Don't call me evil god

Chapter 209: Dark Crypt Reclamation Team
Pete, Brandon, Gail, Miranda, and Lena.

Two Tier 3 Mages, Legendary Levels 33 and 31 respectively, with Gale being slightly higher;
Tier 2 Peak Warrior, level 29, and the experience will soon be enough to reach level 30;
2nd level Radiant Priest, level 27;
Tier 2 Rogue, Level 25.

This is the strongest lineup of the Church of Knowledge currently accepted and recognized by most believers.

Although on paper it looks like a mix of Tier 3 and Tier 2, unlike the Crusaders of the Cult of the Sun, any one of them is guaranteed to be Tier 3.

However, actual strength cannot be judged solely by professional rating.

For example, Miranda, she used to be a tier 2 Radiant Priest, but among the five blessing spells that were rated as tier 2, she only mastered the healing blessing.

There are many level 3 priests in the Crusaders who only master 2 or 3 blessings sporadically.

Miranda now has all five blessing spells!

Healing, strength, protection, purification, courage, she has it all!

There are no obvious shortcomings or weaknesses, or in other words, they are almost all strengths!
It was a unanimous decision among the believers to let the five of them take the lead in exploring the dark underground cave.

Although the first person to try something new will definitely get more rewards in terms of exploration rating, getting this reward also depends on your ability!
The situation in the dungeon is unclear. We don’t even know what the environment and route are like. Once we die in there, there is a high probability that we won’t be able to retrieve our bodies.

Let the strongest team try to open up the wasteland first, and share some intelligence after gaining it. Then other believers will be more confident and have a higher safety factor when they enter to explore.

……

It had been a long time since we had an adventure together, and it was with friends who had fought together in Green Harbor. Pete breathed a sigh of nostalgia:

"If you count the time, we haven't been together for a long time."

During this period, each of them has their own things to do, let alone going on adventures together, they may not even have the opportunity to get together during the break.

Often either this person is busy or that person is not here.

It would be difficult for all five people to be present like they did when they first arrived at Misty Valley.

"Because we all have our own goals on a daily basis. If everything goes well during this exploration, I should be able to be promoted to a level 3 warrior!"

Brandon laughed.

He was the one who worked the hardest to level up, and usually he was either destroying monsters or on his way to destroy monsters.

After dying together with the level 3 monster, Brandon's combat skills improved as if he had suddenly gained enlightenment.

It's not a skill or a combat technique, but a kind of intuition.

Intuition for danger.

The originally heavy two-handed sword became as wieldy as an arm in his hands.

You no longer need to dodge aggressively when attacked by monsters;
Instead, use your weapon to block the opponent's attack path!
Not only can it completely block the attack, but it can also counterattack.

Later, when Brandon was exterminating monsters to maintain regional stability outside Misty Valley, he was rarely injured, let alone killed.

When besieging the level 3 monster, as the main attacker in close combat, he managed to emerge unscathed throughout the entire battle!
No matter how fast the monster's attack was, he could raise his weapon and block the attack purely by instinct, as if by muscle memory!
Hearing Brandon's words, Gale also interrupted the topic and asked:
"I'm actually quite curious. I heard that recently, Pete, you took new believers out to kill monsters and so on. Are you dividing the rewards equally among the five of you?"

As more and more people bring in new believers, tacit "rules" have now been formed among believers.

When forming a team, the captain will get 60% of the reward or even more. As compensation, the team members only need to wait for the captain to take action from a distance and they do not need to participate in the battle.

But Pete followed the normal cooperation model and divided the reward equally among the five people, not taking any more. Because of this, Pete and Gale were both training new people, and Gale's level was now more than 5 levels higher than Pete.

Pete was confident: "My goal is certainly not destiny points and legendary experience, but regional reputation."

"Haven't you noticed that bringing newcomers into battle will earn you a reward of regional fame?"

Gail and Brandon both hummed in affirmation.

They also noticed that when the team was disbanded after training new members, they would be reminded that they had gained a certain amount of regional fame.

Regional reputation, like regional stability, appears when the Creation Altar is activated, but the former is currently just a simple number, and its function has not yet been discovered.

To be precise, it is not just about bringing in new believers.

As long as it contributes to the construction of the territory.

For example, when you successfully recruit new believers, build functional buildings that are not available in the territory, or maintain [regional stability], you can gain varying amounts of regional reputation.

Pete was very sure.

"If I understand the Lord's will correctly, the reputation of this region must be related to the future lord election!"

"Think about it, what kind of things can bring more reputation to the region? Is it always when promoting the construction of the Misty Valley territory?"

"Once the people of Green Harbor come and unlock the Lord election, they will know if my idea is right."

Pete's goal remains unchanged.

He was still thinking about the lord's affairs. Compared with adventure and fighting, his talent was more in overall command and strategic deployment.

If Misty Valley was just a pure church holy place, the God of Knowledge would not have had to send down a quest reward for [Unlock the Lord's Campaign].

Since there was a lord election, Pete didn't plan to miss it.

"There's no need to rush about those things. After all, it will take some time for our friends in Green Harbor to immigrate here."

"Our mission today is to open up the Dark Crypt," Pete emphasized seriously, "Check your equipment and consumables. Do you have everything you need?"

In addition to basic weapons and equipment, Pete and his team brought some consumables this time to ensure safety.

Hugo took the time to use the monster materials collected by the believers to refine the [Slow Release Potion], which has the effect of reducing pain in a short period of time. Each person has two bottles for emergency use;
The portable whetstone made by Maren is mainly used by Brandon and Reyna. It can be used to sharpen weapons after battle to keep them sharp.
The scroll of [Flash] copied by Yaan, there are not many of them, only two.

One for Brandon and one for Miranda.

It is also used to save lives in emergency situations.

Although death is no longer the end, even if you can bring the body back, there will still be a certain loss of transferred legendary experience, and the higher the level, the greater the loss.

If death can be avoided, believers will try to avoid it as much as possible.

Consumables check completed.

"Miranda, bless you!"

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(End of this chapter)