There was a trace of displeasure on the Goddess of Agriculture's face.
She had sacrificed a lot for her beliefs, and Søren's words obviously had a trace of negation to all of this. If it were other gods with a more violent temper, they would have already turned hostile, but she was the Goddess of Agriculture after all. At this moment, she just quietly looked at Søren, waiting for him to say what he was going to say next.
The Goddess of Agriculture thought that Søren would say a lot of things.
But Søren did not do so. He just smiled and sat on the recliner in front of the Goddess of Agriculture, and said calmly, "You should have been to other places, right?"
The Goddess of Agriculture frowned slightly when she heard this.
Søren looked at the beautiful scenery around him and smiled. "It's really good here. Much more beautiful than my country. "
"I've traveled to many places along the way, and some cities have been completely destroyed. Countless people have been displaced, and many people are starving. North of the Agate River, you can see piles of bones everywhere, both human and other creatures."
"The peace and beauty here is only because the manor owners and nobles have stopped the refugees from approaching."
"They have been turned away and blocked on the other side of the river."
Søren sighed softly and then said, "I don't deny your ideas. It's just that everything you want to create can't be created with the current foundation of civilization in the material plane. "
"If it's just a small place, you should be able to realize your ideas here."
"But this is only the Southern Duchy, an insignificant place in the whole continent, and a very small piece of land in the material plane."
The area of the Southern Duchy was not as large as the south coast.
It was about one-thirtieth of the continent's area, and an even more insignificant place in the whole material plane. Arendelle was more than three times larger than this place. The influence of the Goddess of Agriculture had always been limited to this land, and as long as she left this land, her influence would decline sharply.
"What are you trying to say?" The Goddess of Agriculture's tone was a little unhappy.
Søren looked up and met her gaze, and said seriously, "You have the most believers in the material plane, and you have also inherited the priesthood of Mother Earth. But have you ever thought about why you haven't been able to advance to a great divine power until now? "
Yes.
The Goddess of Agriculture had always been a mid-level divine power.
Although she had the most believers in the material plane, the power of her Godhead still hadn't improved.
If Søren only had a few hundred thousand followers, then the Goddess of Agriculture had at least a few million followers. Almost every race related to agriculture had her followers, but such a large number of followers was still not enough for her to become a greater divine power. The reason was very simple. Although the believers of the Goddess of Agriculture were huge, the quality was not up to standard.
Farmers were the ones who believed in the Goddess of Agriculture the most. This was a very large base, but this base also meant that their faith was not devout enough.
Every farmer would pray to the Goddess of Agriculture before sowing and harvesting, but that was it. There were too many pan-religious farmers, and it was impossible for ten pan-religious farmers to lose out to one more devout believer. The Goddess of Agriculture's priesthood and her church's practices made it impossible for her to cultivate enough fanatics. Therefore, even if she had a large base, the number of fanatics she had was probably less than one-tenth of Søren's. This was also the reason why the Goddess of Agriculture had not been able to level up for so long. Other than the territory of Harvest City, her church could not fully control the Southern Duchy.
Hearing Søren's words, the Goddess of Agriculture could not help but fall into deep thought.
Søren continued, "I've been to many places along the way, and I can see that although there are your shrines everywhere, these manor owners and nobles only know how to ask for your help. They believe in you not because they really worship you, but because you can bring them a good harvest."
"I heard that several oracles of the church have been rejected by the nobles recently?"
The Goddess of Agriculture had issued an oracle to accept refugees from the outside world, but this oracle was disobeyed and was not carried out at all.
The Goddess of Agriculture's expression was a little uneasy. She said in a cold voice, "Why are you here? Are you just mocking me? "
Søren shook his head.
He stood up and walked in front of the Goddess of Agriculture, then stretched out his hand and said softly, "On the contrary, I'm here to seek cooperation, and to help you become a greater divine power."
Help me?
The Goddess of Agriculture looked at Søren in confusion. Søren's priesthood was very different from hers. She did not know how Søren could help her.
"Civilization."
Søren seemed to see the doubts in her heart and said slowly, "Only a strong enough civilization can change all of this. Without enough civilization as a foundation, ignorance and barbarism will never be able to realize your ideals. "
"And I can help you do this."
The Goddess of Agriculture laughed and said with a hint of sarcasm, "Civilization? The civilization of the Arcane Empire? "
"No." Søren shook his head and said, "It's more rational than the Arcane Empire. What I want to create is a more harmonious civilization, a peaceful coexistence between man and nature. Although I haven't done it yet, I have seen to what extent I can eventually achieve in the future. "
The Goddess of Agriculture fell into deep thought.
After a long time, she looked up and said softly, "What do you want? What are you going to pay? "
Søren looked into her eyes and said seriously, "I need you to form a real alliance with me. And what I'm paying is a vow. "
A vow?
The Goddess of Agriculture looked up with great interest and said, "What vow?"
Søren smiled and said seriously, "In the name of the True God, I vow to protect agriculture!"
Surprise.
The Goddess of Agriculture looked up in surprise and suddenly chuckled playfully, "Are you going to vow to fight for me?"
Søren shook his head.
He said seriously, "I vow to protect agriculture. To maintain the agriculture civilization. Any existence that destroys or threatens the agriculture civilization will be my enemy. I will help you promote agriculture, protect agriculture, and develop agriculture. "
"I will be your staunchest ally and fight for you when agriculture is threatened!"
The Goddess of Agriculture was silent.
After a while, she looked at Søren with hesitation and murmured, "Are you serious?"
It wasn't that she doubted everything Søren said, but she still couldn't believe it. Because a god of the Order Evil Alignment, an evil god who controlled the power of death and slaughter, would actually agree with agriculture so much. Søren couldn't deceive her with lies, but because it was the truth, she was even more surprised.
"Agriculture is the cornerstone of everything."
Søren nodded slowly and reached out his hand to the Goddess of Agriculture again, and said calmly, "I'm serious."
A smile appeared on her face.
The Goddess of Agriculture quietly looked at Søren in front of her, and then a smile appeared on her beautiful face. She gently held Søren's hand and said slowly, "Okay. I promise you. "
All this time.
The Goddess of Agriculture didn't have a real fighting god. Whether it was the Goddess of Spring Water and Peace, the Goddess of River, or the Goddess of Sprouts, none of these gods under the Goddess of Agriculture could fight. The agriculture civilization itself was very fragile, and it just so happened that it needed a strong power to protect it. War would destroy agriculture, plunder would destroy agriculture, tyranny would destroy agriculture, and almost all kinds of disasters would bring a heavy blow to agriculture. This was also why the Goddess of Agriculture could only live in one place. It wasn't that she didn't want to, but she didn't have the ability to expand. Prosperous agriculture was almost always driven by social order, and when turmoil came, agriculture would inevitably weaken.
Søren's vow meant that he would fight to protect the agriculture civilization!
From now on, all races related to nomadic fishing and hunting would be hostile to him, and tyranny, chaos, turmoil, and war were also enemies he needed to fight against, because these would also destroy agriculture.
Søren's vow meant that he would face all the enemies of the Goddess of Agriculture.
A golden light appeared.
When Søren and the Goddess of Agriculture reached a contract, the golden light of divinity had spread, and almost all the gods knew that they had signed an oath of alliance. Although the two gods didn't announce the content of the oath, this kind of oath that all the gods could sense was at least at the level of the Pantheon, which meant that they could only make an oath in the name of a true god.
At the same time.
A short oath also echoed in the ears of the other gods.
— — "In the true name of Søren, I swear to protect agriculture!"
It was a very simple sentence.
But the chain reaction was huge. Almost in the blink of an eye, in all the temples that worshipped and served Søren in the entire material plane, there was suddenly an additional wheat emblem. And in all the temples related to the Goddess of Agriculture, the emblem representing Søren also appeared in them.
An alliance of attack and defense!
This was the highest-level oath of the gods, which meant that the two gods had become the strongest allies.
In the half-plane.
A divine light appeared, and then a woman with beautiful long hair like a waterfall appeared in front of Søren. She first bowed slightly to the Goddess of Agriculture, and then smiled and saluted to Søren. "Lord Shadow."
— — [Goddess of Spring Water and Peace] Edas!
A Lesser God, and also a god of the Goddess of Agriculture. The most hostile god was the God of the Hunt, Malar. Perhaps because Malar died in the hands of Søren, she was very friendly to Søren.
Then, the light of two other gods appeared.
After Søren and the Goddess of Agriculture made an oath, her three gods arrived immediately.
The figures of the River Goddess and the Sprout Goddess appeared in the half-plane. They nodded slightly to Søren, and then turned to look at the Goddess of Agriculture in confusion.
All of this was completely unexpected!
No one would have thought that Søren and the Goddess of Agriculture would suddenly make such a high-level alliance!
…
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
