“…It is the manifestation of the myth.”

Beatrice was stunned for a moment, not understanding what he meant for a moment, and tilted her head and said "Huh?"

Louis chuckled and said with a subtle expression: "For gods, what are the necessary conditions to maintain peak combat power?"

Beatrice said, "If we believe in the gods who were deified, the most important things should be the kingdom of God, the priesthood, and the church, right?"

Louis nodded: "If we only consider the perspective of exerting one's own combat power, as long as the priesthood is not taken away, the kingdom of God is still safe and sound, and the church that provides faith has not been destroyed, then the gods can exert sufficiently high combat power.

As for legends and demigods, as long as the rules they mastered after entering the legend are not broken, the demiplane they hatched is not destroyed, and the extraordinary energy that drives the power of demigods is sufficient, they can continuously burst out with that destructive power. "

Beatrice gave him a strange look and said, "Are you talking nonsense?"

Louis said, “No, no, no, the problem is that normally, normal legends and demigods can’t do this, so the power they can exert is limited.

But gods are different. The extraordinary energy that their saintly bodies can mobilize far exceeds that of ordinary demigods. It can even be said that it is not on the same order of magnitude at all. Such a vast extraordinary power is simply impossible for a demigod's body to contain.

But the fact is, after the advent of the saint, almost every god's saintly body has this ability.

Is it because the gods are simply stronger than us?"

Beatrice thought for a moment, "The bodies of saints can do this because they have faith as fuel. As long as the church reaches a certain size, the faith of believers can supply the gods with the power of the divine realm, regardless of whether it can supply a demigod. It is more than enough to supply a demigod."

Of course, not many organizations know this information. Excluding the top leaders of the church, there are only a few countries that know this information.

Well, it’s still the same few forces, the circle is too small.

As for why all these forces knew this information, that is another heart-wrenching story.

After all, the number of saint incarnations who died on the Star Continent was not large, but it was definitely not small.

There are many who kill gods alive on the continent, and then plunder their divine fire, divinity, and even their priesthood to become new gods.

The closest one is the kingdom of elves, the overlord of the previous era.

The ascension ceremony of the elven gods was the smoothest in history.

Or rather, they acted too quickly back then.

The dungeon was shattered too suddenly, and the elves had too little time to rush out of the dungeon, occupy the territory and expand their power. Not only were all the forces caught off guard and unable to react, but even the gods were caught off guard as well.

But this does not mean that the gods are weak after the advent of the saint. It only means that the godslayers of all generations are either the embodiment of extreme luck, or the embodiment of crazy power, or... both.

The skills that the Saint's Body constantly displays are just BUGs to most demigods.

If it weren't for the side effects of certain skills after use, which took time to subside (CD stuck), the destructive power unleashed by the Saint's Body would really be suffocating.

This reminded Louis of the unlimited firepower mode in LOL.

With infinitely refreshing mana bars and reduced CD, even the most ordinary heroes can unleash super-model power.

But can't ordinary heroes kill them?

Obviously not.

For example, if you work diligently to stack 12,000 layers of passive Nasus, use a flash and hide in the bushes, and then rush directly into the face of the enemy hero when he approaches, ordinary heroes will basically be killed even in nightmare mode, let alone unlimited firepower mode.

The Emperor is obviously the freak who has stacked his passive layers to a level that is beyond the reach of others.

Who would dare to call such an emperor "dog head"? Everyone respectfully called him "Desert Death God".

Louis is a latecomer who is still on this path.

Well, maybe after he breaks through to legendary status, no one will dare to speak loudly to him.

He looked at Beatrice and said, "The nearly endless supply of energy is the root of the Saint's body being able to run rampant on the continent. The Greed Hall has given me some possibility to imitate this power."

"That sounds good. Tell me about it." Beatrice raised her eyebrows and said, "As for your current situation, everything is perfect. What ability can further enhance your strength?"

Louis smiled and said, "Didn't you just say that the faith provided by the temple is the prerequisite for the saint's body to explode wildly?"

Beatrice's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that her own Louis had acquired a means of using the power of faith?

Louis didn't keep anyone on suspense and said directly: "The Greed Hall requires all kinds of rare treasures and a large amount of materials to build. The expansion of the hall can accommodate more followers.

Five percent of the followers' extraordinary energy will be converted into a part of the Greed Hall's energy pool, which can be used to supply me with combat power at a 1:1 ratio."

The corners of Beatrice's mouth twitched, and she couldn't help showing a look of horror.

This method is too shocking.

Even though it's only 5%, when the numbers are added up, it's really possible to turn Louis into an energy phoenix.

Although the energy of a demigod is strong, it is impossible to exceed the combined power of 10,000 paragons.

But a demigod can instantly kill 10,000 level 1 paragons without any special means, and it can even be said that it is effortless.

In the battle to encircle the Pirate Islands on the Falling Star Sea, each party involved in the battle had the means to attack together, and the lowest professional level was as high as LV14. In addition, there were top powerhouses among them to support and protect each other, which saved their lives with minimal losses.

Even so, the reason why the casualties in the battle a few months ago were so small was because Louis asked her to open the "Door in the Painting" to transfer personnel.

It can be said that no matter how many there are, even if it is the lowest level of the Exemplar class, as long as there are 10,000 of them, then Louis will truly normalize the means of the demigod without having to use all the means.

"Wait, does your Greed Palace need to pay a price? This level of blessing cannot be without a price."

Beatrice frowned and said, "If there is no price to pay, then it is not a great sin, but should be called godhood."

Louis coughed and said, "The engine capability does require a great price, but as I said, its price is already very clear, that is, it requires all kinds of rare treasures and a large amount of materials to manufacture.

In short – expensive! "

At this time, Beatrice had not yet realized the seriousness of the situation.

In the past, after deducting necessary expenses, wasting a few more gold coins would make Louis look sad.

And now, when talking about rare treasures and large amounts of supplies, Louis can still maintain a smiling expression.

This is not right. It's really not right!

"Spend it if you want. There's nothing to worry about. If it's really too expensive, I'll see if I can allocate some more supplies to support you. Your strength is more important than anything else."

"Well, that's not necessary." Louis' expression twisted quickly, and then quickly suppressed, "It's not appropriate to build the Temple of Greed."

Beatrice paused, and this time even she noticed something was wrong.

She asked cautiously, "Louis, why is your expression so stiff?"

"The expenses are too high, and my heart aches to the point where my expression is numb."

Beatrice: “……?!”

"You have to repent, otherwise you will regret it later."

Louis finally couldn't hold back his expression and revealed a look of pain: "Come closer, I'll tell you how much it will cost."

Beatrice couldn't help her curiosity after all, so she went over and hugged him to listen to the production requirements.

In the past, if two men and women who were in an agitated state were so close to each other, their heartbeats would have started to accelerate.

However, now the engaged couple's hearts were not only beating faster, but they felt chilled to the bottom of their hearts.

"Is this reasonable? Is this legal? Isn't this illegal?" Beatrice said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "It's fine if this thing is built for the first time, but if we build more, even we can't afford it."

Louis wailed, "It's not a question of whether we can afford it or not. If we really want to continue the construction, we will have to fill up the entire empire's treasure house, not to mention the royal treasury. Don't even think about it until we are powerless."

At this moment he finally understood why Huoguo was able to destroy the entire empire so quickly.

This Temple of Greed works well, but the cost of building one is too high.

Calculated purely in terms of gold coins, the raw materials required to build a basic-scale Temple of Greed for the first time will cost approximately 140,000 gold coins, unlocking 100 follower positions.

Well, the approximate price is equivalent to the purchasing power of 14 billion RMB, and an average follower position costs 140 million.

In other words, even if all demigods are chosen to occupy the follower positions, Louis will consume wealth worth 2.8 billion RMB to accumulate the extraordinary energy of 5 demigods.

The concepts represented are breathtaking.

Louis almost waved his hand and didn't want to play anymore.

Do you think that's the end?

Those 100 basic places were actually “sold at a low price”.

After the first construction is completed, the Temple of Greed will take shape.

After that, the cost of materials for each expansion would not be 140 million, but...

300 million! Yes, you read that right! This is a price that can only be guaranteed if there are enough materials.

If large-scale purchases lead to material scarcity, the market price will become even higher. It's no wonder that Louis' smile froze.

But at the same time, an idea came to his mind.

You are a deceived country, oh, you are a deceived country. What on earth have you encountered that would make you so aggressive and warlike that you have piled up the palace of greed to a level that even the empire cannot bear.

This also implicitly revealed a piece of information, information that would never be recorded in the diary.

That means something really happened to the emperor in the previous life, and the problems of the Enther Empire have become so serious that even if the country is confused and the treasury is exhausted, it cannot be stopped.

What is certain is that Huoguo will definitely not only enable the most basic 100 positions.

Given Ense's precarious state at the time, it was not impossible for Huoguo to open an additional 10,000.

With the guaranteed infusion of 3 trillion yuan in funds, it is very likely that the reserves of the then greedy hall that deceived the country would be forcibly increased to the extreme.

——In desperate situations, it is not impossible to mobilize 30 trillion just to ensure basic people's livelihood.

Only madness to this extent could cause the people of Ense at that time to hate Huoguo so much.

Even if a person tries every possible way to spend money, there is usually a limit.

Even for citizens and even businessmen who have some understanding of the flow of funds, there is a limit to the spending they can imagine.

Before he was taken to the guillotine, he thought that Huoguo was just a victim of political struggle, and no matter how much money he spent, it would not cause complaints from the whole country.

As he gained a deeper understanding of many secrets after his rebirth, he believed that the Empire had reached an agreement with the Church of the God of Glory and Justice. With the consent of Huoguo, the Empire consciously gave up the control of the Enther royal power over the Empire to make it easier for the church to take over the mess.

——After all, if the church doesn’t take over, everyone might die.

But now, after seeing the Hall of Greed, he finally understood why Grace was needed to do special publicity.

Under the excessive military aggression, the economy of the empire is likely to collapse. There is no need to do anything. Just pretend to "get the book in the belly of a fish" and find a fox girl to shout "XX rises, XX falls", and I guess some people will stand up and wave flags and cheer.

He had no idea about these things before, but next month Beatrice would officially succeed to the throne of the emperor, and at the same time the two would officially become husband and wife, rather than being an engaged couple.

By this time, all the secrets of the empire had been revealed to them.

Louis finally understood the depth of the empire.

There are 31 demigods who are still able to move, 14 demigods who have sealed themselves when they are on the verge of death and can be used as the empire's trump cards, 265 legends who are under the jurisdiction of the royal family and their subordinate forces, and 712 legends who have sealed themselves as the empire's trump cards.

A total of 1022.

The Exemplar class does not have the ability to survive for long in self-sealing. Currently, there are 814 LV20 warriors in the major legions, including 710 LV20 warriors stationed at the Gate of the Abyss and major space channels.

There are currently about 3,100 high-level model warriors of LV17-19 belonging to the legion, and about 5,700 mid-level model warriors of LV14-16.

The above are Unther’s top military forces, numbering approximately 10,600 people.

In a relentless war, Huoguo contracts all these people as followers. The energy he can control should be close to 100 initial-stage demigods.

Louis narrowed his eyes.

He suspected that the Emperor had abilities to similar effect.

Otherwise, relying solely on the body of a demigod, it would be hard for him to imagine that the emperor, who is still a human, could contain so much energy.

"How about completing the foundation construction of the Hall of Greed first?" Beatrice said tentatively. She felt that her dear was about to have a myocardial infarction.

Louis forced a smile and said, "We definitely need to build it, but we should consider how to control the cost."

100 places are definitely not enough.

But once the expansion started, the astronomical cost really suffocated him.

Even though the Hall of Greed could obviously help Louis start his journey to godhood, this was not the way money should be spent.

Just thinking about it, his eyes suddenly lit up:

"Beatrice, the situation may not be as serious as we think."

"Um?"

Louis added: "In my hometown, there are some industries that often do an operation called 'the wool comes from the pigs, and the dogs pay the bill'."

Beatrice was stunned for a moment. She was quick-witted and immediately understood what Louis meant: "Are you going to transfer the risk?"

(End of this chapter)