Reading the description of the Fourth-Order Silver Bear corpse, Barbatos smiled, his expression as calm and serene as a gentle spring breeze.
"Finally, I can help my believers improve their power. My most powerful follower is only at the Second-Order, and a few even died hunting the Second-Order Peak Stage Silver Bear."
"My followers did their best to procure the finest sacrifice for the first offering. How could I not be moved by such piety, especially when I was just a high school teenager a month ago?"
It’s only been a month since he became the God of Wind.
Barbatos didn’t want his believers to die in the Eternal Continent and had already sworn to protect them. Those who follow him will prosper and those who went against him will suffer.
The Eternal Continent, one of the high planes connected to the Endless Void, was once an independent high plane. According to legends, it was usurped by the Will of the Endless Void and transformed into a training ground for demigods.
Only demigods could exist on the Eternal Continent. If True Gods forcefully descended, their power would be greatly reduced.
This setup prevented high-ranking entities from abusing the demigods, much like a newbie village in a game.
But even then, there was a difference in power between demigods.
Demigods on the Eternal Continent and Endless Void were categorized into three tiers: Bronze Demigod (One to Three-Turn), Silver Demigod (Four to Six-Turn), and Gold Demigod (Seven to Nine-Turn).
Mortals were ranked from First-Order to Eighth-Order.
There existed the Ninth-Order but a mortal who had reached the Ninth-Order could no longer be deemed a mortal but a Bronze Demigod.
And when gods were born, the rules of the Endless Void would create believers for them.
If gods were lucky enough, they’d even have high-ranking races serve them as believers such as black dragons, gold dragons, angels, demons, etc.
But those who had high-ranking races at the start were geniuses and prodigies. Even having mid-ranking races such as centaurs and elves were also considered above average and only a few gods would have such luck.
In Barbatos’ case, he was one of the many gods who had bad luck and obtained a low-ranking race.
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‘Well, at least I didn’t get an orc or a goblin as my first believer race. At least the wolf beastman tribe is considered a high-end race among the low-ranking races.’
‘Furthermore, beastmen have high compatibility of integrating other bloodlines so if I were to obtain a bloodline resource for them, I’d be able to let them become a mid-ranking or even high-ranking race.’
Barbatos didn’t disdain the wolf beastman race even if they were low-ranking. He saw the potential in them and with his Hundredfold Increase talent, they were quite suitable as his first believer race.
Of course, another reason for it was due to his classmate becoming the God of Beauty yet that girl had ugly orcs as her first believer race.
With that unfortunate classmate as an object for comparison, the low-ranking wolf beastman race looked pleasing to his eyes.
“The Fourth-Order Silver Bear corpse can be dismantled and the fur, claws, and other materials can be sold. Although it’s not worth much, it’s better than nothing.”
“As for the blood and flesh, it can be used to improve the power of my believers. Especially Eldric since as my hierophant, he serves as my spokesperson.”
With that plan in mind, Barbatos decided to summon the god interface to check his current status.
———
[God Interface]
[God]: Cyrus Gale
[Position]: Wind
[God Name]: Barbatos Augustus Mondstar
[God Title]: God of Wind
[God Rank]: One-Turn Demigod
[Divine Energy]: 0
[Power of Faith]: 689
[Artifact]: None
[Sect]: None
[Worshipers]: Wolf Beastman
———
[Followers interface]
[Holy Spirit]: 0
[Saint]: 0
[Fanatics]: 2
[Pious believers]: 96
[True Believers]: 17
[Shallow believers]: 0
[Hierophant]: Eldric
[Divine Art]: Wind Fist (Tier 1) Healing Breeze (Tier 1)
———
[Race Interface]
[Name]: Wolf Beastman
[Category]: Humanoid
[Power Order]: first order
[Occupation]: None
[Talent]: Resilient Lvl1, Hunter Instinct Lvl1, Blood Limit Lvl1
[Skill]: Berserk Lvl1
[Strength]: 1.8
[Physical]: 1.8
[Agility]: 1.8
[Spirit]: 1.3
———
Barbatos sighed, “At least I still have 115 wolf beastmen left. Four of them were unfortunately sacrificed even when Eldric had used divine arts to heal them. If not for that, the casualties would have been a lot higher.”
He didn’t want to sacrifice the lives of his believers but he knew it was necessary.
One of the main reasons why believers were faithful and loyal to the gods was due to god’s grace and the miracles bestowed by the gods on them.
Unlike in Terra where the gods were just mentioned in Bibles, the Eternal Continent had living gods who would affect the lives of mortals like them.
Since the gods were real and even bestowed the hierophant of their race with divine arts, it was no wonder that they could become loyal and faithful to the gods.
“First things first, improve the power of my believers.”
“I don’t know if there are demigods near my base in the Eternal Continent, but if there were, then I’m dead. I’m only a newbie so even if I have a powerful talent, I still need some time to grow.”
With that plan in mind, Barbatos decided to bestow the corpse of the Fourth-Order Silver Bear to his believers so they could use it to improve their power.
Taking out the Fourth-Order Silver Bear corpse from his space storage, Barbatos didn’t give it yet to his believers.
Instead, he started his speech, “Eldric, my hierophant, I am pleased with your management of the wolf beastman race.”
“My believers, I have received your first sacrifice and I officially accept you all as my main believers.”
“As a reward for your faith, I bestow you all with a Fourth-Order Silver Bear corpse! Use them to improve the power of your wolf beastman race and provide this divine one with better sacrifices in the next annual sacrifice!”