Volume 7 Chapter 6 (1/2)

If the [Black] Demon Lord was going to use his religion and his believers against me, I didn't see any reason to hold back on founding my own religion and use it against him.

On that note, the most vital ingredient in establishing and spreading a religion was miracles.

Fortunately, we didn't need to prepare any since Avalon itself was a miracle.

It was a known fact that Avalon was built in just a week's time.

Furthermore, Avalon has never been hit by any natural calamity, has always given abundant harvest, and always had clear water.

Thanks to the combination of the blessings given by Aura & the High Elves as well as the infrastructures designed by Rorono & built by the Dwarf Smiths, Avalon was far more comfortable to live in than any other city.

Miracles were in abundance in Avalon.

”We are being quite harassed, though.”

Even now, believers of the [Black] Demon Lord's religion still came to Avalon to harass us.

They claimed that I, the leader of this city, was a demon and that I was aiming to bring unhappiness to each and every citizen of the city.

To make matters worse, for some reason unknown to me, the [Black] Demon Lord included in his teachings that humans were the superior beings and that demi-humans were filthy and inferior, leading to discrimination against the latter.

Based on that, they were telling others that expelling me, the demon exploiting the citizens of Avalon, while doing the same or possibly enslaving the demi-humans would grant the ones that participated god's blessing and a better life.

Sadly, there were some who believed such foolish talks.

If left alone, it was possible there would be a revolt.

”If only it was as simple and straightforward as killing them.”

Getting physical would be the simplest solution to manage such a group.

However, if possible, I would like to avoid going that road. Because if I did, exaggerated rumors that would say Avalon was suppressing free speech and that one could be imprisoned for just criticizing me, its leader, would surely spread. And if that happened, Avalon's population growth would come to a halt.

Even worse, in the pretense of helping their fellow believers, nations controlled by the [Black] Demon Lord would unite under a single banner and march toward us.

And so, I had to find another solution.

One that would give a better impression of us.

I think now's the time.

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At the moment, I was standing in a small hill overlooking Avalon.

While gazing down at the city, I did some preparations for a certain kind of event.

”Aura, have they started already?”

I spoke so, trusting that the wind would deliver the sound of my voice to the faraway Aura.

”Yes. They're enthusiastically handing out fliers today as well. Sometimes I feel so annoyed, I want to shoot them.”

Today as well, the believers of the [Black] Demon Lord's religion were spreading ill information about me and were propagating the hate against the demi-humans.

”Hey now, they're victims in this too. Victims tricked by the [Black] Demon Lord. Try to proceed peacefully.”

I was more worried about those susceptible to being tricked by these believers' words than the believers themselves.

If we were going to start somewhere, it would be with those that haven't been tricked yet. We needed to make them realize that following me would be much more beneficial to them.

”Rorono, has the [Divine Revelation] been prepped?”

”Mhm. No issues. Ready for use anytime.”

Rorono had just finished her final check-up on the Spatial Image Imprinting & Stereophonic Audio Multiplexing Device—otherwise known as the [Divine Revelation].

It was a device whose purpose was to project images to the sky while also making sounds like my voice reach throughout the city.

In order to consolidate my position, I was going to use it today for the first time.

It was possible that its existence had already been leaked to the [Black] Demon Lord, but I highly doubted that their side knew its functions or what I would use it for.

I bet they couldn't even imagine that this is portable.

”Oto-san, you look cooler than usual today”

Sparkles in her eyes, Kuina said so while looking at me.

”Today is a special event, after all.”

In the religion I was going to found, I would be its symbol. If the symbol was going to look slovenly, it wouldn't be much of a symbol. For that reason, I dressed myself up more than usual.

Thanks to Ruru who was great at these kinds of things, I was confident I looked the part.

And so, I took a deep breath.

”Rorono, if you please.”

”Mhm”

Rorono nodded and then started up the [Divine Revelation], projecting my form to the sky.

Each citizen that looked up in the sky was in awe.

”Can everyone in Avalon hear me? Many of you might recognize my face, but let me introduce myself nonetheless. I am Procell, the head of Avalon. I am also the great sage that built this city.”

My voice resounded throughout the city.