212: The Troubles of Hunting Goddess

Lin Ye's heart stirred; it seemed to be true.

After all, hunting is an activity for the few and not suitable for widespread adoption, so it makes sense that the Hunting Goddess's faith propagation has encountered setbacks.

No civilization that has developed and grown strong is primarily based on hunting; the nutrition provided by hunting is insufficient to sustain the consumption of a large population.

Lin Ye was wondering if he could use this to his advantage.

......

In a magnificent cathedral, two angels were discussing the issue of faith propagation. Their voices echoed in the empty cathedral, like a sacred melody.

The first angel said, "The power of faith is infinite; it can change hearts and enlighten wisdom. We must let more people understand the love and compassion of the Hunting Goddess and guide them to the path of light."

The second angel nodded, and after a moment of contemplation, said, "Yes, the spread of faith is indeed crucial. However, we must also respect everyone's freedom of belief and choice. We cannot force others to believe in the God we believe in; instead, we should use love and tolerance to influence them."

The first angel said in a deep voice, "This is not a classroom, and we are not discussing the issue of faith inclusivity. We need to quickly come up with a way to spread the glory of the Hunting Goddess."

The second angel was a little embarrassed; all angels received education on inclusivity in faith, but the Goddess did not care about inclusivity; she only cared about performance. "Perhaps we should encourage people to participate in hunting, organize hunting competitions, set up rewards, and increase people's enthusiasm."

The first angel said, "But that would require compromise with the Orc Empire's officials. The orcs have no leisure time for hunting; besides farming, they are engaged in corvée labor, with no rest throughout the year."

The angels' faces were filled with compassion. They saw the suffering of the orc people, but they could not solve it; this was a problem for the Orc Empire.

The second angel said, "Perhaps we should focus on conquering the orcs in the south. The terrain in the south is mostly forest, and a large number of hunting-based races live there."

The first angel sighed, "That's the only way. If our performance doesn't meet the standard, the Goddess will punish us."

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In Heaven, the Hunting Goddess looked at the performance chart before her with distress; it was an undeniable fact that she was a very weak deity.

But even a small god has dreams. After failing in competition on other continents, she came to the Yi Lan continent, where faith had not yet spread much. After contacting the ruler of the Orc Empire and helping him overcome difficulties, her faith successfully spread across the continent.

However, the progress was not ideal. The orcs were not very convinced by her doctrines, producing pitifully few believers, barely enough to cover her and her angels' daily expenses.

Gods also have emotions and desires. Without faith, she would have no angels to work for her; without faith, her divine fire would become weaker and weaker, eventually extinguishing; without faith, she would sooner or later face extinction.

"I should have chosen a popular faith to become a god back then, not this damned hunting," the Hunting Goddess said helplessly.

But this was also forced by circumstances; competition in other paths was too fierce. There were too many competitors for authorities like the Goddess of Earth and the God of Harvest, so she chose to take a different path. While it did reduce the difficulty of becoming a god, it affected subsequent development.

To become a god, angels need to continuously cultivate their own power. After cultivating to the extreme, they gather believers, spread their faith, and only after accumulating enough faith can they ignite the divine fire.

To reduce competitive pressure, the Hunting Goddess chose hunting. Indeed, there were very few gods focused on this area, and she easily gathered the faith she needed.

But the market potential was limited, and after becoming a god, she found herself in a difficult position.

"Is it time to turn my attention to humans?" As a goddess, the Hunting Goddess could naturally perceive activities related to her authority. In her perception, human hunting activities were the most numerous on the Yi Lan continent.

As cosmic beings, for humans to embark on the path of abilities, they need to hunt creatures from the Astral Realm to provide ability seeds for their professional path. Therefore, their enthusiasm for hunting far surpasses that of the native races of the Astral Realm.

For native races, hunting only provides meat and some materials, not a necessary activity. But for humans, hunting is related to strength, so it is naturally incomparable.

Therefore, the Hunting Goddess was very optimistic about the human race, feeling that they were believers bestowed upon her by heaven.

The Hunting Goddess made up her mind and decided to develop the faith of the human race as soon as possible.

"Marian, immediately contact the Orc Empire and inform them of my intentions. I want humans to feel our power, to let them know that we are invincible. Only then will they truly believe in us."

Marian, the Archangel serving behind the Goddess, immediately acted upon hearing the Goddess's words. Through mysterious communication methods, she conveyed the Hunting Goddess's will to the High Priest of the Orc Empire: "Ireland, the Goddess needs you to launch a War as soon as possible to spread the glory of hunting among the various races in the south."

The High Priest of the Orc Empire frowned slightly upon receiving the message; this was not good news. "Summon the warriors and generals of all tribes to an audience."

As the de facto ruler of the Orc Empire, the High Priest possessed power that even the Emperor could not rival. Many orc people did not even know who the current Orc Emperor was, so summoning warriors from various tribes for an audience was simple for him.

Soon, the summoned generals and warriors arrived at the Imperial City. Ireland relayed the Goddess's message, which immediately drew their opposition.

"High Priest, our tribe is currently engaged in a struggle with the Demon God Cult. How can we start a War?"

"That's right, High Priest. Our Werewolf tribe just had a thousand tribesmen sacrificed by the Demon God Cult three days ago."

"Our Minotaurs too; they are too well hidden. For honest people like us, it's simply a dimensionality reduction attack."

Ireland looked at the warriors and generals below with a headache. He also understood the seriousness of the situation, but the Goddess's command was difficult to disobey.

"This is the Goddess's command; it cannot be disobeyed."

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Lin Ye did not know that the Hunting Goddess had already set her sights on humans.

Although humans raised a large number of exotic beasts that could provide many ability seeds, a large number of humans were still continuously hunting exotic beasts. After all, during a period of rapid human development, the demand for ability seeds was too great.

Due to the prosperous development of the Demon Detection Instrument industry, there was a shortage of a large amount of labor, so Yang Hongyu sent people to accelerate the fertility plan, and thus the demand for ability seeds was also continuously increasing.