Chapter 385: The Lord of the Peaks Believers (1/2)

At first, Jom had sought out Kristina only to trick her so that she would leak information about the undead high elf, since that was very important to their current quest.

Soon, however, he had another idea once the even announcement popped up.

That being said, Jom would never believe that the believers of the Lord of the Peaks could defeat the Players.

After all, the first-rate Players were all superhumans who could single-handedly defeat ten opponents at once. With a flying turf supporting them and the Lord of the Peaks’ believers mostly likely linked to the earth-element, they would never reach the Sky Horizon, whereas the Sky Horizon could bombard them from above without missing.

How would that even be a fight!

That being said, Jom would not believe that the Players could easily best the Lord of the Peaks’ believers.

Even though the Church of Games were recruiting new blood from Lancaster, Tunaya, and the refugee encampment of Crookes, there were not many of them whose faith reaches the standard required to become a Player. After rounding off things, the total number of Players was around fifteen hundred.

As for the Unnamed Town and other spots, those were all basically the Players’ private property, and there are no prospects of recruitment there.

Moreover, sixty percent of the fifteen hundred Players were still non-combatant newbies.

In the end, the Players’ competence was not developed from a single stroke but from an accumulation of EXP, and right now, Xi Wei had only a handful of dungeons to offer the Players for repetitive farming—they had almost reached the heart of the Valley of the Tragic Dead, and since there was a limit to EXP provided, time was needed to mold the Players into a fighting force.

On the other hand, the Lord of the Peaks would have a considerable number of believers as one of the older divine beings. He could raise an army of up to eighty thousand with a single stroke if he wanted to, with over a hundred thousand more ready as reinforcements from various corners of the continent, and that would be quite a problem for the Players who would still be understaffed when the event begins.

That said, it was worth rejoicing that the third-rate players led by Simba had finally grown after several major events, becoming a new pillar for intermediate Players.

At the same time, first-rate Players such as Edward had risen past Level 50 and was heading toward 60, and it wouldn’t be an issue for them to graduate through the event if they could survive through the difficult initial period of the event.

On another note, in Jom’s perspective, it was perhaps a test which led to the God of Games had informed the Players about the event early on.

The enemies in past events were not weak, but usually most events would start immediately.

Only this event was an exception.

Does that mean the God of Games’ revealing the event details beforehand was so that the Players would prepare, even taking certain actions to lower the event difficulty while increasing the event’s chance of success?

For example, coming up with some way to deceive factions such as the Temple of Glory to obstruct the Lord of the Peaks’ believers from gathering at the Valla Empire (or Gaim)!

Therefore, after rescuing Kristina’s group, Jom went on a lively description of his ‘hunch’.

“Are you saying that the monsters that are suddenly appearing might have been chased her by the Lord of the Peaks’ believers?” Kristina stared at Jom rather suspiciously.

“Yes,” Jom answered with assurance.

“That’s impossible!” Kristina suddenly cried and aimed her Chaos Staff straight at Jom. “The Lord of the Peaks is no vile god, how could he abide with his believers in such behavior?! Which hole had you come out of, villain?! What are you trying to achieve by slandering the Lord of the Peaks’ believers?!”

Terry, who was having a bottle of cola promptly drew his sword and held it in front of his friend by reflex. Likewise, the other Kratos believers behind Kristina also drew their weapons and glared at the pair of youths.

At first, Jom thought that he had been exposed, but then recalled that he was flawless in both action and words. Hence, he tried his best to control his panic, keeping a straight face as he continued talking unaffectedly.