Considerations for Spreading the Faith

After resting in her house in White Flower City, Fran immediately got up and went to the Spirit Realm. After confirming that the Alliance was not taking any action for the time being, she reiterated that if the Alliance needed to enter, the Lord of Radiance should notify her first.

Fran returned to the Material Realm and immediately rushed to the Base Camp.

Although Fran knew that the Base Camp's productivity was still very limited, and Fran had assigned the apprentices even heavier tasks, the gun parts might not even be finished by now.

However, Fran wasn't worried about this matter. In fact, she had everything under control in Antir and wasn't worried at all.

Now, her only worry is the Spirit Realm. If the Alliance suddenly attacks the Lord of Lord of Radiance, not only will all of the Lord of Radiance's arrangements in the Spirit Realm become ineffective, but...

Even Fran's actions in the Material Realm will be affected.

Although in the Material Realm, Fran can conceal the name of the Lord of Radiance and continue to spread faith as a nameless Deity.

However, after the Lord of Radiance encountered trouble in the Spirit Realm, Fran did not believe that there would be no impact on the Material Realm.

She is now very worried about the depletion of the Lord of Radiance's Divine Power.

When she last went to the Spirit Realm, the Lord of Radiance said that she would run out of Divine Power in just three months, and now almost half of that time has passed.

Fran had not previously paid any attention to missionary work because she wanted to wait until the Sect had reached a certain size and could recruit people from the Antir Region into the Sect and maintain stability before starting large-scale missionary work.

But now, Fran is very worried that the Lord of Radiance will not have enough Divine Power after this battle.

Although Fran found it strange that the Lord of Radiance hadn't urged her on when she left the Material Realm at this critical juncture, Fran still needed to speed things up.

"It just so happens that the Horn Pass should have fallen by now; this is an opportunity..."

Fran knew some of the inside stories of this war, and in her opinion, Horn Pass was unlikely to be able to be defended.

Leaving aside the Marquis Crawford from before, as the commander of the fortress, his act of defecting to the enemy was a fatal blow to a pass that needed to be defended.

Not to mention, Fran also knew that Lucy had been hoping for the fall of Horn Pass and would occasionally offer her some help.

Of course, the most important one is the Shadow Cult. After Fran learned about the Shadow Cult in detail, she knew that it was also a Sect with Deity.

She even seemed to have encountered the Lord of Shadows's Proxy Deity. After learning a little about the abilities of those believers, Fran was almost certain that this was the Lord of Shadows's Sect.

She knew that the other party's superior was the prince of the Kingdom of Lorinvik, whose right to succession was almost certain.

Under these circumstances, after a few years of development, the opposing side should at least be able to catch up with the current strength of the Radiant Sect in the Spirit Realm.

Even though that First Order Proxy hasn't advanced yet, Fran knows that there must be many First Order Profession in the other party's Sect.

As for why they didn't guess that the Shadow Cult had second-tier Profession, and didn't apply the situation of the Radiant Sect to it, it's because Fran's Proxy is indeed quite special.

After she truly became the Proxy, she remained out of contact with everyone, offering no feedback whatsoever. The Lord of Radiance had no choice but to support someone in the Spirit Realm and elevate that person to the second tier.

This was a helpless move by the Lord of Radiance, because He simply could not find Fran, and the Spirit Realm also needed to develop.

The Lord of Radiance also understood that only by having his Proxy reach the second rank could the role of Order be maximized.

With the support of the Proxy's abilities, once an Proxy reaches the second tier, even if they can no longer maintain an overwhelming advantage, they will still have an edge when facing other Second Order Profession User.

If an ordinary believer were to become Profession, then the Proxy's abilities would be almost useless, and what could an ordinary second-tier individual possibly do?

If we send them out to fight other Tier 2 opponents, we worry that they might suffer losses because they are not strong enough to win.

It would be better to directly raise the Proxy to the second tier. That way, even if they were to face three second-tier opponents, there would be no need to worry about whether they could escape unscathed.

If Fran had still been in the Spirit Realm Spirit Realm at that time, Fran would probably have been at the second level by now.

As for the Shadow Cult, their own Proxy are still at the First Order, and it seems that the Sect has only recently begun to develop.

Therefore, the first second-tier spot will definitely go to Prince Darian.

As a prince, Darian certainly wouldn't want someone riding on his head, so Fran guessed that Darian might be preparing for the second tier, or perhaps he had already advanced.

It's also possible that this attack on Antir was necessary for their advancement; as a Sect, the most important thing is to spread their faith.

Fran had heard many rumors that the prince of Antir had persuaded the Kingdom of Lorinvik to send troops by promising that the Shadow Cult could preach in the Antir Region.

With the support of a well-established Sect with a Deity mandate, a checkpoint composed of knights is simply no match for them; at most, various factors might cause a slight delay.

Moreover, Fran could tell from Count Ian's anxious face that Duke Theodore's situation didn't look good.

"Return the token to Finley tomorrow; it's time for him to become a true lord."

"Also, the moment he becomes lord, he should inform the residents of White Flower City that war is imminent..."

Fran was trying to do was produce anxiety. Hearing news of war in a population that had just become true lords would, in any case, cause some anxiety.

Some people might even speculate that the situation at Horn Pass is not good.

In this situation, if the entire White Flower City is left unchecked, panic will spread among the people until the nobles realize something is wrong and begin to take action...

Fran will have Lit leave this atmosphere uncontrolled in order to lay the foundation for missionary work.

At this time, all you need to do is spread some unfounded rumors, such as 'This religion belongs to the sorcerer, and after joining, those armies will no longer be able to plunder,' and so on.

She could even spread the word that once enough people join the Sect, the mages will apply to have the territory incorporated into the Alliance, and then everyone will be the Alliance member!

This method is effective immediately; at least by the end of this month, it will bring most of the population of White Flower City into the faith of the Lord of Radiance.

If the Lord of Radiance were to truly recover and be able to advance someone to Second Order Profession User in the Material Realm, Fran would estimate that at least the River Valley Territory would have to be included.

With the existing faith in the Snow Bear Territory in the Northern Territory, it was enough for the Lord of Radiance to promote Fran to Second Order Profession User.

Of course, Fran herself didn't really need the second-tier ability from the Lord of Radiance, but just to maintain her identity as the Proxy and ensure the stability of the Sect, Fran had to accept this reward first.

As for the possibility of a second Second Order Profession User emerging within any Sect, that will have to wait until they have essentially conquered the entirety of Antir.

Fran shook her head, putting the matter aside for the time being. She needed to go to the Base Camp to see how things were progressing and whether the gun parts she had requested were ready.

"That's right, you have to operate slowly like that. Don't worry about the material that's still spinning; let it keep spinning. Once you've aimed properly, then you can make the cut."

Kahn was looking at the blueprints in his hand, directing a worker to process the materials to the specified dimensions.

Even he himself didn't notice that his hand trembled involuntarily a few times as he gripped the blueprint tightly.

He watched as the part on the lathe was shaped and ground into the shape he remembered, which made his mouth dry.

He kept instructing the worker on what to do, but his body was trembling uncontrollably.

When the worker finally stopped the lathe and was about to use a cloth to remove it from the machine to measure its dimensions, Kahn opened his mouth but said nothing.

When he first received the blueprints, he thought it was really troublesome, as he would have to teach the workers how to make such complicated parts.

But as he looked at the two blueprints and tried to figure out where to start, he was pleasantly surprised.

I think I've made this before. The moment he realized this, Kahn was actually thinking about how to make it on a lathe.

When he finished thinking and looked at the blueprint again, his face froze at that moment, because he recognized it as a slider he would use when creating the firearm.

After confirming it again, his face turned deathly pale. He had been working all day and hadn't realized it before.

So when he returned and saw the unpleasant expressions on Ocien's and the other apprentice's faces, he was quite puzzled, but he was too tired at the time to investigate further.

Only now did Kahn truly realize why the other two apprentices had that expression; perhaps they had already realized the existence of the lathe.

Even without Mental Power, one can quickly process a part, much like Magic Artisan. This isn't like the blacksmith's method, which lacks precision and is time-consuming; in fact, in some situations, the speed is even faster...

This caused him to completely break down. It was alright if he hadn't realized it before, but when the workers removed that part, Kahn felt that everything he had done was in vain.

If we can create such things so quickly without using Mental Power, then what is the point of learning magic and the Arts of Magic Artisan?

Kahn stood there stunned for a long time until the workers finished packaging the parts. After waiting for a while, Kahn, who was being urged, finally came back to his senses.