Chapter 154: The Magical Picture with Increased Powers!
In the past, gatherings were held around this altar.
Loria took a few steps and noticed a trash bag on the ground, with unfinished food sticking to it.
Apart from the trash bag, there was no other clutter on the ground. Even with her sensitive nose, she couldn't smell anything related to indecency.
"It seems that although these people worship that demon, they don't hold 'uncovered meetings' every day like the people of the Church of Goddess of Madness and Indulgence."
Loria approached the altar and found a book.
She randomly flipped through it, but unfortunately, she couldn't understand what was written in the book at all.
It's probably the words recited during the ritual.
Loria shook her head, placed the book in her inventory, and decided to go back and ask the guildmaster to find someone who understands it.
She searched around and finally found some interesting things under the stone bench around the altar.
"Diary!"
In front of her was a crumpled notebook, and as she flipped open the first page, it said September 27th, 826 in the Morning Sun Calendar.
"Let me see, it's now July in the Morning Sun Calendar, but what date in July?"
Forget it, that kind of thing is not important at all.
What's important is that she knew this diary was started over two years ago, not long after the guildmaster left the officer's school and came to Creek Town alone.
[After the Black Island incident, the principal ordered the Training Forest to be sealed off. This morning, she met Teacher Jose outside the Training Forest. He said he found a strange statue while exercising and was planning to hand it over to the principal.]
The diary is not long, but it records crucial events.
On September 28th, the owner of the diary met Teacher Jose again. He seemed very upset, and when the owner of the diary asked, he only said he was pondering a very serious question.
On October 4th, the truth started to unfold, as Teacher Jose took the initiative to find the owner of the diary and discuss how to maintain a balance between the efforts and rewards of ordinary people.
This problem is very big.
At least, that's how Loria saw it.
In this world of extraordinary powers, she couldn't even imagine how to achieve this goal.
But according to the diary, Teacher Jose thought this problem was very simple.
[Now everyone believes in the Goddess of Dawn, Wind, and Sky. In my opinion, the indulgence of the goddess is the root cause of the world's collapse. Therefore, in order to eliminate these consequences, we must introduce a new god, the god of fairness!]
[Once the god of fairness descends, the foundation of the goddess's faith will collapse, and fairness will instantly prevail on the earth. The god of fairness will lead this world into a new era!]
Such words can be considered rebellious.
Although the Goddess Church never forces ordinary people to believe in the goddess, if anyone dares to threaten to overthrow the goddess, they will surely face a strong response.
"Let's see if it's your stubborn mouth or our strong swords!"
Faced with strange words from Teacher Jose, the diary owner didn't report, but instead nodded in agreement.
Seeing this, Loria knew that the diary owner had been influenced by Teacher Jose.
Not only did he approve of Teacher Jose's unrealistic plan, but he also put in a tremendous effort for it.
From that day on, he started to talk to people like Teacher Jose, hiding spells in everyday conversations to subtly influence their perception.
When the target's mental state showed obvious changes, he would reveal his true intentions and transform the target into his companion.
This process usually took a while, sometimes up to half a month to transform one target. In addition, with many people and distractions at school, their actions would often encounter various setbacks.
But with every transformation of a target, they gained a new advocate.
So, relying on this spreading method of one becoming two, two becoming four, and four becoming eight, it took them over two years to successfully have over six hundred companions.
"Wait, over six hundred?"
Loria widened her eyes.
She wasn't sure how many people were involved with the school, but this prestigious school has always focused on quality over quantity. Six hundred people likely made up half or even more of the cadet school's population.
"If the guildmaster and I arrive late, will the entire school become theirs, even the headmaster?"
This situation was too terrifying.
Graduates of the cadet school are all destined to work in various imperial departments.
The world is currently controlled by the older generation, but it will eventually be taken over by the younger generation.
These people lurk within those departments, spreading the demonic faith. If they remain undiscovered, they could completely change the entire empire from the top down. The unrest they may cause could be even greater than that caused by the current Hidden Leader.
"What exactly is this demon planning?"
Since Loria had discovered its sneaky behavior, she naturally wouldn't just let it go.
She continued flipping through the diary.
The diary recorded some simple rituals and interesting moments in everyday life.
As she flipped closer to the end, she came across something interesting.
[As the prophet who guides the arrival of the God of fairness, there is a chance to enter the ruins and obtain infinite life after death, but the prerequisite is to develop enough followers for the God of fairness.]
[Followers are not meant to provide offerings for the God, they are like 'lighthouses' that illuminate the direction of this world for the God. The more followers there are, the stronger the light of the lighthouse will be, allowing the God to see this world more clearly. Only then can the divine decrees be better transmitted.]
"So that's how it is."
Loria nodded repeatedly.
This metaphor can be considered quite vivid, but she still had one question.
If this theory is correct, the Goddess of Dawn, Wind, and Sky with the most followers should be able to give frequent messages from the gods.
But from what she knows, over the years, the Goddess of Dawn, Wind, and Sky has given very few messages from the gods, and the last time was over a hundred years ago.
"The reason for this big difference is because this so-called god of fairness is fake, it's actually a demon, isn't it?"
Loria put away the diary.
The follower she accidentally knocked down was in a very bad condition.
When she struck, she actually held back a lot of force, the punch was not enough to be lethal, but the follower's face turned pale, their limbs went weak, their gaze became blank, as if they could pass away at any moment.
When Loria got closer, she could hear him mumbling something.
"Oh Lord, why have you forsaken me?"
"Oh Lord, were you afraid just now?"
"Dear Lord, please take me away, please take me away!"
Loria frowned, feeling like she was watching a crazy fan club.
"Get up."
Loria stepped on the follower's hand with the heel of her high-heeled shoe, but the follower didn't flinch.
"What a useless waste! Why do I have to help carry a prisoner?"
If it wasn't for the fear of causing trouble at the military school or accidentally harming the guildmaster's acquaintances, she wouldn't have to be polite to these people at all.
Loria grabbed the person and walked back, and when they returned to the battle site from earlier, the guildmaster had already tied up all the fallen people with ropes, forming a chain.
"I found this."
She stuffed the book with strange writings and the diary into the guildmaster's arms.
The guildmaster quickly flipped through a few pages and said, "Loria, you stay here and watch, I'll go find the principal."
Loria reminded, "Be careful of the principal, they might be an accomplice too."
"I understand."
The guildmaster went away.
Loria looked bored as she watched the captives.
"Still scared?" After a while, she turned her head to look at Doris, who was huddled beside her.
Doris nodded quickly.
Sigh.
Loria staggered, who the heck isn't scared?
She was also afraid.
In the past, her biggest dream was to live a leisurely life at the Adventurers Management Guild, eating, sleeping, and enjoying manga and novels every day.
Marriage was unnecessary; she could easily solve any needs that came up.
However, since she obtained the simulator, her strength rapidly increased, but the troubles surrounding her also became more and more.
If she had a choice, who would want to deal with these mysterious gods all day long?
Loria was not tired of living.
"Eat, relax."
Loria took out a bag of Magic Crystal Mine from the inventory and stuffed it into Doris's arms.
The sudden feeding made Doris stunned. Then, immense joy surged up in her heart. She hugged Loria tightly and kissed her cheek.
"I like Loria the most!"
Loria made a face, well, she liked it too.
"Just be honest with me, anyone who dares to move, I'll punish them!"
With a soft shout, the person lying on the ground became so obedient that they didn't move at all.
It didn't take long for the guildmaster to come back with people.
Because he was afraid of these heretics' accomplices, the headmaster followed the guildmaster alone, without even bringing his most trusted secretary.
"Next to the Training Forest, there's a confinement room. Let's take them there first to avoid alerting the others."
The headmaster felt extremely anxious. Knowing the truth, he almost fell off his chair in shock. Now, all he wished was to relay the information before other heretics discovered it.
Half an hour later, inside the confinement room, Loria began to interrogate the captured prisoners.
The mouths of these prisoners are tough, so tough that even she, who is known for her tough mouth, is starting to waver.
"Is it impossible to extract the names of their comrades from their mouths?"
Looking at those heretics who have been beaten several times by her, Loria is very depressed.
You dare to look down on me, huh? Today you won't have any good juice to drink!
She directly gave all the prisoners an aphrodisiac, and then walked past each heretic with her own collection of erotic images.
"Look, my goodness, show me, show me until you are aroused and your body can't control its reactions! How dare you defy this knight? Remember the torment of today!"
Loria, who has never played bondage, is not aware of the experience of being forced to be aroused during bondage, but judging from the faces of these heretics, it seems quite torturous.
This makes her feel happy.
Working for demons and not answering my questions, this is what happens!
What made her even happier was that while she was distributing leaflets everywhere, she suddenly received a notification that her endurance had increased by 1.
"Huh?"
Loria's eyes lit up. So this is the effect of being a Darkmoon Faire woman, just by distributing a few leaflets, her endurance increased. If she went to the streets to hand out fliers, she would practically take off.
"Take a look, I have even better collections here."
Loria pulled out several extremely exciting picture books one after another.
She had already regarded these heretics as tools for allocating initial attribute points.
Anyway, these people were not normal in the head, showing them picture books wouldn't make them even more abnormal.
And precisely because they were abnormal, Loria didn't need to worry about them reporting her to the guildmaster for dealing with colors.
"Endurance +1"
Before long, Loria received the second prompt to add attributes.
But today ends here. No matter how risqué and extravagant the main female characters in the art book she takes out are, these believers cannot provide her with attribute bonuses anymore.
"It's a shame. If only there were more of them, the situation would definitely be different."
Loria was very angry, but there was nothing she could do. The most urgent thing was to expose the companions of these people and completely crush the demons.
Time passed minute by minute, and by evening, people from the school came to take over guard duty. Loria finally won a moment of leisure.
But even during rest, she didn't stop resting. Instead, she worshipped a deity.
This worship was a genuine worship. After realizing that it would be difficult to eliminate the threat of the Goddess of Madness and Indulgence and the demon in a short time, she decided to seek help from an outsider—
The Goddess of Dawn, Wind, and Sky！
"After performing this bow, I will become your believer. Even if you can't deal with the Dark Moon Goddess, you must at least teach a lesson to the Goddess of Madness and Indulgence or that demon. Otherwise, my belief would be in vain, right?"
Loria whispered to herself, wishing that four gods would surround her and play mahjong, keeping them too busy to pay attention to her.
"I hope the goddess is useful, not just a fancy decoration."
