Sui Xiong had never had a good impression of the Orcs.
This was not racial discrimination — as a jellyfish, Sui Xiong did not even discriminate against gnomes and other publicly recognized low-level creatures. How could he discriminate against the Orcs, who had a brilliant civilization? There were two main reasons why he did not like the Orcs.
The first reason was that the Orcs were keen on slaughtering sacrifices.
Slaughtering sacrifices was a very common method of sacrifice, but the Orcs especially liked it. In their culture, it was a matter of course and commonplace to invade others and capture captives as sacrifices for the sake of sacrifices. This kind of slaughtering not only happened between the Orcs and other races, but also among the Orcs themselves. Even among their own kind, such cruel things often happened.
In contrast, whether it was humans, elves, pygmies or dwarves, although they often used slaughtering as a method of sacrifice, they would never specifically start a war for the sake of sacrifice, let alone kill their own kind as a sacrifice.
Sui Xiong felt that a race that could start a war and kill its own kind for the sake of sacrifice was fundamentally different from the races that he was familiar with and approved of. Although it was strange to say, he really felt that the Orcs were not of his race and always showed a distant attitude towards them.
The second reason was the Orcs' beliefs.
When it came to beliefs, Sui Xiong was an unwavering "believer in liberalism." He believed that everyone, and even every intelligent creature, had the right to freely decide their own beliefs. Believing in a certain god, believing in this god or that god, believing in a certain idea, or even believing in nothing … All these were sacred and inviolable freedoms of the individual. It was something that did not need or allow outsiders to tell them what to do.
He set this point of view as one of the basic national policies of the Republic of Northwest. In this country, no one had to attack the beliefs of others for any reason or in any way. Various religions and ideas could question and debate with each other, but it was not allowed to declare that "those who do not believe in me are guilty," nor was it allowed to declare that "certain beliefs are guilty."
In this country, it was okay to believe in any god. Even if the god they believed in was an enemy, the believers would not turn against each other because of that. At most, they would feel that each other was pitifully stupid and needed to find a doctor to treat them.
For this reason, Sui Xiong had once heavily reorganized. Many churches had been rectified. Both the churches of evil gods and the churches of good gods had been rectified.
The result of the reorganization was that Earth was the only country in the world where the clergy of opposing gods could be seen walking side by side. Other than rolling their eyes at each other, they wouldn't say or do anything offensive.
This situation was unique to the Republic of Northwest, and Sui Xiong did not expect other countries to be as open-minded as him. But he could not tolerate the practice of "if you don't believe in my God, then you are a sinner".
… This was exactly the mainstream ideology of the Orc society.
The Orc society was a deformed society. In this society, "faith" was a natural moat that distinguished the rights and wrongs of the citizens. Only those who believed in the Orc Gods could be considered citizens of the Orc Empire. Otherwise, no matter how long they had settled here, no matter how much taxes they had paid, and no matter how much they had contributed to the empire, they could not be considered citizens.
"Ten generations of my family have lived here." — No!
"I've paid more than ten thousand gold coins in taxes."
"I've bled for my country" — no way!
For these "non-citizens," the Orc Empire had introduced various discriminatory policies. As a result, except for the border areas where the government was weak, there was almost no trace of them in the hinterland of the Orc Empire.
It was not that they couldn't get there, but that they couldn't survive there at all.
If that was the case, perhaps Sui Xiong would not be so disgusted. But the problem of faith in the Orc society was not just that. While they used faith to distinguish "citizens" from "non-citizens," they also used faith to distinguish "superiors" from "inferiors."
To be specific, those who could be inspired by the Orc Gods and whose prayers were answered were the superiors; those who could not be inspired and whose prayers were not answered were the inferiors.
Similarly, it had nothing to do with what they did.
The Orc Gods' response to faith was very clear. They would only respond to believers whose bloodlines and thoughts were under their control. And whether it was bloodlines or thoughts, as long as one of them was out of control, they would no longer respond to it.
This was also the origin of the "Half-Orcs."
Half-Orcs were not necessarily hybrids between Orcs and other races. As long as they could not be inspired by the Orc Gods and their prayers were not answered, they would immediately become Half-Orcs.
As for individuals, whether it was because of their congenital bloodlines that could not be controlled or because of their acquired awakening, they would become Half-Orcs.
The Half-Orcs were a large group and there were many of them. But in the Orc Empire, their status was very low. No matter how much they contributed, they would still be discriminated against and persecuted. They did the hardest work, but received the least pay. As a result, most Half-Orcs were tortured to death and often did not even live to middle age.
Because of the persecution, Half-Orcs often fled in groups. There were many Half-Orcs who fled to the Republic of Northwest.
They risked their lives to cross the Vast Gobi Desert, not to gain any benefits, but to find a place where they could live in peace.
Sui Xiong's friend, "Steel Lion" Morani, was a Half-Orc. Over the years, he had gathered many Half-Orcs who had fled to the Republic of Northwest and gradually spread his faith among the Half-Orc community. Because of his identity, it was easy for him to gain the faith of the Half-Orcs. Based on the current trend, perhaps in a few decades or a century, there would be an additional "Half-Orc" in his priesthood.
By then, he would be the God of the Half-Orcs, and his god system might be renamed to the Half-Orc God System.
Of course, Sui Xiong could not agree with the Orc Empire's persecution of those who did not believe in the Orc Gods, and he could not agree with their persecution of the Half-Orcs. Just because they did not receive the recognition of the gods, they were discriminated against and persecuted. That was simply ridiculous!
He was a sensitive person. If he liked something, he liked it. If he didn't like it, he didn't like it. Reason? How could there be so many reasons in the world!
Since he did not like the Orc culture and the Orc Empire, how could he like the Orcs?
Therefore, he did not have a good impression of the Orcs as a group or the Orc Empire.
Because of this, he was willing to help elves, dwarves, and even other races, but he was not willing to help the Orcs!
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