The Tutorial Is Too Hard Chapter 238:
[Faith Window]
Species name: Unknown
The founder of the sect: Unknown
Sect symbol : –
Sectarian tendencies : –
Sect doctrine existence:
Number of believers: 890
Headquarter Position: Unknown
Degree of faith: 3
Mainstream Religion: God of the Sky
The current degree of faith was 3 . It was a huge relief to have it above 0 . However, considering that I hugged, shook hands, and spoke comforting words to people all day long… I felt that it was a little low . Had I come off too pretentious?
First of all, I decided to fill in the shortcomings one by one . The first thing I chose was the symbol of the sect .
“I choose you . ” Since I didn’t know how to get the system to recognize my choice, I just decided to imitate Pok*mon lines .
“Kea-ek!”
[The sect symbol has been added . ]
[Faith Window]
Species Name: Unknown
The Founder of the Sect: Unknown
Sect Symbols- Gaguri [1]
Sectarian Tendencies : –
Sect Doctrine Existence:
Number of Believers: 890
Headquarter Position: Unknown
Degree of Faith: 3
Mainstream Religion: God of the Sky
(T/N: [1] half frog, half dog supposedly means Gaguri)
[A new item has been added to the sect’s symbol . ]
The frog’s name was Gaguri? Since it had a dog’s body and a frog’s head, I supposed the name suited it quite well, albeit a little unoriginal .
Gaguri (1) –
Description: A newcomer to a sect whose name has not yet been determined . Believers have yet to recognize the presence of this deity . It has nothing to do with the God of the Sky or the origin of the sect . It has no divine power at all, and only possesses a small amount of mana . With its innate high vitality, it has no problem protecting its believers, although the lack of appeal may scare off young followers .
Believers may not feel awed because it lacks a mysterious aura . It’s advised to grant new abilities and accessories to new members .
Luckily, a detailed explanation was also provided . I found it to be a possibility that the explanations were provided by the apostles of the God of the Sky . As far as I knew, detailed reports didn’t typically appear in windows .
“Kea-ek!”
“Hold on . ” I held the frog and viewed it from various angles like a photographer .
What was lacking at the moment was the shortage of recognition from the frog’s believers, connection with God, divine power, magic charm, and mystique . To summarize it all, the frog simply lacked in everything .
It would be useful to make it look a little cooler . How should I dress it up?
I quickly bought a pair of magic wings from the store window . The pair of angelic, white wings then automatically attached itself to the frog’s body .
“Kea-ek!” Surprisingly enough, the wings had somehow fit on the frog’s back .
“You look… quite mysterious . ”
It had the head of a frog, the body of a dog, and now, also had wings attached on its back . Tell me, where else could you find such a mysterious creature?
“Aren’t I right??”
[How mysterious, it looks as if it escaped from a lab somewhere . ]
What laboratory? You’re too harsh on our poor frog! You’re just jealous because he looks better than you .
“Kea-ek!”
Now, the other lacking details of our sect needed to be filled in . I suppose attractiveness and mystique could be solved with the frog, but how was I supposed to cover knowledge and magic? Above all, the required connection with God seemed impossible .
[Please make me a symbol too . ]
“You’re planning to use a flying handkerchief as a symbol?”
[Why not? You can make your handkerchief something more valuable . ]
A handkerchief as a religious symbol?
[It’s not just a handkerchief, it can fly, has magic, can talk, and it’s cute!]
The last two stated were not advantages but disadvantages .
[C’mon . Do it for me . ]
I considered the possibility of shoving Ahbooboo back in my inventory since he kept complaining . However, he could still be useful at this stage .
“Oh . I got an idea . ”
[What?]
I purchased a small, luxurious cloth from the shop window and untied the handkerchief from Abu’s core bead . I then attached his bead to the newly bought fabric and knotted it around the frog’s neck .
“Done . ”
[What’s this?]
[Faith Window]
Species name: Unknown
The Founder of the Sect: Unknown
Sect Symbols: Gaguri(1), new (1) – Gaguri’s Necklace of Aubutz
Sectarian Tendencies : –
Sect Doctrine Existence:
Number of Believers: 890
Headquarter Position: Unknown
Degree of Faith: 3
Mainstream Religion: Church of the Sky
Gaguri(1) –
Description: A newcomer to a sect whose name has not yet been determined . Believers have yet to recognize the presence of this deity . It holds the core of the Aubutz, the sacred sword of the God of the Sky . It also harbors powerful divine power and possesses a great deal of mana . Its combat power is so strong that it has no problems in defending its followers . Although its attractiveness is mediocre, it has a mysterious element, and young believers may find it funny .
The frog greatly satisfied the required conditions, it fulfilled the requirements to be a new member of the sect .
“Perfect . ” Ah, what am I saying? I feel like a fool!
[Perfect]
“Seregia thinks it’s perfect too . ”
Well, it turned out better than I thought . The wings fluttered behind the cute frog, and a colorful cloth hung on its neck like a muffler . Since the frog was unable to communicate with people, Ahbooboo would easily fill that role .
[If it looks this funny, it would become counterproductive instead . ]
Ahbooboo’s words made sense . However, since the main sect symbol was a frog, then a dignified and oppressive frog deity would be more counterintuitive . This was the best I could do for now .
* * * * * *
I called everyone back to the first floor and instructed them of the doctrines I’d set with Ahbooboo . The doctrines were a combination of doctrines from other lower sects . And surprisingly, the core belief of the religion was universal equality . The use of such principles in a feudal society such as the Empire seemed quite contradictory .
[It’s mixed with the doctrines of other lower sects . The empire interpreted it a little differently . Under the God of the Sky, there’s an emperor, the guardian, the first believer of the sect, and finally, the rest of the believers . Of course, the God of the Sky wasn’t very pleased with this interpretation . ]
Ahbooboo’s explanation hinted that the God of the Sky disapproved of the emperor .
Next, we narrated the basic rules of the sect; there was nothing special about them . Most of the rules stated were pretty standard rules that would be normally followed by religious and good people .
Ahbooboo insisted on putting in some tricky, hard-to-follow rule, but I turned him down . I didn’t want to create a law that would force me to eat vegetables, pray until my muscles were aching all over, or walk on my hands .
Some sect-specific rules included the designation of the first floor of the pagoda as a cathedral, the second and third floors were designated as a shrine for believers, the fourth floor was the lodging for senior believers, and the fifth was for exclusive accommodation . The senior believers had yet to be selected, and Ahbooboo decided that they would pick some at a later time .
“Who is that frog, apostle?” a little boy asked with his hand raised up . The child, whose eyes fell on the comical figure, couldn’t hold his curiosity back .
“It’s our sect’s symbol . ”
The children looked at the frog with sparkling eyes while the adults gave it a curious glance .
“Kea-ek!”
“It is my spokesman and our sect’s symbol . If you have any trouble in the future, tell the frog and ask for its advice . The frog will solve the problem . ”
In other words, Ahbooboo would step forward and resolve the problem .
* * * * * *
After leaving the frog and Ahbooboo on the first floor, I came up to the fifth floor . It was still an empty floor for now, so I took out a tent and some camping materials from my inventory again .
I quietly ate and laid down in my sleeping bag, lamenting . Ah… my faith wasn’t increasing at all . How annoying .
[Faith Window]
Species Name: Unknown
The Founder of the Sect: Lee Ho-jae
Sect Symbols: Gaguri(1), New (1) – Gaguri’s Necklace of Aubutz
Sectarian Tendencies: Faithfulness is unstable; has ups and downs .
Sect Doctrine Existence:
Number of Believers: 890
Headquarter Position: Ierai Planetary 3rd Fault Tower .
Degree of Faith: 17
Mainstream Religion: God of the Sky
Although the doctrines and symbols had been set, there were only 14 people, excluding Ahbooboo, the frog, and I, who had actually believed in the religion . It was hard to predict when the faith count would be able to reach 500 . Maybe it was because we hadn’t decided on a sect name yet? I already asked Ahbooboo to think about the sect name .
[The Faithfulness window has been updated . ]
[Name of Sect: Aubutz]
I couldn’t believe it . This guy… he actually named the sect Aubutz . Oh well, since I couldn’t think of another name, I decided to leave it as it was .
I rechecked my faith .
[ Faith ]
[Degree of Faith: 19]
2… it only increased by 2 .
Even if I assume that I can raise my faith by about 10 points every day, it’ll still take about 50 days to clear this stage . And there was no guarantee that the faith would continue to rise like I predicted, so it may take even longer . Should I have to increase the number of believers? 900 is already quite a large number, however, when compared to other sects, it’s still quite small .
Too bad you can’t kidnap believers… It wasn’t like I could wait for the believers to get married, have children, and then grow up to add to the believer count . That’d take too long .
I wished something significant would happen! As expected, the most effective solution was to use monsters to impress people .
The people on the lower floor of the tower are certainly well-composed . Despite having monster attacks every night, they would still dutifully drive them off . Now that I appeared to protect them, that problem has been solved . Maybe that’s the only role the believers want me to play; to be just a guard, or a gatekeeper .
However, I can’t run away from my responsibilities . If I do, faith will only fall . I could simply protect only the people I liked, and push others into danger, force people to believe me, and turn them into crazy fanatics . However, I didn’t want to do that . It would simply be blackmail, it wouldn’t be a religion anymore .
[God of Hope watches you . ]
Yeah, my thoughts were right .
[Warrior, the messenger has jumped in . ] Ahbooboo alerted me .
[Really? You saw it?]
[Yes, it looks like a tower was built on a hill a little bit away from here, a messenger was placed there . ]
As expected, people could still thrive even without sects . Therefore, it was inevitable that their dependence on them would decrease .
[Monsters are flocking to the tower . It happens every evening . We just have to keep the door shut, what should we do?]
“I’m going down . ”
What do you mean “Just keep the door shut?”, this was my only opportunity to impress my believers and collect some faith! Of course I have to make good use of this opportunity .