Goddess Wanhua Mirror

The dwarves did not expect that the seemingly inconspicuous temple had another universe beneath the ground.But what surprised them the most was that the workmanship of this underground altar was obviously unusual.

The elders of the dwarves will not be elected to this position if they are not masters with excellent craftsmanship.

So these old dwarves found out that this underground altar should be newly built, and the construction technology used is roughly similar to that of dwarves, but in various details, it reveals an "unbelievable" feeling.

"Old man, do you see that?"

"I can see that this place is definitely newly built, but it is definitely not built by people! Let alone other things, the black ceramic floor tiles under our feet are fired with extraordinary craftsmanship, and the fire control is perfect. And I It was also found that these bricks were all freshly fired, and they should have been out of the oven for no more than two days, and the color of all the surrounding floor tiles was exactly the same, so they were all made in the same oven!"

"Could it be that the priest of this human race has raised dwarf artisans?"

"It's possible, but the problem is that it can't be done by one or two dwarves. I estimate that for the altar hall alone, two or three thousand dwarves have to work overtime for ten days and a half months. You Have you seen so many dwarves?"

"This……"

The whispers of the dwarf elders behind him stopped in Lude's ears, but he didn't explain anything, because this was just the mystery he needed.

"My lord, can we start?"

"anytime."

Before coming down, Lude had already explained to the dwarves the basic process of the séance ceremony. There were no complicated operations, and no bloody and brutal living sacrifices were required.

certainly!Sacrifice is indeed needed, but because they want to summon the God of Crafting, so the corresponding sacrifice must naturally prepare something that can interest the goddess.

Ever since, according to Lude's request, the dwarves brought more than a dozen treasures from their clan's treasures, including extremely sharp magical weapons and magical artifacts with exquisite and complex structures, all of which were placed around the altar one by one.Lu De also prepared some food as a tribute according to the custom of the people of the Celestial Dynasty.

After everything was ready, thirty or so dwarves knelt down in front of the altar together with Lude, calling the names of the three goddesses in a low voice.

The dwarves soon discovered that as they called, the "stars" on the dome of the altar hall gradually became brighter, and some spots of light fell, converging towards the center of the altar.

At this time, the two nuns who came down together suddenly took out a long black long pipe instrument from their sleeves and played it on the spot. The tune was melodious and long but very rhythmic.

The dwarves who are not time travelers have never heard "Song of Mothra", but feel that this song subtly fits perfectly with the current scene.

Accompanied by the sound of the flute, the spots of light pouring down from the "starry sky" gradually formed the shape of a gate, and finally condensed into a solid body.

The dwarves were surprised to find that the surface of this dark golden gate was covered with large and small gears and transmission rods.This complex and sophisticated structure can be said to just hit the XP of the dwarves, making them feel excited.

At this time, the two largest gears on the top of the gate suddenly started to rotate, and drove the whole set of mechanisms to operate. The originally tight gate slowly opened, and the cracks in the gate were full of light!

Soft and dazzling without being harsh.

Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of "da da" footsteps in the white light, and three slim and beautiful figures walked out of the gate. Just standing there, they exuded a coercion beyond imagination.

Feeling this astonishing courage, all the dwarves present bowed their heads and bowed down. Even the priest Wenig, who had not participated in the summoning before, humbly prostrated himself on the ground at this time.As a priest of the Mother Earth Sect, no one among the dwarves present knows better than him whether it is the real power of the gods!

At this time, the eldest sister Atropos, who was standing in the C position with her hands on her hips, suddenly spoke. The voice was blessed by divine power, and it came with surround Dolby sound effects, which was full of a strong and powerful sense of awe.

"Believers, in response to your call, we are here!"

"Goddess! Thank you for your compassion and compassion, and for pouring your priceless wisdom into the world. Your believers will follow you forever!"

Under Lude's deliberate guidance, most of the dwarves at the scene had witnessed the "miracle" coming, and they did not hesitate to swear to the new god, directly joined the religion, and left the Mother Earth behind.

Gulig also made the oath, and then turned to look at Wenig, who was still a little sluggish.

"My lord priest, uncle, a miracle has appeared before our eyes, and it is time to make a choice. Tell me, what is your answer?"

"Answer? Since this is the case, of course there is only one..."

As Wenig said, he stood up from the ground, and then raised the stick of roots that symbolized the authority of the Mother Earth with both hands.This religious utensil is said to be made from the roots of the tree of origin located in the center of the world. The total number is less than a hundred. It was given to high-ranking priests as a symbol of theocracy during the dwarf kingdom.

Wenig stroked the scepter that had accompanied him for nearly a hundred years, then clenched his hands tightly and slammed it hard towards his knees.Just hearing a "click", the scepter, which was an inch thick, was instantly broken into two pieces.

Wenig threw the broken scepter to the ground, and roared hoarsely with the unique thick voice of the dwarves.

"Goddess made by the master craftsman! I, Winig Copper Rod, will be loyal to you!"

End of this chapter

The high-level members of the Steel Whip Clan were dealt with, especially Wenig, who was a former priest of the Goddess of the Earth. His conversion on the spot made many things easier for the subsequent missionary work.

In this way, Winnig jumped ship logically, joined the Pantheon created by Lude, and became a high-level priest who dedicated to serving the three goddesses of craftsmanship.In terms of positioning, it is somewhat similar to a branch manager of a group company, and its status is one level lower than that of Lude, the CEO.

It is worth mentioning that since Winnig's allegiance was not in the original plan, Rudd did not expect such a whole thing to happen.So Luther secretly winked at Atropos.

This old dwarf's position in the Steel Whip Clan is transcendent, and his prestige is definitely not inferior to that of Gulig, who is the patriarch. His surrender is definitely a surprise, so naturally he has to do his best to win him over.

The clever Atropos understood what he had learned, and granted Winniger the qualification of a high-ranking priest on the spot, and made a "sacred object" on the spot for him to hold.

Taking advantage of her own magical characteristics, the second sister Croto erected the "God's Furnace" on the spot, smelted a furnace of molten iron, and then handed it over to the eldest sister to knead the melted molten metal into the desired shape, just like kneading dough. Then the third sister picked up a huge hammer to forge it, and finally the eldest sister blew lightly, and the cooling was completed in an instant.

The whole process took about one and a half minutes. The dwarves who watched the scene shouted and shouted, and their excited reactions were very similar to the famous "four foreigners" back then.

"Oh oh oh! This is the god our dwarves should believe in, go to the **** Goddess! She is not worthy of that scumbag!"

All the dwarves were very excited, especially Wenig. When he learned that the "sacred object" forged by the goddesses was specially for him, the old dwarf was moved by tears, and fell to his knees with a plop. Trembling hands took over the new scepter.

Only Lude had a solemn expression. He was trying his best at the moment to keep his facial muscles tense, trying not to let himself laugh impolitely.

Because the "sacred object" that the three sisters forged for Winnig on the spot, its appearance is a "sacred sword of physics" that does not suffer any loss, which is commonly known as a "crowbar" on the other side of the earth.

There is no similar tool in the world here, but Winniger still judged by observing the appearance that this is not a simple priest's scepter, but a prop with multiple functions.

The entire scepter is made of metal, which is very heavy in the hand. It is about [-] centimeters long. The main body of the middle part is fiery red. It feels very hard and warm. The surface has spiral anti-slip patterns, which is easy to hold and firm. , the two sections are silvery white, curved inwards, and have bifurcations at the top.

To be honest, this shape is too simple for the priest's scepter, not gorgeous at all, and does not reflect the sense of majesty that religious people should have at all, but it pokes the G-spot of dwarves very much.

So not only Winig couldn't put it down, but the other dwarves also looked at it eagerly, like a group of neighbor children who were about to cry.

"Thank you again, the supreme and great goddesses. Although I, Winniger, am old, I swear here that I will dedicate the rest of my life to pour the glory of the goddesses to the whole world!"

"Get up! My children."

A group of high-level dwarves joined the religion collectively, and after they returned, they would gradually begin to absorb believers within the clan.Out of prudent considerations, Lu De reminded Gulig and Winig not to rush for quick success and directly use authority to force those believers who originally believed in the Mother Earth to convert.

This is done nominally to respect the choice of believers and to promote freedom of belief, but in fact it is to avoid prematurely attracting the attention of the Mother Earth.

Lude asked Hume before, whether the gods have the ability to completely monitor the priests and believers in their church?The answer I got was that it is theoretically possible, but no god would do this, because it is too troublesome!

It is true that gods can come down to any statue freely, and they can also learn the inner thoughts of believers by absorbing beliefs, but the information they get is usually incomplete, and it is very time-consuming to look at them one by one.

Therefore, when the number of believers increases to a certain level, most of the gods will choose to be a shopkeeper because they are too lazy to manage. As long as there is no sudden drop in belief in a short period of time, the believers below will do whatever they want.

In view of this, Lu De believes that the more than 3 dwarves should be transformed little by little in order to avoid prematurely alerting the Mother Earth.

certainly!It is a matter of time to be discovered.

When there are only a few hundred believers, they are small and transparent. Even if they want to find a sense of existence, they will not be taken seriously by other gods.

When there are thousands of believers, they are small players. As long as they keep a low profile as much as possible and do not take the initiative to dispute with other sects, they can also hide in remote areas and make a fortune quietly.

But if they grow to tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of believers in the future, and start to compete head-on with other sects and poach their corners, then conflicts will be inevitable.

In order to be able to prepare more, the time to start the war is naturally as late as possible.

In the next few days, the dwarves followed Lude's suggestion and took a two-pronged approach. The patriarch Gulig first preached at the upper level, and spread it one by one with the family as a unit.At the same time, Wennige converted the clan's original sacrificial group.The prestige of his old man is there, the priests and monks below are all his disciples, so naturally he follows the teacher's lead.

What's more, he still had a crowbar in his hand when he was preaching!

Besides, compared to the original Mother Earth, the new boss's side is obviously much more generous, and the treatment of the clergy is more than one grade better.

The most intuitive thing to bear the brunt is the number of magic spells used by priests. As the second-tier god, the Mother Earth is quite satisfactory in this respect. Ordinary priests have three times a day, and priests (high-level priests) have five times, but unlike the Holy Spirit of Light Teach to have "advance authority".

Moreover, because the dwarves are divided internally and scattered around the world in clan units, the largest city-states are only a few city-states with a population of 10,000+, so the Mother Earth Sect has no unified organization, and they each go their own way. senior management.

But the Three Goddesses are different here, because there are three goddesses, so they bestow 2x3 divine spells to the general priests for a total of 6 times a day, while Winniger was promoted from priest to head priest, with 4x3 total 12 magic spells .

The other three sisters are the joining goddesses of the pantheon, and dwarf priests such as Winig can also receive blessings from the God of Medicine and the God of Eros. This mechanism also applies to the use of magic that has the characteristics of these two goddesses. For Lud, who mainly serves the God of Medicine, Evelina.

Everyone is in the same god system, the goddesses are all close relatives and sisters, and the believers below are all friendly brothers. It is only natural for everyone to help each other!

End of this chapter

The Three Goddess Religion is developing rapidly in secret. The dwarves are a very pragmatic people in this respect. The reason why they chose to believe in the Mother Goddess at the beginning was to pray for the care of the gods, so that they can go to the mine safely. No other expectations.

Moreover, for more than 300 years since the War of the Gods, the Earth Mother herself has been silently "washing powder" and gradually alienated from the dwarves.So now that there is a better choice, it is natural to shoot and break up.

Wenig transformed thousands of believers within the clan in just five days.And Lude also took advantage of the opportunity to carry out the wedding business in the Steel Whip clan, and successively helped more than a dozen dwarf couples to witness their marriages.

The dwarf priests headed by Winig believe that the strength of the three goddesses must be higher than that of the mother earth, so there is no need to worry about the other party's revenge.

The basis for their judgment is that the number of magic spells given to them by the three goddesses is much higher than that of the stingy Mother Earth.

Winig has lived for more than 200 years, and has never been so wealthy as he is now. He can use magic spells twelve times a day, and he can often communicate with the goddess face to face.This was an unimaginable honor when he was a priest of the Mother Earth Sect.

What moved him the most was the concern of the three goddesses for mortals.

They are not like other old-fashioned gods. While granting priests the qualification to use divine magic, they specifically send down oracles, and use a bunch of restrictive rules to restrain their priests and let them use divine magic as little as possible.Some sects with strong exclusion will even explicitly prohibit priests from using healing and amplifying magic spells on non-believers.

But the Three Goddesses of Craftsmanship and the other two goddesses in the Pantheon do not have these strict requirements. They encourage Winniger to use more magic and use this power to help those who are in trouble, regardless of whether the other party is their own believer.

really!The breasts of the goddesses are as great as their milk volume, which is completely different from the "Divine Plain" of the Mother Earth!

However, Winniger, who was immersed in the emotion, did not know that the three goddesses he admired actually had the same thoughts as the traditional gods at the beginning, and did not want to share too much divine power with ordinary people. After all, they were born not long ago. The family property is far from being rich.

It was all thanks to Lu De's "enlightenment" that they changed their minds.

Lu De has always felt that collecting beliefs is like making money. Instead of trying to save money, it is better to think about how to increase income!

In fact, in Lude's view, gods are actually very similar to the "traffic stars" on the other side of the earth in essence, and believers are equal to fans!Therefore, if a god wants to become stronger, it is the same as if a star wants to become popular. They need to constantly hype topics to maintain their own popularity.

And the religious groups in the world are equivalent to fan support clubs responsible for promotion and ranking. The priests use magic, although they use the power borrowed from the gods, but the magic is the most intuitive manifestation of the power of the gods. , Naturally, it is also the most effective means of publicity.

As for Lu De, he felt that his position should be higher than that of a simple support club fan. No matter what, he had to be a gold medal manager. He wanted to train these girls under him to be first-class goddesses in the new era!

"At this stage, our main business is still promotion. Don't be in a hurry to recruit people, but increase your popularity first. Do you understand if you are familiar with each other? If one day in the future, your name can be recognized by everyone in the world As we all know, even if there is not even a formal believer, they are at least second-tier top-level gods, and the key point is to obtain the widest 'recognition'!"

In a classroom in the underground hall of the temple, Lude gathered the five goddesses under his command and explained to them the knowledge of communication that can be applied to missionary work.Aina and Shanisi are already used to this kind of "private teaching" that is not open to the public, but it is the first time for the three sisters, so it is inevitable that they are not used to it at first, but they gradually begin to enjoy learning new postures. pleasure.

At this time, the second sister, Croto, raised her hand to ask for a speech. This short-haired girl, naked and wearing overalls, got up from her seat, and the two ergonomic miracles on her chest were rippling with dazzling softness under the action of gravity. Bo, it's all because of the tightness that he didn't lose his light.

"That... teacher! The recognition you just said, I understand that people believe that you are a god and know that you are a god. Is that what you mean?"

"You are right in understanding that building recognition is a prerequisite for belief. To put it bluntly, this is the power of belief."

"Then I'm a little puzzled. You are currently planning to add a rich god position to Senior Aina. In order to gain recognition, you have started planning a few months ago, and you will not hesitate to use magic to make fertilizer that can increase production. In order to The most important thing is to let the villagers who are believers see the harvest of the crops, and let them taste the sweetness before they can believe that Senior Aina indeed has the god of abundance. But it seems that the old gods don’t have to bother to get the new god. Why? Woolen cloth?"

"Well, student Croto, you asked a very good question, which involves another concept, that is authority. There are no more than two ways for old gods to obtain new gods. One is to fight, and the loser They will be deprived of their god positions. This method is the simplest and the most brutal, but after the manager's tragic battle with the gods, the surviving gods have no longer dared to do anything easily because of their vitality, so they were forced to learn to negotiate. "

The world after the war of gods, in Lude's view, is like the earth's World War II ushering in victory. The victorious countries formed the so-called "United Nations". The new pattern of the post-war world.

The same is true for the gods here. The identity of the winners endows them with unambiguous authority, so as long as they express their position first and admit who owns which god, the mortals below dare not question it at all.

We are what we say, this is the so-called "authority"!

certainly!Authority is not completely absolute, it can be shaken or replaced, the key is to see how the challenger means.

Lude was teaching the goddesses a lesson when the copper bell on the side of the classroom suddenly rang.The bell is an alarm made by the three sisters for the underground hall, and it will ring as long as the switch is pulled on the temple on the ground.

Seeing this, Lu De knew that the higher-ups must have something to call him, so he hurried to the ground with Aina and Shanisi.

When the three of them returned to the temple, they found that there were more than a dozen injured dwarves lying in disorder in the hall, and some of them looked miserable and ready to kick their legs at any time, seeing that they were breathing more and breathing less.

So without thinking about asking about the situation, Lu De first went down with a few sets of advanced healing techniques to drag the seriously wounded back from the gate of hell, and then ordered Aina to get the wound medicine to treat the remaining lightly wounded.

"What happened? How did you get hurt so badly?"

"My lord, I, we are members of the logging team. When I was cutting down trees in the forest this morning, those trees...they suddenly came alive!"

End of this chapter

The dwarf who was questioned by Lude was the leader of the logging team that was attacked, and their construction section was about [-] miles away from the village.

Fortunately, there happened to be a big river near the construction site, so after they were attacked, the team leader immediately called his men to retreat to the river and went down the river on a raft made of logs before escaping back.

It is not yet known whether this logging team was the only one that was attacked, or whether all the dwarf construction teams that went into the forest to work encountered similar troubles.

At this time, another group of armored dwarf warriors came from outside the temple. The young dwarf leader, Lude, knew that he was Gulig's nephew, Jon Golden Axe, the captain of the Steel Whip Clan's cavalry team, and the current deputy in charge of the camp. people.

Gulig and Winig went out one after another the day before yesterday. Gulig went to Wolfhelm City in the Earl of Lumley, and Winig went to the dungeon for a field trip. Both of them would take at least half a month. to come back.

As soon as Jon came over, seeing that the wounded had been treated properly, he first thanked Lude for his generosity, and then asked eagerly about the situation.As Lude was worried about before, the dwarven construction team that was attacked was not only far from this one, but almost all the teams were in trouble, and it was at the same time.

The dwarves are well aware of the dangers of starting construction in the Void Forest, so the dozens of construction teams they sent out are equipped with bodyguards, and because each of the dwarves is born with supernatural powers, it is easy to beat people with hammers and irons. As long as the workers pick up the guy, they are still very effective.