In this temple, Abel could feel his own presence. It was the same as when he was in the central temple of the Nation of God.
This was his own temple, but because there was no statue, he couldn't connect with it.
In the main hall of the temple, Elder Locke, the high elf, did not fly. Instead, he prostrated his petite body on the ground and made the most courteous gesture.
Because of Abel's order, other than Elder Locke, the rest of the elite elves didn't live in the temple.
Although there was enough space in the temple for the elite elves, who weren't that big to begin with, to live in it.
Abel knew how the elite elves grew in the other world, so he didn't want them to indulge in pleasure.
He placed the statue on the altar in the temple. This statue was the same height as him, but after he infused his soul energy into it, it began to magically change.
His face appeared on the statue, and even the robe he was wearing appeared as well. Of course, this face was that of a human.
Abel said to Elder Locke, "From now on, lead the elite elves in praying to the statue!"
Elder Locke replied with respect, "Yes, my great god!"
Abel didn't stay for long. He felt strange in the temple. His power wasn't at the level of a god, but he had some of the power of a god in Rogge's camp. Now that he had followers, he felt like he was a god.
Of course, if he didn't meet the truly powerful ones and didn't see the god of war locked under the Wizard Union's headquarter, he might have become arrogant.
But as soon as he thought about how he wasn't that powerful, and how even a real god was captured by the Wizard Union, he would wake up.
When he returned to Rogge's camp, he tried to connect with his statue. He saw that the 1000 elite elves were all kneeling in front of his statue and praying.
Compared to the number of followers of the Barbarian race and the Nation of God, the 1000 elite elves were very few.
However, he sensed that every line of faith connected to the statue was thicker than any believer's line of faith he had ever seen.
The power of faith from these lines of faith was so strong that he felt like the statue was being reborn. The power of faith washed over the statue like a tidal wave.
The interior of the statue was being repaired due to the passage of time. The imprints of the original gods were disappearing. In a short period of time, the statue had truly become his statue. It was as if the statue had been specially made for him.
What surprised him even more was that a shadow of a holy crystal was forming in front of the statue.
When he sensed the Divinity Crystal's silhouette, he made a shocking discovery. He discovered that the Divinity Crystal only needed a year to produce a complete Divinity Crystal.
Back in the day, the angel statue he got from the central temple of the Nation of God had 50 million followers, and it only took a year for it to form a complete holy crystal.
After losing 50 million followers, the angel statue only had a few hundred thousand followers, which slowed down the formation of the holy crystal to a few hundred years.
The Doff statue was still in the process of being repaired. It didn't even have a shadow of the holy crystal.
He did not understand how such a strong power of faith could be produced when there were only a little over a thousand high elves.
As a matter of fact, he underestimated the existence of the elite elves. Although they were not as powerful as the angels, they were definitely more powerful than other creatures.
As one of the first living creatures to appear in a world, it had inherited knowledge and possessed absolute strength.
However, since the elite elves were born so recently, they couldn't really show their power.
It was just like how a giant dragon didn't have much power in its 100 years of life. The more powerful a creature was, the more time it needed to grow.
Although the high elves weren't very powerful, their souls were extremely powerful. Each high elf's soul was comparable to a Legend's.
As long as the soul was powerful, it could produce more power of faith. It had nothing to do with power.
In other words, the power of faith produced by an elite elf was comparable to that of a legendary.
This was under the condition that both sides had the same level of piety. Generally, after reaching the Legendary level, one would have greater confidence in their own strength, and naturally, their faith in the gods would weaken.
Other than the legendary Knight that the Nation of God cultivated, it was almost impossible for the legends to produce much power of faith.
The elite elves were different. They originated from the oak tree, and the oak tree was the tree of life in the Dark World. It was also the only tree of life in this world.
There were no other life forms in this world, so the elite elves were born from the tree of life. It was the result of the law of the world.
However, the tree of life was Abel's companion tree. The tree of life was like Abel's limbs. It was the continuation of Abel's life in the outside world.
Of course, the "elite elves" that came from the tree of life saw Abel as a supreme being.
This kind of faith was more passionate than any other kind of faith. Especially since there were no other life forms in this world, the elite elves' thoughts were purer and would not be affected by the outside world.
Under the influence of this environment, this kind of faith could be maintained and would never change.
If there was a hierarchy of faith, most people would think that fanaticism was the highest level of faith. However, these elite elves were even higher than fanaticism.
With a powerful soul and firm faith, the power of faith produced would naturally be the purest and most powerful.
Under any god, to be able to produce such a believer, the god would definitely protect him closely. Even if he died, the god would consume divine power to bring him into the Divine Kingdom.
As a matter of fact, if the Dark World didn't restrict all kinds of power beyond a certain level, his body would've been converted into a god body long ago.
Now that he had a statue, he could finally see how strong the faith of the elite elves was.
Abel was very happy. He calculated that he would be able to get a holy crystal in about half a month in the Central Continent.
It was a shame that he didn't know much about holy crystals. Even with so many of them, he only knew that they could accelerate the formation of a god body.
Still, as long as he was given time, he was sure that he would be able to find out how to use the holy crystals.
For the next few days, he was very careful not to show his face. He just said that he was in retreat.
In a blink of an eye, it was already ten days before the deadline with the dwarves. As soon as Abel returned from the Dark World in the morning and walked out of his training room, he received a report from the research spirit. Wizard Hutton was already here.
Abel couldn't help but feel a little relieved. Wizard Hutton was already here, so he must've been thinking about breakfast.
Still, since he was a good friend of Wizard Hutton, he treated Wizard Hutton to a satisfying breakfast. After that, they went to the Iron Furnace Fort together.
He walked out of the teleportation circle and saw Dwarf King Gunther waiting for him outside the teleportation circle.
"Grandmaster Bennett, it's an honor to welcome you to the Iron Furnace Fort!" King Gunther bowed.
For Abel, his status was enough for King Gunther to personally welcome him.
Abel smiled back, "It's a pleasure to see you again, Majesty Gunther."
Of course, they no longer had to walk or take a normal carriage to get to the dwarves' palace. A luxurious flying carriage was waiting on the side with two elven flying horses.
Abel and King Gunther sat on the carriage as they laughed.
Abel saw the Iron Furnace Fort from the sky. Maybe it was because of the pressure from the Nation of God, but it was very different from the last time he was here.
There were ten sky ships flying in the sky above the Iron Furnace Fort. There were war machines on the top of the hill. There were long-range crossbows, bursting crossbows, and so on. The Iron Furnace Fort had turned into a giant war machine.
Even if a Legend were to come here, they would have to consider whether they could withstand so many powerful crossbow bolts at the same time!
With the war machines on the sky ships, the Iron Furnace Fort was like a hedgehog with thorns. Any enemy that came here would be hit hard.
"Grandmaster Bennett, as you can see, the dwarves are ready for war!" King Gunther lowered his voice as he gazed at the Iron Furnace Fort below the flying car.
To be honest, the Iron Furnace Fort cost a lot to set up. Not only the Iron Furnace Fort, but all the dwarven cities were set up like this as well.
Even some of the smaller dwarven cities were ordered to go underground or evacuate as soon as they were attacked.
The Dwarves were not like the Human Race. The population of the Dwarves determined that they could not afford a large loss.
Due to the large population of the human race, even if the human race suffered losses, they could quickly recover.
Abel asked in shock, "Majesty Gunther, is the situation already this bad?"
Although he had been receiving reports from the Wizard Union, he didn't expect the dwarves to be preparing for war already.
King Gunther lowered his voice, "The front line is in a stalemate. The Wizard Union's operation has caused a lot of damage to the Nation of Evil. There's no way they won't take revenge."
Abel looked at the Iron Furnace Fort and thought about the elves. The elves had not done anything yet.
If he didn't build a fortress to protect the tree of life for the elves, the elves would still be doing the same thing as before. They would just gather their scattered Druil and train them together.
He really should let the Elves see the work done by the Dwarves and compare it with theirs.
He sighed inwardly at the incompetence of the Elves, but he couldn't do anything about it. He had already done enough to help the Elves. The Elves' defense had been strengthened by his efforts. He had given away more than a dozen Sky Ships to the Elves.
Both Abel and King Gunther did not know that the Nation of God had lost a lot of holy crystals due to Abel's theft. If the Nation of God wanted to take revenge, they would not have the help of holy crystals.
Under such circumstances, they would only target areas with relatively weaker combat power. They would leave after a single strike, and there would be no need to expend divine power crystals to seal off the spatial energy.
King Gunther added, "Grandmaster Bennett, the reason why I invited you here is because of the upcoming war. Even if the Nation of Evil did not take revenge on us, the Guardian Wings' movement meant that the Wizard Union was right. The demon from beyond will awaken within 100 years or even sooner."
Abel smiled, "Majesty Gunther, if there's anything I can do, I will do my best."
King Gunther laughed, "Then I will thank you in advance."
The flying carriage landed on the square in front of the palace. The dwarves did not set up a big ceremony this time, but it was a standard high-level welcoming ceremony.
The ten Dwarves blew a huge horn, letting the sound of the horn resound throughout Ironfurnace Castle. All the Dwarves in Ironfurnace Castle knew that there were important guests coming today.
More than 10 law-defying wizards, which was probably all the law-defying wizards in the Iron Furnace Fort, bowed in front of the palace.
Abel and King Gunther walked into the palace under the warm welcome of the dwarves.
They did not stay in the palace for too long. King Gunther only gave a short welcome speech and led Abel into the inner part of the Iron Furnace Fort.
It seemed like the place they were heading to was very important, or maybe it was because of Abel's high status, but King Gunther personally led the way.
King Gunther stopped and said to Abel, "Grandmaster Bennett, although we have a large number of wizards, we only have a few legendary wizards in our history. The dwarves did not rely on the power of wizards to gain a foothold in this world. Instead, we rely on our forging and mechanism skills."
"I've heard a lot about the dwarves' forging and mechanism techniques!" Abel replied with a smile.
He couldn't say that he was also a Grandmaster Blacksmith and that he was also very good at forging.
King Gunther stepped forward and opened the door, "What you will see next is the most powerful war machine of the dwarves."
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