Chapter 891 (1/2)

Chapter 891: Vol V Chapter 251

Towards the Orc Race, Sui Xiong had always been slightly uncomfortable with them.

This was not some form of mere prejudice. As a jellyfish, Sui Xiong did not even discriminate against creatures such as goblins, which were publicly seen as the lowliest living creatures. How could he possibly discriminate against the splendid and learned Orcs? The reason why he disliked them was actually due to two main reasons.

The first reason for his displeasure towards the Orcs was that the Orcs were passionate about killing for sacrifices.

Killing for sacrifices was a very common form of sacrifice. The reason why the Orcs delighted in it was due the fact that in their culture, harming others in the name of sacrifice and using their captured captives as sacrificial items was seen as ordinary. This did not only take place between the Orcs and other creatures but even amongst the different Orc tribes themselves! Even those in the same tribe would often kill their own tribe members.

In comparison, be it humans, elves, pygmies or dwarves, although these groups of creatures also often used killed for sacrificial rituals, they would never start a war solely for the sake of sacrifices. They would also definitely not kill their own comrades just to earn some items for sacrificial rituals.

Sui Xiong felt that if the Orcs were able to kill their own or start a war just for sacrifice, they really had different values from all the other races that he was familiar with. Although it sounded very strange, he felt that the Orcs gave him an extremely alien vibe unlike any other race, and he consciously distanced himself from them.

The second reason why he disliked the Orcs was due to their faith.

Towards faith, Sui Xiong was definitely a firm believer that religion should be liberal and that it was a personal right of each individual. He firmly claimed that every living creature with a brain had the autonomy to choose and decide their own faith. Whether or not they chose to believe in a particular god or a particular ideology, or to not believe in anything at all… These were all things that were sacred to each individual and should not be meddled in by any external party.

This ideal that Sui Xiong had was translated to the Republic of Northwest as one of the nation’s foundational values. In this country, no one could attack others’ faith for any rhyme or reason, even if they felt justified to do so. Various faiths and ways of thinking could coexist harmoniously, and while one could doubt or debate about others’ faith, they could not criminalize or blame others for being different. No faith was discriminated against nor banned, and everyone was allowed to practice their own beliefs if they wished to do so.

In this country, any and every faith or god was allowed to exist. Even if one’s faith caused them to directly be enemies of another due to contrasting beliefs, the disciples all did not attack each other. At most, they deeply felt pity for the enemy as they believed they were mentally ill and needed help.

Toward this, Sui Xiong had stepped in to install rectifying processes to ensure harmony. Many churches were rectified and marshaled to coexist peacefully.

The effect of all these efforts was that the Republic became the world’s only country where disciples of conflicting gods could live in harmony without any evil or abuse. The most one would see would be dissatisfied glances being exchanged between disciples of contrasting faiths, but that would be it.

This was extremely unique to the Republic of Northwest, and Sui Xiong did not think that it was possible for every other country to achieve this. However, he was tolerant of more uptight countries except when people practiced the idea that if others did not believe in their god, it was a crime.

Well, the problem was that was exactly what the Orc race believed in primarily.

Orc society was a rather deformed one. Here, faith was akin to the Yangtze River in China, differentiating the different citizens. Only if one believed in various Orc gods could they truly be viewed as citizens of the Orc Empire. Otherwise, no matter how long they had lived here or how much tax they had paid or how much they had contributed to the country, they would not be seen as citizens.

“My family has lived here for ten generations!”

“I’ve paid more than ten thousand coins in taxes!”

“I’ve been injured in war for this country!”