"'Rorschach Triumphs Over Blade of Grey Venom, Game Church Rises to the Core of the Twenty-Member Board of Directors', 'A Star-level Expert Less Than 20 Years Old'? They really know how to brag. How come I didn't know I was this strong? "
This was already the third day of the duel. Rorschach threw down the newspaper in his hand. The rumors were becoming more and more exaggerated.
In a closed city that lacked hot news, even the smallest of things could be copied over and over again, not to mention a duel between two big shots and a major event involving the city's upper echelons.
Rumors would only become more and more bizarre the more they spread, especially among the audience who happened to see the duel. As long as a few of them casually spouted nonsense … Actually, most people didn't understand a duel between two experts. Their "objective explanations" were filled with misunderstandings and exaggerations.
"Triumphs? Crushing? Narrow victory? Exchanging lifespan for power? A drama caused by a private political deal between Eagle Crest and the Game Church? These people really know how to make things up. "
In order to attract attention, the unscrupulous media outlets all brought out their own "exclusive news". However, it was hard to tell whether it was an exclusive interview or an exclusive fabrication.
If it was Saul or Earth, there would be laws to restrict the bottom line of these media outlets. However, strictly speaking, the media outlets here were self-media without any restrictions or official power. Not only did they not have to take responsibility for their words, they could even stimulate their sales … Thus, the headlines became more and more shocking while the content became more and more ridiculous.
The result was needless to say. When everyone was used to making things up, a media outlet that only spoke the truth … That was how the Game Church came to be.
This time, the sales of the Game Church's "Absolute Reality" also exploded, but the buyers were slightly disappointed.
"I thought they would publicize it greatly. After all, it's their own Descender, but they didn't even mention it for two pages."
"… I actually feel that this newspaper is becoming more and more reliable. It clearly states that Blade of Grey Venom was schemed against, and not that the young Rorschach's strength crushed a veteran expert. If it was any other newspaper, they would have bragged to the heavens.
"Is there a need for them to brag? Look at every newspaper that publishes carrier pigeons. They all say that Rorschach has three transformations. Many people are bragging for him. "
"If that's the case, it seems that there are quite a few churches who rejoice in other people's misfortune. Is that Grey Poison Blade really that hateful?"
"I've seen that person's CV. He's not at the level of being hated. He's an ultimate criminal who would be hunted down by the police of several countries as long as he appears in their world. The Eagle Crown actually used such a person …"
"You guys don't get it. These are just stowaways and mercenaries, the kind that will be abandoned after using them. Also, those churches are dissatisfied with the Grey Poison Blade. They're clearly dissatisfied with the Eagle's Crown. The way those churches do things is just too overbearing."
"But, I didn't expect the media church to have such a strong warrior. Perhaps this is the reason why they dare to speak the truth...."
Many discussions and rumors filled the streets, alleyways, churches, and corporations. The Game Church was now the talk of the town, and Rorschach was now truly famous.
[How do you feel? Does it feel good?]
Perhaps it was because she could finally hold her head high for once, or perhaps it was because she had regained her physical body in a short period of time, but Lori had been in a good mood recently.
"Yes, it feels good. But if it continues like this, it won't be good."
Rorschach was quite honest. After being a grandson for so many years, he finally saw some light at the end of the tunnel. Not only were there people taking the initiative to greet him at the twenty-person board of directors meeting recently, but the bigwigs were finally showing him some respect. Finally, someone listened to his speech at the meeting.
But from the standpoint of the Game Church, it would really be bad if this continued.
The Game Church was well aware of their own strength. This time, they had used all their strength to defeat the Grey Poison Blade. This meant that they had the deterrence of a top-level expert, but it didn't mean that they were truly a top-level Church with top-level combat strength.
The outside world's guesses were indeed a little off. This time, they deliberately downplayed the news report, but it wasn't to maintain the usual style of the Game Church. Actually, if one looked through the previous periodicals, it would be obvious that the Game Church had never slacked off in their promotion of their ace descender. Although there were no lies, there were plenty of artistic embellishments.
Perhaps this was the effect brought about by a good reputation. People habitually chose to ignore many negative factors.
This time, the Game Church really didn't want to advertise too much.
They had won the battle, and they had obtained the actual benefits. They had obtained the right to speak among the higher-ups of Vila Nova Dônia. There were a large number of applications and new believers, so Lori had been singing in Rorschach's ears for the past two days.
Others had already declared for you to the point of punching the Eagle's Crown and kicking the Radiant Scroll. If you really climbed up the pole and said, "Yes, that's right. It's me. It's me." That was equivalent to stepping on the other party's face.
If it really escalated to the level of face, the higher-ups of the Church would take action for real. Even if they didn't secretly take action, it wouldn't be worth it to send out a few elites to fight you in Church Wars, Duels, and Divine Battles.
In order to resolve this matter as quickly as possible, the Game Church not only deliberately downplayed the promotion, they even took the initiative to express their goodwill to the Eagle's Crown … but the result was beyond Rorschach's expectations. Not only was the Archbishop in charge of the Eagle's Crown not dissatisfied, he was actually very happy and didn't take it seriously at all.
As long as the Game Church didn't seek death, there shouldn't be any problems. As for the Grey Poison Blade … Let's hope that the Eagle's Crown can be controlled well. If it couldn't, then there was nothing we could do. Since we had already stepped on others to get to the top, we were already prepared to be hated by others.
"… How much more time will it take to activate this status again?"
[Anytime. This is far better than expected. No matter if it's due to our high compatibility, or the recent increase in faith, the number of old worshippers becoming more devout, or the number of new worshippers increasing … Although we've already used up almost half a year's worth of divine power, we originally expected to need four months to replenish our divine power. Now, we'll be able to replenish our divine power in less than two months. At this rate, we'll be able to start profiting by the third month.]
Rorschach felt much more relaxed after hearing this news. After all, it was quite unsettling to be targeted by a powerful individual on the Calamity Rankings.
As the victor, although there was also bad news and unsettling hidden dangers, there was more good news than bad news. The Game Church had put in so much effort for this day, and they were benefiting from it as well.
"Su Nanna, Isabella, Archmage, and the others have all leveled up? Almost half of the new knights have successfully leveled up, and the others feel like they've improved greatly and are about to level up as well? Does this count as a hack? "
[Of course. If you still haven't improved after going through a life-and-death battle with a top-level individual and dying ten times, then you're truly hopeless.]
"… Why haven't I leveled up? I even feel like an elephant just trampled on me. "
[Ha, when the battle really started, what did you do apart from watching the show? Watch the entire battle and then cheer them on? You want to level up just like that? Didn't the audience go up to ninety-nine? The only difference between you and them is that they're watching from the stage, while you're watching from below.]
Rorschach was instantly rendered speechless.
"… Do I really count as a top-level individual?"
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