Chapter 432: The White King Receives a Gift, New Tentacle Cultists (5000!!)

In the royal palace in the White Kingdom's capital.

The throne stands on a high platform, the whole body is like snow, but it is not plain white. Its surface is covered with smooth natural textures, like the cracks of a glacier. Lifelike white lions are carved on both ends of the armrests. The back of the throne is like a blade cutting through the sky, and the top stretches out like wings, with solemn and elegant lines.

The White King entered the palace from outside the palace with great force.

The calm ice-blue eyes looked at him, he shook his robe, tidied his appearance, then walked to the throne, turned around and sat down.

It is autumn now, and the marble throne has become a little cold.

As the master of ice and snow, the White King can still feel cold and heat.

At least, she likes hot baths.

It is not working hours now, there are only a few maids in the palace, and the ministers have not come here.

"Anything else today?" the White King asked the clerk.

The clerk was an elderly woman, probably close to seventy years old judging by her wrinkled skin.

In the early days of Olenna's service to the White King, she also served as his secretary, but later on, she devoted herself to taking care of Ellie.

"The Wisteria Kingdom seems to be making some moves." The old clerk pushed her glasses. Her glasses were not just decorations like Olenna's.

The lenses of glasses need to be carefully polished to achieve the appropriate curvature. Glasses are a luxury that only the upper class can use, but they are indeed useful. They can allow those who are rich and have poor eyesight to see things clearly again.

"What's happening in the south?" asked the White King.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The old clerk handed the document to the White King.

The White King took the document.

Ever since the Wisteria Kingdom was kicked out of the Northern Alliance, it has decisively sought allies in the south.

The Southern Kingdom would certainly not miss this good opportunity to infiltrate the Northern Alliance.

Accepted the Wisteria Kingdom without hesitation.

However, contact with the Wisteria Kingdom has always been restricted, naturally because the other countries in the Northern Alliance simply do not allow it.

No matter whether it is a caravan or an envoy, as long as they are heading to the Wisteria Kingdom or coming out of the Wisteria Kingdom, they will not be allowed to pass.

Of course, secret contacts cannot be stopped. Such a large country can always come up with some solutions, but the overt ones are basically restricted.

Although the Southern Kingdom has been busy with the troubles of the undead recently, it seems that the connection with the Wisteria Kingdom has not been severed.

The Southern Kingdom sent a batch of weapons and armor to the Wisteria Kingdom.

Held hostage by a Northern Union member state.

But the Wisteria Kingdom sent troops to snatch it away.

There are not many weapons and armors in this batch, but they all seem to be high-quality products made from magical metals from magical gold mines.

I don’t know what the Wisteria Kingdom exchanged with the Southern Kingdom.

The White King frowned.

The ice-blue eyes scanned the documents again: "Let's discuss this with the ministers tomorrow. We can also send letters to various countries to inform them that the ban on the Wisteria Kingdom can be slowed down. The main goal now is to swallow up the Cuiying Principality."

The implication is that the Wisteria Kingdom should be given some breathing space in the near future to prevent it from launching any extreme strategies.

Ever since the Wisteria Kingdom was swept out of the Northern Union Covenant, the country's days have been gradually declining.

But the scale is there, at least the White King doesn't think anything extreme will happen now.

But as the White King, she needs to consider the overall situation and the risks, so she decides to relax the ban on the Wisteria Kingdom.

Of course, this definitely requires discussion among the countries of the Northern United Nations.

The White King also planned to listen to the opinions of other kings.

Even if the policy is relaxed, it will only be a change from a complete ban to partial permission, and high tolls will still be charged.

"Let's leave it at this for now." The White King rubbed his brows.

"Anything else?"

The clerk said something else.

A creature suspected to be from hell appeared in the Principality of Green Shadow, Grand Duke Rand conducted a test voyage in Crescent Moon Harbor, two members of the noble families in the country wanted to duel, and the White King himself was urged to get married as usual.

as well as……

"Lord Grand Duke Rand of the Moon Phase, I have replied to your letter."

The White King turned to the clerk and said, "Give me the letter."

The clerk handed the letter to the White King.

The White King opened the letter.

Finished reading it very quickly.

Since winter is coming, we must prepare well.

The journey is long, and it is not easy for Ellie to go back home. Rand is one of the few people who can chat with her, so it is not easy for him to meet her either.

"The letter says there is a gift." After reading the letter, the White King looked at the clerk again.

The clerk called over a maid from the palace.

The maid brought a cushion.

The seat cushions were covered with crimson brocade embroidered with intricate cloud patterns.

Looks like very good workmanship, but nothing else.

It's just an ordinary cushion.

It was already autumn, and the stone seats would be very cold, so Rand made a cushion for himself, but then he remembered that the White King's throne was also made of stone, so he made another one as a gift.

The White King stood up, placed cushions on the throne, and sat down again.

It is indeed warmer.

Moreover, the deep red cushion actually matches her glacier-white throne very well. It must have been made with great care.

The White King certainly wouldn't be short of a cushion, and the White Kingdom certainly would have craftsmen who could make cushions.

But the White King seldom thought of herself, and now her bedroom was decorated only with small portraits of Rand and Ellie, and the ship model that Rand had given her.

…

The Dukedom of the Moon Phase.

The Duchy of the Moon Phase is not larger than other earldoms, it's just that the Grand Duke of Land has a higher status and the Grand Duke of Land himself has the possibility to continue to expand the territory.

In a village in this duchy.

There is a very very simple little chapel of the Torch Church here.

In fact, it is a brick house that is slightly larger than an ordinary house.

There is a partition inside, one side is the Torch Church's Newborn Sect, and the other side is the Mother Goddess Sect.

Now, members of both sects are not in the church.

They are organizing the villagers to fight.

There are undead attacking them.

It was dusk, not yet night, and the undead could not wait to attack them.

Two believers who could barely be considered priests stood among the villagers.

Both men were holding spears.

There were several guards, wearing armor and holding swords and shields.

Some of the villagers around were holding shields, while the rest were holding pitchforks, dung forks, and even wooden sticks.

This place is not the direct territory of Grand Duke Land, so it is relatively poorer and there are few trained militiamen.

Of course, their opponents weren't that great either, but there was something special about this village.

There is a vibration communication device, which is temporarily stored here.

It was originally intended to be transported to the lord's castle, but the road ahead was broken, so it was briefly stored in the chapel in this village.

Therefore, the village had a few more guards to participate in the defense.

"Is that thing really useful?" The young priest of the Torch Church's nascent sect asked his teammates.

The Mother Goddess sect member beside him nodded and said, "I have received training. Believe me, there will be absolutely no problem with my operation."

Now that this place has been invaded by the undead, the followers of the Mother Goddess Sect immediately activated the vibration communication device to call for help.

Of course, they didn't put all their hopes on this new product.

Grand Duke Lander's own teachings to his followers also required that they consider many aspects and put safety first.

Therefore, they also sent the only young man in the village who could ride a horse, riding the village pony, to the territory of the direct lord to report the news.

The undead are approaching.

The villagers and several guards in the village were very nervous.

Fortunately, in the end, they still believed in the two believers who came here to preach.

They are not very qualified missionaries, they can only be regarded as trained believers.

There is no other way. Now the Grand Duke of Rand's territory is too large and there are too few talented people, so we have to do this.

Missionaries are already considered high-level talents.

Especially the Tauren Missionary, and the very rare Centaur Missionary.

[Missionary: +3 Education, +5 Cohesion]

[Foreign Missionaries: +3 Education, +3 Cohesion, +3 Military Strength]

These two trained believers are probably a weakened version of the missionaries.

Fortunately, their enemies are not very powerful.

A bunch of zombies and skeletons, and a few ghosts.

There are a lot of zombies and skeletons, but they are not very intelligent.

Now they are all stuck in the barrier area at the entrance of the village.

The ghosts will be dealt with by two priests.

Accompanied by the creepy sound of bones colliding and the roars of zombies.

The undead began to crowd towards the entrance of the village.

The villagers clutched their farm tools, which had now become weapons.

The two sides fought at the entrance of the village.

The undead had no command and the situation was very chaotic. The commanders on the human side only knew the basics of war, so they didn't give blind commands.

Stalemate.

Physical attacks are effective against undead, but not as effectively as against flesh and blood creatures.

The reason is simple, the vast majority of undead do not bleed.

The pastor of the Torch Church is trying his best to mobilize the power of fire, and all the special materials in the church are now being used.

The priest of the Mother Goddess sect standing nearby did not have such conspicuous power, but his attacks were still more deadly than those of other non-clergymen.

The villagers' fighting will is still firm, but the number of undead is still too many for them.

Many villagers have already fallen.

The priest of the Torch Church shouted while fighting: "Do you have any other abilities? I read in the church texts that you can create synthetic beasts and summon tentacles."

The followers of the Mother Goddess sect were stunned: "How come I don't know that we can summon tentacles? I only know how to feed cattle and horses. I can also feed flying cattle and horses. I can also operate the vibration transmission device."

The Torch Church priest certainly knew that his teammates wouldn't do it, and he was just trying desperate measures.

"In theory, you should be able to do it. Try it now," shouted the priest of the Torch Church's nascent sect.

He was not a high-level priest to begin with, and his strength was soon depleted.

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The followers of the Mother Goddess sect strive to discover the power they may theoretically have.

Thinking back on it this way.

His Excellency Archbishop Seth seems to have some other power.

Most of the other followers of the Mother Goddess sect are not very good at fighting. Even if they are good at fighting, it is their professional ability rather than a gift from God.

The followers of the Mother Goddess sect were not surprised by this, after all, their gods had performed miracles in many places.

Whether it is the bumper harvest of food every year, or the probability of getting sick which is countless times lower than in the past, or some gifts of obtaining resources from the wild.

The Mother Goddess is a benevolent and loving deity. Isn't it normal that her followers are not good at fighting? But now, the followers of this Mother Goddess sect can only work hard to tap their own strength.

If not, we won’t be able to hold on for long.

Several guards had their weapons blades bent.

"Damn it, it's just not possible!" This follower of the Mother Goddess sect tried every possible way he thought.

But it just doesn't work.

Several more villagers were trampled under the feet of the undead.

The undead are naturally full of hatred for the living, and they also need to kill to maintain their existence.

The followers of the Mother Goddess sect gritted their teeth and fought against the undead with their weapons.

In my heart I kept praying.

Just when he was feeling a little desperate.

The next moment.

The prayers seemed to work.

One of his hands turned into a giant tentacle, sweeping away several skeletons and zombies in front of him.

He also completely shattered a ghost.

"It seems to work." The believer was surprised to find that his right hand had turned into a powerful tentacle.

The huge recoil force caused by the tentacle attack caused him to fall to the ground.

But he got up quickly, regardless of the dirt on his body from the fall.

The arms turned into slimy tentacles.

Obviously something that would make normal people feel disgusted and horrified.

Under normal circumstances, if the followers of this Mother Goddess sect found that their hands turned into tentacles, they might not be happy.

But now, he was truly ecstatic.

The power of the Mother Goddess worked.

Praise the Mother Goddess, praise the great Messenger of Rand.

The follower of the Mother Goddess sect took a breath and then continued to drive his tentacles.

The tentacles are very powerful and very energy-consuming.

But the power is indeed considerable, at least for the zombies and skeletons in front of it, the power is already very strong.

The believers of the Torch Church were also very excited when they found that their teammates could actually transform into tentacles.

If it were six or seven years ago, when he saw such a scene, he would definitely shout "evil spirit" and then turn around and run away, reporting to the church to request a punishment.

But now, he just felt excited.

"I'm a little exhausted." The followers of the Mother Goddess sect gasped heavily.

The followers of the Torch Church were not so excited anymore. It seemed that it would only delay the time of everyone's demise.

Or, can the reinforcements really arrive in time? They resisted for a while.

It was completely dark.

Most of the villagers are night blind and they are already panicking.

Some villagers have accidentally attacked their teammates.

This will lead to greater panic.

At this moment, the followers of the Torch Church and the Mother Goddess Sect seemed to hear thunder.

However, the thunder did not come from the sky, but from the ground.

The earth is shaking.

After a while, the light of torches could be seen in the distance.

"Damn, your skills are really reliable." The Torch Church believer cursed.

Although they asked for help, they didn't really believe that the reinforcements would arrive in time.

It's night now.

The wild is full of dangers.

Now, due to the rampage of the undead, the danger level has risen several levels.

Originally, they estimated that the earliest arrival time for the reinforcements would be tomorrow evening.

But now, it actually came.

The Torch Church members did not know much about the function of the vibration transmission device, but now it seems that it is so powerful? In the eyes of a large number of people, the vibration transmission device is equivalent to the divine art of the Mother Goddess Sect.

It’s just that this kind of magic has a casting medium and a casting entity.

Moreover, the followers of the Mother Goddess sect do not call their spellcasting "casting", but "operation".

The Mother Goddess Cult also calls their way of suppressing evil "raising cattle and horses."

Of course, the followers of the Torch Church know that the vibration communication device belongs to the field of alchemy.

But it worked incredibly well.

Where are the reinforcements nearby?

The thundering sound of horse hooves approached.

Now we know which reinforcements they are.

They are Lord Rand's personal guards.

The Ox-Horse Knights! The Ox-Horse Knights, galloping like thunder, rushed into the undead.

They hacked and killed the undead indiscriminately, and soon all the undead were trampled to pieces by the Ox-Horse Knights.

The Ox-Horse Knights returned to silence.

The leader dismounted and walked in front of the members of the Mother Goddess Sect and the Torch Church.

In the light of the fire, I could see a face that was too young.

Black hair, black pupils.

Both of these believers knew who was in front of them.

In the holiday villa, there are portraits and statues of Grand Duke Lander.

The person in front of me.

He is the master of this land, the great conqueror, the controller of the wind, and the spokesperson of the gospel.

Wind Chaser, Grand Duke of the Moon, Rand Nicholas.

"You're lucky." Rand dusted himself off. "I'm nearby. Otherwise, I might not have made it here in time."

At this moment, Rand noticed the arm of the Mother Goddess sect member in front of him.

This is his right hand, squirming, curled up, and sticky.

Rand frowned.

"It seems there is something else." Rand said helplessly.

He originally planned to deal with the undead here and then walk back to a nearby medium-sized town at night.

It was not very comfortable to spend the night in the village.

But now it seems that's not the case.

"Set up camp here," Rand ordered the guards. "We will spend the night here."

"Yes." Rand's answer was answered in an orderly manner.

Then Rand looked at the two clergymen who served different gods in front of him and said, "Go to the church and tell me what's going on."

Another figure appeared in the darkness behind Rand and followed Rand to the village church.

It's Olenna.

There will be at least one senior leader around Rand to protect his safety.

Rand's safety is a matter of concern to everyone in the hideout.

After entering the church.

Rand activated Blessing 6: Favor of the Torch Goddess without hesitation.

After watching it, I realized that these two are one of us.

So far, the Torch Goddess's Favor has been very reliable. Except for the problems with Tanr and Fenris, it has been very accurate at other times.

The two people in front of him were both fiery red, not gray and black, which made Rand breathe a sigh of relief.

"Tell me about it in detail."

(End of this chapter)