Don't call me evil god

Chapter 221 Lord's Authority
Noven made plans.

Directly announce the existence of the "Church of Knowledge" to adventurers entering the Dark Forest, as they will be easily frightened by the name of a heretical church.

But if there is a buffer zone where people have freedom of religion and are managed only by the lord, many things will become much easier to handle.

To put it another way.

Hide the existence of the Church of Knowledge from the surface.

On the surface, these territories were established by a group of pioneers.

Only the believers of the Church of Seeking Knowledge can know the true core situation!

When Old Moni and other believers from Green Port arrived at the Misty Valley and were officially determined to be transformed into citizens, the initial stage of the [Territory Construction Series Tasks] was completed.

[The population of the territory has been reached! 】

[Basic residential buildings in the territory have been completed! ]

[Territory infrastructure has been completed! ]

[Lord election system has been opened, the current number of open lords: 3]

The oracle proclamation came down.

The "Lord" and "territory" models that Novin provides to believers give out a lot of authority.

[Regional Reputation] Believers who meet the requirements, that is, believers who are usually keen on helping to build the territory or supporting new believers, can apply to Nowen to obtain ownership of a "territory".

The specific location of the territory was determined in advance by Nowen.

There are three territories in total, with Misty Valley as the center.

One piece is close to the direction of the Reyak Kingdom;

A piece of land near the entrance to Area 4 of the Dark Crypt's shallow surface.

The last piece is adjacent to the entrance of Misty Valley.

When a believer becomes a lord, he will have the lordship of this area.

The most important one among the permissions is: the lord will have a certain number of recommendation rights!
The purpose of this recommendation right is that when Nowen unlocks more believers, those who are recommended by the lord will have a higher priority.

Nowen intends to directly transfer the contribution value system of new believers to the lords who are about to be born.

He now has a limit on the number of believers he can have. As Nowen cannot directly use oracles to give guidance to those mortals who try to offer their faith, he can use the believers as a springboard to let the believers "give guidance" indirectly on his behalf.

The recommendation of the lord is equivalent to an additional contribution value certification.

In other words, becoming a formal believer will have a higher weight.

In addition, depending on the size and prosperity of the territory, the lord can obtain a construction quota issued by Noven for free within a certain period of time, which is destiny points and legendary experience!

The lord has the authority to set "tasks" and "rewards" by himself!

This is where the construction quota is used.

If the lord manages the territory well and prospers, and meets the requirements set by Nowen, the territory can be promoted after the conditions are met, thereby expanding the scope of the territory and obtaining more construction quotas.

in short.

Nowen subcontracted the task of guiding the believers, which was originally his direct responsibility, to the "Lord" believers.

The interior of the Misty Valley is the core area of ​​the Church of Knowledge. There is no lord in this area, and it is directly controlled by Norman.

As for the areas outside the valley, the authority will be given to the believers to use freely!

……

In the misty valley.

After reviewing the information and requirements related to the "Lord Election" that he had been longing for, Pete was overjoyed.

"Praise the God of Knowledge!"

The situation is better than he expected!

Pete originally only hoped to be satisfied with the nominal status of a lord, but he did not expect that the God of Knowledge would guide them to become a lord with real power.

Just the construction quota alone.

As long as he runs for the lord of a certain area, he can get a full 10000 destiny points every month!
This amount is enough for him to issue various tasks to other believers, mobilize their strength, and help build the territory!

In addition, after reading the part about territory management, Pete noticed a key piece of information.

"After becoming a lord, the believer's [Regional Reputation] template will automatically upgrade to the [Territory Reputation] template." The difference between the two is:

There are many ways to gain regional reputation, such as building facilities that have never appeared in the territory; recruiting new believers; or destroying powerful monsters in the nearby area. In short, doing good things that are beneficial to the territory.

There are far fewer ways to gain territory reputation.

The most important one is:

Territory visibility.

The more people know about and come to, or even settle in, this territory, the higher the reputation of the territory will be.

Higher territory reputation corresponds to greater lord authority, more recommendations can be made, and higher construction quotas can be obtained.

"I understand!"

Pete understood immediately and was delighted.

"The time has come. The Lord is guiding us. It is time to spread the gospel of the Church of Knowledge!"

"Moreover, the Lord's will is clear. We should find truly devout believers for the church, not ..."

At this point, Pete paused.

Because Miranda was beside him, he was a little hesitant about whether to say the second half of the sentence.

Miranda's face was calm, and she calmly completed Pete's hesitant words:

"...Not like the Glorious Cult is now."

After what she had seen and heard in Green Harbor and Ceylon Territory, Miranda now understood one thing:
The God of Glory and the God of Knowledge are different.

……

This difference refers to:

The God of knowledge is always watching over His believers.

When believers do something worthy of encouragement, He rewards them;

He warns believers when they are about to do something bad;
As for those who are stubborn and dare to go down the wrong path even after receiving warnings, there are no such suicidal people among the current believers. Everyone firmly believes in the God of knowledge.

But Miranda estimated that if there really was such a guy, he would definitely be punished by the God of Knowledge when he was seeking death.

The God of Light is different.

Miranda has always tried to lead by example.

Because the church said it very well when it preached.

Those with firm faith will be blessed, and those who violate the teachings will be abandoned by the gods.

However, after witnessing what the Glow Priests in other places did during this period, Miranda gradually discovered:

That's not the case at all!
“Those with strong faith may not be rewarded!”

"Those who violate the teachings will not be punished!"

Because of this, the Cult of the Light was very different from what Miranda had imagined.

A large number of church monks, knights, deacons and bishops who enjoy the blessings of the God of Light are actually neither firm nor devout in their faith!

They keep saying that they believe in the teachings of the Light and praise the God of Light, but it's just lip service.

What you do and what you say are two completely different things!

Miranda could not understand why these flagrant acts of blasphemy could go on so unchecked and without punishment.

She wanted to change the status quo, but it was definitely impossible to rely on the self-purification within the Glowing God Cult.

There are problems with the Church of the Light from top to bottom.

The only way is to find a way to exert pressure from the outside.

Miranda couldn't have done it on her own.

The existence of the Church of Knowledge gave Miranda hope.

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(End of this chapter)