In reality, those believers' lords took money more ruthlessly, yet they ignored the monsters completely.
When hearing reports of monsters harming people, they'd nod on the surface, but turn away and pretend not to hear.
They spread propaganda relentlessly, endlessly covering everything.
The main thing was taking money without doing anything.
I didn't pay and there were monsters, I paid and there were still monsters, wasn't my money wasted?
But, due to the authority of the believer lords and those Knights of Faith, the common people could only endure in silence.
In fact, some of them thought about joining if you can't beat them, becoming part of the church and an oppressor.
However, the imagination was beautiful.
Take the Kizi Church, for example, having faith alone was not enough, you had to be devout!
What does being devout mean?
You had to stuff gold coins into the pocket of the believer lord in charge of recruiting newcomers, that was called devout.
