[Orders: From today onwards, Adeline K. Sofia will be appointed as the regional bishop of Cape Town. Isabella will be transferred to a combat squad and receive a new organization.]
After Rorschach was forced to be a model for a while, a new change in personnel came … Cough, Isabella was still the strongest person in the Game Church. Although it was impossible for her to defeat Isabella in a direct confrontation, her retribution was about to arrive.
The first thing that Adeline, the newly appointed regional bishop and Starknight Academy teacher, did upon her arrival was to seal up the "inventory" of books. She even burned a portion of the books that were especially extreme as Roxia screamed "those were all my handiwork" … Considering Roxia's grateful expression, it was unknown just how she obtained those books that were freshly made.
As Isabella's former superior and former commander of the Cloud Witches army, the seemingly gentle Adeline was probably the only person who could easily stop Isabella's nonsense.
This wasn't because she was powerful. Rather, it was because she was a veteran who had experienced the Holy War of Dawn. Back when Isabella was still a young child like Rorschach, she had already been Isabella's leader. This was also why Lori had sent her over from so far away.
Adeline had seen enough of Isabella's nonsense. However, she was still furious this time. Adeline unhesitatingly burned all of Isabella's treasures, turning the cute boy into history.
After that, as a teacher of Starknight Academy, Adeline taught her student Isabella a moral lesson. If Isabella didn't repent after being threatened to "embarrass herself on an alien planet", the next thing she would burn would be her treasures from Aishi.
Adeline declared that "no matter if it was R18 or not, no matter if it was her work or not, everything would be burned."
Judging from how Isabella quickly became serious, or at least on the surface, it seemed that Adeline's threat wasn't just for show.
Thus, just like what had happened many times before, the raging Isabella was first suppressed and then transferred away. Everything returned to normal.
However, Isabella's habit of messing around wasn't without benefits. For example, the gaming journal she created previously became the foundation for Rorschach's Absolute Reality. At the very least, the Game Church had established its foundation here, and its reputation would definitely spread far and wide.
Next, it would be more appropriate to leave the daily affairs to the more stable Adeline.
What gave Adeline the biggest headache wasn't just the current batch of stock, but the first batch of new Priests in the Game Church.
As mentioned before, there was a lack of qualified priests among the stowaways, and the number of Descenders was always limited. Priests had to rely on divine power to limit their numbers among the Descenders.
Therefore, according to the development of the New God Church, most of the time, the priests who would bear the divine power would be developed among the locals.
Clergymen like Paladins and Priests could use divine power to improve themselves. As long as the Gods were strong enough and gave enough divine grace, their improvement speed would be very fast.
Moreover, preaching also required clergymen. In the middle and later stages of the game, the Temple Knights and Priest Corps would be greatly expanded, and it would be easy for them to become the backbone of large and medium-sized churches.
In the early stages of the game, Priests were despised because they still needed to consume the Gods' power. It was very difficult to rely on oneself to improve.
In the later stages, Priests and Paladins would be abundant because the Gods who had a stable source of faith didn't need to save up too much. It was very cost-effective to mass produce mid-level and high-level clergymen.
As for the Game Church, it had also reached the dividing line between the two stages.
The establishment of the Great Cathedral meant that there was already a sufficient source of faith. When there was enough faith to maintain the existence of the New God and promote the New God, Lori would definitely use the extra divine power to nurture a few more core Priests and Paladins.
Since Isabella had done a good job as the regional Bishop for more than half a year, not only did she increase the number of believers enough to build the Great Cathedral, but she also enriched and perfected Lori's teachings in the game. Naturally, the heavy responsibility of developing the first batch of priests was given to her.
Isabella was the regional Bishop of Cape Town, so the first batch of priests was likely to be stationed in this city. They could also be her helpers in the future, so it was natural for her to choose.
In the end, what Adeline saw was such a mess.
"… You, these are the people you chose?"
"Yep, they're all elites who were carefully selected!"
"Elites? You're telling me that these useless nerds who draw and sell books and play games all day are elites? "
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. You don't understand. They're the top three in the gaming competition at the end of every month. Aren't we the Game Church? Gaming experts will definitely join us. Oh, those excellent artists are all my disciples. I didn't expect that our 'art' would be so popular. "
There were almost twenty book artists and gaming experts in the game. This was the group of priests that Isabella finally chose. Their daily prayer practice probably included the random game battles that Isabella made up.
Not only that, but Isabella had given them Lori's Divine Power Seed, and they were especially "devout". Not only had they long since succeeded in becoming priests, four of them had even successfully advanced to become rank 2 priests.
The concept of limited competition and entertainment in games was once again accepted and believed in by them. Every day and night, they fulfilled their God's requests (playing games, drawing books), which strengthened their faith … It was evident that their faith and teachings had deviated. This was the foundational reason why Loli had decided to replace the God of Light's bishop.
It wasn't that Isabella's interpretation was wrong. It was that she was far too reckless and careless. She needed to evaluate the current situation before deciding whether or not to continue with her missionary activities.
To put it simply, she needed to first observe the situation and see if she had really gone too far.
Considering the recent results of her missionary activities, Lori ultimately chose to observe rather than directly stop them. After all, Lori herself didn't know much about her own teachings. The new Divine Concept of "Games" was unfamiliar to anyone.
She needed time and experience to perfect her game divinity. As for what it would be like in the future, no one really cared. It was said that a former God of Painting had first become the God of Art, then became the God of Inspiration, and finally, inexplicably, became the God of Wisdom.
Since most locals didn't know what games were, it was naturally Lori's freedom to interpret them however she wanted. However, this knowledge and belief would in turn affect Lori's Divine Concept and Divine Concept.
At least for now, Isabella was doing quite well. After all, having a sufficient number of believers and the Holy Church was her achievement record.
Adeline's angry rebuke wasn't wrong either. Although these Seimo priests hadn't completely turned into shut-ins, daily indoor activities had caused their bellies and fat to swell. Spending all day drawing and playing games had caused their eyes to glaze over and their limbs to become sluggish. Obviously, they couldn't be considered true warriors, so of course, she didn't like them … Yet, these priests were likely to become the future backbone of the Church.
Was this a mess? Even Adeline herself wasn't sure.
There were indeed many problems. However, the Church's foundation was stable, and its human resources were strangely abundant. Naturally, the pace of development was faster than ever. However, it was a bit like a derailed train, with no direction to go.
Rorschach watched as Isabella and Adeline completed the handover. For the next few days, the Church's development strategy would probably be to stabilize itself instead of causing trouble everywhere.
Two weeks ago, the other Churches' regional Churches had opened in Cape Town one after another. Although the Game Church had a certain foundation and advantage, they couldn't be careless, especially now that there were obvious problems with their teachings.
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