On the way to the camp, the priests of the Goddess of Wealth had been observing the place.
These people who believed in the Goddess of Wealth had keen insight, especially when it came to the grasp of wealth and business opportunities. Søren didn't know much about the Goddess of Wealth because she was usually a very low-key God. Even when the new Goddess of Wealth replaced the old Goddess of Wealth, people only discovered it hundreds of years later. The reason for this discovery was because the Goddess of Wealth had upgraded from a Lesser Divine Power to a Medium Divine Power, and at the same time, changed the position of her original clergy.
In the past, the Goddess of Wealth was the Goddess of Trade and Wealth, and now the Goddess of Wealth was the Goddess of Trade and Wealth.
A change in position meant that the amount of godly power she could control had increased by several times!
The Goddess of Wealth, who used to have Trade as her core clergy, had a huge fluctuation in her divine power. Once the war affected trade, her power began to be affected because there was basically no way to trade in that kind of situation, and naturally, there was no way to increase her divine power. But as [Wealth] became the core of this lady's clergy, her divine power gradually stabilized, and because the Temple of Wealth became something like a bank, she maintained a strong divine power almost all the time, and because of this, she also touched the [Protection] domain of money.
Wealth, trade, money, and protection!
This new successor of the Goddess of Wealth was only discovered by others at this time, she had already replaced the old Goddess of Wealth!
From then on.
The power of the Goddess of Wealth became a first-class force on the continent, and it occupied an important position in the game of the Gods' churches.
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When Søren first heard of this knowledge, he was also quite surprised!
Because he didn't think that just by changing the position of her clergy, it could cause such a big change, and let a God who was already on the verge of decline rush to the realm of Great Divine Power in one breath. If it wasn't for the Goddess of Wealth's strong control of trade, and because the continent's trade was not developed enough, it was very likely that she would be the first God to enter the realm of Great Divine Power in hundreds of years.
There were neat rows of brick houses.
Straight drainage ditches.
The layout of the streets was simple and clear, with shops, taverns, and blacksmiths, and specially built public toilets. It was not dirty and messy like other towns, and there wasn't even any garbage on the road.
Everything here was clean and tidy, and because of this, others even thought that Søren had a slight obsession with cleanliness!
"Your Excellency really surprises me!"
The Priest of the Lady of Riches, who was decked in jewels, looked around. She could not help but reveal a thoughtful expression. Then she slowly said, "This place is full of vitality and vitality. That is the aura of wealth."
Such a town.
As long as there was a stable order, it would soon attract many merchants.
The overseas trade was now in the hands of Søren. Port Tylon and the town that was being built in front of them were two points. They controlled the direction of the overseas trade route. As long as Søren was willing to open up a little, he could attract a large number of adventurous businessmen. Trade was exactly what the Lady of Wealth needed. It could expand her faith and strengthen her power. The decline of the City of Wealth temporarily affected trade. There was no way to recover from the chaos that happened before in a short period of time.
This was also the reason why she came here!
"Please!"
Søren raised his hand and made an inviting gesture, then turned around and entered the hall.
Just as the Priest of the Lady of Wealth sat down, Gloria, who was wearing a black witch robe, also appeared in the hall. She glanced at Soran slightly and then nodded gently.
"Your Excellency!"
The Priest of the Mistress of Wealth stood up and bowed slightly to Gloria to show her respect. As a representative from the Church of Wealth, she was well aware of Gloria's identity and status, as well as her influence in the Witch Council. She even knew that Gloria had been promoted and rewarded by the Witch Council because she had touched the realm of the legendary witches.
Gloria smiled and nodded in response. She reached out and made an inviting gesture, as if she was the hostess here.
She smiled and said, "Welcome, Messenger of the Mistress of Wealth. Your arrival brings light to our humble dwelling."
Everyone took their seats.
The Priest of the Mistress of Wealth glanced at the others, got up and smiled, "Just call me Gold. In fact, I did bring the goodwill of the Mistress of Wealth here."
Gold?
It was a strange monosyllabic name.
The Priest named 'Gold' in front of him walked to the center of the hall and slowly said, "It seems that Your Excellency intends to develop this place into a city. I have to admit that Your Excellency has a unique vision! However, if you want to develop the remote Outer Islands, it will require a considerable amount of manpower and financial resources. As far as I know, although Your Excellency has a close relationship with the Sea Temple, they have not provided any help. On the contrary, a large part of Your Excellency's trade from the Outer Islands has to be handed over to them. "
Gold, who was dressed in jewelry, smiled slightly. Her delicate face was full of confidence. She took out a golden card and said seriously, "This is a Divine Power Gold Card of the Temple of Wealth. As long as you hold it, you can withdraw 100,000 Kindler from any Temple of Wealth on the continent at any time!"
She handed the gold card to Søren and smiled confidently, "This is just a gift from us to Your Excellency."
"Please don't refuse!"
"This gift is not part of our next deal. Regardless of whether we cooperate or not, this gift only represents our intentions. And to express our gratitude to Your Excellency for reestablishing the rules of the South Coast and restoring the trade to normal order! "
100,000 Kindler!!!
This time, not only Søren, even Gloria next to him was surprised.
With Søren's experience, it was not that he had never seen rich people. He had been in contact with a lot of the royal family, churches, and so on. However, it was really the first time he saw someone who could give 100,000 Kindler so easily!
The Temple of Wealth was really rich!
When the 100,000 Kindler fell, even Søren could not help but breathe heavily. Then he smiled and reached out to take it.
It would be a waste if he did not take it.
He could never have too much money in his hands. Since she had already said that it was free, Søren naturally ate it first.
Seeing Søren accept the Divine Power Gold Card, the Priest of Wealth showed a satisfied smile at the corner of her mouth. At the same time, her expression became more and more proud.
The Temple of Wealth was so confident!
No one could refuse them so firmly when they had money to open the way.
Gold raised her finger and turned the ruby ring on her index finger. Then she gave a look to a servant next to her. Then someone handed a document to Søren. She was quite confident and said, "The Temple of Wealth has the most powerful strength on the South Coast! The financial resources that Your Excellency needs to build here can be fully borne by us! At the same time, the Temple of Wealth also controls the largest and most mineral resources on the South Coast. We have a very abundant slave resource, and we can replenish the manpower you need at any time! "
"It can be said that compared to the Sea Temple that only squeezes profit from you, we can provide you more!"
"As for what we need."
"It's just that you open this city to us, give us the free authority to trade overseas, and then build the Temple of Wealth here and let us develop believers for the Goddess."
Gold looked at Søren with some satisfaction. She believed that the generous conditions she offered could make the other party agree.
But what she never expected was that after Søren took a look at the document, he said in a firm tone, "I'm sorry! I'm afraid I can't agree to these conditions! "
The conditions were actually quite good.
The Temple of Wealth provided Søren with funds, manpower, and materials. The only requirement was to open up the city's authority, give them the authority to trade overseas, and at the same time, let them develop their faith and build a temple. For Søren who had just completed the prototype, being able to get the support of the Temple of Wealth could greatly speed up the construction progress, but it was also quite dangerous for him.
Because of the Sea Temple!
Moreover, after Gloria heard the conditions, she was also calm on the surface, but secretly used her spiritual sense to deal with Søren, "You can't agree! The camp is connected to the shadow plane. We can't let other forces know about the existence of the Wizard Tower! "
Yes.
Hearing Gloria's words, Søren suddenly woke up.
The value of the Wizard Tower was immeasurable. It must not be known to other forces. So no matter how good the conditions of the Temple of Wealth were, he could not agree.
The authority of the city must be firmly in his own hands. Opening up the authority to build a temple would interfere with Søren's influence.
Moreover, he relied on the Temple of the Sea behind him. Now that the Temple of the Sea Temple had not yet moved in, if he let the Temple of the Goddess of Wealth enter first, with the petty temper of the Sea Goddess, she might find out about it with Søren.
Kim's face was full of astonishment. She did not expect Søren to refuse so firmly.
Søren also did not want to be too stiff with the Temple of Wealth, not to mention that they had just given him 100,000 Kindler. So he pondered for a moment and slowly said, "But as my goodwill, I'm willing to open up some of the authority to free trade to the Temple of Wealth. As for other things, I'm afraid I have to ask the Temple of the Sea for their opinion! "
The Temple of the Sea.
Kim could not help but frown. She came here because she knew that the influence of the Temple of the Sea on Søren was far from that great. If he asked the Temple of the Sea, it was basically impossible to agree because the Temple of the Sea also needed faith. This place had not been developed yet. Once it became an existence similar to port Tylon, the Temple of the Sea would immediately send priests to move in. At that time, how could the Temple of Wealth be allowed to enter? Although the forces of the gods were intricate, the establishment of a temple was like a carrot in a hole.
The establishment of a temple meant that the foundation was laid.
Look at port Tylon. The Temple of the Sea and the Temple of the Storm fought countless times, but in the end, there was still no winner because both sides had the support of a temple.
Building a temple here was equivalent to building half of a Wizard Tower!
As long as the god standing behind it had not fallen, who had the ability to pull out a temple with divine power in the end?
In the battle of Amber City.
So many legendary challenge level Terror Knights could not easily take down any of the temples. It could be seen how strong the defense of the temple was.
Søren could not allow the power of the temple to enter his territory.
Even, if possible, he wanted to exclude the power of the Temple of the Sea from the periphery. This was also the reason why he kept planning to expand the port. There were too many important secrets in the camp.
"This! … "
Kim's expression was a little stunned and disappointed, but she did not give up because coming here was her task. If she did not complete the task, it meant that the temple's evaluation of her would be lowered.
Gloria had a smile on her mouth and secretly said to Søren through telepathy, "Keep her steady. She still has important uses. We can use her as a bargaining chip and take the opportunity to make demands to the Temple of the Sea! "
Take both sides?
Soran was stunned for a moment, and then he was also thoughtful. He could not help but turn his head and look at Gloria in surprise.
This woman's political acumen was very high.
Facing Søren's surprised eyes, Gloria smiled indifferently, then raised her hand and gently lifted the long hair on her earlobe, and looked at him with her eyes.
So.
Søren stood up and said, "If you are not in a hurry, maybe you can stay here for a few days. I can immediately send someone to ask the Temple of the Sea."
"You should have seen the port here. The land there is very open."
"In fact."
"I am preparing to sell some of the land there. Although the price is a little expensive, I think you should be able to see the potential of the land with your vision."
A very clever answer.
The Priest of the Lady of Riches was thoughtful when he heard that. He then looked at Soran deeply and said, "Of course."
"Okay. I will stay here and wait for your reply. "
He did not agree to the conditions of the exchange, nor did he agree to let them build a temple, but he was willing to sell a part of the land.
This seemed to be very profound!
In Kim's opinion, Søren was undoubtedly still quite afraid of the Temple of the Sea and did not want to lose the support of the Temple of the Sea. But he was also attracted by the superior conditions of the Temple of Wealth and did not want to easily give up such a powerful support. So there was such a euphemistic answer. If he was willing to sell the land near the port, then the ownership of the land would belong to the Temple of Wealth. Even if they could not build a temple openly, it could be used as a stronghold for the Temple of Wealth to develop their faith.
As for whether they could build a temple here to strengthen their faith in the end, it was obvious that he wanted to see the strength of the two churches collide.
A very cunning and treacherous man!
He wanted to swallow the benefits from the two churches, but he did not want to be involved in the struggle for faith between the two churches.
A piece of land.
Kim had seen the terrain of the port. It was a very superior natural port. If this place developed into a place like Port Tylon, then the port would undoubtedly be the most prosperous place with the most people. The fleet coming and going would fill the entire port. On the contrary, the camp here was built inside and surrounded by mountains on two sides. One side was close to the tropical jungle, and it was a little far from the port. So, geographically speaking, it was not very superior. However, the terrain here was quite open and could be used to develop farmland. When she came, she saw a lot of farmland.
She thought so in her heart.
Kim could not help but have a little more contempt for Søren. After all, he was just a pirate leader who did not have much business sense. He only thought about the things dug out from the land and did not realize that the greatest wealth here was trade.
If she were to build here, the city would definitely be close to the coastal port and directly build a port city!
Now.
If the port was developed, it was equivalent to laying out two cities. Even if they were relatively close to each other, they would not be connected in the end. With the powerful strength of the Temple of Wealth, it was not impossible to encroach on the port little by little. If they swallowed the port and occupied the core area of trade, then the value of the city here would be reduced a lot.
Her excellent business vision made her realize that the port was the key. In the future, the struggle for faith would also be in the bustling port area.
Now.
The most important thing was the confrontation with the Temple of Sea. If they could not collide head-on, they could only give up part of the benefits to each other and strive to let each other take what they needed.
The friction between two powerful God's Churches was a very scary thing!
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The group of believers from the Temple of Wealth was quickly settled down.
When Kim left the hall, she could not help but see some Drow Warriors, which surprised her quite a bit. She turned around and took a deep look at Søren.
Drows!
This kind of creature was quite difficult to deal with. It seemed that they were the subordinates of this pirate?
Maybe she had underestimated him too much.
This group of people was settled near the South Gate by Søren. At the same time, he secretly sent people to watch them to prevent these people from moving around in the camp at will. Gloria also quietly arranged a warning circle to block the area connected to the shadow plane. Now the portal had not been completely stabilized. If the portal was stabilized, the shadow cracks would be concentrated, and then other places in the camp would not be able to enter the shadow plane. The port was being developed, and when the time was right, they still had to be settled near the port.
"This may be an opportunity!"
Gloria waited until the Priest of Wealth and the others left, then immediately came to Søren and said: "The goodwill from the Temple of Wealth will make the Temple of Sea full of crisis! This can fight for more benefits for us! "
"I know." Søren nodded gently.
But then he said in a deep voice: "But this matter must be considered carefully, because if we are not careful, we may offend two churches at the same time."
Gloria frowned, then raised her fingertips and gently drew a line on the planning and construction map. She separated an area from it, and then slowly said: "Give up part of the benefits! Let them fight for it themselves! "
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(PS: Today's first update, there will be more in the afternoon.)
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