Subscriber of the Gods Chapter 364 - The Cliff Temple

The 2nd Apostle shook his head at the suggestion that Ethan Whiskers was far more important.

“3rd Apostle’s death was a misjudgment. However, when weighed against the Saintess, I think it would be a grave mistake for me or 1st Apostle to cross over to the Holy Empire to cover for 3rd Apostle’s failure.”

The 2nd Apostle still believed that dealing with the Saintess in the Demon Empire should be the top priority.

“Nothing will change by interfering with the Holy Empire. But the Saintess is different. If we can decisively dispose of the Saintess, we can actually turn the situation around. The day Moon Mother arrives will come sooner.”

“……”

“We can deal with Ethan Whiskers later. He doesn’t know our plans anyway.”

It was a valid point. Dealing with the Saintess issue was the council’s top priority. If this could be handled properly, they could hasten Moon Mother’s revival.

If that happened, whatever Ethan Whiskers did would become meaningless.

“2nd Apostle, I agree with your opinion. However, I have a bad feeling. We don’t know Ethan Whiskers’ plans or what he’s thinking.”

The first step of any plan was to understand the opponent.

But right now, the Dawn Council knew neither Ethan Whiskers’ plans nor his motives.

Because they didn’t know what he was thinking, they had to consider the Ethan Whiskers problem as serious.

“Don’t worry, 1st Apostle. The Demon Emperor is moving to capture the Saintess. This matter won’t take long.”

The Demon Emperor, one of the three powers of the continent.

He was now moving personally to capture the Saintess.

“To gain an advantage in this situation, I alone am not enough.”

“I’ll join you.”

Eventually, 1st Apostle decided to follow 2nd Apostle’s opinion.

But he still couldn’t shake off his uneasy feelings.

***

-What’s this?

-How to kill a god? Isn’t this the New World?

A video had risen to the popular trending videos.

The title of the video was quite shocking.

-[How to Kill a God] Trending Video #22

It had reached 22nd place on the popular trending videos list, also known as the trending chart.

Interestingly, this video was a short.

The main video was also on the trending chart, albeit at a lower rank.

-What? Fenrir?

-Ah! That Fenrir!

Fenrir was also a well-known god.

That’s why quite a few subscribers recognized Fenrir.

-Oh!?

-This feels familiar…

The subscribers of the New World found something familiar in Fenrir’s short video. Soon after, the source of that familiarity was revealed at the end of the video.

-Wow, Fenrir has almost no subscribers.

-[Only subscribed to the right gods] subscriber subscribed!

-How did this happen?

The community started buzzing with the news that Ethan had subscribed to Fenrir.

As the rumor spread, even those who didn’t watch trending videos started visiting Fenrir’s channel, and the number of channel subscribers began to rise rapidly.

Fenrir could offer only one ability.

How to kill a god.

To be more precise, it was a method to gain an advantage against gods.

Watching his channel as the number of subscribers suddenly increased, Fenrir bared his fangs and growled with laughter.

“That subscriber certainly lives up to his name. What’s with this trending video and the rapidly increasing number of subscribers? Grr.”

Even as he said this, Fenrir couldn’t hide his smile.

“This much is satisfactory. Very satisfactory.”

With this, he had achieved his goal.

“And this is in the New World where gods gather.”

Fenrir was quite satisfied.

“Should I make another video then? I still have more interesting things. It would be nice to make one more piece of merchandise too. With this many subscribers, at least half of them will watch my video and buy the merchandise.”

But that was Fenrir’s miscalculation.

“Hm?”

One subscription review was posted, and then reviews about Fenrir’s God-Eating started popping up like mushrooms after rain.

-This is more useful than I thought.

-Subscribed immediately and watched the video. Looking forward to more.

-Here’s a review after actual use. It’s no joke. It really lives up to its name! It’s called God-Eating, and I actually won against a god.

-It’s incredibly effective even against the gods in our world!

-Subscribed right after seeing the reviews.

-I subscribed immediately after watching the short video. [Only subscribed to the right gods] subscriber wouldn’t make shorts for just any god.

-It’s practically like a verification mark.

Numerous subscription reviews.

And the number of subscribers and likes skyrocketing.

Of course, the ranking of the short video also went up.

“Huh?”

There was one thing Fenrir didn’t know.

The subscribers here live scattered across numerous worlds.

And there are gods in those worlds too.

There are good gods and evil gods.

There are gods who don’t take sides, and there are gods who do as they please, like the Greek and Roman gods.

Most of those called gods possess a divine rank.

To gain an advantage against those with divine rank, one needed power that could counter that divine rank, which was quite difficult to obtain.

But Fenrir’s ability provided that power too easily.

It was as good as giving the subscribers, living in their diverse environments, a way to confront gods.

As subscription reviews continued to pour in, the number of subscribers started to rise even faster, seemingly without limit.

“Grr!”

Fenrir, who had been lying down, hurriedly got up.

He shook his body vigorously, wondering if what he was seeing was real. The situation was so unbelievable that his fur stood on end and his tail wagged furiously.

“What’s all this? The number of subscribers right now is… Huh? Huuh?”

The number of subscribers had been so few that he could count them on one hand.

As subscription reviews and subscriber numbers piled up, the number of likes also started to surge.

-Benefits in the New World according to subscriber milestone achievements!

-A message from the New World for gods who achieve like milestones!

[Silver New World Button Achieved!]

Suddenly, Fenrir recalled what the [Only subscribed to the right gods] subscriber had said.

When Fenrir said he just needed a decent number of subscribers, he had laughed and asked if it was okay since his standard for ‘decent’ was quite high.

Fenrir had brushed off that comment as a joke.

“Just how much is ‘decent’ by your standards?”

***

Swooooosh-!

While falling down the cliff, Ethan was controlling his speed using the Frost Sword.

At the same time, he was examining every part of the cliff with the Eye of Horus, and whenever there was even a small gap, he would leap towards it and cut through the rock.

Slash!

“Not here either.”

Rumble-!

It had been quite a while since he had fearlessly jumped down. Yet there was still no sign of reaching the bottom.

“How deep is this?”

Screech-!

Just then, a loud noise was heard.

“No way.”

Looking towards the source of the sound, there was a quite large monstrous bird.

‘Not a wyvern.’

Wyverns don’t search for such low places.

Grin-.

“Thanks to that, I can move a bit more comfortably.”

Ethan twisted his body and instantly leaped towards the monstrous bird.

The monstrous bird, thinking a delicious prey had come when it saw Ethan, was startled when Ethan suddenly rushed at an incredible speed and tried to flee.

“Too late.”

-Using Beast Taming!

Ethan swung the whip in his hand and struck the monstrous bird.

“I’ve even tamed dragons, so a monstrous bird is nothing.”

Ethan easily tamed the monstrous bird and mounted its back.

Screech-.

The monstrous bird let out a small cry and then began to fly as Ethan guided it.

“This way.”

Ethan rode the monstrous bird and examined various parts of the cliff bottom.

During this, he discovered a part with quite a large crack.

When he looked closely with the Eye of Horus, he could see an aura flowing out from that cracked part.

Ethan drove the monstrous bird towards it.

Swoosh-.

Ethan, who had drawn his sword, swung it from afar.

Crack-!

“Is this why people become cult leaders?”

Thanks to his increased strength, he could use the sword even more freely.

“I could do this with a bow too.”

For long-range attacks, swords had a different charm compared to other weapons.

“There’s a unique taste when you use shockwaves for long-range attacks instead of shooting or throwing.”

Ethan put away his sword and turned the monstrous bird sideways. Then he jumped forward and entered straight into the broken wall.

Swoosh-!

As soon as he entered, what Ethan saw was a tied-up person.

‘No, not a person?’

Jet-black skin and pointed ears. A race with beautiful features.

“Dark elves?”

Next to the tied-up dark elf were numerous other dark elves. All of them were fully armed, holding medium-sized swords in their hands.

Judging by the heavy aura they were emitting, one could guess their level.

There were dozens of such dark elves.

‘A prison.’

This place was a prison.

Ethan had suddenly broken through the wall of that prison.

“What’s this?”

“W-who is this guy!?”

“Where did you come from!”

The dark elves pointed their swords at Ethan, who had broken through the wall. The dark elf mages at the back had already chanted spells and were about to activate magic circles.

‘Looks like they were interrogating that tied-up dark elf.’

Ethan closely examined the tied-up dark elf.

The clothing was quite luxurious.

‘But why are there dark elves here? Of all places, in the middle of this cliff.’

“Ah.”

Distracted by the forgotten temple and superhuman ability, he had forgotten that there was a small city of dark elves in this area.

‘Is the underground of that city connected to here? Or maybe magic was used in between.’

Ethan slightly frowned. He could clearly feel Moonforce’s aura.

“I came looking for a forgotten temple.”

-You have discovered Moonforce’s temple!

‘So it is a temple?’

“It’s both a forgotten temple, and a quest has rolled in?”

This is even better. Now that he’s found the temple, there must be Moonforce’s old believers around here.

If not, he could reactivate it by rebuilding the statue and altar here.

‘It was troublesome to find the superhuman ability. This will make it easier to find.’

“You don’t have to answer.”

“Did you come to retrieve the hostage?”

“But what can you do? It’s already too late. Who would have thought they’d select this young child as the Elf Lord!”

“We’ll dispose of them! Now our Migos clan will select a new lord and run Asterian!”

“Your foolish reign is over, Yugos!”

‘Elf Lord?’

Ethan looked at the dark elf tied up and lying on the floor.

‘They do look young. But there’s a tiara on their head.’

Swoosh-.

And Ethan realized.

‘Very faint, but.’

Moonforce’s aura wasn’t coming from this place.

The faint aura of Moonforce was flowing from the young Elf Lord.

“Why is that coming from there?”