Goddess Wanhua Mirror

Fran put his hand on his chest, and Lude suddenly sensed that there seemed to be some kind of divine power hidden in the little girl's body. Just now, it was as if a ray of fluorescent light suddenly appeared in the dark night, which had a certain relationship with his original fire. resonance.

Based on what Fran said before, Lude couldn't help guessing in his heart that Marikis, the Goddess of Kitchen Fire, might be possessed in the body of Fran, the son of God.

So he made a slightly bold move.

In front of Fran, Lude spread out his palm, and a small golden flame the size of a peanut appeared in his palm.

Fran stared at the flames blankly at first, then his expression changed suddenly, his body radiated a large amount of red light, and swelled up like a blown air. In the blink of an eye, he grew from a 13-year-old girl to a voluptuous blond lady. .Seeing this, Cha Ye and A Gou who were standing behind the sofa immediately knelt down on one knee.

Lude couldn't help showing surprise on his face, but his expression was a little embarrassing immediately.Because of the sudden growth of Fran, the clothes on his body did not change along with it. This caused the girl's uniform, which was considered decent, to be stretched to the point of bursting by the opponent's bumpy figure, and she looked very violin.

However, Lude quickly noticed that after the transformation, although the brows of Fran were still somewhat similar to his childhood appearance, his temperament had completely changed, and his eyes were much deeper. And Fran is not alone.

"Goddess of the Kitchen Fire?"

"Mortal priest, why do you have this?"

Obviously, the woman in front of her is the Goddess of Kitchen Fire, Marikis herself, and she also knows a little bit of the original fire that Lude deliberately exposed.

Lude is not afraid that Marikis will be angry when he sees "Fire", because this is Pine Town, and it is the base camp he has painstakingly managed.Not to mention that Lude has an advantage in the number of "gods", and there is a large barrier set up by Kumilad in the local area, which can effectively block the prying eyes of other gods. , and will not attract the attention of other gods.

In addition, despite the amazing appearance of Marikis, as soon as she revealed her real body, Luther saw through her details at a glance. level of about a month.

Even 300 years ago, the Goddess of Kitchen Fire was only a lower-level deity of the third level at her peak, and she was not in charge of any powerful deity.After fleeing to the open sea, the number of believers dropped sharply, and it has continued to decline for hundreds of years. Now that it is so weak, it is no wonder that when slave traders raided the islander villages, she, the goddess in charge, could only helplessly watch.

The gap in strength lies here, and Lude is very comfortable.And the other party is so weak, it is also in his arms.

Under Lude's signal, Shanisi led out Chaye and Ago who were kneeling on the ground behind, leaving only Lude and the Goddess of Kitchen Fire in the reception room.Sitting opposite each other, Lude's attitude made Marikis slightly uncomfortable, but he only frowned slightly.

Because she could see that although Lude was a mortal, he had the "favor" of more than one god. With his current self, he was really no match.

"Let me introduce myself, my humble Lude. I am a priest of the God of Medicine Cult and an ordinary public servant of the Pantheon. It is a pleasure to meet you, Your Excellency the Goddess of Kitchen Fire, Marikis."

"The god of medicine? I haven't heard of it. Is it a new god born in the past 300 years?"

"To be more precise, it's these three years."

"Three years? What level?"

"Breakthrough to the second stage half a year ago. Judging from the current growth rate, it should be almost able to break through to the third stage at the latest in the first half of next year and at the earliest by the end of this year."

"You, what did you feed her? It grows so fast!? Oh yes! You have the fire of origin, is that thing so effective?"

Hearing that Lude said that it took less than three years to cultivate a god who was about to break through to the third level, Marikis widened her eyes in surprise.As a second-generation god who has lived for thousands of years, she herself is well aware of how slow the growth rate of ordinary gods is.

Like herself, it was just a city in its heyday, with less than 500 believers. It took a full [-] years to break through from the first level to the third level. Among ordinary gods, this is already Not too late.

If the god of medicine that Lude mentioned could have millions of believers from the very beginning, then it would be normal for her to be promoted to the third level within three years, but in the situation in Pine Tree Town, she has more or less passed the method of possession. Lan understands that there are only about [-] residents, and not all of them are believers.

So subconsciously, Marikis attributed this inconceivable "miracle" to the "source of fire" that is also like a legend among the gods.

Thinking of this, Marikis looked at Lude with eager eyes.

"Mortal priest, you deliberately lured me out, what is your intention?"

"It's nothing, I just want to chat with you face to face and see if you are interested in coming to my Pantheon to debut."

"Pantheon? Is the main god of your family trying to form a gang?"

"Accurately speaking, it's cooperation. We all benefit from each other. In addition to the god of medicine, the gods I have joined so far include the god of love × and the three goddesses of craftsmanship. The quasi-allies include the god of robbers and the goddess of wisdom. If you are willing If you join, I can promise to help you re-establish your faith in the mainland."

"Hehe, the tone is not small, but the gods you just mentioned, except for the thief god Hume and the goddess of wisdom Kumilad, the others should be new gods, right? Those old gods will sit idly by? Besides, you just now I have shown the original fire in front of me, are you not afraid that I will betray you?"

"Cooperate with me, you will definitely be able to get the light of this original fire, but what do you think you can get by selling me to those great gods? You can survive the cruel battle of gods, it is not all because of luck?"

"..."

Lude pointed his finger, and looked at Marikis with a half-smile.He dared to show his "big baby" in front of the other party. Apart from being confident that he could round and flatten the chicken-like Marikis and force it into his basement, he also believed in such a capable Kitchen God. He must not be a fool.

Sure enough, Marikis said after thinking for a moment.

"If I join your pantheon, how are you going to help me revive the sect?"

"Of course, it is based on your god position, tailoring a set of the most suitable idol promotion plan. Don't worry, I have a lot of experience in this field. The new gods I mentioned to you before are all cultivated by me. Get up. As long as you leave everything to me, I guarantee that we all have a bright future!"

End of this chapter

As early as when he first learned the name of the Goddess of Kitchen Fire, Marikis, Lude had already had the idea of ​​trying to win her over.

Firstly, it is because the Goddess of Kitchen Fire is weak, which is convenient for him to control, and secondly, her god position involves cooking and eating, which is very attractive to Lude, a traverser of the big foodie empire.

You must know that when Lude first started to create gods, the "God of Cookery" was included in the alternatives. After all, people depend on food. This belief covers most of the advanced intelligent races in this world, and the audience of the belief is more universal. sex.

But because it is too close to daily life, the beliefs related to it generally tend to be folklore, lacking the sense of sacredness that generates a religious atmosphere, and are more likely to produce pan-believers.

If it is placed in an era when all sects live in peace and can preach freely, this god can win by quantity and give birth to first-rate gods, but Marikis is obviously born at an untimely time, even if the gods in the Age of Gods belong to the same camp There are also clear barriers.

Because the gods at that time had misunderstandings about beliefs, they thought that the belief that each believer could produce was limited, and if there were too many gods to believe in, it would be diluted. Grab food on the ground.

As a result, Marygis didn't have a god suitable for fighting, so the parish was small, and the parish was small with few believers, so she couldn't develop.

But in this era, the number of gods who survived the battle of gods has been greatly reduced and the relative concentration of gods, so the various sects are no longer facing each other like in the past, and they can also coexist in the same area.

Of course, the competition will not disappear, but the intensity has dropped a lot. When clergymen compete for believers, they will be more inclined to use literary combat rather than military combat.

To put it bluntly, both humans and gods are scared, and no one wants to fight another super war with the intensity of 300 years ago.

And this relatively mild new era of mythology is undoubtedly very beneficial to the Kitchen God, whose position is more folklore.

From the perspective of traditional sects, if you want to establish a parish, you must establish an exclusive temple in the local area, arrange for clergy to stay in the local area, and regularly spread the teachings to the believers to remind them to strengthen their belief in the gods.

But Lude has already verified it in Oyster Harbor. If you want to maintain the existence and influence of religion, you don't have to use temples and priests. The real key point is to leave enough eye-catching "symbols"!

When he was in Oyster Harbor, Lude left a total of four things to the local area, namely monuments, hospitals, schools and newspapers.The first three have statues of goddesses erected in prominent positions, while newspapers use the silhouettes of goddesses as prints on the front page, and these can be regarded as symbols.

These facilities and institutions cannot be regarded as orthodox religious buildings, and the staff are not priests, but while benefiting the local people, they are also constantly reminding them who saved the city and who they should be grateful for in their hearts!

This made it possible for Lude to continue to produce beliefs in Oyster Port six months after he left, and then to reward Aina remotely through god statues or even symbols on paper.

Relying on the population advantage of more than ten times, Oyster Harbor can still surpass Pine Town in terms of faith output without the blessing of the original fire.

Inspired by this practice, Lu De's thinking was immediately opened. Since symbols are fine, why can't they be made into trademarks?

Just imagine, if there is a belief system like this world on the other side of the earth, then the "National Goddess" Lao Ganma may not be able to compete with the gods and demons of the foreign devils!

After confirming that Marikis agreed to join the Pantheon, Lude, who came prepared, immediately took out a "labor contract" from his arms and handed it to Goddess of Kitchen Fire, asking her to read the terms above carefully. After confirming that they are correct, as long as they sign, they will be considered a "family".

Mary Geese took a look at the so-called contract, and found that it turned out to be a "divine contract" that could bind the gods. She couldn't help frowning, thinking that Lu De was trying to trick herself.

But after reading it carefully, she found that apart from stipulating some obligations and responsibilities that both parties should fulfill, she found nothing unreasonable in this contract.After thinking about it, it seemed that he had nothing to lose when he became the bird-like self he was now, so he gritted his teeth and signed.

"Well, in this way the contract is established. Welcome to the Pantheon, Your Excellency the Goddess of Kitchen Fire, Marikis. Next, I will start preparing a plan to fully package you and your sect!"

"How long do I need to wait?"

"Soon, at most two weeks, I already have a rough prototype in my mind, I just need to add a few more details..."

After asking Lude some more questions, Marikis suddenly realized that at first she couldn't help showing up because she sensed the fire of the source, but in the end she was fooled by this seemingly innocent human young man in front of her, and she was confused. Just joined his strange pantheon.

However, this also made Marikis feel a bit of peace of mind unexpectedly, thinking that this guy is so eloquent, even a 1000-year-old god like himself can be limped on the spot, and it must be easy to deal with those mortals.

The conversation was almost over, Marikis let out a breath suddenly, with a sleepy expression on his face, and at the same time, his body was shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the front chest, which had supported the primary school student uniform until it was almost burst, shriveled first , let Lude, who feasted his eyes, feel a little regretful.

During the previous conversation, Lude had already learned from Mary Geese that she maintains a special symbiotic relationship with the islanders of Patty Island. The islanders will elect a son of God every 24 years as a dormant container For her to possess, Fran is the god son of this generation, and her mother in the previous generation.

The reason why Lude was unable to observe the emergence of faith from the island boys was related to their special blood.

At the end of the Battle of the Gods, Marikis saw that the situation was over, and knew that he would die if he stayed, so he took the core members of his sect and fled to the sea.This group of believers had received the blood donation from Marikis, so the beliefs generated could be temporarily stored in their own bodies, and then transferred to Marikis who was possessed in the body of Fran in the form of holding hands through regular gatherings.

The reason for using such a strange way to convey faith is mainly due to the forced helplessness when fleeing.Although mortals can't see the color of faith, some particularly radical sects will send angels to lead teams to hunt down those heretics who dare to break into their parish.

So Marygis, who was quick and wise, came up with such a unique way of offering, which has been passed down to this day as the religious tradition of Patty Island.

End of this chapter

In the days following the signing of Vesta, Marikis has not been seen again.It was only after Lude asked Fran that the goddess was dormant, and it would take a lot of divine power to show her body. After chatting with Lude for less than two hours that day, she used up the little bit of divine power she had left. .

The god who is so weak for this sake also opened Lude's eyes.

Out of curiosity, Lude chatted with Fran about the past of Patty Island. How did they and the goddess live on that island all these years?In the end, after asking, I found out why Marikis was so weak.

When the war of gods broke out, the gods led their believers to fight. Marikis belonged to the faction of Vulcan, but their boss, Vulcan, took the initiative to challenge the Sun God. The gods were taken away by the other party as spoils of war.

Without the leader, the Vulcan faction immediately collapsed and scattered. The Goddess of Kitchen Fire, who had little combat power, was then backstabbed by the former alliance. The city-state where the believers gathered fell. Most of the believers were either killed or forced to convert. Successfully fled to the open sea with the goddess for refuge.

However, life on the island is not a paradise. Frequent natural disasters and various monsters on the sea are always threatening their living environment.

Whenever this happens, Marikis, who is not good at fighting, has to stand up and protect her only remaining believers in this world.

Man and God depend on each other for life, man needs God's protection, and God also needs man to continue to provide him with faith.But with the passage of time, a problem gradually emerged, that is, the size of the believers was too small, and there were too many places where divine power was needed. Marikis was always unable to make ends meet, and did not get any rest at all, which directly led to the tragedy. .

A year ago, a super hurricane that was rare in a century swept across the sea where Patty Island is located.Marikis used up the little bit of divine power she had managed to save to protect the village and fields from the hurricane.

But it was also this hurricane that blew a smuggling boat full of all kinds of scum onto the island. Marikis, who fell into a deep sleep because of exhaustion of divine power, failed to protect her believers at the critical moment. When he woke up, Fran, who was the son of God, had been imprisoned in the slave prison on Treasure Island.

For this terrible man-made disaster, Fran, who had a telepathic connection with Marikis, knew that their Lady Goddess blamed herself very much.They have been living together for nearly 300 years, and the relationship between Marikis and the islanders has become quite close without knowing it, far from being as alienated as other traditional sects. Marikis even revealed the secrets of faith to them , Let them know why the gods are powerful!

Fran still remembers that when he was a child, he heard from his grandmother that when the goddess was not so weak that she needed to sleep often, she would show up to have fun with the islanders every year during the Food Festival, and dance with everyone when she was excited.

So the islanders love Marikis very much, but it is a pity that their number is too small, and the island often faces threats such as natural disasters and monsters. No matter how pious they are, Marikis is still weakening day by day go down.

Therefore, the islanders of Patty Island hope to return to the mainland and preach to their beloved goddess so that she can become strong again.

"Teacher, do you really have a way to make the goddess sister stronger?"

"Of course! The teacher is a person who keeps his promises. However, you and other children can't talk about the contract signed between me and your goddess sister, do you understand?"

Fran nodded obediently. This kid is shrewd and mature, and he can understand many things at once. In Lude's view, he is a talent to be made.

At this time, Fran looked at Shanisi who was behind Lude. The tall and tall nun was leaning against the bed, counting the fat birds on her fingers boredly. Fran suddenly asked Lude.

"Mr. Lude, forgive me for asking... Teacher Shanis, shouldn't it be a human race? There are also Sister Aina and Moxiu... Sister, I can always vaguely see something unusual in them. light."

"Can you see?"

When Fran said that she could see "unusual light", Ludd immediately understood that she was referring to faith.As the "human body" possessed by Marikis, Fran would have some special abilities, which Luther was not surprised at all.

So after thinking for a while, Lude decided to reveal a little bit.

"Student Fran, if I told you that Teacher Shanis is actually just like you, with a god residing in her body, would you believe it?"

"If you say it, then I will believe it."

Lude smiled slightly, and didn't say anything more, and Fran understood just right, didn't ask any more questions, and then glanced at Shanisi again.

The conversation between the two then returned to how to help the Goddess of Fire to preach, and Lude felt that a food festival could be held in Pine Town.Right now is the local autumn harvest season, and in previous years, there will be some celebrations, so that everyone can relax after a busy farming period.

The Goddess of Kitchen Fire is naturally the most compatible with food.

Ordinary people may be in awe of religion and subconsciously look away from it, but they may not be so vigilant about food, and they will easily open their hearts and belts to accept it... and then unconsciously Get fat.

At this time last year, the Steel Whip Clan had just arrived. In order to boost the popularity of the newly born Three Sisters, Lu De asked the dwarves to help the town build a huge open-air opera house, and then with the help of the visiting Rainbow Song and Dance Troupe, Engaged in a unique grand drama performance.

This year's autumn harvest celebration, Lu De also plans to hold another show, but it's a pity that the Rainbow Circus is not there.Relying on the few sets of scripts that Lude provided her at the beginning, Captain Serves has already made a name for herself in the literary and art circles. Not only has she received great acclaim in the kingdom, but she has also become popular in the neighboring empire.

It is worth mentioning that Serves has not been ungrateful, and has been maintaining correspondence with Lude to report on her own situation. Several goddesses on Lude's side have indeed received beliefs collected from her tour.

In view of the fact that the most professional ones are not there, Lude is going to hand over the stage of the opera house to his students this year. In addition to performing dramas, he is also trying to hold a concert. The songs are naturally plagiarized by Lude. ".

It doesn't matter that Lude can't write music scores, he can hum the tune to someone who can write music scores, and then further improve the details. After all, there are more ways than difficulties.

As a result, this year's autumn harvest celebrations have set the tone. Dramas, concerts, and food festivals are not religious activities on the surface, but all relevant elements have been integrated into the details.

End of this chapter

Because the country people are not so particular about poverty, before Lu De came, it was still Pine Town during the pioneering period, and there was no formal name for the celebration after the autumn harvest. Basically, after everyone harvested the crops, the village chief came out to decide what to do Let's be happy together every day, and everyone will understand.

However, Lu De intends to use this event as a local cultural selling point to vigorously promote it, so as to attract foreigners to come to visit, scrape away the money in their wallets, and suck out the faith in their minds.

Therefore, since last year, the celebration has been officially named "Harvest Thanksgiving Festival" to thank the gods for blessing the local weather and good harvest.

In name, the objects of gratitude are all the gods in the sky, but the specific activities are naturally more inclined to promote their own people, and other gods are included in the "etc" at the end of the sentence.

There are too many names involved to list them all.

The event date is tentatively scheduled for Saturday and Sunday in the second week of October. A two-day period is enough for the locals, but Lude hopes to slowly expand this festival in the future and strive to make this event a reality. A different world version of "Golden Week".