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The small ripples caused by the orc refugees were quickly calmed down.

A consul in charge of civil affairs in the Northwest Republic came forward and said that the Republic respects everyone's beliefs, but the prerequisite is that it cannot infringe on other people's beliefs. If these refugees want to build an altar, they must negotiate with the local church and obtain permission.

This is of course absolutely impossible. Unless there are die-hard allies like Sui Xiong and the God of Justice, even gods with relatively good relationships cannot allow his priests to allow other altars to appear within their own sphere of influence.

Even if you have a good relationship! This is a matter of principle!

What's more, Sui Xiong and the orc gods are at best acquaintances, not even friends, and their relationship is average.

In fact, the key to the reason why various faiths in the Northwest Republic can coexist peacefully, the altars and temples of various gods can not interfere with each other, and the priests of various factions can live in peace is because of the official coordination of the Republic and the leader of the Church of the Mask of the Void of the helm. This time, the official Republic of the Republic refused to help coordinate, and the Church of the Mask of the Void refused to mediate. How could the various churches tolerate the orc gods reaching out?

As a result, the orc refugees' plan to build an altar naturally came to nothing.

Strictly speaking, it's not that they can't build altars to the orc gods. As long as they build a pioneer village, it won't be a problem to build any altar they want.

But... I don’t know why, but those guys who were shouting loudly before, once the matter of "going out to build a pioneer village by yourself" was mentioned, they immediately either pretended to be mute, or ignored him, and in short refused to agree to life or death.

Sui Xiong was invisible in the sky watching all this, while being amused, he was also secretly vigilant.

Those guys who encourage the establishment of altars to the orc gods have a very strong light of faith, and they are definitely not the kind who have lost the response of the orc gods. They came to the Northwest Republic and encouraged the half-orc refugees who were excluded and discriminated against in the Orc Empire to build altars. They used the banner of "this will definitely please the gods and make the gods pay attention to us again", but what are they thinking in their bones? , you will know without asking!

"I really didn't expect that the Orc Empire would be the first to take action." When chatting with East about this matter in private, Sui Xiong said with a stern face, "I thought we all had a good relationship, but it seems that I took the matter out of my mind. Great!”

"No, Your Majesty, you are worrying too much." East said, "Most of the gods in the world will not care about everything like you, and the orc gods must be like that. I think the orc empire's move this time should be The behavior of some high-level officials is clearly the plan of the orc emperor, not the instructions of the orc gods. "

"Eh? Why are you so sure?" Sui Xiong asked curiously.

"Because once the gods take action, they will definitely not be so gentle or so relaxed. You don't know the tempers of the orc gods. They may design a plan like this, but give up when the plan is frustrated. Is this their style?"

Sui Xiong thought for a while, and it was indeed true.

If there were really orc gods behind this operation, how could it be foiled so easily? With the way the orc gods do things, even if they do not kill the enemy, they must at least make big news.

For example, getting a group of people to summon demons in the Northwest Republic...the gods of the evil camp are all very good at this job.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly strengthened his monitoring of the orc refugees.

In this way, he saw another good show.

It was an evening. A certain "orc refugee" who had been inciting these refugees to cause trouble once again came to the place where the refugees gathered and persuaded them to try to build an altar to the orc gods.

But this time, he hit a wall.

An older orc refugee said they no longer wanted to believe in the orc gods.

"What?!" The bearded pig man could hardly believe his ears, "What are you talking about?! Do you want to betray your great Majesty!"

"Faith is two-sided. Since He doesn't want us, then why do we hang ourselves on a tree?" The old but still powerful Elephant Man touched his broken left ivory, " I have fought two battles for Your Majesty, and this half of the tooth was thrown away on the battlefield on the day the sun went out. It was also thrown there with my two brothers, one son, three nephews, and my other son's. eyes."

A sad look appeared on his face: "But, Your Majesty doesn't want me anymore."

"We are creatures, how can creatures negotiate terms with the Creator!" the pig man said angrily.

"Why not?" the old elephant man asked calmly, "In the past few days, people from the Religious Affairs Bureau of the Republic often come here to teach us religious knowledge, the difference between man and God, and the difference between piety, fanaticism and orthodox belief... We were deeply touched after hearing this. We have all been abandoned by His Majesty. All the efforts we have made in the past and the many years of devout faith have been so ruthlessly thrown away. Please forgive us for not being able to persist in our faith under such circumstances. , We can no longer continue to believe in silence without any hope. ”

He sighed deeply: "I'm old, and I'm not far away from death. I've done a lot of bad things over the years, including aggression and killing... At the beginning, I had the idea of ​​'everything is for Your Majesty' and didn't care about anything. But now I care, I don’t want to go to hell, I’m scared to death!”

"So you betrayed His Majesty?" Pigman's eyes became sinister, "Others too?"

"Absolutely. Everyone has their own reasons, but in the final analysis, our faith has not been responded to for a long time, which makes us discouraged."

The Pig Man didn't say anything more, turned around and left.

Unlike before, this time he walked very quickly and disappeared after a while.

When he was far away, the old elephant sighed and returned to his own residence - although it was a bit crude, it was a sturdy and warm wooden house.

Inside the room, a blind, middle-aged elephant man was sitting in front of the table, groping for a woodcut book and trying to read.

"Dad, did you drive away the messenger?" he asked.

"Yes." The old elephant man sat directly on the floor and whispered, "I originally thought I would be scared, but when I really made up my mind, I found that it was nothing."

"It's nothing to begin with." His blind son sighed, "We are nothing to His Majesty, and our faith is actually nothing. It's just that in the past, we took it too seriously!"

"In the past few years, we orcs have simply lived for our faith. Looking back now, it is simply a sad joke."

The tone of both father and son was very light and calm, but there was a sadness that made people want to cry.

Having lost their status and honor, lost their hometown, and lost their faith, now they really have nothing.

After a while, the old elephant man stood up and said: "It's almost time to serve dinner. I'll go and get one for you. We can't hang around like this anymore. Tomorrow I'll find a job like moving. I I’m old, but I still have strength!”

"I'm sorry, it's all me who has dragged you down!"

"Don't say that! I've been asking around these days. It's quite easy to make money here. If I work harder, I should be able to earn enough to treat your eyes. After you cure your eyes, you can find a wife. Let’s get married again.”

With that said, the old elephant man opened the door and walked out without looking back.

Similar situations occurred in more than one place among this group of orc refugees. They finally decided to give up their belief in the orc gods and took the first step of a new life with difficulty.

Sui Xiong was invisible in the air, watching this scene and couldn't help but laugh.

That’s it for today, let’s continue tomorrow morning…