The epic story of green monsters

Chapter 1188 Baptism
Just by trying his hand at cooking a dish and sharing it, the relationship between Alan, an outsider, and dozens of underground gnomes in Pansy Village was strengthened.

While introducing the various deeds of the God of Food and the wonders of his groundbreaking magical cooking profession to this group of poor dwarfs living in a remote corner, Alan also did not forget to ask these dwarfs for information related to the Underdark.

For example, the village of Pansi where the dwarves live is on the edge of the southern corner of the upper Underdark. The nearest city to their village that is well-known in the Underdark is the gray dwarf fortress called Anvil Castle.

Anvil Castle is located more than 700 miles northeast of Pansy Village. It is inhabited by gray dwarf miners and slave traders. They specialize in collecting various races that have drifted from the surface to the underground and sell them to other cities and forces in the Underdark.

In addition, slave traders would regularly conduct large-scale hunting in the upper areas, packing up weaker underground races such as gnomes, fungus people, stonejaw people and goblins, and sending them to the middle and lower-level gray dwarf cities as consumable labor.

Today, Anvil Castle is commanded by a demigod-level gray dwarf military commander named Grom Anvil. He is cruel and ruthless, and likes to use a petrified lizard he raises to kill prisoners and enemies.

Further away, there is the Cracked Skull Cave ruled by the ogre warlord Gluk, the fluorescent woodland maintained by the fungus people and the symbiotic creatures they planted, and so on...

The map that the dark elves and gray dwarves gave to Allen obviously had selfish motives. Although it gave a general topographical map of the Underdark, they had many reservations about the specific locations of the cities and the forces within them.

However, Allen could understand that although the dark elves and gray dwarves were working hard to migrate to the surface, their roots would most likely remain in the underground world. Apart from other things, Allen learned from his conversation with Randall that the gray dwarves had a large sphere of influence in the underground world and were a powerful race second only to the drow.

To have such a foundation in the vast Underdark was a result of countless years of hard work and blood-forged efforts by the Gray Dwarves. Unless Durrag, the God of the Gray Dwarves, was mentally damaged, he would not easily give up this great foundation just to allow the Gray Dwarves to return to the surface.

The competition between beliefs in the surface world is more intense and cruel than that in the underground world.

"...Mr. Lex, is the surface world really colorful?"

Alan rested in the village for two or three days, and his relationship with the villagers gradually became harmonious. Unconsciously, there were 7-8 half-grown underground dwarf children around him, who surrounded Alan all day and asked him all kinds of questions.

"Yes, the sky on the surface is blue, the sunlight is golden, the lake is green, and the clouds are white..."

Alan, who goes by the alias Lex, took the time to kindly describe the scenes of the surface world to these curious little ones. Feeling the childlike innocence emanating from them calmed his own mood.

"Mr. Lex, can I touch your kitchen knife?"

There were also children with expectations in their eyes, staring at the knife in the leather sheath that Alan had inserted.

"Why? Are you interested in cooking?"

Alan smiled slightly, touched the dwarf child's hairless head, and asked kindly.

"Um!!"

Not only this child had this idea, several other dwarf children also nodded repeatedly.

In the past few days, Allen has shown some skills. After processing the dry food such as moss and black root potatoes that are usually hard to swallow but can fill the stomach, they have become somewhat delicious. Although it is much less delicious than the village's specialty mushrooms, the village is small and the soil is really poor, so they can only grow some cheap crops that are not picky about the soil and are easy to grow.

The children were used to eating bitter and hard-to-swallow whole grains, but when they suddenly tasted the same ingredients after Alan had processed them a little, they fell in love with this magical method that seemed like magic.

In addition, Allen also collected some inedible poisonous mushrooms and poisonous vines around the village. After some processing methods, he made them edible foods that tasted very delicious.

If they could learn this magical skill, these children would no longer have to go hungry and would be able to taste delicious food.

Randall stood aside, hesitant to speak. He was afraid that the children's demands were a bit excessive and would anger this seemingly kind and peaceful strong man, but deep down he also hoped that Allen could teach the children this skill so that they could have a better future after acquiring a skill.

Knowledge and skills are not only priceless in the surface world, but even more so in the Underdark, or in other words, their value is even higher in the Underdark.

At least the Mansa Wilderness has the Mansa Alliance, a natural temple where major churches exist to establish a stable order, allowing indigenous people from weak tribes in the wilderness to have the opportunity to acquire knowledge and skills of certain value. In the Underdark, almost all knowledge and skills are monopolized by powerful races and forces. The weak indigenous tribes have no chance of accessing them in the chaotic society, and countless geniuses have their way forward cut off.

"If you want to learn how to cook, I can teach you, but this requires the blessing of the God of Food!!"

Allen did not refuse the children's request. As soon as he finished speaking, Randall beside him said hurriedly: "Excuse me, Mr. Lex, how can we get the blessing of the God of Food?"

"It's not difficult to get a blessing. You just need to become a believer of the God of Food, follow the code of conduct that the God of Food has set for believers, cleanse your sins and transform into a better self..."

Allen talked eloquently, looking like a charlatan, but he didn't expect that the dwarf village chief Randall, who walked in front of him, grabbed Allen's bear paw and shouted sincerely: "We do!!"

"On behalf of the 57 underground gnomes of Pansy Village, I voluntarily believe in the God of Food, pray to listen to the teachings of the God of Food, and obey the rules of the God of Food. I hope Mr. Lex can baptize all of us!!"

Although the Underdark is isolated, there are many different beliefs. In particular, there is an unstable passage between the Abyss and the Underdark. The various evil gods that occupy a place in the Abyss regard this place as their trial ground, and they constantly send their preachers to spread their beliefs and attract believers underground.

The Pansy Village once followed an evil god, but they could not withstand the other party's overly cruel or greedy demands, and they did not see any rewards. In the end, Randall and his elders rationally gave up.

Nowadays, the dwarves in the village regard Mother Earth as their belief, just to avoid their souls having a home in the future and not becoming unbelievers and being forever engraved on the Wall of Unbelievers and subjected to endless destruction.

How could they know that the Wall of Unbelievers was destroyed by a group of human warriors hundreds of years ago. Even if there are more unbelievers in the future, their souls will no longer be bound by the Wall of Unbelievers, but will drift in the Styx in thousands of planes and give birth to new creatures. "Since everyone is sincere and wants to accept the God of Food, then as the shepherd of the God of Food, I am willing to accept you as a member of the Church of the God of Food and baptize you!!"

Alan didn't expect things to be so simple. He had only made the start and the other party brought the entire village to join him. If he had known this, he would not have done so much in the past few days.

In order to appear formal, Alan stayed in the village for a few more days, just to carve a statue of the God of Food for the village as a witness to everyone's baptism, and also to make the faith of these dwarfs last longer.

Even though the adventurer Alan was playing was only a high-level one, it would be easy for him to carve a statue. In less than half a day, a statue of the God of Food in the image of a bear goblin, about the same height as Alan's current height, was placed in the center of the village.

Although the carving skills that he practiced hard in his early years to hone his fighting skills had been idle for a long time, he picked them up again and used them again. Unexpectedly, the statues he carved had improved even more. Not only was the appearance of the bear goblin carved lifelike and full of majesty, even the gray eyes that should have been empty suddenly had a kind of mysterious aura and charm when Alan took the last step. It seemed to come alive all of a sudden, and the dwarves facing it only felt that these eyes were staring at them.

"It just so happens that I have a book of the God of Food's quotations here, which records the teachings of the God of Food to his believers and followers in the past. I hope everyone can learn more from it in the future!!"

Baptism is actually very simple. Alan only needs to circulate the divine power in his body and inject it into the body of the recipient. He can use divine magic to detect and identify the recipient's physical, vitality, talent and other data, and finally materialize their strength and profession into corresponding levels.

After all 57 dwarfs were baptized, Allen took out a thick book from his bag and prepared to give it to the first group of believers who were brought into the church by his personal preaching.

As the founder of the Church of the God of Food, although Alan seldom inquired about the church's mundane affairs, he always carried several church-related books with him so that he could understand the church's related developments. Unexpectedly, they came in handy today.

However, after the quotations were taken out, another problem arose. There was not a single dwarf in the entire Pansy village who knew the common language. Even if Alan gave them the quotations, it would be useless.

Fortunately, Alan just happened to crack a divine spell from the rune of the Seed of Faith - Enlightenment: the text or language mastered by a certain caster is copied to the recipient through memory transfer, allowing the recipient to quickly master the relevant text or language.

Finally, Allen selected a female underground dwarf named Bol Pansi who was just 8 years old and possessed the gift of wisdom and knowledge in the village. He blessed her with magic in front of everyone, which was also like choosing a master for this treasure book.

"From now on, she will serve as the preacher of our Lord, the God of Food, and teach everyone how to recognize common characters and understand the teachings of the God of Food."

"Father, are we now finished with the ordination?"

Seeing that all the villagers had completed the ceremony, Randall mustered up the courage to walk up to Allen, who looked a little depressed, and asked quietly: "I wonder when the cooking skills will be passed on to us?"

Alan was speechless. These short-sighted guys were so impatient. They didn't even think about how much they had done and how could they be grateful?

Now you are asking yourself for the benefits of changing your beliefs, as if you are cheating.

If he hadn't already spent so much energy on it, forcing Alan to continue investing in the village, perhaps with his personality in the wilderness, he would have already abandoned these ungrateful guys and traveled far away.

Who let me get so excited that I thought of doing something like this? !
"This is a book about elementary cooking. If you want to learn magic cooking, you must pass this threshold. I will give it to Bohr for safekeeping. She will read it and teach you the relevant techniques recorded in the book."

"The utensils needed for cooking..."

Randall's eyes kept glancing at the set of kitchen utensils around Allen's waist, and his intention was obvious.

"The book contains pictures of various kitchen utensils and their functions. You can also find relevant craftsmen to make them yourself, or you can smelt ore and cast them yourself."

Allen ignored the other party's aggressive behavior, turned around and started packing his bag: "I have stayed in the village long enough, it's time to continue on the road to find those delicious ingredients and follow the footprints left by the God of Food!!"

"You should not let down the grace that our Lord has bestowed upon you. Listen carefully to his teachings and quickly reach a state of spiritual harmony with our Lord. Then the great God of Food will personally display his grace and miracles and grant you even more profound and mysterious knowledge and inheritance!!"

"Father, are you leaving now?"

"We still want to hear more teachings from you, the God of Food!!"

“I want to taste it again…”

The dwarves of all ages in the village expressed their reluctance to leave. It was rare for such a kind preacher to appear. He not only did not exploit these poor people, but generously gave them a lot. For the first time, the dwarves who had lived in the Underdark all their lives felt cared for and sympathized. Who wouldn't want this feeling to last longer? !
The young dwarfs were even more reluctant to leave, because they saw a vast and wonderful world from Alan's mouth, which opened their closed eyes and made them want to go out for the first time.

It's a pity that everything was too short. As Alan packed his bags and walked towards the passage he came from, the rare wonderful time in the ordinary lives of the villagers of Pansy Village came to an end.

"Remember, when your village encounters an unstoppable disaster, open your guard and pray devoutly to the Great God of Food. Perhaps a miracle will appear to help you through the crisis."

Before leaving, Alan felt soft-hearted again and couldn't help but give a serious warning to this group of dwarfs who reminded him of his early experiences.

As for whether they would continue to adhere to their current beliefs after he left, and then have a prayer scene to reach the divine consciousness, that was not something Alan would care about anymore.

His actions this time were merely the first trace he left in the Underdark, as he played a role in the long journey ahead.

In the future, in every area of ​​the Underdark and even in the Abyss, the goblin bug goblin food preacher named Lex will leave footprints and traces.