Subscriber of the Gods Chapter 359 - I Did It

Ethan had a brilliant idea and decided he must build a temple dedicated to the God of Lightning.

‘I’m not sure how it’ll turn out, but building a temple and gathering followers will surely please the god.’

If that happened, he could receive multiple divine powers, which would ultimately help Ethan’s survival.

“This is where the real hard work begins. But don’t worry.” 

Ethan said.

“Lady Moonforce will always be with us.”

***

After the Evil God’s destruction.

Lyubin started to get busy.

The chieftains of each tribe that made up Lyubin decided to completely move their residences to Lyubin and formally swear allegiance to the new king, Rosir.

Of course, the most important part remained.

“…Father!”

As if waking from a long sleep, the Desert King blinked and rose from his seat.

This was the Desert King’s bedroom. Several chieftains, including Rosir, were gathered in one place.

Kepha, the great shaman, looked at the king with a tense expression.

The Desert King hadn’t regained his senses yet.

“…I was certainly sleeping in the annex.”

The awakened Desert King struggled to get up and tried to return to the annex.

“I shouldn’t be here. I shouldn’t be here…”

As he said this, the Desert King suddenly looked surprised.

Then he put his hand on his chest.

“It’s gone.”

“Father, it’s all over.”

“All over…?”

The Desert King looked at Rosir with a confused expression.

“It’s thanks to you holding out, Father. We didn’t know. We had no idea you were fighting such a fierce battle.”

All the chieftains gathered here also didn’t know. They thought he was a weak king compared to the previous Desert Kings.

Trust in the king who went to the Forgotten Temple and lost everything had hit rock bottom long ago.

“We’re sorry, Your Majesty. We didn’t know anything.”

“We were just foolish…”

“We didn’t know that Your Majesty endured everything to protect Lyubin.”

“…”

The Desert King looked at the chieftains.

Then he looked at his daughter.

“Did I… hold out well?”

“Yes…! You held out well, Father. Thanks to you containing the Evil God, no one was hurt or killed.”

“That’s a relief. A real, real relief.”

As he said this, he seemed to be regaining his lucid consciousness.

“The Evil God had awakened. My loyal warriors tried to save me somehow. So when the Evil God tried to take over my body, they resisted fiercely. If I had my body taken, their lives would have been lost in vain.”

The Desert King said.

“Tell me. The Evil God… was it sealed? If so…”

Who sacrificed their life?

The king looked at the faces of the gathered chieftains. They were the same as he had seen before. Even the young chieftains who had been rebelling against him were gathered, but something felt odd.

“Everyone… is gathered?”

“Well, actually.”

Rosir, who finally smiled, pointed behind her.

Ethan, who had been sitting comfortably there, stood up.

“Greetings. Are you feeling alright?”

“…?”

The Desert King looked at the greeting Ethan with a puzzled expression.

He didn’t seem to recognize him.

“I apologize for the late introduction. I am Count Ethan Whiskers.”

“Count Ethan Whiskers…? You mean that Count Ethan Whiskers?”

As soon as he mentioned the name, the Desert King recognized Ethan.

“Yes, I’m the Count Ethan who only has good rumors circulating about him.”

“But why is Count Ethan here…?”

The Desert King didn’t understand the situation well.

“I came here because I heard there was a temple of the god I serve in the Gaister Desert, but when I checked, it was entangled with quite a few things. There was a small disturbance in the process of resolving those issues.”

Ethan said.

“I destroyed the Evil God when I heard his seal had been broken.”

“What…? What are you saying? I just woke up so I don’t understand well… You destroyed the Evil God that broke free from his seal…?”

The Desert King’s eyes shook greatly.

“Well, it’s quite a long story.”

Saying that, Ethan nodded to Rosir.

Rosir began to explain.

The reason Ethan came here. That Ethan was Moonforce’s Descendant.

That the Shine One was alive.

That the Evil God was trying to swallow all of Lyubin.

Furthermore, that Moonforce once again reached out to the desert people.

And…

“Good heavens.”

When it came to the story of Ethan destroying the Evil God, the Desert King trembled on the spot.

“You destroyed the Evil God?”

He never dreamed that destroying the Evil God would be literal.

The Desert King looked at the chieftains. It was clearly strange. If the Evil God had disappeared, it meant he must have been sealed, and sealing always involved sacrifice.

But everyone was alive and well.

He had a feeling, but he never dreamed it would be like this.

“How.”

The Desert King repeated the same word as if he was broken.

“It’s too early to be surprised.”

It wasn’t over yet. Rosir continued with an apologetic face to the Desert King.

“W-wait a moment. I just barely survived, and I feel like my heart’s going to stop, Rosir.”

“Ah, yes. I’m sorry.”

Everyone understood.

Having just woken up from sleep, anyone would react like that upon hearing that the Evil God they were supposed to seal had been destroyed.

But the next story was just as surprising.

The king who heard the story slowly walked to the window.

“Ah.”

The outside was very visible from here.

The Desert King couldn’t help but exclaim at the sight outside the window.

“The, the desert…”

“That’s what I was about to tell you…”

“The desert is gone?”

“Yes, that too was Count Ethan’s doing.”

The Desert King’s expression became even more confused.

To think that Gaister, which had been a desert for a long time since Moonforce left, was no longer a desert…?

“Did Moonforce herself come down…?”

The Desert King’s tone had now become extremely polite.

“The goddess holds deep affection for the desert people.”

When Ethan answered briefly, the Desert King took a deep breath.

“So, anyway, everything turned out well, right?”

From the Desert King’s perspective, that was the only way to summarize it.

“I did my best, but I couldn’t do anything about the power you had, Desert King. The Evil God that broke free from the seal destroyed that power first… I couldn’t restore it to its original state.”

Ethan shook his head regretfully.

“Didn’t you save the most important life? That’s enough.”

The Desert King bowed his head.

How could he complain to Ethan, who was almost the reincarnation of Moonforce itself?

“On behalf of Lyubin… on behalf of all the desert tribes, I thank you once again.”

Ding-!

-The Desert King has become a follower of Moonforce.

-Your class is growing!

-All stats have increased by ‘2’.

‘A perfect finish.’

This could be considered the completion of the quest.

***

The changes in Lyubin were remarkable. First, the area around Lyubin completely escaped desertification and new plants began to grow.

The most dramatic change was seen in the Gaister Oasis.

Originally the least desertified land in the Gaister Desert, when the desertification placed by the Evil God was lifted, grass began to grow and flowers began to bloom at a frightening rate.

“W-what’s this?”

“Flowers are blooming? No, no, the desert is disappearing!?”

Those resting in the oasis couldn’t help but be surprised. It was natural. The land that was just a desert until now was becoming fertile and flowers were starting to bloom.

As the desert disappeared, the desert monsters also began to flee.

“Could it be… Count Ethan…?”

The guide Rashibed wore a bewildered expression. And at the same time, he recalled what Ethan had said.

He had said to come and find him if he had any business in the desert, and he had said he’d see him again.

“He said it might not be a desert, but I never thought…”

The desert was gone. And the monsters were gone too. In other words, it meant that guides were no longer needed.

All the guides in the oasis looked at each other.

“I never thought I’d lose my job because the desert suddenly disappeared… Is this what he meant when he said he’d see me again?”

Not long after, Lyubin’s desert warriors entered the oasis.

“What’s going on here?”

“Suddenly the desert disappeared…”

“Flowers are blooming in the oasis now. Not desert flowers, but flowers that should bloom in the central region.”

The warriors from Lyubin explained the situation to the warriors dispatched to the oasis.

“…What!?”

“Th-that’s impossible. What nonsense.”

“Then who killed the Evil God? Is it even possible to kill a god in the first place!?”

“Quiet.”

Unable to contain themselves, the warriors raised their voices as they discussed the shocking news.

At the mention of killing the Evil God, everyone in the oasis pricked up their ears.

Among those who had been making a living here for quite a long time, there was no one who didn’t know about the Evil God that was spoken of in the Gaister Desert.

Rashibed also knew. The terrible story about the Evil God.

“C-Count Ethan…?”

“Isn’t he a famous person from the central region? Why did he come all the way here to…”

“I’ll tell you the details later. The oasis dispatch is suspended until the situation is sorted out. Probably, there’s a high chance that the oasis dispatch will end today.”

The desert warrior from Lyubin said.

“Because the desert is gone now.”

As the desert warriors left the oasis, those who remained began to whisper.

“Did Count Ethan come here? From what the warriors said, it seems the Evil God’s seal was broken and Count Ethan stopped it?”

“Is that why the desert is disappearing?”

“If the Evil God is dead, it makes sense. As far as I know, this land became a desert all because of the Evil God.”

“That’s right, that’s it. It seems Count Ethan came here and eliminated the Evil God?”

But there was one thing they couldn’t understand.

“But why…?”

Why did Ethan, a nobleman from the central region and one of the Twelve Families, come all the way to the Gaister Desert in the north to eliminate the Evil God?

“I can’t understand.”

“Ah!”

Rashibed knew a fact that everyone else was unaware of.

Surely, what Ethan was looking for was a temple.

And as far as Rashibed knew, that temple was once dedicated to a goddess. Rashibed knew that goddess was Moonforce.

“Was he… Moonforce’s descendant?”

Rashibed finally realized that everything fit together perfectly.

“Count Ethan, Moonforce’s descendant, came here to restore that temple to its original state!”

Ethan came here to recover the forgotten temple of Moonforce and its power, and in the process, eliminated the Evil God!

If the Evil God disappeared and this Gaister, which was a desert, regained its original form, everything makes sense.

Rashibed’s hands trembled.

“To think that I would set foot in the history of the desert… no, Gaister…”

“Rashibed!”

At that moment, the resting Hanter mercenary group approached Rashibed.

“Doesn’t this mean you’re unemployed now? They say the desert is gone?”

“What on earth is going on.”

“Captain, we’re in the middle of history right now!”

“…What are you talking about?”

“We’ve come to occupy a corner of this new history of Gaister!”

“Did you go crazy after becoming unemployed?”

“It’s worth going crazy, Captain. You have to understand.”

“Rashibed, I bought this outside. Eat it. It’s expensive, but you deserve to eat it now.”

“Wahahahaha-!”

As Rashibed laughed excitedly, one of the mercenary group members approached and handed him an expensive healing potion.

“Unfortunately… tsk tsk.”