God of Shadow, God of Justice: We Have No Objections

"Huh?"

Although he had been using [Eye of God] to keep track of his two followers' conditions, Pete's thoughts were beyond what [Eye of God] could detect.

The moment Pete made up his mind, Noven suddenly gained 50 points of divine power, converted from a surge of faith that had erupted from Pete.

For someone of Pete's strength, that amount of faith could not possibly have come from ordinary prayers alone.

It required a change in his mindset, a willingness to devote more faith. In other words, he was willing to follow this god's doctrines and hoped to transform from a casual believer into a true believer!

Mortals could be casual believers of several gods at once and receive blessings from different gods, but they could only choose one god to become a true believer of.

Noven scratched his head.

He still did not know enough about this world, so he had no idea what Pete had been thinking about over the course of that night.

"Did seeing Rena's rapid progress in training stimulate him?"

While Rena practiced using [Stealth], Noven had also been watching her situation.

Of course, his perspective was different.

Noven was observing the changes on the level of divine power.

And he discovered something remarkable!

Previously, everything he had given Pete had been magic. During the casting process, there was no step that required Noven or the Goddess of Magic to participate.

Pete only needed to manipulate the Weave correctly and obtain enough mana to construct the spell model.

If all went smoothly, he could successfully cast the spell.

[Stealth], as well as that divine spell of the God of Justice, were different.

The former required shadow energy governed by Murphy, the God of Shadow, while the latter required Phil, the God of Justice's divine power of justice.

According to the knowledge Noven had gained through his divine authority, whether it was combat techniques or divine spells, one unavoidable step was requesting power from the corresponding god!

At the time, Noven had been worried that his followers would only be able to learn magic and would be unable to master combat techniques or divine spells because of this.

There was no doubt that gods consumed divine power when granting blessings to mortals and interacting with them.

There was also no doubt that divine power came from the conversion of believers' faith.

Noven's divine power was tainted by a severe aura of chaos. Whether he helped a follower complete a spell or provided power directly, it would immediately contaminate and transform the mortal.

Teaching only knowledge consumed the least divine power, practically costing him nothing, but its drawback was obvious:

His followers could not directly obtain power from Noven.

Other gods did not have this problem. They could directly bestow blessings upon mortals or allow mortals to use power within the scope of their authority.

The most divine power was consumed when a god completely helped a mortal perform a divine spell, combat technique, or spell. The mortal only needed to make the request.

Most mortals were still at this stage. They had not truly grasped the principles involved.

The method Noven had learned only required a god to grant a mortal permission.

The mortal would master the principles and steps themselves, then perform the divine spell, combat technique, or spell on their own.

That way, the corresponding god's consumption of divine power would be much lower.

However, the problem was that if a god used divine power on mortals who would not provide them with faith, it was a pure giveaway—something they would never get back!

Normally, gods should not be making such losing deals.

If the corresponding god refused to grant permission, then it would be useless no matter how thoroughly Noven's followers learned the knowledge of combat techniques and divine spells, because they could not fulfill the prerequisite!

Yet Noven could clearly sense that when Pete used the God of Justice's divine spell and Rena practiced [Stealth], those two gods had actually responded to them!

They were clearly not followers of those gods and had not provided them with any faith, yet those gods were willing to respond and grant them permission to use the corresponding divine power!

That left Noven rather dumbfounded.

"No, guys, what are you getting out of this...?"

Noven truly could not understand what those two were thinking.

From Noven's perspective, the situation was roughly like this:

He taught his followers how to use combat techniques and divine spells, establishing a special bond through which his followers gained the relevant knowledge;

Noven's followers followed the specific method, carrying out each step one by one;

When they reached the stage where they needed the corresponding god to provide power, a request would automatically be sent to them;

God of Shadow and God of Justice: "We have no objections. Use it however you like!"

They immediately responded without any conditions!

Power descended, the requirements for the divine spell and combat technique were met, and they were successfully performed!

"They're my followers, right? Why does it feel like these two gods are treating them even more enthusiastically than their own followers?"

Noven was beginning to lose confidence.

Still, the fact that his followers could receive responses from other gods and learn the corresponding divine spells and combat techniques was unquestionably tremendous news for Noven.

The situation was far more optimistic than Noven had imagined!

Although he could not directly grant blessings or power and could only teach knowledge, requiring his followers to work hard to turn that knowledge into strength,

it seemed that his followers would not be restricted by divine faith during that process. In fact, judging by this, they found it even easier than those gods' own followers to obtain "permission"!

That evening.

Greenport, Lower City, Moni Brothers Tavern, second floor, Rena's bedroom.

Pete was earnestly trying to persuade Rena.

"Don't be nervous. Relax, I've planned everything out."

"You just need to change into a few outfits and say a few lines. I've already told you your persona and your lines!"

"It's not difficult at all, really!"

Rena looked at the several sets of clothes before her with open reluctance:

A long gray hooded robe that could conceal one's figure and appearance;

A black nun's habit, often worn by church nuns as a symbol of serving the gods, with a tiny scales-and-longsword emblem on its collar;

And a modified set of ordinary clothes, paired with a white veil that could hide her face.

"Mr. Pete, do we really have to do this? Isn't there... another way?" Rena asked hesitantly.

"This is the best plan. Trust me, as long as we work together, we'll soon gather enough people!"

Pete reminded her, "Don't forget, I did drive away those Bloodfang Gang thugs last time, but it's not over. Dursley is still watching your family's tavern."

"If we don't find a way to increase our strength, what will we use to defeat Dursley?"

At the mention of Dursley's name, Rena finally forced herself to make up her mind.

"All right, then I'll... do my best and give it a try."

She picked up the gray robe meant to conceal her true appearance and put it on. Her originally graceful figure was immediately hidden.

Pete packed up the other two sets of clothes, took out his pocket watch, and glanced at it.

"The timing's perfect. Let's go!"

"We'll head to the Lower City black market first and spread the word that we have a way to help people test their professional aptitude!"

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