When Rhodes walked out of the Temple of Heim. (Book House)

His face was a little solemn, just now, when he went to pay the "accommodation fee" of several younger sisters, he found some bad signs.

When passing by near the chapel of the Temple of Heim.

Rhodes sensitively noticed that there was a trace of divine power fluctuations inside the temple, it was the power of the guardian god, and it seemed that the church of Haim was holding some kind of large-scale ceremony.

"Is it [Supreme Alert]!"

After walking out of the temple area, Rod sighed with a somewhat gloomy look in his eyes.

- Supreme Awakening Ceremony!

It is the promotion ceremony of the Church of Heim, usually presided over by the chief priest of the temple, through which the priest will levitate the core weapon of the trialist in the air, and the participant must concentrate on communicating the will of Haim.

It is a ritual that tests the will of the trialist to the extreme.

But once this ritual is passed, it usually creates a quasi-legendary-level powerhouse.

However, everything has its own laws.

The way to create a legendary powerhouse through [Supreme Vigilance] has great drawbacks, if the gods can create a legendary powerhouse so casually, then the entire Ash will not have a situation where legends are scarce.

Usually.

The legendary powerhouse created by the [Supreme Awakening Ritual] will greatly consume the vitality of the person, which is almost equivalent to sacrificing a high-level priest in exchange for a short period of legendary power.

As far as Rod knows.

This ritual was used frequently only during a special period.

"Heim, the guardian god, is dying!"

Rod's heart was heavy.

As an upright and diligent deity on the side of order, the guardian god is determined to protect civilization in many turbulent times, and is regarded as the cornerstone of stability and security.

Before the Catastrophe struck.

The temples of Heim in various places began to frequently hold the [Supreme Awakening Ceremony], the [Relic Offering Ceremony], and the [Heim Glory Ceremony], which was rumored to be an oracle issued by the guardian god before he lost contact.

It seems that this selfless god foresaw the coming catastrophe.

Even he himself can't keep in the kingdom of God, in order to preserve his strength as much as possible and leave a fire for civilization, this god took advantage of the fact that he could still mobilize his divine power, and frequently held various promotion ceremonies, almost exhausting the divine power in the kingdom of God.

Rod remembers it very well.

At the height of the catastrophe, the Church of Haim sent a total of dozens of legendary-level powerhouses, which was an extremely large number.

Without exception.

These powerhouses were created in advance through this ritual, and after they were promoted, they were immediately sealed, just to wait for the catastrophe to be useful.

………………

After staying in Xiliu City for one night.

As soon as the day dawned, Rod's figure appeared near the city gate.

After dealing with the safety of several younger sisters, he has already made up his mind to improve his strength as quickly as possible.

It's not that Rod doesn't want to spend a little more time with his younger sisters.

However, after seeing the [Supreme Alert] ceremony of the Heim Church, Rhodes realized that time was running out for him, and even the guardian gods of medium divine power began to reserve their backs.

That means there's not much left for the whole of Ash's world.

Rhodes left almost all the gold coins on his body, including the income from the mission, some gold coins obtained by the black hands on the way to Xiliucheng, about a thousand gold coins, to the Heim Church.

The gold coins would allow the Heim church to take in his sisters for more than a month.

A month of time.

This is also the development deadline that Rhodes has set for himself.

The younger sisters are very safe in the Heim Church, and with the current strength of the Haim Church, it is impossible for anyone to forcibly take them away, after all, God knows how many powerful legendary priests who have performed ceremonies in the Haim Church are now asleep.

Now that he has no worries, Rod's top priority is to obtain sufficient capital before Xiliu City launches a war against the Emerald Territory.

Don't be naïve enough to think that anyone can get the dividends of war.

It's a brutal world.

When the Titus lord starts the war, he will issue an "open order", although it is to open up anyone's qualifications to open up the territory, but never trust the nobles.

In the circumstances of the time.

The combat power of Titus's Xiliu City and Emerald City is half a catty, although the Emerald Collar cannot take care of the beginning and the end due to the accident on the side of the Grizzly Bear Hill, but if you want to completely eat the Emerald City, Xiliu City will have to lose a layer of skin.

In order to reduce losses.

Titus graciously issued an opening order.

The specific open areas are the Grizzly Hills after the Emerald Collar Ponse Pass and the deeper Ponser area.

It's a terra nullius land in itself.

Titus's decree seems to have greatly boosted the pioneering enthusiasm of the adventurers, but in fact, he is the one who makes the most profit in the end.

The Open Order has earned him the support of countless adventurers, who will play a very important role in the battle against the Emerald Realm.

The most intuitive manifestation of this decree is that it won him.

Meantime.

From the geographical point of view, the largest passage to the outside world in the Ponser Mountains is the Ponser Pass, as long as the Ponser Pass is firmly controlled, Titus can sit firmly on the Diaoyutai Terrace.

In other words, no matter how many pioneers there are, the resources and sales channels that they finally obtain cannot be bypassed the Ponse Pass.

And that's not all.

As the promulgator of the opening order, he will become the co-leader of those who pioneer the bright face, and at the very least, he occupies a righteous position.

And all he paid was the mountain land that was already ownerless.

Looking at the long run, the Ponse Mountains are already steep and dangerous, which greatly promotes the development of the leading business, and Titus almost obtains a group of long-term miners, and the mineral deposits and other materials in the Ponse Mountains will eventually pass through his sales channels.

This is equivalent to saving a large amount of mining costs.

But there is one thing not to forget.

Don't look at Titus's opening order, which is very tempting, open the territory of the development qualifications.

But actually.

Who are the people who can really carry out territory development, those powerful mercenary groups, high-level adventurers supported by Xiliu City, and chambers of commerce with the support of consortium nobles behind them.

To open up a territory, you need enough capital.

At the very least, if you want to rise in a short period of time, as the sole overlord of this land in the future, the support of Xiliu City is indispensable.

But Rhodes was too inconspicuous.

He himself knew that his current strength was not qualified to negotiate conditions with Xiliu City at all.

Even if he was lucky enough to win over a group of people and reluctantly opened up a territory, he was afraid that in the end, he would make wedding dresses for others.

Pressing matter.

The first step for Rod to do is to take advantage of the fact that the two sides have not yet started a war, he wants to improve his strength to the point that some people are afraid of, in layman's terms, he just wants to show his muscles.

In the simplest and crudest way, Rhodes has to do a few big things in a short period of time.

He knows it well.

The nobles are a bunch of guys who eat people and don't spit out bones, and those adventurers who can make a name for themselves are all ruthless people who seek skin with wolves, and what Rhodes needs is to show enough strength to make them fearful.

A high-level adventurer with excellent skills is not enough to share the cake of the future.

"Osme Watchtower Camp, that will be the starting point of my fortune!" Rod licked his lips, and the figure quickly disappeared into the vast wilderness.

Osm Watchtower Camp.

It was a buffer zone between Xiliu City and the Emerald Collar, and it was originally the frontier guard tower of Xiliu City to prevent the Emerald Collar, but because of the smuggling trade of some people in the two territories later, it was gradually developed.

Some nobles and chambers of commerce in the two places have arranged manpower there.

Recently.

As the monsters driven from the Grizzly Hills were blocked there, the adventurers who had gone to complete the hunt, the smugglers who had entrenched there, and the official forces of Weststream City in the camp all converged there.

Make a name!

Rhodes will be qualified to participate in this feast, and at the very least, those adventurers who worship and awe the strong will become the capital of his rise.