Chapter Twenty-Eight: Take a Step Back
"So, you want me to help you pass the word to my lord?" Taking a sip of the steaming bluebell tea, Angela squinted her eyes comfortably like a kitten basking in the sun, savoring the fragrance of the tea leaves, until the aroma gradually faded, then she opened her eyes and said, "You really want to not only trap me, but even my lord has calculated it." ”
This is the reception room of the Darkmoon Temple, well, the newly built reception room.
The brick and stone temple building, although indeed magnificent, has no mortal atmosphere, and looks cold and ruthless. However, this is only the appearance, and the interior of the building is a different story.
The thick curtains blocked the heat of the setting sun, and the constant temperature array spit out a cold breath, driving away the heat of late summer, and the light of the crystal energy lamp sprinkled all over the room, and the soft yellow light added a bit of warmth to the cold stone room.
The space in the reception room is not large, which is intentional, and the small but not crowded room can bring the host and guest closer together.
There is not much decoration on the walls, except for the expected Darkmoon emblem, only a few landscape paintings hang on the walls, not by the work of famous artists, but the carefully painted scenery is beautiful and realistic, and the color palette of the room is strangely harmonized. The floor of the reception room is covered with a thick wool carpet that barely reaches the surface of your feet, and the carpet is soft and warm, and when you step on it, you can't help but want to try rolling on it.
On the carpet, a group of expensive sofas are placed around the heavy wooden coffee table, and in the incense burner in the corner of the coffee table, the mist exudes an elegant aroma, the aroma seems to have a special magic, and the smell will make people feel calm after a long time. In the middle of the coffee table, a pot of bluebell tea, a plate of baked cookies, the cookies are baked just right, each golden in color, exuding an attractive taste.
Take a bite of a delicious cookie with a fluffy and crispy texture, the sweetness of cream and honey melts as you chew and quickly spreads to every corner of your mouth, conquering the discerning taste buds and at the same time enough to conquer the discerning heart.
Admittedly, this cosy reception room may seem modest, but it's worth a lot. Although there was no ornamentation, because Shul's taste did not allow him to do so, and he did not display any extravagant works of art, the knick-knacks that seemed to be everywhere were in fact carefully selected, and each one was quite valuable. And even if there are no expensive furnishings, just counting the carpet under your feet, ordinary people may not be able to afford it if they have accumulated it for more than ten years or even decades, not to mention that there is a thermostatic array that specially adjusts the temperature, you must know that this is not a magic tower, and the energy consumed by the thermostatic array is borne by spars.
Two years ago, of course, the Darkmoon Temple couldn't afford such expenses, and it would be good to be able to eat well, but now it's different, the income of 60,000 gold coins a year is enough for the small number of Darkmoon Church to pursue the quality of life.
In the past, the Temple of the Dark Moon was only a special case, in fact, this kind of extravagant enjoyment, which was different from the vast majority of ordinary people, was the real state of life of most of the priests of Pavatiga, a luxurious life, a luxurious enjoyment, just like Judy of the Earth Temple had said.
The source of these funds, of course, is the worship of the believers, and it is true that a few believers are dissatisfied with this, but the majority of the believers do not have any opinions, which is already the practice of Pavatiga. The greater the power, the greater the responsibility, this is the truth of Parvatiga, and there is actually another half behind this truth, the greater the responsibility, the greater the gain, so except for some special churches that focus on asceticism, the clergy of most of the churches in Parvatiga are very good at enjoying life.
For example, Angela.
The girl enjoyed a gram of bluebell tea with a few hundred gold coins in the most correct way to taste, and then reluctantly put down the teacup and said with a straight face: " I've already reported to my lord for you, and my lord said that this request is no problem, just open up an orderly space next to Lord Luna's territory in advance, even if your request is very urgent and sudden, it can be easily achieved with the power of my lord, and it is not difficult to choose a bunch of planets, although those orbits, balances, and other things are very annoying, but there are just annoying, but, why let a group of mages go up and mess around? And most crucially, you are asking that no mortals appear in my lord's territory for a period of time, which is a bit excessive. ”
It is indeed a bit excessive, according to Shuer's plan, after the gods have opened up their own territory, they should explore the Great Rift, find an endangered world similar to the Brown Star World, and absorb believers from it to settle in their own territory, replenish the divine power consumed to open up the territory, and also accumulate strength for continuing to expand their power.
And Shuer's request is equivalent to making Lord Diana one step behind the other main gods, and for the current situation in such drastic changes, sometimes one step behind is a world of difference, and it is likely to lead to a widening gap with other gods. Silvermoon-sama is more ...... has a personality, but by no means really stupid, she sees the current situation very clearly, Xiu'er's request, she only uses excessive evaluation, instead of shooting him directly to death, she is already a priest who takes care of her sister very much.
"Lord Diana's concerns are not wrong, they do have some effect on her, but they are necessary. This question is not convenient to explain now, don't stare at me like that, you are right, I mean that I can't explain it to you, you can't understand it, but Lord Diana can definitely understand that sometimes it is not a good thing to blindly move forward, and if you take two steps back, you can have a broader space. Heh, after all, no matter how much conflict there is, in the eyes of the gods, the silver moon and the dark moon are indistinguishable from each other. ”
"Can't you speak the lingua franca? Who understands this kind of inexplicable nonsense, I ......" Angela's words suddenly choked in her throat, and she was silent for a long time with a strange expression, before she said sullenly, "My lord said that she understands your concerns, but can you really guarantee that you can have a wider space?"
"Oh, praise the Holy Spirit, and praise the bright moon of wisdom. "I can't guarantee that it will take the efforts of the viewers, but I think there should be no problem, at least their ideas are conceptually feasible." ”
"What do you think, can't you make it clear what the mages are going to do?"
"No, it's still too early to be decided, so it's not the time to make it clear, but when the conditions over there are agreed, Lord Silvermoon can observe what they are going to do for themselves. Shul tapped his fingers lightly on his thigh, as if talking to himself, and said, "The price of taking this step back is to gain a headquarters and a birthplace, Lord Diana can judge for herself, whether such an exchange is worth it, hehe, I think it is still worth it." ”
"My lord said, 'She believes in you, and she makes a deal.'" Angela said angrily, "But my lord asked me to remind you that when you have negotiated, you have to report to her personally, hmph, you're finished, bastard!"