Mystic syndrome

"That's right. That's what it says in the book I gave you."

"Mystic Syndrome is the collective name for the symptoms of people who are affected by the Forces."

"For example, there are people who can nurture trees that grow very fast. There are also people who happen to have small fires around them by accident. These are mostly insignificant signs, but when they die, the signs of mutation become more obvious and bizarre. One day, they may accidentally run out of life force and turn into a mass of tree roots, or their corpses may suddenly burn into a pile of ashes."

"In the past, we considered them to be curses or diseases in folklore, which were passed down under different names. The Curse of the Devil's Eye, The Call of Satan, The Poison Tree."

"But there are no demons here." Brahms said.

"Yes, but that's how they, the ignorant, think and how the church spreads."

"Why?" Brahms asked.

"Because people are always afraid, afraid of the unknown. The more they fear, the more they believe in the god they worship."

"Why don't we call it a blessing?"

"Contacting the Forces is the first step to extraordinary power." Brahms asked his questions.

"What do you think?" Althur waited slowly.

Now remember what Althur said. The boy thought and began to explain. "To maintain fear." The boy looked timidly at Althur, saw his encouraging expression, and continued.

"Because the results of the syndromes are terrible."

"So, they don't want to call it a blessing."

"Because no Gods cause human suffering."

Althur nodded. "Yes, fear is an important reason for dominating people."

"But that is also one of the reasons. By emphasizing each fear, the appearance of such people will be quickly announced to the Sanctums. This is more convenient for them when they are looking for people affected by the Forces they control."

"Emphasizing fear and turning those people into priests to serve the congregation is another convenience. By leading them to gain strength through pilgrimage, it naturally causes the saved people to have religiosity toward the organization and the God they believe in."

"But didn't these people once think of themselves as monsters?" Brahms asked.

Althur smiled even more. "It is hard to see that the thing that almost killed me came from the grace of a god. But that is the secret of the sanctums."

"These people were desperate at first. When there is a glimmer of hope, people often become blind. Also, these people are often put into a separate force. Few of them are in the council or the chapter or the presbytery. So, it really doesn't affect the overall situation very much."

"Knights of the Temple"

"They are usually part of the expeditionary forces or the army under the leadership of the Church. Those who are usually on the front lines and have little real power in the Church."

"So sad!" Brahms exclaimed.

"But at least they have a chance to live. They also know the truth. At least the truth about his curse. There are people who don't have a chance to know. But they have also become history."

"There are people who don't even have that chance. For example, those who are blessed by the Land of War often die in conflicts."

"But that's nothing unusual."

"Yes. In fact, there are very few names that refer to the Mystic Syndrome of such people."

"What a terrible fate.

"Those who are under the influence of the wind will attract conflicts or accidentally succumb to conflicts."

"Besides, there is no God in the land of war. So, it's called a Force, a supernatural force. The name of this war land is Verhang. A war land is just an abstraction of supernatural beings approaching that force."

"You know that, right?"

Brahms nodded to show that he had read it. The War Land has no god, and many of its secrets are held by the Isandros Academy, where Althur attended, and the Helioric royal family, as well as the OSPIS organization. Brahms did not know the connection between these powers. He didn't care either, because it might be complicated and uninteresting. He just wanted to hear about the main issues related to supernatural powers. While he was lost in thought, he heard Althur continue to speak.

"Similarly, for the Holy Places, they have a God who reigns. Hence the prefix "holy" in respect to the ruler of that realm. The power of the gods is beyond our comprehension. In addition, there is a similarity between the name of the holy land and the dwelling place of the gods described in their teachings. That is why they call it a "place. But the power was never something that could be defined by our words and thoughts.

"However, there is a very important rule for naming the Force." Althur pointed out.

For example, Dashte is the sacred place where the god Lut rules. This is also the common way of seeing the sky in the community of believers who worship the Sun God. But the harvest fields that the Haya Church alludes to as heaven are not holy places. It's this legendary tree. However, those who have this power outside the church would call it Haya's Tree, not the goddess Haya. So, you can understand that Haya is the name of the holy places. But this ruling God gave the name Haya.

This naming distinction is important for those who seek extraordinary power. First, the name is not given arbitrarily, but is recognized by everyone during the first awakening, which is similar to Althur's. When he is transported to the Academy's secret dark room, an artifact is created to help those affected by a rare power. As his mind changes, he realizes that there is a supernatural force far away in infinite space-time, but also very near, something called Walaric. No matter how it is interpreted in different languages, the perceiver will still know it as Walaric.

Because knowledge comes from the wisdom of approaching the fundamental laws of the world. Such confusion will cause many catastrophes. For example, when easily influenced by other strong people, the mind is not clear enough to determine the nature of the self, leading to the loss of the self-identity.