Chapter 00288: Then Let's Offer It to the Lord
# Then Let's Offer It to the Lord
Chapter 288
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 288: Then Let's Offer It to the Lord
The establishment of the Temple largely remedied the deficiency of religious facilities in the Leon Territory.
As the vast majority of people had already become followers, relying solely on the giant Holy Emblem in the plaza was no longer sufficient.
The current situation was that people would pray at home on normal days, go to the plaza to pray when they had free time, and go to the Temple to pray on their rest days.
Three options were available to choose from.
The completion of the Temple was also the biggest event in the Leon Territory at the moment.
Viola was actually a little thankful that the Demon God had shown her this favor.
If He hadn't reacted at all, Viola might have thought He was dissatisfied with the Temple's scale.
However, Viola would not be staying in the Temple.
For now, Royal Guards were acting as Priests, working in the Temple, leading prayers, and hearing confessions.
On one hand, this was for safety considerations; Viola could not afford any mishaps.
On the other hand, Viola truly had no time.
She still had to free up her hands to plan the counterattack.
With a deep sigh, Viola looked at Audel, who was sipping tea beside her.
"So, can you now tell me what trouble you've actually gotten into?"
Someone was manipulating the change of kingship from behind the scenes, and even secretly working to prevent the Demon God's return.
Viola had not been told about this.
After all, it wasn't 100% confirmed yet; everything was just reasonable speculation.
There was no need to create a sense of panic.
Besides, for the time being, Viola only needed to focus on restoring her kingdom.
Other matters could be put aside.
"I already told you. I just ran into some guys who are hard to deal with. They're jealous of my research."
This reason was indeed very persuasive.
Because of Audel's damn research spirit, she had caused a great deal of trouble since she was young.
But Viola didn't believe her.
The reason for her disbelief wasn't based on logic, but a feeling.
Because she knew Audel so well, Viola instinctively felt that she was lying.
"How has Nimia been recently?"
"I had her join the scout troops. I heard she's doing quite well."
The army was one of the few places that didn't discriminate against tieflings, or rather, where there was relatively less discrimination.
Although it didn't pay as much as being an adventurer, it offered stable and safe work.
Nimia had followed Audel to the Leon Territory and adapted to life here in just a few days.
She even felt that the experience of serving in the army would be helpful for her future activities as an adventurer.
"Even an innocent adventurer was dragged into this. Who did you provoke?"
"It's nothing, I just accidentally ruined a good thing for my patron... Is my father's work going alright?"
"Having my uncle come has indeed been a great help to me."
In his youth, Grand Duke Weiss had served as the minister of economy and had personally gone to the battlefield several times.
Although he wasn't great at strategic planning, he was extremely brave in battle.
Now that he was older, his body no longer allowed him to go to the battlefield, but his experience in internal affairs had not diminished.
Viola had handed over all the civilian work of the Leon Territory to him.
In the future, when Viola needed to lead troops on an expedition and leave the Leon Territory, she would temporarily entrust its management to him.
This was not only out of trust in Grand Duke Weiss's abilities but also because being a civil official in the rear was safer.
Viola did not want to see any more of her relatives die.
"How are the preparations for the counterattack going?"
"The only problem is the lack of military equipment, but Sailing Harbor said they would provide some."
As September arrived, the grain harvest began on a large scale.
Thanks to the support of fertilizer, this year's grain yield far exceeded historical records, and many new crops also had a bountiful harvest.
The rapeseed harvest greatly improved the problem of insufficient cooking oil, and the grains were quickly ground into flour by the windmills.
With the raw material problem solved, the efficiency of producing compressed biscuits using waterwheels naturally increased as well.
In addition, the Roman cement factory, the paper mill, and the oil processing plant also went into production one after another.
However, since the workers were all part-time farmers who couldn't abandon their land to work in the factories, the current output of products was insufficient.
It could only supply the Leon Territory and had not yet reached a level for foreign trade.
This was enough.
Viola hoped to turn the Leon Territory into a great rear base and use it as a center to transport new crops and technology to the liberated lands.
"Has a date been set for the counterattack? Remember to call me then, I can help out a bit."
"I will definitely ask for your help, but..."
Viola slanted a glance at Audel.
"Don't ask all these random questions to change the subject."
"......"
"Are you still hiding something from me?"
"No..."
"When you have a guilty conscience, your eyes always look down. Don't think I don't know."
"Uh..."
"Wait, the thing you're hiding from me, could it be related to the Lord?"
"It is a little bit related. Fine."
Audel reluctantly took a box out of her magic bag.
Viola opened it and saw a gold ring inlaid with a moonstone inside.
"Could this be..."
"The Ring of the Demon King."
"Where did you find it?"
"This is the reason I got into trouble."
"Why didn't you offer it to the Lord?"
"The Lord agreed to let me study it for a while..."
"No! This is a divine artifact! What if you break it!"
"A divine artifact isn't that easy to..."
Audel took one look at Viola's expression.
"Then let's offer it to the Lord..."
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The completion of the Temple came with an extra wave of sound and light effects, which was something Li Chengxi himself hadn't expected.
But this was a good thing.
It greatly increased the followers' awareness and also showed that the Temple was truly effective.
A large number of followers swarmed in.
After watching the Temple's completion ceremony and looking at the situation in the Leon Territory, Li Chengxi thought his part was done.
But when he moved the camera view, he saw Viola leading Audel, rushing towards the castle's chapel.
Soon, a group of people knelt before the Holy Emblem and placed a small box on it.
Li Chengxi recognized the box.
Inside was the Ring of the Demon King that had been found not long ago.
It was precisely because of Audel's arbitrary decision that she now had to flee to the Leon Territory for temporary refuge.
However, this adventure had yielded other gains besides the Ring of the Demon King.
Things that could be spent as money, like gold coins and gemstones, Audel had already given to Viola to put in the warehouse for military pay.
Audel only kept some gold and silver artifacts with cultural value for her own research.
Then there were those golems.
Guardian golems built in the Mythic Era, five levels higher than the usual level 30 golems, specializing in combat.
These golems were originally used as temple guards.
The Holy Emblems on their left shoulders indicated that they were under the direct control of the Demon God.
Li Chengxi could use his mouse to control them much like playing an RTS game, but it was a bit troublesome.
Li Chengxi couldn't be bothered, so he handed all control over to Audel.
These golems, as high as level 35, impervious to blades and spears, and difficult to damage even with magic, had all been transported to the Leon Territory by Audel using a teleportation portal.
Viola had to quickly have someone build a shed for them to protect them from the sun and rain.
It was believed that this batch of golems would play a significant role in the future counterattack.
Finally, there was the Ring of the Demon King.
This thing was indeed important, but Li Chengxi wasn't particularly anxious about it.
As long as he could get it safely, there was no need to take any risks.
Coincidentally, Audel had said she wanted to study it, and Li Chengxi had agreed without a second thought.
But today, she placed the Ring of the Demon King on the altar.
Li Chengxi felt that it probably wasn't that Audel was done with her research, but rather that Viola had found out...