Chapter 139 The Will of God
Fary looked at the five people in front of him. The last two were a little mediocre. They were both combat and command talents. They had completed several caravan escort missions and had good records. Soon, they would be transferred to the city-state and become centurions of the city-state guards.

This troop has less than 3,000 people and is the smallest among the goblins' huge standing armed forces. However, the most basic soldiers in this troop have strength of level three or above. To become a centurion in this troop, not only must one have strength of level five or above, but one must also have experience in actual commanding operations for no less than five times.

This force has the best equipment and logistical support, and the money invested in each guard soldier is enough to arm an ordinary goblin century.

However, this expensive force is directly under the command of the joint meeting of the Chamber of Commerce ministers, and can only be mobilized when the ministers reach a consensus.

They are only deployed to the most difficult and urgent missions, but every time, this force completes the mission.

Everyone knelt before Fari.

Fari raised his claws slightly and fiddled with the white lines that carried the power of faith. Then, he carefully mobilized a trace of the power of faith in his body and sent it into the white lines.

Several voices began to appear in Fari's mind.

These sounds had no actual meaning. Even if Farui concentrated his mind, he could only hear vague mumblings. However, the emotions in these mumblings were clearly conveyed to Farui's heart.

Excitement, nervousness, and excitement, these emotions almost drove Fari's emotions up as well.

Then Ferry skillfully threw these emotions into a corner, just as he had dealt with his previous instinctive impulses.

"It's quiet now."

Although he looked relaxed, Farry was still a little scared. At that moment, he almost fell into those mixed emotions and became the one who was affected.

The five people in front of them could clearly feel that the connection between themselves and their master was becoming deeper. As they became believers, they learned how to use the power of faith to release simple divine arts as if by instinct.

“No wonder we can’t rashly accept too many believers.”

The believers are indeed useful and can be easily mobilized. As long as they perform their daily prayers, Fari can communicate with them.

As the powerful party, as long as Fari is willing, he can project his will into the minds of his believers. Those believers will regard Fari's will as their own and then put it into practice.

"Great Master, if possible, we hope to prepare to return to the city-state."

Fari tried a little, he didn't say anything, but he strongly wanted them to return to the city-state in his heart. Then, these believers spontaneously asked Fari to let them leave immediately and return to the city-state.

"Is this the influence of the so-called 'god' on believers?"

It seems that as long as he is not influenced in the opposite direction by his believers, these believers will spontaneously fight for Fari's wishes.

"We will fight for the will of our Lord."

The believers of the Sun God Cult's Guard finished their morning prayers, then they picked up their weapons and walked out of the temporary wooden church.

They now have the support of the Grand Duchy of Windwhisper. When the news that Lania was attacked and seriously injured and fell into a coma reached the kingdom, Moralich, as the first heir, naturally became the regent. Then, the first thing he did was to legally assign part of the territory of the original Windwhisper Kingdom to the Kingdom of Valandi. Then, in the name of regent, he downgraded his title to duke.

The Kingdom of Wind Whisper became a Grand Duchy. Through a series of measures, he successfully eliminated all the rumors in the kingdom and stabilized the kingdom again.

The price was only his own small interests and the dissatisfaction of the original nobles of the Whispering Wind Kingdom. But the dissatisfaction of the nobles was mostly just a show. Moralich did not touch their territories. All the mana territories assigned to the Kingdom of Valandi were ruled by new nobles appointed by Lannia, and they had no sense of belonging to the Whispering Wind Kingdom.

They privately expressed their gratitude to Morarich and promised to lend a helping hand if needed.

Although it was downgraded to a principality, Morarichi's strength did not suffer too much loss, and the logistical support for the Sun God Cult's Crusaders continued.

Now the Crusaders have catapults, fire pots, and crossbows again, all of which have been enchanted, allowing them to reduce casualties.

"Today, it is time for us to show our devotion to our Lord again."

An officer is giving a pre-war speech to his men. Today, it is their turn to launch another attack on the forest.

It seemed that his speech was unnecessary. The Crusader soldiers did not even look at him. They stared at the forest not far away, their eyes filled with unwarranted hatred and hostility.

The forest ahead had endured several days of bombing, and its recovery had slowed down. The charred trees at the edge did not recover immediately.

A rational commander would continue to use his firepower and range advantages to continue bombarding until the enemy's defense was softened to a limit, and then launch the final attack of the magic weapon. However, it is obvious that the current Crusaders are not in a rational state.

They shouted, determined to eliminate the aliens in front of them, formed a line, and rushed into the forest of the elves.

This time, the vines that would have pierced through the gaps in the armor did not move, and the trees that would have risen from the ground to attack the invaders did not move for the time being. The bombardment of a large number of siege weapons temporarily burned them to charcoal. According to the judgment of the priests, it would take at least ten hours for these plants on the edge of the forest to slowly recover.

The mission of their unit is to go as deep as possible to see if they can capture some elven captives.

There can be no perfect defense in this world. The elves' forest must have some weaknesses. The revitalization and rebirth of the forest must have relied on some external force. As long as this "external force" is destroyed or slightly blocked, the Crusaders will be able to launch an attack into the forest.

The only ones who could possibly know the lifeblood of the forest are the elves who have lived in it for tens of thousands of years.

"The next round of support will be reduced by 30 percent."

Moralich read the report on the progress of the Solar Cult Skitarii and decided to reduce aid.

He is not like those lunatics of the Sun God Cult. There must be a reason why the elves' forest has stood firm for so many years. His purpose is just to put pressure on the elves to reduce their support for Lysabel. Now his negotiation envoys have arrived at the elves' town outside the forest. Showing proper sincerity will help the negotiations.

He didn't want to provoke the elves. From the information found in the archives of the Kingdom of Wind Whisper, although the elves were isolated from the world most of the time and were quiet and easy-going, once they were provoked, the followers of the God of Nature still had some ability to manipulate nature. With just a little magic, the soil in the entire kingdom could lose its fertility and the rivers could dry up.

Once it comes to that, the kingdom is doomed. The elves are very vengeful, and will not lift the spell until all the perpetrators are dead.

(End of this chapter)