There was no need to repeat the story of the winner being king and the loser being that thing.
The Game Church, which had won the Battle of the Gods, finally welcomed its golden period of development.
But the first thing they had to do was … to tear down the main entrance of the Church and a large number of auxiliary buildings.
Actually, there was nothing they could do about it. After all, some things weren't serious at all. The Game Bazaar at the entrance of the Game Church was finally torn down after being repeatedly mentioned by newcomers … But under the insistence of a certain person, it was only moved to a new area.
The main entrance, which was always filled with messy things, was finally cleaned up. People finally didn't have to walk through the shopping crowd of game fans and street vendors. Plus, there was a beautiful hostess who came to welcome guests at the signboard. The Game Church finally had some semblance of a church.
The left side of the empty space was turned into a bulletin board to advertise the teachings of the Game Church and the latest battle results. The other side was … the newest arcade and sales hall. Yep, this was the new area.
Alright, it was still the Game Church after all. Actually, it simplified the gaming equipment and placed them indoors instead of street vendors. In a way, yep, in Isabella's words, it was a successful upgrade.
This wasn't because Lori was following Isabella's example. It was because the Game Church, as the Concept God of "games" and "games," needed to spread this concept. It also needed this platform, even if no one took it seriously.
After all, Ansorenne's exploration and improvement was the foundation for the growth of a New God. Aishi's side was more of a logistics base for gathering manpower, nature, and financial resources. However, it wasn't good to always use the name of war reserves.
In an era of "peace," a "legal" and "compliant" business scope was necessary. In this day and age, even drug dealers and arms dealers had to get a business license and pay taxes on time.
This was actually an unspoken rule that everyone knew. For example, the famous God of Music 032 of the Martial Arts Faction was invincible in Ansorenne.
The brawny warriors under his command often pretended to be bards with guitars and banjos on their backs. His believers even called themselves "music lovers".
It was just that there were too many of these "music lovers" who looked ferocious and muscular. Some of them even carried "weapons" with them. During gatherings, they were always regarded as a gathering of gangsters and received special attention from the urban management (city guards) and the police.
With the revival of the Game Church, Saul's number of "game enthusiasts" had increased significantly. However, unlike the believers who sold games and gave discounted membership cards, the new believers didn't seem to be interested in the additional benefits of the Game Church. Instead, they came for the church itself.
The more people there were, the more mouths there would be. Expansion was a good thing. The Church of Game, which was lacking in manpower, did indeed need to expand. Human resources were the basis for everything. The recruitment slogan, expansion plan, and other preparatory work had been prepared months ago.
Due to certain reasons, the silver elves lost the number of new descenders for the next few years. This seemed like an ordinary punishment, but it was actually an incredibly severe punishment. This basically meant that the silver elves had no way to replenish new blood. At this time, if the silver elves' opponents came looking for a battle of attrition … It was said that there were far too many people looking for trouble, and there were already people waiting in line.
When it came to the number of new descenders, the number of new descenders wouldn't change. If some people had more descenders, others would naturally have fewer descenders. Their empty slots would naturally be divided among others.
As the victors of the Battle of the Gods, as well as the ones who exposed the truth and banished the Evil Gods, it was only natural that they would get a share of the spoils with Rosa's full support.
Although the final results were still being fought over, from what Rosa revealed, it could be expected that there would be at least five new descenders next year.
With this as bait, the silver elves would be able to attract a large number of talents. The Game Church's potential and talent training abilities in the Battle of the Gods were also excellent bait.
And so, when the Game Church really did put out a notice to recruit new members, it was only natural that the Game Church would be filled with people.
Of course, this was a good thing. The higher-ups of the Game Church were all foolishly happy as they looked at the name list. In fact, there were even some people who were originally interested in joining the Game Church who couldn't be recruited no matter what. Now, they voluntarily joined the Game Church. Among the long list of newcomers, there were many who already had astonishing potential and were quite famous.
However, there were probably quite a few spies among the newcomers. Not only that, most of the spies were quite skilled, so it was quite likely that they would pass the preliminaries.
"… Rorschach, I'll have to trouble you with the identification work. Strange, why would Lori want me to pass on the message?"
Considering the current situation, Rorschach had no reason to refuse, so he could only helplessly accept.
As for the fact that the Goddess was still angry and it would take a few more days for her to reconcile … Based on Rorschach's understanding of her, it would probably only take a few more days.
Identifying spies was indeed very important. Rorschach's Honesty talent had an obvious advantage in this aspect, so it was his responsibility to do it … Moreover, Rorschach also noticed that he couldn't even leave the Game Church these days because there were always other Descenders loitering around. It seemed that his security level had mysteriously increased by a few levels again.
"Well then, since I have nothing to do, I might as well do something while I'm at it."
However, this task seemed simple, but when he really started, Rorschach realized that it wasn't easy at all, even though he was prepared to ask questions that would expose the truth.
In front of Rorschach, lies were meaningless, but sometimes, uncovering the truth wasn't a good thing.
"Ask me what I'm hiding? Then tell me that I'm a homosexual, a shotaicon, an Oedipal, a wanted murderer, or a disciple of the Sorrowful Wind. Then, when the secret is exposed, I'll have to fight to the death. Damn it, are there no normal people here? "
If he asked too much, he would encounter all kinds of trouble. If he asked too little … then there was no need for Rorschach to appear.
According to the other party's situation, he would slowly probe them one by one … There were too many people, and Rorschach couldn't take it after trying for a while.
As for Rorschach himself, after suffering a series of hardships, he also found a way to slack off.
After meeting, he only needed to ask three questions.
"Did you voluntarily join the Game Church out of your own will?"
If the answer was yes, then there would be the next step. If the answer was no, then that meant that the person must have been instructed by someone else and could be directly thrown out.
"If you successfully join the Church, do you think you will be beneficial or harmful to the Church?"
This question was still about the motive, but those who just wanted to laze around and didn't have good intentions basically couldn't escape.
"Can you ensure that you will remain loyal after joining the Church?"
One asked about the motive and the past, one asked about the purpose and the present, and the last one asked about the expected future. After repeatedly checking, Rorschach confirmed that this line of questioning was indeed very valuable … at least until the spy found a way to deal with it.
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