Sunia Sea, the waters of the Rorsted Islands.

The Blue Avenger leads a fleet of pirates through the battlefield filled with gunpowder.

Suddenly, a huge fireball flew out of nowhere, and the entangled silver-white sharp rays parted the sea, creating a channel that did not exist before, surrounded by the majestic waves on both sides, and pointed directly at the 'Blue Avenger'.

Alger Wilson, who was standing on the bow of the boat, saw this scene and raised his right hand with an unchanged expression.

A raging tornado suddenly appeared, rolling up the azure water, rolling up the silver-white sharp rays, making them look like a long snake, soaring into the sky, colliding with a huge fireball.

Bang!

The water exploded and fell like rain.

Alger then locked onto a battleship, opened his mouth, and let out a roar.

With a bang, the ship was swept into the air by a sudden and ferocious wave.

Seizing this opportunity, the gunwales of the 'Blue Avenger' ignited on their own, and the rumbling sound continued.

Seeing that the extraordinary man on the opposing battleship also wanted to use the fireball's recoil to make the ship move sideways, Alger's right hand pulled down sharply.

A thick bolt of silver-white lightning then fell, causing the extraordinary's body to blacken and tremble.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

One shell after another hit, and the ship disintegrated in mid-air.

Amid the cheers of the sailors, Alger's expression remained unchanged and calmly commanded the pirate fleet in pursuit of the remnants of the enemy ships.

During this war, many pirates were recruited to serve as an effective supplement to the navies of various countries, including some pirate generals. For example, Vice Admiral Iceberg led the Golden Dream and cooperated with the remnants of Segal's navy to attack the sea lines of communication of the Kingdom of Fenerport in the Misty Sea.

In the Sunia Sea, the fighting is even more intense.

The Kingdom of Rune sent a large number of pirates to infiltrate the rear of the Fusaks, wreaking havoc on the sea lines of communication of the Fusaks, and even raiding the port.

On more than one occasion, Fersak contacted pirates to cooperate with them in their attacks, such as when they contacted the 'Admiral of the Stars' to attack Byam at night, but unfortunately, that operation ended with the fall of the commander of the Sunia Sea Fleet, Yegor Einhorn.

Since then, Fersack has not contacted Gardelia - after all, the Fursacks no longer dare to trust the pirate general, although they have no evidence that the attack was related to Gardelia.

In turn, for the Kingdom of Rune, they did not dare to hire this pirate general. Because Gardelia is a native of Intis after all, even if she has long since left Intis and become a stateless pirate, no one can guarantee that she will not suddenly backstab the kingdom of Rune.

Therefore, the strategy adopted by the Kingdom of Rune has always been to turn a blind eye to their existence as long as these pirate generals do not wreak havoc in the rear.

Compared with Gardelia, Alger can be said to be in the mix lately.

On the one hand, he was an official pirate affiliated with the Church of the Storm, and naturally had a higher legitimacy than other pirates when he was notified. Thus, from the very beginning, he obtained the charter of the Church of the Storm, commanding an entire pirate fleet to wreak havoc in the rear of the Vsaksaks.

These pirates, though not less disciplined than the regular navy, were not able to enforce their orders. But attacking the fleet has always been their forte, and the regular army is far inferior to them in this respect.

And even if the merchant ships of the Vorsacks had escorted warships, they could only sink with hatred under the siege of a large number of pirate ships.

But unfortunately, due to the high-intensity destruction of the sea lines of communication on Sunia Island by the Storm Church during this time, and the helplessness of the regular army against these pirates, it finally attracted the action of the demigods of the Fusak Empire.

Although the demigod was stopped by Arval's men, the fleet still suffered some losses and had to return to Baiam for repairs.

Having routed a fleet of Fursac that was in deep pursuit, Alger and his fleet docked in port in the early evening.

While the sky was still a little bright, Alger got off the boat and headed straight for the Wave Chapel where 'Aquaman' Ion Courtman was located.

As a Sequence 4 'Lord of Calamity', his strength is no less than that of the Cardinal of the Storm Church. However, his promotion did not follow the Storm Church system, nor did he report to the Storm Church in advance. If it is rashly exposed, it will only be treated as a 'traitor'.

So on the bright side, he's just a sequence 5 'ocean singer'.

Jain Courtman may have noticed something unusual about him, but he was clever enough not to break it. After all, now that the war is in full swing and the situation in Rune is tense, as long as nothing goes wrong, the Storm Church doesn't mind having one more Sequence 4 demigod as cannon fodder.

What's more, this situation is not unique.

In the literature of the Church of the Storm, there are many strong people who have become demigods due to adventures, two-thirds of them have been corrupted by evil gods and demons, and eventually lost their lives in purification, but also one-third have passed the test and become high deacons or cardinals, and Alger is just one of them.

Ten thousand steps back, even if the Storm Church is suspicious, it doesn't matter, because Alger didn't intend to hide it, after all......

As he was thinking, Alger suddenly stopped and looked at the relief station lined up in front of him.

The staff at the relief site ranged from half-giants of height to the Fursaks, as well as local natives with brown complexions.

They distribute bread to those queuing up to receive relief, as well as pamphlets.

A native who had already received some bread and had left the relief point with a pamphlet passed by Alger. Alger glanced a little and saw what the booklet was about:

"I have returned, forgive the past, and redeem you."

"The first commandment: Thou shalt not offer a living sacrifice, no human sacrifice."

"The Second Commandment: Thou shalt not take my name in vain."

"The Third Commandment: There shall be no other gods."

"The Fourth Commandment: Love thy father and thy mother, and thy husband, and thy wife, and thy children, as I do."

"The Fifth Commandment: Thou shalt not commit adultery with another."

"The Sixth Commandment: Thou shalt not kill the innocent."

"The Seventh Commandment: Thou shalt not deceive, thou shalt not falsely, thou shalt not break covenants."

"The Eighth Commandment: Serve me with your heart, not as a sacrifice."

"The Ninth Commandment: To be a lesser evildoer, you must first atone for your sins, and then you will be forgiven."

"The Tenth Commandment: To help your fellow man, your fellow man, is to praise my name."

“……”

Alger recognized it at a glance, it was a pamphlet from the Church of the Fools.

As for how he recognized it?

That's because he was involved in compiling this booklet.

Less than 50 years after the colonization of the Rorsted Islands by the Kingdom of Rune, the indigenous people of the Rorsted Islands believed that the god of the sea, Kavituwa, often in the form of a giant sea serpent, guarded all the islands from earthquakes and tsunamis.

Now that this belief has been outlawed, the Storm Church has been cracking down on heretics.

But in reality, how can this belief that has existed for hundreds or thousands of years be so easily erased? Not to mention that the 'god of the sea' Kavituwa is still alive and even performs miracles to the believers from time to time.

Indigenous people still make up the majority of the population in the Baiam, Blue Mountains and Rorsted seas. And among these indigenous people, most of them believe in the god of the sea.

Even if a group of people are arrested and sentenced to various capital punishments every month or two for their belief in the 'god of the sea', it will not be able to reverse the situation in a short period of time, and even the main pillar of the local rebels in Baiam is the followers of the god of the sea.

And with the rise of the Church of the Fool, the followers of the Poseidon gradually began to transform into the followers of the 'Fool' - because in the new "Word of the Fool", it has been clearly stated that the Poseidon is the subordinate god of Mr. 'The Fool'.

Although not all believers can accept the records in the Book of Sacred Words, no believers will question it in public when the 'Sea God' himself appears, and some people have even begun to try to cooperate with the 'Fool' believers in Silver City and Moon City.

These relief points are one of them.

In fact, this practice of absorbing believers through relief is common all over the world.

But compared to other covert organizations, the Church of the Fool has a fairly distinct advantage when it comes to proselytizing.

On the one hand, the members of the Abrahamic family relied on 'teleportation' and 'traveler's baggage' to obtain large quantities of food from those areas where food was abundant, and deliver it to various relief points in a very short time, and then distribute it to the population to absorb believers.

On the other hand, the tradition of the Extraordinary Persons of the Silver City and the Moon City also made this new Church actually no less than the Orthodox God Church in terms of the number of Extraordinary Beings. And the relief points made up of these extraordinary people as the backbone do not have to worry about pirates or ruffians looking for trouble.

At the same time, these half-giants are surrounded by indigenous people to help with missions, which also makes it more acceptable to other indigenous people in the area.

For the majority of ordinary people, their faith is far less religious than they themselves think. Especially during such wars, many ordinary people face unemployment and hunger. And if you can eat enough just by changing your faith, it's not so unacceptable to many people.

Moreover, the Church of the Fool did not force them to convert, but only gave them pamphlets along with food and asked them to recite the Ten Commandments in the pamphlets the next time they received relief.

And if they are willing to pray at the Church of the Fool at Phillips 16, they will receive extra bread, which is a special benefit for the believers of the Fool.

There is no doubt that it was a very fair trade.

And for ordinary people, it is not a difficult choice whether to stick to their original beliefs hungry or to convert to the 'fools' to obtain bread.

"Praise the 'fools'!"

An emaciated woman cried tears of joy as she took her daughter, took a bite of the hot bread she had just received from the handout. Her daughter was also holding a piece of bread with an extra layer of powdered sugar, but the little girl, who had not eaten for several days, had no time to taste it, and devoured the bread into her mouth, as if she was afraid that someone would snatch it.

Her mother, too, stood still and began to devour the bread, apparently not intending to take it home.

Alger looked at the woman, her fair skin indicating that she was not indigenous to the area, or even mixed-race. The clothes on his body are not expensive and flashy, but they are decent, and they may have been called 'middle class' before the outbreak of war.

But since the outbreak of the war, a large number of middle-class people have lost their jobs and even gone bankrupt, and even the most ordinary loaf of bread is enough for them to sell their bodies.

Now, all she had to do was sell her faith.

It's a good deal.

Alger's expression didn't fluctuate in the slightest, and he didn't even pause his steps to leave the relief point.

He passed by Phillips Street and saw the Church of the Fool at 16 Phillips Street—a miracle that had recently appeared out of thin air in the golden light under the gaze of the crowd.

Half-giant missionaries maintain order in the church, guiding believers who come to pray into the large prayer hall. Although most of these people came for the extra bread, including the mother and daughter who had just left the relief point, this did not stop the enthusiasm of the half-giants.

For these half-giants, as long as you are willing to pray to the fools, then we are good friends.

Alger withdrew his gaze from the crowd in line outside the Church of the Fool and thought silently:

"The Church of Fools is developing very fast, and if it continues like this, it won't be long before it grows into a behemoth that is comparable to the Church of the Righteous God!"

Although the Rorsted Islands are not as vast and populous as the Kingdom of Rune. But all the islands in the nearby sea combined, the area is also comparable to a county in the Kingdom of Rune, and the population is also tens of millions, enough to be compared with small countries such as Segar.

And if these people can be developed into believers in the Church of Fools, it will be enough for Mr. Fool to form a solid anchor!

Moreover, with such mainstays as Silver City and Moon City and the Abrahamic family, the expansion of the Church of Fools will be extremely smooth.

First, there are nearly ten demigods in these three parties, which are enough to serve as archbishops of major dioceses and protect believers under their rule. And the number of extraordinary people in the Church of Fools is not inferior to that of the Orthodox Church, which is enough to form a large number of extraordinary teams to protect the safety of one side.

Even because of the extremely large number of paths taken by the extraordinary people of the Fool's Church, the strength that these extraordinary people can exert with each other is far stronger than the cooperation of the single path of the major righteous God churches.

Second, you don't have to worry about the construction of churches and other church buildings, just pray to Mr. World. Even the bread of relief can be regarded as a miracle of the angels under the seat of Mr. Fool.

Now, the only obstacle to the Church of Fools' expansion is the Church of the Storm.

The Rorsted Islands have always been the Church of Storm's sphere of influence, and even the Church of the Night and the Church of Steam have not been able to expand their influence here, with only a few churches. And now the rise of the Church of Fools is to completely replace the position of the Storm Church in the Rorsted Islands, which is obviously not easy for the Storm Church to accept, which means that the two sides are almost bound to conflict.

(End of chapter)