Talk:New World/@comment-77.98.238.169-20180809203316/@comment-35382997-20180809212549

You can guess from Remedios's internal monologue in Volume 13 when she fought against the three elite demihumans that by being an awful person and committing "evil" acts, one gets a negative Karma. This can be proven by the fact that despite the Roble Holy Kingdom's main fighting force being Paladins, they are still effective against demihumans, which naturally implies that they must have negative Karma values from eating/killing humans, as Paladins are strong against evil beings.

I believe that there is a lot of intent involved, for example, when Remedios fought against the Zoastia dude, her holy smite didn't work because he was of neutral alignment. This is because all the murdering and pillaging he had committed were not because he wanted to or because he took pleasure in doing so, it was because he wanted to make a name for himself. I believe that this is also why Remedios has not become a cursed knight yet, it is because she still believes in protecting the citizens and upholding Calca's beliefs.