"Lord Count, you are such a good lord!"

Looking at the farmers full of energy and hope in the fields on both sides, Veria Roland couldn't help but sigh a little, in this war-torn continent, life is so different, she has traveled a lot, she has seen too many numb and lifeless people who have been crushed by strict taxes, compared to the smile on the face of the farmer in the county of Phoenix, it is so precious.

"Good lord? Maybe! ”

Dugufeng smiled faintly, and did not refuse Veria Roland's praise, but it was not how good she was. It's just that most of the lords of this world are doing very poorly, in the pastoral era before the Industrial Revolution, in fact, what people need most is that the lords and nobles on their heads are not tossing and not being greedy, as for cultivating wasteland, planting fruit trees, and raising livestock, they themselves will do a good job.

"It's a pity that a long section of the meandering river has been polluted!"

Hearing Dugufeng and Vilia Roland talking about the territory, Shi Ji also interjected: "Because the former god of murder died on the Barisper Bridge, the meandering river from the Barisper Bridge down to the place of death is polluted!" Otherwise, there wouldn't have been so many ditches to draw water from the valleys of the Supreme Wasteland and the Troll Mountain. ”

In the turbulent years when the gods came as saints, they brought their grievances in the kingdom of God to the mortal world, bringing countless disasters and battles to mortals. The former god of murder, Baal, was killed at the Bridge of Barispel next to the Supreme Wasteland, and his body containing his divine power merged into the meandering river, directly polluting the meandering river for a long part of the river, which is one of the reasons why this land has been desolate for so long.

"The struggle of the gods is also one of the sources of suffering in this world." The corners of Veria Roland's mouth curled slightly, and he chuckled mockingly: "Plagues, natural disasters, wars, and demons from the abyss and demons from hell, these sudden disasters have destroyed many powerful kingdoms and civilizations. ”

"Indeed!"

Regarding Vilia Roland's implicit mocking words to the gods, Dugufeng did not express his silence, but nodded his head in agreement.

Although it can't be seen on the surface, in fact, the source of most natural disasters and wars in this world can be found on the gods if you trace back to the source.

The gods were born by the Force and their beliefs, fighting each other for their own paths and beliefs, and this spread to mortals, creating a cycle of ups and downs throughout the world of Faeron that repeats the cycle of civilization flourishing, booming, declining, and perishing.

Although there are many powerful mortals and even magical empires who despise the gods, believing them to be nothing more than some powerful arcanists! There are even extreme views that the gods are inferior to the mages, and the gods are nothing more than slaves of faith, not as independent and free as the mages, and so on.

But in reality, in the entire Forgotten Realm, and indeed in the entire world of Toriel, the gods are far more powerful than mortals. The gods are powerful and powerful, but they are not professional warriors or mages, perhaps they descend to the main material world, and after being restricted to the level of professions, they can't beat the warrior mages of the same level.

But their abilities are not just reflected in battle, the gods born of the Force and faith naturally have the authority to control certain aspects of the world, and control the thoughts and beliefs of mortals. It has an incomparably huge influence on the world and on all mortal civilizations.

In some ways, the gods themselves even represent some kind of law of nature, and among them, even the weakest and faintest divine power, a single artifact that falls can form a permanent geographical change such as a supreme glacier in the main material realm.

And even if it is weakened to the extreme, the fall of the body of a saint who descends on a mortal can pollute a river. As for the creation of species, the creation of natural disasters, and the image of the geographical environment of the world, they are nothing more than the instinctive power of the gods.

The gods' direct intervention in the world is so powerful, not to mention that the gods have control over the faith, and their control over the believers allows them to influence the direction of human civilization in various direct and indirect ways.

For particularly powerful individuals, the gods may not be able to do anything for a while, but for a civilization as a whole, the gods have too many ways to easily exterminate a powerful civilization. Looking through the history of the entire country, it is simply a historical collection of the rise and fall of civilizations and races.

Dugu Feng had seen the map and history of the entire Faerun, but was surprised to find that this world was almost everywhere with the ruins of various ancient civilizations, and the entire Faren Continent was like a ruin built on a civilization cemetery. And almost every vestige of these civilizations represents a race and civilization that was once incomparably glorious. Looking at their history, almost without exception, they all fell suddenly at the peak of civilization.

They fell for a variety of reasons, some because of the plague, some because of natural disasters, some because of the great changes in the environment, some because of the sudden appearance of natural enemies, some because of war, and some more simply because of the demons and demons who attacked on the ground...... However, whatever the reason, there is a shadow of the gods in the backs of their eventual fall.

At its peak, the greatest magical empire of mankind, Netheriel, was defeated by the sudden appearance of the Demon Aoi of Felin, and most of the country was turned into a desert, becoming the Ekonor Desert that now runs through the Northlands.

The Imaska Empire, which was as powerful as the Netherel Empire, fell due to the slave rebellion, leaving only a barren desert behind.

There were two other magical empires some time later, and all the lands were reduced to ruins in the almost frantic war between the two sides. Even the former Continental Elven Empire in the Coleman Forest was defeated by a large number of demon, Drow, and orc alliances at the most glorious moment after centuries of golden age.

These are still civilizations that have been recorded in history, and there are even more civilizations that cannot be recorded in history. For example, the supreme wasteland that winds north of the river and is forever surrounded by countless mist is the relic of a once incomparably glorious civilization, and the fall of that civilization has directly caused the entire supreme wasteland to become a wilderness that is forever surrounded by clouds and mist.

You must know that before this, the Supreme Wasteland, the Misty Forest, the Troll Mountains, and the entire Baldur's Gate region were all connected to the Supreme Forest of the Northlands, and they were huge forests that covered half a continent like the Coleman Forest in the east.

From the era of the prosperity of the ancient elven empire to the present, the entire northern and western lands have experienced the rise and fall of civilizations for many generations, and I don't know how many masters have changed.

The current Westlands, the famous Supreme Wasteland, the Misty Forest, the Lizard Swamp, the Cherie Mother Bar Swamp and other dangerous realms are almost all the ruins of the former ancient kingdom.

"Plague, natural disaster, portal, it can really be described as the three divine skills of destroying the country and destroying the species!"

Dugu Feng smiled lightly, and directly pointed out the means of the gods to manipulate the history of the continent, the strong of the individual may be able to fight against the gods, but the civilization as a whole, and the ordinary civilians who are the so-called cornerstone of civilization, cannot fight against the majesty of the gods.

If a god wants to destroy a kingdom, he never needs to take action directly, as long as he creates a plague, creates a new species, causes a natural disaster, or even directly opens a portal to the lower realm, he can easily destroy a kingdom or civilization at its peak.

For tens of thousands of years, the civilization of the land of Faeron has actually developed to a bottleneck stage. Just like the earth of the demonless world, it is constantly experiencing the periodic rise and fall of dynasties and civilizations.

This is not a lack of productivity, it is not a lack of further germination, the most fundamental reason for this is the contradiction between gods and civilization.

The gods need faith, but they are afraid of the development of civilization, because the development of magical civilization, like scientific and technological civilization, will produce a kind of arrogant confidence that they can do everything and conquer because of the rapid expansion of power when they reach a certain stage of development.

At this stage, the contradiction between the gods and mortals will be infinitely magnified, and mortals will begin to despise the gods because of the power of civilization, trying to break free or even conquer the gods, and the gods will also be afraid because of the loss of control of mortals, and out of fear of the future, the gods will also desperately try to suppress mortals.

Such a huge contradiction makes the conflict between gods and mortals inevitable, and a complete war between gods and men is bound to break out. In fact, this war does not matter whether it is won or lost, it is a test for both sides.

After all, like the progress of scientific and technological civilization, the arrogant thinking that the magical civilization has advanced to a certain stage is only temporary after all. After the initial surge in power, the entire civilization will slowly calm down, reflect on and reshape the relationship between gods and men, and make a new contract between gods and men.

This is just like mortals cultivating immortals need to overcome the calamity of the demons, and the upgrading of civilizations and gods also has to overcome the calamity. And the omnipotent and arrogant thinking produced by the progress of civilization is the demon of civilization, and war with the gods is doomed.

In fact, if both the gods and mortals can exercise restraint and pass through the run-in period peacefully, both sides will make leaps and bounds, and mortals will become more comprehensive and powerful in civilization because they come into contact with the mysteries of the gods, and the gods will evolve from believing gods who rely on the power of the faith of all beings to humane gods who are with humanity because they are integrated with the civilization of the race.

Therefore, the conflict at this stage is both a catastrophe and an opportunity. It's just a pity that neither the high gods nor the mortal civilizations whose power has suddenly expanded can be restrained. Therefore, this catastrophe conflict is almost certainly a lose-lose outcome.

The gods have too many advantages over mortal civilization, and the height occupied by the gods allows them to see farther than most mortals, and the ability to predict the future allows them to occupy the first place in the layout. It's just that the future fragments in the early stage of civilization promotion make them extremely afraid of the ascension of mortal civilization, so as long as the mortal civilization develops to a certain extent and touches a warning line in the hearts of the gods, the gods' blows to the mortal civilization will follow one after another.

Or an unsolvable plague, or a devastating war with nuclear bombs, or a sudden appearance of a race of natural enemies, or a direct change in geography and climate, the land is directly unsuitable for survival, or even simply open the portal to the abyss of hell, so that the robbers from the outside world can burn and kill the ground.

This is almost the fate that all civilizations and empires in the world of Faeron will inevitably usher in after reaching a certain level.