Chapter 773 (1/2)
After the God of Aristocracy took their leave with a pale expression, the God of Light sighed and looked at the crowd of gods around them.
“I trust that all of you are aware of the negative effects of the power of belief. I know that many of you who have also wondered if eliminating some of your followers would allow you to reduce these negative effects. For example, just like what the God of Aristocracy has done. They have allowed a large number of pan-religious followers and shallow followers to be killed. Anyway, after death, their souls will still end up going to the Underworld. This direct cutting of the ties thus reduces her burden…”
“As for what I’m about to say now, I’m only going to say it once,” said this king of the human gods. He spoke in a peaceful tone, but his eyes were slowing brimming with a murderous intention. “From now on, if any one of you do such a thing for your selfish personal gains, prepare to die!”
The gods were stupefied by his words, but no one dared raise any objection.
After a while, the God of Heroes asked in a low voice, “If… is there really a need for the condition of pure belief?”
“Bring this up to the masses first. Then we’ll discuss the specific methods together,” said the God of Light. “We are human gods. To us, whether the people believe in us or not, so long as we are still taking the side of the humans, then they are the ones we are obliged to protect.
“When we do things, we always have to put emphasis on the overall situation, so there are times where we have to sacrifice some people. But you all must be clear of one thing, what is the overall situation? The humans’ position is the overall situation. It’s the most important thing!”
“Be it good or evil, order or chaos. No matter what we do, we are serving the greater good of ‘humanity,’ and for this overall interest at heart, we can’t sacrifice humans, and gods alike!”
After he finished his piece, the entire hall fell into silence. The gods were rendered speechless.
After a long time, the God of Protection asked, “Your Majesty, the Legendary Masters of the Mifata Federation have joined hands to destroy the Golden Tower City and also exterminate the Church of the God of Aristocracy. What should we do?”
“What can we do? Just wait,” the God of Light snapped. “The Legendary Masters of the Mifata Federation provide an indispensable, high-end magic power for the humans. They are also the organization that restrains and manage the spellcasters. They are the key to how we humans keep a firm hold of ‘magic’ power. Of course, we can kill them all, but what comes next after we wipe them out? The Mifata Federation collapses, the spellcasters go out of control, a large number of spellcasters will change allegiance to other factions… Overall, this is not beneficial to humanity.”
“But, the dignity of the God of Aristocracy will…”
“What dignity does the God of Aristocracy expect to have? No matter how humiliating something could be, after a few hundred years, no one will remember it.”
The gods looked at each other. Ultimately, they were still speechless.
So this matter was settled as such. As the human gods made no response, the matter regarding the destruction of the Golden Tower City gradually died down to nothing.
Hence, the aristocrats of the Commonwealth of Gold Coins, who had originally clenched their fists and set their jaws eagerly in preparation for a fight had to suppress their heightened emotions so that they would no longer entertain such thoughts.
The Republic of Northwest, the merchant party of the Commonwealth of Gold Coins, the Dhaka Commercial Association, and now, adding the Mifata Federation, granted permission for the civilians to have surnames. There were more and more countries allowing their people to have surnames, so gradually, this had become the general trend. Even if the aristocratic party wanted to do something, they would not dare to make a move now nor would they even dare to use this as a reason.
They were aware that their power was indeed stronger than the merchant party and that they had an advantage over the latter. But compared to the Mifata Federation, they were not worth mentioning. Since the Legendary Masters of the Mifata Federation were so resolute in making this thing a success, even at the expense of destroying a city and completely turning their backs against the God of Aristocracy, this matter was practically a foregone conclusion.
There would not be a single aristocrat nor any country that would offend those great Legendary Masters over such a trivial matter.
On the contrary, even if it was just to get on their good side, there would be many people rushing to advocate the movement of civilians choosing their surnames. This would allow this movement to spread rapidly in various countries.