Chapter 14: The Sect of the Goddesses
It is not difficult to form a force in a world corrupted by the abyss, because there are suffering people everywhere, and these people will not let go easily once they see hope.
The Kingdom of Coldwind in the east of the continent has the largest territory in the world, but because of this, the central council has a serious lack of control, making Coldwind the most chaotic place in the world. Rogues, thieves, robbers, assassins...... As long as you can afford it, you can find anyone you need to do whatever you want, there's also the biggest underground black market, everything from precious jewelry to delicious food, and if you want a beautiful slave girl, human trafficking is a traditional activity here, of course, if you can afford to pay for it.
In this environment, homeless people are everywhere, forced to live outside the city walls, exposed to the threat of killing beasts, and neither human society nor the monster world accepts them, but only uses them as rations.
So, when Hiluda erected the ice wall, cleared the surrounding beasts, established a safe zone, and openly recruited men, countless people heard the news!
They were amazed by Heroda's youth and beauty, and marveled at the magic of the ice walls, and after seeing how easily Heroda destroyed a group of slaughtering beasts, they were determined to stay.
Those who have not experienced the troubled times will not understand the preciousness of power! Only in the midst of chaos will they yearn for the advent of order!
A small gathering place was established in the jungle, where there was no distinction between humans and Funers, and everyone was a brother and sister who watched over each other, led by Shiluda, who cut down trees to build houses, reclaimed wasteland to grow food, dug mountains to mine dust crystals, and hunted wild beasts for fresh meat...... Due to the long-term occupation of the wilderness by the beasts, the natural resources here are abundant, and as long as they put in the labor, they can be self-sufficient!
But Heroda is not satisfied with this, she does not want to build a new city-state, but to raise a powerful army!
Tall buildings were erected, which was a temple dedicated to the gods, and Heroda founded the Goddess Sect and called herself the "incarnation of the gods". This is not a farce of her self-satisfaction, but a means to bring humanity closer together!
Although there are beliefs in this world, most of them are produced from the folklore of different regions, some places worship the sky, some places worship the sea, and it is more like a folk custom born out of reverence for nature.
This kind of belief is too primitive to form a religion, and in adversity, religion is the best "glue to the heart", it can allow people who do not know each other to help each other, can make life and death enemies let go of grievances, can make people's sense of identity increase, and carry out larger-scale cooperation activities!
Heroda's goal is not just a few settlements or villages, but the whole world!
A new religion and theocracy are born silently, and Hiluda will select well-behaved believers to activate the vitality in their bodies, teach them combat skills, let them lead the people to expand outward, establish new gathering places, and accept more outcasts, just like a snowball, the Goddess Sect has more and more believers, and its reputation is becoming more and more widespread, and the only creed they follow is only one, that is, to destroy the Killing Beast! Hiluda also made it clear that when the Killing Beast is destroyed, it will be the day when the Goddess Sect is dissolved. Therefore, there is a very strange phenomenon, when the believers of the goddess sect greet each other, they will sincerely say "May we be disbanded as soon as possible", which is probably the first religion in history that hopes that their faith will be destroyed.
In fact, Heroda does not need human worship, and the so-called faith power is even more vain, and the prayers of believers seem to her to be like broken thoughts, annoying, and it is estimated that she is the one who most hopes for the dissolution of the Goddess Sect.
The rise of the Goddess Sect attracted the attention of the Council of the Coldwind Kingdom, of course, they would not ignore such a large group doing things under their noses, and the rich resources obtained by the Goddess Sect from the wild also made them jealous, so they demanded that the Goddess Sect submit and obey the orders of the Central Council, and then of course they were rejected by Heroda.
The army did not hesitate to dispatch, and Heroda personally froze them all in the ice, threw them back to the capital of the Frostwind Kingdom, showed his strength with practical actions, shocked those with ill intentions, and then continued to move forward at his own pace, establishing more gathering points, gathering manpower, destroying the killing beasts, and then expanding out, and the cycle continues!
Gradually, the world learned that there was an organization that called itself the Goddess Sect, and that the extermination of beasts was a lifelong career. In the current situation that people can only passively defend, this is undoubtedly a big joke, but the next thing makes people can't laugh at all, the gathering places of the goddess sect are built more and more, and they will inscribe a pattern of a long sword and a scepter crossing each other on the wall of the gathering place, and with this pattern, the surrounding killing beasts cannot get close, ensuring the safety of the gathering place, as if it is a nail, standing tall under the siege of killing beasts.
The sword and scepter in the pattern represent Yingluo and Heroda, respectively, and most of their power is also consumed on this. These patterns will spread outwards to the order field, which humans cannot feel, but to the killing beasts, they are deadly poisons, and of course they will not come close.
Killing beasts brings chaos, Yingluo brings order, and the abyss wants people's hearts to collapse, so Yingluo unites people.
The only thing they can do is to destroy what the abyss wants to do, summing up their experience in the non-stop tug-of-war, in the hope that they can summarize a set of methods that are enough to defeat the abyss!
There are countless people who have suffered from the beasts, and the Goddess Sect is the only organization in the world dedicated to the extermination of beasts, there is no dirty politics here, there is no compromise of interests, regardless of men, women and children, Furner and humans work hand in hand with each other, just working hard for the same goal! This not only allowed more people to come to the Goddess Sect, but also made the Goddess Sect highly praised among the general public, but because most of the Goddess Cultists concentrated in the wild to fight with the beasts, only a few people would come to the city to buy exchange materials, so the Goddess Sect is more like an urban legend, everyone has heard of it, but few people have seen it, full of mystery and unknown.
"If I'm not mistaken, this must be the handiwork of those two women!" Crowe has returned to the Beacon Academy, and now he is sitting in Ozpin's office, drinking and drunkenly saying: "Although it is a bit arrogant to claim to be the incarnation of God, I have to say that these two women are really doing a beautiful job, and they have done something that even our group of world guardians can't do! Ozpin, you just care too much about those politicians, so you become timid! You and I both know that the enemy of mankind is only killing beasts, but what are those politicians doing? They are pulling each other's backs for meager interests, guarding us like thieves for the power in their hands! Seriously, if this continues, I will also change jobs to the Goddess Sect!"
Glinda on the side frowned and said, "Crowe, I think you're drunk, and you actually talk this kind of nonsense!"
"Nonsense, hehe, if you say it's nonsense, it's nonsense!" Croce laughed a few times, and said with a slight mockery: "It's a pity that only drunk people dare to say the truth!"
"You're ......!"
"Okay, Glinda, don't blame Crowe, what he said is not unreasonable, I have also received inquiries from many hunters recently, and they are also eager to cooperate with the Goddess Sect!" Ozping pushed his glasses after speaking, put his hands under his chin, and said seriously: "But sometimes, impatience does not solve the problem, we do not understand the Goddess Sect, and their intentions are only unilateral declarations. The world is fragile, and the slightest change can upset the balance, and we must be cautious on this issue!"
"Prudence, prudence is good!" said Crowe sneeringly, "Do you want me to infiltrate them and steal a Bible or two to study?" but Ozpin, what is the difference between your defense and those politicians, are you afraid that this new organization will take your place?"
"Of course not, I've never been afraid of someone else taking my place, and I don't have much status to speak of!" Ozpin opened the drawer and took out a letter and put it on the table: "So I accepted the request of the Church of the Goddess to allow one of their representatives to come and study at Beacon in the name of an exchange student. You see, I'm also actively moving and want to seek cooperation!"
"Okay, I'm wrong to blame you!" Crowe scratched his hair, and took the letter with a big grin: "Interesting, Goddess Academy...... Ozpin, you know what that means, right?"
"Of course!" Ozpin stood up, walked to the window with his teacup, and said lightly: "This means that there is a fifth hunter academy on the mainland, and it is not affiliated with any country, there are no restrictions!"
"But you and I both know that when power is unrestrained, it will be terrifying!" Crowe tossed the letter on the table, "I'm going to meet that exchange student myself!"
Ozpin was silent for a moment, and finally nodded: "Yes, but don't go too far." ”
Crowe grinned: "Don't worry, I'm measured!"