Green Monster Epic

The handover process was unexpectedly smooth and simple. No goblins jumped out to speak or ask questions. Everyone calmly accepted the situation, even though they still didn't know who the new Guild Master was.

This should be considered a characteristic of theocratic organizations. Even in a still-immature organization like the Food God Society, once the divine message from the serving deity issues an instruction or command, even new members participating in secret gatherings for the first time silently accept the fact that someone has climbed above them.

If this were to happen in the outside world, it would obviously cause a lot of trouble, unless Arbard revealed his strength as a legendary powerhouse, perhaps then he could barely subdue the crowd.

Arbard, with his eyes exuding a strong oppressive force, walked onto the high platform, looking down at the dozen or so subordinates below whose names he didn't even know. For a moment, he didn't know what to say.

However, this meeting was only to push Arbard to the position of Guild Master, so there wasn't a need for too much explanation. After Arbard gave a solemn speech, he dismissed the others, leaving only Branco, Zerlang, and a few other high-level members.

"Guild Master, I am Kohan, the First Division High Priest of the Food God Society's Evangelization Court..."

The palace doors slowly closed and sealed from the inside, and then a subtle magical barrier slowly rose from the surrounding walls adorned with intricate carvings, cutting off any magic or tools that might spy on the situation inside the palace.

Only then did the high-level goblins take off the masks they wore, revealing their true faces to Arbard.

Arbard focused on the capable goblins. The faces of Kohan, Xieni, Luwa, and Zerlang seemed somewhat familiar to him, as if he had glanced at them somewhere, but when he heard them introduce themselves, he knew nothing about their names. Obviously, these core figures in the Society were not well-known in the tribe.

In order to ensure the secrecy of the Food God Society as much as possible, the relationship between superiors and subordinates in the Society was a single-line connection. At the same time, in addition to face masks and necessary password gestures to identify identities, they basically didn't reveal their respective identities in reality.

Except for the six core high-level members left in the palace, other members of the Food God Society could only know the identity of their immediate superior. The superior couldn't know the identity of the member below the next level. This avoided the destruction brought to the organization by being captured and interrogated, although this would definitely reduce efficiency.

"I need a roster of all the key members of the Society, as well as the organizational structure of the Society."

Arbard didn't reveal his identity, still wearing a bronze mask that concealed his mental fluctuations, and made his request.

"Also, please give a brief introduction to the size of the membership under your respective divisions. I hope to familiarize myself with the situation in the Society as soon as possible."

"The roster has already been prepared, sir."

Zerlang bowed and picked up a thick stack of documents from behind his chair, slowly walked up to the high platform, and placed it on the desk next to Arbard.

"The First Division, which I oversee, currently has 13,799 official goblin members, and another 10,171 goblins who are still in the observation and development phase..."

"I..."

The high priests reported the data under their respective jurisdictions in an orderly manner, with a bit of pride on their faces. Nowadays, the believers of the Food God Society are all over the Green Field Tribe's strongholds and towns. The members under each division are also in the tens of thousands. If these believers were to surface, then the largest faith group in the Green Field Tribe's territory would likely change from the Oak Church to the Food God Society.

Arbard, who was surprised by the summation of these numbers in his heart, didn't show it on his face at all.

"The scale seems to be good, but I want to know, in addition to your Evangelization Court, are there any other branches under the Food God Society?"

"Well, there is also the Doctrine Department under my jurisdiction. There are not many members, and they are mainly responsible for recording and studying the daily teachings of our Lord, forming the cornerstone of our religion's doctrine."

"At the same time, I also serve as the Holy Affairs Department of the Food God Society, responsible for the daily operation of the underground palace complex where we are now, and the logistics work such as the management and distribution of resources."

Zerlang knew the identity of the new Guild Master in front of him. Even the matter of Arbard replacing Branco as the Guild Master was first known to him and told to Branco. At this time, when he heard the question, he immediately stood up. Although his eyes covered by a layer of white film were vast, his powerful mental strength could still see everything within a few meters around him clearly, even clearer than Kohan and the others in some aspects.

"..."

Arbard waited quietly for the goblins to continue their reports, but after a dozen or so breaths, no one in the field made a sound, which immediately made him frown slightly.

"Does the Food God Society only have these few departments?"

"... Yes."

Branco lowered his head and replied shamefully.

Branco himself had his own job in Green Lake Town, which took up a lot of time. In addition, he knew nothing about starting a brand-new theocratic organization and had no experience. All they could do was learn from existing theocratic sects such as the Oak Church and the Natural Church next door, and imitate them to create such a Food God Society.

But to be honest, what theocratic institutions can show to the world is often not very important. Branco and the others certainly couldn't get in touch with the real core things, and in the end, they could only come up with such a nondescript Food God Society.

"What about your Evangelization Court? How are the evangelizing priests and clerics selected? How do you convey the newly summarized doctrines of the Doctrine Department to them? At the same time, how do you guarantee the level and ability of the evangelizing priests?"

"This..."

Under Arbard's continuous questioning, the complacent goblins couldn't help but slowly lower their heads, not daring to face Arbard's sharp hawk eyes.

"I'm sorry, we have basically focused on secrecy and spreading the faith of our Lord, and there are indeed many shortcomings in other aspects."

In the end, Zerlang stood up and took the initiative to admit their problems, but this was also something that couldn't be helped. Although the patriarch gave Branco and the others a lot of support, most of the goblins with wisdom and ability would not easily believe in so-called faith. What they believed in more was the tribe and their own strength.

Without the participation and involvement of this kind of talent, it can be said that it was the limit of their ability for Branco, Zerlang, Kohan, and others to manage the Food God Society to its current state with their clumsy efforts.

"Give me a few days to familiarize myself with the situation of the Food God Society, and then I will reorganize the Food God Society. Some things require you to prepare in advance. The first point is to provide a list of the existing goblin core members after you return."

"The names on the list must have clear information about their abilities, talents, family background, past experiences, etc."

"We will prepare as soon as we get back."

"I also need a copy of the current doctrines of the Food God Society, from the establishment of the society to the successive changes in the doctrines, prepared for me in chronological order."

"I have stored it in the study and it can be consulted at any time."

Ze Lang replied in a deep voice.

"Also…"

Arbard acted decisively. Without even being familiar with his subordinates, he directly issued the things he needed to Blanco and the others, asking them to prepare for him.

After telling Blanco and the others everything he could think of, he waved his hand to signal the end of today's meeting, leaving only Ze Lang by his side. The others followed the underground passage back to the real world area to continue playing their roles.

"I also need to trouble you to familiarize me with the situation of this underground palace."

Arbard already knew that Ze Lang had become the first priest under Allen. Being able to directly communicate with Chief Allen, who was thousands of miles away through prayer, his loyalty to Chief Allen and his importance were self-evident. Therefore, even though he was now a legendary powerhouse, he still maintained the necessary respect when facing Ze Lang.

"This is what I should do, Your Excellency."

Ze Lang bowed slightly and replied respectfully, "Please come this way."

"This building complex is centered on the underground palace, radiating in four directions. The passage direction you entered has hundreds of mazes to confuse intruders and is also our main battlefield and alert area to defend against foreign enemies."

"To the left of the main hall is the daily living area and office area for our on-duty members. There are currently 59 on-duty members in the underground shrine, 20 of whom are on duty in the alert area."

"To the right of the main hall is the place where our members study the teachings and pray. Every year, we organize members above the middle level of the society to study and convey the new teachings of our Lord to everyone. There are also many individual prayer rooms for us to pray and repent."

"And in the back hall is the storage place for important materials of the society, as well as various precious sacred books and divine grace gifts. All kinds of intelligence gathered daily through believers will be transmitted to the intelligence room in the back hall through the copper pipe system connected to the ground."

"It seems that the scale here is not small. How much time did you spend building it?"

"Since our Lord gave us instructions, we have been excavating the underground shrine for the past twenty years, and only then did we have the current underground palace complex."

Speaking of this, Ze Lang's face gradually showed a bit of pride, and his lifeless pupils seemed to have a bit of color.

"Well, where do your resources and labor come from? How did you manage to avoid leaking information when building the underground shrine, and how did you dispose of the excess construction waste?"

"In terms of resources, the chief secretly withheld a portion through the channels of the joint chamber of commerce…"

From Ze Lang's mouth, Arbard obtained a lot of first-hand information. Combined with the data obtained in the previous brief report, he had a preliminary understanding of the Food God Society, which he had just taken over.

This Food God Society, hidden in the shadows of the tribe, had been developing for even longer than when the chief advanced to demigod, which shows that the visionary chief had already begun planning for the future many years ago.

The current scale of the Food God Society is definitely not worth mentioning among the church forces, perhaps not even as good as the Jackal King's evil god organization, but in Arbard's view, it is still very promising. Excluding the quasi-believers who are still in the observation and development period, the actual number of believers absorbed by the Food God Society has reached 40,000, and according to Ze Lang, most of these confirmed believers have relatively firm beliefs, and the quality of their faith is much higher than those church forces in Pan-Continent.

Nowadays, the Food God's believers are all over the Green Field tribe's territory, south to Aoro Town, north to Torrent Bay, east to Mur Fortress, and west to Fate Fortress, where tens of thousands of migrating goblin tribesmen live. Even radical goblin preachers have begun to establish believer groups in Nasir Fortress, recruiting chefs from the Snow Mier and Raven Claw tribes, after all, these guys' admiration for the Food God is no less than their blindly worshiped gods.

But it is indeed as the chief said to himself during the heart-to-heart talk, the current Food God Society has become a contradiction due to the expansion of scale and the rigid need for secrecy, so that the Food God Society is falling into a bottleneck period, and needs a wise and loyal goblin backbone to lead everyone.

At least in terms of talent, Arbard still has a little confidence. Although he can't compare with the ambitious and talented chief, perhaps other goblins in the tribe are stronger than himself in certain professional aspects, but in terms of comprehensive qualities and vision, his advantages are very obvious.

The Food God Society in front of Arbard now seems to be thriving, and the number of believers is steadily increasing every day, but the problems that appear in it are also not few.

For example, in the four divisions of the Missionary Court, as the believer groups split from their divisions expand, the original regional divisions become chaotic, and many areas are intertwined with each other. In terms of external expansion, the chief priests of the four divisions also have a strong sense of competition with each other, and are engaged in fierce competition in the preaching of several satellite towns around Green Lake Town, which adds a lot of waste and waste of resources for nothing.

Another example is the general authority of the subordinate branches within the society. Taking the Missionary Court as an example, they have to spread the faith and develop believers, and at the same time, they have to invest a lot of energy to collect intelligence for the society, and densely cover up the possible exposure of faith caused by the unintentional mistakes of believers.

In addition, the Missionary Court also has to investigate and deal with the behaviors of believers that violate the teachings, and carry out revenge and extermination against those rebels who betray the Food God Society, etc.

So many tedious tasks actually restrict the essential work of the members of the Missionary Court, and invisibly slow down their speed of spreading the faith. If the missionary members of the Missionary Court are freed from these things and only let them concentrate on preaching, with Allen's tall and mighty war god image in the minds of the tribe, then the scale of the current Food God Society will definitely be even larger.

There are too many problems that Arbard needs to plan and solve. In a trance, he seems to feel that his choice seems to be wrong again. With the current tedious and heavy tasks of the Food God Society, where does he still have the leisure time to delve into his magic path!!