Life was always so difficult. However, since you weren't the main character and didn't have the luck to change your fate, you could only slowly learn to adapt to the environment and persevere.
However, if you really wanted to become outstanding and rely solely on hard work and perseverance … you could probably only read about such things in novels.
After all, who didn't want to work hard to improve themselves? When everyone worked hard and persevered, the word "hard work" became too cheap. Everyone had something, so it was natural that the gap between them couldn't be widened.
Among the New Gods, the Game Church and Lori were the fastest to progress. Most churches that had been established for less than ten years were still fighting for the first permanent residence, the first batch of believers, and the first small team of Descenders.
It was impossible for them to even become a level 2 or 3 New God, let alone a large gathering place.
Meanwhile, the Game Church was already one of the best level 3 churches in all aspects. At the very least, it wasn't weaker than the Silver Elf God of War Church, which had a long history and a strong foundation.
Of course, it wasn't that they were weak. It was more of a problem in terms of overall strength such as their sphere of influence, wealth, industrial system, and development prospects. However, the Game Church still had an obvious shortcoming.
"Our biggest problem is that compared to churches of similar size, the difference between our normal combat strength and our peak combat strength is too great."
During a routine internal meeting, Su Nanna, who was in charge of military affairs, once again emphasized this long-standing problem.
"Although everyone says that the situation in Ansorenne is still relatively stable, and that Vila Nova Dônia is still relatively united and stable, the lion and rabbit are both in the same cage. Most of the time, the lion doesn't eat the rabbit because the rabbit doesn't look tasty and treats it as food reserves. If the rabbit really fights with the lion for something … do you think the lion will reason with you?"
Nobody would truly believe in the mercy of a carnivore. Those naive people who believed in the Aishi's Saul Alliance had all died in some unknown corner.
Yes, as Aishi People, they had a common enemy in the form of an Evil God. Furthermore, they had signed an Alliance with the Aishi, so they couldn't openly attack you.
But in the middle of the night, a group of "foreign bandits" suddenly attacked you. They pushed into your church and killed your senior professions. Then, they set fire to your property and turned it into ruins. What could you do?
Previously, the Game Church's environment had been relatively safe. Apart from the fact that their strength wasn't too bad, it was mostly because they were always within the safe zone. They didn't overestimate themselves and compete with the large churches.
There were too many stories about those who had been developing well but had suddenly died overnight.
"Apart from descenders like us, there are only some stowaways and natives left. To be honest, this situation is much worse than Saul's."
Most of the stowaways came through the devil's channel. As the Game Church's evaluation improved, the devil's authority increased as well. However, this kind of bought combat power still had a lot of problems. Many of them naturally had hidden dangers. Apart from a very small number of extremely talented individuals, they were basically used as transitional goods by large churches.
Using too many stowaways wasn't a good thing. After the situation had stabilized, the Game Church, like other growing churches, started to extensively recruit local talents and human resources.
However, talents not only needed to be nurtured with resources, they also needed to be accumulated over time. Those who started from scratch needed at least ten years of hard work to truly become a top-tier combat power.
"Bad, it's much worse."
Su Nanna didn't say it very clearly, but everyone knew deep down that some things couldn't be said clearly.
The first 'bad' probably referred to the reality of the lack of conventional combat power. The second 'bad' was something that wasn't convenient to say. It referred to the bad composition of combat power — "We rely too much on Mount Sainte."
As mentioned earlier, new combat power needed time. Most of the local warriors from Cape Town went to Cape Town, and the other churches offered better recruitment terms. The addition of Mount Sainte's faction was a life-saving tonic for the Game Church. However, the Game Church was a little weak.
"There are a total of 156 people with professions above Grade 3 (or equivalent combat power). Mount Sainte has 83 of them, 62 of them are Grade 4 and above, and 30 of them are from Mount Sainte. As you go further up, the proportion of people from Mount Sainte's faction is actually higher."
Back then, Marsha was indeed very sincere. The Mount Sainte faction brought their people and warriors to join the Game Church and survived until today.
After receiving Aishi's knowledge and magical engineering technology, many people from Mount Sainte improved and entered a period of rapid growth. This made the Game Church both happy and painful.
Although most people had been reorganized, the arrival of a fellow villager from the same place naturally led to the formation of a so-called faction.
When this faction occupied more than half of the power, it naturally had more say. It could be said that the current strength of Mount Sainte's faction had already surpassed Lori's original batch of core descenders.
Although there weren't any problems now, it didn't mean that there wouldn't be any problems in the future. For example, there were differences in values when it came to how they treated the natives.
For example, if an Aishi church had a serious conflict with the natives, the upper echelons of the Game Church would definitely think from the Aishi church's point of view. The Mount Sainte faction would most likely stand on the opposite side without hesitation.
If this continued, it would be easy for a huge problem to occur once a fuse appeared.
Even if it was to ensure that there wouldn't be any problems in the future, it was necessary to expand the core strength of the Mount Sainte faction and achieve a so-called internal balance.
When there were only two voices in an organization, conflicts were unavoidable, even if the two sides didn't want to have conflicts. When there were dozens of voices in an organization, there would be no such thing as a natural standpoint, and the conversations between the top forces wouldn't be so harsh and aggressive.
However, the Game Church's recruitment plan wasn't very effective.
The reason? There were too many reasons. The environment wasn't good, and human resources were scarce. Most importantly, the Game Church didn't have an advantage over the other churches. The other churches could offer better conditions.
These large churches had accumulated a huge amount of knowledge, magic, and battle techniques over many years. They were very experienced in training warriors. The resources they offered were also not something the Game Church could compare to.
Even if they belonged to smaller churches, the Divine Roles of War, Development, and Guardian could more or less provide some help to the warriors under them. It was like the Game Church putting all their talents into logistics and entertainment.
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