Hunters were a group that was rarely seen, but the number of Hunters was still very shocking.
Many farmers relied on hunting to make up for their family's expenses, and many of them were hunters with heritage.
A bow, a quiver of arrows, and a boning knife were the equipment of a hunter.
Recently, there was a rumor among the hunters that the "Goddess of the Hunt" had been resurrected. This news came from a professional hunter organization.
Felix was a lone wolf among the hunters. He was currently sitting in a tavern for hunters to socialize.
He was not interested in the rumors around him, but he knew that the resurrection of the "Goddess of the Hunt" was true.
He still remembered that a few days ago, when he was ambushing a golden raccoon, he saw a group of female hunters.
It was rare to see a group of female hunters, but it was not unheard of. That was not what caught his attention.
What caught his attention was the green glow on the female hunters, especially when one of them was very close to the golden raccoon. He thought that the golden raccoon would run away.
However, what happened next shocked him. The golden raccoon did not run away. Instead, it looked at the female hunter curiously.
When the female hunter saw the golden raccoon and wanted to touch it, the golden raccoon did not dodge. Instead, it let the female hunter touch it.
If Felix was not an experienced hunter, he would have thought that the golden raccoon was a hunting dog raised by a female hunter.
The reason why the golden raccoon was so valuable was because it was rare. Its fur was golden and soft. It was the most popular fur among the nobles.
On the other hand, the golden raccoon was an extremely vigilant animal. Even an experienced hunter would have a hard time catching it.
However, the golden raccoon in front of him had broken his imagination. He could not help but pay attention to the green glow on the female hunter.
In order to understand this, he did not even chase after the golden raccoon. Instead, he followed the female hunter group from afar.
It was not until night time when he saw the female hunters praying that he realized that they were the followers of the "Goddess of the Hunt".
Felix sat in the tavern and thought about what had happened back then. He thought about the benefits he would receive if he could obtain the green light as well.
When he thought of this, he could not help but recall the prayer of the female hunter squad that day.
If one wanted to become a believer of the Hunter Goddess or any other god, as long as one was devout and chanted the prayers of the gods, one would have a chance of becoming a believer.
He didn't make a sound. This was a tavern. If he made a sound, he would probably be treated as a lunatic by the people in the tavern.
He just kept reciting the prayers in his mind. The prayers weren't complicated.
The prayers of the gods were usually not complicated. They used the easiest language to understand and used the most concise words to praise the gods and praise the greatness of the gods. This was also the reason why he could remember the prayers after only listening to them once.
Words of prayer flowed through his heart, and he unknowingly immersed himself in it.
Since the Goddess of the Hunt was the God of the Hunters, Felix who was focused on chanting the prayer was naturally accepted by the Goddess of the Hunt.
Especially now that the Goddess of the Hunt was lacking believers, Abel had set up an automatic acceptance system for her. As long as someone wanted to believe in her, they would become her believer as long as their devoutness reached a certain level.
Of course, after becoming a believer of the Goddess of the Hunt, she would naturally give the believer the blessing of the 'Nature's Protection' ability.
Since Felix only wanted to give it a try and did not expect to be accepted by the Goddess of the Hunt immediately, he did not pay attention to his surroundings.
In this Hunter's Tavern, which wasn't too big, all the Hunters stopped drinking. No one spoke in the lively Hunter's Tavern.
They were all looking at Felix who was sitting in the corner of the tavern in a daze. At this moment, Felix's body was glowing with a green glow.
The green glow gave people a sense of peace and tranquility. All the hunters present could not help but think of the resurrection of the Goddess of the Hunt that they were talking about.
It was only a rumor, but now the rumor was right in front of their eyes.
Especially this green glow. The hunters were certain that once this green glow appeared in the forest, it would have the same effect as in the legends.
Felix woke up from his prayer state. He sensed the greatness of the Goddess of the Hunt. At the same time, he also sensed the Goddess of the Hunt's tolerance towards him. He had received the power that the Goddess of the Hunt had bestowed upon him.
When he opened his eyes, he saw that all the hunters in the tavern were looking at him. He could not help but look at his body. The green glow was flashing on his body.
With a thought, the green glow disappeared. He did not want to stay any longer. He placed the two silver coins on the table and quickly walked out of the tavern.
The hunters at the tables looked at each other and stood up at the same time. They threw the money on the table and chased after Felix.
Just as they were about to chase after him, Felix had already run into the forest.
The hunters quickly chased after him. Originally, it was difficult for Felix to shake off their pursuit.
This was because those who had the confidence to chase after him were all hunters with great confidence.
But in fact, after Felix ran into the forest, he sensed that something was different from usual.
In the past, when he entered the forest, he had to be careful of his surroundings because there were dangerous beasts and poisonous insects in the forest that would attack him at any time.
However, it was different today. He could sense the presence of the beasts and poisonous insects that were hiding in the forest. He could also sense their emotions.
Due to the fact that his Nature's Protection had just been formed, its effect was not very strong. It could only protect him from being attacked by the beasts and poisonous insects.
Even so, it allowed him to speed up in the forest without any worries.
After a while, one of the hunters behind him was bitten by a venomous snake because he was in a hurry to catch up to it.
The hunters stopped. After the poisoned hunter consumed the snake's poison, his eyes were filled with doubt.
"It seems like he really is a believer of the Goddess of the Hunt. Otherwise, I would have been attacked instead of him. It seems like the resurrection of the Goddess of the Hunt really exists!" The poisoned hunter said in a deep voice.
They were all experienced hunters, so their tracking ability was naturally very strong.
For the sake of safety, they all followed Felix's path. This way, with Felix walking, the entire path was theoretically safe.
"I still have the prayers of the Goddess of the Hunt passed down by my ancestors. I'll take my leave and try to become a believer of the Goddess of the Hunt!" One of the hunters said.
As a matter of fact, the prayers of the Goddess of the Hunt were not a secret. Even without the inheritance of the hunters, there were records of them in some books. Although these books were passed down to nobles, they could still be accessed if one tried.
Therefore, all the hunters stopped chasing after Felix. They only followed Felix because they wanted to know about the green light. Now that they knew about the ability of the green light, there was no need to look for Felix anymore.
In just a few short months, in a small group of hunters in the Central Continent, becoming a believer of the Goddess of the Hunt had become the dream of every hunter.
When large hunter organizations recruited new members, they would require them to be believers of the Goddess of the Hunt. Otherwise, no matter how strong they were, they would not be recruited.
This was all because of the "nature protection" ability of the Goddess of the Hunt. It was a perfect match for the hunter profession.
The Wizard Union did not interfere with this kind of active belief. In fact, it didn't even attract the attention of the Wizard Union.
The main reason was that the Wizard Union's investigation department was too heavily damaged. They had been focusing on more important things recently.
Hunters were basically no different from civilians. In fact, their status was even lower than civilians. Why would the Wizard Union pay attention to them?
In the busy investigation department of the Wizard Union, the only thing left to do was to report the appearance of a believer in the hunters. No one was paying attention to this.
There was one more important thing. The head of the investigation department of the Wizard Union was now Wizard Hardy. Since he was involved in the capture of Abel, he did not want to be involved in anything related to Abel anymore.
Wizard Hardy still remembered how he was called back to the Wizard Union headquarters when he was waiting for Abel with full confidence in the dwarves' Iron Furnace Fort. He saw the tragic state of the Wizard Union headquarters.
Especially those 98 investigators who died without a complete body. He knew very well that he had a conflict with a powerful and crazy person.
It seemed like the God-ranked wizards couldn't do anything to Abel, so he gave up on the idea of making an enemy out of Abel again. Therefore, he purposely threw away all the information about Abel, except for the ones that the God-ranked wizards were interested in.
Without the Intelligence Analysis Spirit, the Central Continent was flooded with information. A large number of intelligence agents were manually processing this information, and the unimportant information would be stored in the warehouse.
Unless the intelligence analyzing spirit was successfully cultivated, the less important ones would not get a second chance to go through them.
In these few months, the Winterhoof Empire had changed a lot.
The taurens had found their faith. Half of the taurens in the Winterhoof Empire believed in the God of Black Mist again.
Many temples were built in the Winterhoof Empire. Many of the tauren believers became preachers, and they became important people in spreading the word of the God of Black Mist.
Even the first representative of the God of Black Mist appeared. It was the old tauren who guarded the temple. The powerful God of Black Mist could descend on this land of faith at any time.
"Your Majesty Morba, the statistics are out!" High Priest Dodgson bowed and said to Morba.
At this moment, there were only the two of them in the palace.
"What's the situation?" His Majesty asked in a panic.
"In these 6 months, most of the tauren babies were checked. We found 20 thousand babies with the power of the will!" Archpriest Dodgson's voice was filled with excitement.
Although having the power of the will didn't necessarily make you a priest, it was the foundation of becoming a class holder. Before the return of the God of Black Mist, there were only a few hundred babies with the power of the will. At most, there would be less than a thousand babies with the power of the will.
The situation was almost the same as the Crazy Heart Empire. In other words, the Winterhoof Empire had a chance to become stronger again.
"Good, good!" His Majesty stood up and yelled in excitement.
The Winterhoof Empire was so weak that it was almost dispensable in the Central Continent. If the taurens didn't have the natural ability to survive and didn't participate in any battles, the Winterhoof Empire would've disappeared a long time ago.
Before the Winterhoof Empire became a land of faith, the Winterhoof Prairie was a barren land. Its only use was for grazing, and the income wasn't high.
A land like this wouldn't be coveted by others. This was why the Winterhoof Empire was able to survive.
His Majesty knew that the Winterhoof Empire wasn't like this a long time ago. There were records of the Winterhoof Empire's glorious past in the royal family's inheritance.
He was worried about the Wizard Union's reaction to the return of the God of Black Mist, but after 6 months, the Wizard Union didn't do anything.
Now that he didn't have to worry about the Wizard Union, he saw hope for the Winterhoof Empire to return to its former glory.
20,000 babies with the power of the will were born in 6 months. This was enough for thousands of sacrifices to be made when they reached adulthood.
And this was only 6 months. There would be more babies with the power of the will as they reached adulthood. This was the growth of the taurens.
His Majesty Morba suppressed his excitement and lowered his voice, "Increase the construction of temples. I want every tauren gathering place to have a temple. Let the great God of Black Mist's faith spread across the Winterhoof Empire even faster!"
At this point, not everyone in the empire believed in the God of Black Mist. He needed to show the God of Black Mist the attitude of the royal family to spread the faith faster.
He hoped that the Winterhoof Empire could become an existence like the elves. Because of the power of the gods, they would be respected by the entire Central Continent.
Archpriest Dodgson bowed. He had no hope of increasing his power, so he wanted to make the Winterhoof Empire stronger. At the same time, he also hoped that he could work hard for the God of Black Mist so that his soul could live forever after death.
Those who didn't become immortal were also looking forward to having their souls live forever.
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