Odys had once asked Bernadette how she had built up her own power back then.
The answer he received was: she had not really built it up. After becoming a Demi-God, followers had naturally gathered around her.
Odys had not expected it to be so simple, but after asking further, he learned that Bernadette's so-called "naturally" had come after twenty or thirty years of accumulation.
Odys felt that he did not have that much time. After all, once next year's Divine War ended, the invasions of Outer Deities would suddenly become frequent, leaving him very little time.
To recruit people more quickly, Odys currently had two plans. The first was to take advantage of the official Beyonders being occupied once the war began and recruit large numbers of unaffiliated Beyonders.
However, the official Beyonder organizations would probably also recruit unaffiliated Beyonders in great numbers then. He might not be able to compete with them.
Fortunately, there was another opportunity. After the war ended, countries would be overwhelmed and discharge many Beyonders recruited during wartime.
That was also an opportunity, because the official Beyonders would have already helped train those discharged Beyonders during past battles. They could be put to use as soon as they were recruited.
Those Beyonders forced into retirement were not necessarily incompetent. More likely, they simply lacked powerful connections.
Besides those two opportunities, he also had to create opportunities himself.
For example, Odys attached great importance to Shatas and Mobet's voyage this time. Not only did he personally see them off, he also gave them coordinates for several islands inhabited by Elves, obtained from Bernadette and Cattleya.
Bernadette had operated in the Fog Sea for a long time and was quite familiar with the situation of the Elves there. Odys had discussed this matter with her during