Chapter 274: Consolidating Power (2/2)

And the appearance of the holy statute became a host on which they pinned those thoughts.

Even if neither quantity nor quality was high, such a situation delighted Xi Wei.

It also shows that every god sprout of the nonhuman tribe in the Western could be absorbed! If the Players could assert dominance and preach the name of the God of Games to every tribe and build his statue in every village, it wouldn’t be a surprise if Xi Wei could consolidate power in this place abandoned by every other god!

If he absorbed every god sprout, he could at least become an Intermediate God like the Great Lion even if he can’t ascend as a Greater God, right?

Xi Wei was brimming with determination at that very thought, and leveled a tender gaze upon the Players in the world below who were keen on making a rendition of Hamlet for Zonyan.

Ganbare[1], your god is watching over you from above!

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The siege of the Mountain Tigers’ stronghold wasn’t a System Event, but many Players had participated anyway. Most of them were newbies who recently joined the Church of Games, meaning that this was their first group activity after their conversion.

And when Princess Leah and other famous Players showed up and joined the battle towards the end, the reputation alone did not lose out to usual Events.

Moreover, as the destruction of the Mountain Tigers was a glorious triumph for the Players, they certainly would have to maintain their post-event tradition: a victory feast.

Though the feast was held in the Long Ears’ village like last time, the air was much different.

After the holy statue of the God of Games had been built, the Long Ears had clearly opened their hearts towards the Players and truly accepted them.

The Players were also therefore informed by the System that they could take in Long Ears as a vassal race, just like the Frogmen of the Warty Tidal Flats.

It naturally was Xi Wei’s plan from the very start.

After all, the complete edition of the System was upgraded continuously which cost too much divine energy, and investing it on newbies wouldn’t make up for the costs.And since the divine energy offered by the nonhumans wouldn’t match what the humans offered, Xi Wei had specially prepared a castrated version of the System like he did for the Frogmen.

You could level up by fighting monsters anyway. What is there to be upset about?!

You want a complete version? Sure, if you become a devout believer.

If that’s the case, Xi Wei would have no problems with upgrading the Eunuch System to a complete edition of the system.

Naturally, whether the Players or the Long Ears concerned themselves about it, all they were doing on this day were bonding, barbecuing and singing away, or watching the other Players engaging in dance battles on the temporarily-built podium.

And yet, there was a single person who stuck like a sore thumb in this happy atmosphere.

It was Gerald, who was still blaming himself for not being able to save Marni.

(1) hang in there in Japanese