Green Monster Epic

Maintaining the current state was also a considerable burden for Allen, a Saint. Furthermore, the previous attempt had caused Allen to lose a significant amount of mental energy, both actively and passively. As a feeling of being unable to continue washed over him from his main body, Allen began to withdraw his will and mental energy.

Slowly opening his eyes, he once again saw the divine statue crafted in his image. However, the figures and auras previously hidden in the shadows of the Dark Hall had disappeared. Only High Priest Zeller of the Church, who had rushed over, stood respectfully at the only entrance to the Dark Hall, quietly guarding Allen.

"When did you arrive? How long have I been standing here?"

His body felt stiff, and his blood flow was sluggish. It seemed that the time his consciousness had spent in the starry sky through the divine statue had not been short. Therefore, when Allen saw Zeller's old face, he immediately asked.

"My Lord, you have been meditating in the Dark Hall for more than a month."

Zeller quickly walked to Allen, but after only a brief glance into Allen's eyes, his mind was thrown into turmoil by the faint golden divine light leaking from the depths of those majestic and profound black pupils. He quickly lowered his head and cautiously replied.

"That long?"

Allen was somewhat surprised. At least, in his perception, the time his consciousness had left his body and lingered inside that distant star had not been long, no more than a day or two at most.

"During this time, your body has undergone many changes. At first, your body suddenly became as thin as a skeleton, and then you suddenly spat out blood… The Holy Knights guarding the Dark Hall were panicked, and not knowing your identity, they could only quickly call me…"

"My Lord, your power is far beyond our imagination, but at the same time, you are also the heart and soul of our Green Field tribe's million members. Please take care of your health. If there is anything you need, you can entrust it to us. We will surely complete the mission you have given us, even if it means being crushed to pieces."

Zeller rarely took this opportunity to pour out the sincere words accumulated in his heart, advising Allen.

"I am fine. You don't need to worry too much."

Allen heard Zeller's concern and slightly raised the corners of his mouth in reassurance.

"However, I am not familiar with this Dark Hall. Find me a quiet residence where I can rest and contemplate some matters."

"…Understood!"

Zeller sighed inwardly, then reluctantly stepped forward, leading Allen towards the rear hall of the Dark Hall.

With Zeller, who knew the way, leading the way, Allen quickly arrived at a secret training room on the next level.

"My Lord, this is the training place we specially prepared for you. Inside, there is a fully equipped cooking kitchen, an armory that can withstand dozens of full-force attacks from a Legend, and a laboratory for Chief Albad to conduct his magic experiments."

"Moreover, this resting place is located directly below the divine statue in the Dark Hall. Chief Albad said that you might need to study the power of faith and the mysteries of divine power, so we have also set up a mechanism in the training place. As long as you press the switch here, a black obsidian pillar will rise from the ground, connecting to the base of the divine statue above, facilitating the connection between you and the divine statue."

Zeller introduced the simple yet sturdy training place to Allen. As he pressed heavily on a protrusion on the edge of the door frame, a rumbling sound echoed, and a black obsidian pillar inlaid with gold, mithril, and other precious magic metal thread patterns rose from the ground, gradually revealing a deep hole that pierced through the four-meter-high gray-white dome.

"It is indeed cleverly designed and thoughtfully considered!"

Allen had never asked Zeller and the others to do anything for him. With his low desires and self-reliance, he was not accustomed to asking his clansmen for rewards or help. In the Green Field tribe, apart from the castles in the two major towns for living, he had no other manors or properties. This was not only an anomaly among the leaders of the wilderness tribes, but also among the leaders of the so-called civilized forces in the North and South continents, it was a saintly act.

Now, suddenly knowing that Albad and the others had specially prepared an exclusive training place for him in the underground temple, Allen felt somewhat gratified. Especially seeing that everything in this training place was almost tailored for him, it was rare for Allen to feel some waves in his heart.

"The Chief said that in the future, you will need to study the authority and domain of the gods. This place, because it is a gathering node for the power of faith, will be useful sooner or later. I didn't expect that we would be able to use it so soon after we built it."

Zeller was overjoyed. At least, from the pupils revealed in Allen's faceless mask, he could feel that he was very satisfied with all the arrangements, and that they had not wasted their efforts in doing all this.

"Albad's mind is still so wise. It is I who have delayed him!"

Allen regained his composure. The scenes he had experienced through the divine statue had brought him a lot of gains. Now, with such a room tailored for his training, he could take the opportunity to ponder his future path.

"Go and bring me the current doctrines of the Church, as well as the collected scriptures related to divine arts and divine authority, I want to study them carefully."

"Alright, I will go and prepare them now."

Zeller nodded quickly. Fortunately, the underground temple was the core of the Church, and all the important scriptures were here. It would not take long for Allen's requirements to be fulfilled.

By the time Zeller had personally moved everything Allen needed to him, a small mountain of books had piled up on the originally empty floor of the training room. Obviously, with the development and management of the Food God Church over the past hundred years, it had accumulated a lot of experience and knowledge in related fields.

Allen was now at a bottleneck in his path towards divinity, and he needed to understand and explore the mysteries in order to complete his self-transformation. He already inexplicably possessed two different types of authority and domain abilities. One was the Food God Domain, which had miraculous effects when cooking or identifying ingredients; the other was the ability to detach his consciousness from the shackles of his body and travel at divine speed through the space controlled by the Green Field tribe.

If the Food God Domain had already allowed Allen to grasp some of the basics, then the other domain, which seemed to have little effect, was still something Allen could not master. He could only occasionally activate it or when a major change occurred in the Green Field territory, it would be passively activated for his use.

However, in Allen's view, this seemingly useless domain ability might not be weaker than the effect of the Food God Domain if it were to be used in the right opportunity. At least, with the increasingly complex environment and power relations of the Green Field tribe, if he could use this domain power to detect spies lurking in his tribe, or the layouts of other churches in his tribe's territory, then he would not be in a passive situation, and he would be able to prepare for various crises and dangers in advance.