Chapter 37 (1/2)

Translator: Sigma  Editor: Sigma

In a pub in Pyroxene Town, Palin, Satan and the new chairman of the Association of Thieves “Grey Eyes” Rhode sat drinking.

Rhode’s attitude was very humble, and he had a flattering smile on his face. To quote Gu Long’s words, he was very anxious to kneel down and lick Palin’s and Satan’s boots clean.

After witnessing the incredible power of His Majesty the “Void Mask”, he, a not very faithful thief, found himself persuaded to devote himself to His Majesty’s command.

The God of Thieves was not a very powerful god. Despite his seniority, he had not been living well. This was mainly determined by his style of conduct. His chief holy missions were theft, concealing, and hallucinations, which at the first glance seemed very high-end, but in fact, he had been teaching believers to be worldly-wise and play it safe by not being involved in high risk things. He asked them to restrict their own desire and told them that it sufficed to run a little risk in the world so as to live a stable life. Under his guidance, the major business of the Association of Thieves included not only traditional ones like theft, trafficking and information selling, but also others such as the manufacturing and sale of counterfeit goods, operation of grocery stores and taverns, hostels, serving as locksmiths, and doing appraisals. In addition to these, there were quite decent professions, such as house and cemetery construction and archeology, and some mid-to-low end ones like self-help disaster education.

It was not hard to earn money by doing these things. However, it was obviously unrealistic if someone wanted to rely on these for peak life moments or becoming a proud swordsman. If you did not have a choice, then making money in silence and living calmly was, of course, not a bad thing. But after witnessing the mighty power of His Majesty the “Void Mask”, Rhode could not help but think of converting to another faith.

It was not to say that His Majesty the God of Thieves was not good, nor was it that he did not want to go to the Holy Kingdom of the God of Thieves after death. But as we all know, going to a holy kingdom after death was not so easy. The limited strength and the non-advanced divinity of the God of Thieves determined that he could not widely accept the souls of his believers. Even the chairman of the Association of Thieves in a town might not certainly be able to go to the Holy Kingdom.

If he was unable to go to the Holy Kingdom, Rhode could not expect a good end. Although he had not done extremely terrible evils, the accumulation of crimes such as theft, counterfeiting and fraud would be enough to behead him a few times over, not to mention his illicit fights that had nothing to do with justice.

Thinking of it, he could not help but envy the dead Ryan.

Going to the Holy Kingdom of the God of Redemption could not be a very good choice because the idea of this god was to have believers redeem themselves and others. Although Ryan had redeemed himself, he could not get peace and joy until he had redeemed sufficient enough people to truly accomplish his own atonement. As the envoy of the God of Redemption said, his road ahead was still long. As Rhode saw it, it was nothing more than avoiding the brutal consequences of falling into hell and replacing torture and torment with long periods of labor.

But this was sufficiently good!

If it was possible to have a good relationship with His Majesty the “Void Mask,” even if he could not usually receive his protection, he could get the chance of atonement and avoid falling into hell if he could invite the “Void Mask” to bless him when he was about to die. This advantage was enough to make the cowardly Rhode excited.

It was not even necessary to mention that His Majesty the “Void Mask” could provide protection to his followers strong enough to make others jealous!

There were so many gods in the world, but which god would turn angry and confront the God of Conspiracy because his followers were plotted against?

The “Void Mask” had! And won!

In contrast, when the chairman of their association, whose status was equivalent to the high priest, defected, the God of Thieves didn’t even notice it. He was somewhat… alas…

Palin was young, inexperienced, and lacked the ability to see the subtleties in people. But Satan was a strong and experienced man who made a living by using his brain, he even once suppressed Gerrard through his intellect. Satan understood what Rhode was all about with one glance. He could not help but smile.

“Chairman Rhode, let’s get straight to the point. Do you want to be a believer of our God?” He asked straightforwardly.

This straightforward speech style apparently made Rhode feel uncomfortable, who was used to bargaining slowly. He paused for a moment in spite of having contemplated various responses and nodded with a forced smile.

“The Immortal Thief is not a mean god, but are you not afraid of being punished as the chairman of an Association of Thieves who has betrayed his faith?” Satan directly asked the most crucial question.

To this question, Rhode certainly had carefully considered it and immediately answered, “Strictly speaking, I am still only a vice chairman, and I have not formally held a ritual ceremony for the approval of His Majesty to serve as the chairman. His Majesty, of course, would not tolerate the conversion of a chairman, but he presumably could tolerate that of a vice chairman. Anyway, His Majesty the Void Mask is also hostile to his enemies, and I guess an enemy of his, if not an ally, at least could be counted as a friend.”

“It seems that you have a very clear idea and have weighed the pros and cons carefully. Then I have another question,” Satan said. “His Majesty is one of the ancient gods of nature and not a god who is passionate about spreading the faith. If you want to join us, what do you think you can do for His Majesty? If you just believe in him, then forget it.”

Rhode was dumbfounded for a moment, not expecting to actually encounter this question. Most of the world’s gods were keen on spreading the faith because accepting the feedback of the power of faith was the most common means to enhance the godly level. However, for ancient gods who had gained strength from the source of the world, the existence of faith was not a major issue at all. Whether people had faith or not had no effect on them.

Therefore, if one wanted to join the church under the command of an ancient god of nature, it became very difficult.

After all, they did not mean to recruit people.