Chapter 182 The Power of Faith
In the darkness, Carl heard many voices.
"Help me, Great Lord of the Lost!"
"Please respond to my request. I am willing to give you everything! Lord of the Lost!"
"Your power will come to the world. Those fools don't understand your greatness at all!"
He can listen to the prayers of people all over the world, and those devout people seem to have "special attention" and can become clearly visible among the many voices, overwhelming all others.
In recent years, Carl has been able to listen to more and more voices.
And he suddenly discovered to his surprise that it was not only the Fisher family and its affiliated forces who prayed to him, but also a small number of people from all over Syat who spontaneously prayed to him.
"interesting."
Carl found it very interesting and began to identify their specific identities and understand why those people prayed to him.
Most of them are people who have been persecuted by the church, or illegal supernatural beings who have betrayed the regular path. They pray to themselves because they have lost hope and hate the gods.
Even in the town of Zeya to the east of Lake Dawn, a transcendent of a qualitatively different level appeared. He pretended to be a disciple of the "Ring Bearer" and gathered a dozen illegal transcendents to establish a subordinate organization of the "Lost Order".
Of course, his real purpose is just to take advantage of those low-level extraordinary people.
Carl felt a little amused.
"The identity of the Ring Bearer was originally fake, but he pretended to be the disciple of the Ring Bearer and successfully established a small-scale supernatural organization."
However, he discovered that many of those low-level extraordinary people actually believed in him, so he could hear their prayers.
"It's an interesting situation. My 'horizon' has been greatly expanded. It would be even more interesting if the enemies of the Fisher family also prayed to me."
However, Carl soon discovered that the so-called doctrines those people followed and the image of the Lost Lord in their hearts were very different and fragmented, and there was no truly unified concept at all.
Karl found it very interesting deep down, but it was a pity that they were not members of the family, and they did not have the blood of the Fisher family. Even if someone tried to sacrifice various things, it would have no effect at all.
They also hadn't taken the Lost Shadow potion, so they couldn't hear Carl's voice at all.
"For those people, I can only listen one-sidedly, that's all... But just listening to their prayers is actually very useful. At least I can get a lot of information."
"Well, we can focus on some of the people with potential there. When there is an opportunity, we can ask the devout people of the Fisher family to preach there and formally recruit them as part of the Dawn Cult."
The behavior of that "Sun Gold" actually helped himself to a great extent in a certain sense.
Although he couldn't use those people for the time being, Carl subconsciously understood that they would definitely be useful.
Because the sound of those prayers came like strands of silk threads, and a certain power derived from faith would also slowly condense along them.
At the beginning, the number of believers was too small, so the power of faith they gathered was negligible. But now they are increasing little by little, and Carl decided to try to use the power of faith.
"The key to the power of faith lies in the number of people and the time of prayer, not the strength of the believers themselves. It seems that if we want to utilize this power, large-scale missionary work will be indispensable in the future..."
He even thought of ordering the Fisher family to establish a true kingdom of God.
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In recent years, the town of Nasir has also undergone significant changes. The population has rapidly grown to more than 30,000 people, and has formed a siphon effect on the surrounding villages. In a few years, the population will grow to more than 50,000.
Moreover, a population of more than 50,000 is just a starting point. Everything in the steam age will be completely different from the past.
The Fisher family built a new primary school, and later built a large hospital in Nasir Town. At the same time, they began to transform the East City District where the poor lived. Finally, they planned to add a fifth district as a residential area for the increasing number of outsiders.
Most of the people who came to the town went to work in factories, and the labor force was growing in an endless stream, so the Fischer family had begun to consider building a new factory.
However, environmental pollution is also an important issue. Although many factory owners do not pay attention to it, Byrne has foresight.
In the basement of Fisher Manor.
"We still have a lot of work to do regarding the military."
Byrne was alone with his thoughts, as the rest of the family were either out of town or too young.
"Building an army is indeed a troublesome matter, but the Fisher family must have its own army to further expand its armed forces."
"We need large magic arrays and mobile barriers for the army to use, many weapons including cannons, horses and horse ranches for the cavalry, and specialized military camps, medical personnel and supporting medical equipment, training grounds for new recruits, commanders proficient in military combat, instructors responsible for training soldiers, and preferably an arsenal..."
"Not just ordinary soldiers, we also need to increase the number of normal extraordinary people under our command. Fisher now has enough money and resources to do many things that we couldn't have imagined in the past."
Building a real army is like creating a miniature society, and the final headache is so great that Byrne finds it impossible to describe it even on a piece of paper.
Although the Fisher family's current financial resources are sufficient to cover the expenses of a regular army, it is still very troublesome and difficult.
Byrne has decided to recruit a group of old classmates from the military academy, and then combine them with some Dawnbreakers to form the backbone core. He will then use the town of Nasir as the main source of troops and absorb the population of the four towns to form a professional army belonging to the Fisher family.
Although the power of a powerful monarch is unquestionable, a strong professional army is still very useful, especially in battles without a powerful monarch.
Even if there is a battle between powerful monarchs, because of the existence of collective spells, the army with sufficient morale and discipline can fully serve as "blood packs" for the powerful monarchs, and the effect is much stronger than that of ordinary people.
King Syat's conscription order has been issued nationwide, and the Fisher family must also contribute in the war.
However, on the one hand, Darren Fisher has joined the Siat Kingdom Army, and on the other hand, the Fisher family is responsible for producing a large amount of high-quality military supplies as usual, making a very huge contribution, so the rest of the Fisher family were not forced to go to the front line.
Although the Fisher family has not yet collectively gone to the front line, attacking a neighboring country is indeed a big deal.
In addition, the northern jungle of the East Coast Province is across from Rhea, which is too close to the Empire, so Byrne and others must remain vigilant at all times.
They had to be prepared at all times for a possible surprise attack by the Rhea army in the East Coast Province.
Finally, Chris and Vanessa return to the family.
"Chris, Vanessa, you are finally back. How are you? Any progress?"
Byrne was very happy. Although he asked this question, he actually knew the result deep down in his heart.
Chris and Vanessa's personalities are such that they will not return to the family until the ritual is completed. Since they are willing to come back, it means that they have successfully found the ritual, or even completed the promotion ceremony.
"Um."
Chris nodded slightly and said nothing more.
Vanessa smiled, her face filled with uncontrollable joy, and explained to Byrne:
"Regarding the direction of advancement on the Path of Order, we have successfully found two completely different methods."
"The first is to strictly abide by the principles in your heart and maintain them in every action in your life. It also takes a long time to take effect and progress is very slow..."
Vanessa paused and continued:
"Then there is the second method. I discovered that the real way to advance from the Path of Order to the third step is to constrain others to follow your own ideas."
"ah?"
Byrne was stunned, then realized what Vanessa meant.
Vanessa slowly raised her hand and said in summary: "I followed my own principles and tried many people in succession. I also urged them to change according to my ideas and successfully completed the promotion ceremony."
"If it's Moore, I'm afraid he will just assimilate some people to follow his gang's rules."
So that's how it is. Byrne nodded calmly and recorded in his mind the method to advance to the third level of the Path of Order.
“Assimilate a sufficient number of other people who act in accordance with your principles and get enough feedback from them.”
He suddenly understood something.
Commonality!
“So that’s how it is. Now I understand. Most of the ritual principles for advancing to the third step of the God-ascending Long Steps are actually about influencing others to gain feedback!”
So Byrne quickly found Moore and told him the method of the promotion ceremony to the next level of the Road of Order, and then sent a letter to Irene who was outside.
She was asked to come back from outside soon and perform a sacrificial ceremony to help Vanessa advance to the next level on the road to order.
(End of this chapter)
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