As soon as he returned to Blue Star, Jiang Hao turned into a streak of light, passed through space, and appeared beneath the sea.
Cold seawater surrounded him. This realm where humanity had yet to set foot revealed its true face to him once more: dark, deep, mysterious, and remote.
He began to take stock of himself.
"The Faith I'm receiving now comes from three main sources."
"Amenominakanushi, Mahavairocana, and Empress Wa."
"I've gained some faith by playing other gods, but far too little to compare with those three... It looks like I should focus on gods with large numbers of Believers this time."
"Strange. People actually have Faith in Yog-Sothoth, Ghroth, and Cthulhu Fhtagn?"
Those three were evil gods, genuine evil gods. Unlike the evil gods of classical mythology, who had never appeared, their arrival had brought immense disasters.
And people still had Faith in them?
Were they worshipping power?
After thinking it over, he flew to a church.
It was built in a typical Gothic style, with soaring spires and pointed arches.
Jiang Hao entered through an archway, crossed a passage, and walked into a square hall.
Rows of stained-glass windows high above let Sunlight stream in, filling the church with light and color.
Inside the hall, a nun dressed in black was preaching.
Before her sat rows of elegantly dressed people. They listened in silence, utterly absorbed.
"Nun, you're the one."
Saint-Ang Cathedral was a large Gothic church in Saint-Ang City, Gaul.
Saint-Ang City was known as the City of a Thousand Churches. It had plenty of churches, including many large ones, yet Saint-Ang Cathedral still stood out as the largest in the city.
Dong, dong, dong...
The great bell rang.
The nun stopped preaching. The elegantly dressed congregation rose, thanked her, and left in an