Chapter 339: The Church (1/2)

Two months passed since the trio appeared on the eastern continent. They are having a peaceful life.

They don't have to deal with any arrogant young masters or any scheming old men. Sam is still unconscious. But his body showed some changes, the black patches are receding slowly but steadily and his complexion also got a lot better.

They are leading a pretty uneventful life.

The only thing that interested them in this boring routine is that there is a religion that entered the city.

It is called the 'Church of Guide.' There are surprisingly many people that are joining the church and most of them are the cultivators.

The weird thing is, this church appeared out of nowhere, but according to the news they heard from a trading union, this church appeared in all the villages and almost all the major cities in past two weeks.

There are an awful lot of people who joined this church and the number only seemed increasingly high.

There is even a rumor that, in a particular village, every single person became a follower of this church. That included the village-head, the guards, and even the street thugs. they became devout followers overnight.

Every church member wears a white robe and they travel in groups advocating their religion.

There is no certain hierarchy that was known to the public yet, but one thing they do know is that there is not a single person who came to contact with the church and came out like a normal person, every single person who came into contact with them will become a follower.

At first, the authorities didn't take seriously, only after they saw more than half of the villages are under the church's control and the rest are joining at a rapid pace.

The emperor was probably the last person to know about this church.

And there is a reason for that.

The church started as discreetly as possible and the operations of recruiting more people ran even more discreetly.

It all began in villages and soon slowly spread to the small cities and now within two months it already reached the Dukedom capital.

The city suddenly became chaotic. Every commoner in the slums who is supposed to be a non-cultivator has now become a cultivator and all of them became church followers. The only silver lining for the authorities is that being the church follower only seemed symbolic and there is nothing they have to do as a follower.

Every person is carrying on with their same daily routine

The same thing happened in all the empires of the other three continents except there is a small anomaly.

In the western continent. The Church activities are not able to spread at the same pace as the remaining three continents.

Because the people behind the church are having a hard time with the presence of the communication network.

Due to the presence of the communication network, there is nothing that was being hidden. The news is traveling fast and wide, so they cannot take any big movements even within the remote villages.

So, they opted for a different plan. At first, they started making people join individually, there are no mass gatherings or no large rituals. After making every individual within their target group join them, they started forcefully cutting the communication networks off.

Just like that five villages were isolated from the rest of the world in the first week.

In the same week, the other continent's church groups are already done with almost all villages.

But the church didn't give up, they felt that there is nothing wrong and proceeded with the same plan and by the end of two weeks, which is the present-day they are done with another fifteen villages, while the other continent's church spread to the Dukedom capitals.

The difference in progress was huge, but there are some internal reasons for that.

As they were thinking about proceeding further, they didn't know that the emperor of the western continent already started looking for the information regarding those twenty-one villages.

That is also due to the presence of the communication network.

Sam has created two major network hubs and one of them is in Sam's city and another one is in the Imperial Capital.

Both the hubs got a notification as soon as the communication networks are blocked inside these villages, at first, the operators didn't think much. They only felt that there is a problem with the tower and sent the necessary technicians.

But after two weeks the blockages only increased and the people who are sent to repair the problems disappeared with no way to contact.

On this day, while the trio is feeling wary of the church in the eastern continent and Sirona who finished her trip over the western continent is returning to Sam's city, Arc sent troops to the twenty-one villages that have their connections blocked.