“That’s indeed a very interesting line of thought.” Moloch agreed as everyone could imagine the feasibility of it in the long term. Not just the creation of a religion but the ability to finally compete with the Church of the Afterlife.
Moloch felt that they were holding onto that particular power of position for way too long and reports of wanting to stop Pandapolis was unheard of. Were they also doing it in Demon Metropolis? Was Kiva a part of their scheme or an unknowing participant? Perhaps when he had the time, the cotton Minotaur Lord talk to the fallen Crow Demon.
“Panda Temple anyone?” Qiu Yue babbled her thoughts out, and Lynn suggested that maybe the Penguins and Red Pandas could be the side gods.
“Then the foxes would be the accompanying major gods alongside the Panda God.” Gold stated as if it was a fact.
“Sure, but let’s find some preachers and priests to do our work.” Jin sat back up and jokingly gave his opinion.
“Sigh, where can we even find such devout priests?” Pei asked with a tinge of sarcasm as everyone in the group was already looking at someone in particular even though the one in question was partially sleeping through the entire meeting.
“Oei, Saggy Mountains. Wake up!” Peppers pinched Milk’s arm really hard, which caused her a shock before focusing her attention to look at Jin.
“Just say yes!” Peppers hinted at the side.
“Yes!” Milk shouted still too sleepy to register that Peppers had been the one to tell her what. Once her brain started up, she just hoped she would not get into trouble upon listening to her little sister Bellator.
“Wonderful, thank you, Milk. Your preaching services will be much appreciated.” Jin teased Milk who heard the word ‘preaching’, immediately realised it was some sort of trap she got herself into.
“What did you make me say yes to?!” Milk questioned with her eyes burning with rage, demanding answers from Peppers.
“They asked where to find some preachers or priests to create a new religion. The obvious answer is you, right? You were part of some god damn megachurch organisation after all.” Peppers responded.
“That was YEARS ago. And I was only trained to do so, I barely have any experience under me what so ever. Besides, I only pretended to be a proper priestess until Jin said we could be ourselves. There is no way I want to go back to be a priestess. It’s awfully boring!” Milk complained openly so as to reject the notion of becoming a priestess.
“What if I allow you to do whatever you want with that title? Well, almost. Would you agree if I let build your very own religion the way you like it?” Jin suggested, but Pei gave a squinted look at her master.
“That sounds way too irresponsible. A religion of such recklessness will only promote dire consequences.” Milk’s serious tone brought forth a new side which Jin and the others hardly see. Even Pei was surprised by her honest comeback.
“Wow and no, Milk. We do not need to create a religion strictly per se. You might want to check out how it works in our own world. We just need an influencer to gather a massive following. Once we have a figurehead that represents the ideology that we have, we can ultimately recruit these followers into our Virtual Reality Network. We are not going to make a good to honest cult following. Remember, we are just ‘selling’ our resurrection abilities.”
“So, you want her to set precedence for the Panda Clan’s objectives?” Pei asked for a clarification and Jin affirmed to it.
“Instead of a priestess, we can promote her into our Goddess. Throw in some Angel Pandas and Devil Foxes as part of her entourage, saying how she encompasses both good and evil, and we can attract both monsters and humans.”
“Nah! I doubt that it will work well. There are very race opinionated humans and monsters, and unfortunately it was something they had been taught since they were little.” Itori said. As the one responsible for the education deparment, she was the most knowledgeable about the current textbooks of Demopolis.
“Even if we change the way they are being taught, it might work for the children, but the roots inside of the grown ups run too deep. Maybe we can do that in the future when we are in control of more human adventurers and monsters. But it is suicide if you attempt that at the moment.”
“Then why don’t we split that concept into two?” Kraft tilted his head sidewards and pointed in the direction of the Bellator sitting beside Milk. Jin quickly realised what his crafty fox was talking about.
“Ah…I get what you mean now.” Milk looked at Peppers who was busy yawning and pinched her back.
“Ow! What?!” Peppers shouted back, but she knew it was her own fault she lowered her guard.
“Since you dragged me into this mess. I am not going to let you go. If I am to become the Goddess, you are going to truly perform the opposite role of Demonic Queen Sage or Little Ms Explosion whatever!” Milk said as she grabbed Peppers by the waist and pinch her fats. (Oooof! Ever wonder what kind of fat?)
As the two continued their bickering, Jin could already see where this was going. Instead of a single figurehead, the two bellators with him could play the role of the Sisters of Order and Chaos. The Angelic Pandas with Milk against the Devilish Foxes with Peppers. And since the inhabitants in this country loved to fight or had to fight for their survival, putting them under their service should exponentially work.
All they had to do was follow a similar concept as it had been done in novels and fiction stories. Bless a few adventurers and guide them with the power of Priestess Goddess Milk. Do the same for monsters under the guidance of the Demonic Sage Queen Peppers, and they could incite a full scale war which profits Pandapolis and Demopolis.
Jin explained the possible idea he had to the whole group, and even the two felt it should be feasibly possible. “Not just that, if we are really able to create a huge following with you two at the helm, this can be ported to the Virtual Reality Network as part of the Grand Lore storyline,” Jin said excitedly, and people could see where this was going.
Not everyone would like player versus player content but those who do, should love a full scale battle along with the monsters as companions. And that alone could rake in a shit ton of money for Jin’s company.
And with the real dungeons instances as rewards, Jin believed it would definitely entice cultivators to play. Who knows? Maybe commoners could achieve the impossible and gain a cultivation of their own too. At the very least they would get to chance to obtain it while playing.
But ideas aside, the work needed to prepare all these would be staggering, and a fair amount of planning was needed to ensure things would go well.
And with issues with Demopolis done, Jin now diverted the attention to the Farming World. Assuming that the Demon Rats had already recovered from the failed ambush, it was imperative for Jin and his army to act quickly.
“But before you go into that, shouldn’t you publish your new dungeon instance and Shop Instance?” Yun shouted from the side of the stadium and reminded Jin that he should not forget his primary duties as the boss of Dungeons and Pandas.
