Chapter 633: Chapter 173
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Because of the increase in the G.o.d of Knowledge’s priesthood, the number of followers increased rapidly. In particular, those who used to follow the G.o.d of Cla.s.sics and the G.o.d of Scholar had accepted Wall’s belief without much resistance, and they became his devout followers.
There were two reasons for this: one, they needed a belief. Wall’s priesthood and his accomplishments were well-suited to these scholars and bookworms to follow. Two, they were people with relatively high cultural standards. Regardless of how devoted they could be, it was unlikely that they would become fanatics. Madly believing and ignorance were two sides of a coin, the proportion of crazy fanatics would be smaller within a more open-minded crowd, so they could accept the fact that a G.o.d had died and there was a change in the priesthood.
Just like those films that depicted life in the real, unprotected world, where the old and experienced would not refuse to acknowledge the change to a new mogul—especially if this new head was nice and had nothing to do with the death of his predecessor…
Oh right, after obtaining his new priesthoods, the G.o.d of Knowledge also had a change in name. Now, he was officially known as the “G.o.d of Knowledge and Culture.” The former included the acquisition, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge; the latter included the research, preservation, and promotion of culture. Of course, he could further split his priesthood into several subdivisions or even promote a few of his followers to partake in these priesthoods.
According to the calculations by the experienced and knowledgeable G.o.d of Justice and G.o.d of Pleasure, if there were enough time, with just the present priesthood alone, Wall could already step up to the level of great Divine Power.
Probably… acc.u.mulating for a thousand years would do. One thousand years to G.o.ds with immortality was really nothing much at all.
“From being sealed as a G.o.d to becoming a great Divine Power, it took me more than 2000 years. To the other G.o.ds, this was considered extremely fast. And yet, you only took half that time…” said Yorgaardman, the G.o.d of Justice. He seemed to be quite affected as he continued to say, “The younger generation sure does surpa.s.s their elders!”
“There are also many G.o.ds who have spent a few thousand years or even tens of thousands of years, but they have not been able to step up to the level of a great Divine Power,” lamented Javier, the G.o.d of Pleasure.
As for Morani, who had not been able to step up to the level of great Divine Power after a few thousand years, he was already at a loss for words.
Right, there was also Ariel, his predecessor, as well as the former G.o.ddess of the Ocean, Vorpocus, who were examples of G.o.ds who had not been able to step up to the level of great Divine Power after tens of thousands of years either.
In fact, the G.o.d of Law and the G.o.ddess of Wealth were also regarded as examples. However, they had now stepped up to become great Divine Powers, and at least they would not lose their dignity before the younger generation.
“Taking a thousand years to become a great Divine Power is in fact, not considered great at all,” said Wall with a smile. “His Majesty only took a few decades to step up to this level; that is truly remarkable!”
The moment he said so, everyone immediately cast their sights over to Sui Xiong.
The G.o.d of Justice pouted and then said helplessly, “We can’t compare ourselves to him, if we did so, everyone here would be extremely angry…”
Everyone laughed at the G.o.d of Justice’s comment.
It had only been around 50 years since Sui Xiong’s first appearance in this world, yet he was already recognized as one of the great Divine Powers. Not only that, but he was also one of the candidates qualified to vie for the t.i.tle of “strongest” amongst all the great Divine Powers. This pace of progress was simply beyond belief, and there had not been a second one like him seen through the ages.
Not only that, he had always been helping and promoting other G.o.ds. With his help, there were two G.o.ds who had stepped up to the level of great Divine Power, and two others who were newly sealed as G.o.ds. Furthermore, there were two who had been reborn and several others who had greatly enhanced their strength with his help. There was now a famous rumor among the G.o.ds, that if one became friends with the Void Mask, most likely it would mean that one’s divinity could increase by a notch, and that was more real than a true G.o.d.
In this regard, Sui Xiong could only say… Friends, we need to believe in science. Don’t be so superst.i.tious!
“In this current war of missionary work, I’m almost about to win,” said Wall with a smile. “The problem is, how should I wrap things up? What do you all suggest?”
Upon hearing his question, the G.o.ds all started to ponder.
Just like how he said, because he had obtained new priesthoods and inherited the followers of the G.o.d of Cla.s.sics and the G.o.d of Scholars, he had gained a decisive advantage in this battle of missionary work against the G.o.d of Aristocracy. If this was an intense compet.i.tion where both sides started out as equals, then from this moment on, the compet.i.tion had progressed into a period of garbage time. Unless the G.o.d of Aristocracy could come up with a truly ma.s.sive piece of news to throw out or do something that was earth-shattering, there was no way anyone could see how he had any other means to turn the tables.
Among the fallen G.o.ds from the Mystery G.o.d System, the priesthood of the G.o.d of Spellcaster had no successor for the time being—it was said that the Human G.o.d System was going to introduce a G.o.d of Mages, but until now, no one turned up; the successor to the G.o.d of Cla.s.sics and the G.o.d of Scholar was Wall. Just from a perspective on the change of priesthood, it was apparent that Wall had a great advantage.
After he took over those two priesthoods, many scholars and mages who were originally inclined towards the G.o.d of Aristocracy had shown a change in att.i.tude—belief was hard to fake. Even if they had been tempted by the benefits that the Church of the G.o.d of Aristocracy had offered them, what they actually believed in persisted on, and the principles of life they held onto… these were difficult to change.
Moreover, the benefits that the G.o.d of Aristocracy could give, the G.o.d of Knowledge—now known as the G.o.d of Knowledge and Culture—could give too. But the benefits that the G.o.d of Knowledge could give, the G.o.d of Aristocracy might not be able to do likewise.
If the total number of followers from both sides that were up for grabs was originally 100, where each had 30, and both were still fighting over the remaining 40, then now, the ratio was almost 60 and 20. Among the remaining 20, there were many who were inclined towards Wall’s side.
So just like what Wall said, now was not the time to think about how they should win, but how they should wrap things up.
Wall did not want an estranged relations.h.i.+p with the G.o.d of Aristocracy to the point of a fierce struggle, nor did he want to trigger a war between the two G.o.d Systems. But he was also reluctant to give up on the subsequent missionary work—70 to 30 and 60 to 40 were both victories, but the effect both had were completely different. The former should be able to effectively fend off the impact from the great Divine Power of the G.o.d of Aristocracy, while the latter might not necessarily be able to do so.
As such, the “end” would indeed become a difficult problem.
Especially with the higher-ups of both churches still fighting one another, where they had already been fighting for more than half a month but were still fighting even now. How could they put an end to this fight? This proved to be quite a headache.
The truth be said, both sides had incurred great losses. The Church of the G.o.d of Knowledge lost all its Holy Sons and Holy Daughters. The Church of the G.o.d of Aristocracy lost three of its most loyal and reliable Legendary Masters, among which, there was also the church’s Archbishop.
Under such a situation, it was not easy trying to get them to cease fighting, even for the G.o.ds.
After all, devoutness and fanaticism were two very different things. No matter how devout the followers were, they had their own interests and emotions. Especially these higher-ups of the churches—even the G.o.ds could not completely feign ignorance to their notions.
Maybe the G.o.d of Aristocracy could, but Wall was totally incapable of such a thing.
After a long discussion, the ma.s.s finally decided to heed Sui Xiong’s opinion. Let them continue fighting, and when they reached the point of exhaustion, naturally, they would stop. This was not really a good idea, but under the current circ.u.mstances, it was the most reliable approach.
As for the issue of missionary work, since the higher-ups of both churches were still fighting, then it would be better if the G.o.ds from both sides continued to preach on their own.
“Somehow, I still feel as though we have not done anything…” said Wall with frustration.
“Being able to get things to develop in the right direction without doing anything, now that is what I call capability!” said Sui Xiong as he laughed aloud.