Subscriber of the Gods Chapter 358 - New Divine Power

Following the notification that he had become the leader, another new notification appeared.

-The goddess Moonforce is astonished by your achievements.

-People worship you.

“…Huh?”

Ethan had put Moonforce at the forefront throughout this entire affair.

To become stronger, he needed to increase the number of believers in Moonforce.

At one point, all of the desert people believed in Moonforce.

Ethan put Moonforce even more at the forefront, while he positioned himself behind as her descendant.

Things went as planned.

However, beyond sealing the evil god, he ended up destroying it, leading people to worship not just Moonforce but Ethan as well.

As Ethan came down, he saw the desert warriors looking at him with sparkling eyes.

And then.

‘It seems this wasn’t just seen by the warriors here.’

The location of the clock tower was at the center of Lyubin.

Before the battle, Rosir had evacuated the residents of Lyubin to a safe place, but the residents had been watching Ethan’s fight from there.

Even if they couldn’t see it clearly, they could distinctly see Count Ethan from the central continent defeating the eternal enemy of the northern desert, the evil god.

Because of this, people began to worship Ethan one by one.

In addition, knowing that Ethan was Moonforce’s Descendant, belief in Moonforce also began to grow among the desert warriors.

-The number of Moonforce’s believers has increased!

-Your class has grown significantly! The goddess can now bestow one divine power upon you.

-The goddess appoints you as the leader of her order.

That’s why the goddess appointed Ethan as the leader of the Moonforce Order.

Probably until now, she didn’t have enough power to give Ethan the position of leader.

‘Only now has it become possible.’

There was one more surprising fact.

Not only did worshipping Moonforce grow the class, but worshipping Ethan, Moonforce’s Descendant, also grew it.

‘If you think about it, the foundation of that belief is the same.’

Therefore, worship of Ethan becomes worship of Moonforce.

‘I don’t even need to put Moonforce at the forefront anymore. If I, as the leader of the Moonforce Order and Moonforce’s Descendant, receive worship, that directly leads to class growth.’

“Count Ethan.”

Rosir approached Ethan with a bright smile.

The Shine One standing next to her was still trembling.

The evil god, which they thought could only be sealed, had been destroyed.

It had disappeared forever from this northern land.

“Ah…”

Now everyone could sleep peacefully without worry.

“Everything is safe now. Don’t worry, everyone… please rest in peace.”

The Shine One slowly knelt down on the spot.

“Thank you, Count Ethan. Thank you so much…”

And finally, he was freed from the curse and responsibility placed upon him by the former Desert King.

Shhaaaa-.

He smiled within his collapsing body.

He had completed all the tasks entrusted to him.

He could depart without regrets.

The desert warriors and Rosir paid their respects to the Shine One, who had completed all his duties and returned to where he belonged.

After the Shine One returned to his great place,

Several elderly chieftains immediately came forward.

“We are deeply indebted. To Count Ethan, and… to the goddess as well.”

Then they knelt down on the spot.

Soon after, young chieftains began to kneel one by one, and eventually even Rosir knelt.

“We will start anew.”

Rosir said.

“Once again, thank you for your help, Count Ethan. No, Moonforce’s Descendant.”

Ding-!

-The number of believers in the Moonforce Order has increased!

-Your authority has increased.

-As the leader of the Moonforce Order, you can now bestow blessings upon them.

‘It seems I can bestow blessings on behalf of Moonforce.’

At that moment, an oracle came down from Moonforce.

-The goddess Moonforce has bestowed a special divine power upon you.

‘I understand what that means.’

Ethan told Rosir to stand up.

“I was able to destroy the evil god thanks to Lady Moonforce’s power and all of you. Lady Moonforce gave me this power for your sake.”

Ethan said.

“Some of you probably know. That this land wasn’t originally a desert.”

The desert warriors nodded at Ethan’s words. They had never seen it themselves, but it was said that long ago, the Gaister Desert wasn’t a desert.

A land of beautiful flowers.

This Gaister was once the place where the city of flowers existed.

“Lady Moonforce says she will restore that splendor to you all.”

Saying that, Ethan climbed back up to the top of the clock tower. Thanks to his intense use of Ethan Swordsmanship, the upper part of the clock tower had split in half, but this made it much easier to see the surrounding landscape.

This was the highest point in the desert. He could see not only Lyubin but all parts of the desert.

He could see the Gaister Oasis as well as the area near the once-prosperous temple.

Ethan raised both hands.

Below, he could see the desert warriors and the citizens of Lyubin. As Ethan was about to do something, they were looking up with interested expressions.

Of course, they probably couldn’t see Ethan well, but Ethan had very good eyes, so everything was clear to him.

“I’ve even dealt with the evil god. I can’t be satisfied with just making the desert warriors believers.”

Moreover, this place could be considered Moonforce’s headquarters.

“I should return it to its original state, right?”

Every single person, without exception.

Make them all believers of Moonforce.

Shhaaaa-.

White powder began to fall from Ethan’s hands. As it fell, the powder began to glow and then spread around, carried by the wind.

As the scattered light seeped into the ground, the sand began to tremble around where it had seeped in.

And soon, green grass poked its head above the sand.

“Huh…?”

“Grass is growing.”

“Grass… in the desert…”

Then something amazing happened.

The green grass sprouted and soon became flowers.

Red, yellow, blue, green.

They were beautiful flowers of various colors.

At the same time, the sand hardened.

Kuguuuung-!

The shaking earth.

“Wh-what…?!”

As the ground shook, the desert people were momentarily bewildered. But that didn’t last long.

“The sand…”

“It’s hardening.”

The sand began to harden and soon solidified into fertile soil.

The sand that used to blow around every day disappeared, and the air became fresh.

“You are no longer people of the desert.”

Ethan said. His voice, filled with mana, soon spread throughout Lyubin.

All the residents of Lyubin heard Ethan’s voice.

“I am the descendant of the goddess Moonforce. I follow the goddess whom you once turned your backs on.”

Most of the residents of Lyubin didn’t know much about Moonforce.

This was because a lot of time had passed, and there weren’t many stories left about Moonforce.

After all, there was quite a distance between Lyubin, called the great city of this desert, and Moonforce’s temple.

“You may have forgotten the goddess, but the goddess has not forgotten you. She thought everyone would have forgotten, but there were quite a few people who still knew about her. The goddess said that was enough.”

Ethan said.

“This is the glorious land that should have been given to you originally. Lady Moonforce says she hopes you won’t lose it this time.”

All the people of the desert saw the changing land.

Flowers blooming on the sand.

“The goddess Moonforce has forgiven you all. She says it doesn’t matter if you don’t believe in her again. She says you’re free to believe or not believe.”

It doesn’t matter whether they believe or not.

However, after seeing the mercy of Ethan and the goddess Moonforce who made flowers bloom again in this desert, there was no one who didn’t believe.

All the residents of Lyubin put their hands together on the spot.

They closed their eyes and prayed.

-The number of Moonforce’s believers has greatly increased!

-All residents of Lyubin have come to believe in Moonforce.

-Moonforce’s temple Brilliant Soul is now open!

-The forgotten temple has regained its light.

-Your class has grown.

-Divine power has been unlocked.

-Moonforce’s divine power breaks your limits. Your survival probability has increased further!

-The quest ‘Surviving as Ethan Whiskers N’ has been partially cleared!

Ethan’s steadily rising survival probability had hit a limit.

Survival probability limit of 25 percent.

He couldn’t raise it any higher than that, and if left alone, the survival probability would decrease.

But at this moment, that 25 percent limit was broken.

-Survival probability is increasing.

-Current survival probability: 25.1%

0.1%.

It was an incredibly small number, but it had a definite meaning in that it had broken through the limit.

‘I’ve broken through the limit. Growing the class was the right answer.’

-The number of believers has surpassed 50,000. Moonforce’s influence is growing!

-As the leader of the Moonforce Order, you can now use a new divine power.

-You can now appoint apostles.

Ethan’s eyes widened for a moment.

“Apostles.”

As is often the case with religions, under the leader are direct subordinates who carry out various orders of the leader. These are the apostles.

Just as the Dawn Council has twelve apostles, the Holylight Order also has positions equivalent to apostles.

‘There, the cardinals act as apostles.’

It meant that such positions could be created in the Moonforce Order as well.

‘Oh ho, come to think of it, this is amazing.’

This wasn’t simply about appointing positions.

Until now, Ethan had claimed to be Moonforce’s Descendant and gathered believers on his own.

He had opened forgotten temples and turned those who believed in Moonforce in the past, and those who still believe, into believers.

But if he could create apostles, things would be different.

‘I can make even those unrelated to Moonforce into believers.’

Like the Holylight Order or Dawn Council, he could evangelize and gather believers.

‘It means the apostles can play that role instead of me.’

What if he appointed about ten proper apostles and had them evangelize?

‘This is auto-hunting.’

Grin.

He couldn’t help but smile. Even if he did nothing, they would increase the number of believers for him. As the number of believers increases, Moonforce’s Descendant, Ethan, would grow.

It was the perfect establishment of auto-hunting.

‘Being a leader seems to allow for more freedom to do things than I thought.’

Another good idea occurred to Ethan.

‘Since I’m Moonforce’s Descendant and also the Lightning Guardian.’

Currently, Ethan had two classes.

One was Moonforce’s Descendant. The other was the Lightning Guardian.

It was the power of lightning given by the god of thunder that was responsible for Ethan’s swordsmanship and overall attacks.

‘I hadn’t thought deeply about it before.’

There was no need to enshrine only Moonforce in Moonforce’s temple.

‘Or it would be fine to build a separate temple for the god of lightning next to it.’

Since Ethan was already claiming to be the descendant of both gods, he could package it as the two gods being very close and friendly with each other.

‘It means the auto-hunting will double.’