When we were still far away from the town, we met a team of men, women and children, running out of the town. In the town, they saw the giant crow approaching from the sky (I have to say, Madiwen turned into a crow god with a wingspan of two or three hundred meters, covered in lightning storms and flames, it is indeed quite a signpost, she wants to fly high enough that you can see it from two hundred kilometers away), and then rushed out to meet it with joy. I believe that the god of crows must have given them the speed of birds: they had just come out of the town when we were still in the sky, and by the time we landed, they had already assembled two kilometers outside the town.

Hundreds of men, women, and children stood a few hundred meters away, and they were visibly stunned when they saw a group of people jumping off the back of the crow god, obviously the setting of "traveling on a god" was still not very easy for the locals to understand, but after seeing Vanilla and Lilina and her sister in the crowd, the expressions on their faces were still relieved: at least the situation was not too bizarre. I looked at the welcoming crowd and saw that every face was filled with excitement and excitement, it was a sincere feeling from the heart, no matter how bad Lilina's personality was, at least she really brought good days to these people. The adults are weather-beaten and bear the marks of years of working in the mines and the marks of life, while the children are mostly shy: they were born and raised in the mines, and they are not very good at greeting strangers. Some of them wore black robes. The robe was preceded by two drooping bands, and now I knew that these two bands were the symbols of the Raven God Sect, and the color of the bands represented the class in the church, like vanilla, which was the highest grade of gold. Of course, Lilina and Little Crow also have the same clothes, but the two of them should be counted out of the question: one is the spokesperson of the other god, and the other is simply the goddess herself. What do you think they're doing with it......

"Welcome to the Goddess!" A gray-haired old man in the crowd who looked very imposing (anyway, how to deal with the old man these days) stepped out of the ranks, first bowing to the silly bird that was regaining its human form, and then bowing respectfully to Vanilla, "Your Majesty the Pope." ”

Vanilla took a small step back nervously, obviously still not used to this status, and then replied with a stiff neck: "Oh, na." It's been a hard few days. "Well, at least the expression on his face when he said these words was quite calm.

"Two Great Sages." The old man turned his head back to Lilina and his sister. Still bowed politely, and then even the cat lady whose name was always forgotten was not omitted, "And Her Highness the Holy Maiden, all the way hard." ”

The cat lady stood up straight, her ears straight: "My name is Rabbi!" I looked at her incredulously: "Oh, is this still a saint?" Lilina net will toss! Is there a score or not for the titles she has made with a bunch of gods?

However, looking at the five members of the Protoss Slivers, they all felt normal, and Uncle Kenseer even nodded slightly. It seems that Lilina's tossing set of things is really like that, at least it seems to be appropriate.

"He is one of the several high priests of the Raven God Sect." Lilina used her spiritual connection to introduce me to the well-mannered old man in front of me, who didn't look much like a mine laborer. "He used to be a small nobleman, but then he was trapped and exiled here, the person with the highest level of education in the town, so he could only be the high priest. Actually, it's quite reliable, but sometimes it's a little rigid, and it cares a lot about etiquette: seventeen years of exile haven't gotten rid of this bunch of problems. ”

When Lilina introduced me with a spiritual connection, she was not idle in her hands, pointing to the group of us to introduce the old man, and I was the first to introduce him: "You should bow to him, this is the Lord of the Raven God recorded in the Divine Codex, the father of the gods of the Xiling God Department." When she said this, her face was very bright, I was almost stunned by that serious look, and looked at me with awe, and then Lilina went on to introduce the others, "This is the aunt of the crow god, this is the aunt of the crow god, this is the second uncle of the crow god, the third uncle of the crow god, the sister-in-law of the crow god, the eldest cousin of the crow god, the great aunt of the crow god, and the ...... of the crow god." Yes! ”…,

I should have noticed something was wrong right away! Just let this girl say "father of the gods" was stunned and didn't react......

"Anyway, the situation is sauce purple." Lilina covered her head and looked at me aggrievedly, and then instructed the stunned Raven God believers to call back to the "Holy Capital", and on the way, she introduced us to the special social environment of this southern zone, and of course, the development and current situation of this city where the Raven God originated.

"Holy Capital", which is a name that has only gradually become known in recent days, sounds so popular, I am afraid that not many people will associate it with a dilapidated town located near an abandoned mine with a population of only a thousand (not long ago), when the name was finalized, even the townspeople themselves felt a little dumbfounded, but after all, the name still spread, and now, several towns near the "Holy Capital" are aware of the long-abandoned "Black Sand Mine" The sudden occurrence of miracles, the rumors of miracles, the appearance of sacred trees in one day, the endless food and wine given by God, the holy realm that can be cured of all diseases by following the teachings of the god of crows, the abundant harvest of grain in a day and night, and the sacred barrier that covers the entire mine and can dispel all intruders with a single feather, the stories are more and more bizarre and the people who preach these things are more and more swearing: this must have attracted more and more people's attention.

In addition to these mythical legends, there were of course the people who came out of the "Holy Capital" to spread these stories, the inhabitants of the original mining town, who now called themselves missionaries, these miners and peasants who had been doing menial work for most of their lives now wore strange robes and carried with them the Bibles of the Raven God (although most of these novice missionaries could not even write their own names) and roamed the nearby towns to proclaim the power of the Raven God. Free medical care and food for the poor and homeless: these three things are the least valuable to those who come out of the Holy Capital. But it's something that the nearby run-down town desperately needs.

The miner-turned-farmer-turned-missionaries certainly look full of disobedience, and though they wear scholar's robes and hold books in their hands as if they were in their hands, this does not hide their vulgarity and the way of life to which they have become accustomed, yes, you will see the novice missionaries of the Raven God sect squatting on the stones by the roadside with their open arms to read the teachings, and with the poor people around them, they have lunch with hard biscuits dipped in salt crumbs, and they take the Bible in their hands upside down when they pray for divine power— All of the above behaviors have made people from the upper class of the north spit. But it was a good thing that it made the local populace very friendly, so that the missionaries of the Raven God Sect were better able to develop believers in the poor society. And their divine power is not covered: even if they take the Bible upside down, they can still get rid of all diseases, and they are possessed by divine power, and what could be more convincing than a real miracle? Their contrasting pauperine style is a better reflection of their own strength.

Under the dual power of miracles and missionaries, the Holy Capital has become a great fame. Wanderers from other places are coming to this place one after another, most of them just trying their luck. Because it is said that the Raven God Sect will provide free food to those who pass by (limited supply. After that, they will have to rely on labor in exchange for living materials, and they can't let the Raven God Sect cultivate thousands of lazy people who lie under the sacred tree and wait for mold, right? Others do so out of curiosity or out of nowhere. Whatever the reason for the people who came here, 99 percent of them would choose to stay: more than anywhere else in the South, this God-blessed place is filled with incredible hope, at least here, you don't have to go hungry. …,

So far. The small town of the Holy Capital has already housed almost twice the number of new indigenous peoples, and the expansion of the town is already in full swing. Outside, the wasteland is littered with new construction sites and open-air workshops, as well as rudimentary tents set up by outsiders. Normally, no one else would dare to pitch a tent outside the city walls for the night. Because there are dangerous beasts roaming the southern wasteland, the territory occupied by the wolves is larger than the area of human activity, except here, the entire mining area is guarded by a huge divine shield, not to mention the beasts, even if the armies of the northern countries attack, I am afraid that they will be torn to pieces by the storm released by the shield in an instant, as long as you are in the shield and accept the teachings of the crow god, you will be safer than anywhere.

Such a huge flow of people, and even the act of building a city without permission, did not attract the attention of any local official department, which of course made me very curious, and after some inquiry, I learned that this was due to the special living environment of the southern region.

The south is a barbaric land of lawlessness, where most food cannot be grown, rivers are scarce, the largest plains are the unsuitable Gobi region, the soil is mixed with metals harmful to crops and human beings, and the only economic source of the whole southern region is a limited number of minerals, which for hundreds of years the northern principalities used as a source of minerals and a dump for all kinds of waste - the waste here includes felons and out-and-out nobles who have lost political battles, and of course slaves who have been exiled to mine people. Everywhere you can find simple towns that have been gathered overnight because of the ore veins, and there are also dilapidated and abandoned human settlements everywhere where the ore veins have dried up. "Exile", "slaves", "untouchables for life", these three systems piled up countless homeless people in the south, these people were sent to the mines in large numbers as tools, and the fate of their lives was tied to the ore veins, and when the minerals were depleted, the authorities did not even bother to dismiss these outcasts, they only transferred the local overseers and soldiers, as well as their own belongings, and left the vast majority of the outcasts to fend for themselves. Of course, out of the "benevolence" of the so-called aristocracy, they would keep food for a year, and by the way, they would issue a "free mining permit" to the civilians who were left behind, allowing those who stayed to freely exploit the contents of the abandoned mines: if they could find anything.

This is the absurd status quo of existence in the southern region, and it can only be said that one world realm has its own rules of the world realm.

There is no clear division of sovereignty in the southern region, which is nominally governed by the principalities of the north, but this management has become virtually non-existent, and the increasing number of outcasts in the south has also weakened the control of the northern principalities here, which is an embarrassing situation caused by hundreds of years of accumulation, and by now, this place has basically become a king of its own ...... Well, there is no king, but it is indeed self-reliant. So this chaotic social environment gave Lilina an opportunity to take advantage of. Of course, it also gave the rising half-dragon race an opportunity to take advantage of.

The clergy who came out to greet us in droves were not only the clergy of the Holy Capital (well, sure enough, it was a bit awkward to say those two words directly...... It's even more awkward when you say these four words! There are also ordinary residents of the city, and even children running around with adults, which shows that the Raven God Cult is not very organized after all, and after all, the main members of this sect are now concentrated in the peasant and miner classes - this is certainly not class discrimination. However, it is undeniable that such a personnel composition is far from enough for the development of a sect, and Lilina feels that the top priority now is not only to expand the influence of the Raven God, but more importantly, to attract intellectuals and the aristocratic class to join the Church, the former can provide great help in the compilation of doctrines and missionary work in high society, and the latter can give the green light to the Raven God Sect in many fields, and now a group of carefully selected missionaries have gone to the north. According to the information sent back, they are making good progress. The great news is that the Holy Capital will soon have an additional number of teachers who can teach children literacy: this is urgently needed here. …,

Lilina dismissed the believers and civilians who had been following behind the crowd. Take us on a tour of the town that is being built at a rapid pace. The current Holy Capital feels like an enlarged version of Sentu's dark alley district: shabby, cluttered, in disrepair, and unplanned.

The whole town is shaped like peeled orange peels, and several large areas are separated by patches of wasteland, irregular, connected only in the middle. Except for the square in the center of the town, which is surrounded by a circle of relatively good buildings, everything else is called "the stacking of houses". Dilapidated wooden and stone houses are built haphazardly, and there are hardly any straight roads in sight. Grey and black are the main colors of this town, where houses and roads are covered with black-gray rock powder from the mines, and the gravel used for paving the ground is slag as a by-product of mining, and this is still a relatively good place, and more places the road surface has not been treated at all, and the bare dirt is potholed, and there are black and greasy sewage inside.

"It's like this in all the mining towns in the south," the sister sighed, "and the people who build these towns only want one thing: they can live." Anyway, it doesn't get more support from the northern principalities, and even if it is built, it doesn't have more economic value, so that's how it is. The large houses in the center of the town were inhabited by the original overseers and soldiers, who were the native emperors of all the mining towns, sent by the northern principalities to escort slaves and exiles, to supervise the mining operations, and to leave without hesitation when the mines were depleted. ”

"But it's not the same now!" Lilina happily pointed to the side, a construction site where a large area of badly collapsed houses was being torn down, and a dozen able-bodied townsfolk were preparing for the construction of new houses, and they were cutting huge pieces of wood and stone on the spot in the wasteland, using ...... With a piece of iron or even the palm of your hand?!

I finally noticed this wonderful detail, a shirtless black-faced uncle put a piece of wood on the shelf, and then raised his right hand and prayed loudly: "Gah! O supreme and mighty raven god! Grant your devotees the strength of steel and the blessing of magical swords! Then with a split of his palm, a cold light flashed, really a cold light flashed, and there was a layer of metallic luster floating on the edge of his palm, which stretched to half a meter away, and under the cutting of this metallic cold light, the wood was cut.

Me: "......"

"There is a lack of tools here, but the pace of construction is faster than any other town," said Vanilla, cheerfully, with a flushed glow on her face, she rarely took the initiative to speak, but this time she couldn't help it, "Everyone has relied on the blessing of the god of crows to become infinitely powerful, and steel is strengthened, and no sturdy tool can compare to the strength of a prayer." The only pity is that not everyone can get the amount of power they need, and there are still not enough people who can participate in the construction. ”

I nodded: "I know that praying with this stupid bird is a bit of a lottery ticket, maybe you will be strengthened by something." ”

When the little crow heard me call her a stupid bird, she immediately pursed her mouth: "Ga! She could still tell what the silly bird meant.

Everywhere in the town you can see scenes of labor in full swing, rebuilding houses, repairing roads, building tools, and if there is anything that makes this dilapidated abandoned town so different from the rest of the South, it is the enthusiasm and joy of everyone here from the inside out, who are full of hope and so motivated to build their own house for the first time, and confident that they can finally build a rich home with their own hands. Along the way, almost every person I met would stop to greet our group: of course, the object of their greeting was the little crow and vanilla, I don't know how Lilina did it, she could really make the stupid bird and vanilla gain such a high prestige, if the crow god himself is a majestic god, this is easy to explain, but the current situation is that the crow god usually eats and sleeps and sells cuteness, the only thing he will do is to look down on the ground to find small stones and collect firewood sticks to build a nest for himself, such a guy, Can it really gather prestige? …,

At the end of the day, Lilina is pretty good at fooling people.

After the end, we followed the only main road in the town to the central square, which is the "holy place" of the town, only the aborigines of the town can approach, and the wanderers who have recently come from other places to "pilgrimage" can only stay on the outer edge of the town for the time being, even if the food is collected by the townspeople from here and sent over, after all, the two most important sacred relics of the Raven God Sect are stored here: the sacred tree and the crow god feathers, and no one dares to let people who do not know the details of the matter casually approach. Around the square, we saw the first contingent of "Ecclesiastical Knights" organized by the townspeople, and it was impressive: the ecclesiastical knights with pitchforks and miners' hoes were absolutely unprecedented.

"Their combat power is no worse than that of the most powerful beast knights in the north, and the Church Knight Chief's pitched pitchfork can penetrate the fifteen-meter-thick boulder wall," Lilina said in a low voice as she nodded to the black-robed Raven God warriors, "Although they are a little dilapidated now, their weapons and equipment will soon be made." Everything is building at a rapid pace. At that time, the knights of the Raven God Sect will be the most powerful soldiers in this world, and if you think about it, the strength is greater than that of a mammoth, and it will also instantly send shadow arrows and lightning chains...... The power of the Raven God is inclined to battle. ”

Tend to fight...... It occurred to me that the Raven God Sect could ...... with Raven

At this moment, a shout of excitement from a short distance interrupted my thoughts, and I followed the sound to see a group of children running from the alley in front of me, and then the cat lady in our team happily greeted me.

"Teacher Rabbi! You're back! ”

"Teacher, is the big city fun?"

"Teacher, teacher, we're done writing those words!"

A group of ragged but elated children jumped and shouted for joy, and a few of us were a little stunned. Lilina suddenly remembered at this time, and suddenly realized: "Oh, I forgot to mention, this cat is one of the only two teachers in the town now, responsible for teaching children to read and write, and the other teacher is the old man we saw before with a lot of rules." ”

Lin Xue smiled: "Wow, I really can't see it, that cat is quite close to children, usually like a stuffy gourd." ”

"Only those kids can remember her name." My sister covered her face and couldn't help but sigh.

Everyone: "......" (to be continued)