Believer (1)
Hubert Trading Company Tarak Headquarters.
“Diana, talk to me for a minute.”
“Yes, Your Majesty. I will prepare refreshments right away.”
“Yes, please.”
As the day’s work was coming to a close, Hubert, the owner of the company, called Diana over and made a separate seat for her.
To talk about the divine power that was beginning to take hold in her body.
‘Come to think of it, it’s already been over 4 years since I first met this kid.’
He looked at her with renewed interest as she brought out warm tea and cookies.
Diana, whom he met in Azantu, a city on the outskirts of the Kingdom of Thalia, a small nation at the western end of the Ion Continent, was the first proper relationship he had after coming to Outerica.
‘Until then, I didn’t know that the kite would grow this long.’
A frail and skinny girl who barely made ends meet day by day while supporting her younger sibling who couldn’t even eat properly.
It was a new feeling to see that the child who used to be like that has now grown up and become a career woman wearing a fancy suit.
‘Of course, I’m still young now.’
I think you said you were 17 years old now.
However, because she didn’t want to be ignored for being young, she put on mature makeup, so at first glance she looked like an adult.
The nutritional issues have been resolved and the country has grown rapidly over the past few years.
“Is there anything particularly difficult? Is Aaron doing well?”
“Yes, thanks to the Lord’s care, I am living each day faithfully. Aaron is also attending school well. These days, he comes home covered in dirt every day, as if he is receiving separate training to become a knight.”
Hubert observed Diana closely as they talked about recent events.
An attitude that is not much different from usual.
But his “analysis” could not be completely avoided.
‘I guess you already had some idea.’
Of course, since he had developed divine powers through his own power, there was no way he wouldn’t know who his faith was directed at.
I guess I’m just waiting for him to tell me directly.
If things had come to this, there would have been no need to hide it.
“···I thought so.”
When I gave her a brief explanation of divine power, she nodded as if she knew what I was talking about, and her eyes sparkled.
What was contained in those eyes was only clear longing, faith, and admiration.
I didn’t really ask any questions or have any doubts.
‘This is 98% confidence. Looking at it like this, it’s a little scary.’
Honestly, at this point, even if he were told to commit suicide, he would follow it without hesitation, thinking that there must be some deep meaning behind it.
As a smart kid, you may doubt whether that was really an intentional order, but you are far past the point where you can outright deny or reject it.
“I thought he was an extraordinary person from the moment I saw him, but a god… As expected, the vampire king of the Kingdom of Thalia was… no, he was one of the incarnations of the Lord, right? And the dwarf craftsman locked in that workshop is the same.”
Hubert couldn’t help but be more surprised by those words.
You didn’t know that much.
Even Dwarf Howard never met Diana face to face?
Maybe he had noticed it long ago but was deliberately pretending not to know.
“But it’s strange. It’s true that I prayed for you every day, but I never once thought of you as a god. How can someone like me have divine powers?”
“···Now that I think about it, that’s true too.”
“Hmm.”
Certainly, regardless of the degree of belief, the form was far from true faith at best.
This is not only the case for Diana, but also for her friend Kang Tae-san.
From the perspective of someone who had already raised the knight Heinrich to a saint, this was definitely something out of the ordinary.
‘That means, unlike other deities, I can see some effects just with pure faith.’
I don’t know why.
It could be because of the imperfection of not yet ascending to the true throne, the system may have had some influence, or it could be because there are as many divinities of different tendencies as there are avatars.
But, whatever the reason, the fact that the conditions for faith were not difficult was not such a bad thing for him.
“···If we use this well, we could increase the number of believers in one go, right?”
“Oh? Really?”
“Yes! A good idea just occurred to me!”
From the standpoint of building up divinity, it wasn’t a bad thing to have a large number of believers.
As is the case with any other religious group, even if they do not reach the level of clergy, believers with small faiths gather together to become a great force.
“If there’s one thing that worries me… it’s how the Shinsung Church will react. Even if it doesn’t take the form of a religious belief, if it’s discovered, it could be seen as a challenge to the Shinsung Church.”
“Hmm, I see. It would be a problem if the Inquisitors suddenly barged in.”
This place, Outerica, was already a land that had an owner.
Of course, the creator god, Jushin, and even the gods of the tribes, including the World Tree.
In that situation, there was no way the other gods would welcome him, who was no different from a foreigner, sneaking his butt in.
‘But wouldn’t you let Heinrich, one of the avatars, be a little lenient since he’s an angel of the Lord? If you think about it, he’s no different from a lower god. I guess I’ll have to get separate permission somehow…’
Then suddenly.
A gut feeling crossed my mind.
At the same time, a memory that had been buried in the passage of time began to slowly emerge into my mind.
The words of God given by the Pope of the Catholic Church just before he passed away.
It was the moment when the permission that had started from a long time ago in the past finally reached the present self.
“under.”
I couldn’t help but let out a breath as I listened to the timeless dialogue.
It must be the god of the highest level who is closest to omnipotence.
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‘When I first heard it, I wondered what it meant.’
Have you been looking ahead to the current situation since then?
Anyway, it was fortunate that the approval was granted.
Didn’t it almost put the positions of Saint Heinrich and High Elf Harris in an awkward position for no reason?
When I told Diana that fact, who was thinking about something with a serious expression, she clapped her hands in delight.
“That’s fortunate! I was thinking about which logistics distribution channel to block first to more efficiently strangle the life out of the Lord’s church. I guess it’s not necessary to go that far.”
“···Were you thinking of starting a war if something happened?”
“Yes? That’s obvious, right? If we’re not careful, the Lord may be judged as a heretic, so we have to do something about it. We can’t just sit back and let it happen.”
A girl tilting her head and asking innocently.
Indeed, listening to her story, it seemed that she had already planned out a detailed plan in her head.
It was basic to block the logistics heading to the church and hire a large number of mercenaries to build up military power.
He shook the countries that had taken over the commercial districts and made them reject the religious order, and he even thought about using hybrid vampires to assassinate key figures, and even joined hands with the immortal army.
It was a plan that did not have even an iota of mercy, even though we had maintained friendly relations from the beginning up until this very moment.
‘Ah, those eyes look somehow familiar.’
Bright, innocent eyes.
But the hidden flame burning deep inside was not much different from that of the fanatics of the Shinsin sect.
Is it true that only fanatics can stand against fanatics?
‘Diana, you scary child.’
Such tricks would have been a fatal blow to the Shinsin Sect, which was preparing for war with the Immortal King with all its might.
It is a well-established fact that all of humanity will fall into great chaos.
But how could he have so casually planned and even tried to execute such an operation?
‘So it’s more trustworthy.’
The ability to find the best path no matter what crisis arises, the bold decision-making that does not hesitate in the face of adversity, and even blind loyalty that is superior to anyone else’s.
With this level of qualifications, I could trust and leave it to him.
The position of the person in charge of managing the believers of Auterica.
“Then now we can proceed with the plan without any problems!”
“···Okay. I’ll give you full authority, so do whatever you want.”
“Yes! Just leave it to me. I will definitely secure a number of believers that are no less than the number of the church you gave me!”
Hubert chuckled at Diana’s energetic and enthusiastic response.
The Jushin Church is the largest religion in the Auterica dimension, both in name and reality.
Even if they were not believers, no one doubted the existence and authority of the Lord.
Even the black magicians who stand at the opposite ends of faith are like that, so what more can I say?
‘If it’s even a tenth… no, even a hundredth, it’s no different from exceeding expectations.’
So Hubert encouraged Diana, whose eyes sparkled, and left the place.
Of course, I didn’t expect the results to come out right away.
But a few days later.
Hubert could tell that Diana’s boast was truly sincere.
-If you sign the application form and join the membership, you will receive a generous gift?
– Membership members receive lifetime discounts on all items distributed by Hubert Trading Company! Available at all branches worldwide!
-All these benefits for free?!
Large posters were put up all over Tarak.
…No, it wasn’t just Tarak.
The Union of Kingdoms in the western part of the Ion Continent where the Kingdom of Tulk is located, the Azerion Empire in the center, the Republic of Zephia in the east, the Kalkos Tribal Federation in the south, and the small island nation of Widget in the southeast.
Even the Demon World connected to the “Dimensional Merchant” and the Enamel Continent of different races that had just begun to branch out.
In this way, an all-out marketing campaign began, mobilizing all of the capabilities of Hubert Trading Company, which had risen to the top of the continent in name and reality.
Eventually, application forms for membership, disguised as ‘membership’, were distributed throughout Auterica.
“Ha, hahahaha···.”
A hollow laugh escaped Hubert’s mouth as he glanced over the contents of the application form.
It certainly did not contain any sentences that had a religious feel.
It cleverly emphasizes only the trust and faith in the owner, Hubert.
‘If this is the case, even the believers of the Jushin Church will sign without much resistance.’
There wasn’t really any problem.
Because the believer’s ‘faith’ will still be directed towards the Lord.
And the same goes for the other races and the demons of the demon world.
It was a possible method because the faith he needed was not limited to the form of faith.
There, Diana did not forget to promote the ‘Premium Membership’, which offers even more stringent conditions.
It was a measure to cultivate elite believers with stronger faith than ordinary believers.
“I see. I learned something from this.”
Hubert closed his eyes tightly, trying to control the feeble ‘beliefs’ that were beginning to grow exponentially.
That day, he realized one truth.
The fact that enough money can even buy faith.
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A land filled with nothing but death.
[Ah···! Great King···!]
[Shin Karam, I offer my loyalty to the Immortal King!]
[Oooooooh—!]
In its center, a black aura shook violently.
A pure power of death that sweeps in like a typhoon, on a different level from simple black magic.
Sitting on a towering throne in the center of it all, the Immortal King Hans looked down indifferently at his ‘followers’.
‘Is this really how the divinity of death is manifested?’
He nodded slightly, wiggling his fingers that were covered in black energy.
A minus divine power different from what is commonly known.
In fact, it was only a divine power in name, but it was a power closer to the ‘death’ that had been used until then.
Its purity has only become more intense than before.
‘It’s a shame. Lower level undead don’t help much in raising divinity.’
Basically, undead are beings with dense and distorted thoughts from their past lives.
Only high-ranking undead had proper self-awareness, while the lower-ranking undead, which were numerous in number, were nothing more than monsters that moved according to instinct.
‘But there were also unexpected gains.’
The fear and hatred that had been steadily building up over time under the pretext of collecting karma.
It was said that this helped greatly in developing his divinity.
‘I didn’t expect this. Well, it’s good, after all.’
Thanks to this, he was able to grant a different level of power to some of the executives who followed him.
The extreme aura of death that allows the undead to overcome their limitations of being vulnerable to divine power due to being reborn against the original providence.
It was only natural that the undead who saw that sight would go wild in awe.
[Praise the new god of death!]
[Hail to the eternal immortal monarch···.]
[Despair in all dimensions—! Pain—! Infinite death—!]
Hans was truly on the path to becoming a true evil spirit.
