The Ordinary Me is Worshipped as a Deity by the Extraordinary Them - Chapter 144

No one knew what Su Li and the merman, who had been tied up like a rice dumpling, discussed that day.

They only knew that afterward, when others observed Leia’s behavior, they indeed no longer saw that lifeless, slacking attitude on his face.

Su Li had momentarily questioned whether the merman wasn’t quite right in the head, but this thought appeared and was immediately crushed.

Leia’s position was too delicate.

If one had to compare him to something, it would probably be like the character Lu Ban No.7 from a certain game.

Despite having considerable damage potential and abilities, there were too many targeted counters against him. This not only prevented him from being effective but also meant everyone who targeted him would step on him to gain benefits.

Setting that aside, during Su Li’s conversation with Leia that day, Cyril, wanting to help Su Li divert the dragon’s attention and genuinely wanting to speak with Elvi, actively approached her.

Elvi was puzzled. “I thought you already knew about my irritation with you, so why come find me again?”

“Irritation, by its literal meaning, can be explained as disgust and annoyance. Conversely, this means that even if seeing me produces these emotions in you, it doesn’t necessarily mean you want to kill me outright,” Cyril calmly conversed with her.

“As long as you haven’t directly killed me, it means I still have the possibility to express my thoughts to you.”

“Oh?” Elvi became interested. “Express your thoughts… what do you want to express? Don’t tell me you want to go against that young man’s wishes and actively transform into a dragon.”

Cyril seriously shook his head. “It’s not like that. Like Su Li’s thinking, I will never become a dragon. This isn’t something he demanded; it’s what I’ve decided for myself.”

“What I really want to say is, if I want you to help strengthen my physical body, what would I need to do to get you to agree.”

“That’s all I want to know,” Cyril said.

Natural growth was too slow.

Su Li’s entry into monster beast society was like a sword hanging over their heads. When that sword fell, it would kill everyone who anxiously followed by Su Li’s side.

Castor had already provided a shortcut, so what Cyril needed to do was seize this opportunity.

For this, he didn’t mind approaching Elvi alone.

But the dragon was confused. “I can understand your desire to become stronger, but could it be that you saw Bartholomew’s fighting style and want to develop in that direction?”

“Yes, that’s right.” Cyril pondered for a moment before deciding to agree with Elvi’s suggestion.

Castor’s research was too shocking.

If he wanted, top-tier human fighters could be mass-produced.

The power brought by this research was extremely terrifying, but the monster beast society could never imagine it.

Additionally, acknowledging this development direction had another benefit: when Cyril’s elemental power eventually matched his physical strength, this power would be essentially invisible to those in the monster beast society.

This would create a unique trump card belonging solely to Su Li, right under everyone’s noses yet unknown to all.

Elvi became interested.

She seemed to think that Cyril’s development in this direction was aimed at targeting the merman ruler who, while impossible to kill, had indeed shown an unfriendly attitude toward Su Li in front of humans.

That merman had previously said, whether jokingly or not, that he wanted Su Li to become the king of the water tribe.

Elvi had pointed out that the water tribe kings were all dogs already tamed by Leia.

Cyril’s reason for wanting to develop in Bartholomew’s direction was thus explained.

Elvi simply said decisively, “I agree.”

“Let me see if you, who has been by that human boy’s side for so long, can reach a level where you can utterly crush Leia.”

Cyril opened his mouth, but before his expression could reveal shock faster than his brain could react, he quickly closed it and accepted this explanation.

“I won’t spare anyone who tries to harm Su Li.”

Elvi just looked at Cyril, finally revealing a smile that was impossible to describe.

In the following days, Cyril didn’t appear at the dining table in the small building.

Only when Lan Zhe finally raised his strength to a level comparable to the Dark Pope did he bring back news that Cyril had also entered the laboratory.

Meanwhile, Elvi was no longer willing to continue staying in human society.

She was already eager to exchange Leia for sufficient resources. As for what those resources could be used for, the dragon hadn’t thought about it yet. But just imagining the water creatures’ faces filled with hatred and fear, yet having no choice but to accept, filled Elvi with genuine pleasure.

Regarding the dragon’s mental issues, one could only say that her condition had somewhat improved after recognizing her ideas about creating crystal-winged dragons, but this didn’t mean she had truly cut out the root of her disease.

Elvi’s continued desire to take the raven away was proof enough of this.

Su Li, however, found this troubling.

He had somewhat discovered that the small building’s new resident, the Dark Pope, was secretly doing something.

This old man had formed a partnership with Castor, demanding that the researchers make all loyal followers of the Dark Church reach a level not far from Lan Zhe’s strength in the shortest possible time.

Castor initially refused, of course.

The purpose of his research wasn’t to satisfy others. What he wanted was for Su Li to have enough loyal protectors around him, not for other forces to develop to a certain level and then start messing with Su Li.

Don’t think that researchers’ minds were solely focused on research.

In his conversations with the Dark Pope, Castor also realized that he was a riddler who liked to deliberately make conversations ambiguous.

Riddler, get out of Sadina City!

After clearly expressing this attitude, the Dark Pope finally smiled and told Castor what he truly wanted to do.

“What I want is for the Church of Light to completely disintegrate. As for the Dark Church, rather than calling it an organization that worships a god, it’s more like a force gathered together because of a god.”

Castor impatiently said, “Say something people can understand.”

The cloaked figure shrugged, knowing that Castor’s meaning was actually demanding him to bring the benefits for Su Li to the forefront of whatever he wanted to do.

The Dark Pope then said, “We all know that gods don’t exist.”

“But gods do exist.”

Before Castor could leave, the Dark Pope said, “The gods that already exist are actually just powerful monster beasts, and those who haven’t become gods yet…”

The Dark Pope revealed a confident expression and said, “Can certainly be truly deified through my hands.”

He didn’t suggest converting the faith.

The Dark Pope could even make everyone in the Dark Church publicly acknowledge that they had joined under Su Li’s banner.

As long as Castor would cooperate with him.

The reason was simple: now that they knew of another world, how could they not want to see it for themselves?

When a new continent was discovered, it only signified the beginning of a new era.

It was unlikely that the Dark Pope cared much about money and power.

The resources secretly accumulated within the church for so many years weren’t like those of the Church of Light, which always needed large distributions due to its numerous members.

The Dark Church had few members but many resources, and after reaching an agreement with the Grand Judge, the ordinary citizens of Amikbi could no longer maliciously expel or banish dark elementalists.

Under these circumstances, dark elementalists, especially the powerful ones, became highly sought after in the Inner City. Everyone wanted to know which side this now-public organization would ultimately lean toward.

After all, when the Dark Pope showed cooperation with the Grand Judge, it meant he had acknowledged that the state system was greater than the divine authority system.

Conversely, this meant that the Dark Church’s members would need identities that were public, open, and no longer closely tied to divine authority.

Who wouldn’t covet such a large human resource?

But as of now, these resources were still firmly held by the Dark Pope.

They had even become something to exchange with Castor.

And this exchange wasn’t really giving up one’s own resources for another’s, but integrating both to create a larger relationship network.

Most importantly—

The central button of this network was Su Li alone.

“Deify Su Li?” Castor couldn’t be bothered to perform tacit understanding with the Dark Pope; he asked directly.

This made the Dark Pope both amused and exasperated, but he still honestly stopped trying to communicate tacitly and said directly, “That’s right.”

“If he sacrifices himself to protect human society from the monster beast society’s invasion, and we don’t elevate him to a position that can represent the entire human society, then even if humans one day have the ability to enter the monster beast society, we will still be chess pieces rather than chess players controlling the situation.”

If they were going to do it, they would do it to the best.

If they were going to support Su Li, they would place him in a supreme position.

He would be humanity, and humanity would be him.

He could decide everything for humans, and humans as a group would support all his actions.

The Dark Pope would move toward this goal, and Qi, who had returned to the Inner City, would definitely make this happen too.

Otherwise, how could they repay everything Su Li had done?

No one thought they could truly repay him by completely cutting ties.

Since that was the case, they would give everything.

They would dedicate everything they could offer to him.

Castor revealed an undisguised, excited, and maniacal smile.

The researcher had always wanted to know what he could leave behind in the torrent of the era, only to now discover that the torrent of the era had been merely a trickle in the past. The true rivers, lakes, and seas needed to be opened by the hands of those living in the era.

Of course, all Su Li knew was—

He, an ordinary game designer, had been forced to become the leader of the Dark Church.

And it was only after he had already become the leader that Su Li learned of this news.

But he was about to enter the monster beast society with the dragon lady…

Under these circumstances, the newly appointed boss couldn’t even light one torch, let alone three, before running off…

Su Li looked at the man wearing the black cloak and hesitantly said, “So why would you make someone who’s about to dive deep into enemy territory your boss?”