What resources did the Ansorenne lack the most?
Most likely, any Descender would immediately answer — human resources.
This was an answer that couldn't be wrong. As long as one had a slight understanding of the Ansorenne, they would know that there was a lack of manpower.
A single person or dozens of people wouldn't be able to form a society. In order for a territory to become a village, a town, or even a country that could support the existence of a God, it was necessary to have farmers, soldiers, and ordinary villagers.
Let's not talk about such a distant matter for now. At the current stage, the number of Descenders was greatly limited. However, to be able to develop to this stage, there were more or less ways to fill the manpower gap.
The most basic and beneficial method was to establish a relationship with the local residents and obtain their trust and support. It would be even better if they had faith.
However, anyone could imagine that to obtain the trust of the local residents who had been attacked by foreign Evil Gods and demons for more than a hundred years and gradually dissolve their hostility, the process would be abnormally difficult. They would also have to face fierce competition from their peers.
Now, those medium-sized and large-scale populated areas that had been established in the hundred years of war weren't huge benefits that the new Church could attempt to snatch away.
In that case, they could only rely on themselves.
At this time, it was time for the Eight Immortals to show off their abilities.
They could summon elemental creatures from other dimensions, create magical puppets, or cultivate magical plants. However, all of these creations had a common weakness — low intelligence. The lower the level, the more stupid they were.
High-level Elemental Lords? High-level magical forest beasts? Their intelligence would indeed be high, but the consumption would be too exaggerated.
Following the rules of the world, such restrictions were unavoidable. After all, intelligence also came from the soul.
In the magic world, the soul was both a source of power and a resource. Creating souls out of thin air belonged to the Creator. How could it be possible to create highly intelligent creations with low consumption?
Since it was impossible to create things out of thin air, then the technology to create highly intelligent creations out of thin air could only be a processing industry. It wasn't a self-recycling manufacturing industry. No matter if it was undead creations, high-level magical puppets, or intelligent magical puppets, they all required the same material — souls.
Toying with souls, even if they were the souls of the dead, would always make people feel uncomfortable.
It could be said that although Heroic Souls sounded cool and epic, in the eyes of those who were observant, they might have already turned into the category of undead magic.
"Unbelievable! Silver Elves collect the souls of heroic warriors to create war puppets! A complaint from a former Descender of the Silver Elves! "
In the new issue of the journal, Rorschach announced that he had obtained part of the crafting process for creating battle spirit puppets from Molly. Although Rorschach had only touched upon the part of the crafting process for artificial battle spirits, it was enough for professionals to recognize the essence of undead magic.
Then, things got out of hand.
Why couldn't he use necromancy? Of course not. Nowadays, the Aishi were already quite tolerant of undead magic. However, there was one species that still lived in the past — the elves.
Short-lived species had the right to forget their past. However, long-lived species would never be able to forget their past memories. They had a deep grudge against the undead to begin with. Even though they were all members of the Mist Alliance in the Northlands, they still maintained a distance from their "ally," the Undead Empire.
As for moon elves, silver elves, and undead mages … Although there would always be strange existences in this world, if there really was such a combination of species and job classes, they would have to first think of a way to avoid being beaten to death by their own species.
It was no longer a secret that the Silver Elves used part of the Undead's technology to create battle puppets.
In fact, if the Silver Elves tried to find out the reason, they would probably be able to trace all the way back to the ancient Undead Empire's past.
After all, the ancient elves were the ones who discovered and controlled magic. It wouldn't be strange for them to possess the most primitive technology of the ancient Undead Empire. Meanwhile, the silver elves had also obtained the ancient Elven Empire's inheritance. It would be strange for them to know nothing about ancient magic.
However, some things could be done. Some things could be discussed in private. Some things could even be joked about over dinner. However, such things couldn't be exposed in the open and others would really comment on them.
For example, during a certain period of war, some armies used morphine and other drugs to relieve the soldiers' tension and fatigue from fighting in the forest. In the situation at that time, this might not have been a mistake, because getting addicted to drugs would always be better than rushing into the forest to die because of the pressure.
After the war, or even during the war itself, this "news" had already been learned by the Silver Elves through unofficial channels. However, it still hadn't been published, nor had the mainstream media reported on it.
Even though everyone had basically confirmed the truth, and even saw the terrifying drug addiction of the retired and disabled soldiers, nobody would dare to say it out loud.
"That's because if you say it out loud and the media focuses on it, someone will have to take responsibility for it. Someone will lose their head."
Rorschach chuckled. Actually, in his eyes, this was a completely laughable way to cover one's ears while stealing a bell.
"Ha, the world of the adults is truly ugly."
Elves were prideful. In fact, they valued their so-called dignity and honor more than their own lives. Exposing this scar and forcing them to admit that the technology they used originated from the undead … It would be better to just kill them. This would probably cause them to immediately become mortal enemies.
Since this matter didn't concern them, they naturally wouldn't become mortal enemies with the elves for no reason. They would also have to consider if anyone would listen to them, if anyone would believe them, and if they would immediately vanish from the face of the earth. This was also the reason for the existence of secrets that "everyone knows, but everyone just doesn't talk about". But Rorschach …
"We're already mortal enemies, right? Are you still worried that the grudge will go too far? Since they'll seek revenge sooner or later, it would be foolish of me to be afraid of things getting out of hand. If I don't seize the opportunity to create more trouble for them and increase the cost of their revenge, I would be the truly foolish one. "
Needless to say, Rorschach's attack was indeed effective.
The four major Superior Elves worked together to support the current Elven Empire. Their relationship was already quite delicate to begin with. Now that the Silver Elf War God created such a scandal, the other Superior Elves were the first to be dissatisfied.
The moon elves were the silver elves' closest "allies." The moon elves demanded an explanation from them and promised to ban such dirty technology.
The wood elves were quite close to the Nature Faction. They were forest elves who loved nature by nature. They were also the most peace-loving Superior Elves. They were already dissatisfied with the silver elves who were proud of war, and they hated the so-called War God even more. Naturally, they wouldn't let go of this opportunity to add insult to injury.
Even the gray elves wouldn't let go of such a good opportunity. For a moment, the Elven Empire was under a lot of pressure. Even if their political enemies found this opportunity, it was also because they usually offended others and didn't do much good.
However, the silver elves weren't to be trifled with, especially since the War God had a generally bad temper.
Right after that, an elven tabloid revealed that the new Wood Elf Gods were in cahoots with the Nature Faction. In fact, they even borrowed the wood spirits and nature faction's magical plant technology. The tabloid then directly brought out a bunch of evidence, claiming that the gray elves had used undead mages en masse to create cannon fodder. In fact, many gray elf descenders were undead mages themselves.
From a strategic standpoint, this was a brilliant move. After all, this was a secret that everyone already knew, and there was plenty of evidence.
If this was exposed, everyone would be in the dark. Everyone in the world would be in the dark, so it wouldn't seem like they were in the dark.
But when this piece of shocking information was exposed … the bystanders didn't feel anything at all.
"Haven't the wood elves always been in cahoots with the Nature Faction? The gray elves … They used to be dark elves, and there's even a group of black-blood elves who believe in ancient Evil Gods. What can't they do?"
From a certain standpoint, this was the difference between truly evil people and hypocrites.
Truly evil people wouldn't care about what others thought of them, while hypocrites would pretend to be pure white lotus flowers. Naturally, they would care a lot about their reputation.
Although there wasn't much of a difference between what everyone did in private, there would be a huge difference in how others thought of them.
And since this piece of news was something that everyone already knew about, the amount of public opinion it would cause would be very limited. The media outlets under the control of the silver elves used the words "shocking" and "unbelievable" to report this piece of news for two days, but they actually discovered that the sales of their products had actually decreased. Naturally, there was no follow-up.
And then, the silver elves angrily added yet another piece of news. This time, it wasn't much news, but it instantly caused an uproar.
"The moon elves' new Gods are secretly using stowaways! And there's quite a lot of them! "
Alright then, since it was necessary to solve the problem of lack of manpower, any method would be used. Actually, most of the new Gods were secretly using stowaways.
But this time, the source of this news was the moon elves, who were also hypocrites. The moon elves cared even more about their reputation than the silver elves. And so, the news instantly exploded.
Both sides had a delightful war of words. Both sides were accusing the other side of being more evil than them. The end result was that the war only became more and more chaotic.
While both sides were in a state of chaos, a small newspaper suddenly continued reporting.
"Not only are the moon elves using stowaways, they're also organizing elves and mixed-blood elves to collectively smuggle themselves in!"
This time, the situation was completely out of control. Compared to this piece of news, the silver elf battle puppets using undead technology were nothing at all. The moon elves instantly became the focus of this incident.
At this time, it was probably necessary to explain what stowaways were and how to stowaways.
In normal circumstances, each Divine Kingdom would be a legal passageway to Ansorenne. The human form and the right to descend would be his passport and proof of identity. Each Divine Kingdom would be expensive, but it would also be the best way to descend.
Those who had a legal visa to enter the Divine Kingdom would also often be illegal.
Sneaking into a sealed world wasn't something that could be accomplished just by finding a snake head or a broken boat. Only existences that were on par with the gods would be able to accomplish a miracle that required the gods to do their best — the Demon Lords of the lower planes.
Among the many planes of the Aishi Plane, there was a great river that traveled through all the planes. It was responsible for transporting souls to the lower planes. This river was the mother river of all demons. It was said that this river could even lead to the world of the dead.
This river of souls was the River Styx that led to all the worlds.
In that case, since Ansorenne was the twin world of the Aishi Plane, didn't that mean that the River Styx also had a similar River Styx? Since the River Styx had the property of being able to pass through dimensional barriers, wouldn't it be possible to connect the two Styx Rivers together … No, according to the natural laws of the River Styx connecting to all the planes of the dead, the moment that Ansorenne and Ansorenne connected to each other, the two Styx Rivers had already been connected.
The Demon Lords in the lower planes were incredibly helpful. Many of them were even more ancient and powerful than the current Main Gods of the major Divine Factions. The Demon Lords did their best to research the River Styx, and they actually managed to discover something.
And so, a stowaways route to Ansorenne was created.
Of course, since only the dead could walk through the River Styx, the process would be no different from dying and coming back to life. The success rate of stowaways was much lower than the success rate of stowaways back on Earth.
Stowaways were incredibly risky. Even the strongest and most skilled Demon Lords wouldn't have more than a fifty percent chance of successfully stowaways.
Furthermore, even if the stowaways were to succeed, there would still be a lot of side effects. For example, the negative energy radiation from the River Styx and the unavoidable Inferno and Demonization from being contaminated by the Power of the Abyss.
Even if the stowaways were to succeed, the stowaways would often have problems with their mind and body. Furthermore, the problems would often be different and there was no way to treat them.
There were a lot of side effects. Furthermore, the physical body that had been baptized by the River Styx would be far inferior to the body of a tailor-made Descender. The success rate was also very low. This technique was simply terrible.
However, every year, there would still be countless desperadoes and youths who thirsted for opportunities who would choose this path. After all, there were too few Descenders who had the qualifications to do so. Even the slightly stronger Churches would choose the best of the best. Ordinary "geniuses" had no chance of competing at all, not to mention those with mediocre aptitude.
Before stowaways, they had to sign a life and death contract that stated that they were responsible for their own life and death. Everyone could understand that it wasn't easy for stowaways, so they could still maintain a relatively objective view.
It wasn't that there weren't any examples of stowaways who, after struggling, finally stood out and were chosen by the Churches of the major Gods. They became Descenders once again and obtained the qualifications to return to the Aishi.
However, it was a different matter altogether to organize their own clansmen to stowaways.
"That is murder! That is naked murder! At least half of the elves died for no reason! "
Not caring about one's own life and not caring about one's own clansmen's lives were two completely different matters.
This time, the Superior Elves weren't the only ones who were angry. Even the ordinary elves and wild elves started making a ruckus.
These moon elves who originally didn't care about this were now dragged into this mess. Of course, they weren't easy to deal with either. Naturally, they would bite down on those who had screwed them over.
Who screwed them over? The Aishi People all knew that it was definitely the silver elves. This was especially true when they later found out that the small magazine that exposed this was indeed a pawn of the silver elves.
And then, the moon elves' revenge directly went from spitting saliva to using knives. This was truly a huge joke.
However, at this time, nobody knew that Rorschach was actually sweating in his heart.
For the past two days, he had been wearing a half-closed mask at all times, constantly worried that he would accidentally say something.
"… Molly, you really know a lot. Aren't you afraid that you'll be silenced?"
"I'm not afraid. I used to work for the moon elves. Everyone knows that I'm good friends with many dark elves and dark elves."
Alright then, the truth was already out. Rorschach had learned about this blackmail from Molly. Then, he "accidentally" found out about this blackmail from a small silver elf newspaper that was eager to make a name for itself.
It wasn't that Rorschach didn't want to report this. In fact, he really wanted to report this. However, he knew that if he exposed this blackmail, the sales would likely explosively increase. He could even prepare to type GG.
It was fine that he had already offended the silver elf War God. But now, he even offended the strongest moon elf Gods among the Superior Elves for no reason at all … If he still wasn't dead by the end of next year, he would make up for the last point.
Rorschach was quite delighted to see this dog biting dog. However, he didn't think that he would definitely kill this tiger.
While he was preparing for the second wave of blackmail, he unexpectedly heard a new piece of gossip about the silver elves.
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