The Outer God Needs Warmth

Chapter 59

The new religion officially adopted its title as its name.

The Outer God Church.

It had been used covertly before, but now, it even had a signboard. Under Rebecca's guidance, the Outer God Church began writing its new scripture.

First, she called together those who had conversed with me.

In a massive conference hall that even included the royal family of Anselus, they spent seven days organizing my story. Yes, that's right.

They organized the scripture of the Outer God Church.

There's something curious about this.

The emotion that could be read from Rebecca's expression was gloomy, yet the doctrine of the Outer God Church is one of forgiveness and freedom. And, when people die, I will come and take them—that's the basic teaching. It's far too lenient.

For a religion to grow, strong proselytism is necessary.

But the Outer God Church grants religious freedom. They simply put down what I said exactly as I said it.

"Whoever you believe in, when the Outer God blesses you, in the end, the Outer God will come for you."

When looking at Rebecca or Dakota's emotions, forgiveness seems like an element that should never exist. But the Outer God Church encourages forgiving others, just as the Outer God did.

The Outer God blesses a person and takes all their sins upon Himself, so you should also forgive others and free them from sin.

That's the logic they developed.

To me, this seems like it would easily be overrun by heretics.

Moreover, I don't understand why they emphasized the idea that when people die, I will come for them.

They focused on the idea that if one is blessed by the Outer God, whether male or female, young or old, they will come to take the last warmth. That’s the most important part.

Full of loopholes.

A fragile doctrine.

A weak method of proselytism.

It was a religion filled with problems.

However, the religion grew far beyond what I expected.

In no time, it spread beyond the Anselus Kingdom to other countries.

The capital of Anselus Kingdom became almost like the headquarters of a religion.

As people began to gather, they prayed in the square where the Outer God died. There was movement. As the population grew, the number of vendors selling goods increased.

Commerce began to flourish.

Of course, the Holy God Church strongly opposed it. During the famine, they had even sent out orders to suppress other religions.

They stirred up neighboring kingdoms around Anselus Kingdom to eliminate this new religion. As I mentioned before, most of the countries east of the Scard Rock Desert follow the Holy God Church.

In other words, they are under the Holy God Church's influence.

When Anselus Kingdom heard this news, they immediately informed the people and began preparing for war.

But no kingdom responded to the Holy God Church. A year and a half after the famine ended.

The king, who had collapsed from overwork, finally got back up.

He saw the completely changed country and looked at his own hair. Then, he simply abandoned the Holy God Church.

He didn't speak to anyone, not even in a monologue, so I don't know what he was thinking.

The king immediately made contact with the Outer God Church.

Rebecca, Dakota, and 17 former Holy God Church priests.

Or one person resembling the Outer God, and 18 blessed individuals.

At first, the king mistook Rebecca for me, but after learning the truth, he understood. He then shared a story he had heard from his grandfather, Tisah.

A second conference was held, and the scripture was updated again.

Honestly, I found it incredibly funny, but it must have been important to them.

The followers of the Outer God Church listened to the king's story with serious expressions and then spent over a week writing it into the scripture.

As the Outer God Church grew, the Holy God Church suddenly gathered its forces and launched an attack.

After ten years, I realized just how much Rebecca knew about me. She didn’t observe me like the Harvesters did.

It’s likely that she saw the core memories I hold.

Otherwise, how could she not only understand my intentions but perfectly use them?

Exactly eight years after the famine ended, the Outer God Church had already identified the Witch of Ecstasy. But Rebecca, under orders, had left her alone.

That was the day Dakota first fought with Rebecca.

But Rebecca persuaded her.

Killing her alone wouldn’t solve anything.

And that day.

Dakota saw the emotions beneath Rebecca’s skin, emotions I had always known.

Rebecca explained that she, too, had a grudge against Hyungkeshni. Her family was suddenly killed, and she said that it was Hyungkeshni's fault that her heart had been ripped out.

Dakota sympathized with her words.

But I know.

She didn’t say everything.

It’s my specialty to only tell part of the truth, didn’t I say that before?

Rebecca also didn’t say everything.

Her deep grudge isn’t with the Future Hope Church.

It’s not even that she’s angry at Hyungkeshni, who is still alive, but she truly hates something else. What that is, I don’t know yet. I suspect it’s something in the world, but I can’t be sure.

Anyway, because of this, Dakota opened her heart to Rebecca. And then, Rebecca used that to start leading the Outer God Church more fervently.

Then one day.

I discovered an unexpected breakthrough regarding the agent of the blessings.

A person, reading materials written about me, found a passage from a contract.

"I will give myself to you. In return, after you finish everything, I will take everything you have. How about it?"

Upon reading this passage, he answered as such.

Then, he connected with me.

I darkened his light and gave him a part of myself.

Yes.

By simply letting him read, I could make him receive the blessing. Until now, the people who had read these materials were the royal family, nobles of Anselus Kingdom, and former paladins and priests, including Martin.

In other words, they were Harvesters.

So, when this person read it, nothing happened.

This man, who could be called a theologian of the Outer God Church, wasn’t a Harvester. He was one of the first to enter after the materials were publicly revealed after ten years.

In just ten years, I found a way to spread my blessings.

And this quickly became central to the Outer God Church.

And now.

The color of the hair of a person from the Outer God Church is turning purple.

Right now, only a select few living in the capital of Anselus Kingdom, or the headquarters of the Outer God Church, are receiving blessings.

But soon, it will be spread widely.

I thought people would monopolize this power and control it, but as expected, Dakota said that only special people should receive the blessing.

However, Rebecca rejected that. Instead, she gathered those leading the Outer God Church and planned to spread it widely.

I laughed quietly underneath.

If I had hands, I would have clapped.

Soon, the Harvesters will grow tremendously.

Rebecca is amazing.