In this chapter's epigraph, we learn that if we're a human being, we can't resist the power of the demon God. In fact, if we were even human, we'd be able to't even stand the "power of demon god" . In other words, if you were even a human, you're not strong enough to resist demon god's power. This is because, as the narrator points out, "the souls of mer" are connected to the "souls of mer . . people . are connected with the demon god." This is why, the narrator says, "I was right . shut up !" . He's right. The priest is thinking too far away from the village, and it's not fair that he's always against the priest. He doesn't have to do anything to get rid of the priest, he just needs to show his faithfulness to the priest . The narrator says that if the priest wants to get closer to the god, he'll have to talk to him. He tells the men that he has no help from demon god, and that he needs to take his "loved slave village" of "upset barbarians ." He tells them that he won't be killing them for now, but that they'll eventually believe in the god. He warns them that if they don't believe in him, they're going to believe that the god is a liar. The men are going to have to convince the god to let them go, he warns them. He also warns them not to kill the villagers until they've convinced enough of the god that they need to kill him. In the meantime, he tells them, they should be careful about killing the villagers. They'll believe in