Chapter 274: Consolidating Power (1/2)

The one who was rewarded the most in the battle was not the Players who were each given a reward item, nor was it the Long Ears who were finally freed from the oppression of the Hyena-men and the Tigermen and could reclaim some space after being pushed into a corner of the continent. Instead, it was Xi Wei, who had been enjoying the show and only provided divine assistance at the very last second.

After the death of the Roaring Blaze Tiger Warrior, the god sprout which had latched on to him faded with the fall of the Mountain Tigers.

Be that as it may, it had turned into energy belonging to no order, but it remained a manifestation of divine energy.

And having watched everything unfold from beginning to end, Xi Wei naturally seized the opportunity to take in the unowned divine energy, convinced that he just needed a little time to digest it into his own energy.

The energy had quality where it lacked in quantity. If Xi Wei had to say it, the items and EXP reward he gave all the Players in this latest event took more or less the same amount of divine energy-he didn’t incur a loss, at least.

But when the event concluded, XI Wei assigned Angora a new overlord quest when he rushed to the Western Continent to enjoy the show, and had him build a holy statue for himself in the Western Continent. After all, there were already temples built for Xi Wei in both the Unnamed Town and the Lancaster Hideout back in the Eastern Continent.

Any person thinking about joining his church must start by praying to the statue, and it was a fact having a physical object saw a rapid increase in devotion amongst Players. In turn, the ratio of those who became true believers to those who didn’t know what their god looked like and could only develop their faith blindly would also improve considerably.

At first, Xi Wei didn’t pin any hopes on it-he was merely going about it like an afterthought, just as the quest he assigned Angora was a coincidental assignment without any penalty.

He didn’t expect that Angora would get so thrilled after receiving the quest, muttering something like ‘The God of Games didn’t forget about me’ while having Vela sought out Rangka, and then successfully and passionately persuaded Rangka since the Long Ears liked to ‘swear fealty’ anyway.

After that, the mysteriously motivated Rangka then sought out the Long Ears’ chief to successfully and passionately persuade him, who eventually agreed to allow the players to build a holy statue in the Long Ears’ village.

And with the Overlord System in hand, Angora certainly allowed the Long Ears bumpkins to witness the efficiency of Players.

In less than five minutes after the Long Ears chief gave his approval, an enormous holy statue that curiously resembled the FIFA World Cup Trophy rose from the ground at the center of the Long Ears village, completely towering over the landmark that was the chief’s camp.

“How majestic.” Rangka surveyed the golden FIFA World Cup Trophy which stood over five meters tall. “But why would your god be lifting a ball?”

“Actually, the ball is our god, and the people shown beneath lifting the ball is us believers,” Angora answered solemnly.

Rangka:?

“You can forget about it this time, Rangka, but if you join our religion in the future, remember to not mention this again.” Angora then added.

“There would be divine retribution?” Rangka immediately got the idea.

“Nope. You’ll be banned.”

Rangka:???

Therefore, Rangka could only think, ‘As expected of the god of champions who could defeat the Mountain Tigers. He is so mysterious in both thought and form…’

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Meanwhile, Xi Wei wasn’t too concerned about the slightly disrespectful exchange of his own believer, but was instead stretching out his senses to feel what was happening in the mortal realm with astonishment.

From what he could detect, when the World Cup-once the holy statue of the God of Games was built, a small part of the god sprout covering the skies of the Long Ears tribe vanished and faded, gradually absorbed by the statue and delivered to Xi Wei’s divine kingdom, becoming divine energy he could directly absorb.

Clearly, some Long Ears had earnestly envied and admired the Players’ existence, won over by their food and their great power.