The temple area is the quietest part of the city in Xiliu City.

Due to the need to spread the faith, the temple area was generally placed in the middle of the city's aristocratic districts and slums.

Generally speaking, many orderly and good gods prefer to preach among the poor, and those who suffer have the purest faith in the gods, such as many headache paladins, who prefer to protect the weak and protect the rights and interests of the weak.

Correspondingly, gods such as the gods of nobility and literature are often more enthusiastic about spreading faith among the noble groups out of the need for believers.

In this era, things like literature and knowledge were generally in the hands of the aristocracy, and even some famous scholars, most of them were from aristocratic backgrounds, and it was precisely for these reasons that many gods also had a large number of followers among the aristocracy.

There is one more case.

For example, the struggle between theocracy and secular power, like on this continent, many territorial city-states are actually controlled by some churches of gods behind the scenes, and some inheritors of secular rights often choose second sons and other branches to serve as priests and priests of the church.

for a variety of reasons.

Generally speaking, in cities without major faiths, the temple area will be located on the border between nobles and commoners.

From the ruler's point of view, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

The gods are a powerful force to be reckoned with in the world of Ash, from mortals to those legendary powerhouses who have attained transcendence, they all maintain due reverence for the gods, and the temple area plays an important role in both security and urban construction.

At least.

The reverence of the gods would keep them in order in the temple area, especially where the poor and the aristocracy bordered, where chaos was the most likely to breed, and the presence of the church could often cushion these contradictions.

In the dazzling sunlight, Rhodes finally stopped in front of a temple.

It was a very strange temple.

It was not so much a temple as a fortress within a city, built on the scale of some fortification, and above that temple hung an eye-catching emblem.

It was an iron glove pointing upwards with a blue surveillance eye on it.

This is the Church of Heim, the God of Watch, the Watchman, the Guardian.

Rhodes walked up to the temple and bowed slightly towards the guards in front of the temple in respect, showing a strange badge and was soon sent into the temple.

The temple of Heim was built entirely on a military scale.

Walking around the temple, it is common to see "guards" wearing shiny and flawless shiny full-body armor and feather-decorated helmets without masks, and sometimes Rhodes will encounter "guards" wearing different colors such as red and iron gray cloaks behind them.

Without exception, their armor chest and vest will be marked with a giant eye that never closes their eyes, they are not guards, these are the priests of Heim.

Based on the color of the cloaks of these priests or the elaboration of the giant eye logo, one can intuitively judge the class of those priests.

Ruder Finn is familiar with following certain fixed passages.

He didn't dare to trespass.

In the Temple of Heim, [Spectator Eye Demon] is usually placed in the dark part of the temple to monitor the temple, and the small eye demon is extremely difficult to detect, and the believers of the Awakened are extremely vigilant.

The vast majority of the followers of the Awake are excellent guards and guard leaders, and their teachings are to uphold their duty and guard civilization and order.

It is hard to imagine that in his temple, there would normally be an armory, fortifications, and chapel, and in addition to this, there would be an "armor altar" in which many powerful armors were stored.

To the northwest of Ash, many aristocratic cities would welcome the churches of these patron gods.

Because the god was notoriously upright, and his church carried on the same faith, they usually helped the nobles train soldiers and guards to resist threats from the wilderness.

Turning left and right, Rhodes came to a dormitory-like area deep inside the temple.

"Ahh

"Rod, you're here!"

At the corner of the corridor, a blonde girl with a double ponytail was looking at Rod with a look of surprise, and when she saw Rode's figure, she shouted beautifully.

"Yue'er, Rod is here! Wow Ka Ka, you don't need to read a book! ”

Xinxin happily ran towards Rhodes, and at this time, Rod noticed that Xinxin was still holding a thick book in his arms.

"Brother!" Yue'er was very reserved, her little face was very cute, and she stood there and shouted crisply.

Seeing Xinxin, who cheered that he didn't need to read, Rhodes's face was full of black lines.

Seeing Yue'er's sensible appearance again, a warm smile flashed on his face.

At this time, Yue'er's appearance has changed a little.

The main thing is her piercing silver-white hair, which has been dyed brown by Rhodes with some special alchemy potion.

At the docks of Westflow City, as long as you have money, you can always get some useful potions.

This is the "hotel" that Rhodes is looking for.

The doctrine of the Church of Haim is "protection", and because of the good reputation of the god Haim, it is actually very popular with the aristocracy, after all, for those nobles, the good god is always better than the evil god.

Not only did the Church of Heim protect the noble cities, but they also did not refuse the requests of any good people.

Of course.

Depending on the location, some Heim pastors charge a certain amount of money depending on the situation.

The price will be expensive.

Usually a dozen gold coins are needed in one night.

But again, the protection you get is absolutely safe.

You must know that any temple of Heim will have an armed force called the [One Truth Order], unless the contract between the patron and the god expires, otherwise as long as it is in the temple area, the church of Heim will defend the dignity of the god to the death.

However, if the asylum is suspected of committing a crime, the priests will also ask him to obey the local law and the verdict of justice.

Considering Yue'er's sensitive identity.

Rhodes would rather spend a little more money and seek the protection of the Church of the Patron Gods, and, by keeping them here, the realm of the gods will always avoid the detection of certain magical realms.

It is worth mentioning.

Rod didn't bring much gold with him when he came to the ground from the Shadow Domain, providing shelter for the four girls, and the amount of gold coins consumed in a day actually made Rod a little unbearable.

No way.

Rod, who originally intended to start forming a force when he arrived in Xiliu City, was actually forced to do a few city tasks to earn some "living expenses".

The main purpose of Rhodes' visit to the temple this time is to pay enough "rent".

The gemstone ring found at the kobolds not long ago temporarily solved Rod's dilemma.

"Damn old one-eyed!"

When he thought of that gem ring, Rod was a little angry, the workmanship and gems of that ring were at least worth three or four hundred gold coins, and the damn old one-eyed man forced the price down to more than two hundred.

"Forget it!"

Rod came to the room of several younger sisters, and looked at the petite little one sleeping there with a soothing face, he smiled and kissed the little one, and then rubbed Yue'er's little head.

Opposite him, staring at her with an indifferent face.

I don't know if it's an illusion.

Rhodes always felt that something was changing in Scarlet's body, but in a trance, nothing seemed to have changed.

Shaking off the distracting thoughts in his heart, Rod looked firmly at the faces around him that made him feel warm, and the thoughts in his heart became more and more firm.

"It's coming! It won't take long! ”

"When I establish our own power, soon you will be free to laugh in the sun!"

"Grizzly Hills is backed by the Ponse region, where there are ruins, powerful monsters, and precious resources, and with the help of that as a springboard, I can grow up quickly!"

Grizzly Hills, Ponse Region.

There is a quick way to gain wealth, power, and force.

And that place was far away from the coastline where the catastrophe had been most devastating, and Rhodes had enough room to complete the accumulation of heritage, sitting on the pioneer land of Grizzly Hill, and no one could stop the rise of the Sword God at that time.

Until that time.

The younger sister of the three-month-old family, and a Xinxin with great potential, Rod is sure that after they grow up, they will hold a piece of the last paradise in this catastrophe, of course, this is also his lowest goal, the future is always full of infinite variables, and Rod is not ready to grasp this.