Green Monster Epic

Chapter 33: Faith

“You wilderness natives have much stronger physical qualities than we humans. Generally, the individual strength of a fighting race can reach warrior levels 5-6 after adulthood. If there is a complete training method and a reasonable advanced inheritance, basically one advanced individual can be cultivated out of every 20 individuals.”

“The most basic requirement for warrior-type advancement is to reach the limit of individual physical fitness, which varies from race to race. Among humanoid races, the individual limit of gnomes and goblins is the lowest. After reaching about level 6 in the basic profession, they touch the limit of their physical fitness. After that, they can start preparing for the advanced profession.”

“We humans and dwarves have stronger physical qualities than gnomes and goblins, and can advance around level 7 of the basic profession; while for you hobgoblins, elves, and orcs, whose physical qualities are already excellent, the basic warrior profession generally needs to be above level 8 to have a chance to advance. As for those with even stronger physical qualities, such as dragons and giants, their basic profession level needs to be above level 9 to touch the threshold of the advanced profession.”

“For spellcasting professions, the required level of the basic profession for advancement is relatively uniform, generally requiring level 7 or above to have a chance to advance.”

"… …"

This was the first time Allen had heard detailed news about professional advancement. Perhaps because he had received a gold coin from Allen, Regis, who had originally reserved some information from Allen, now told him about the information about advanced professions.

“So that’s how it is.”

Allen was moved. After digesting this information, he looked up at the temple and asked.

“Then, Brother Regis, can I go to the Kobold Temple to check my level?”

Because the Hobgoblin tribe does not have its own faith, nor does it have a temple priest, he and Regis have been roughly estimating Allen's level based on Regis as a reference point along the way for their understanding of their own level.

“I’m afraid this is a bit difficult. Kurtulmak's priesthood is centered on the Kobold Protector. Although he has some other authority, even if a foreign race enters his temple, I am afraid it will not attract his attention.”

Regis shook his head and said hesitantly.

Knowledge related to divine faith is the most mysterious in this world. Gods are actually in a state of competition with each other, because the source of their divine power is their believers. Every additional god means an additional competitor, which forces the gods to try every means to hide relevant knowledge and strictly prohibit its circulation in society.

“But it doesn’t matter. In the Elven Kingdom of Thornsburg, many temples of gods have been established. Like our human God of War, God of Love, and the Elven gods of Dexterity and Father Oak, they will all absorb foreign believers and pay attention to them. Even aliens with excellent talents and firm beliefs can become his priests.”

Regis also remembered at this time that Allen still had an important thing to prepare in advance. Seeing that everyone had a good time together during this time, and because he had received money from the other party, he simply spent some more time reminding Allen.

“However, you still need to be cautious when choosing a god to believe in.”

“Why?”

Allen, who had never been in contact with gods for more than ten years, never thought that there would be so many ways to choose a belief. Seeing Regis' serious expression when he proposed to him, he couldn't help but ask nervously.

“There are many gods in this world, and the believers of each god are connected to each other, either allied, subordinate, or hostile. Among them, the most intolerable to the secular kingdoms in the surface world are the evil gods headed by the abyss demons, demon lords, Drow mothers, and the three death gods, and there are also some evil and chaotic gods. Among the gods who tolerate alien races, divine power is divided into strong and weak, and there are also thousands of differences in priesthood. Finally, the abilities fed back to believers also have many influences, which often directly affect victory or defeat and life and death in a battle.”

“The god I chose is Karegos, the God of War, and the ability he gives me is to add skills to the use of two-handed swords, and at the same time, he can bless the destructive power of anger.”

“Of course, if you want to gain the attention of the gods and receive feedback from the gods, it depends on whether your belief in the gods is sincere and from the heart.”

“Ordinary false believers basically don’t want to get feedback from the gods. Apart from being able to obtain the level manifestation of their own strength, there seems to be no other feedback. When the belief reaches the level of a shallow believer, and at the same time, after offering sacrifices to the gods or completing the tasks of the gods, you will receive certain feedback from the authority of the gods. After that, normal believers, devout believers, and fanatical believers will have more divine power feedback. It is said that the current Pope of the Lord of the Morning Light is a fanatical believer, and the divine power that the Lord of the Morning Light gave back to the Pope allowed him to reach the sky in one step when he was promoted to Pope and become the most powerful saint in the ground world.”

“Then Brother Regis, what level of believer are you?”

“Me? I can only be regarded as a shallow believer under my Lord. This is because I have been following in the footsteps of war all these years. The biggest benefit of being a mercenary is that I can always be side by side with battle, and battle is the best thing to please my Lord.”

Regis was quite proud of his choice and replied with a smile.

“Then can I be like you, Brother, and believe in the God of War as my god of faith?”

The wilderness has never lacked battles. After hearing a simple education from Regis, Allen asked with a eager look.

“That’s naturally good, but to be honest, the main body of my Lord’s believers is humans. Although he also accepts war-loving aliens as believers, it is much more difficult for heretics to gain my Lord’s attention than humans. If I were you, I would carefully understand the religious situation of the gods in the Elven Kingdom and the differences between the gods before making a choice.”

Whether the divine power of a god is strong or not has a lot to do with his divine authority, but at the same time, the scale of his followers cannot be ignored. The larger the scale and the wider the scope of dissemination, the more powerful his divine power will naturally be, and vice versa. But for a profit-seeking believer like Allen, even if he chooses a certain god as his belief, he is just a false believer. The power of belief he can provide is almost zero. One more or one less has no impact on the god at all.

Regis certainly hopes that his god of faith will become more and more powerful, so that he can naturally get more feedback from the gods, but he will not deceive Allen into the church for the sake of a mere false believer. After all, compared to the God of War, there are actually other gods who are more friendly to goblins. Allen may have a greater chance of gaining attention, which is of great use to a wild creature that faces danger at all times.