Three Thousand Gods, Three Thousand Great Paths?

Hill understood what Liszt meant and smiled helplessly. "Of course it's lucky. We can get the Magic Book later. Although I don't know who arranged this, he probably misjudged the number of Undead.

He also underestimated their levels. I doubt this world has enough Legendary beings to surpass the Undead, right?"

"Very few," Liszt said bluntly. "This is a world where the Gods hold the upper hand. It's a little like those old novels—the kind of world where three thousand Gods compete for faith.

Mages are still powerful, but they aren't the mainstream of the world.

The children of nobles are all sent to temples. Only merchants let their children become Mages.

After all, Mages still have enough destructive power, making them quite suitable as bodyguards."

"What?" Hill's voice rose in surprise. "This world is so chaotic that Mages can only work as bodyguards?"

"The Mage inheritance is relatively difficult," Liszt said earnestly. "A Low-Rank Mage has to bury himself in study for more than a decade, or even several decades, while a priest only needs the approval of a God to advance.

"At higher ranks, Mages are indeed very powerful, but priests won't fight you one-on-one. They always gang up on people.

"People naturally seek profit and avoid harm.

"You could spend decades and still fail to become an Advanced Magus, but if you devoted yourself faithfully for decades, you would certainly become an advanced priest.

"That has already become the consensus of this world.

"Although I discovered from this Magus's records that each temple might only grant one such position to a devout believer every ten years, there are so many temples that it gives everyone the impression that they have a chance.

"Noble children in particular have far more opportunities than ordinary people.

"Merchants, on the other