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Sword of Faith (1) – Hanmaeum Salvation Church 3rd floor

The morning of One Mind Salvation Church dawned.

Unless there is anything special going on, the saints, gatekeepers, and executives of the Salvation Church called vice-principals must gather on the third floor.

Following Han Gu-won’s style of ‘mysticism’, they enjoy a hearty breakfast in the executive office and then finish the breakfast with the now indispensable dessert.

Since I had to eat with the laypeople on the first floor, I quietly watched them eat the beautifully cut fruits on their plates.

As there were three people, there were many different ways to eat.

Yoon Ah-young was chewing a piece of apple with a smile on her face, probably thanks to the ‘healing’ she had spent yesterday’s hot night.

The sight of her chewing on a piece of apple for quite a long time reminded me of her eating the tteokbokki I gave her in the beginning.

“Is it delicious?”

“Yes― hehe―”

Joo Joo-hye, across from Yoon A-young, who smiled brightly at me, was different again.

She was—what should I say.

It was just fast.

Without even swallowing the fruit in his mouth, the silver fork flew into his plate.

The fork that quickly picked up a cherry tomato went straight to her mouth, where her cheeks were already puffy.

Yum yum yum-

I could barely suppress the nagging feeling that rose up to my throat at the cute sound that came with the sound of juice popping.

“… Is it delicious?”

“Mmm, it’s so delicious! Dad, please eat quickly too!”

“No. You eat it all. There’s more.”

“Hihihi―”

Yeah, if you’re happy, that’s fine.

With a light sigh, I looked at the last executive, Seong Ga-eul.

Sreuk-

Her eyes were busy reading something along with the sound of paper turning.

Let alone dessert, even breakfast is an icon of ‘small food’ that stops like a knife at the appropriate line set by oneself.

Seong Ga-eul must have sensed my gaze observing her, and her mouth opened.

“So… Are you saying that there are awakened people similar to you in Daegu?”

“That’s right. I don’t know the occupation and skills, but the categories are similar.”

I told them during the meal about the conversation I had with Kim Cheol-soo last night.

It wasn’t a fact worth hiding, and it was more efficient for several people to think of solutions rather than just me.

Seong Ga-eul, whose eyes were still focused on the paper, answered my question.

“Anyway, it was really the right decision. I wouldn’t have been that surprised if it flew to Daegu like a thunderbolt at that moment.”

“… How do you look at people?”

Of course, if I decided to go to Daegu, I could go.

But everything after that was uncertain.

There was absolutely no need to go out of your way to gamble when safety was not guaranteed.

“Anyway, brainwashing is amazing. Even if you don’t put a lot of effort into it like we do, you can quickly gain followers with just one word.”

“Look, Vice Principal. Brainwashing is not as good an ability as it sounds.”

You could tell just by looking at the way the brainwashing awakeners in Daegu ‘consume’ humans.

If the skill called brainwashing had truly been able to control the personality of the person itself, he wouldn’t have abandoned the woman in that way.

Clearly, there will be distinct constraints and risks.

furthermore.

“Those who are good at brainwashing have endless ways to deal with them. After we identify their base, we will telekinetically collapse the building itself. You can’t even resist and are crushed to death.”

It didn’t matter if it wasn’t a building.

Because it is possible to collapse the ground itself.

In any case, there was only one ending for him.

Crushed to death with his dolls.

“… You really can come up with an amazing ssambakjil.”

Seong Ga-eul shrugged his shoulders in admiration.

In the first place, the chance that the brainwashed awakener could defeat me was close to zero.

The only way is to brainwash me, but…

Could it be that the system overlooked the ability to brainwash the best top-ranked players without lifting a finger?

That bastard who rejects even ‘full recovery’ with the skill creation rights as unbalanced.

Anyway, Seong Ga-eul’s tone was particularly sharp today.

Just by looking at it, there is something I don’t like.

“The vice-priest is now blaspheming as if he were breathing. Do you know?”

“Put down a mat. I want to try that blasphemy properly today.”

She calmly responded to my playful question and handed me the document she was reading.

My telekinesis caught the document sliding across the table like a sled and made it float in front of me.

[Let’s look into the urgent problems of the Church of Salvation]

Like the religious guide I received last time, the handwriting was not Seong Ga-eul’s characteristic and neat handwriting.

Text written in black ink.

It looked like it had been printed using a word program.

This was not surprising, as executives were permitted to use electronic devices.

“What is it! We want to see it too, so why give us just one?!”

“Because ink is a waste. It’s okay for you to just listen.”

Seong Ga-eul walked to the white board placed in the executive room and answered Joo Ju-hye’s question.

There was also a system similar to this in Guwondo Church.

He gestured to Joo Joo-hye, whose cheeks were puffed out, and Yoon A-young, who was fidgeting.

“It’s okay, you can watch it with me. Come here, both of you.”

“Ah! That’s right, that will work!”

Joo Joo-hye, whose face brightened with anger, sat on my left thigh.

“This is my place!”

“Ayoung, you come quickly too.”

“Yes, yes―”

As Yoon Ah-young, who was crouching, sat down on my right thigh, two sweet scents delighted my nose.

I remembered that when I responded positively to Seong Ga-eul’s perfume, the other two people also made a fuss about creating their own signature scents.

“Mmm― It’s so fragrant? This and this, there were flowers in both my hands.”

“Heehee- That’s right! Joo-hye is her father’s flower!”

“Well, me too… .”

While I was tasting the female bodies rubbing together to spread their scent, I heard a blatant sarcasm.

“… … How can I come back in an hour or two?”

“No, no. It looks like an important issue at first glance, so let’s get started right away.”

As a sign of concentration, I straightened my back.

At the sound of turning the next page using telekinesis, Seong Ga-eul picked up the rollerball pen.

[Force that requires only dependence on the religious leader]

“In some ways, this is the biggest problem. Even Seotaesan, who was placed behind him as a guard, is not armed at all. It’s a thorough decoration.”

It was a headache-inducing issue from the first agenda.

This probably means that there are many problems that have not yet been resolved even in the Salvation Church, which is highly praised.

As we were struggling with this problem, Ga Eul was feeling low.

I nodded slightly and agreed with her opinion.

“That’s right. No matter how much you are inside the ‘Heavenly Shield’, you have to prepare for any emergency.”

“The problem continues from there, and the awakened people within the Church of Salvation are also a problem.”

The two people sitting on either side of my thighs flinched at Seong Ga-eul’s words.

“Prophecy? It’s good. But why isn’t it growing more? There is no guarantee when the second skill will be unlocked.”

The saintly woman who was the target of Holy Autumn trembled.

I gently stroked her straight hair to reassure her and waited for her next words.

“The gatekeeper does too. I asked Ju-hye Joo earlier, and she said she had enough mana, but there was no one on the Gate of Salvation. The salvation required by the ‘Gate of Salvation’ is more difficult than you might think.”

Really?

I glanced at Joo Joo-hye in confirmation, and she nodded with an anxious expression.

Well, is it level 2 now? Is it 3?

It didn’t make sense if a skill like that was so deceptive.

“The problem continues here. They say the door to salvation has opened in Daegu. Then isn’t it possible to go abroad? If foreign believers come, who will communicate with them?”

“Uh… … .”

I really haven’t thought about this.

Yoon Ah-young and Joo Ju-hye also looked into my eyes and shook their heads slightly.

Seong Ga-eul, who was staring with last hope, also shook his head and said.

“I can speak English, but Japanese or Chinese are impossible.”

“… Holy shit.”

Just hearing what I’ve heard so far made my temples start to tingle.

“Now, I’ve thought about solutions to these problems, and I’ll talk about them at the end.”

Seong Ga-eul erased the whiteboard and wrote down the second problem.

[Absence of medical system]

“This is a very serious problem. There has been no problem so far, but if it happens, it could damage the absolute nature of the religious leader.”

Her words reminded me of a simple situation.

One of the believers in the sanctuary suddenly collapses.

Then, of course the believers will look for me.

However, I had no abilities related to treatment.

I have already confirmed that the store window does not sell the ‘health recovery potion’ that is common in the game.

“You’ve been lucky so far.”

“Definitely.”

Seong Ga-eul tapped the whiteboard with a roller and spoke again.

“This is not a problem that can be easily solved by farming hospitals or pharmacies. We weren’t a profession that specialized in that.”

“Professional personnel or people with awakened healing abilities will be needed.”

“Or an item. This also continues to the end.”

Without getting tired, she started writing down the next problem.

There were more than one or two things to pay attention to when forming a group like this.

Since my goal was not to become the ruler of such a small area, these were issues that needed to be addressed as soon as possible.

[System, religious facilities, and compensation]

“All of these things eventually come together. The system mentioned that you need a convent to become a saint. But I don’t even see it in the sanctuary management tab.”

A convent that is clearly a facility related to saints.

A guardian related to the apostles.

The Church Court, which appointed positions, and the Promotion Agency, which were associated with religious stores.

Nothing existed in my religious facilities tab right now.

However, there were no facilities that could easily be associated with schools or universities.

“Until now, we have been busy building things at random, but there is something that those facilities have in common. These are the facilities needed to lay the foundation in the early stages.”

I nodded in agreement with Seong Ga-eul’s words.

I also guessed and thought that subsequent updates might be related to the growth of the profession itself, such as an increase in believers.

However, although the number of believers was now close to 80, it was no different from the time when Yoon Ah-young received only one member.

Jobs, Skills, Store, Management tabs.

There was no system compensation in any section.

“It’s strange. It is a format that strictly follows the rules of the game, with a store window focused on food and a very small amount of religious items. And why is there no ‘item’ in the game format?”

She put the map on the whiteboard.

Just- just-

Four magnets were attached to the edges of the map to prevent it from falling off.

Her finger marks Incheon’s ‘Central Library’ on the map.

After passing the red circle, it started to go up and to the right.

“Show the status window, there is a skill, there is a store. Why do you strictly follow RPG methods?”

The finger that goes up from Incheon stops at one place.

“Why are there no quests and items? As if just that part had been removed and placed somewhere else.”

Where her finger points.

An unidentified curtain unfolds with the beginning of the apocalypse.

The capital of South Korea, where most of the country’s population and infrastructure are concentrated.

seoul.

“The answer is here.”

I remembered what the reporter said to the minister in the video shown by the system.

An unidentified act is unfolding in Seoul.

There is also a title in the group chat that recruits people to go to Seoul together, where all contact has been cut off.

A panoramic view of Seoul seen from the rooftop before leaving Hanmaeum Apartment.

Tung-!

He lightly hit the table to attract attention.

Now is the time to decide.

“Good. The direction of expansion of the Salvation Bridge is to secure the road to Seoul first rather than occupying the entire Incheon. Problems that can be solved before then should be solved right away.”

Following my gesture, the rollerball pen in Seong Ga-eul’s hand flew.

“Let’s start with the simplest thing, arming believers.”

A rollerball pen flew gracefully and touched an area in Incheon.

The easiest place to obtain powerful and efficient weapons.

The tombs of armies collapsed by a massive zombie wave.

Nationally certified zombie shelter.

“We will recapture Sungeui Arena.”