Game of the World Tree

"What rumor?"

Sophia raised her head and looked at Fein with a little scrutiny.

As the goddess of the goddess Eve, she has always been very sensitive to news about the goddess, and Fein's hesitant expression gave her a bad premonition.

Fein hesitated for a moment, then raised his head and said:

"Lord Sophia, there are many rumors in the south now, saying that the goddess had already gone to the abyss when the war between gods and demons started, and was ambushed by the evil god of the abyss and was sealed up..."

After hearing Fein's words, Sophia's expression changed slightly, and she snorted coldly:

"absurd!"

Finn hurriedly lowered his head again.

And after a few seconds of silence, he heard Sophia's voice again:

"Fin, these rumors... where did you hear them?"

Fein replied respectfully:

"There are rumors of this in many places, and now in many places in the south, but... After I traced the source, I found that the source seemed to come from the underground world."

"Underground world?"

Sophia raised her eyebrows.

Seeing Sophia's thoughtful expression, Fein hesitated and asked cautiously:

"Lord Sophia... There are rumors in many places now that the Goddess has not come to incarnate until the devil invades the world of Saigus to sweep away the evil, because something happened to the Goddess... This, is this true?"

Sophia glanced at him, and she saw that Fein's eyes were full of worry, and in addition to worry, there was a bit of confusion.

The girl sighed in her heart and said:

"Fin, don't think about it, these are all rumors."

After she finished speaking, she glanced at the documents that the knight had not yet presented, rubbed her temples, and said:

"Leave your investigation report, I'm a little tired."

Finn nodded, presented the parchment-rolled report in both hands, and leaned back.

And after the knight left, Sophia sighed and opened the file.

The font of the report is not good-looking, at least from the perspective of a former imperial nobleman, it can only be said that it is barely recognizable, but this is quite rare for a knight from an Orion.

In fact, if Finn had not been apprenticed in Augs City for a while, he would not have been able to recognize so many characters.

However, although the words are not good-looking, the content of the report is well organized, which is why Sophia sent Fein to the south. The young knight was discovered by her when she was working in Zeroland.

And when Sophia browsed the report document, her brows became tighter and tighter, and her fingertips holding the parchment were slightly harder.

"At least a million-level demon has been teleported..."

Her eyes were a little dignified.

In Fein's documents, the news of the war in the south was recorded in detail.

Among them, what made Sophia feel the most heavy heart was the shocking numbers.

Among them, there are not only more and more demons as time goes by, but also one after another powerful demon monarchs that emerge as the territory falls...

In just a few months, at least seven legends of the Holy Mannia Empire have fallen, more than 500 high-level professionals have died in battle, and the army destroyed by the demons may have exceeded 200,000...

If this exaggerated figure was put a few years ago, it would have been all the military power of the entire empire.

That is to say, in recent years, the magic power of the Seggs world has rebounded, and the professional players have experienced a blowout, so that it will not collapse completely...

But even so, Sophia saw the direness of the situation, reading between the lines of Fein's record.

The Eternal Church has issued orders many times to expand the number of trial knights, and even several miracles have appeared in the eternal holy city of Mania, and several blazing angels have descended.

However, even so, the Empire did not stop the demons' offensive.

Looking at the various descriptions on the parchment and the tragic situation after the demon invasion recorded in the document, Sophia's expression became more and more serious.

"Maybe there are still two months before the attack on Fengyue Free Leader..."

Staring at the fallen place names, the girl murmured.

Two months, that is Fein's speculation based on the current situation.

However, after Sophia read the document and looked at the map behind her, her brows were deeply locked.

The Maple Moon Liberty Leader goes directly to the downstream battlefield through the Weimur River. If the demon army continues to attack the Abundant Plains according to the current offensive, it will indeed take two months to reach the Maple Moon Free Leader.

But it would be different if they changed the way of attack and went straight up the river.

I don't know why, looking at the map, Sophia always has an ominous feeling, especially after hearing the rumors of the south from Fein...

Did something happen to the goddess?

This kind of thing is only spread among pagans and shallow believers.

But the reason given in the rumors, even Sophia, who is a favored one, has a feeling of uncertainty when she sees it...

When the rebellion broke out in the maple leaf collar, the evil god appeared. From the beginning to the end, the goddess took action in just two months, directly destroying the evil god, and spreading the brilliance over the maple leaf collar.

However, now, the demons are descending in the southern part of the empire at an even faster speed, and after the invasion of the world of Saiggs, the higher-ups of the Church of Life have been slow to move.

Sophia clearly knew that the sooner the invasion of the abyss was restrained, the easier it would be to drive the demons out of the world of Saiggs, and the longer it was delayed, the more difficult the war would be.

How big is the abyss, and the world of Saigus is just a main material plane. If the abyss is fully invaded, it will be difficult for the various forces of the world of Saigus to resist without the power of the true God.

So... from the very beginning of this war, the key to victory and defeat lies in the crown of the goddess.

However, since the beginning of the war, the Holy Mannia Empire and the southern kingdom of Ayres, which was also affected, have sent messengers to the Church of Life many times to ask for help, but the top of the church only sent some of the Chosen to participate in the battle. There was no news of the goddess coming.

Don't talk about the rumors, even Sophia is faintly aware that something may really go wrong somewhere she doesn't know...

As Eve's favored one, Sophia's faith is firm.

But precisely because of her firm belief, after hearing the rumor, her expression became more solemn.

Stroking the blessing necklace that Ms. Zero gave her, Sophia could clearly perceive the gentle power of the goddess.

This power shows that the belief in the crown of the goddess is still there.

But since this is the case, why hasn't the Goddess Her Majesty come to incarnate yet?

This is indeed a confusing question, even if she is the favored one under the goddess' crown.

During this period of time, even when Sophia prayed and communicated with the Goddess, she received very few responses, and even the responses were often vague and simple instructions, which were different from the previous accurate and clear responses. different.

That feeling was as if a mist had been cast between her and the goddess, and it seemed that there were other beings responding on behalf of the goddess.

After all, it seems that the earliest such signs appeared, which coincided with the news of the demon invasion.

For this matter, Sophia... did not dare to think deeply.

However, no matter how puzzled she is in her heart, Sophia firmly believes that the goddess must be fine, and that he must have his own considerations.

As the goddess of the goddess, the consul of the Maple Moon Free Territory, what Sophia can do is to unite all the forces that can be united, and resist the pace of the devil's invasion outside the territory.

At this point, Sophia stood up from her seat and ordered to the guards outside:

"Prepare the carriage, I'm going to the Church of Life."

...

About twenty minutes later, Sophia took a carriage and came to Zerolan's Temple of Life.

After the announcement, she finally met the chief priest of Maple Moon Freelance Diocese, a beautiful female elf, in the temple.

"Master Chief Priest, the pace of the devil's invasion is getting faster and faster. With our current strength, I am afraid that we can't resist their army. I want to recruit brave men from various Elf Chosen Guilds to guard the free leader of Maple Moon."

Sophia said seriously.

The elf priest looked solemn and nodded:

"Lord Consul, I understand."

After speaking, she summoned a handsome and extraordinary elf priest and said to the other party:

"Your Excellency Natsume, Master Sophia has a new mission to announce to the Chosen Ones..."

Seeing the summoned elf priest, Sophia's heart moved.

She recognized it, it was an Elf Chosen.

It is said that there is a magical telepathy among the Elf Chosen, as long as a message is sent to a Chosen, all the Chosen may know.

Looking at the iris logo on the other party's clothes, Sophia also recognized that the chosen one should be the core member of the super-large guild called "Nature Heart" in the elf guild.

heart of nature...

Thinking of this guild name, a familiar figure appeared in Sophia's mind inexplicably.

The cynical smile, the weird hairstyle, and the short, but not bad, co-op time.

There was a flash of nostalgia in the girl's eyes, and her murmured voice was a little emotional:

"Lord Demacia, what are you doing now?"

...

"Ahh-!"

On the high platform, Demacia, dressed as a holy priest, sneezed fiercely.

After muttering, "Who is talking about me behind my back?", he tidied up his clothes.

However, at the next moment, a new system message floated in front of him:

【Ding--】

[Sophia von Wells' favorability to you increases by 1 point...]

Demacia:  …

He was stunned for a moment, then he couldn't help but touched his nose and whispered:

"Why did you increase your favorability again?"

A certain vicious half-elf lady flashed in his mind, and his expression was a little weird.

Shaking his head, he cleared his throat and looked under the high platform.

Then, with a smile on his face, he continued to speak enthusiastically:

"So... all devout believers, we can only win the final victory in the war with the evil god of the sea if we firmly believe in the goddess!"

As soon as the voice fell, there were bursts of warm applause from under the high platform.

It was a group of fanatical believers wearing a scepter symbol badge on their chests, with thousands of people filling the entire square.

Among them, not only elves and half-elves, humans, halflings, but also other common land races in Mindel, everything.

Looking at the excited believers, Demacia was quite satisfied.

He raised his right hand and shouted solemnly:

"For the glory of the goddess! For our bright future!"

And the believers below also raised their right hands excitedly:

"For the glory of the goddess! For our bright future!"

Feeling the warm atmosphere under the stage, and listening to the system prompt for completing the task, Demacia's face flashed with joy.

Then, he changed the subject again, hehehe smiled, and continued:

"Besides...hehehe, I have another thing to introduce to the believers."

As he spoke, his expression became more kind and his tone became more cordial:

"Friends, have you... heard of Amway?"

...

Holy Mannian Empire, Southern Frontier Territory.

The once-beautiful plains have been shrouded in darkness, and light clouds have begun to appear above the sky.

It was the power of the spreading abyss that began to erode the world.

The trees have been cut down to make new siege equipment after another, and there are countless flying monsters in the sky, screaming and screaming.

They were so numerous that they covered the sky like locusts filling the sky.

And above the ground, the endless army of demons is like a torrent of destruction, roaring and roaring.

Under their feet, they stepped on human bones, and their eyes were full of bloodthirsty and madness.

A tall demon surrounded by flames stood on the city wall of the human city billowing with gunpowder, watching the slaughter that continued in the city, his expression full of enjoyment.

It was not until the last scream disappeared in the grinning laughter of the demons that he slowly retracted his sight.

"Lord Astaros, all the land has been transformed, and all living beings have been slaughtered. Are we going to continue to attack the north?"

A rough and respectful voice sounded behind the tall demon, a demon monarch in a cloak.

Between his neck hangs a necklace made of skulls of humans, demons and other races, each of which represents a legendary professional who fell into his hands.

This is a powerful legendary demon lord.

However, even he was respectful when facing the tall demon, and his eyes were full of awe.

Known as Astaros, he chuckled and looked away.

He raised his head and looked northwest.

In the far northwest, the sky is still blue.

The pure sky is teasing the heart of the tall demon, making the destruction in his heart stronger.

That is the direction of Maple Moon Free Leader.

He took a deep breath, and the hot sparks spewed from his nostrils, and the huge coercion that belonged to the existence of a demigod spread out:

"No...Leave some legions to continue to attack the human kingdom, and the remaining main force will change the direction of the attack."

"Our next main target is the northwest..."

"Capture the Maple Moon Collar and step through the forest of elves!"

"The Goddess of Life has been sealed by Leviathan, and now is the time to destroy the Church of Life."

"As long as the power of his faith is eliminated, this war... we are victorious."