Green Monster Epic

Chapter 369: Repercussions

On the edge of the Tagan Desert in the north, a not-so-large team was moving slowly forward.

Leading the way was an ugly troll, slightly hunched over, his withered face made even more aged and decrepit by the dust and wind.

Hommel, a holy warrior walking the path of the Servant of God, had originally set foot in the legendary realm, but because of the fall of the god he served, he had fallen from the legendary rank, so he now looked particularly old and decayed.

Fortunately, however, the fall from the legendary rank was much better than the fall from the middle and high-level professions. At least, the breakthrough of the legendary powerhouse's physical body and spirit was not simply obtained by relying on the so-called divine grace. Behind it was the legendary powerhouse's understanding of self and the tempering of the body.

Although he was affected in the first time, and his spirit and will were severely damaged, Hommel was confident that it would not take long before he could regain his lost strength.

Of course, what hurt and saddened him the most at this time was the fall of his father, the god Sylvanus, whom he had faithfully worshiped for most of his life. Even now, his mood could not be completely calmed down.

As soon as the Father God fell, the elven garrison of Thornsburg surrounded the inner city's Temple of Nature, using a tough attitude to drive away the Thornsburg Temple Church, which was the weakest now, having sent a large number of people and supplies to support the southern war.

Although these elves did not use military force until the end, their attitude and methods at that time were still firmly remembered by Hommel.

"Sooner or later, I will make the elves pay the price for everything they have done!"

The elves' change of face was too fast, so that Hommel, the only person in charge of the Oak Temple in Thornsburg after Besilmer left, did not have much opportunity to react.

Especially after he fell from the legendary rank to the peak of the high rank, he had to be humiliatingly driven out of Thornsburg by the elves because he did not have the support of strong strength.

Along with Hommel, the Ranger Goddess, the Goddess of Peace, and other gods of the Temple of Nature were also driven out of Thornsburg. Although doing so aroused protests from a large number of elven believers in Thornsburg, after all, the elven pantheon was the choice of the vast majority of people in the kingdom, and these small number of elven believers could not make any waves.

What worried Hommel even more was that the elven kingdom suddenly expelled the preachers of the Temple of Nature in their kingdom, so what actions would the elven kingdom take next had to be pondered!

After being expelled from Thornsburg this time, Hommel did not go south along the safe trade route in the wilderness with other allies of the natural gods, but directly crossed the wilderness, leading a team of temple elites, to establish a stronghold in the nearest Oak believer tribe to monitor the movements of the elves in the north.

The kobolds of the Thunder Tribe were mixed with fish and dragons. At this time, the Oak Church, which had suffered a great loss of strength, wanted to set a point here, even if it had the heart, it did not have the strength. It was better to hand this important place over to the preachers of the Ranger Goddess and the Earth Mother.

And the tribe that the Oak Church was most confident in persuading now, after counting, was only the newly emerging Green Field Tribe, which was the most suitable for the Oak Church to set up a stronghold.

Even if the Father of the Oak Tree had already fallen, and the church could not even protect itself, the loyal believers who were immersed in their bones and inherited the will of Sylvanus still did not forget their mission to dedicate their lives to the balance of nature. At least, the Pope who was in charge of the Oak Church at this time made such a choice.

"After crossing this desert, we will reach the territory of the Green Field Plain. There was also a kobold tribe on the edge of the desert before, but it has now been wiped out by the goblins of the Green Field Tribe."

The person walking in front, leading the way for Hommel, was also a familiar face to Alan, the High Priest Clay of the Oak Temple in Thornsburg. Although he was born as an elf, Clay, who was loyal to the new foster path, still followed the church south.

Clay was no stranger to Alan's Green Field Plain. He had been to the Green Field Plain several times when he went out to travel and train, so he was still very qualified as a guide.

The team was not large, only 20 or so people, but this was the most elite group left by the Oak Temple in Thornsburg. Not only Hommel himself suffered a sharp decline in strength, but in fact, many people in the team suffered such a blow. Fortunately, Clay himself had a good elven spellcasting talent, and the long elven lifespan allowed him more time to hone his strength and divine spells. Instead, he was the least injured priest in the team.

"Eh..."

In the sky to the south, two figures quickly flew towards them, imprinted in the eyes of Hommel, Clay, and the others.

"Be careful, prepare for battle!!!"

Although they were in the wilderness, the situation at this time was strange, and no one could relax in the slightest. After Hommel and the others discovered the two flying figures, they immediately began to call the surrounding team members to prepare for battle, although they knew very well that if the two flying figures really launched an attack on them, they would probably be in more danger than good.

Oscar came to meet his party, which was something that had been said before, but Hommel and the others did not expect that there would be another legend following Oscar to meet them.

Mansa City needed a temple powerhouse to sit in town even more, especially after several early-stage legends in the temple had fallen in rank, making the Oak Church's legendary powerhouses somewhat scarce. Moreover, it was foreseeable that there would be fewer and fewer legendary powerhouses in the Oak Church in the future. At this time, the church could not send two legends for a mere team of twenty or so people.

"Hommel, it's me!!"

From a distance, Oscar's voice came, and then his and Alan's figures slowly landed, which relieved Hommel and the others.

"Alan, have you broken through to legend????"

Before anyone else could speak, Priest Clay, who was closer to Alan, asked in surprise, looking at Alan with a few traces of envy.

"Yes, I have."

Alan smiled reservedly, then bowed to Hommel to say hello.

In Green Lake Village, Alan heard about the Thornsburg Oak Temple's experience, and he felt a little sympathy for the Oak Temple.

"Congratulations!!"

After receiving Alan's affirmative answer, the envious expression in Clay's eyes could not be concealed.

Thinking back 20 years ago, when Alan, the bear goblin, came to the Oak Temple to seek spiritual sustenance, the first person he came into contact with was Clay himself.

At that time, Alan was just a young man who had just become a middle-level warrior, while Clay had already entered the middle level for many years; now, 20 years have passed, and the young goblin of that year has transformed into a member of the powerhouses of the Feyman world, while he is still only a high level, and the gap between them is too great.

On the other side, Hommel exchanged glances with Oscar. After receiving a steady and powerful response from the other party, he looked back with satisfaction and greeted Alan warmly.

"I didn't expect that the ignorant young boy of that year has now surpassed me and is walking in front of me!!"

Hommel smiled heartily, which was rare, adding a few colors to his haggard face. A month ago, he might have been able to act as an elder in front of Alan, but now, as he fell from legend, he has become a weaker existence than Alan. In a short period of time, he really can't raise his status in front of Alan. After all, what the wilderness tribes value most is not other people's status, but their strength.

"Without the cultivation and help of you adults, I would not have the achievements I have now, would I?"

Alan smiled modestly, turned around and walked in front of the team, taking the initiative to act as a guide.

Alan had already heard from Oscar about the reason why Hommel and others came. Before, he thought that Oscar was just saying that he would build a church in the village, but he would just send a few priests to preach in the village. But later, Oscar told him about the Thornsburg incident, as well as some future arrangements for the temple, and Alan realized that the scale of the church he was talking about was much larger than he had imagined.

The Oak Temple's setting up a church in Green Lake is not only to stabilize the gradually growing tribe of Green Field and attract them to continue to believe in the Father of the Oak Tree, but also has the important task of monitoring the movements of the elven kingdom in the north. This will inevitably leave elite temple members in the village, and it is likely that Hommel and others present are the main members.

In this case, it will have a great impact on Green Lake Village, that is, after the prestige of theocracy gradually penetrates into the hearts of the people, will it shake Alan, the patriarch, in the village, and make the village gradually become a vassal of the church??

This is a very realistic question, and the reason why Alan can immediately think of these things is thanks to his often asking Philip to understand the operation of civilized society. In the human kingdoms, the contest between kingship and theocracy is no longer a secret. Even Philip, as a small knight noble in the human kingdom before, would be involved in the choice of these two major powers.

Of course, this matter will not have much impact in the short term. Alan believes that as long as he is alert, he will definitely have a way to curb it in the future. After all, the village was built by himself.

Moreover, the Oak Church's intervention in the village may not be a good thing. With the church members settling in the village, the safety of the tribe will be guaranteed, and Alan can be freed from having to stay in the village all the time.

As a new legend, Alan still has a long way to go. Now there is a very big problem in front of him, that is, where to learn the legendary expertise. A legend without legendary expertise can only be regarded as a pseudo-legendary powerhouse, and in actual combat, he can only bully those warriors below the legend, but he is often clumsy in the face of a real legend.

This was Alan's biggest feeling when he attacked the legend who attacked the village before.

Clearly, he had inflicted a significant blow to his opponent at the start. However, as the fight dragged on, his attacks seemed increasingly feeble. Had the opponent not been continuously wounded and losing blood, Allen might have been the one to fall in a prolonged battle.

Perfect Physique, Devastating Strike, Super Berserk, Tearing Blow – Allen could sense the immense power of these legendary specializations just from the descriptions of Richard, Master Oscar, and others. Yet, he struggled to find a way to acquire them. Now, almost two years after advancing to Legend, Allen had only honed a few ordinary specializations from the Berserker's inheritance. His strength hadn't necessarily improved much.

Therefore, to secure his place among the legendary powerhouses, Allen needed to seek out and purchase inheritances of legendary specializations. This was also why many small and medium-sized tribes couldn't retain legendary talents.

The inheritance of a legendary specialization was worth more than double the value of an ordinary advanced inheritance crystal, and the channels for obtaining them were very limited. It was the most effective means for the Churches of the Gods to win over legendary talents, so naturally, they wouldn't easily allow them to circulate on the market.

Fortunately, due to the successive waves of demons and devils invading, the Temple of Nature and the Mansha Alliance had to use generous incentives to attract legendary powerhouses to serve them. However, the number of legendary-level specialization crystals that had circulated in recent years definitely didn't exceed fifty, and every task related to legendary specializations was extremely difficult. Even if some individuals or forces managed to complete them by chance, the 113 members of the Alliance would mostly benefit.

For Allen, having led his tribe away for several years and ultimately finding that the contribution points and merits he had earned weren't even enough to exchange for a single legendary-level specialization crystal, was enough to demonstrate the scarcity of these crystals.

Now that the Oak Church was declining, in order to stabilize the legendary figures within the church and attract other powerhouses to join, they would inevitably use their accumulated resources over the years. Among these, legendary crystals were the most tempting.

And with Allen's tribe now being valued by the church, coupled with his own strength as a newly advanced Legend, if they didn't take the opportunity to win Allen over, he would think these leaders were fools.

This was the most reliable channel Allen could think of to obtain legendary crystals.

At the same time, the Oak Church establishing a church in the village and stationing personnel there also provided a layer of security for the Greenwood Tribe. As long as there were people from the church in the village, the forces behind the legendary figure who had attacked the village before would need to carefully consider the cost of continuing to target the Greenwood Tribe.

Even if the deity served by the Oak Church was now dormant and many of the clergy had been killed, injured, or demoted, putting the church in its weakest state, a starving camel was still bigger than a horse. As the core deity of the former Nature Pantheon, even if the Father of the Oak had fallen, his allies and two daughters were still his staunch supporters. Who in the wilderness would dare to risk such a great danger to antagonize the Oak Church!

With this Oak Church in the village, Allen could also let go and venture out to explore and travel, slowly collecting legendary inheritances, instead of idly wasting time in the village as he was now.

Various thoughts ran through Allen's mind. The arrival of the Oak Temple had both advantages and disadvantages for the village and him, but from the current and long-term perspective, Allen felt that this was a matter where the advantages outweighed the disadvantages, and could even be said to be a win-win situation.

After figuring this out, Allen didn't hesitate too much. He quickly stepped up his efforts to settle the newly arrived Hommel and his group.

Anyway, there were still quite a few stubborn goblin slaves in the village who hadn't been co-opted. He could take this opportunity of building a church for Hommel and his group to beat them down a bit more.

At the same time, Allen also took this opportunity to send some clever young people from the village, aged 13-14, to Hommel and his group to serve them, allowing them to learn various knowledge from these priests that they wouldn't normally have access to.

The location of the church wasn't established on the top of the village hill as high as Allen's stone castle, but was instead located in the gradually developing residential area outside the village.

The residential area outside the village was originally intended to accommodate gluttonous guests who traveled thousands of miles to Greenwood Village in search of delicacies, as well as passing merchants. After years of operation, two larger inns had emerged in this settlement, next to a tavern and a blacksmith shop, and most of all, three or four restaurants, all of which were village-owned.

However, due to the recent major changes in the Feynman World, tourists and merchants had gradually become scarce, and several restaurants and inns were operating in a barely surviving state. This created a vacant space for Hommel and his group to build a church.

The reason he didn't build the church on the most conspicuous hilltop in the village was that Allen had some small thoughts of his own. He was indirectly reminding Oscar and the others that he, Allen, was still the leader of the tribe, not these outsiders.

"The physique of our wilderness races is actually not bad, it's just that they have a lot of problems, and they are naturally accustomed to being lazy!!"

The church was established quickly. The village hadn't spent less time on construction over the years. From building Greenwood Village from scratch, to the subsequent reconstruction after several destructions in the village, each time was a great opportunity to learn civil engineering.

Looking at the goblin and hobgoblin slaves, stripped to the waist, working hard under the scorching sun, their bodies covered in sweat, Hommel's eyes glazed over.

The general outline of the church had been completed. Now, all that was left was the capping process, then installing the window sills, door frames, and various furniture, and it would be almost ready to move in. It didn't take much time to complete this building, only a little over two months. Allen contributed the cheapest free labor in the wilderness, and the ubiquitous raw stones, in exchange for more scientific and reasonable architectural knowledge.

Moreover, to ensure that the interior of the not-so-small church wouldn't be too dim, Clay also led the goblin teenagers arranged for them by Allen to collect white stone sand by the river and build several kilns to start refining glass. This added another craft to the village, proving that Allen was very prescient.

"By the way, your village seems to have trade with Thorn Fort, right?"

Hommel seemed to suddenly think of something and turned to ask Allen.

Allen was feeling complacent about the village having another craft and was thinking about what he could do with it when Hommel's words brought him back to reality. Hearing what the other party asked, the little joy he had felt suddenly dimmed.

"Yes, I've been worried about the situation at Thorn Fort recently, so when you came, I sent someone to Thorn Fort to see what was going on."

The sudden change in the Thorn Fort elves was certainly not a temporary idea. Otherwise, the elven kingdom's garrison wouldn't have expelled the forces of the Nature Pantheon from the kingdom so soon after the Father of the Oak had fallen.

In recent days, Allen had also often communicated with Oscar and Hommel. They valued Allen and were willing to analyze many relatively non-secret matters for Allen, so that he understood that behind the fall of the Father of the Oak, there were countless black hands working together. The final result would inevitably be the turmoil of the Feynman World and the crisis of the wilderness.

If the elven kingdom really wanted to attack the wilderness or the dwarves next door, then their next actions would definitely be even greater, and there was no need to say more about blockading trade.

Thorn Fort had always been very important to the Greenwood Tribe, because it was the tribe's most important source of income and a place to collect living materials. Living materials were fine, the people of the Greenwood Tribe were used to hardship after all. They had lived like this before when they didn't have much contact with foreign races. It wouldn't be difficult to persevere for some time and re-establish a collection site.

However, in terms of economic income, the village had just sent a team led by Roberta south to establish their 'Allen' noodle restaurant business in Mansha City. They probably wouldn't have many skills in the short term, and instead would consume a lot of the funds they had brought with them to make initial investments.

And if Thorn Fort cut off trade, then the village's economic income would probably be cut off for a long time.

Thinking about how hard it was to establish a relationship with the illegal slave-catching team, if there weren't enough funds to pay them, then the village's population growth would probably be beaten back to its original state.

Half a year ago, Arrigon's slave-catching group sent another batch of slaves, but this batch of slaves was even larger, with more than 400 goblins and hobgoblins, which greatly increased the number of combat bloodlines in the village. But Allen also paid a full price of more than 2,600 gold coins for this, and after deducting what he had earned and brought back from Thorn Fort, Allen also used some of the money he had accumulated before.

According to the oral agreement between the two parties, the time for the next transaction was not far away.

If this change in Thorn Fort really affected the village's business, then after the next transaction, Allen would have to temporarily abandon his cooperation with Arrigon.

"I think it's better to prepare early. I guess your business won't be possible for the time being,"

Hommel said to Allen with clear eyes, offering a suggestion.

"Sigh!!"

Allen sighed dejectedly. It was really too difficult to manage a tribe.

Whoosh!!

A huge eagle swept across the sky, casting a long shadow in the air. Allen and Hommel almost raised their heads one after another, squinting their eyes and looking up.

"It's me!!"

A familiar human voice came from the eagle's mouth, and then the eagle emitted a hazy light, transforming into Oscar's figure and slowly landing.

"The Mansha City Council has issued a call to arms. Allen, you probably have to make a trip to Mansha City now!!!!"

Oscar said solemnly to Allen, covered in dust and with a solemn expression.