A wisp of divine power is nourishing Stephen's soul and body.

He had heard Sophia tell stories about her father, Sauron, the Lord of Death, a god who rose from the Sage Holocaust, a time of opportunity and crisis, and a time when mortals were most likely to become gods. Sometimes there is a limit to one's power potential, and in the end, it still needs external resources and luck, just like Stephen has been in the Supreme Arcane Council for so long in the past and has not been able to break through, but after only a few years in the world of Temorra, he feels a little like he is about to break through.

Outside resources are important.

Stephen was judged by the Supreme Arcane Council for his private research on gods, and divinity is an extremely rare resource in the plane ruled by the Supreme Arcane Council. But here Stephen gained a lot of divine power, basically from the ancient evil things he killed.

That's the opportunity, but also the risk.

The Sage Havoc is a time that is more turbulent, chaotic and dangerous than the awakening of ancient evils, so that Lord Sauron was able to successfully become a god in just a few years and dominate the entire death god system in one fell swoop.

It was a time when the new gods alternated with the old gods.

Sometimes Stephen would think about what he would gain if he experienced the Sage Havoc, whether he would fall or rise, but he personally still didn't want to become a believer in the gods, because the gods after the age of the ancient gods had to assimilate with the law. It's as if the Lord of Death could not easily leave his kingdom, and the binding force of belief in the gods was too great.

Stephen is loose in this regard.

Of course.

This is not the case with all gods, believing that gods are gods born after being bound by laws, while earlier ancient gods did not have such constraints. Because according to a very small number of dossiers left over from ancient times, the ancient gods could descend to the material plane at will, and they did not have a divine kingdom at that time, and most of the ancient gods were related to the [Pantheon].

Legend has it that they roam the multiverse, sowing the seeds of life, and the origin of many species was created by the Old Gods.

In other words, the old gods did not have to stay in the kingdom of God, they could go everywhere.

That's a good fit for Stephen.

The laws of the multiverse have changed since entering the age of belief in the gods, and the vast majority of gods are trapped in the priesthood, but there are also some gods who completely ignore these issues.

They do not weaken with the change of priesthood or the number of believers.

When a god can no longer care about the number of believers, then it means that he has entered the ranks of the Great Divine Power.

Heart of the Oak Tree.

Stephen watched in silence, he had not been able to understand the mystery of the Tree of Life, and although everything in the Heart of the Oak was open to him, Stephen could not parse the deeper mystery here.

The tree of life has no believers.

However, he has the power of the gods, although it is currently only equivalent to the level of the weaker gods, but his growth is not limited by the number of believers.

It's incredible!

The Tree of Life draws strength from nature and moves towards the level of gods, encountering almost no obstacles or bottlenecks along the way, while Queen Betty is limited by the number of flower fairy believers, and has always been stuck in the bottleneck of demigods, weak divine powers, and has to enter a dormant state from time to time.

This is not in accordance with the law of belief in the gods.

- The number of believers determines the level of power of the gods!

Before leaving Heart of the Oak, Stephen went to visit the sleeping Queen Betty, who was now in a bottleneck, and her state could only be stabilized if she was promoted to the god of [Weak Divine Power].

It takes time.

But Stephen doesn't know how long it will take, and only hopes that the druids will speed up this transformation when they start serving her.

Outside the Botanical Gardens.

Stephen meets the returning Tree Shepherd, Arondo, who is allowed to enter the Heart of the Oak and tending to the Spirits of Nature and the Ancient Trees of War. The flower elves are still afraid of the blood druids and keep their proper distance from them.

"Your Excellency Stephen. Arendor the Shepherd leaned slightly.

Stephen nodded slightly, and continued, "How many druids have been enlightened lately, and how is the church preparing?"

"There are currently one hundred and twenty-one new druids. Alendor the Tree Shepherd replied with a happy expression, "The Children of the Forest have great druidic talents, and a small number of humans have also gained the sense of nature. ”

The legendary Grand Druid has been working to revive the Druid Order, and most of the Druid Order in the Dark Year has been killed, and now he has to start from scratch.

"Hmm. Let's start with agriculture. Stephen thought for a moment.

It will be a long time before the new druids are ready to fight, so let them take care of the logistics and start learning from agriculture.

After pondering for a moment, Arondo the Shepherd nodded, "Okay." ”

Stephen limits the number of Blood Druids, and Arendo-Shepherd chooses to obey in this regard.

Because he also knows that the state of the Blood Druid is not stable.

Inside the Wizard's Tower.

As soon as Stephen entered the lab, he said, "Tharling 1." ”

"Pull out the production line of the Steel Golem. ”

"Please, the prophet - Ankara. ”

The first batch of materials from the dark abyss has been delivered, and after having enough resources, Stephen is ready to continue to expand the Golem factory, although the stone golem is the most inexpensive golem puppet, but the combat effectiveness is not very high, and the real Golem Legion should also be the steel golem as the main force. In the past, there was no way to expand the Iron Golem, but now Stephen can be bold enough to produce it.

The mines in Arrantil have been in operation for a long time.

The mining area in Dragon City has been re-mined.

The mines of the Dark Abyss are being built and will probably be productive in the next week.

Although the ore veins of Windy City have been mined and exhausted, Stephen, who has now reached the beginning of the three mines, is not false at all, and he can fully prepare for the counterattack on the moon.

What is the difference between mining and salted fish?

Stephen can now mobilize the Tower of the Five Rings, the Blind Witches, and some of the Dark Wizards, fully meeting the needs of the Golem Factory to run at full capacity. If there's one thing that's a pity, it's that there's no way to mass-produce diamond golems.

This resource consumption is too great!

Unless Stephen can find the legendary diamond planet in the astral plane, he can only slowly make it out of synthetic diamond.

The Clay Golem has been retired.

The Stone Golem will soon take a back seat.

Stephen's Golem Legion will usher in an era with the Iron Golem as the main force!

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