Reincarnated As A Lion In Another World-Chapter 154: The Religion

A five feet tall chubby lioness casually strolled along the pathway beside the mountain foot. Olivia, the chubby and large lioness, walked with a skip in her steps, as though she was thinking of something exciting.

By her side were a series of small artificial caves, carved into the mountain side by side. As Olivia walked, she would occasionally look into the caves to see what was inside.

*BAM!*

A beast slammed his body into a transparent red barrier that stood in between the cave and the outside world. Olivia didn't flinch, although her claws were already bared.

She kept on walking, ignoring the bashing on the red barriers by these prisoners. She understood that their captivity was only for some time.

If these beasts did not cooperate soon, they would be killed and fed to whoever desired their flesh.

Olivia, being the only Fortune Lioness in the whole kingdom, had some unspoken privileges that most didn't talk about.

Most would notice that Kael barely gave her any task. Most of the hunting Olivia did was because she wanted to, not because she was asked to hunt. She wasn't given the responsibility of watching over any caste or patrolling over any area.

Most of her daily activities involved just strolling around or lying under the sun. She didn't really shift into her human form as much as the others because she didn't see a need to. She had no reason to conserve her energy and her powers were more passive than active.

If Olivia had any job, it was to stay alive. Very few knew that Olivia's passive powers were one of the factors that kept letting the kingdom succeed in its ventures.

She being alive and present was very crucial. There were some certain operations that Kael would ask her to go to, just so that she could rub her luck all over their forces.

Olivia was aware of her importance, Kael was aware of her importance, and some others were also aware of her importance.

But she doubted if it would remain like this forever. She could already feel the entity growing in her womb, just as a few other lionesses were feeling too.

Kael would soon become a father, who is to say that one of his children won't awaken a fortune lionheart and become a fortune lion.

She had some understanding of the clan structure Kael wanted to build and knew that her position as his consort was safe. However, a time would come when Kael would have other fortune lions as subordinates.

By then, her special role wouldn't be so special. She could still remember when she and Kael were still cubs, Kael didn't like to play and tended to be very serious about most things.

She could understand now, right from time, perhaps Kael had always wanted to achieve all these things. Maybe that's why he was always so serious back then, he simply had priorities.

Olivia sighed as she continued walking, she wished that nighttime would arrive so that she could go and enjoy the warmth of Kael's body.

"Just listen to me, you just need to submit. The king has use for you but his tolerance is limited."

Olivia raised her head when this unhidden telepathic message entered her mind. The sender of this telepathic message did not seem to have control over its direction.

"I just want to get out and leave this place, why are you people so heartless? Just let me go."

The telepathic message from another person, this one more controlled and directed still entered Olivia's mind. She raised her eyebrows, these two were intentionally not hiding their conversation.

In front of her, a few meters away was a little bear, no taller than a dog. He had pristine white fur that fluffed and covered his whole body, making him resemble a little polar bear.

This was Kurse, the son of Kursela, the current leader of the Bear Priest Caste, and the youngest Tier 3 Olivia had ever known, all thanks to Kael.

Kursela had been the one to stand in as Priest regent all this while, waiting for her son to grow into his position.

According to Kael's wish, her son, the Ice Bear was to be the leader of the Bear Priest Caste, and it was for a good reason.

Kael wanted to create a myth around himself, one that inspired awe and also compelled other animals to believe that he and his lions were the rightful rulers of the world.

For that, he needed propaganda and religion, just like it was done on Planet Earth. He needed these beasts to put down their resistances and have faith in him, blind faith.

If this worked, a lot of creatures would gladly sacrifice themselves to him just to feed his belly. They would see it as an honor, something worth dying for.

They would willingly call themselves his servants and pray to be used by him. They would send prayers, many of which Kael would never answer, but they wouldn't stop because of the hope they would have.

Maybe someday, he would answer their prayers.

It was a marvelous system that would allow Kael to operate and control from a detached point. Kael had no idea if the religions on Earth had been true about their teachings or not, but that didn't stop him from using their methods.

However, the best way to spread this belief system was to believe in the belief system itself. Kael did not believe he was a god, he knew he wasn't, and he was painfully aware of that.

He could lie, but that wouldn't last, he would eventually break composure. He needed someone he could groom from a young age into believing that he was indeed a god-like being.

That was what came to Kael's mind when he saw little Kurse for the first time. Kursela, Kurse's mother was bad for the role, but she still has some resentment toward Kael.

Little Kurse had spent time with Kael, oblivious to the fact that Kael had been molding his mind into the image he wanted.

If before, Kael had merely been experimenting around with psychological manipulation with his lionesses, with Kurse he had gone all out.

Everything was tried; love bombing, gaslighting, carrot and stick, triangulation, cold and hot, absence and presence, and a couple more. As many psychological techniques Kael could remember, he used it on the young and immature Kurse.

Kael had even invested in increasing his power level, giving him some high-value meat and allowing Kurse to evolve.

The result was a little ice bear, who had started seeing Kael as a distant parent who was never satisfied. It was a completely toxic relationship, yet it was working.

To Kurse, Kael was a person who needed to be impressed, he HAD to be impressed. But for some reason, nothing ever moved that golden king. It seemed like Kael easily got disappointed and this really messed with the mind of the bear cub.

Kurse could now barely go one hour without wondering if Kael was satisfied with him, he could barely go a day without wondering if Kael was disappointed in him.

The strange thing was that Kurse felt that everyone should think the way he was thinking. He felt that everyone should strive to impress the king, disappointment was to be shunned.

Kurse had even stopped talking with his mother because of this. Only his brother was still in his good book and that was because he was neutral about everything.

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Kursela could only watch as Kael completely molded Kurse and turned him into something else. She couldn't do anything to stop it, she didn't have the knowledge or techniques Kael was using so she did not know how to counter it.

It was exactly what Kael wanted.

This was why Kurse was currently in front of the first prison, doing what he was doing.

"You…. How dare you say that the king is heartless. He has kept you alive all this while, you should be grateful." Kurse said as he growled, revealing his sharp fangs.

"If you don't take back your words, I'll make sure you never get out of here alive," Kurse declared, to the surprise of Olivia who watched from the side.

The being on the other side of the red barrier was a human-shaped figure. The goat horns on his head indicated that he was the same goat that had been captured by N'bayé three months ago.

This goat man had gone from his regular body size to extremely skinny and malnourished.

For a herbivore like him who was imprisoned by carnivores, it wasn't surprising that he would become like this. When Kael gave the order to limit the food they were giving him, all of the wolves gladly obeyed.

They didn't see why they should go around looking for grass like those herbivores just because of a stubborn prisoner.

"Okay okay, I'm sorry, I take it back," The goat man begged. His stubborn expression and defiant attitude were completely gone. Snot and tears decorated his skinny face and his body trembled from hunger.