"Exactly!"
Mr. Ji affirmed confidently.
Seeing Colin's doubtful expression, he added:
"I'm not bluffing. My teacher, Mage Kurd, dedicated his entire life to studying this phenomenon. He found traces of a substance akin to the Force of Faith in the bodies of both knights and priests, most significantly in the heart!"
Hearing this, Colin couldn't help but frown.
He could guess that in pursuit of his research, Mage Kurd must have killed many priests and knights.
However, now that Kurd had been sentenced to death, he didn't dwell on it and asked the doubt he had found from Mr. Ji's words:
"Similar substance?"
"Yes, it is only similar, not the Force of Faith itself. But my teacher firmly believed that they invariably are connected. You wondered how Mage Kurd managed to rejuvenate and even ascend to the Holy Field, right? It actually relates to this!"
Colin asked uncertainly:
"Did Kurd discover a way to utilize the Force of Faith?"
Mr. Ji shook his head and said: