Chapter 172: Cult, Holy Religion.

Elsa's residence had previously been a small house she rented at the foot of the mountain.

But ever since he had a relationship with Rand, he moved to an upper level hideout.

But now only Olenna and Rand live together.

Elsa is now avoiding Olenna. Unless it is necessary to hand over work, she basically does not appear in front of Rand and Olenna at other times.

Rand found this somewhat amusing. Compared to Olenna's generosity, Elsa was much more shy.

At this moment, he was half lying on the giant stone lord's chair.

Now the altar of the Scourge cultists has been built in.

Now, this huge lord's chair, which looks like a giant's, has three altars built in it, namely the altars of the goddess of abundance, the god of struggle, and the apostle of natural disasters.

Although it might be completely incomprehensible to outsiders, Rand is almost invincible when he sits on the throne, or at least almost impossible to be killed.

As a means of preserving his life, he had memorized the prayers so well that he could recite them almost instantly and then travel to the Kingdom of God.

But now there was no one to assassinate him, so he had no chance to demonstrate his legendary ability to recite prayers at the speed of light.

At this moment, he was looking at the grain weighing report of the hideout.

After adopting the new farming method, the yield per mu increased by 20%, which is already a very good increase. It is almost equivalent to Rand's population increasing by 20%, that is, 10,000 people can be turned into 12,000 people.

Moreover, Rand has been constantly recruiting people. If the population were to grow naturally, a person would need to be pregnant for ten months and would need to be around fourteen years old before they could become suitable labor force.

However, robbery is different. Robbing people can greatly improve Rand.

It's a pity that now that the fighting has broken out, the looting group has been forced to stop. However, in fact, the population that was easier to rob has been almost all robbed, so there is no loss now.

With Rand's experience, the breeding progress of high-yield wheat has now gone more than halfway. New wheat seeds will be planted in the den later, and the three-crop rotation system is a very virtuous cycle system. Later, when the number of real livestock in the den increases.

The fields will not only produce wheat, but also some nodule plants, as well as livestock products such as cow's milk, goat's milk, and eggs.

The overall grain output will increase step by step.

If this world was really just a pure farming game, Rand would definitely be at the top of the player rankings.

As long as he is given enough time, he can rely on the land of the Viscountry and gain the strength of an Earldom just by farming.

It's a pity that this world is full of cultists, wars, and all kinds of monsters, and the world itself is also changing.

Elsa walked in slowly. Although she didn't use the thief's silent walking skills, the sound of her walking was still very small.

Half lying on the lord's chair, Rand tilted his head in an unserious posture: "What's the matter?"

"Cultists spotted nearby."

Rand sat up straight, what he liked most were the cultists, cultists meant altars, and altars meant he could become stronger. Now as the weakest in the den, he had endured too much, one day, he would be able to suppress all the high-level leaders of the den with his own strength.

Of course, it's just thought now.

I feel that the willpower attributes of these top-level people in the hideout are not low. I estimate that he can be easily defeated by sharing his desire.

"What do you mean?"

Elsa glanced at Olena, lowered her head somewhat embarrassedly, and then said hesitantly: "It seems that she is a cultist of the Goddess of Plenty."

Rand fell silent.

"The Cult of the Goddess of Fertility?" Rand confirmed.

Elsa said that's it.

Although the den never announced to the outside world that they were the sect of the Goddess of Plenty, the top leaders of the den all knew what god the den believed in.

Although Rand calls his own sect, the Sect of the Goddess of Plenty, the Holy Church, and it is also covered with the skin of the Torch Church, this does not mean that other followers of the Goddess of Plenty in the world are not cultists.

"Are there many people?" Rand asked seriously.

Elsa was well aware of the seriousness of the matter and had investigated it in advance before coming to report: "37 people, no high-level professionals."

"Then let's go there in person." Rand stood up from the huge stone lord's chair, "Take Lysa with us."

Rand has just realized this problem. There are many followers of the God of Struggle and the Apostles of Scourge in this world. So, indeed, the followers of the Goddess of Plenty should not be limited to Rand's hideout.

However, other followers of the Goddess of Plenty are absolute enemies to Rand. At least the ideas of the original followers of the Goddess of Plenty are absolutely different from Rand's.

However, Rand could also observe them and see how they used the power of the goddess of abundance. Due to the changes in doctrine and the way of sacrifice in the hideout, only Seth and Rand could use the power of the goddess of abundance.

According to Rand's understanding, working hard to cultivate the land and promote reproduction is also a sacrifice to the goddess of abundance. Unfortunately, the duration is still short and the results are not yet visible.

Moreover, Rand was very worried that even with this kind of sacrifice, the blessing obtained might not be very normal.

I hope it won’t be like what happened to Seth, otherwise there’s no way to clear himself.

In the later period, Rand will definitely tear off the skin of the Torch Church. If he cannot clear himself, the resistance to his missionary work will inevitably be very great.

Soon Elsa went to inform Lisa, and Lisa changed into the clothes she wore when Rand first met her. Rand had some impression of this dress.

When they were fighting the Iron Golem, the light and heat from the golem's self-explosion burned all of their clothes, except for Lisa's clothes.

But later on, Lisa started changing clothes frequently in the hideout.

Now he has changed back into combat clothes, a small wooden short bow, and a whip that seems to be able to transform into arrows.

Everyone changed into combat attire. Rand was usually a swordsman, but when facing danger outside, he would mostly use a large shield.

Elsa is a thief, and now she is also equipped with smoke bombs and poison.

Although Ellie is a warlock, she can also work as a mage and a swordsman, but the level of the swordsman is far inferior to her spellcasting ability.

Olenna, as always, wore a swift sword shining with silver light at her waist.

In fact, Rand felt that it was unnecessary to make such a big fuss. Among the four top-level professionals, although Elsa is suspected, Ellie is suspected to be the weakest top-level, and Lisa's actual strength is unknown, it is still okay to classify them all as top-level.

Rand himself is a strong controller. Although his combat power is not good, his auxiliary ability is very strong.

With such combat power, it is enough to wipe out an entire viscount's territory as long as it is not a head-on battle.

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To deal with only 37 people, including no high-level professionals, it is more than enough.

Glancing at the top brass who had transformed into combat form, Rand raised his shield and said, "Let's go."

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At this time, a fierce battle was breaking out in the ruins.

After entering the eighth floor, it is no longer accessible to ordinary adventurers.

Adventurers who have reached this level are no longer just looking for money.

If you really want to make money, mining in the haunted iron mine, or hunting or treasure hunting in the shallow areas are more efficient than taking risks at this level.

But the temptation is great.

From the first floor to the eighth floor today, each floor has a different style and is full of mysteries and treasures.

Although all clues and intelligence must be reported to the lord's clerks, it does not affect their own exploration and decryption.

Archaeology and uncovering some of the mysteries of history are also things that adventurers like to do.

At this time, the Burning Steel Team was also on the eighth floor.

They planned to settle down and retire here, but they were still tempted by the excellent adventure atmosphere and conditions of the ruins. Moreover, they would also accept disciples after retirement, so it would be a good opportunity to observe the surrounding adventure environment.

After investigating here, they also plan to take a Centaur carriage to visit the haunted iron mine.

The captain swung his sword, and the metallic-luster skin of the synthetic beast was torn apart, splashing with fluorescent green light.

Blood splattered onto the floor of the ruins, corroding holes in it.

It is well known that the captain of the Burning Steel Team is a top-level swordsman, but when he really shows his strength, many adventurers still feel surprised and yearning.

Captain Ran Steel was also a little surprised. The quality of the adventurers around him was much higher than he had imagined.

When they face the enemy, even if they cannot stop it head-on, they can provide support from the side.

His judgment was also good, and he had never seen any adventurer make stupid mistakes.

"The quality of the adventurers here is generally very high." Captain Rangang judged in his heart.

With simple yet effective coordination, Captain Ran Steel, the main attacker, killed the last synthetic beast that was two people tall.

Next is the boss of this level. There is a boss on each level guarding the passage to the next level.

In fact, based on Captain Ran Steel's experience, this is very strange.

Captain Ran Steel had been to the ruins before, but he always faced more dangerous situations.

For example, if a monster named boss by the local lord appears, there will definitely not be only one boss. There will be endless traps, including but not limited to poison gas, ground spikes, fire, etc.

There will be other monsters surrounding you.

It is rare to place a single boss to guard a place now.

I heard from other adventurers that there would be some traps, but they all seemed to be hastily set up.

So when the ruins were built, was it because they were too hasty to deploy their evil intentions, or were these monsters just used to delay time, and the builders of the ruins were actually fearless? For example, there would be an extraordinarily powerful enemy at the bottom of the ruins? Captain Burning Steel put aside his thoughts and raised his greatsword.

The boss of this floor is a monster with three heads, a bit like the Chimera described in the story picture book.

It's huge, and seems to have the ability to spit.

(End of this chapter)