Chapter 43 (1/2)
Translator: Sigma Editor: Sigma
“Void Faceless, you want to build a pioneer village and make it a base for your followers, am I right?” Snow asked when she knew Sui Xiong’s situation.
“Correct. Although I have yet to build my own belief system, it will happen one day,” Sui Xiong said quite frankly.
“Then, I have a suggestion,” Snow said. She snapped her fingers and frost began to move quickly on the “blackboard”. Soon a big map appeared.
She pointed at the map and said, “As you can see, the four towns in the northwest were distributed along the wasteland that extends from the south to the north. In the far north, another one or two villages could be set up. No one has ever explored there because it’s too cold in the winter. But I think for Your Majesty and your followers, it may not be a problem. I believe a God who is good at practicing cold magic should easily manage to keep his followers safe from the cold.”
Then, the map faded, and on the blackboard, another picture appeared. It was of a man, in an icy world, bare to his waist and showing off his muscles. One could see the sweat evaporating from his forehead.
Seeing the jellyfish floating in the sky nod, Snow said, “Since you can manage to keep your followers from the cold, then land cultivation and crop-planting shouldn’t be a problem either. In this environment, the cold weather will not be a barrier to keep your followers from living and multiplying. Instead it will function as a type of natural protection for them. This protection may not work on warcrafts, but it would keep out of any people with bad intentions.”
On the blackboard, another picture appeared, this one of a group of men in armor trying to attack the bare-chested man. But they froze on their way to him.
Sui Xiong thought this for a while and nodded. Snow was right. As a god who was very good at practicing cold magic, he had some special tactics to resist the cold.
Normally, one would resist the cold by making himself warm, but for Sui Xiong, he could absorb cold air. When it was absorbed, all that was left was warm air. So if he put a doppelgänger in each of his pioneer village or created a magic array that could concentrate the cold air, he would be able to create a warm haven in this icy world, a warm southern town that actually existed in the cold north.
Besides, according to what he’d learned from the God of Redemption, a brilliant god should make his followers constantly aware of his existence and power, which increases their faithfulness. A warm town in the cold north would definitely remind his pioneers of his power and would help to enhance their belief.
“This is a really good suggestion, but executing it will cost too much,” Palin said after calculating the cost secretly, since his time in the commercial corps made him very sensitive to money. “A pioneer can only be recruited from the Federation of Gold Coins, and sending them to a place at a higher latitude than Dragon-roar Town would be very costly. Moreover, building a village in an icy world would consume too much manpower and material resources, even if we had help from His Majesty’s great power!”
Palin shook his head and sighed, “Madam Snow, your plan is indeed very appealing, but I think we can only turn it into a reality when our church has grown to a certain level with a solid foundation.”
Palin’s words made lots of sense, and Sui Xiong couldn’t help but nod.
Each of my four followers has their own advantages: Gerrard has a very strong combat effectiveness and he’s good at teaching students, so he will easily earn his reputation among the pioneers; Palin is hardworking and likes thinking, and he also has some knowledge of business and can give valuable suggestions at key moments; Satan is very experienced and can practice very advanced spells, as well as having made many acquaintances with people in the upper-middle class; and Rhode is very cautious and careful, the perfect one to double-check things and effectively prevent the team from making mistakes.
Just like the famous saying on Earth, talent really is the most valuable resource! If I want to build a church and cultivate my followers and became a real God, I need to recruit more talent.
“You are right, but you are a bit short-sighted,” Snow shook her head, smiled and said. “After all, you are still young…you are just like my brother Shuang. He thinks he’s capable of everything, and I believe you’ve seen how capable he really is.”
Meanwhile, on the blackboard, there was a picture of a proud little dragon facing the sky with fire coming out of its mouth, while next to the little dragon, there were a big and little dragon both sighing together. Instantly, this picture faded. Snow said, “Naturally, a god doesn’t need to hurriedly cultivate his followers. A century is not long, nor is a thousand years, since the god is immortal. When a myriad of years has passed, when even I have become a pile of bones with only a bit cold air left, the Void Faceless will be the same, and His Majesty will be even more mature and experienced.”
“However, for a new-born god, the first steps in developing a church have to be steady and firm. This is just like building a house; you need to lay a very firm foundation!”
At the same time, a new picture appeared on the blackboard, in which a magnificent castle was being built on the ground. Under the castle, many big rocks had been driven into the soil, and the castle was standing firm in the pouring rain.
“Why?” Sui Xiong was not yet persuaded, so instead he asked for the dragon’s reasoning. He hadn’t read anything about this in the materials given to him by the God of Redemption.
Seeing Sui Xiong was still confused, Snow said, “As you put it, you want to set up one or two pioneer villages a bit farther south where anyone can explore. With this method, you can indeed set up an area where your followers are gathered, but it will take time for your followers’ faith to grow. So how can you make sure that you get a great number of followers quickly and steadily? How could His Majesty better show his power to the people of this world?”