty's throne... Your Majesty, should we take action and completely eliminate these ambitious Vampire?"
Norton was overjoyed upon hearing Elizabeth's report.
One of them waved his hand and said, "No! I am the Pale God, of course I must be merciful! Let them go, I will use my sincere heart to move them into the holiness of my Pale God!"
Although Norton's Pressure could be sensed throughout the entire Southern Continent, he usually didn't pay much attention to it.
It's like Superman's super hearing and super vision. Although his brain can process information from the entire Southern Continent, it also annoys him to no end. So he mostly focuses on what he wants to focus on, which is why he was so happy when he heard about the Eternal Life Society.
It's good to oppose him! Norton loves change!
If anyone manages to harm Norton's body, Norton will reward them handsomely!
Bring on the backstabbing!
The Holy Lord Church once Pressure the entire Southern Continent a thousand years ago, and its governance was so corrupt that it remains a source of criticism to this day.
However, it is undeniable that during the Papal State' rule, the Southern Continent did not have so many demons and monsters, or so many cults and sects.
All non- Holy Lord Church factions were deemed heretics and suppressed by the Papal State. While such violent rule had its flaws, it is undeniable that the political situation during that era was indeed very stable.
Now that the Holy Lord Church lost power, all sorts of monsters, demons, and cult members have emerged.
The so-called Eternal Life Society is a prime example of this.
Inside a vast, enclosed underground space, a few seats were placed at either end of the space. In the middle of the space, there was a decaying goat carcass with strange and intricate symbols smeared on its body with blood. The ground around the goat was piled with a large number of dead human corpses, arranged in a circle around the goat carcass, giving it a somewhat cult-like feel.
On the surrounding seats sat many humans who resembled Vampire with red eyes, or humans who still retained human characteristics.
These people have almost identical facial features, suggesting they are mostly of the same race. They are dressed in gorgeous clothes and appear to be wealthy and noble.
In fact, they were all well-known wealthy people in the Southern Continent.
Moreover, most of them were Taiyou People, a race known for their wisdom and circumcision.
However, this race is somewhat rebellious. Now that they have become Vampire, they don't want anyone to weigh them down, so they have come together and are trying every possible way to completely exterminate the more powerful Vampire on their heads, so that their own kind can obtain true immortality and freedom!
In other words, it's a classic case of someone who picks up the bowl to eat the meat, then puts down their chopsticks and curses.
At this moment, it seemed that some kind of mysterious ritual was taking place.
A black figure, completely encased in a hooded coat, stood strangely beside the decaying goat, performing bizarre, humanoid dance-like movements, accompanied by somewhat eerie sounds emanating from its mouth.
These sounds were like the wails of endless suffering souls in Hell, and the roars of countless unwilling demons; their sonic effects were comparable to those of the Pale God Norton.
This made the Eternal Life Society members gathered around even more fanatical and fanatical.
They stood up and chanted some strange language in unison, making the sacrificial atmosphere completely overwhelming.
As the strange figure moved, wisps of black energy, invisible to the naked eye, emanated from the surrounding human corpses, then coalesced into a visible aura that merged into the decaying goat's body.
As the chanting of the crowd grew louder, the black aura became increasingly dense, rushing into the goat's body like a stream of water.
Then, the already decaying goat carcass miraculously rose again from the ground!
"O god who rules over the end of life, I beg you to grant me the blessing of immortality!"
Upon witnessing that bizarre scene, the group of wealthy people from Huilong were not alarmed but rather delighted. Devout prayers rang out from their mouths, and endless desires were born in their hearts.
Under their expectant and devout gazes, the already standing, decaying goat tremblingly opened its mouth, which was so rotten that the flesh was falling off. Then, a strange syllable that was completely incomprehensible, yet whose meaning could be understood, came from the decaying goat's mouth.
"O devout believer... unleash endless carnage... I control death... only the soul can summon me back..."