Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 963 Toronto's Choice
The Lord of the Earth both cares for and doesn't care about his believers.

He cares because they have indeed increased his understanding of his own laws, and they are genuinely sincere towards him.

But if someone insists on doing something "in the name of God" after he has repeatedly emphasized what cannot be done, he will not forcefully stop them.

The earth is so vast that you can walk even without a road, it will just be a little difficult.

As long as the believer is willing, that's fine.

However, sometimes he would also do the superficial work, especially when he was surrounded by people who could openly mock him.

"The Goddess of the Night agrees?" Toronto, too lazy to discuss stance with him, said with a serious face, "This is Emilia City."

“I have no objection.” The black characters slowly appeared, “Emilia is a city high in the mountains, and there are very few water features to be seen.”

My followers in the darkness miss their homeland!

However, the water feature must be beautiful enough.

Toronto understood: "So, how much money can the Earth Church contribute?"

The Landlord quickly offered a price that would tempt Toronto.

After spending a lot of time with him, he came to understand this eccentric monk somewhat.

It's practically impossible to impress him with simple gold and silver jewelry.

However, it won't work to tempt him with knowledge like other monks do... This is a monk who can't even learn everything from his own family's tradition. He has a thirst for knowledge, but he's not obsessed with it.

The alchemical potions that the Earth Church has always excelled at are of little use.

Although the other party's alchemy skills were not that specialized, they knew a great deal... This is also a matter of knowledge.

For such a sorcerer, the prepared potions are not as valuable as the raw materials.

The Lord of the Earth would not possibly offer the Earth Church's closely guarded secrets as payment for his services.

After much thought, he concluded that the simplest solution was to take out the plant seedlings that the church treasured... precious, expensive things that needed to be kept secret but could never be kept secret.

The fact that the Earth Church is so fond of fighting amongst themselves will inevitably lead to some of their botanical gardens being lost to the outside world.

Those who obtain the research results of the opposing faction will certainly not cherish them as much as they would their own.

This has led to a situation where, although outsiders may not know how the plants were cultivated, they can still obtain the finished products.

For those outside the research field, what they really want is a cultivable finished product.

If it's a magical plant with special effects, that would be even better.

Of course, if Toronto were to be paid, those plants with special effects alone wouldn't be enough, but he would definitely be interested in them all.

Others might not care about these rare and exotic plants, only a small portion of which have special effects, but judging from the Earth Lord's observation of Green Maple Territory, Toronto should like them.

After all, although it's not very practical, it looks really good and tastes really good!
The Earth Church can develop hundreds of flavors for a single fruit... Although the Lord of the Earth, who received the tribute, admitted that each one was delicious, a peach is just a peach!
It's just a matter of being a little crispier, a little softer, and having a stronger or weaker aroma... How exactly are there so many different flavors?

If it were him, he would only first distinguish between two main categories: hard peaches and soft peaches... As for the rest, aren't they all just variations on the same theme?

The Lord of the Earth wasn't incapable of distinguishing the subtle differences between those peaches, but he truly didn't understand why so many extremely similar ones had to be made.

After all, any research requires a lot of effort and money... Although many people like to eat peaches, they really can't be sold at a good price!
We can only operate on a low-profit, high-volume basis, running the orchard.

When will I be able to break even?
The Lord of the Earth sometimes really can't figure out whether his followers are truly seeking fame and fortune, but even these guys who study peaches will still pick up sticks and start a war.

He couldn't understand it, so he could only watch from afar.

However, Toronto will definitely like it.

These superior fruit tree varieties were undoubtedly the least valuable part of the reward he offered to Toronto; they were gifts from those magical plants.

The Lord of the Land generously gave Toronto everything at once, without intending to split it into several installments.

After all, this person only promised to help them up to Emilia.

He wouldn't go any further south.

After all, Travis of the North was already prepared to leave his home and head to Scroll Mountain after the harvest festival.

There are also rumors that the Star Fortress of Al-Saran will leave the earth on the day of the Harvest Festival.

Lori Montes couldn't stay asleep any longer; he had to get up and send his teacher into the starry sky.

Emilia City was actually chosen by Toronto.

They originally planned to choose the Violet Kingdom on the plains.

The area is well-connected and extremely prosperous, making it ideal for welcoming visitors from all directions.

However, he was met with sarcasm and rejection from Toronto.

He was practically pointing his finger at the gods and asking them if they had any brains.

Everyone guessed where they were going, and they actually did.

While deities cannot be too far removed from the human world, they also do not need to be so close that anyone can guess their location.

Besides, what does it matter to them whether the road is easy to travel?

Is it the Lord of the Earth who needs to walk, or the Goddess of the Night who needs to take a step?

Now everyone knows there are good things in their maze. Everyone comes here for the benefits, so why should we give them so many conveniences?
Why don't the gods just throw gold out there?

Money falling from the sky would be their real merit!

Of course, Toronto understood that the reason the gods hadn't considered so much was because the nodes they wanted could only come to their attention and be chosen after passing through numerous trials.

But how would ordinary people know these things?
They'll probably just think it's the gods casually handing out benefits, only this time to those they approve of. Once or twice is fine, but if it happens too often, it'll definitely cause big trouble.

Outside the maze, bloodshed is inevitable.

The Scroll Mountain probably didn't cause as much damage as their maze.

Although Toronto's claims were somewhat sensational, the gods could still understand that he was actually right.

If humans could truly fathom the thoughts of the gods, they would definitely seize the opportunity to cause trouble.

The anchor points chosen by the gods will always reveal certain characteristics.

In their pursuit of wealth, even church priests could be attacked!

Not to mention mortals who are merely glanced at by the gods.

Toronto chose Emilia City because of the city's unique characteristics.

First of all, choosing this place was an unexpected surprise.

Those who received the notification had no time to consider any schemes or tricks; they could only rush towards Emilia first.

Secondly, it's very high here.

After receiving instructions from the Lord of the Earth and the Goddess of the Night to shut down all the teleportation arrays in the Kingdom of Emilia Highlands, everyone who wants to get here must climb 5000 meters on their own.

Although professionals generally have good physical strength, walking 5000 meters is completely different from climbing 5000 meters.

The Fegi Mountains are especially steep, with cliffs all around... Emilia City is not only the highest point in the Highlands, but also the most secluded.

At 5000 meters, it was only the outermost edge of the Highlands Kingdom. They still had to detour for another 2,000 meters, then climb down another 1,000 meters, and then Emilia City was on the middle 3,000-meter peak.

But not everyone can easily see the city in the center of this ring mountain.

Queen Emilia, who was once deeply favored by the goddess of the night, was extremely skilled in illusion magic.

Even if everyone knows that Emilia is there, if one's mind is not firm enough and one's will is not strong enough, one will definitely not be able to find it... Finding Emilia is the first test that the gods give to those who want to receive divine favor.

Otherwise, even after several days of notification, the Night Guards wouldn't have had time to slowly inspect the city's appearance.

Of course, this will inevitably lead to the Night and Earth Followers benefiting the most from the labyrinth.

But who cares?
Lord of Storms?
He's not that shameless.

The only one who might be dissatisfied is the Goddess of the Night, but she's the one who benefits.

As for wealth and the sun, these two wouldn't care about that much.

The criteria the sun uses to select people have always been... very difficult.

There's no need to consider it for him.

As for wealth, there's even less need for it.

It's impossible for Emilia's city to be without her followers.

Wherever the money is, that's where she is.

This is a city where countless scientific research conferences are held simultaneously. The people coming and going may seem inconspicuous, but they are definitely all wealthy.

Even when Qingfeng Territory was fighting so fiercely with the Wealth Church, it couldn't stop the Wealth Church's believers from flocking to it!
Given their relatively good relationship with Dark Night and Wealth, how could Emilia City possibly close its doors to them?

Then, naturally, the matter proceeded according to Toronto's decision.

On the contrary, Toronto itself is somewhat regretful.

He never imagined that he was actually a good person.

So, I've been feeling a bit annoyed these past few days.

Even the Goddess of the Night was somewhat afraid to provoke him.

After all, Toronto's mouth is already sharp enough, but when he's unhappy, it can be ten times more lethal, and he loves to stab people in the heart.

They had just made a foolish mistake and now had to trouble Toronto to clean up the mess, so they really didn't dare to mess with him.

So when the Lord of the Earth brought up this matter and it attracted Toronto's attention, the Goddess of the Night practically gave it her all.

It wasn't her money that was spent, right?
Toronto quickly calmed down amidst the sweet-coated bullets of the Earth God.

Although his demiplane was well-organized, it wasn't anything special.

At most, there are more forests and rivers that can be actually accessed than before, and the plants and animals have been optimized to some extent, but in reality, it is still a downgrade.

However, the essence of the artifacts from the demiplane remains unchanged.

What truly weakened it was Toronto's insufficient mental strength and its internal structure, which was unable to support the energy flow within the demiplane.

Even though he had tried his best to plant a large number of magical plants inside, it didn't work.

These plants, which have given up evolving because of the world's downgrading, are inherently too weak.

But what the Lord of the Earth gave was different.

Although they look no different from their counterparts on the earth, they actually grew out of the divine kingdom of the Lord of the Earth.

Their innate level is already quite high.

This will definitely promote his further growth in the demiplane.

(End of this chapter)