Chapter 1777: Add a small change

When we came back, the first thing that Oread did was say, "Thank you for giving me this opportunity, I look forward to working with you in the future."

If I hadn’t seen how he had acted previously...

Seeing him act this way now really was jarring and there was a part of me that wanted to punch him in the face.

Since we shared thoughts, I was sure that he would have heard this as well.

But in the end, Oread acted like he didn’t hear anything at all.

"Don’t worry, we feel the same way as you."

When I heard Ifrit and Undine say this, I couldn’t help shaking my head with a bitter smile, but I didn’t say anything in the end.

"What do you know? It’s about showing our loyalty to the ones that created us. Since he is the chosen one of father, why shouldn’t I show respect to him? It’s just the right thing to do."

Even Ifrit and Undine couldn’t help looking at Oread with a strange look after hearing this.

There was also a part of them that seemed like they were exasperated with him.

Still, they didn’t bother saying anything else to him in the end.

They knew that they wouldn’t be able to get through to him, they could tell that this was just how he was from the beginning. As such, they didn’t want to waste their breath trying to say anything to him.

It would just go in one ear and out the other.

After that was settled, I walked out of the chapel where the popes were all waiting for me.

The moment that I came out, they immediately surrounded me. Though when they surrounded me, they didn’t actually surround me completely.

Rather, they surrounded me in a way that they were all around me, but they didn’t actually stop me from doing anything. It was more that they were gathered in a circle just to hear what I had to say.

I just said, "Let’s go and have a talk about this. There’s something that I need to review with the plan."

The popes were surprised by this and a bit disappointed.

After all, this wasn’t what they had been expecting to hear since this was a matter that was related to the gods. But in the end, they nodded in agreement and led me to a room that we could talk in.

"The current plan is as such..."

Once I finished summarizing the plan, all of them nodded in response.

This wasn’t something that was a surprise to them, this wasn’t something that was even unknown to them. In fact, the popes had taken part in planning most of this and had even moved to prepare the things needed for this plan.

So it was only natural that they would know about all of this.

There was another look that was on their faces.

It was a look of confusion as they had no idea why I was suddenly bringing this up.

"I have a suggestion to make."

The popes looked even more confused when they heard this, but they slowly nodded to show that they were listening.

Taking a deep breath, I summoned out Oread.

When they saw him, they couldn’t help being surprised since they didn’t recognize him. If it was Ifrit or Undine, they would have recognized them right away since the two of them had already become famous after what happened last time.

But Oread was a new face that they hadn’t seen before, so they couldn’t recognize him when he appeared.

"This is..." One of the popes couldn’t help asking this question after a long silence.

It was one of the minor popes, the one that worshipped the God of Earth.

Since the dwarves were the main followers of the God of Earth, it meant that there weren’t as many followers among the humans. But it wasn’t as if there were no followers at all.

Since we had just come from the god’s realm and Oread had spent quite a bit of time with Terra, it was only natural that some of Terra’s godly aura rubbed off on him.

That was why this pope could recognize this as soon as he saw him.

Oread’s eyes lit up when he heard this before saying, "This one is the Earth Spirit King and father’s number one follower. Currently, I am following father’s representative in this mortal world."

He gestured to me as he said this.

But just what he said had shocked the popes.

"Spirit Kings are the followers of the gods?"

It was clear that this was the one thing that they had picked up on.

They devoted their lives to worshipping the gods, so if there was any new information about said gods, it was only natural that they would immediately jump on it.

I shook my head and said, "This one is a bit of a special circumstance. He’s not what you think he is, but he has received the blessing of Terra."

Then in a more serious voice, I said, "Spirits are formed from elemental energy, so they were born naturally from this world. They weren’t born from gods at all."

"I disagree." Oread suddenly said in a firm voice before saying, "Father is the god of the earth and I was born from the earth, as such I am one of his children and his loyal follower."

My lips twitched when I heard this before saying, "Anyway, just ignore what he’s saying since he’s a special case."

Oread looked like he wanted to say something else, but Ifrit and Undine stopped him.

Adding in the fact that I glared at him, he had no choice but to fall silent.

But the look on his face made it clear what he was thinking.

After silencing Oread, I said, "Anyway, I’m sure you can imagine the kind of power that he possesses considering who he is. That is why I want to propose a change to the plans."

This was the main reason I wanted to talk to them.

If it wasn’t for Solista’s words...

But she had said what she said and I had no choice.