Surviving The Fourth Calamity

69: Chapter 65: The fight is about to start 69: Chapter 65: The fight is about to start In the early dawn of Kexlote, the stars had not yet fully faded away.

The entire city felt pure and clean, lying on the border with no magic barrier raised, yet there wasn’t even a hint of wind.

The sky was high and the clouds sparse, yet sadly there were no geese flying south overhead.

The suppression of divine power was too strong here.

Although the air was rich with elements, Hill still felt extremely uncomfortable.

It was like being in a place with the highest humidity, where there was always an urge to open one’s mouth to breathe.

Even Cohen did not wish to fly in this divinely suffused area.

Hill’s shop could be considered a small Magic Tower.

Yet one could still feel that omnipresent pressure.

Probably only a medium-sized Magic Tower could withstand it.

William probably built Magic Towers everywhere for this reason.

The mages who followed him to Kexlote could only live comfortably within the Magic Towers.

Only after generations of mages grew up, accustomed to the pressure given by divine power from infancy, could they live comfortably outside in the wider world.

But such mages, with each meditation absorbing a massive amount of divine power, could no longer escape the control of the Temple of Time and Space.

So William didn’t need to worry about the children living in Kexlote, choosing to learn magic rather than entering the Temple.

And the knights who would grow up in Kexlote would all essentially be Paladins.

For many knights, if their bloodline wasn’t strong enough, their attributes could all potentially shift to divine power.

But the greatest advantage was that, unless they were particularly untalented, the new generation in Kexlote could all become Professionals.

That’s why the Main Temple, located in every deity’s Holy City, is the most formidable place.

Before the power of the God of Time and Space could cover the entire world, William would not go looking for trouble on the God of Nobility’s turf.

However, after a year, neither the God of Nobility nor the God of Monarchy managed to return from the Abyss.

It’s probably because their attributes have been contaminated by their devoted followers towards evil.

The Church of Love and Literature had also retracted back to the Main Temple this year, and the priests of Haifasardo followed suit.

This is the greatest downfall of the gods of faith, to rise by followers and falter by them too.

The Noble Temple is still holding on, possessing profound heritage, but it’s uncertain what would happen to them if their deity cannot return to the Divine Kingdom for many years.

Although William was far away, the proudly enduring Noble Temple did not lack other enemies.

The practice of the God of Time and Space, not needing devoted followers, might be glaring, but it was the safest for Him, being originally a Nature God.

As long as He successfully ascended to His Divine Throne, followers were not that important to Him.

There had been Nature Gods who ascended in the past, like the Goddess of the Spring, but She ascended among the stars relying heavily on the prayers provided by Her local followers.

Thus, She had to return the favor to Her followers before She could completely ignore their prayers.

Regrettably, it has been tens of thousands of years, and it seems She has accumulated more debt than ever before.

Hill didn’t quite understand how that worked in the past, but the recent lament of the earth and nature made him suspect that the Goddess of the Spring must have taken part as well.

After all, the Goddess of Agriculture originated from faith, and with altars spread across the world, She no longer needed to pay any mind to her followers.

She would bless the lands around Her altars only during the early spring festival; at other times, the altars showed no response.

Nevertheless, the divine power of the Goddess of Agriculture was still very strong, ranking among the top within the human deities.

The God of Time and Space ascended to His throne through the prayers of players, but it was more like a transaction.

Therefore, He bestowed Himself with a profession of entertainment.

He treated Himself as a game developer, and the players’ widespread faith was like a currency.

Hill had heard players discussing why the game was so cheap, pondering if it aimed at making back its cost through volume sales.

They did not realize the God of Time and Space had charged them another currency; He had to meticulously calculate the price of these prayers.

And as long as people kept switching to His game for the low price, it was very meaningful for the God of Time and Space.

Furthermore, their bodies were created by the divine power of the God of Time and Space, and as long as they continued to play, their faith was the fee for services provided by the God of Time and Space.

Hence, the God of Time and Space didn’t need fervent followers, and there were no priests leading prayers in His church.

As for the Space-Time Cathedrals spread out everywhere, they resembled more an organization for managing Teleportation Arrays and literacy classes, providing services to the Undead Tribe.

Hill had inquired with Olivia, and the priest skills she acquired, aside from the standard healing, dispelling plagues, and protection, were all about escaping.

Although Olivia was vague, Hill knew there were at least one chaotic teleportation and one meld into shadow.

If she were in the church, she could also directly hide in the Divine Scales in front of the statue.

This deity and William were indeed of the same soul, both being very pragmatic.

Hill leaned against the window, looking at the sky that was just revealing the break of dawn.

Theoretically, the grounds of Kexlote, especially beneath William’s Royal Palace, should be entirely composed of Space Element ore.

In Obastian, those sensitive to elements would notice that the Metal Attribute elements were comparatively abundant.

Hence, most of the commoner knights in Obastian had the Metal Attribute.

The Nobles typically lived on their own estates, resulting in a wide variety of attributes.

The Royal Capital of Haifasardo was built upon a Fire Attribute element deposit, thus their Royal Family was primarily of the Fire Attribute.

The inheritance of noble bloodlines was incredibly stubborn; even if they lived upon a Gold Element mine, the knights of the Saral Royal Family were still half Metal Attribute and half Fire Attribute, seldom manifesting any other attributes.