Chapter 2 Wanted Criminals and Traitors

Three days later, Rand was silently holding a piece of paper and rushing back to the hideout.

It wasn't because he had any attachment to the Fertility Goddess Sect, but because he was wanted.

He saw a wanted poster for himself in a nearby town.

He found a random excuse to get the believers away and went to a nearby town.

Rand was so excited about his freedom that he saw a portrait of a wanted criminal who looked exactly like him. Someone explained, "With the fierce attack of the Torch Church, they finally destroyed the headquarters of the largest pagan organization, the Nurturing Blood Sect, and successfully captured the sect's leader, Rand."

"But when Rand's execution was about to begin, the world's most evil cult leader suddenly disappeared."

Hence the wanted warrant issued to all mankind.

Rand looked at the wanted warrant in his hand, smiled dryly, and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead imperceptibly.

So the original body is actually such a powerful cult leader? Then what am I playing at!

Now that things have come to this, it’s time to lie down.

He was originally just a student at an agricultural university. He had no memory of this body and only knew a name and could understand the language of this world.

According to his plan, after sending these vicious cultists to see the Mother Goddess, he would find an opportunity to slip away, and then make a good living by relying on his grasp of the world situation.

This was a second setback.

Now we have to go back to our hideout and make careful plans.

On the way back, something worse happened.

When he was about to return to the hideout, he was blocked by a paladin at a fork in the road.

At the fork in the road, a lone paladin stood on the soft ground.

Standing there is like a towering mountain.

The armor was made of an unknown material and was covered with complicated patterns. A huge ruby ​​was inlaid on the helmet, like a burning flame.

Behind this heavily armored knight was a warhorse that was also armed to the teeth.

Although it is strange that this person painted his armor black, it is still recognizable as a Paladin.

At that moment, he felt that his journey through time and space was about to end.

After staring at the paladin for a long time, Rand realized that the other party didn't seem to recognize him.

"I'm here to seek refuge." After blocking Rand back in the hideout and confirming that he was the leader, the iron tower-like knight finally spoke.

You are a paladin and you have joined a cult. Are you not very smart?

Aren't you afraid of breaking your oath and losing the favor of God? And do you think I can't tell that you are a Paladin?

The knight's face under the helmet looked a little reserved; he was here as an undercover agent.

Recently, he heard that the cult of the Goddess of Plenty was showing signs of revival. He, who had been on the sidelines in the church for many years, suddenly had the urge to go undercover in the cult.

After he was fully prepared, he left without saying goodbye. When he returned, he would be cheered and applauded. The days of sitting on the bench would be gone forever! He would definitely be able to collect enough intelligence to wipe out these evil cults! In order to infiltrate the cult, he made many preparations and even dyed his originally silver-white armor black.

He is simply a genius! Although Rand didn't know what was in the mind of this inexplicable paladin, he was very reluctant to have him join. Who knows if he would suddenly shout something like "Glory!" "Justice!" "Partner!" and hack him to death.

Rand pondered for a moment and said calmly, "Joining our organization requires a firm belief. You may not meet the requirements."

The knight was delighted. He had certainly made sufficient preparations to be an undercover agent. For example, he could recite the teachings of the Church of the Goddess of Fertility by heart.

Otherwise, if he was discovered to be a paladin, he would be posed in eight hundred different positions on the altar.

Rand, who had no idea what was going on, said, "Even if we lower the standards, do you know the teachings of my religion? The Mother Goddess will not pay attention to believers who have no faith."

"I know!" the Paladin said excitedly, "I memorized them all!"

Seeing Rand's surprised expression, he looked like he didn't believe it.

The knight immediately began to recite.

It's like a devilish sound piercing my ears.

The teachings of the Cult of the Goddess of Fertility invaded Rand's mind at a distorted speed.

Rand listened for a while and then immediately interrupted, "Okay, okay, I know you've memorized it."

It was ridiculous. How could any random Paladin recite the doctrine? Was this cult of the goddess of abundance famous? Seeing how poor he was, he immediately denied it.

But it doesn’t matter, this is a good excuse to reject this inexplicable paladin.

As long as I admit my poverty, I will be invincible!

"My sect is currently short of funds, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to maintain equipment like yours."

"Prediction!" the knight thought to himself. He had long anticipated that he might be rejected for this reason.

Therefore, he made corresponding preparations and said loudly: "I am willing to donate money and property to the sect!"

Then he took out a purse and opened it slightly, revealing coins with a metallic luster.

Rand was shocked in his heart but did not show it on his face. What's wrong with this paladin? He actually wants to pay to join a cult. You can't really be a fanatic follower of this dark fertility goddess.

Looking at his blackened Paladin armor, the sacred power was squeezing out the blessing given to Rand by the Dark Goddess of Fertility. This didn't look like a Vowbreaker Paladin, did it? Although he felt very tired, Rand couldn't think of any reason to refuse. Moreover, looking at this tall and strong Paladin, if he refused too much and angered him, he would turn hostile and start to chop directly. It was estimated that no one in this den could be his opponent.

Now that things have come to this, we have no choice but to calm him down.

"Okay, but no matter who joins, they have to start from the bottom. Goddess Fengrang treats everyone fairly!" Rand planned to struggle to see if he would give up, although he felt the probability was very low.

The paladin frowned, but unfortunately Rand didn't notice it because of the helmet. He quickly replied loudly: "Of course, no problem, I am willing to join the sect!"

Rand nodded in agreement, and performed a ritualistic gesture, indicating that he had successfully joined: "Report your name to the Mother Goddess."

"Tan'r!"

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The Paladin really didn't want to start from the bottom, because it meant it would be difficult to obtain valuable enough intelligence in a short period of time, but since this was the arrangement of the Messenger of God, he had no choice but to accept it.

It seems that I have to find a way to get promoted quickly, otherwise it will take an indefinite amount of time to wipe out this evil cult.

Rand could only sigh slightly, feeling that his plan to develop his cult would be a long and difficult road.

He now has a clear idea of ​​the timeline, although he can't remember the details, but since the Church of Nurturing Blood has been breached, the next expansion pack, War of the Nations, is about to begin.

The countries that were originally full of conflicts are now able to maintain a superficial unity because of the unified target of the Church of Nurturing Blood.

Now that this target has been hit, the countries that were originally only able to shelve their disputes have immediately become a mess.

Then, due to conflicts accumulated over generations, war will soon break out.

At this time, this land will become a breeding ground for cults.

Rand pinched his nose. Although developing a sect felt a bit like going backwards in history, the nobles who oppressed all living beings in this world were not much better. At least under his control, the sect could still do things according to his will.

First of all, you need to eat enough.

Although the money problem was temporarily solved by Paladin Fu Ge.

Life here is pretty good.

But sooner or later, he will run out of food and will not be able to take advantage of others. If this paladin is really a fundamentalist fanatic of the Church of the Goddess of Abundance, and if we rely entirely on his support, won't we lose our voice?

This was totally unacceptable to him.

Moreover, as a top student at the Agricultural College, he had some knowledge about planting.

I have surveyed the land near the hideout these days and found that it is quite fertile and can be used for planting after a little cultivation.

At least if these believers work hard and don't slack off, having enough to eat won't be a problem.

After surveying the land, he immediately assigned these seemingly weak and frail believers to work.

Perhaps due to the power of the Mother Goddess, although they are all pale and thin, their strength is not too weak.

As the Paladin was assigned tasks by Rand, he also felt very strange.

Didn’t the church say that cultists were all vicious criminals? But now they just looked like a group of hungry civilians.

Anyway, he didn't see any criminal activities.

In the past few days, he has become familiar with most of the people here. Although the messenger of God is still very mysterious and it is impossible to tell what he is thinking every day, he has already understood other believers.

They were either children who were kicked out of their homes because of illness and ended up on the streets, or serfs who were already poor and could not survive because of the nobles' extortion and had to flee, or victims who were left homeless after their homes were burned down in the war.

A group of people who were already living in pain, and who were not even as familiar with the teachings of the Fertility Goddess Cult as he was.

Every time he wanted to show off his faith in the goddess of fertility, he would see these people looking confused.

It seems that they joined the cult just to survive.

Sometimes he couldn't even suppress his curiosity and asked them questions indirectly.

These people really don't seem to have done anything bad.

So do these people really deserve to die? The Paladin wanted to ask them many times why they didn't go to collect the relief food from the Torch Church, but thinking of his current identity as an undercover agent, he held back.

Of course Rand didn't know what Paladin Taner was thinking, otherwise he would have told him that he had sent all those evil cultists to see the Mother Goddess!

(End of this chapter)