In the original plot, most of the gods and churches in the world were quietly infiltrated by the followers of the goddess of justice.

The root cause of this phenomenon is that most of these churches, like the Fertility Church, have a pitifully small number of adherents.

In some churches, the total number of believers is less than 100.

As the gods are away for longer and longer, more and more people no longer believe in the gods,

People feel that the gods have abandoned the world, and even if they re-believe, the blessings they receive from the gods are only insignificant and not worth mentioning.

Worse still, it may be because of differences in faith, which can lead to unprovoked conflicts with other churches.

As a result, most people began to become "atheists", like the Imperials.

They would rather rely on their own methods to increase their power than expect to receive power from the gods.

Even if some people do gain divine powers after believing in the gods, a significant number of people eventually abandon their faith because of the harsh teachings of the gods.

Eventually, the number of believers gradually decreased, and the church, like the Church of Plenty, became few and far between.

Only special beings like players may choose to believe in gods because of those small benefits.

As for the teachings of the gods, wouldn't it be nice to think of them as a task to gain divine powers?

Against this background, more and more followers of the goddess of justice have infiltrated these churches and become part of them.

Naturally, these churches began to crumble from within.

In the original plot, the Church of Abundance was not spared.

Victor came at night to find out if there were any believers hiding there.

Instead of finding the believers, he found some blood in the church.

And through the conversation with Michaela, Victor also understands how these believers have invaded these churches.

They claim to help the cultists recall the gods, and they openly invade these gods churches.

If you meet some fanatical believers, they may be the first to say yes.

However, because Victor told Michaela about the relationship between the gods and the believers, the fanatical oracle awakened.

Let her no longer be obsessed with the return of the goddess.

So when the followers of the goddess of justice appeared, she decisively rejected the proposals of these believers.

"It's just that since then, I've been wary of their insistence on infiltrating the church."

Michaela continued.

Through Michaela's words, Victor also learned about the current state of the kingdom.

The believers still didn't give up.

Since the first infiltration failed, they tried many other means to infiltrate the church.

Although Michaela was able to identify the other person's true identity by faith,

But as a bishop, she has many other matters to attend to,

Naturally, it is not possible to personally resist every attempt at infiltration.

Coincidentally, due to Prisis's personal reasons, a large number of Bloods were drawn to the Risborburn area.

Prisis is struggling with how to properly accommodate these homeless Bloods.

As bishop of the Church of Plenty, Michaela was willing to share this anxiety with the lord.

She made a suggestion to Prisis that they should be all integrated into the Church of Plenty.

"There is a strict division of status in the Bloodline society, and those who are displaced are often attracted to the Bloodline Prince's territory and migrate to the Prince's territory."

"They will plead with the prince for asylum and will be willing to follow all the arrangements of the prince."

Even if the level of faith in the goddess of fertility is not high, they choose to join the Fertility Church, which in itself shows that they are willing to embrace a new faith.

Such a foundation of faith allows them not to worry about the Bloods harming humans.

Those who reject the faith will be expelled from Shulben in a decisive way.

Prissis found Michaela's proposal to be very appealing and agreed to try it out to see how it would work.

Most of the homeless Bloods chose to follow Prishys's wishes and join the Church of Plenty.

And the reason why Michaela is willing to accept these bloodlines into the church is because:

"Believers have long since abandoned the human body, and they will only wear the skins of others in an attempt to blend in with human society."

"There is no blood in the bodies of these believers."

There was no blood, and for the Bloodline, it was almost immediately recognizable.

Since the Bloods are naturally extremely sensitive to smelling blood, they can tell the truth at a glance.

Therefore, unless the believers find some way to fill the skin they wear with blood again.

Otherwise, the Bloods will be able to easily identify their true identities.

This is one of the reasons why there are bloodlines in the Church of Plenty.

It can be said that this strategy fundamentally avoids the problem of easy infiltration of believers into the church.

"Just ......"

Michaela's tone changed, expressing her deepest doubts:

"I have never understood why these followers of the goddess of justice are so fanatical about wanting to infiltrate the church."

These believers must have tried to join the church for some purpose, otherwise how could they be willing to let other gods return to the earth.

Isn't that creating a faith rival for the Goddess of Justice?

As a result, she was perplexed by the true motives of these believers.

Hearing this, Victor suddenly said:

"Have you heard of the Casidra Chamber of Commerce?"

The question caused Michaela to pause slightly.

After all, the Casidra Chamber of Commerce is the largest chamber of commerce in the world, and she naturally knows it well.

It is said that the Chamber of Commerce has survived to this day precisely because of the support of the gods.

The god who sheltered the Chamber of Commerce was none other than Hermes, the god of wealth that Victor had banished.

At the beginning, Michaela also had an affair with the heir of the Casidra Chamber of Commerce over the question of whether the gods should return to the human world.

That is, the current president, Zola Nandner, who had a heated dispute.

Why, Victor suddenly brought up the Casidra Chamber of Commerce?

"Who is the current president of the Chamber of Commerce? Zola? ”

Listening to Victor's words, Michaela nodded.

But then, in silence, Victor unexpectedly added:

"But before that, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, who is Zola's father."

"It's 'Hermes.'"

These words made Michaela stunned as if she had been struck by lightning.

How could a god give birth to a human offspring? This is absurd.

Although Michaela couldn't see her eyes, her shock was keenly perceived by Victor.

Indeed, it sounds ridiculous. Because Zola's biological father died early. ”

Was it his adoptive father? Like Victor and Prisis?

That being the case, it makes a lot more sense.

Michaela still struggles to understand why Hermes became Zola's father.

After all, it's a god.

And at this point, Viktor went on to explain:

"Zola once told me that her father had become a kind of 'monster.'"

Zora saw the monster for what it really was

It was a terrible, twisted puddle of black sludge that twitched its foul-smelling, chaotic body and burrowed into his father's chest.

And let her father 'live'.

"Isn't this a common tactic?"

Victor smiled, and when Michaela heard this, she only felt the cold hit her and shivered.

Because, only the believers of the goddess of justice have such abilities.

Only these non-human, but once human beings, can invade human bodies and imitate human behavior.

They are the only monsters who dare to abandon their bodies and unify their minds.

That's why, the names of those monsters don't have any specific gods, just six words.

【Believers of the Goddess】

Because they already exist without specifying which god they are believers in.

Except for the followers of the Goddess of Justice, there are no gods who have become so twisted and terrifying as these believers.

"In the end, Hermes destroyed this monster and became the president of the Chamber of Commerce in the name of 'Lipoot'."

"But all of this is self-directed and self-acting."

As a god, Hermes had been in contact with these believers for a long time.

Because, they share a common purpose.

"In order to bring the gods back to earth."

……

After chatting with Bishop Michaela, Victor chose to leave the church.

Despite Michaela's efforts to hold on, signaling that the Church had prepared a place for him to live, Victor firmly chose to leave.

Not to mention the serious blood smell in the entire church, the most important thing is that.

He was afraid that he would live here tonight, and he didn't know who did it if his pants were taken off early the next morning.

Despite his friendly relationship with Bishop Michaela, Victor never let his guard down when it came to someone else's territory.

Victor knew it was never wise to be in the face of potential danger.

However, he did not take a carriage when he came, but when he left, Michaela insisted on arranging a carriage for him.

At this moment, Victor sat in the carriage and stared out the window at the night scene.

Outside, the street lights were extinguished, leaving only the sparse moonlight and starlight, intertwined with a faint but beautiful glow in the night sky.

Sprinkle into the carriage and add a touch of tranquility to the journey.

In this quiet and contemplative evening, Victor's thoughts wandered.

It's been more than a decade since he returned, and in the meantime, Victor has struggled to understand the current timeline.

He knew that the South had been conquered precisely because the believers were trying to invade the Empire.

As Victor and Michaela have discussed, Hermes was in collusion with these believers, and their actions shared a common goal.

They are trying to resurrect the gods by invading the Empire, the land where the gods were born.

Why, then, did these believers assist Hermes?

Why, after the expulsion of Hermes, did they still try to tear open the cracks in the south and invade the Empire?

And when Gwen is about to receive the divine power of the goddess of justice, these believers mysteriously disappear?

The answer is simple.

"These filthy beings, by widening the rifts in the southern part of the empire, force Gwen to accept divine powers."

Victor muttered to himself, he had an insight into the motives of these believers.

Even children under the age of ten can distinguish between good and evil, good and bad, and even learn to kill.

As followers of the Goddess of Justice, they really don't know what is good and what is evil?

Are these believers really doing evil in the name of righteousness?

To put it bluntly, there is, but there is none.

They knew that most of their actions were sinful, but for the sake of the goddess, they chose to do so.

As they do more evil, the fewer people can stop them.

Only when the goddess of justice comes to earth can this evil be ended.

This also explains why, in the original story, Gwen was the first to do in the later stages of the story to eradicate these believers.

Because that's exactly what they want.

The believers chose Gwen from the beginning, as the remnants of Gwen's father, Angus, remarked—

Angus was lured away from the fortress, leading to a barbarian invasion that brutally murdered his family.

Even Angus's unborn child was not spared.

In the end, the unborn child came back from the dead, and this child was Gwen.

Since childhood, Gwen has survived by relying on the power of the Goddess of Justice.

What the believers do is create a chain of evil, providing Gwen with an environment in which to nurture his power for justice.

They intended her to abandon her emotions and become the embodiment of absolute justice.

As for why they were helping other churches to reclaim their gods, even Hermes was willing to collude with these believers.

It's easy to see why.

The gods had been banished by the Goddess of Justice, and they hoped that the return of these gods would lead to the full awakening of the Goddess of Justice.

Because Gwen needs these other gods to be her experience pack.

Help her to ascend to godhood.

So, they're not just summoning gods.

"It's even more, cultivating gods."