Steampunk Era: Mad Abield

The Noble God indeed had the intention to negotiate, but the destruction of the Farrol Grand Diocese at Malin’s mere gesture had instilled fear in each diocese. Whether it was the Bishop or anyone else, they all felt trepidation at the prospect of negotiating with Malin.

In the end, Logan’s cousin, one of the only two living Divine Envoys and a Sage, was chosen—the reason being that the other Divine Envoy specialized in combat, and sending him might very quickly progress to a champion duel stage, whereas sending this Constance Federon, it was thought that a Legendary figure like Mr. Malin would not deign to duel with such a powerless Sage.

After all, it was commonly said that Mr. Malin enjoyed spreading knowledge and showed great courtesy to those who possessed it.

Indeed, Malin was now collecting literate youths, and after he had gathered a significant number, he would enroll them in the night university. Malin and several tutors took turns in force-feeding education, and once they were sufficiently taught, they would be placed in the schools of the Carterburg region.

The Church of the Goddess of Harvest and the Church of Justice favored such teachers who spread proper knowledge. The two major churches often provided protection, and in the villages and towns where the teachers resided, distinguishing and delivering those Chaotic Cult members lurking among the people to the top of the town walls had become the most popular program for the Punishers of the Churches of the Goddess of Harvest and Justice in the entire Carterburg region.

Malin’s side also rewarded the Punisher teams for capturing Chaotic Believers. After all, a teacher needed nearly half a year of their instruction to succeed, and their academic accomplishments were an extremely valuable asset. Since what the Chaos Cultists enjoyed most was killing them, Malin certainly wanted to make it clear that what he preferred even more was their demise—therefore, this award was only given to those Punishers who had killed Chaotic Believers.

Of course, if information was extracted from the mouths of living believers, subsequently dealing a devastating blow to all Chaotic Believers in the area, the head of each Chaotic Believer would earn that team a bounty.

Since there are True Gods in this world, Malin did not worry that someone would kill the innocent to claim credit.

Similarly, the ever-decreasing number of Chaotic Believers also vindicated one of Malin’s theories—that in this age, as long as one could eat well, dress well, have a home, and undergo the baptism of the night university, neither the peasant nor the city dweller would be interested in the doctrines of the Chaos Cult, and should they have a wife, such a family would be even less likely to produce Chaotic Believers.

So those who said that Malin cherished knowledge and Sages, as carriers of knowledge, the Nobles of the Noble God did indeed not misjudge.