549 Raid Part 2 (1/2)

When he thought of that, Saleen decided to let it go, then he told Lex, ”Let's split up. Other than the ashes of the oracles, gather the rest of the items, and we can split it amongst ourselves.”

Naturally, Saleen was a little indignant. The seeds of the four divine trees were of immeasurable value, but the goddess' demand was an insurmountable task.

”Unify the Myers mainland? Luckily the goddess' temples are all built on the mainland. If there were temples situated overseas, would that mean that the whole Myers plane would have to be unified? If the Holy See is not destroyed, the goddess' religion cannot be popularized.” Having these thoughts, Saleen did not have any more reservations about plundering the goddess' temple. ”This temple cannot be demolished, and the ashes of the oracles cannot be touched. The rest of the items must be removed.”

It was not that Saleen did not have the intention to do so. Since there was a probability that the goddess could be resurrected, and she would realize that the ashes of her oracles had been removed, there might be dire consequences.

The five people immediately raided the temple, the goddess clearly did not leave any prohibitions. The size of Cuisi's and Bain's spatial equipment was limited, so they had to go to and fro to clear their filled spatial equipment. Saleen and Lex could simply empty the resources in an entire room. After Sika's Ring of Gifts stored the four withered divine trees, the space actually got larger as though it was a nourished creature.

Back in the central temple, the enormous cavities left behind after the four divine trees were collected had begun closing up slowly, as though the four dead divine trees never existed. On empty land in the temple, more and more items were piled up one after another. Bain and Cuisi did not give much consideration. As long as something could be removed, they would transport it there.

In the past, the goddess used very simple items. In this day and age, humans could hardly obtain these materials anymore. Divinecherry wood was no big deal in the past. Humans only needed to travel to the First Abyss once to be able to acquire large amounts of divinecherry wood.

If possible, Saleen would rather pillage the palace of the first dynasty, the items there were really precious. Even though humans really adored the goddess' lifestyle, the items accumulated were not really good. Except for the four divine trees of course.

Unfortunately, the palace of the first dynasty was rumored to have been flown to another plane. Some people also said that the first dynasty had conquered a godly nation, thus it had shifted there. Even the remnants of the second dynasty were very rare. Like the first dynasty, the second dynasty was also extremely luxurious.

The third dynasty was more low-key, but it had been a long time since it disappeared. Only the fourth dynasty had left behind a great deal of remnants. Amidst the chaos of war, the Cloudflow Empire had plundered the remains of the fourth dynasty, so all the items were sent to Cloudflow.

Cuisi and Bain did not stand on ceremony at all. They were extremely thorough, transporting all the removable items to the central temple.

When Lex and Saleen got back, they were very satisfied at the result of everyone's efforts.

Like Saleen had expected, this temple had a large bank of magic nuclei. The Goddess of Nature was very fond of magic, so a number of her oracles were even sorcerers. Besides having protection by Divine spells, there was a variety of magic arrays in the temple, and all these installations had to be powered by magic nuclei.

The thing which made Saleen most glad was that most of the magic nuclei in the mountainous pile of them were a high level. Other than the seeds of the divine trees, everything was to be split into five portions. Saleen would take three shares, while Lex would take two. That way, the mages from the Sregl Island would possess sufficient magic nuclei for training. They would no longer be constrained by resources and be hampered in their advancements.

All of the magic nuclei were not segmented. Lex took out a massive weighing scale, measuring the mass of the magic nuclei. Then, they were split into five shares. A huge quantity of precious metals were also split. Today, humans could hardly obtain such metals on this plane.

Almost all the items had to be refined once more, with the exception of some weapons and armor. The goddess had divine guards, who formed the backbone force of the Nature Temple. The divine guards were all above the standard of a grand swordmaster, so they could also cast Divine spells. Their armor was not any weaker than the Spirit Snake Armor.

The goddess only had five-hundred divine guards though. Lex gave all five-hundred pieces of armor to Saleen, in exchange for the bows and arrows stored in the only armory found in the temple.

The bows and arrows left behind by the goddess were all magic equipment, they had a horrifyingly far range. If an archer could cast magic and stimulate the Icy Sight, they would possess a shooting accuracy of more than five-hundred yards.

In a normal army, soldiers depended on luck to hit a target who was more than two-hundred yards away. To an army, this batch of bows and arrows held significant meaning.

Saleen did not have high expectations of bows and arrows. He had Eleanor beside him, so he would possess the production method of an elvish bow. With a new design, Saleen could also muster his own magic bow army.

Saleen faced much challenge in crafting armor. His followers, including the demons, wore high level magic armor. The attributes of their armor were a result of the high level materials used though. If Saleen could only use normal materials to craft armor, he would not have the ability to produce armor like those donned by the divine guards.

What made Saleen extremely skeptical was that Cuisi had collected a pile of tableware. This tableware was made from wood, there were pots and pans, and some jars for seasoning.

Lex was overjoyed. She told Saleen, ”These things are magic equipment, they weren't considered special in the past. Look at this pot. It is made from wood, but it can steam food at high temperatures, because it utilizes the power of magic.”

”What use does this have?”

”Speed!” Lex stared at the tableware, grinning from ear to ear. ”It is still okay in normal environments, but the morale of soldiers is extremely precious in a harsh environment. In some places, it is difficult to make fire, and in some other places, we could be easily discovered by the enemy once fire is ignited. In order to maintain the speed of marching, soldiers will only consume rations that are prepared beforehand most of the time, and these rations taste horrible. Only the commanders have the right to eat rations prepared by a mage.”