What was the first requirement to become a New God?
Many people had asked this question before, but the answer was always unacceptable.
Become the New God Organization's own church? The first requirement was money.
Yes, that was the answer that made people feel helpless. First, you needed money in order to create your own church, recruit and hire clergy members, create your own Temple Knights, and even purchase Ansorenne's status as a descender would require a large amount of money.
In fact, even the creation of your church's teachings would require professionals. Without trained propagandists, it would be impossible to expand or perfect your church's teachings, not to mention obtaining believers through advertising.
Before the War of Dawn, the New Gods of various species were rare. Every single one of them had relied on their own efforts to ascend to Godhood, which meant that they stood at the peak of all living beings … In other words, their very existences were living advertisements that naturally attracted countless "investors".
In that generation, being a non-believer was a sin. Even if it was for the sake of a peaceful afterlife, it was necessary to find a God to believe in.
After the War of Dawn, the doors to the various dimensions were opened. The universal era brought information from other worlds, which naturally allowed the people of Eich to gradually understand the truth about the Gods. It seemed that the Gods weren't a necessity, nor were they so high up, sacred, inviolable, and infallible.
As Ansorenne gradually developed the New Gods, a few "New Gods" appeared every year. However, the new generation's source of belief, resource, and population didn't increase greatly. The end result was that the competition became even more intense.
Several hundred years later, several thousand or even tens of thousands of New Gods would ascend to Godhood every year. The shock of the New Gods' registration naturally disappeared. When people heard about a New God that they hadn't heard of before, they would probably think, "Oh, there's another new company/church."
In such a great era, the New Gods' churches found it increasingly difficult to survive. Since it was impossible for believers and investors to come to them, and empty words wouldn't be persuasive, they could only take the initiative to fight for them … Since everyone was competing in the same "market" and needed publicity, investments, returns, and benefits, there was no foundational difference between a "company or church".
Actually, the current mainstream view of the New Gods was just like how a company would be viewed.
Once the New God's Church (company) was established, the teachings would be the scope of your business. The New God himself would never change the helm of the company. The investors would evaluate the company based on the actual situation of the company and make investments or market financing.
It was only with investments, or if the new God had money to begin with, that he would be able to recruit people and establish a church, which would lead to a series of developments.
However, investment alone wasn't enough. There had to be returns. At the very least, the investors had to see that your "company" was operating well and that you didn't use the investors' funds to buy other figurines.
The star descenders that the Church had painstakingly created, as well as the Church's subordinate teams, were precisely for this purpose.
Of course, there would be semi-public and public competitions within the simulation. Sometimes, even the Kamikaze Battle Royale would be the best platform for publicity. Of course, the most eye-catching ones would be the celebrity contestants.
When a small team of celebrities continuously completed difficult missions in the two worlds, when their deeds often appeared in other teaching journals, and even increased sales, it naturally proved the strength and confidence of the Church itself.
For example, if the Silver Elf War God's Victory Battleship Group successfully completed the God Hunt mission, not only would the Church obtain a tremendous amount of tangible benefits, it would also be advertised as "The Silver Elves' Invincible Battleship Group."
Rather than repeatedly emphasizing to the investors and third parties how much profit the Church had, and how well it had done in Ansorenne, it would be much better to show off what famous characters the Church had, what reputable military strength they had, and what great achievements they had.
The Game Church didn't hesitate to pay other teaching journals to report and publicize the Ghost in the Fog incident. This was also a conscious effort to cultivate their own signature characters.
Not only that, the leaders of the major Gods would also reward the New God's Church based on their "achievements" in Ansorenne. Every year, there would be a celebration at the middle and end of the year that would test the New God's Church.
The Game Church would have to fight with real swords and spears to achieve results. Naturally, the rewards would be extremely plentiful. Combined with a year's achievements, it would be directly linked to the number of descenders in the coming year. The God's Artificial Limb that Rorschach was so interested in was the prize at the end of the year … This was like a carrot on a string. Many people would eat it if they saw it … But if many people were interested in it, it would be meaningful.
The path for the rising Churches was similar:
The better they did, the more famous they became, the more investment they had, the more manpower they had, and the more power they had. The more achievements they had in the celebration and hunting, the more rewards they had. There would be more descenders in the coming year, and they would do even better next year.
This was a very normal and virtuous path. However, the number of Churches that could walk on this path wouldn't exceed 3% of the New God's Church.
Most of the time, the Church would do average things. Their reputation would be passable, their investment would be average, and their power would be slightly obvious. They would be easily defeated in the celebration, and there would be no results in hunting. They wouldn't be able to balance their income, and the number of descenders who died in battle would decrease.
That's right, even being average was unacceptable. This was an incredibly cruel world. Not rising up would be equivalent to a slow death.
Just like the legends, the number of rapidly rising and developing companies would always be small. Most Churches would be stuck in the middle and lower levels, and their achievements would sometimes be good and sometimes bad.
It would be difficult to cultivate a few backbones or small stars, but they would be poached by others because they couldn't see the future. Then, their achievements would become worse and worse, and they could only muddle along.
Large factions and race Gods had deep foundations. They could afford to fail for a few years or even a few decades. As for new Churches that didn't have any foundations or backers, a single year of failure would shatter their cycle of conscience, and they would never rise up again.
If one were to trace back to the source, the first few years of this cycle would be the most difficult, but also the most important. A small company that started from scratch would be tossed around a few times, and it would basically be dead for sure.
Meanwhile, the Game Church only had a history of less than two years. In the first year, they would lay down their foundations, and neither the investors nor the market would have any expectations for their results. In the second year … which was this year, it was time for them to show results.
Whether they lived or died, it would all depend on today.
The Game Church itself was quite hardworking as well. Although the conflict with the Silver Elves seemed like a bad thing, it had actually already made the Church's reputation known and proved its strength. Their private investments had increased tremendously over the past few days, which made Loli and the others incredibly happy.
And in Ansorenne, the Church was investing even more energy, resources, and funds into large-scale construction … I meant construction of airships.
With airships, the Church's radius of operations would be much larger, and they would naturally be able to achieve more results. They would also be able to go to other major cities to do business, interact with the locals, and even start building their own territory.
In Aishi, the Game Church established a joke "Third Game Club". They even added several elite descenders into the club. However, this wasn't a small club for fun. This was the Game Church's way of creating their own elite teams and celebrity squadrons. This was also to create their own reputation.
It could be said that in the following days, Rorschach and the small team that he took over wouldn't have an easy time.
The battle with the silver elves, the team's preliminary mock competition, the Battle of the Gods, and the year-end celebration. Each stage was bigger than the last, and each threshold was higher than the last. But for a new Weak God and her Church, they couldn't afford to fail a single one. In fact, they couldn't even fail to shine.
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