Chapter 109: Chapter 108: Slandering Claude Again! (2/5)
Marcin finally compromised.
The War God Church invited Daylight Saintess Aivia over to ease the tensions between the two churches. If the conflict between them were to deepen because of a little girl, it would not be worth it.
The Lady of Daylight is originally one of the most assertive among the gods.
Upon her revival, she seemed to recognize her inadequacies in power and began frequently attacking weaker gods, absorbing their divine formats to bolster her own strength.
Among the once multitude of gods, numbering over a hundred, several dozen have been killed and absorbed by Daylight over the past millennium.
Logically, such actions would be resisted by the gods. However, the gods’ revival happens at different speeds; some wake early, others late. Daylight happened to be among the earliest to awaken, and by the time gods of the same caliber revived, Daylight had already grown significantly powerful by absorbing others’ divine formats. Although still not reaching the level of the Twilight Bishop, she was no longer someone to provoke lightly.
The minor gods were considered dispensable, and they even competed for faith power. Therefore, the main gods tacitly approved of Daylight’s actions.
In fact, due to Daylight setting this precedent, they also began to attack the weak gods around them, killing and absorbing their divine formats.
This trend eventually reached a bizarre equilibrium after Daylight killed the Master of the Fierce Sun.
Because the remaining gods are not benign characters, killing any of them would require a huge cost, easily allowing others to take advantage.
This balance, however, did not last many years.
The moment the God of Sin died, all the gods on the Dawn Continent felt a potential threat.
Whether to avoid being killed inexplicably or to gain more power, all the churches began to stir.
The Master of Thunder Church’s crusade against the Evil God.
The struggle between war and daylight.
With the destruction of City of Sin as the starting point, the entire Dawn Continent began descending into a visible state of chaos.
The War God Church was secretly preparing for war against other gods, but definitely not against the strongest Daylight. Thus, appeasing the Daylight Church was the primary goal at this moment.
Shen Sui had not yet arrived on the Dawn Continent and was unaware of the reasons, only seeing Marcin finally relent and compromise after Aivia spoke, releasing Alice.
[Alice rushed down the stage and hugged Oshana tightly.]
[Anna, behind her, showed a grateful expression to Oshana but immediately became wary again upon seeing Oshana and Alice nuzzling faces.]
[Aivia, in order to probe the Price Clan’s intentions, began to talk with Alice.]
[She noticed the Star Abyss White Dragon Scale in the hands of Alice and Oshana, belonging to Qishala, the Star Abyss White Dragon.]
[After the disappearance of the Twilight Bishop, Qishala also vanished, yet she was still recognized as the strongest giant dragon after the Dragon God’s death. Even after the Dragon God’s revival, there was immense respect for Qishala, with no reprisal attempts.]
[The fact that this girl possessed Qishala’s token suggested she indeed had a dragon race background.]
[Aivia acted friendlier towards Alice.]
[Seeing Aivia’s attitude, Marcin had a rough idea about Alice’s identity - she must be a messenger of the Dragon Race.]
[Ding! You have obtained a Spell Card: Fox’s Tiger Pride]
Seeing that Alice could now maneuver skillfully between these two big figures simply with Qishala’s dragon scale, Shen Sui was at a loss for words.
It illustrates that some people are not lacking talent, just time and foundation.
Under Shen Sui’s protection, Alice had gradually acquired some foundation, whether it be Oshana’s friendship or Qishala’s care. Now, even without Shen Sui, Alice could maintain a presence on the Dawn Continent, provided she didn’t run into someone reckless enough to expose her disguise.
To know, before Shen Sui appeared, Alice was genuinely a simple country villager, with no background or bloodline inheritance.
She was just an extraordinarily lucky ordinary girl who happened to appear near the place where Claude disappeared years ago.
[The War God’s sacrificial ceremony concluded peacefully, leading to what everyone regarded as the most important thing: After the sacrificial ceremony, the War God’s temple would be open to all the guests present, allowing them to explore the War God’s secret realm, with all found treasures being theirs to keep.]
[Everyone was excited. Because the Twilight Bishop had secretly explored the War God Temple back in the day and rapidly rose to power after acquiring the Divine Sword. After killing the War God, the Twilight Bishop often visited this secret realm, and everyone believed it contained the true secret behind the Twilight Bishop’s power growth.]
Uh... my reason for becoming powerful is the game’s system.
However, the War God Temple is indeed a very good place to farm materials in the game.
Potion materials, forging materials, food, gems, achievement items, everything produced here constitutes the highest-level materials in the game. In the late game, Shen Sui even treated this place as a permanent mining site.
I remember I have a storage box in there, located under the War God statue.
But the statue in this temple seems to be the true form of the War God. According to the setting, the War God rarely uses this true form, as it is too powerful, and even the War God himself can’t handle it for long periods of time.
This storage box is too dangerous for Alice right now, and its contents are unusable for her at her mere fifth level. Her level is too low.
[As a messenger of the Dragon Race, Alice also became a guest invited by the War God Church. She accompanied Oshana, sitting behind Aivia, and watched the War God’s sacrificial ceremony throughout.]
[Originally interested in the ceremony, Alice gradually grew unusually angry as it proceeded.]
[Much of the sacrificial ceremony was dedicated to harsh criticism of the Twilight Bishop.]
[In their words, Claude became a self-serving evil person of monstrous crimes.]
[Once heard from Oshana talking about the rumors concerning Claude resurfaced in Alice’s ears.]
[Oshana told Alice her understanding of the Twilight Bishop all came from the common textbooks used on the Dawn Continent.]
[And these materials were edited by the War God Church.]
[In Marcin’s words, Claude was described as a lecherous person, completely succumbing to his lust, enchanted by Vivian’s beauty, becoming the most dangerous uncertainty on the Dawn Continent.]
[What do you mean by a lecherous person?!]
[I’m so cute, and Claude didn’t have any improper thoughts towards me!]
[Slander!]
[They are slandering Claude!]
[Alice was frustrated and indignant.]