After the news was sent back, on the third day, the Samba Lord finally couldn't bear the pressure of the people below and the fear caused by the increasing number of undead, and issued a notice of support in his [Fire Town] and another [Ahagul Town], and asked all the lords to believe in [Lord of Light, Tonatiu].

Not only that, but he also obediently came to Yanan Town, and under the auspices of Shepard, he performed a prayer ceremony to the Lord of Light in the sanctuary, officially converted, and sincerely asked Pope Shepard to lead the church to settle in Chuanhuo Town, after all, among the three towns, Chuanhuo Town has the largest population, with more than 5,000 people, which is comparable to the population of the two towns of Yahagur Town and Yanan Town combined.

At the sincere invitation of the lord, the gracious Pope had no choice but to lead most of the personnel of the [Church of Light] to transfer to the town of Chuan Huo, leaving only enough people in Yanan Town to keep the sanctuary running.

In order to show his piety, the lord of Samba decisively transformed the original temple into the temple of the Lord of Light, and cut down the tree of wisdom, carved the body of the tree into the statue of the Lord of Light, and erected it in the temple.

The tall temple, made of carefully cut stone bricks and polished planks and logs, was the best shepard had seen since he woke up, so he happily set the center of the church in the town of Flame, announcing the official change of faith in the territory.

*

Most of the buildings in Chuanhuo Town are mainly made of wood, and even the walls are made of logs cut from the forest, and the overall area is more than three times larger than that of Yanan Town.

In a wooden building, the temple with stone bricks and wooden planks as building materials is particularly eye-catching, but this is the result of the continuous expansion and addition of successive generations of lords, not just the actions of this lord, and now, naturally, it is all included in the [Church of Light].

Standing in front of the temple, in front of the hall twice the size of the sanctuary in Yanan Town, stood a statue of a god carved from the divine plant, the original divinity was absorbed by Shepard, and since then there is one less existence in the world who may become a god.

Absorbing the divinity of the Tree of Wisdom, Shepard felt that he was a little closer to the stage of weak divine power, and with joy in his heart, everything was as usual on his face, inspecting all corners of the temple to prevent any inappropriate omissions.

Firina Evie and even Khante Krama and the others followed him, expressing their amazement at this temple that had never been entered, although Shepard, who had seen the main temples of the Old World, felt that there were still 108,000 miles away, but at this time, he naturally couldn't say anything discouraged, and he was happy to let his subordinates improve their sense of belonging and piety.

After checking everything up and down, he waved his hand: "Okay, it's all gone, what should I do." ”

Everyone dispersed in a hurry, and after a while, I saw a figure in a black robe quietly walking up to him, kneeling on the ground in silence.

"Are you all ready?" Shepard stared at the hood of the black robe.

A hoarse voice sounded in the hood: "Ready, Your Majesty, may I give my soul and my life for my lord Tonatiu!" ”

Shepardle bowed slightly: "Okay, after ten days, when the church has a foundation in Spreading Fire Town, you can start it." ”

Hearing this, the black robe slowly got up and left the temple backwards.

Looking around at the new temple, which had not yet been fully staffed, but already looked solemn, Shepard chuckled and chuckled, "After tossing for so long, it is finally going to pay off......

*

Since the lord had already ordered the [Lord of Light, Tonatyu] to be the only faith in the territory, even though he was facing the dilemma of lack of manpower, Shepard gritted his teeth and divided some of his men and went to the town of Ahagul to open a new sanctuary, so as not to waste the good time at this time.

When the word spread that all people could believe in the gods, the uneasy and uninspired townspeople cheered, and hundreds of people came to the temple every day to pray, either in the hall or in the square that had been leveled out outside the temple.

Shepard hurriedly ordered hundreds of futons to be made for the worshippers who came to pray, and the temple guards left the necessary men to guard the temple, and the rest of the people were all in order in the square.

He also made the pre-priests and trainees who had not yet passed the test apprentice priests and probationary saints, so that they could first begin to guide the believers, accumulate experience in practice, and test their piety.

In this process of full capacity, it took seven or eight days to receive all the believers in the town who wanted to believe in the [Lord of Light] Tonatiu and came to the temple to ask for guidance on the prayer ceremony, and reluctantly swallowed this large cake into the stomach of the church, and then it took a long time to digest and absorb it.

On the tenth day after the church moved in, Samba, the lord who had taken the initiative to lead the militia and temple guards out to clean up the undead, was attacked by the treacherous undead, and the lord, who was seriously injured and poisonous, hiccups before he could return to the territory.

Hearing this sad news, Pope Shepard had no choice but to elect the lord's son, who was not yet ten years old, as the lord, and personally buried the lord, and transferred the mayor of Yanan Town, Mufasa, to Chuanhuo Town, and assisted the new lord in managing the territory with the lord's wife.

Half a year later, the church has basically converted the residents of the town into believers, and gradually the town has become a "church town" in the mouths of many people, and few people remember the original name.

*

As the prestige of the Lord of Light grows, the priests of the Church of Light follow the temple guards and town militia to destroy the undead, purify the remains, and unleash their holy power together in the place where the death curse and evil toxins gather, and purify the earth and air with positive energy.

Since he still couldn't give divine magic, Shepard, who was meditating, diluted the divine power converted from the power of faith and gave it to the priest, and called this power diluted by positive energy 'holy power', although it is not as easy to use as divine magic, the advantage is that there are not too many restrictions, and it has a certain effect of purification, healing, and eliminating evil, which is the same thing as a panacea.

As a result, the areas where humans could set foot became more and more extensive, the threat of wild roads decreased, and the church organized the cutting of trees, the opening of roads, and the construction of gravel roads connecting the three towns.

It took another half a year to drive away and hunt the large beasts nearby, and it took another half a year to basically clear the greater harm near the three towns, but fortunately there were no demonic beasts or heterotopic animals and plants in this area, so there were no major casualties.

Even so, the Three Towns still lost a total of more than 200 young people, and although they were able to stabilize their emotions with the help of the church's comfort and pacification, it still took time to slowly recover from this loss.

Church Town, an ashram on the third floor of the temple.

The third floor was a separate space like an attic, but it was quiet and well located, so it was Shepard's exclusive room, and the two of them were sitting opposite each other in the back chairs, looking at the map-like things on the low table in front of them.

One of them is Shepard, and the one who is introducing him is now the mayor of [Church Town] Mufasa, this already strong man has become a little blessed because of his long work in management, but his own temperament is more majestic, but in front of Shepard, he is like a cat that pleases in front of the lion and tiger.

"Your Excellency, please see, this is a sketch of the information we have been collecting over the past year, and the specific error will definitely be very large, but the general terrain should be correct."

Mufasa pointed to the sketch and explained: "Here, this is the town of Yanan, and if you walk north from here for a day, you can see the wilderness you passed through when you came, but none of us have ever been there, and the Pope's footsteps will probably be very different from ours." ”

Shepard looked at the sketches and compared them with the terrain maps he had seen in the game, and it was true that he couldn't talk about the details, but the error in the large area was not very obvious.

He subconsciously tapped the handrail with his knuckles, and thought: "To the north, let Yanan Town determine a safe route as soon as possible, and then you can organize a caravan and set off to the Ruth tribe to seek trade, and I will tell them the general safe direction when the time comes, at present, the main thing is to open the road." ”

Mufasa should be, and continued to introduce: "From Yanan to the southwest, here, along the Baihe River that flows through Yanan, here is Ximu Village, which belongs to Yanan Town, and further south, here, is [Church Town]. ”

Mufasa's finger continued to slide on the sketch: "Go southwest from [Church Town], here, about half a day's journey, this is [Ahagul Town], and further south is a big river, we named it Changhe, to the east and southeast, there are some other lords' towns, but either the distance is too far, or the road is extremely difficult to walk, and to the southwest, the long river is too wide and the water flow is too fast, we need to have a strong enough boat to pass,"

"If you go up the river, you will come to the vicinity of [the town of Loslick], so I didn't continue to explore."

"In this way, Your Majesty, please see, to the north to the White River and the edge of the wilderness, to the east to the church town, to the south to the Long River and Ahagul, this area is now under our control, especially after there is no threat of the undead, the six or seven villages distributed during the period can live in peace, the only problem is that Lothric in the west, if you can control Lothric, there should be no major threat to the east and west, then the entire area is under the control of the church!"

Mufasa's expression was very excited, Samba's widow and the mundane affairs that controlled thousands of people in the town obviously gave him a taste of power, but in front of Shepard, facing the supreme controller of the Church of Light, who controlled more than thirty clergy, hundreds of loyal temple guards, and thousands of believers belonging to the church, he could only suppress his ambitions and not make himself appear too frivolous.

Shepard looked at the sketch, unaffected by Mufasa's agitation, he looked at the east side of the sketch and remembered that there should be some very special existence in the game......

"Is there any threat from the east?" He spoke suddenly.

Mufasa hesitated for a moment and said slowly: "East...... There was an extremely difficult river valley and forest to follow, the trees to the east were particularly tall, and the expedition team had been attacked by a giant spider, and the corpse of the giant spider had been decapitated or shot, but ...... Didn't encounter any sapient races. ”