Chapter 37: Venture Capital in Anika
"Isn't that strange?" Apparently unhappy with Shul's surprise, Lord Anika squinted at a sluggish Shul and snorted coldly, "Previous experience has proven that even we can't explore it endlessly with our will, and we can only touch the small area closest to Parvadiga, and such contact is meaningless now. So as I said at the meeting before, I can't understand the Great Rift without entering with an entity, and I can't recover half of my body, but if the entity enters, I can't afford to bear the loss caused by tearing my body again, and to be honest, even if I can bear it, my strength has weakened to this point, and I don't dare to do it. So I'm in a state of ignorance of the depths of the rift, just like you, how can I have any plans?"
"Well, that's right. Shuer scratched his head and said distressedly, "However, this task was proposed by you, and you didn't have any prior preparations?"
"Of course not. Anika said justifiably, "Otherwise, why do you want to give you the task to do, if I have a plan, just let my believers do it directly, although I am weak, but in this generation of believers, there are at least half of the mortals of this strength, can't he go in?"
"That's right. Although his mouth was perfunctory, Shuer's expression became more and more strange, and finally he couldn't hold back, and asked tentatively, "Lord Anika, you entrusted me with this task in the first place, and it wasn't just ...... On a whim. β
There was an awkward silence, and Shul realized that he might have said something unforgivable, so that the atmosphere in the central hall became more and more oppressive and terrifying.
"Ahem, that, I see. "Sure enough, the truth can't be said casually, Shuer has now fully understood Luna's reminder, even if this guy has become a god and has become a symbol of the concept of the forest, but the nature of the forest spirit has not changed at all, no wonder Lord Luna will say that Anika is not credible, and even this kind of thing can be thrown to others on a whim and unprepared, what credibility is there, and he asked her about the plan, probably because he met too many forest spirits at the door just now, and his intelligence was a little affected.
"I'll admit that I wanted to give you the task on a whim at that time, and I didn't have any preparation beforehand. But my whims are not something that just anyone is qualified to bear. I saw the game you laid out for the Luna Church, at least the first few steps, and thought that your mind and resilience might help me get back half of my body, so I suddenly had this thought. Shure was making a frantic self-tease in his heart, but Anika suddenly returned to seriousness and explained seriously, "So I gave you the task in advance, and then gave you enough time to grow and get ready. It's just a few halls of worship, and it's not worth my attention at all, even if I really let Luna take a little bit of faith from me, it's not a big deal, it's just an investment in you in advance, and whether or not I really tell you the secret, whether it's really up to you to get half of my body back for me, it depends on whether the results of your growth satisfy me. β
"Reasonable. Xiu'er also put away his smile, sure enough, it was the oldest forest spirit, and the habit of sometimes pretending to be stupid and sometimes being serious was in the same line. Moreover, selective multi-point investment, as long as there is a little can be harvested, it is enough to recover the cost, should it be said that it is worthy of the gods who have spent a long time.
"For more than a thousand years, I have changed even the apostles, but I have never let them venture into the Great Rift to get me back, because I know them and know that they cannot do it with their abilities. Seeing that Shuer became serious, Anika nodded with satisfaction, "For the same reason, I didn't let you go to the mission right away, because you couldn't complete it at that time, and letting you go is sending you to death." Although you are not my believer, I am not down enough to let mortals die for me. β
"Praise the Holy Spirit. Shuer bowed slightly, the words of praise were emotional, he could hear that what Anika said was the truth, the gods may not care about the life of a mortal individual, some gods are even happy to play with mortals, but they also have their own bottom line, especially for a proud god like Anika, it is necessary for mortals to die for her to continue to exist, so it is better to risk entering the big rift and get half of her body back.
"Actually, until this meeting, I didn't plan to let you carry out the mission so early, although your previous performance made me more and more confident in you, but the more sufficient, the less I want you to take risks easily without being sure. Anika patted Moria's head with her hand, causing the fawn to smirk, "Even after the meeting, I was hesitant, you have a lot of influence on the Darkmoon Church, if something really goes wrong, it will be a big blow to Luna's church, I don't want to owe such a favor, I can't afford it." So I hesitated, but the kid said to me, you're ready. β
"Huh?" Shul glared at Moria, "you guy. β
"Yo-yo?" Moria, tilting her head innocently, blinked, and said, "What do you say again, I don't understand, I'm just a deer." β
"Heh, she said that you have actually been studying how to complete my commission, not missing any opportunity to increase the success rate, and now you are finally ready, it is the best time, I know your relationship, and I believe that she understands you, since she said so, then of course I will not doubt it. Finding that Shure and Moria were still having fun with you staring at me and me staring at you, Anika said angrily, "Do you think I don't know what you mean by letting her not hide it from me?
"Ahem, ahem. Shuer looked at him and said with a dry smile, "Praise the Lord of the Forest, your wise gaze ......"
"Okay, I said, don't talk nonsense anymore. Anika mercilessly interrupted Shure's flattery, "I have entrusted you with this task of my existence, with the help of your mind and your courage, as well as the foundation you have laid step by step before, which my followers and even the vast majority of Parvatiga do not have. β
"Thank you for the compliment. Shuer stroked his chest and saluted, not polite at all.
"So, since I have to use your mind and foundation, then I don't need to have any advance plans at all, the plan should be made by you, otherwise why pull you in, can't I arrange someone to implement it myself?"
Absolutely reasonable reasons, Shul found himself completely unable to refute, even if he knew that part of the other party's explanation was added after the fact, but at least the reasons were impeccable.
"So, that's what I should ask you. Anika looked at Shure with a smirk, "Luna's priest, do you have any plans for how to retrieve half of my body?"
"Ahem, ahem. "Are you kidding, Lord Spirit, I see, you must be taking revenge on me for revealing that you were a whim. Under Anika's playful gaze, Shul resisted the urge to roll his eyes, sighed deeply, and said weakly, "Yes." β
"Huh?" This time it was the turn of the great forest to be speechless, in her thoughts, Shuer, who had just learned the inside story, could only improvise after entering. If you really can't do it, you can quit first after understanding the general situation, and then re-enter after studying the countermeasures.
She has actually made up her mind, this time she will only do supportive work, and all decisions will be left to Shuer, this is not to shirk responsibility, the gods do not need to shirk any responsibility for mortals in the first place, but to leave professional issues to professionals to decide, Luna can trust this priest, can rest assured that everything in the church will be entrusted to him, and he can also lead the church to revival in a desperate situation, then he believes in him, there should be no problem, if there is a real problem, then he can only blame himself for seeing the wrong person, or blame the joke of fateγ
Therefore, Anika asked about the plan, in fact, it was really just a small revenge, after all, it was the oldest forest spirit, if she didn't do some pranks and tricks on people, she was sorry for her race, she didn't think that Xiuer could have any normal plans from the beginning, she just wanted to see Xiu'er's embarrassed appearance and asked like this.
However, now the embarrassed party has become herself, even if she is a god, she didn't react for a while, just looked at Xiuer blankly, and only blinked after a few seconds, pretending to be calm and said: "Ahem, since you have a plan, let's talk about it, I will give you this task, and I won't interfere easily, but communicate in advance, and I know how to cooperate, well, that's it." β
I have a plan, but I haven't thought about it yet, Shure wants to answer like this, but this Lord Luna, who is not serving herself, is still on the verge of no longer divine punishment. Shuer rubbed his face, trying to make his expression normal, and at the same time, he silently sorted out the main points of the plan in his heart, and made sure that everything was okay, before he spoke slowly.
"First of all, I want to make sure of one thing, according to your original plan, is to focus on Moria, just like our lord is now, and then use us as a carrier, remotely carry a part of your power, protect us into the rift, find your half, right. β
"Yes, so that you will have the greatest autonomy to act according to your ideas. Anika was intrigued, "What, you think there's a problem?"
"Well, I'd like to change it a little bit. Shul said with a smile, "Can you pour more will?" β
"Huh?" Anika asked, "to what extent?"
"When you need to, you can borrow her body for a short time to deal with it, even if you can't control her body coming directly, at least use it to explore the outside world through Moria. β