After the brief conversation I had with the master I received a great deal of news from Erick and surprising Ingredi too, when the master told me that the activity of priests, cultists or whatever other name they like to call themselves or that the others people are calling them now has increased a lot, but the news and rumors basically announce that the world is taken over by the worshipers of evil gods and demon gods.
During the week before we boarded the caravan to the kingdom's capital the city was going into a hysterical frenzy, all the shit that civilians and low-level adventurers had to face because of the conflicts the nobles were having was released when fear was spreading with rumors that priests of the evil gods were kidnapping people to sacrifice them to their gods, malevolent cultists were robbing the dead to create an army of the undead and a new wave of murders and massacres created by the people who stayed mad because of the influence of the evil gods or they are following the example of famous figures like the demonic killer who has started a new tour of the realms of death, he is currently in the neighboring realm to ours and has already killed a few dozen more adventurers.
I think this lunatic's only goal is to spread fear and chaos, if his goddess is involved in his behavior, she must believe that the greater the fear the population is having, the greater the chance for her to proliferate her faith. I found this odd more after talking about this subject with teacher Frey who obviously has a lot of knowledge about this aria and a clear aversion to deities, I understood that such a strategy is very effective, even if the goddess doesn't gain new devotees for because of the actions of his people.
I think this lunatic's only goal is to spread fear and chaos, if his goddess is involved in his behavior, she must believe that the greater the fear the population is having, the greater the chance for her to proliferate her faith. I found this odd more after talking about this subject with teacher Frey who obviously has a lot of knowledge about this aria and a clear aversion to deities, I understood that such a strategy is very effective, even if the goddess doesn't gain new devotees for because of the actions of his people.
The strongest god is not a good, evil or neutral god but a chaotic god, I was quite surprised about this and my shock only increased when the teacher told me that most ancient and strong gods are neutral or chaotic and only after that. comes a mixture of good and bad gods, in this mixture the good gods are predominant, but not such a big difference between the two.
During the rest of the conversation with the teacher, he told me the reason why an atmosphere like the one that is seeming across this region of the continent is so beneficial to the evil gods and why the greater the fear and despair a person feels and It's easier for her to seek any kind of power to feel secure, even if it means worshiping an evil god. In fact, teacher Frey said that several nobles and even entire families who worship this kind of God to profit more and thus have more power. And that is the goal of all demon gods, they want more than anything that the evil gods become stronger and destroy the good gods.
The reason for so much hatred is not something simple as they are opposites so they must be destroyed, the demon gods are all members of the demon race that no longer exists, they were a very strong race but unfortunately with few members. A warrior demon can easily face five humans at the same level, according to the teacher the demons had a type of energy that they called demonic energy even though it enhanced their physical abilities, even their mages could channel their magic with an intensity and in slightly different ways because of that demonic energy.
And when one of these demons broke the edge of a mortal and became a god, he naturally didn't have the powers on a level common with the other new gods, but that didn't pose a big problem for the good gods he was still too weak to be a real threat to the strongest gods in the allegiance of the good gods. But over the decades or centuries more demon gods were born and this made the good gods worried, if more of them showed up and banded together like the ones that exist now were doing back then they could be a real threat to the good gods and even some Neutral gods began to pay attention to the growing community of demon gods that were much closer than the other evil gods.
So, it is only natural that those good ones, with the help of some neutral gods and probably some chaotic ones, declare a war against the demonic triune. It took centuries for this war to end and neither side could be called the big winner, the mortals who were the main force in this war that aimed to exterminate the entire demonic tribe, and they were able to do that they exterminate every last demon, but the price to be paid was that all kingdoms and empires that existed collapsed and mortals would have to face a great period that would have been marked by savagery and conflict.
But with the leadership of the demigods of the good gods the tribes that survived this holy war rebuilt what we have today, and this also explains why churches are considered the greatest forces among mortals now. But what caught my attention the most was that the demon gods are even stronger than I thought they were, without the faithful those of those die for lack of power or because another god killed them because they got weak because of the lack of devotees, but even when their species was wiped out and their enemies managed to increase their power with more faithful they still survive to this day, several of the demon gods died and it is impossible for their number to increase again, but still they still cause big problems for the good and neutral gods .
I admit that I am very overwhelmed by the amount of power a small group of demon gods have, they not only resisted after their entire race was wiped out but they manage to fight the good gods head on and try to screw the desiring of those they exterminated his followers making them worship the evil gods.
The demon goddess Aélis strategy that I found confusing makes a lot of sense now that I know who her enemies are, in a way it ends up being almost funny that she uses the peoples who exterminated her race against the gods who decided the demons should be exterminated.
But after taking a big lesson about the gods, I turned my attention to my last moments of peace before camp in the kingdom's capital began. I don't have much preparation to do other than fix any damage my gear has and compare a few more arrows because I don't hey how difficult this can become in my future, I doubt it's going to be easy to get weapons, medicine, arrows, armor or anything during camp.
The camp is a tough test after all, money must be prohibited from being spent there and all trade must be based on some point system at the camp. From what the master said the camp will not be just classes and closed tests, the teams formed there will have to start doing real missions within the realm's territory, and according to the realm's current problems I may have to hunt down cultists and this is not a very cool thing, i would much rather go kinks from magic beasts and thieves.
From what I understand about teacher Frey's evil god worshipers they are quite paranoid about their security and extremely vindictive, when they realize they are being targeted by a specific group of people they will retaliate in kind and their side won't only have silver core mages and warriors. Just thinking about teams being ambushed by cultists makes me feel like hunting down cultists might not be the best kind of mission to do.
As I make my way out of the institute with Wulfgar, who will be in the care of the master or Balder if she doesn't have the patience to look after him. Come to think of it, maybe I'd better take Wulfgar to Captain Raven or Lofar, I think Wulfgar might have a better time with both of them than with the master, but seeing her in front of the institute gate watching the students entering the carriages They are going to be part of the train to the capital. I feel that Wulfgar's fate is already sealed.
I don't have the heart to say goodbye to mistress because by the time I approached her she basically threw me against one of the carriages and poor Wulfgar is already on a leash beside mistress. He didn't even try to resist because the moment the mistress released some of her aura towards him, Wulfgar turned a statue on the mistress's side, hearing neither a bark nor an attempt to escape his cruel fate.
I'm heading to a mortal camp that's put me on missions that could kill me, but I still think that between me and Wulfgar, I have the best chance of surviving the next few months.