Game of the World Tree - Chapter 298

298. Chapter 296 The Church of Despair

Selina did not bring so many Chosen Ones back with her in the end, but only picked a few lucky ones and made them new members of the Oak Hand.

There was no other reason.

If she really brought so many people back with her, and the target was so big, she would probably be caught by humans before she even entered the city!

Selina, who was familiar with the laws of human activities, knew that after the players had caused a big disturbance in Maple Leaf City, humans would definitely be on their guard .

Although Maple Leaf City was the center of the Border Earldom, even in winter, the flow of people coming and going was very large.

But at this juncture, if there were another team of hundreds of people entering the city, they would definitely be strictly checked.

However, the players did not force it.

The task of [Oak Hand] was to successfully join the organization and reward 1,000 contribution points.

For players who were above the Iron level, although this reward was also attractive, it was not that great.

Moreover, joining the organization was only the beginning, and the subsequent rewards such as awakening faith and saving other captured elf slaves were all calculated separately.

In other words, this would be a long-term task.

Therefore, the players are not in a hurry.

As for the way to join the organization…

there is always a way!

And… isn’t there another mission?

[The Secret of the God of Despair]…

I feel that it is definitely big news!

…

Maple Leaf City.

In a tavern in the civilian area of the city.

A guard sat at the bar, drinking beer diluted with water with his companions, and chatting about the gossip in the city.

“Have you heard? Those black markets in the commercial district seemed to have been severely ripped off a few days ago! It is said that… a silver-level warrior died!”

“Hiss… is it true?”

“It should be right! I heard that… some chambers of commerce have declared bankruptcy, and I don’t know what happened.”

“Oh my god! Who did it? So powerful?”

“I heard… it seems to be a noble from the south.”

“Nobles from the south? Well done! I have long disliked these black markets. They don’t even take our city guards seriously. There are no rules at all… Humph, they should have been dealt with long ago! When I become rich in the future, I must teach them a lesson and ask them for a half-elf slave to warm my bed every day!”

“Shh… keep your voice down. Don’t you know that the lords have shares behind these black markets? Otherwise… why are they so arrogant?”

Hearing his companion’s words, the guard quickly signaled him to be careful.

“Lord!”

His companion’s face changed, and he quickly covered his mouth. After looking left and right and finding that no one noticed him, he breathed a sigh of relief.

After the guard finished speaking, he sipped the tasteless wine while his pair of blue eyes scanned the entire tavern.

“Hey…”

He touched his old friend.

“What’s wrong?”

The guard’s companion burped and asked in confusion.

“Don’t you think… there are a lot of people from outside the area in the tavern recently?”

The guard’s eyes swept over some unfamiliar faces in the tavern and asked in a low voice.

“People from outside the area…? Hiccup…”

The companion was stunned and said indifferently:

“Didn’t the lord say that he would hold an auction? There are also many elf slaves to be auctioned… Tsk tsk, I took a look, hiccup… That look… hiccup… So, it’s normal for outsiders to come!”

“Really…”

The guard frowned and touched his head, and continued to drink the beer diluted with water.

At this time, suddenly, his peripheral vision swept over a few people gathered in the corner of the tavern.

Those few hooded people, they gathered in the corner, and were talking to some enthusiastic residents…

Seeing these people, the guard shook his head:

“These guys… are here again.”

“Lord of Eternity, I don’t know what the Lord is thinking. Why does he allow the Church of Despair to preach in the territory? Isn’t he afraid of attracting the wrath of the Church of Eternity?”

“If I remember correctly, the name of the God of Despair is not on the list of the true gods of the church, let alone the right to preach…”

He muttered while drinking.

After hearing his words, his companion took a sip of wine and said indifferently:

“Hiccup, brother, why do you care so much? Anyway… the Lord didn’t say much, why should we guards worry about it.”

“And…”

His companion paused and said:

“What the Church of Despair said is not all false. They said that a great disaster is coming… In my opinion, there have been monster tides and strange phenomena in the past few months. Maybe… hiccup… the troubled times are really coming!”

“What Church of Despair? What vision? What great disaster?”

When the two were chatting and gossiping, suddenly, a curious voice suddenly sounded behind them.

The two were startled and turned around to see a young man dressed as a mercenary.

The young man had red hair and a strange face. His equipment was tattered and looked like he had picked it up from a garbage dump.

He looked like a wandering mercenary. The young man stared at the two men with his big eyes. His fiery and curious eyes made the two men shiver subconsciously.

Where did this wandering mercenary come from? Could he be sick?

“Two brothers, two brothers, well… I’m just curious! I’m just curious! You… tell me about it.”

The young man laughed and took out a water bag from his arms, unscrewed the lid and stuffed it in front of the two men.

A strong aroma of wine came to their faces.

What a good smell!

The two guards’ eyes were suddenly straight.

They sniffed subconsciously, looked straight at the water bag in the young man’s hand, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

What kind of wine is this?

For a moment, the two felt that the beer in their cups was no longer attractive.

“Hehehe… a little specialty from my hometown, you two try it, you two try it! That… I’m just curious, tell me about this God of Despair, and what kind of disaster it is.”

The young man laughed.

The two guards swallowed their saliva and took the wine bag.

They drank the beer in one gulp, and then poured out a little of the wine handed over by the other party.

Take a sip…

mellow, hot!

“What kind of wine is this?!”

Looking at the transparent liquid in the cup, the two were refreshed.

“Hehe… a specialty from my hometown, the name is… um… let’s call it An… no, let’s call it Erguotou!”

“Erguotou? Weird name…”

The two guards frowned.

However, they were refreshed:

“Good wine! Although the taste is different, and even a little strange, but… exciting enough! I like it!”

“So… well, tell me about the God of Despair…”

The young man smiled, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

The two guards relaxed their expressions and slowly told each other what they knew:

“It was a church organization that suddenly appeared in the territory a few years ago. It is said that they have contacts with some great nobles in Maple Leaf Territory. They are very mysterious, but… they have superb healing magic, so they have developed very quickly in Maple Leaf Territory…”

“However, there are also rumors that they are the power of the evil god, but… the lord has never shown up, and the Eternal Church has not banned it…”

The two guards told each other what they knew.

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Sorry, I am seriously stuck and can’t make up for it. The second update will be a little late. Everyone go to bed early and read the second update tomorrow morning.

(End of this chapter)