Chapter 353 Religion and Temptation

Although Roland relaxed a little after defeating Kan'ozu, he returned to work after sitting around in the yard with Hela for several days.

Although Roland is preparing to be promoted to the seventh level, the adjustment of his physical and mental state cannot be achieved simply by playing badly, especially since Roland has been accustomed to high-intensity work in recent years, and he is not quite used to the sudden idleness.

Therefore, Roland returned to the administrative work of the War Council and led the reform plan of the War Council.

After all, without Roland's presence, the Executive Committee would have some trouble pushing forward the reforms.

Although Odin and Tula in the military both supported the reform, it was a little difficult to break up the military interest groups that had been nurtured due to the War Council's previous military-oriented policies.

Of course, this newly formed military interest group only slowed down the pace of the reform plan.

After all, it is the Executive Committee that dominates the War Committee, and the military is ultimately just a part of the War Committee. As long as the executive committee members reach a consensus, the military cannot disobey their orders, not to mention that their superiors basically all support military reform.

However, the pace of reform was still a bit slow, so Roland walked out of the yard and appeared in public places to support the reform plan.

As soon as Roland appeared, the war council quickly calmed down again, and some restless legions also calmed down again.

As the one who led the War Committee to defeat the Green Tide and kill Kan'aozu, Roland's prestige was at its peak thanks to his record of killing Kan'aozu.

Moreover, although the War Council under Roland's leadership has invested almost all its resources in the military in recent years, Roland still managed to squeeze some resources out of his hands.

Relying on the art of cooking and the resources that flowed out, the civilians under the War Council's rule had just enough food and clothing but would not starve to death.

From Roland's perspective, this was undoubtedly a hardship for the common people, but for them, this was a good life that they had never dared to imagine before. They did not have to rely on luck or take risks. As long as they honestly completed the assigned work, they could be guaranteed to have enough food and drink.

Moreover, during the Great Purge, Roland nationalized all the land in the Central Province and most of the land in the Commissioner Province. He also abolished the messy rules that Donnar had previously set.

As long as there is no deliberate destruction, indiscriminate logging, or endless exploitation, civilians under the War Council can enter the forest openly to collect firewood, cut wood, hunt, etc. according to their needs.

Of course, the War Committee would not care about any small actions of civilians as long as they were used on themselves, but if they wanted to make money by logging, hunting, etc., they would need a permit and must pay taxes on time.

This is undoubtedly a major benefit for civilians.

In addition, the War Committee also built a large number of public facilities, which greatly facilitated the daily life and production of civilians.

Therefore, although Roland did not spend many resources on people's livelihood, basically everyone in the War Committee, from the bottom to the top, was very satisfied with this happy life with enough food and drink.

Therefore, Roland's reputation was not only at its peak in the army, but also very high among civilians everywhere.

Some time ago, when Roland was dormant, the War Committee also caught many illegal religions that worshipped Roland without permission and tried to spread their faith.

There are the native knights of Donnar who believe that Roland is the reincarnation of a legend, and there are also the Pantheon of Sinnar who believe that Roland is a new god born to save the people of Donnar.
There are also various disagreements among these people. The local knights argue endlessly about which legendary reincarnation Roland is, while some of the Pantheon believers in Sinar want to bind Roland to the Pantheon as the main god, so as to spread the orthodox Pantheon belief to Eastern Nar.

Of course, some also tried to imitate the Dawn Church and set up a monotheistic faith that only worshipped Roland.

No matter how they argued, the only problem was that various illegal beliefs dedicated to Roland were spreading rapidly among the common people.

The War Committee naturally showed no mercy to these illegal beliefs, and they struck hard at them all, forcibly banning them one by one.

How dare you define Roland casually? Who gave you the courage?

However, although these illegal religions were forcibly banned, their believers were also required to refrain from illegal missionary work and were encouraged to change their beliefs to several beliefs that were currently legal on the War Council.

However, although these believers agreed readily, they had no intention of changing their faith.

According to the regulations of the War Committee, these illegal beliefs will not be tolerated as long as they do not affect other people and are not spread illegally.

Therefore, without Roland's knowledge, a group of believers in Roland appeared within the War Council.

In addition to those who spread religion illegally without applying, some members within the committee system who were familiar with the regulations of the Administration even applied to the Administration for a new church dedicated to Roland.

Then, they were rejected directly by the Administration.

According to the treaty revised by the Ministry of Law, if the object of such worship is to be worshipped while he or she is still alive, the consent of the person concerned and the consent of the Executive Committee are required.

And because Roland announced that it was in hibernation, few people applied after the management bureau rejected it with this excuse.

However, after Roland walked out of the yard and started to move again, those who were ready to make a move within the committee jumped out and began to submit applications to the administration.

After Roland came forward, in less than five days, the Administration received more than two hundred application reports.

Moreover, these are application reports that have passed layers of review by the Administration. There are even more application reports that have been rejected by the Administration.

Sitting at the desk, Roland rubbed his head and looked at the application report in front of him speechlessly.

Roland originally thought that his first job after leaving the courtyard would be to be in charge of the military reform plan of the War Committee. However, after he came forward to support the military reform plan, all obstacles to the military reform plan disappeared instantly.

The executive committee alone can carry it out smoothly, and there is no need for Roland to intervene.

Thus, these two hundred or so application reports from new churches were placed in front of Roland.

Religious belief.

Roland tapped the desk thoughtfully.

In this world where supernatural powers exist, the gods worshipped by various intelligent races are either fictional, the product of beautiful visions, or real supernatural beings.

The latter generally dominates various beliefs.

After all, fictional gods are no match for real supernatural beings.

Due to the endless emergence of outstanding extraordinary people, polytheism is still the main belief in the world today.

For example, humans, whether it is the knight faith of Donnar or the Pantheon faith of Sinnar, most of the gods they worship are high-level extraordinary people in the past of humans, and legends will become the main gods of great importance in these beliefs.

This kind of belief, built on the legends of high-level extraordinary people of one's own race, is the current mainstream belief in this world.

Whether it is the Elven Court of the Elves or the ancient worship of the Dwarves, they are all polytheistic beliefs.

However, in addition to polytheistic beliefs, there are also monotheistic beliefs and atheism.

The dragon worship of the kobolds and the various legendary worships of the gnolls are all monotheistic beliefs, while the rational belief called thought of the dwarves is a rare atheistic belief.

In short, extraordinary people are regarded as gods, and faith is not uncommon in this world, and it can even be said to be very normal.

However, Roland was still a little hesitant.

Although this is very common, Roland is not interested in these religious beliefs. He finds it weird to think that there might be believers singing hymns to him every day in the future.

Moreover, in the future version after the liberation of thought, there will be a major version called the Reformation. In the major version of the Reformation, almost all human beliefs are affected by the Reformation.

Almost all gods in human beliefs have been attacked and challenged from all sides, and even Littorio is no exception.

Thinking of this, Roland picked up one of the application reports hesitantly.

After taking a quick look at it, Roland rejected the application report on the spot.

No, just copy it directly.

All the settings for Littorio's God of All Gods are here. Except for changing his name to Lord of All Gods, the rest is almost all copied from the description of Littorio in the Pantheon Bible.

Roland was also active in Sinar, so he had a relatively clear understanding of what was written in the Bible of the Pantheon.

Therefore, he could tell at a glance that this application report was purely plagiarized.

Roland put the application report aside speechlessly and looked at the next application report.

The king of all things?

Huh? You are so arrogant, aren't you afraid of being attacked by the Tower of Truth? Although I am not afraid, there is no need to offend them. No.

King of kings?

Uh, uh, where does the labor insurance come from? I don’t have a king under me, so it won’t work.

Lord of Hosts?

It looked somewhat familiar, and I took another look at it, and, well, although there was no cross, it still didn’t work.

The god of war and killing?
Although I am good at fighting, but when it comes to war, I still prefer construction. Besides, as everyone knows, the God of War is only responsible for fighting, not guaranteeing victory.

The Victorious Knight?

Knight? Who are you calling a knight? I'm a spellcaster, no.

The Lord of Change?

Hmm? Although he was praising me for my profound knowledge, Roland always felt a blue light flashing before his eyes when he heard this name, so no.

After quickly browsing all the application reports, Roland rejected them all without mercy.

Although it is a common situation in this world that powerful supernatural beings are regarded as gods, it has always been the case since the birth of civilization.

However, just because it has always been like this doesn't mean Roland has to follow their example.

Moreover, when Roland was not strong, he had to adapt to the traditions of this world. However, Roland worked hard to be promoted to the sixth ring and became the chairman of the War Committee, controlling the entire huge War Committee.

Roland is now a force that cannot be underestimated in the entire world. Roland is so powerful now, it is time for the world to adapt to Roland.

What a bullshit tradition! Roland doesn’t like it, change it all.

Roland has taken action against the aristocratic politics prevalent in this world. He has ignored all kinds of unspoken rules, killed countless nobles, and popularized supernatural knowledge on a large scale. Roland now dares to semi-publicly promote strange machines, magical plants, and even necromancy.

Roland dared to do all these things, not to mention a mere issue of faith. Roland did whatever he wanted.

He is just an ordinary person. At most, his moral bottom line is slightly higher than that of people in this world. Anyway, he has no interest in being a so-called god.

After seeing Roland reject all the application reports, Hela also packed up the application reports rejected by Roland.

She asked as she sorted out the report.

"Should we notify the management department?"

"Well, let me know."

Roland shook his head helplessly and continued.

"I told the management that no more applications like this would be submitted. They were all rejected. I just said I didn't agree with them using my name and image."

"clear."

Hela placed a cup of liquid wisdom on the desk and responded with a slight smile. Then, she walked out of the study with the application reports rejected by Roland, ready to convey Roland's instructions to the management department.

Roland picked up the cup with his right hand and gently took a sip of the liquid of wisdom. A cool feeling brought Roland a sense of coolness.

He looked up at the ceiling, his eyes somewhat helpless.

Although these two hundred church application reports seemed to comply with regulations and laws, Roland would not believe that so many church application reports were just simple application reports.

Although some of these were simple application reports, they were also mixed with some members of the War Committee's attempts to test Roland.

They were not disloyal to Roland, they just wanted to take a peek at Roland's future plans for the War Council.

Titles like King of All Laws, King of Kings, Lord of Hosts, God of War and Slaughter, Victorious Knight, Lord of Change, or some other random titles were all just guesses about Roland's inclinations.

Some people hope to guess what identity and posture Roland will use to rule Donnar in the future based on the title he chooses.

Will you rule Donnar as a spellcaster, a monarch, a knight, a military dictator, or a combination of all?

If they could guess Roland's identity, then based on the identity Roland chose, they would be able to guess at the future development of the War Council and prepare in advance.

(End of this chapter)