Calamity Dragon, Starting with the Cultivation of Knight Families

Chapter 17 Version Update Exclusive Gameplay Rewards
At his computer desk, Linke kept switching his gaze to York.

After hearing York, Lucia, and the Chamber of Commerce discuss various things, and connecting this with the information shown in the previous 100-day simulation video, he finally gained a clear understanding of the current 'game world'.

On the continent of Auckland, humanity has three great empires, the most powerful of which are the most powerful.

At the same time, these three empires occupy the central position of human territory, and are practically the leaders of human nations.

Surrounding the three great empires are twelve kingdoms, and hundreds of principalities under their jurisdiction.

York belongs to the Duchy of the Silver Lions, which is part of the territory of the Western Eagle Kingdom.

Of course, I'm not actually interested in these forestry-related fields.

What he was actually interested in was the situation of the gods in the game world.

Coincidentally, Lin Ke learned about this situation during the conversation.

In the words of that old merchant, the gods of humanity on the continent of Auckland have indeed not descended to earth for three hundred years.

This applies not only to human gods, but also to gods of other races.

Moreover, their conversation suggests that the old merchant even doubted the existence of the so-called Storm God's arrival three hundred years ago.

After all, according to records, the God of Storms never descended in divine form, but only acted in the form of a mortal being.

Therefore, there is a high possibility that this is fabricated.

After all, the church has ample reason to fabricate evidence, and even the so-called Beast God's proxy of the Orc Empire is very likely a fabrication.

It's just that everyone knows it but doesn't say it.

As for the great war between humans and orcs, it was indeed real, but whether the leaders on both sides were 'gods' is hard to say.

Therefore, if we don't count the divine descent three hundred years ago, we can infer that the gods may not have descended to earth for over a thousand years.

As for going further back, those are truly mythological tales.

Aside from legendary saints and demigods, almost no one can live that long.

Of course, no one denies the existence of the gods.

But the gods must have something on their minds, otherwise they would never have remained hidden from the mortal world for so long.

Those most qualified to speak on this matter are undoubtedly the saint-level and demigod-like beings among the various races.

Unfortunately, these things were simply out of the reach of ordinary nobles.

Even if ordinary nobles had access to them, they might not reveal anything about the gods that they knew.

In short, in today's world, even legendary saints and demigods rarely appear in front of ordinary people anymore.

This situation is quite bizarre.

But whether it was the various kingdoms and empires of humans or the alien races, everyone maintained a strange calm and tacit understanding.

Although there were major and minor wars among the various ethnic groups during this period, over the past thousand years, they have all shown remarkable restraint in a certain sense.

There has been no case of any group being completely wiped out. In fact, compared to a thousand years ago, the territories of the various groups have not changed much in general.

And it is precisely because the gods of various races have not appeared for more than a thousand years that their divine authority has been weakened.

Take the churches in the various kingdoms of mankind as an example; their power is no longer what it was in ancient times.

The world today is a world of monarchy, a world where monarchy and divine authority are relatively separated.

This has led to the emergence of the saying in many countries that gods are gods and mortals are mortals.

Even some traditional religious tortures were stripped away by the monarchy.

"It's a good thing that divine authority isn't as powerful as people imagine."

"But this is not something that York in the Swamp Territory can handle right now, especially given that this so-called Church of Truth still wields considerable power in the Eagle Kingdom."

"Well, York's wife is quite something. She said she saw God, but God was shrouded in divine light. I wonder if it is the God of Truth. That's quite a careful and cautious way of putting it."

"She wants to downplay this miracle as much as possible, so perhaps I should try to avoid using the 'Descent' function in the future." Lin Ke understands the principle that a tree that stands out in the forest will be felled by the wind.

Lin Ke's use of 'Descent' this time was indeed somewhat inappropriate, but Lin Ke was just testing it out and did not expect the scene to be so large.

Otherwise, he certainly wouldn't have been so high-profile in the very early stages of the game.

Especially when there are other players in the game.

Fortunately, the arrival effect appeared during dusk in the game, so it wasn't too noticeable.

However, this arrival will undoubtedly have some impact on the swamp territory in the future.

I just don't know whether this impact is good or bad.

However, things are up to people, so now it's up to York and Lucia to decide.

Of course, perhaps York's father, Baron Eric, and even Lucia's father, Viscount Callum, could have played a role in this matter.

While pondering to himself, Lin Ke continued to enjoy the cinematic visual experience brought by God's-eye view.

Meanwhile, I also tried to switch the view to the magical pet, the Giant Tooth Rat King.

Use the mouse to select the more than one hundred henchmen of the Giant Rat King, and then let the Giant Rat King lead these little rats to patrol the swamp territory.

Whenever any other threatening magical beasts are discovered, Linko orders them to swarm and eliminate them.

This can be seen as eliminating some threats to the development of the Swamp Territory in advance.

At the same time, this also allows the Rock Dragon Giant Lizard to have a feast.

However, unranked magical beasts have very limited effect on the growth of the Rock Dragon Giant Lizard.

The wolf only showed a growth rate of +0.0001%.

And that was it. With less than 1% growth, the Rock Dragon Giant Lizard's data panel wouldn't show any changes at all.

“It’s true, so true!”

"Sure enough, once the tutorial storyline is over and the game mode is established, the character's development slows down."

"Everything from now on will depend on the development of the York family in the Swamp Territory."

And so, with the constant switching of visuals, the game's eight hours quickly came to an end.

At the same time, Lin Ke's computer screen went black again and familiar subtitles appeared.

[Player's game time for today is full; forced logout]

Players are requested to set their character's code of conduct during offline periods.

(Conservative OR Radical)

[Special Note: After two days of testing, the game will undergo some bug fixes and its first version update the following morning. Please see the official game website for details.]

Ok?
The sudden game logout notification did not surprise Lin Ke.

But this sudden version update took Lin Ke somewhat by surprise.

Lin Ke quickly continued to choose the conservative role principle.

But when Lin Ke was about to close the game page and go to the official game website to check for updates...

However, the computer's game screen, which was black, once again displayed the familiar new set of gold subtitles.

[Congratulations to the player for completing Day 2 of the game.]

[According to the gameplay update rules of the next version, players will now be rewarded with exclusive rewards for the 'Clan Power' farming gameplay.]

[Character cards of all contracted entities under my command!]

Lin Ke only glanced at the golden subtitles before they instantly merged back together, transforming into golden streaks that shot off the screen.

(End of this chapter)