The day after Ron returned to the lord's manor, the members of the two major cults in the territory assigned their followers to hand-copy the contents of their doctrines.
This was the first time they had ever felt that copying doctrines was so easy.
Content that is only one page or a little more.
They were also among the first believers to be baptized into the new doctrines.
Faith, righteousness, propriety, and purity.
God loves the world...
Although the new doctrine did not have the effect of reciting a spell, the dozen or so people who copied it by hand still did so with a sacred heart.
They wrote and recited the new doctrines over and over again, becoming the first believers to memorize them.
If Ron had seen it, he would have been disappointed; the believers did not seem overly surprised by the new doctrine.
True believers are devout believers, at least outwardly calm.
But who can truly know what's in one's heart?
At least, after hand-copying the new doctrines, more than ten church members had silently developed a set of beliefs and practices.
This action initially remained a plan, but it will gradually become a habit.
After copying to a certain extent.
A group of missionaries, somewhere between casual believers and true believers, entered and took away the new doctrines.
What they did was similar to distributing flyers.
The new territory had far too many potential believers, and the church gradually resorted to all sorts of methods.
After leaving the church.
Grover glanced at the contents of the new doctrine as usual.
It's really just a few sheets of cardboard. The fact that they could use cardboard shows that the two major religions were quite wealthy before.
Grover, who had been walking, stopped. Since he wasn't in the church, he didn't need to worry about appearing undevout.
He remained motionless for quite a while.
This... really is a new doctrine.
Okay...okay...simple.
It's over, it's over.
Having finally become a missionary, I originally hoped to comprehend the doctrines and even master some low-level divine magic, so I could become one of the copyists.
The church staff wouldn't have to run errands anymore.
While it's true that ancient incantation-based doctrines can be used to comprehend divine magic, one must also possess sufficient faith to perform it. Different deities have different definitions of divine magic...
Forget about this path to rapid advancement. After a long pause, Grover walked along, repeatedly reviewing the contents of the new doctrine.
So it turns out... goddesses prefer mortals like this.
I, Grover, understand.
Before approaching the crowd, Grover thought for a moment and first went to the riverbank to cleanse himself, closing his eyes and silently reciting the Protestant verse: God so loved the world.
With solemn steps, he finally returned to the crossroads.
My job duties have begun.
"Music goddess, God loves the world, the brilliance of music shines through the ages... How about we take a look at a new doctrine? Believe in the goddess, enter the kingdom of God..."
Actually, Grover hadn't been studying music for very long, but he had a great talent for it!
Thus, she became one of the young missionaries of the music goddess.
When the goddess of music was preaching in the city where the church was located, she used her best skills.
After Grover revealed his identity as a believer in his goddess to the world, he began to play music.
A small wind instrument appeared in his hand, and the new doctrine was placed high in front of him, its fairly pleasant melody playing in a small area.
More and more people gathered, and during the brief pauses in the music, Grover would gesture for the crowd to pick up the sermon materials in front of them.
Another thing happened that greatly surprised Grover.
Only an hourglass had passed when the thick stack of evangelistic materials in front of him was empty.
Sandy City, are there so many literate people?
Thanks to the abundance of free education, Sandyland's literacy rate is actually quite high compared to other places.
Among them, many outsiders, such as bards and apothecary apprentices, also wanted to fill the teaching shortage in Sandy Territory, because there were simply too many magic crystals available for work in Sandy Territory.
Thanks to the great Lord Sandy.
Once the new doctrines were spread, Grover's mission was essentially complete, but playing the flute was also Grover's hobby, and since there were listeners, he continued to play.
Each time Grover performed for God, his piety grew a little more, thinking that he would eventually comprehend new divine magic.
...
As evening approached, Sandy City gained a new tourist attraction thanks to the efforts of missionaries from the two major religions.
The missionaries of the goddess of music were proficient in a wide variety of musical instruments.
Within just one day, almost everyone in Sandy City knew that the two major churches had been built and that people could choose to attend services there.
The morning is the time for the daily worship of the goddess of music, while the worship time of the church of the water goddess is in the evening.
This continues the ancient custom that sailors returning late, after a successful catch, would pray to the water god for favorable weather.
Unlike other deities, the newly born water goddess faced greater challenges. She had to compete with the sea goddess for followers on the other side of the sea, and with the goddess of agriculture on the inland. Overall, the newly born water goddess never had many believers.
The situation was different for the first generation of ancient water element gods. However, the first generation of ancient gods had not appeared in the world for too long. It was not until the water god successfully became a god that the gods learned that the water god among the ancient element gods had met with an accident.
Looking back, the newly born water god was indeed not like a god of faith transformed from an ancient elemental god; divinity did not have much influence on the newly born water god for the time being!
It is unknown what happened between the ancient gods, or how many of them still influence the laws of matter.
Those who aspire to become gods gradually have two more choices: to become an ancient elemental god, or to become a god of faith through the name of an elemental god.
Such as the god of wind, the god of fire, and so on.
The name of the god is unknown, and the divine office is vacant!
Unfortunately, in the last few centuries, only one elemental god, the New Water God, has been born.
The History of Gods and Spirits.
As evening fell and the followers of the Water God were worshipping, Ron, dressed in the Pope's robes, appeared.
Yesterday I visited the Church of the Goddess of Music, and today I've come to the Church of the Goddess of Water.
With both major religious sects now within the territory, Ron's dual pope status can no longer be concealed.
Upon arriving at the Church of the Water God, Ron unconsciously recalled the true form of the Water God during his time in the Kingdom of God.
It's hard to say, but now I suddenly feel that my memory is a bit blurry.
The principles of divinity are incomprehensible, but what's amazing is that Ron's feelings from that time still linger, or perhaps this is a kind of spiritual power!
Contracts, deities, consciousness, spiritual feelings, realms, etc.
Thinking of this, I smiled knowingly. (?ˉ?ˉ?)
Pope Ron, led by his host, entered the main church.
The majority of worshippers were new believers on their first day of missionary work.
"My lord!"
"Lord..."
"..."
"Your Holiness the Pope..."
There were two different honorific titles, with "Lord" being more common, but Ron didn't care much about them.
He waved to signal, and the crowd quieted down.
As Ron and his party entered, the new believers whispered amongst themselves.
Among them, Simon, who arrived quickly using the teleportation array as a top-tier subspecies of flying dragon, lowered his head and stared blankly at the new doctrine of the Water God.
That must be the Papal Lord; he is indeed very young…
Simon is the top foreign spy for the Rich Empire. Ron has the identity of a fairy tamer and the support of the Rich Empire, but the royal family will not stop sending spies just because of His Highness the Prince.
Instead, thanks to His Highness Prince Field Ritchie, the Ritchie Empire focused its attention on Ron himself much earlier.
To Simon's surprise, another female spy was not far from him.
He was a magician, a member of the magic empire, the Carlo Empire.
The young female mage, while attending services for the cult, pondered how to write magical letters to the empire.
Different empires have different ways of communicating across different regions.
Richie uses flying magical beasts such as subspecies of dragons, while the Carlo Empire relies more on magic. Conversely, the Baron Empire, a holy land of swordsmen, has relatively few spies due to its underdeveloped communication system.
The spies of the Baron Swordsman Empire had already set off; the young dual-papal lord was enough to attract the attention of the royal family.
The Carlo Magic Empire took notice of Ron because of Tebbisa's defeat years ago.
The empire's pride and joy has fallen, and the dual pope lords are currently in the Water God's Church, where the magical goddess is mysteriously muttering to herself.
Some of the spies who had not joined the cult even came from the Darklands...
Various novice believers, before becoming true believers, can infiltrate any church, which ironically becomes a loophole in the church system. However, novice believers can't even use divine magic, so they pose no threat...
Ron, who was steadily ascending to the position of Pope, suddenly received a reminder from Rita.
Telepathic transmission: "Your Holiness, are there followers of evil gods outside the Church?"
"real?"
"Do you need Rita to go out and clear it out?"
"Wait a minute."
Ron, who had just sat down, suddenly frowned slightly. The clergy of the Water God Church thought they were not favored by the new pope, and everyone below became nervous.
Ron, meanwhile, was deep in thought.
How did he manage to provoke the followers of evil gods again? These are all terrorists.
Ron, who had intended to discuss the Water God Cult's development plans, ended up discussing them with Rita instead.
The technique of transmitting sound worked, but fortunately Ron's mental strength was a bit different from ordinary people. However, there was a long silence at the scene until Vivian reminded Ron.
Finally, it's time to appease the followers of the Water God.
"You don't need to do that. Tell me about the recent situation in the Church!"
Listening to the story and communicating with Rita in her mental world, Ron roughly understood that the followers of the evil god would come.
They deeply dislike the actions of slave traders, which stem from their own territory!
With fewer slaves and the neutral deities leaning towards the benevolent camp due to the new pope's apparent inclination towards good, there's a certain probability that followers of evil gods will cause trouble.
Fortunately, I wasn't arrogant enough to think about abolishing slavery back then.
We should think about how to deal with the believers of the evil god. For ordinary spies from different dark regions, being targeted by the evil god is not a good thing.
Ron briefly discussed several development strategies for the Water God Cult that he had already thought of, and the group hurriedly returned to the lord's manor.
After much deliberation, Ron decided to invoke the Pope's privileges.
"Isn't it just a divine avatar meeting the gods? What's so difficult about that, Rita? Help me!"
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