Although the Earth Mother Goddess was one of the Seven Orthodox Deities, Loen was not her primary sphere of influence.
Thus, while there was a Harvest Cathedral in Backlund, its proselytizing had always remained relatively low-key and conventional.
To many ancient beings in the know, the Earth Mother Goddess had once been the Giant Queen, and she had been on good terms with the God of War, who had once been the Giant Prince.
But in truth, under the Goddess of the Night's concealment authority, Lilith—the progenitor of the vampire race believed to have fallen long ago—was the true Earth Mother Goddess.
That was why the Harvest Church liked converting vampires. It was a traditional skill.
However, the Mother Pathway represented by the Earth Mother Goddess and the neighboring Moon Pathway both belonged to the outer pathways of the pillar-level Fallen Mother Goddess.
Although Lilith was already the True God of these pathways, the power of the Outer Deities still allowed them to infiltrate.
Moreover, there were two Outer Deities capable of influencing Lilith.
One was naturally the Fallen Mother Goddess, who was related to both of Lilith's pathways.
Mr. Door had been corrupted by the Fallen Mother Goddess, and Emperor Roosevelt had also been influenced and corrupted by Her after landing on the moon while creating the Desecration Card.
When Lilith had "fallen" in her days as an ancient god of the Moon Pathway, she had already suffered some corruption from the Mother Goddess, reducing her sanity.
Besides Her, another Outer Deity known as the Desire Mother Tree could also exert influence.
Although the Desire Mother Tree was not one of the Three Pillars and was theoretically somewhat weaker than the Fallen Mother Goddess, Her related pathways were the Abyss Pathway and the Chained Pathway.
Yet they were both