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Chapter 1068: Chapter 749: Followers

The news of Kana becoming a god was met with silence by the senior leadership privy to it.

They neither widely publicized it nor explained it within the Night Watchers.

However, they underestimated the impact and power that Kana’s deification would bring.

Even before Kana became a god, many within the Night Watchers firmly believed in Kana’s identity as the "Savior".

Their feelings toward Kana had long evolved from initial adoration and respect to a deep-seated faith.

After Kana’s deification, these believers quickly noticed something unusual.

In the belief system, followers offer faith to gods, and in return, the gods’ power is reflected back to the followers, forming the foundation of the power of faith.

If Kana had become a god through faith, he might have been able to control or sever this connection of faith, but the issue was he didn’t rely on faith to ascend; to him, the power of faith was no more than a dispensable chicken rib.

Thus, the faith began to operate in its usual mode.

Even if the power of faith was stored on the Six Dragon Spear, it did not affect its direction toward Kana.

Therefore, the believers genuinely sensed a change in their Leader, perceiving him as standing at the pinnacle of the Spiritual World.

Though they did not fully understand what this change meant, they spontaneously formed a sect-like group within the Night Watchers.

On the surface, this group showed little difference from the Night Watchers in principle, but the members’ ideological views diverged from their colleagues.

They revered Kana as the Savior and God, worshipping devoutly, and considered the emblem representing Kana as divine radiance, carrying it close to them.

Among them, the most fanatical one even started to compile a scripture for Kana based on historical records of the Night Watchers, interpreting various doctrines.

He traveled among Night Watchers who knew Kana, conversing with them and seeking out things Kana once said, which he then embellished and recorded anew.

In other words, he had already begun writing the scripture.

Kana, who had long been aware of all this, did not put a stop to it.

For in his view, there was nothing improper about it.

Regardless of how one becomes a god, a frenzy of faith inevitably follows post-deification.

Moreover, having one’s organization members become his followers is quite a normal phenomenon.

In this world, where gods truly exist, faith is no longer the superstitious belief of the past.

As a deity, forcibly denying one’s divinity to the followers is nothing but an exercise in futility.

Furthermore, the scriptures compiled by Kana’s followers aligned closely with the core philosophy and behavioral standards of the Night Watchers.

With the strengthening bond of faith, these followers’ resolve became firmer, and they gradually gained certain attribute enhancements from the Six Dragon Spear. ƒrēewebnovel.com

In other words, they became stronger, with higher mental resistance, all while being committed to saving the world and having a god of their belief.

"So what now? Should we limit their development or make your identity public?"

Alyris stood beside Kana, asking.

This indeed was an urgent issue to be resolved.

Kana pondered for a moment and waved his hand.

"Let them be. Restriction serves no purpose, besides, they haven’t done anything outlandish.

"Just let them spread freely, but there’s no need to offer deliberate assistance right now; the number of these believers is sufficient."

After all, he still needed at least six thousand strong believers to form his Six Dragon Spear Knight Order.

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Kana’s deification did not cause much of a stir.

The important plans of the Night Watchers continued to proceed methodically.

It was evidently noticeable that people all over the world started swearing oaths, most of whom were high-level figures from various countries.

However, making an oath was not without a price.

For instance, in the noble circles of a certain kingdom, a few nobles spontaneously combusted into ashes upon making an oath, with the ashes being absorbed by a mysterious force, leaving no trace behind.

Subsequently, the Night Watchers launched an investigation at the Adventurer Association branch in that city.

It turned out these nobles had secretly worshiped an Evil God and even participated in sacrificial activities.

Daring to make an oath under such circumstances was simply courting death.

In other places, there were also cases of nobles mysteriously dying shortly after making an oath.

The reason was that they violated the tenets of the oath.

It’s crucial to know the oath’s content was not merely a simple promise to save the world; it also included not harming the weak in the world and not actively endangering or slaughtering Life.

In this world, there’s no shortage of greedy and selfish nobles.

They turned into ashes for breaking their oaths, their energy reclaimed by the world.

After this event, all nobles dared not take oaths lightly just to covet the power of Datafication.

To them, such an action was truly not worth the risk.

And this was exactly the scenario Kana hoped to see.

In the Kingdom of Northfield, in the small town of Whitesnow.

There used to be a base for the Night Watchers here.

After the Night Watchers withdrew, the tavern in the town maintained only basic operations.

But recently, the town’s residents noticed the tavern was being renovated, its scale larger than before, with an extra floor added.

Apart from the tavern itself, several auxiliary buildings were newly constructed next to it.

Even two neighboring houses were purchased as well.

For this quiet town, such a commotion was quite unusual.

The people in the town were all paying attention to this change.

When the tavern reopened, it was completely revamped.

The sign read [Adventurer Association—Outpost].

"What does this mean? Is it an organization or just a peculiar name for a tavern?"

An old drunkard asked, full of puzzlement, unable to understand this arrangement of words.

"How should I know, but we can still drink for sure; I can already smell the alcohol."

"As long as we can drink, that’s all that matters."

"Then what are we waiting for, let’s go, let’s go."

However, the interior arrangement of the tavern was different from what they imagined. These non-adventurer drunks had to head to a separately partitioned area to drink.

To this, they did not seem to mind at all.

The young people in town, however, seemed to understand this change a bit more. Many youths knew from a young age that this tavern used to be a base for the Night Watchers, with many having received aid from them here.

Take Kurta, for example, he came to the association outpost and met an old acquaintance.

"Grandpa Bartel! You’re back!"

The old man called Bartel turned around, and he was blind in one eye, his face covered with scars.

When he saw Kurta, he was slightly taken aback.

"It’s you, you’ve grown so big?"

"Yes, you’ve been away for almost four years."

"Has it been that long already?"

"Grandpa Bartel, what’s happened to this place? Is there anything new with you coming back this time?"

The young boy asked, filled with curiosity.