The Evil God's Followers

"Hey, what do you guys think would happen if we prayed to Azathoth?"

The question was raised by a mage named Qiannianmao. He used to be a devout follower of the Goddess of Magic, Mystra, but after Goddess of Magic was killed by the God of Eternity, he temporarily lost his faith. He hadn't yet decided which of the three gods to choose as his new faith when he discovered this information about Azathoth.

"Who knows? Maybe Azathoth will burn those who pray to him to Ashes, or maybe he'll control them and drive them mad," said the Barbarian Warrior, Danshengou teammate of Qiannianmao, as he chugled his ale.

"How could that be? This is just a game. At most, it'll give me a crazy debuff, it can't really make me go crazy," Qiannianmao said, shaking his head.

Qiannianmao's other teammate, the Druid Paipaixiong, suddenly snorted, "You know what, playing this game can really drive people crazy. A while ago I met a female Priest who believes in the Creator God. She told me that the Creator God really exists because when she prayed to the Creator God in real life, she actually received a response from the Creator God. Isn't that insane?"

"Hey, I've heard this rumor before, and it sounds so true. Do you think we should give it a try?"

"Try my foot! Let's talk about Azathoth instead. I've decided, I'm going to pray to Azathoth and see what happens. If Azathoth responds, that would be awesome! You know, according to the official lore, this guy is an existence older than the universe itself, maybe even more powerful than the current three gods. The faith buff would definitely be incredibly strong!" Qiannianmao slammed his hand on the table and shouted.

"I'm telling you, you'd better not do the experiment. This is no joke."

"What's there to be afraid of? It's just a game."

Qiannianmao spoke, without changing its position, it clasped its hands together, closed its eyes, and began to pray.

In the War of the Gods, prayer has a fixed ritual. As long as you follow this procedure, you can complete the prayer. Of course, whether the god you pray to will respond is another matter. At this moment, the sorcerer began to recite the prayer.

[Great Azathoth, ruler of the ancients, destroyer of worlds, ruler of the Chaos Domain, your followers call upon your name, and I, the Qiannianmao, hereby swear to serve you and invoke your name. Guide me with your great will and answer my prayers!]

System notification: Prayer successful. You have prayed to Azathoth, the God of Chaos, and joined Azathoth's camp. Your current faith level is - General Believer.

System notification: You have become a follower of Azathoth, received the blessing of the God of Chaos, and gained the status - Lesser Elemental Mark.

Lesser Elemental Mark: Azathoth is the Elemental King, and all followers of Azathoth can obtain Lesser Elemental Mark.

Effect 1: Increases the power of all your elemental spells by 1%.

Effect 2: Your normal attacks have a 1% chance to trigger elemental damage.

Effect 3: Reduces all elemental damage you take by 1%.

"Holy crap, it really is something you can believe in!" The Qiannianmao was also taken aback. After looking at the benefits of faith, although the three effects given by the Lesser Elemental Mark were quite limited, he was just a casual believer. With continued prayer, this buff would definitely get stronger and stronger. All things considered, this faith was really not bad.

However, becoming a follower of an evil god from another world—who knows if it's a blessing or a curse?

In a dark tomb, a group of people dressed in black robes were discussing something under the dim light of phosphorescent flames; they were clearly a group of evil people.

Indeed, that is the case. They were all once followers of the God of Darkness, and were either Dark Knights, Necromancers, or Dread Knights—dark professions that once struck fear into the hearts of many. However, with the defeat and death of the God of Darkness, these people lost their backers and became a group of people who were hated and killed on the Lost Continent, forced to hide in these dark corners.

Some people have switched their allegiance to the current three gods, but these people are all fans of dark gothic style, so they have no good feelings towards the God of Light, the Creator God, etc., and currently remain Faithless.

"Hey everyone, I've got some great news!"

A necromancer suddenly burst into the dark conference room with a shout, breaking the Tranquility of the tomb. Everyone turned to look at him.

"Saruman, what's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?" Darth Vader asked curiously.

The necromancer named Saruman exclaimed excitedly, "Everyone, hurry up and check out the official website! A new god has appeared, named Azathoth. The background description says he's Great Old One, the God of Chaos. This god sounds really impressive! I think we should choose to worship him!"

Darth Vader was pleasantly surprised. In reality, he was the founder of this small group and a fan of dark gothic style. When he first entered the War of the Gods, he led his fellow outsiders to join the embrace of the God of Darkness of God of Darkness and became a devout follower. However, he never expected the God of Darkness to be so ineffective, easily defeated by the God of Light. Even the gods of God of Death and God of Fear were wiped out one by one. Now, they had nowhere to find a dark-style god to worship.

Now, upon hearing that a new, incredibly powerful dark god has appeared, I immediately became interested.

Everyone logged onto the official website and thought it was good after reading it.

Although this God of Chaos Azathoth, seems a bit different from the dark gothic style, it's still much better than God of Light or Creator God, and it looks pretty cool.

So after returning to the game, they discussed it briefly, and then, without prior arrangement, began reciting a prayer.

[Great Azathoth, ruler of the ancients, destroyer of worlds, master of Chaos Domain, your followers call upon your name. We hereby swear to serve you forever and invoke your name. Guide us with your great will and answer our prayers!]

This situation occurs among many player groups in the entire War of the Gods. Although these players do not represent a large proportion of the total player base, given that there are hundreds of millions of players in the War of the Gods, even though less than one percent of them chose to pray to Azathoth, the number of players still exceeds one million.

Meanwhile, our God of Chaos Azathoth is still worrying about how to return to the world of the War of the Gods.

"Hey. Why can't I get over there? Forrest went back before. He's the Creator God, so his strength should be no less than mine."

Xiao Yu asked Medivh, somewhat puzzled.

"This is different," Medivh explained. "I have been observing the structure of this world in the Astral Plane for a long time. In the rule structure of this world, the Creator God himself is a part of the War of the Gods world, so returning is relatively simple. Moreover, his physical strength is actually very weak, far inferior to yours. The reason he is so powerful is entirely due to the enhancement of the Power of Faith."

This Power of Faith is essentially equivalent to an additional layer of template attributes in the Sky World, and even more powerful. Without the Power of Faith, he would only be an Upper Legendary being. However, with billions of Power of Faith provided by hundreds of millions of believers, he becomes a god with Supreme Divine Power. If his current strength is 10,000, then his true strength is only 100. When moving between planes, the calculation is based on 100. The Power of Faith is not bound by spatial rules.

"Wow, that's amazing!?" Xiao Yu was speechless. It was a pity he didn't have any followers, otherwise, with his strength plus the added Power of Faith, he could easily crush these trash gods.

Suddenly, a system notification sounded in his ear.

System notification: Your Power of Faith has exceeded 1,000,000. Your Power of Faith System has been activated. You can view it in the operation interface.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu was overjoyed. "Holy crap, someone actually believes in me?"

He hurriedly activated the Power of Faith System.

This Power of Faith System is unique to deities and differs from the Faith System for regular players; it is more Power of Faith System in scope.

[Deity's name: Azathoth]

The realm of the gods: chaos, elements, and the Void.

Divine Power Level: Supreme Divine Power.

Power of Faith: 1124567.

Number of believers: 574,863.

"Wow, I have so many followers? What's going on?" In such a short time, I have hundreds of thousands of followers, and the number is still increasing.

Xiao Yu checked again and found various subsystems below.

Responding to believers, assigning them Priest ranks, selecting Chosen /prophets/saints, etc.

Responding to believers: Responding to believers who pray to you can greatly increase that believer's faith level.

Divine Gift: Grants a believer the corresponding Priest rank. Using this function consumes Power of Faith.

Title Conferment: Select a character and bestow a title upon them, making them your Chosen /prophet/saint. You can look up the differences between the three in the information. Using this function will consume a large amount of Power of Faith.

Xiao Yu immediately opened the data sheet.

The Chosen: These are people who share the same beliefs and ideals as the gods; they are the gods' representatives on earth. Granting a Chosen One a Chosen consumes 10% of one's Power of Faith.

Prophet: A person who conveys the will of God and issues divine prophecies. Conferring a prophet consumes 20% of one's Power of Faith.

Saints: are the incarnations of gods on earth, exercising and wielding all divine power. Conferring a saint consumes 30% of Power of Faith (only one saint can be conferred).

If we were to draw parallels with contemporary religions, the Chosen would be like a mortal version of Jesus, the prophets would be like Moses, and the saints would be roughly equivalent to a Son of God version of Jesus.

To become Chosen /prophet/saint, one must be a devout believer.

Fortunately, among these hundreds of thousands of believers, there are still some devout believers, numbering in the thousands.

Xiao Yu thought to himself, "If that's the case, then there seems to be a way to build the Dark Portal. All I need to do is gather these believers and get them to contribute. With the help of hundreds of thousands or even millions of believers, building a Dark Portal wouldn't be a problem at all."