Eve did not directly look at the prayers of the believers. Instead, her consciousness returned to her God's Kingdom and directly connected to her faith grid.
Now, she had more and more believers.
It was no longer a good idea to use her own soul and godhood as the core to operate the faith network and listen to the prayers of the believers and respond.
Therefore, Eve had long bound the faith network to her God's Kingdom.
There was a point to be mentioned here.
As mentioned in many Bluestar novels, the power of faith was not without any side effects.
Most intuitively speaking, if a true god could hear the prayers of countless believers all the time, including some trivial matters, then … no matter how strong a true god's soul was, they would be annoyed to death.
However, this was not the most important thing.
The most important thing was that by listening to the prayers of the believers for a long time, one's soul would be completely immersed in the power of faith. There was even a risk of contamination.
That's right, contamination.
At least … for those who believed in true gods who wanted to maintain their original heart before becoming a god, it was a kind of contamination.
The power of faith was powerful and miraculous, possessing limitless possibilities.
Even a true god could not fully understand its mystery and could only use it to transform.
But at the same time, the believers' knowledge of the true god hidden in the power of faith would also affect the true god itself.
Generally speaking, if a true god was in direct contact with the power of faith for a long time, their soul was likely to be eroded by the faith. Their mentality and thoughts would change, and eventually they would gradually become the true god in the hearts of the believers, not their original self.
Therefore, when the number of her believers broke through a certain limit, Eve had long adopted the method commonly used by other true gods.
That was to separate her faith network from her soul and use her God's Kingdom as the official core of the faith network. She only needed to control the faith network through her God's Kingdom.
For example, this was equivalent to building a faith computer in her God's Kingdom to assist the true god in managing the faith network.
This faith network of the God's Kingdom could even replace the true god to listen to the prayers of ordinary believers and make certain responses. It could also deal with the promotion of ordinary priests or priests.
In this way, not only did the workload reduce, but it also avoided the influence of faith on the true god. The true god only needed to enjoy the divine power that was transformed from the power of faith provided by the believers.
However, there were also disadvantages.
That was, maintaining the faith network of the God's Kingdom required a lot of consumption.
Moreover, the more believers there were, the greater the consumption, and the lower the conversion rate of the power of faith into divine power.
This was also why many powerful True Gods had a terrifying number of believers.
There was no other way. In order to maintain a strong divine power, one had to maintain one's self. In a situation where the conversion rate of divine power was very low, one would inevitably need more believers.
And more believers meant a greater burden, which also meant a lower conversion rate …
Such a vicious cycle caused the number of believers needed by powerful True Gods to be extremely terrifying …
Of course, letting the divine kingdom network handle the prayers and responses of believers was only for ordinary believers.
The True God would definitely give special treatment to some specific prayers and special believers and personally listen to them.
Well, in a sense, the game system that Eve had created was equivalent to a special faith network, and it was the kind that was connected to her true faith network …
By the way, the reason why Eve dared to appear openly on the stage of the Segers world and show her rapid growth to the outside world, as well as her almost public sheltering of the elves was not only because she had Hella as a scapegoat, but also because Eve had considered the uniqueness of the power of faith and thought of another way to explain her identity and power …
Well, a way that was very suitable for her, one that could even explain her similar appearance to the previous World Tree …
Of course, this was all in the future.
Back to the present.
As a True God who planned to develop the path of faith for a long time, Eve naturally set some conditions for personally listening to the prayers of believers.
And her settings were either the prayers of believers who were fanatics or above, or the desperate prayers of believers who were in great danger …
Obviously, through the emotions of the praying believers that she vaguely sensed, it was the latter this time.
Therefore, Eve had to personally check the situation.
And … she had a rough idea of who it should be this time.
Connecting her consciousness to the faith network of the divine kingdom, Eve quickly saw the praying believers and the environment they were in.
This was a rugged foothill.
And a dozen hooded elves were cowering under a withered tree, their faces pale.
These elves were of different ages. The young ones were protected in the center, while the young ones and the old ones stood outside with weapons. Many of them were already injured.
And among them, a female elf with blonde hair and green eyes was lying in the middle of the crowd.
Her face was pale and even a little gray. Obviously, she had exhausted too much magic power, or she had forcefully used some powerful skill and suffered a backlash.
Judging from her appearance, she had long been on Eve's list.
Selina Gale.
She was one of the high-ranking members of the Oak Hand and was good friends with the Life Saintess Alice Gale. She was active in the human world all year round, saving elves and half-elves who were being hunted by humans.
Selina was captured after a mission and imprisoned in a slave trading company in the Holy Mania Empire's Maple Leaf City. In the end, she was rescued by players. (See chapters 288-290 for details.)
She had also returned to the Elven Forest once, but in the end, she gave up her comfortable life and decided to go to the human world to continue saving her fellow elves.
It could be said that she was an elven believer that Eve admired very much.
And among the prayers that Eve had just received, she was the one who had heard the most clearly.
By the way, although her faith had not reached the level of fanatics, she was still at the level of a senior devout believer. Eve had high expectations for her.
After she returned to the Elven Forest, Eve had also listed her as one of the people she paid attention to. From time to time, she would look at her and see the current situation of the Oak Hand through her.
Of course, because she had been worried about the Orloss Demiplane recently, she had not paid attention to her for many days.
However, Eve had already decided that once Selina's faith reached the level of fanatics, she would accept her as a Chosen.
But now, when Eve's gaze fell on the desolate mountains around her, she frowned slightly.
"The Gloom Mountain Range? Isn't Selina active in the human world? Why is she in the Gloom Mountain Range? "
That's right.
These dozen elves were in the Gloom Mountain Range!
For a moment, Eve was stunned. She did not know why they would appear here. After all … no matter how she looked at it, the Holy Mania Empire was too far away from the Gloom Mountain Range. There was also the Elven Forest in between.
However, when Eve noticed the clothing of these elves, her heart skipped a beat.
Different from the elegant and solemn imperial clothing that Eve was familiar with, the hoods of these elves had slightly more gorgeous patterns. These exaggerated and gorgeous patterns were popular in another human country in the south, the Iris Kingdom, whose strength was second only to the Holy Mania Empire.
These elves … came from the Iris Kingdom!
In an instant, Eve guessed their identity.
At the same time, she also had some speculations about Selina's actions.
She had received prayers from the believers of the Oak Hand some time ago. It was said that they were preparing to go to the Iris Kingdom to save their people.
The Iris Kingdom was on the east side of the Death Desert, south of the Fertile Plains, and separated from the Elven Forest by half of the Gloom Mountain Range.
If they wanted to return to the Elven Forest, they had to avoid the human world and pass through here.
It seemed that this was another batch of elves that the Oak Hand had rescued.
However, since Eve's player army defeated the Orc army, the Gloom Mountain Range had become Eve's backyard in a sense. Logically speaking … it should be relatively safe.
As long as they did not go deep into those dangerous places and did not encounter those powerful magical beasts, the elves should be able to return to the Elven Forest through here.
But now … it seemed that they had obviously been attacked, or rather … hunted down.
After the Oak Hand returned, the strength of its members was no longer what it used to be.
Selina's strength had risen to the peak of the upper Dark Iron rank, and was only one step away from the Silver rank.
If they wanted to be a threat to them, it was very likely that there were middle-level professionals among the enemies.
Could it be humans?
Eve narrowed her eyes slightly.
With the change in her state of mind, for a moment, the entire Holy Kingdom was somewhat turbulent.
But soon, Eve saw the enemies of the elves.
There were more than 30 ugly fellows holding big swords and maces …
"Orcs?"
Eve was very surprised.
That's right.
Orcs.
The ones who had caught up and surrounded the elves were actually Orcs!
Not only that, their strength was generally higher, and the strongest one was actually a lower Silver Orc warrior.
This was really out of Eve's expectations.
After the battle at the Black Dragon Castle, the players had directly annihilated an army of 30,000 Orcs. For the Orcs who only had a population of a few hundred thousand, this was a huge blow to their bones.
Not to mention, even their King and Chief High Priest had perished here.
After that battle, the Orcs had shrunk their sphere of influence and retreated to the Death Desert. Even the God of Foolishness, Oulleur, had become more honest.
Especially after the war in the Underground World gradually spread, Oulleur had become more well-behaved.
But now, the Orcs had appeared in the Gloom Mountains again?
They even attacked the elves who had returned?
How dare they!
The players now were no longer the same players as before!
For a moment, Eve narrowed her eyes, and her breath was a little dangerous.
"I don't care about the Death Desert, that lousy place, and I can't be bothered with you for the time being. You're jumping up again?"
"Or is it that you don't feel the pain of losing 30,000 troops? Do you want me to be ruthless? "
But, although she said so, she had some doubts in her heart, and also some vigilance.
The Orcs who had shrunk their sphere of influence suddenly entered the Gloom Mountains and attacked the elves. This must be a place that she did not know, and something had happened.
And, it was definitely not a good thing.
Of course, it could also be that these Orcs were hot-headed again and wanted to carry on the tradition of plundering.
But no matter what, since she had received the prayers of her believers, and it was related to the safety of the elves, Eve would definitely not sit back and do nothing.
When the Inferno tribe returned, she had already made a mistake.
Although it was also because her strength was too low at that time, it was still because of her improper operation that caused the death of some elves …
Every elf was precious to Eve.
Since her strength was now not what it used to be, she naturally would not watch her believers be bullied.
Even if it was so far away, if she used her divine power, it would consume a lot of energy.
Thinking of this, Eve decisively divided a part of her power and sent it across the void …
…
The Gloom Mountains.
The elves looked at the Orcs who were surrounding them with angry expressions.
And in the anger, there was a trace of despair and unwillingness.
"I thought that there was only the last leg of the journey to go home, but I didn't expect to encounter the Orcs …"
"These bastards!"
"Didn't they say that the Emerald Mountains had been recovered by our clansmen? Why are there still Orcs? "
"Don't be afraid, the Goddess of Life will definitely bless us …"
"Goddess of Life? Hmph … Although I have inherited the priesthood of the Mother Goddess, in my heart, the only one worthy of my faith is our Mother Goddess, the great World Tree! "
"But the Mother Goddess has really fallen, and I heard that the Goddess of Life was deified by our clansmen …"
"But the Goddess of Life is ultimately not the Mother Goddess …"
"We are still too weak, if only we could be a little stronger …"
"Is this all we can do?"
The voices of the elves were very chaotic and also very desperate.
Hearing the words of her clansmen, Selena, who was lying in the center, could not help but smile bitterly.
It was indeed much safer for the Mother Goddess to stand in the front as the Goddess of Life.
But … it also increased the difficulty of preaching.
However, if she did not return to the Elven Forest, she could not tell her clansmen that the Goddess of Life was the Mother Goddess.
Everything had to be considered for the safety of the Mother Goddess.
After coughing a few times, she said with difficulty:
"Everyone, don't despair, the Goddess of Life is merciful, and this place is already under her influence. If we pray to her devoutly, she will definitely respond …"
Praying to the Mother Goddess when facing difficulties, in Selena's opinion, this was really a very sad thing.
However, there was no other way.
Weak …
This was the original sin.
If only she could be a little stronger …
At this moment, Selena's desire to become stronger had never been so strong before.
"Hehe, pray? The Goddess of Life? That Goddess Eve? "
As soon as her voice fell, a rough voice with a hint of mockery rang out.
It was the leader of the orcs who surrounded the elves, the Silver Orc warrior.
"It's just a false god who stole the priesthood of the Father Goddess. The Father Goddess will let him know the price of angering a true god, he doesn't have much time left …"
"Today, you will all die!"
He sneered.
"Uh … Not leaving anyone alive?"
The other orcs were somewhat hesitant.
"Leave a pig alive! This is the request of the High Priest! The elves have to die! We can't let any of them go, let the false god and the Death God have another immortal demon! "
The leader of the orcs roared.
Hearing his words, the elves were very angry:
"False god? You slandered the True God like this, be careful not to attract the wrath of God and be punished by the heavens! "
"Heavens' punishment?"
The leader of the orcs sneered again.
He said contemptuously:
"A false god is a false god, in front of a true god, he will pay the price …"
"As for the heavens' punishment …"
He opened his arms, looked at the sky, and sneered:
"I'm standing here, why don't you come? You're just a false god who stole the priesthood of the Father Goddess … "
As soon as he finished speaking, accompanied by a loud rumbling sound, a lightning flashing with purple light fell from the sky and directly struck him …
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