Old John began to tell his story.
It was the story of how a happy family was torn apart within a year, and he was reduced from a farmer who could still feed and clothe himself to a down-and-out free man who was constantly struggling on the edge of survival.
After listening to his story, the elves' hearts also became heavy, and their faces were filled with emotion.
Along the way, they had seen all kinds of beautiful scenery and all kinds of local customs, but at the same time, they had also seen the miserable lives of the civilians in the human kingdom.
Old John was just the epitome of thousands of refugees. There were many who suffered similar or even worse than him.
The darkness of the human world in "Elven Kingdom" was far crueler than the players imagined. Even though they had seen a lot in the former Maple Leaf Territory, compared to the vast territory of the Empire, the Maple Leaf Territory was still considered rich.
On the other hand, the life of the nobles was like heaven, indulging in luxury and debauchery.
This made the players sigh that such a kingdom could still be maintained. It could only be said that the existence of extraordinary power made all the unreasonable things reasonable.
But at the same time, as they saw and heard along the way, a doubt gradually grew in the hearts of the players.
"The lives of the human civilians are so poor, does the Eternal Church not care at all?"
After listening to Old John's story, Demacia asked doubtfully.
He was really puzzled.
As an outstanding MLM (cross out) missionary leader under the Goddess, he thought he still had some experience in this regard. Logically speaking, the more chaotic the era was, the better opportunity it should be to preach the faith.
In a person's most critical time, even if it was just a drop of water, it would be exchanged for the other party's infinite gratitude.
For the church, this was the best time to expand their believers.
Not to mention anything else, even if the Eternal Church set up a porridge stall in the city, it would probably gain a group of devout believers among the refugees.
But now, what they saw was that most of the churches did not care about what happened in the territory.
Of course, strictly speaking, it was not that they really did not care. Along the way, Demacia still saw many priests helping the poor.
However, as a missionary leader, in Demacia's opinion, they could do better, but they obviously did not try to do it.
"Care? If only they cared. The priests now only have the nobles in their eyes. "
Old John shook his head.
Demacia's frown deepened.
This was not normal, not like what a normal church should be like.
Even the priests had fallen and were in cahoots with the nobles, indulging in a life of luxury. Did the gods not care?
No matter what, he should be punished or something, right?
After all, believers were the source of a true god's power!
Players would be punished by the game system and the goddess if they caused trouble. Elven Kingdom was so realistic that it wouldn't make a low-level mistake in such a place, right?
"However, the churches of the God of Trade, the God of Art, and the Goddess of Love and Festival are said to be much better. They often help the poor. Unfortunately, there is no church for them in Lyc City."
Old John said again.
The God of Trade, the God of Art, and the Goddess of Love and Festivals were all followers of the Lord of Eternity and had their own churches.
Their church's influence was intertwined with that of the Eternal Church. They were both independent of the Eternal Church and subordinate to the Eternal Church.
However, not all places had their churches. Only some large cities, as well as the eastern and southern parts of the empire had more churches.
It was worth mentioning that the Kingdom of Iris in the south had more churches of various sizes. The control and influence of the Eternal Church in the kingdom was not as good as that of the Holy Mania Empire.
After listening to Old John's explanation, Demacia became more and more confused about the Eternal Church's approach. In the end, he couldn't help but complain in the team's chat channel.
Upon seeing his complaint, Feng Wu glanced at him and replied, "I'm not sure.
"Dema, do you know how many believers the Lord of Eternity has?"
"How many? Didn't you say it was hundreds of millions? "
Demacia typed.
"More than that."
Feng Wu sent a shaking head emoji.
"I once did a short-term mission with Big Sis in the Maple Moon Free Territory. It was when the place had just been liberated and began to preach. At that time, I felt the Eternal Church's depravity and specifically asked Big Sis about it. Do you know how Big Sis answered?"
"How did she answer?"
"The faith of the Lord of Eternity has long spread throughout the universe of Segers. There are no less than five hundred Main Material Planes that belong to him alone, or even more. Among them, there are many large planes that are comparable in size to the World of Segers. And this doesn't include other half-planes that are suitable for believers to live in … Think about it, how many believers are there in all the planes?"
"What the f * ck?! Isn't this too exaggerated? What kind of monster is the Goddess facing? Didn't the Lord of Eternity rise only a thousand years ago in the background of the game? "
"Dema, are you underestimating the reproductive ability of humans? Not to mention in the transcendent world, no matter how poor the bottom is, the overall resources are abundant. Overall, the speed of population growth is much more exaggerated than that of Bluestar. "
"Hiss … So, it's not that the true God allowed the church to degenerate, but that the gods don't care at all?"
"Of course. Think about it, ruling so many planes and having so many believers, what's the difference between more and less?"
The two players conversed with each other in the chat channel, and Demacia's expression changed several times.
As one of the top MLM (crossed off again) missionary leaders under the Goddess, he had never taken the Eternal Church seriously. But now, he suddenly realized that he was facing such a huge monster …
"Oh, right, Big Sister has another sentence."
Tanaka typed again.
"What?"
Demacia was a little curious.
"The ruler of the era is the ruler of the era after all. No matter how shameful it is, he is still the ruler of the era."
"Good lord, Big Sister even knows how to say 'shameful'."
"Therandier has also learned how to flirt with girls …"
The players chatted casually, and after they finished talking about their own matters, Old John also introduced the nearby situation to everyone.
Even though the players had already gathered enough information, they still listened attentively. After all, different people would bring different information.
Of course, the overall situation was more or less the same.
The players were now in a small city of 50,000 people. Well … at least in human society, this was barely a small city, but in the Underworld, it was enough to be called a big city.
This small city was called Lyc City, and it was located at the northern border of the Empire. It belonged to the Rosen family, one of the seven electors.
The Rosen family was the main branch of the Wells family, which Sophia belonged to. It was the unlucky noble family whose army was completely wiped out by the Evil Titan God. In a sense, it was an old friend of the players.
Further north was the Empire's military town, Fort Collin, which was close to the Northern Icefield.
Of course, although Lyc City was located in the northern part of the continent, it was affected by the monsoon of the Elven Forest. The four seasons were distinct, and the climate was pleasant. It was not as cold as imagined, and it was even relatively hot in summer.
Demacia and the others came here only as a passer-by. Their real purpose was to visit Dragon Island.
It was a mission issued by the Church a few months ago. To be specific, it was to thank Dragon Island for their help in the war. In other words, they were the messengers of the Elven Forest.
In theory, the fastest way to travel to Dragon Island should be to depart from the northwestern part of the Elven Forest and ride the Megalosaurus.
However, the World of Segers was just released, and there was still some time before the date to visit Dragon Island, so the players were not in a hurry to go there. Instead, they changed their route and planned to cross the Human Empire and the Northern Icefield before heading to Dragon Island.
In the end, they just wanted to go around and have fun, and experience the real adventuring life in "Elven Kingdom".
It was worth mentioning that the one who came up with this idea was Li Mu. He even created a special topic on the bullet screen about traveling in the continent, and it was said that the number of views was exploding.
And this time, it was not only the three of them who were traveling together. Each of the seven major guilds sent at least one person, and there were a total of ten people. Everyone was traveling together.
Almost all of the participants were the guild leaders of the guilds. Even if they were not, they were still the higher-ups of the guilds. Their levels were all Gold before they left.
This was also the reason why they were so confident in choosing this mission.
After reaching the Gold level, the speed of leveling up by killing monsters became slower and slower. In comparison, traveling the continent and solving problems that NPCs could not solve were often unexpected rewards.
When the group of people just entered the Empire, they accidentally encountered a Legendary monster that went berserk and massacred a city near a town in the western region. However, the monster was severely injured, and its strength was less than 10%.
As for the ten Gold-tier players, they worked together with a large mercenary group nearby to slay the daemons.
All ten of them benefited from this, and their levels soared by a lot.
With the benefits, everyone became more enthusiastic about such an operation.
However, after arriving in a new city, everyone would often choose to move freely. Each guild would choose their own way to gather information before finally meeting up.
As for the Heart of Nature where the three of them were, thanks to Demacia, they were most used to going to the taverns in the civilian area to gather information.
By the way, everyone came here on a dragon, but now the Megalosaurus had been released to the outskirts, and they even used Concealment Magic to hide its figure.
It could not be helped. If so many Megalosaurus appeared at once, it would be too conspicuous.
Although … the ten of them were almost famous for slaughtering a Legendary monster. Tao Wu heard from his friends who were adventuring in the Maple Moon Free Territory that there were already bards singing about their deeds.
Legends of the Fairy Dragon Knights, righteous and brave rangers, and so on.
They even composed songs.
After the group started the Adventure Path, a new function appeared in the game system, or rather, a system evaluation — Legend Level.
This was an indicator that was based on the players' reputation on the continent, representing the players' popularity.
Legend Level had two benefits. One was to increase the probability of players obtaining a quota for class change and advancement, and the other was to increase the probability of triggering hidden quests.
Only by doing righteous things would one's Legend Level increase. If one did unrighteous things, not only would it not increase, but it would also decrease one's reputation and even become the target of the Life Church.
If it was more serious, it would trigger a red name mechanism, or even be directly banned.
And if one did something sensational, their Legend Level would skyrocket.
For example, when the ten of them eradicated the Legendary monster that slaughtered the city, they became famous in the Western Territory, and everyone's Legend Level increased by a lot.
However, Legend Level was not static. If one did nothing, their Legend Level would slowly decrease.
Only by continuously doing righteous things and becoming famous on the continent could one maintain a relatively high level of Legend Level.
It was worth mentioning that the player with the highest Legend Level in the entire server was Cyber. This player who had saved the Frost Elves was already a big boss when his Legend Level was first released.
After the Legend Level was released, the Elves, whose image and reputation had gradually changed due to the repeated wars and various abductions in the process of dealing with various forces, began to have a change in their reputation.
With the release of the world map, not only did the Elves' reputation not suffer on a large scale, but it also gradually improved and improved.
However, the Elves' reputation after the change was different from the kind and pure impression of the past.
This time … the world's impression of the Elves was focused on "righteousness", "kindness", "benevolence", "chivalry", "courage", "strength", "abhorrence of evil", "evil and good", and so on.
They were just like the knights in the stories.
Coupled with the noble and beautiful appearance of the Elves, there were even some novels and plays that described the adventures of the Elves that became popular in some areas. It was said that they were deeply loved by young people.
Faintly, the Elves' craze seemed to be popular on the continent.
Of course, these things were just the beginning, and only a few attentive players discovered it.
As for whether there were players behind this … well, it could only be said that everyone knew.
Back to the present.
It had been two months since Li Mu and the others had ventured all the way to Lyk City.
After leaving this place, they would cross the Extreme North Ice Field, cross the Northwest Sea, and head to Dragon Island.
Of course, they had to go to the mine first.
Gold Dragons were very rare. In the entire Elf Forest, there were more than 1,000 Megalosaurus contracted by players, but there were less than 10 Gold Dragons in total.
The three players sat on the seats in the small city square and listened to Old John talk about the mine. After a while, new Elves appeared in their field of vision one after another.
"Boss Meow! Sister Feng! Here, here! "
Demacia excitedly waved to the Elves in the distance.
Old John looked over curiously and saw that it was two female Elves, a Mage and a Druid.
The robes on their bodies were even more gorgeous and beautiful than those on Li Mu and the others.
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