Chapter 345 (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The old man was the elder in the church of the Goddess of Bumper Harvest who had lived in seclusion for many years. Two thousand years ago, he had broken through the limit of the Legendary Realm and became an immortal semi-god. Over the years, he had been living in seclusion in a small world commonly known as the “Half Plane” by magicians. He devoted himself to improving his levels, hoping to become a god successfully as soon as possible. But two thousand years had passed, and he still felt he had a long way to go despite the progress he had achieved over these years. He did not see any hope.

In this case, he gradually became frustrated, and over the last one hundred years, he had been in a kind of idle depression. Recently, the Goddess of Bumper Harvest decided to find a god follower because the church of the Goddess of Bumper Harvest had suffered great losses in the main plane. Then she found him and asked him whether he wanted to be a god follower.

Generally speaking, semi-gods were unwilling to become a god follower by direct promotion because if they did so, their roads would be revised and their past efforts would be cast to the winds. What’s more, they would still face huge risks when becoming a god and there would be deviations in understanding and grasping due to different roads, and that would eventually lead to failure.

There still existed risks of failure due to inadequate understanding and gasping through relying only on their own strength to become a god. But in practice, one had more chances to become a god depending on their own strength than with direct promotion. Once a man had become a god, he could no longer move forward unless he was lucky and talented enough to improve his original road. Otherwise, he would only stay at the level of weak divine and could not make any progress.

From ancient to modern times, few gods had been able to become a god again after direct promotion. In other words, this road was actually a dead end.

But for this elder, he had already abandoned his intention to become a god through his own strength, so what did further progress matter to him? He could not even become a god so what did it have to do with him if he could not make progress after becoming a god follower?

But he was afraid of death, after all, so he now felt a little uneasy and agitated.

It was too dangerous to become a god through this road!

But he still wanted to become a god regardless of its great dangers. If he did not try, he could not die in peace. What’s more, the orders of the emperor goddess needed to be respected because her protection and help had contributed a lot to his current achievements. Now, his emperor goddess encountered difficulties which needed a god follower to help, and she found him. He had no choice but to consent to her request.

It was like depositing small sums of money every month and drawing out both the principal and interest in a lump sum when the specified time came up. The Goddess of Bumper Harvest had helped him for many years, and that was equivalent to piecemeal deposits. Now she wanted him to become a god follower, which was like drawing out both the principal and interest in a lump sum. It was very fair and reasonable.

Without the protection and help of the Goddess of Bumper Harvest, he would have died long ago. Even if he was lucky enough to survive, he would not be able to become a semi-god. It was like on earth where a man had succeeded in being a subordinate of a big boss. And when the big boss needed him to risk his life, he could not refuse.

Now, he was standing on the holy emblem and could not help but recall his whole life’s’ experiences as he watched the coming danger.

I remember when I was young, I was a paladin. Although I believed in the emperor, I was not very pious. Later, I came across a huge opportunity and learned a big secret. If it worked properly, I could get amazing wealth, but I couldn’t get it relying on my own strength. Therefore, I decided to tell this secret to the emperor’s church, hoping to benefit from the power of the Church. Since then, I had become the backbone of the Church and have achieved today’s success step by step…

If…I didn’t choose to depend on the strength of the emperor’s church, but chose to concede and endure, waiting for the next opportunity, what would happen?

Perhaps it would still be the case. I was an ambitious man after all. It was impossible for me to concede and wait all my life. And if I wanted to move forward and seize opportunities, I could only rely on the emperor’s church. In the end, the result would not be much different from what it was now.

My life path had been probably doomed.

Thinking about this, he couldn’t help but sigh deeply, and his heart was filled with frustration and depression.

At this moment, another idea arose in his mind.

This time… could I succeed?

Everything would be fine. I have been in danger more than once in the past, and I have also experienced more dangerous things than this. I have succeeded in the end.

But… I had the emperor protect me in the past. Now, can the emperor still protect me as well?

It should be okay. It was just about apotheosizing a semi-god. The emperor has met with much more complicated problems. Even if a rich businessman had problems in the turnover of funds temporarily, it would still be easy for him to subsidize a farmer to make a fortune.

Yeah. It was indeed like this! Haha!

The Goddess, who never came out and had always spun and manipulated the thread of destiny in the dark, has given me such a destiny, and it shouldn’t end at this moment. I thought I was an actor on your stage; I was quite dedicated and have performed well. You would allow me to continue my performance, wouldn’t you?

He thought in silence; his mind was never calm.

Time went by slowly, and after the day, there came the night. The night was also passing away slowly, and a new day was coming soon.

At midnight, the church of the Goddess of Bumper Harvest organized the residents of the whole city to pray together in accordance with the previous maneuver.

Promoting a god follower was not an easy task, especially for those who didn’t reach the end of their own road and were far from being well-equipped.

Promoting people like Wall and Arcaian, who were already well-equipped themselves, was a much easier task, and the god only needed to push them at the critical moment. The possibility of failure was minimal. But this kind of practice didn’t actually refer to the promotion of a god follower. A true sense of promoting a god follower referred to people like the elder of the church of the Goddess of Bumper Harvest who was not qualified in becoming a God but had been promoted to a god directly.