Alien world

Chapter 1831, Section 464: You just mentioned war, right?

"Your Highness, the Archbishop is waiting for you."

The pastor came forward, and Annan reluctantly withdrew his hand. Before he could even speak, the pastor took the initiative to lead him to see Archbishop Tomac.

In the secluded baptismal chamber, Annan met the elderly archbishop.

"Archbishop Tomac, I..."

"You don't need to say anything more. Here is ten million gold nars. In addition, a Holy City Holy Army is on its way to Free City to help your territory resist the forces of Chaos."

Before he could even speak, Archbishop Tomac presented him with money along with his body.

"How could I possibly include this in the Liberty City Development Fund?"

"Not counting."

"That's wonderful!"

Annan was not a shrewd businessman like Wilhelm; he still had some sense of shame—he wouldn't want twenty million more than he already had ten million.

"Is that Crusader a legendary force?"

"Of course."

With the addition of Biglett, the Church of Wealth now has two legends residing in Liberty City!

As for usurping someone else's place... there's nothing to worry about. Annan only lacks regular high-end combat power. In terms of burst combat power, he only needs to shout "Ancestor, save me!" and Sister Elies will come to his rescue riding on a seven-colored auspicious cloud.

Having received the benefits, Annan's eyes were incredibly clear: "Archbishop Tomac, actually, my purpose in coming here is to learn about the power of faith."

“The power of faith… In turbulent years, priests receive no response from God, and God cannot hear the prayers of believers. Holy Son, what use is it for you to understand it?” the archbishop sighed.

In an effort to contact the gods, the believers in Allen's world used almost every method imaginable.

It is said that the Church of Light in Wilhelm is building the Tower of Babel, hoping to use it to ascend from the continent of Allen to the plane where the gods reside.

Annan was absolutely determined: "As the Holy Son, I must shoulder the responsibility of finding the Lady, and I cannot give up even if there is only a sliver of hope!"

Archbishop Tomac was relieved. He had been worried that the growing power and bloated influence of Free City might cloud his judgment, but now it seemed that Annan remained loyal to the lady.

As for minor flaws, such as greed... do those matter to the Church of Wealth?

It's like your own child loves bread, and you happen to own the biggest bakery in the area.

What difference would it make if we gave the Son all the wealth the church had accumulated over a thousand years, as long as we could re-establish contact with the lady?
Several tens of minutes later, having fully grasped the power of faith, Annan returned to the Mage Tower and continued learning from the Skeleton King with Jimmy.

That evening, Jimmy returned home and began his first prayer as a pastor.

On the other side, Annan also entered meditation and discovered a tiny, almost imperceptible point of light beside the divinity, like a satellite surrounding it.

Before long, a new wisp of faith power took shape beside the divinity, but it was only the beginning. An hour later, a second wisp of faith power emerged.

Throughout the night, Jimmy alone contributed nearly five parts of his faith.

That's how it should be... The power of faith offered by casual believers, devout believers, and pastors should be different.

Now that he had a priest, he was much closer to being able to unleash the Mage's Hand! Early the next morning, Annan distributed the Emerald Essence to all the believers except for the dark elf Moxi—theoretically, responding to the call should generate faith power, but Moxi was a double agent. On the surface, she was a dark elf, but in reality, she was loyal to the Elven Court.

Ms. Mora said she would make her fall into depravity, that she would make her turn over a new leaf, but two days after returning, Mora still hadn't come to see him, so he probably got nothing.

As for whether or not to buy some more jade essence...

The current 100 servings are enough, and Annan believes that the price of jade essence can still be reduced.

……

While Annan was pursuing personal gain and the interests of Free City, conflict finally erupted in Old Vale, which had attracted all attention: the first wave of rats surged in, but was intercepted by the two legions that had not yet gone far away, and were devoured from both sides.

But a second wave, a third wave, and even a sea of ​​rats followed closely behind.

Philos's siblings brought news that the priests and elders were arguing. The ratmen couldn't understand it at all. The Empire built walls in the north because they were afraid of them, so why were they suddenly crossing the walls to fight back?

However, they also reacted by sending clans to reclaim their territory, and the Rat King was ordered to begin conscripting ratmen soldiers.

The message took two days to arrive, meaning the ratmen have likely already taken action.

"The Hellfire Legion is still in the north, right? Tell them to shrink their defenses and retreat to the duchy."

The Duchy of Montabullock was nominally an ally of the Free City, but everyone knew in their hearts that the duchy was a vassal state of Annam and had little autonomy.

Even so, they still managed to pull off a major stunt for Annam: after the messenger delivered the situation in the north to the Watchtower, the Grand Duke of Girardi raised a white flag at his castle.

Annan remained silent for a long time after learning the news. It wasn't that he was ambitious and wanted to expand his power, but rather that the duchy was truly useless; surrendering meant real surrender!
It can only be said that the principality was broken twice – the mad dog Grand Duke bloodily suppressed half of the stubborn ones who did not obey him, and the remaining stubborn ones were lost when they crashed into Free City.

However, raising the white flag to the ratmen was still outrageously cowardly, to the point that Annan still held a sliver of hope: perhaps the messenger misspoke, leading Gilardi to mistakenly believe the situation was dire.
He summoned the messenger and inquired about the specific circumstances at the time.

The messenger honestly recounted the entire situation and then said, "The invasion of the Chaos forces is imminent; we must treat this as a war!"

Grand Duke Girardi: "You just mentioned war, didn't you?"

Then, a white flag was raised over the castle.

If the border walls of the principality hadn't been effectively controlled by the Free City, the flag of surrender would have been hoisted at the border.

Annan waved his hand, not having the energy for further words: "Notify the devils of the Devil's Notary Office to contact Beldona and have Claire come back from hell again."

Girardi is utterly hopeless.

Annan couldn't immediately determine whether the Mad Dog Duke was worse or the Girardi Duke was worse; they were like two extremes on a rope. The Mad Dog Duke had demon blood, while the Girardi Duke... suggested a thorough investigation to determine if he had goblin blood.

Claire went back, and then Claire came back.

Claire, now back in the human world, has officially become a devil.

As the fastest-promoting apprentice demon in the Lava Lake region in nearly a thousand years, Claire's promotion was expedited, and she was promoted in just three days.

Before she could be assigned a new task by the lord, Annan summoned her back.

The demon lord of the lava lake also knew that Annan Reeves' rapid advancement was inseparable from this genius who had only appeared once in nearly a thousand years, so he generously let him pass.

(End of this chapter)