Compared with the first-level combat readiness of the Church of the Mask of the Void, the Lord of Mysteries and his followers showed no intention of fighting and seemed quite peaceful. Eat what you should eat, sleep where you should, and have the courage to "let the wind and rain hit you, I will stand still". It seems that you have completely ignored the Church of the Mask of the Void and the various gods who have secretly allied with Sui Xiong. inside.
This made Sui Xiong feel very complicated. He was angry at being underestimated, but more importantly, he was slightly relaxed.
If you can avoid fighting, it’s better not to fight!
Although everyone knows that the conflict between the two churches is inevitable, and the war between the two factions of gods is only a matter of time, but it is always better if it can be postponed for one day.
It's like everyone knows that people will die sooner or later, but who would wipe their necks at a young age just because of this
Oh, it’s true, crazy.
Sui Xiong is not crazy, so he is not opposed to this temporary peace. On the contrary, he hopes that the current peace can last longer.
It's not that he can be fully prepared - even if the fight starts now, he doesn't feel like he's not prepared enough, he just doesn't want to fight.
While standing still and not wanting to fight, the war that everyone thought would be fought with great vigor was delayed, and there was no movement for more than half a year.
On the contrary, it was another thing that attracted a lot of people's attention.
The Church of the Goddess of Harvest and the Church of the God of Wealth are at war.
Strictly speaking, this matter has something to do with Sui Xiong. To be precise, it has something to do with the high priest of his church.
During the revival of Gars City, Leon Igor, as the consul, has always carefully kept a distance from the Church of the Goddess of Harvest, and has been using various small actions to prevent the Church of the Goddess of Harvest from regaining its influence in Gars City. At the same time, he vigorously strengthened his ties with the Church of the God of Wealth and used official power, while the Church of the God of Wealth expanded its influence in Gars City.
The key reason for this is still money.
The city of Gars was completely in ruins after the war. To revive a city from these ruins would naturally require a huge amount of money. The amount of money was so staggering that even if the entire Masked Void Church family were invested, it would only be a drop in the bucket. In this case, Leon contacted the Church of the God of Wealth and exchanged his status as an official church for the Church of the God of Wealth's strong support for the revival of Gars City.
The Church of the God of Wealth is considered to be one of the most wealthy organizations on the mainland of the main plane. Not to mention, it has a huge influence in the two countries of Dhaka Merchant Alliance and Gold Coin Federation, and even occupies the upper echelons. the mainstream of society. However, in the Blue Moon Kingdom, the Church of the God of Wealth has never been able to develop well. From the God of Wealth himself to the priests at all levels of the church, they all want to make a difference in the east of the continent.
Revitalizing Garth City is a rare opportunity for them!
So the Church of the God of Wealth not only spent a lot of money, but also sent many elite warriors and priests to form a quite luxurious team and stationed in Gars City.
Overall, the cooperation between the two parties was quite pleasant. Leon grasped the right balance very well, allowing the Church of the God of Wealth to smoothly expand its influence without letting them seize the dominance; and after several trials, the Church of the God of Wealth found that there was no way to occupy this legendary figure with extraordinary skills. The advantage of knights is that they put aside the desire of religious authority to overwhelm political power and focus on the influence of the people.
This cooperation has been further developed after the establishment of the Storm Overseas Diplomatic Embassy. Each of the three parties got what they needed and got a lot of benefits.
However, some people laugh and some cry. The Church of the God of Wealth laughs, but it is the Church of the Goddess of Harvest’s turn to cry.
Gars City has an important position for the Church of the Harvest Goddess, and has always been a place similar to the center of the church in the past. Although the earth-shattering war resulted in the annihilation of the entire church central leadership, and churches in various places began to think of establishing their own central church, no matter what, its nominal status would not change.
Because of the relationship with the Church of the God of Wealth, the influence of the Church of the Goddess of Harvest in Gars City and its surrounding areas continues to decline, and the number of believers continues to decrease. At the worst time, there were even few people. Compared with the previous prosperity, the church's senior leaders simply wanted to complain. Blood.
Of course they are angry, of course they are angry, of course they are resentful.
The target of their resentment was, first of all, the despicable Archon—but the Archon was alone and believed in a big jellyfish that had no influence like him. He couldn't find any target for revenge.
So they naturally put their resentment on the second target, which is the Church of the God of Wealth.
The two sides first argued, then quarreled, and then continued to have minor frictions, and finally a fierce and bloody conflict broke out.
With this attack, the Church of the Harvest Goddess immediately suffered a loss.
Don't forget, all the central leaders of their church were killed in that battle. Although there are still many masters, they either don't want to contribute to the Gals Church, or their abilities are seriously biased.
In contrast, the Church of Gars, the God of Wealth, is the elite among a group of elites, with two legendary masters alone.
The two sides fought several times, and the Harvest Goddess Church suffered losses. Even the chief priest of the Gals City Church lost his life in an "accident."
The Harvest Goddess suddenly became angry and issued an oracle, ordering churches from all over the country to select elites and go to Gars City to compete with the Church of the God of Wealth. Even if they did not take back the religious power, they would at least earn back their face.
However, He can send down oracles to select elites, but can’t the God of Wealth
In order for the elites to reach Gals as soon as possible, the God of Wealth even paid a special visit to Sui Xiong, gave him some benefits, and borrowed the portals of the Void Mask Church all over the continent.
Not only that, the God of Wealth also went to seek skin from the God of Conspiracy and the tiger, letting this expert who stabbed the enemy behind the scenes help Him cover up the divine reconnaissance.
So when the two sides officially started to take action, facing the menacing elites of the Church of the Goddess of Harvest, the Church of the God of Wealth stood up to a group that not only had many more people than them, but also was much stronger than them, and the equipment was so luxurious that it was almost impossible to A team of perverts whose teeth are equipped with adamantine braces.
In a fierce battle, all the elites of the Church of the Goddess of Harvest died, and even their souls were intercepted by the God of Conspiracy - this was what He had originally negotiated with the God of Wealth, but the souls of all the followers of the Goddess of Harvest who died in this battle would All belong to Him.
After this blow, the entire Harvest Goddess Church in the main plane was severely weakened, and it would not be possible to recover for less than fifty years.
Then, the Harvest Goddess finally couldn't hold back anymore.
Therefore, the crop harvests of the Gold Coin Federation and the Dhaka Merchant Alliance this year are nothing short of tragic, while the weather in their surrounding countries is going smoothly. An acre of land has been harvested by more than 30%. It is truly an unimaginable bumper harvest!
Although the God of Wealth cursed the Goddess of Harvest in the Pantheon, the Goddess of Harvest was very slippery. She did not deliberately let the Gold Coin Federation and the Dhaka Merchant Alliance have a bad harvest, but only poured a lot of divine power into the surrounding areas, even to the extent that All the shares that the two countries should have had were thrown to the neighboring country.
So the famine happened.
Sui Xiong, the chef of the "Old Ax" tavern, or the time traveler Sui Xiong MK4, leaned against the heavy wooden door and looked sadly at the hungry people who had nothing to eat.
These hungry people are almost all farmers. The harvest this year is not good, but the taxes of the nobles are not reduced at all. After paying the tax, they can no longer even guarantee their food rations.
In this case, they had no choice but to borrow money from merchants. However, most of the loans were rejected - the businessmen were very cold and shrewd. They could see at a glance that these farmers did not have much money to squeeze out, so they would not waste even a single copper on them!
Farmers who were short of food sold almost everything they could sell at home, but still couldn't buy enough food. In this case, many farmers dragged their families and moved to towns because many good gods The church will give away food.
The Church of the Good God doesn't have much food to give away, and it can only be considered better than nothing for the huge group of hungry people. But for these poor people who are already impoverished, this is their last hope for survival.
Sui Xiong looked at all this melancholy. He could simply imagine how terrible things would happen in late winter and early spring. Although he studied art rather than history, the two "Refugee Pictures" by Zheng Xia in the Northern Song Dynasty and Jiang Zhaohe in the Republic of China " is a very colorful event in the history of Chinese painting. If a painter with a professional background does not even know this, then he must be a parallel importer, or the worst kind!
Sui Xiong is not considered an elite in the painting world, but he has completed the entire university course in a serious manner. The scene of "Refugee Picture", the corresponding records and stories, all emerged in his mind at this moment.
"Boss, can't we think of some way to do something for them?" He returned to the tavern gloomily and said to the boss, "If this continues, in two months at most, people will be starving all over the place!"
The bearded boss sighed deeply and shook his head.
He is not hard-hearted and wants to do something for these poor people, but what can a mere tavern do
During this time, he has reduced the price of food to cost price, making no profit at all. Every day, bread and other items are sold out as soon as they are baked.
This is all he can do.
"By the way, boss, aren't you an adventurer? I remember you also have a very good crossbow, right?" Sui Xiong suddenly thought of something and asked.
The boss nodded, not understanding what he meant.
"Then lend me your crossbow, and I'll take a few able-bodied men to do some hunting."
"You're crazy!" The boss was startled and yelled, "Everything in the forest belongs to the lord, and poachers will be hanged!"
"Both hanging and starvation are both deaths. Is there a big difference?" Sui Xiong smiled sarcastically, "No matter what, we can't let them starve to death..."