In the midst of the chaos, the party managed to shake off all the little tails and return to Histangarh.

The group of eight who passed through the gates of the city that would never fall did not alarm any dwarves.

Istangelri is still the same as he is hot on the surface, but there is an undercurrent in private.

In the depths of the Histangal Mine, in Seklin's fortress, the goddess of nature sat at the head of the round table with a natural expression, and Seklin had no objection to this.

At the invitation of the goddess, the adventuring party did not go back to rest, but sat down at the round table.

"Your Majesty, do you want to spread the news that you've recovered?" Seklin asked first.

"No, my divine kingdom has not yet returned from the void, and the news of my return at this time means that the divine war can be started against me in terms of the rules of the divine war. So it's good to keep it as it is, and don't hold large-scale sacrifices related to me. ”

"Listen to your commands, Your Crown. ”

"Thank you very much, my friend. The goddess of nature replied with a smile.

Although the goddess of nature is a little distant from Seklin, it doesn't seem to be all about the relationship between superiors and subordinates, and Leo couldn't help but ask curiously, "Your Majesty, your relationship with Seklin seems to be more like a friend?"

"Of course, what else is that?"

"I thought it would be a pure superior-subordinate relationship like the Church of Light. ”

That is the long-standing ill of the kingdom of faith, and the gods in the realm of freedom do not have such arrogant ideas, and we and believers can be regarded as friends as each other's guides. The goddess of nature waved her hand and transformed a pot and several cups with divine power.

Seklin took a cup with a beaming face and drank it all, "We have more gratitude for the goddess of nature than faith in helping us in difficult times. ”

Leo nodded, sniffing the contents of the cup, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"Your Majesty, I thought that tea was the more tasteful thing for your priesthood. ”

The goddess of nature smiled and drank a glass of wine and said, "The preferences of the gods are not entirely determined by themselves, and the things that the believers love often affect the character of the gods. ”

That's an interesting way to put it.

Leo thought for a moment and drank a glass of wine as well.

"What's next for your team?" said the goddess of nature, pouring wine for Leo again.

Leo subconsciously spun his wine glass in his hand, recalling that a few months ago in the Divine Kingdom of the Goddess of Wisdom, they had also communicated with a god in this way.

"Isenas will leave this question to Isenas, who arranged the itinerary of our team. ”

Under Leo's recommendation, Isenas did not resist and took over the topic.

"If nothing else, our next goal is to head to the Pillars of the World and explore the legends of the Three Dragons of Sky Splitting. But we should still be staying around this winter. ”

"Why is that in Istanbul?" the goddess of nature was a little surprised, now that she had finally escaped from Brandwisson's tracking, she should take advantage of this gap to escape.

"Brandwisson and the two legends were inconvenient, but their men were intact. Isenus spoke his judgment without haste. "If I'm a member of the Church of Light, the best way to deal with it is to increase our defense while we are still in a controlled area, this is the best time to find us. ”

"And the characteristics of our team are too obvious, the composition of the personnel is too special, it is better to seize their blind spots and hide here, in terms of the characteristics of Istanbul, we don't have to worry about their search of the blockade area. ”

The goddess of nature nodded slightly, such a move is reasonable, it preserves the strength of the team to the greatest extent, and it is worthy of being a person who can make a team trust.

"In that case, both Secklin and I are very welcome. ”

"Thank you very much. ”

The goddess of nature turned her head to Leo again and asked, "Leo, as a thank you for awakening me, you can make a reasonable request of me. ”

"Now?" said Leo, hesitantly.

"Right now. The goddess of nature affirmed: "This time to repel two legends, my consumption is also very large, and I will soon fall into a short sleep again, if I don't ask now, it will be a few months later." ”

"That's it. Leo thought for a moment and said, "It's not my fault alone for waking you up, my companions are equally shared, and it is not reasonable to thank me alone. ”

The goddess of nature raised an eyebrow: "So?"

"I wonder if Your Majesty can tell us some of the secrets behind the gods, as far as we know, the god of light seems to have an affair with the dark forces, and if we can get more information from you———— such as the god war a hundred years ago———— I think it will be very beneficial for our future adventures. ”

The goddess of nature was surprised by this, and she had expected Leo to make some excessive demands.

She shook her head and said, "It's not a thank-you gift, it's just some things from the past, and I don't know all the reasons for it. ”

After thinking about it again, the goddess of nature said, "This news is a gift, if you need anything, let's talk about it after I wake up." ”

After speaking, the goddess of nature opened the light curtain of divine power and carefully told everyone the reason for the divine war more than a hundred years ago.

"The first thing to make clear is the source of the power of the gods. ”

The goddess of nature outlined three figures on the light curtain, one of which was the goddess of nature, and the other two, which Leo had also seen in the church of the Golden City, were the idols of the god of harvest and commerce.

"The gods explain the rules to mortals and guide their every move, and the mortals who identify with this god are the believers of this god, and the believers will provide additional power to the gods. I relied on obeying and taking advantage of the laws of nature, the god of the harvest taught the way to make the grain flourish and the animals flourished, and the god of commerce, who taught people how to create more wealth out of wealth. ”

As he spoke, three groups of people appeared under the three gods in the light curtain, bowing to the three gods, and there were wisps of faith above their heads floating towards their respective gods.

"According to the logic of the rules, the rules mastered by the God of Harvest are actually a subdivision of my rules, so vaguely, the God of Harvest has become my subordinate god. ”

With a flick of the goddess of nature's finger, a small part of the power of faith contributed by the believers below the god of harvest immediately floated to the goddess of nature.

Although the god of commerce is a god who evolved on the basis of the god of harvest, it does not mean that he is the god of the harvest, on the contrary, the god of commerce promotes the development of the god of harvest, so the two of them are complementary gods. This means that some of the power of faith in the god of commerce will also be assigned to me. ”

On the curtain of light, the believers of the god of harvest and the god of commerce are united and share the power of these beliefs. At the same time, the positions of the three gods who were originally equal have also changed, and the goddess of nature has a vague tendency to surpass the other two gods.

Leo was a little stunned and said: "No wonder you will go to war, no matter who you are, you will not let such a thing happen that you are inexplicably classified as someone else's vassal, and you will be forced to pay a tax." But judging by the rules, it seems that you should have an absolute advantage over both of them, so how can you fall asleep?"

"It has to do with the indifferent dragon you've seen, Euzhegalus. ”

As the goddess of nature once again wiped her hand across the curtain of light, Euzhe Gallus appeared among the goddess of nature's followers, spitting frost dragon breath from his mouth, freezing large swaths of the devotees into ice sculptures.

"As I said before, the power of the gods comes more from believers. The dragon froze the vast expanse of the ocean in an incomprehensible way, and most of my followers lived near the ice crystal deep sea, which devastated my followers and caused my strength to slip to the bottom. If you look now, you should still be able to see the city of my believers. ”

The goddess of nature sighed a little sentimentally, and then said: "Although I tried my best to seal Ozhegarus in the ice crystal deep sea, this also made me unable to deal with the attack of the god of harvest and the god of commerce. ”

The ink painting representing the ice dragon sinks to the bottom of the sea, and the goddess of nature, divided into a divine body and a godhead, falls at the two corners of the light curtain.

"As you can see, I relied on this dwarf of Istangar to keep the priesthood from being usurped, and it wasn't until you defeated Euzhegalus that I had a chance to recover. ”

While thinking about the rules of the divine war and the changes in the situation behind this story, Leo asked, "Then do you think there is the intervention of the God of Light behind this matter? As far as we know, these two gods also belong to the God of Light. ”

The goddess of nature stared at the light curtain in the sky and said, "There is a great possibility. ”

"With the power of the gods of harvest and commerce, they are powerless to touch living beings outside this world, because even I can't do it. And judging from this kind of coincidence, behind the indifference dragon Ozhegalus's arrival through the void, there must be traces of the intervention of the God of Light. He seems to have been secretly involved in the darkness ever since the God-King's disappearance, but none of us have been able to find any evidence. ”

Ent, who had been listening, suddenly spoke, "According to a friend of mine, he mastered the power of darkness with the help of the God of Light, and the wizards in our team discovered that the blood of dragons can nourish and transform dark creatures. ”

"It's Brandwisson, isn't it?" said the goddess of nature, "I've heard of his name even in my sleep, and he's the most promising person to become a legend in recent years." Is he also tainted with dark powers?"

"Exactly. ”

"Then you have to act quickly, you still have a chance to save the God of Light from the mire before he completely surrenders to the darkness. ”