The more Jiang Lin thought about it, the more he felt it was feasible.
I’m a freaking genius!
But how exactly do you establish a secret cult?
It’s not like I can just go to the Temple to register, right?
I probably need some doctrine, or maybe some evil god to believe in...
Jiang Lin pondered as he stroked Little Black.
But he couldn't actually believe in an evil god; he wasn't that desperate yet...
Besides, a massive secret cult couldn't just have one person, right?
What if I believe in a god that doesn't exist? Like those mythological figures from my past life?
Then I'll pull Little Black into our secret cult too. That way, our sect will have two official members.
At this thought, Jiang Lin lifted Little Black, who was currently burying its head in its food.
Little Black looked at Jiang Lin with a face full of confusion, only to hear him say:
"Little Black, I am now going to establish a secret cult. It shall be named ‘One of the Four Great Secret Cults,’ and the members are you and me!!"
Hearing this, Little Black's confusion turned to a blank stare. Its eyes widened, looking remarkably like a certain emoji, before the blankness transformed into shock and nervousness.
Meow, did he realize I’m an evil god??
After only a fraction of a second of thought, it realized something was wrong.
What the hell? Isn't he a paladin? How could he possibly establish a secret cult?
So he's trying to hint at something here!
Next, is he going to take me to the Temple and let those damn bastards seal me away completely?
Little Black recalled the scene when those people from the Temple stormed into the secret cult it had painstakingly built.
A swarm of people, babbling incomprehensible things about justice and faith, had slaughtered its cultists. They even smashed the idol it had just possessed, causing its consciousness to be transferred into this passing stray cat, making it impossible to return.
And now, without a magic circle to isolate it, if it dared to leak even a tiny bit of its aura in this righteous god’s territory, there was no doubt a righteous god would immediately find it and track its consciousness back to its true body.
That was why it had sealed its own power, preventing itself from accidentally leaking its aura.
Should I go all out and fight him?
But going all out against a loser who’s only level 2 at fifteen years old seems like a bit of a loss...
While it was contemplating, Jiang Lin began to grin foolishly at the air.
In Jiang Lin’s eyes, as soon as he finished saying he would form "One of the Four Great Secret Cults" with Little Black, the system’s brain began to load frantically.
【Side Quest Completed】
【Without any effort, you joined one of the Four Great Secret Cults. You are truly a natural demon seed.】
【Reward: Nerve reflex speed doubled】
As the reward was issued, another wave of sharp pain swept through Jiang Lin’s body.
His various reaction capabilities were being forcefully and crudely enhanced.
His ears rang, and everything before him seemed to turn into slow-motion footage.
The world felt like it was playing at 0.5x speed. Simultaneously, because the nerves in his body had also been strengthened, his physical body could now keep up with his reaction speed.
Jiang Lin assessed that if he were to fight the second-ranked student, Zach, at the same level now, he would crush him in terms of speed!
At the same time, Jiang Lin shifted his gaze back to the system.
Because the system’s announcements weren't over yet.
【Since you became the Pope of the secret cult immediately upon joining, you have exceeded the quest requirements. Bonus reward granted.】
【Reward: Nerve reflex speed doubled again, and a special title obtained.】
【Detection: Your mental power is insufficient to support the doubled nerve reflex speed. Therefore, this reward’s issuance is delayed until you reach the next level.】
Jiang Lin was shocked.
He felt that his current nerve reflex speed was already a bit exaggerated.
His current nerve reflex speed should be equivalent to the reaction speed of a level 10 or higher paladin.
If it doubled again...
Jiang Lin couldn't imagine how exaggerated his reaction speed would be then.
It would probably be comparable to a Tier 2 paladin, right?
Meanwhile, he continued reading to check his title.
【Special Title: Pope of One of the Four Great Secret Cults】
【Grade: Legendary】
【Description: As the Pope of a secret cult, you possess the ability to communicate with your cult’s evil god. At the same time, the evil god will accord you the greatest respect. Your status as a paladin makes you appear as a common student to the Temple, proving your exceptional camouflage abilities.】
【Title Effect: Once equipped, you will be able to communicate with your cult’s evil god. When making an offering to your cult’s evil god, the evil god must also follow the principle of equivalent exchange and must not harm you at any time or by any means. Additionally, while wearing this title, you gain a camouflage sufficient to deceive the personal scrutiny of a righteous god, ensuring your identity as a cultist remains undiscovered.】
Titles were rewards bestowed upon an individual by the world or various gods for performing certain actions. Others could see the titles a person equipped and displayed.
A person could choose to display their title publicly or keep it hidden.
At the same time, titles could provide a certain degree of buffs to the wearer.
For example, killing a thousand slimes would grant the 【Slime Killer】 title, which increased damage against slimes by 10%.
In some exams, these titles could even serve as bonus points, though the number of points depended on the title's rarity.
Jiang Lin’s legendary title, for instance, belonged to the top tier of existence.
After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Lin chose to equip the title while keeping it hidden so that others couldn't see it.
He couldn't imagine how much he would terrify people on the street if he displayed this title.
He’d probably be walking one moment, and the next, the kingdom’s strongest Temple adventurers would appear before him via teleportation arrays and hack him into minced meat...
However, after equipping the title, Jiang Lin heard strange noises coming from Little Black in his hands:
Should I fight him? Should I fight him...?
"Fight me? Fight what? Wait, how can a cat talk?!"
Jiang Lin’s eyes widened in shock.
At the same time, he remembered the title’s effect:
"Once equipped, you will be able to communicate with your cult’s evil god."
Little Black is our cult’s evil god?
Wait, that can't be right, can it?
Simultaneously, he thought of Little Black’s various abnormalities.
Its clean fur, its human-like facial expressions...
The more he thought about it, the more Jiang Lin felt it was possible...
Come to think of it, if Little Black wasn't an evil god, would his action of establishing a secret cult just now have even counted?
After all, what kind of secret cult has no evil god? It would just be a random social organization.
It wouldn't even be as good as the Underworld Evil King Gang down the street...
At the same time, Jiang Lin discovered a serious problem:
Wait, why is an evil god like you coming to my house to mooch for food??
Rate on N.U.
