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The atmosphere inside the cave took a peculiar turn.

With the sudden appearance of an Apostle, the Followers of the Moon were busy just eyeing each other.

Of course, Ethan was enjoying this situation.

Ethan, who had proven himself to be an Apostle with his fists, gestured to the follower standing in front. Immediately, a quick-witted follower swiftly brought a chair.

Ethan smashed that chair right away.

Only then did one follower realize the meaning and prostrated himself before Ethan, and Ethan naturally sat on the back of the follower who volunteered as a chair.

Everyone gulped at the sight. That brutal temperament was also befitting of an Apostle.

“M-May we know the reason for your visit?”

“If, if you’re looking for the 11th Apostle… the 11th Apostle is currently out.”

‘As expected, it’s the 11th Apostle who manages this place.’

Ethan slightly frowned at the followers’ words.

He had suspected this might be a place operated by the 11th Apostle when he saw the uneducated believers earlier, and it turned out to be correct.

“Is he playing around with the uneducated believers?”

As Ethan muttered, the followers bowed their heads and prostrated themselves.

‘It’s definitely a management base for uneducated believers directly managed by the 11th Apostle. In that case…’

Uneducated believers were those who hadn’t been fully brainwashed yet. As a result, most of them didn’t believe in the Moon Mother.

‘They’re people who have no choice but to side with the Followers of the Moon due to their miserable circumstances.’

Some worked for the Followers of the Moon to get medicine for their sick children or treatment for their ill parents.

‘And that’s not all. There are also those intentionally drawn in by the Followers of the Moon.’

That was precisely the 11th Apostle’s specialty.

Ruining the lives of ordinary people under the pretext of increasing believers, and making them depend on them.

‘And then… brainwashing them.’

Perhaps that brainwashing was due to the power possessed by the 11th Apostle.

“Bring the uneducated believers.”

At Ethan’s order, the followers immediately moved.

‘These uneducated believers can be rehabilitated.’

They’re not here because they believe in the Moon Mother.

They’re bound here because they’ll lose something precious if they don’t believe.

‘They’re not here of their own will in the first place since they’re brainwashed.’

Unlike other followers, they aren’t steeped in the faith of the Moon Mother.

‘It means they can be converted.’

They can be completely converted by leading them to proper faith.

And as it happened, there was a proper god behind Ethan.

‘These people can be converted into believers of Moonforce.’

Converting them and establishing a temple would mean creating another new temple.

‘At the same time, it enables class growth.’

This is why growth-type classes are good.

While Ethan was organizing his thoughts, the followers brought in the uneducated believers one by one as ordered.

Young adults who seemed to have just come of age, middle-aged people who looked extremely tired, and even children who appeared to be barely ten years old.

Their expressions all looked very uneasy.

‘Just like back then, this was what I disliked the most.’

Among these uneducated believers, many had their lives ruined due to the 11th Apostle’s evil tastes.

Deliberately making people sick and luring them in by dangling medicine only available from the Followers of the Moon was considered one of his milder evil tastes.

Disgusted by such repulsive evil tastes, he had tried to kill the 11th Apostle in MePan and take their place, but couldn’t find a viable method.

‘It was because of their ability.’

Due to their powerful superhuman ability, he had to abandon his plans several times despite formulating them.

“We’ve gathered them all, Sir Apostle.”

“Then all of you go to another commune and wait there. Gather all the believers currently in this base.”

“Yes!”

An Apostle’s order is absolute. It would be a great sin for ordinary believers to even ask for a reason, so the followers could only bow their heads.

After dismissing the Followers of the Moon, Ethan looked at the uneducated believers with anxious eyes.

“I am this kind of person.”

Ethan showed the green pearl. Of course, the uneducated believers didn’t know what the green pearl was.

They just thought he must be a high-ranking person in the assembly since he possessed something that looked precious at a glance.

Someone quick-witted prostrated himself, and the other uneducated believers who were watching followed suit.

The last to prostrate was a child who looked like a drowned rat.

‘Half of them have already been brainwashed, and the rest were left untouched. He could finish brainwashing quickly, but he’s just playing with them.’

“You have been following the wrong god.”

Ethan had no intention of beating around the bush. He needed to clarify the situation before the 11th Apostle could barge in.

“…Pardon?”

“W-What do you mean by that?”

“If we’ve done something wrong, please forgive us.”

“We’ll do better. Sob, please don’t abandon us.”

The faces of the uneducated believers turned pale.

“The Moon Mother has done nothing for you, and never will. Look at yourselves now. What has the Moon Mother, who promised you a new life, done for you?”

“……”

“And what have the assembly’s executives done for you? Giving you medicine and money? That’s just the natural compensation for those who work.”

Ethan took out a decoction from his chest and handed it to the uneducated believer at the front. He was visibly the one with the most severe illness and injuries among those gathered here.

The believer looked at the decoction and Ethan alternately with tense eyes, then squeezed his eyes shut and downed the decoction.

Gulp gulp.

As soon as he drank the decoction, his body reacted.

The wounds all over his body healed, and his right face, which had been paralyzed and immobile for a long time, started twitching.

Since his face became paralyzed, he had never smiled. Because that smile was quite awkward.

But now that his illness was cured, he could smile with gratitude.

The uneducated believers watched the entire scene with surprised eyes.

“Goodness…”

“The Moon Mother might be able to bestow such a blessing too. But that blessing always comes with a great price. However, the god I believe in doesn’t want any price.”

Ethan looked around at the believers.

“She only shows the path to truth for those who follow and believe. You who are hurt, you who are dried up. Come here. The goddess Moonforce is waiting for you.”

Shaaaa-.

-Moonforce’s power is imbued.

-The goddess praises you.

‘It seems she liked it.’

The eyes of the uneducated believers wavered at the sight of Ethan acting like a prophet.

They couldn’t understand what this situation was all about.

What if this was a screening process to test if they really believed in the Moon Mother?

If so, speaking carelessly here could get them killed.

“Heresy!”

“Are you testing us? We are already moved by the love given by the Moon Mother!”

Ethan approached the believers who shouted.

‘The brainwashed ones.’

Ethan used the Five Elements Acupuncture Technique.

Using True Heo’s Acupuncture, he healed their wounds while simultaneously unraveling their brainwashing.

‘It’s impossible to completely undo the brainwashing right away. That’s the nature of his superhuman ability.’

If Ethan himself were brainwashed, he could undo it completely, but for others, the risk is too great. Moreover, these people have been brainwashed for quite a long time.

So Ethan intended to reduce the effect of the brainwashing for now.

Pook pook pook-.

As he naturally inserted the needles, their eyes began to glaze over.

“Heresy…”

“That’s the thought of heretics…”

As expected, the brainwashing was powerful. Ethan inserted the needles once more. Then the brainwashed believers shut their mouths.

Ethan approached one of those who had closed their mouths but was still muttering something with a deeply furrowed brow.

‘I’ll use the most effective method.’

“I…”

Ethan hugged those who were shouting.

“This is not a test. Goddess Moonforce doesn’t test you. She doesn’t demand sacrifice. The god is honest and noble. And above all, she is one who will make you happy. You may believe or not. This is Goddess Moonforce’s mercy for you.”

It was an action no one expected.

A high-ranking person in the assembly suddenly hugging an uneducated believer?

Even the believer in Ethan’s embrace couldn’t understand the situation and stared at Ethan with blank eyes.

But soon, with slightly trembling shoulders, he asked in a shaky voice.

“Is it… is it true?”

“Can we really live the life we want…?”

The believer in Ethan’s embrace shed tears.

“Yes.”

Ethan said firmly.

These people needed a proper god to believe in and follow. Unlike the Moon Mother and her followers, a normal god who could embrace their wounds.

“I won’t force belief. But I can at least promise this. If you want to live a different life than now, I can help. I can help you protect what you want to protect, what you need to protect, all of it.”

At Ethan’s words, those who were hesitating soon seemed to make up their minds and stood up.

“We’ll believe. We’ll try to believe. What… what should we do?”

Ethan smiled at those words and said.

“You don’t need to do anything. Just one prayer is enough.”

As Ethan clasped his hands together, the believers followed suit, closing their eyes and joining their hands.

-You have converted believers of another god!

-You have achieved an achievement!

-You have acquired likes for achieving the [Conversion] achievement.

-You have gained ‘4’ likes!

-Moonforce bestows a temple upon the new believers.

-Moonforce rewards you for leading new believers.

-Receive your reward at the new temple!

Over a hundred uneducated believers were converted to Moonforce believers in an instant.

‘I thought it wouldn’t be easy.’

Thanks to his high reputation and the class of being Moonforce’s descendant, things seemed to have gone better than expected.

‘I also immersed myself a bit.’

This was the most important part. You need to immerse yourself in the situation to be sincere.

‘Moreover, it seems there was a temple nearby.’

It was likely that only ruins remained.

‘Now that there are believers, it must have been restored.’

This would allow for the creation of more Moonforce believers.

-Moonforce’s power has strengthened!

-All stats increase by 3!

With over a hundred people converting simultaneously, Moonforce’s influence clearly strengthened.

As her direct descendant, Ethan could distinctly feel the strengthened influence.

‘A juicy reward.’

“Go outside the cave immediately. You can now stay in the new temple. Of course, you don’t have to stay only in the temple. You can freely do what you want.”

At Ethan’s words, the believers were greatly bewildered. Having regained the freedom they had been deprived of for so long, they couldn’t properly distinguish if this was a dream or reality.

“Is that… really true?”

Ethan unhesitatingly slapped the believer’s cheek.

“Ugh!”

The collapsed believer shed tears at the sudden pain.

“It’s reality.”

The believer who had collapsed from the sharp pain jumped up.

Starting with him, the uneducated believers one by one turned towards the outside, while Ethan, on the contrary, looked around the cave’s interior where the remaining followers were.

‘I’ll deal with the remaining followers right away, rescue the holy knights, and then leave.’

Ethan glanced at Van Crow, who was quietly laid down on one side. Although he had unintentionally knocked him out, he planned to wake him up after rescuing the holy knights.

Just as the believers were about to leave the cave at Ethan’s order.

Kugook-.

The cave’s interior began to shake with a wave.

‘Someone is coming.’

Step-. Step-.

Someone was walking towards the inside of the cave.

With each footstep, waves spread and a unique aura swirled.

“Ah, Lord Arc…”

“Lord Arc is…”

The uneducated believers trembled.

Soon, a man with a rather slender build and narrow eyes appeared.

“Interesting fellow. I heard you even showed a real green pearl. Not knowing where you rolled in from, you dare to impersonate an Apostle and even try to lay hands on my toys. You, what’s your identity?”

11th Apostle Arc Deisotos.

Ethan smiled at that face he hadn’t seen in a long time.

“The day has finally come for me to kill you with my own hands.”

Ethan drew out his two swords.

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