V8.Chapter 111

Three goddesses appear in the demiplane.

However, unlike the friendly attitude of the spring water and the goddess of peace, the goddess of the river has a cold expression, while the goddess of sprouts has a little bit of hostility towards Sauron.

The goddess of sprouts, Sionria, is an amiable goddess who dances and plays in the forest and plays with the creatures of the forest when she has no time to tend to the forest's little ones. Her voice is deep and loud, and she likes to respond with intelligent responses in conversation, often with a hint of superficiality. She looks like a half-goat, but has more mysterious and unfathomable qualities than the latter. This goddess, a member of the natural pantheon, is said to be the incarnation of her forest spirit, the collective spirituality of the High Forest, who once served Merika along with the unicorn goddess, and later turned to the goddess of agriculture for some reason.

Judging from the incarnation, the sprout goddess is about 1.75 meters tall. The upper body is a beautiful woman wearing an emerald green robe, and the lower body is similar to the legs of a sheep, with a pair of small antelope horns on the forehead.

This goddess of weak divine power is in charge of the richness of the forest, as well as many areas related to the forest.

After being put under the command of the Goddess of Agriculture, she was actively acquiring the priesthood of fertility in agriculture. After a little thought, Sauron understood the reason why the other party was a little hostile to him, because Saruman's priesthood seemed to conflict with her. In the eyes of other gods, Saruman was clearly a being that Sauron was preparing to cultivate as a god.

"This is the Lord of Shadows - His Excellency Sauron!"

The goddess of agriculture stood up with a smile and said to the three goddesses in front of her; "From today, he is our most important ally."

As the main god of a pantheon, the goddess of agriculture has her own dominance. She seems to ease the current atmosphere, and other goddesses also understand this. So under the leadership of the goddess of spring water, the other three goddesses bowed to Sauron to show their respect. In terms of divine power level, the three of them together are not Sauron's opponents. Moreover, the agricultural god system has no fighting gods at all, and can maintain its current influence all the time, relying entirely on the golden thighs of the mother of the earth and the lord of glory. But the goddess of agriculture does not want to be under her parents all the time, she hopes that she can walk out of her own way as a true god.

"Since you are all here."

Sauron's expression was very calm, and he didn't care about the rejection and vigilance of several goddesses, because time would prove everything.

He said slowly: "As an ally. I have prepared some plans and gifts for you, which can help you improve your divine power. Now the material plane is becoming more and more turbulent, the four main gods of the elements have appeared, and the devils in hell are just around the corner. I miss you all. Everyone should be interested in hearing about my plan."

The three goddesses looked puzzled, but sat down nearby.

With a wave of the goddess of agriculture, the flowers and vines on the ground automatically form three elegant and comfortable rattan chairs.

"This is Windspear Hills."

With a wave of Sauron's hand, a spectrogram appeared in front of his eyes. The above is the real scene of the Windspear Hills. This is the result of the fallen witch's recent research, combined with the three-dimensional imaging completed by the high priest. The Arcane Tower flew in a circle over the Windspear Hills, scanning and recording the entire map.

Sauron pointed to the view of the land in front of him and said, "The Windspear Hills is a very fertile land."

"There are two rivers running through this piece of land. It can be seen from above that there are still many uncultivated areas in this piece of land. If all these in the south are operated, at least 500,000 people can be supported."

"Currently."

"There are more than 400,000 refugees on the south coast, some of which have been transferred to Modo Island, but there are still a large number of refugees near the Principality of Rosad and the City of Wealth. I plan to collect all of them and gather them, and then focus on the wind. The spear hills will reclaim the land together. The city of Modo will provide the necessary supplies and help for this.”

"Follow the oath I made, and I will also hold troops at the border."

"The turmoil brings destruction and destruction. I am ready to help these mortals rebuild their homes. And this matter also needs your help. I hope you can send priests to Windspear Hills to assist in this matter."

"in addition."

"Recently, Modo City will hold a grand harvest festival, which may reach about 200,000 people."

"If there is no problem, I hope to make this festival one of the important festivals in Modo City! In the future, a corresponding festival will be held every year for the harvest!"

Soren finished speaking.

And the several goddesses present couldn't help but light up when they heard the words. Sauron's plan was not very attractive, but the numbers he proposed were very attractive. Hundreds of thousands of refugees were resettled in one breath. In this desperate situation, as long as there was a little guidance from a priest, these people would become devout believers. Sauron asked them to send priests, apparently willing to give up a large part of these people as their followers. Different from Sauron's priesthood, the priesthood of these goddesses is closely related to ordinary people. Most of Sauron's priesthood is related to professionals, and such a huge number is enough to increase their followers by a large number.

The goddess of agriculture is more interested in harvest celebrations.

A celebration with a scale of 200,000 people is not common in the material plane, because the population is very limited. Don't look at the bustling and prosperous City of Harvest, but in fact the total population is only about 100,000. Ruined.

Too much population means that eating, drinking and lhasa will seriously pollute the environment of the city.

The harvest festival with a scale of 200,000 people is enough to provide the Goddess of Agriculture with a large portion of divine power. At the same time, if this celebration becomes a legal festival in Modo City, it means that Sauron officially allows the Goddess of Agriculture and her church to enter the power of Modo City. scope and become an officially and legally recognized church organization.

The interests involved are obviously very exciting.

"There is no problem with sending priests. But how do you ensure that the cultivated land will not be destroyed?" The Sprout Goddess said suddenly.

Sauron glanced at her and said slowly: "I will hold an army of about 50,000 people in the Windspear Hills, including part of the main force of Modo City and the militia who have received formal training."

"If there is a war."

"Army support can be dispatched from Viper Island and Port Tayro at any time. At first, the plan was to settle them down so that they could have land to farm to ensure that they could support themselves. It may take about ten years to complete it completely. ."

At that time, the catastrophe of the saints was already over.

Sauron thought so in his heart. The purpose of developing Windspear Hills is to hoard enough people. It doesn't need to be as good as Modo City's planning. It only needs to ensure that the population here is continuous and no one will starve to death. Sauron's purpose is to first pull the goddess of agriculture onto his pirate ship, and when the catastrophe of the saint is over, he will naturally do whatever he wants.

"Can."

The goddess of agriculture spoke at this time, smiled and nodded to Sauron: "I can send a group of priests at any time. I also believe that you have the ability to protect farming. But I also have a request."

Sauron raised his head and said, "What request?"

The goddess of agriculture drew a circle on the map, which was about 3,000 square kilometers, including the fertile land upstream of the river, and a large area of ​​dense forest, and said seriously: "All these lands belong to our church."

secular and ecclesiastical.

It seems that the goddess of agriculture has also learned to behave, she is very clear that she cannot have enough influence over the southern principality, because the church itself does not have much land. These lands are owned by nobles and merchants. The Agricultural Church only has influence but no decision-making power. She is ready to make some changes in her heart, but to do so, she must also have certain resources in the world. Everything Sauron did in Modo City gave her the idea to test it herself. She wanted to know if the church could do more things if it controlled more resources and power in the world.

Sauron fell into contemplation after hearing this.

The other three goddesses are also thoughtful. Although the gods have powerful powers, most of their influence on the world is determined by the church.

Sauron's behavior is considered an anomaly among the gods, because everything he did was a bit similar to '********' at first, and then Sauron was separating all this, but it had an impact on the spread of the church. The power is amazing!

"Can!"

Sauron thought for a moment, nodded and said, "All these lands belong to your church. But the people still belong to the Windspear Hills."

It seems that the goddess of agriculture has also learned to behave.

What about the gods? Even if it is powerful and high above? But it is impossible for these good-aligned gods to force mortals to hand over food, wealth and land, right?

Why is the action of the goddess of agriculture always frustrated?

the reason is simple.

The oracles she issued were all rhetoric. The church itself did not control the southern principality. Whether it was executed or not was entirely up to the nobility. There were a large number of druids and priests in the agricultural church, but the goddess of agriculture has always been To create wealth for nobles and merchants, the resources of the church itself are actually limited to the vicinity of the City of Harvest.

No resources, no money.

Even the gods want to do something very difficult!

Wealth is in one's own hands, in the hands of the church, and wanting to accept refugees to expand their faith is just a matter of words. But if the wealth is in the hands of secular nobles and businessmen, they want to make them pay to accept refugees and help the church expand its influence.

hum.

Even the most lofty ideals are sure to convince them.

It seems that the goddess of agriculture has realized that only the resources controlled by the church can be directly mobilized. Other believers, even if they are nobles who devoutly believe in her, may be hesitant to implement it.

Hearing that Sauron agreed to the request, the expressions of the other goddesses were also much friendlier.

Although the gods don't care about the wealth of the mortal world, mortals do care about them, and this large land is enough for them to establish another parish.

Good gods cannot be plundered at will.

They need a legitimate way to expand their parish and influence.

………………(To be continued.)