Volume 8: The Road to the Ancient Dragon Chapter 441: Crisis of National Destruction
"Brother Shenwu, I think it's time for me to go back to the Eastern Continent." Murphy said to Emperor Shenwu.
The Godly Emperor nodded and said, "Okay, let's go back. The tribe is about to launch an attack. I guess there will be a lot of fighting over there. If you can't win, you can send someone to ask us for help. Remember to go through the official channels so that I can speak for you at the forest meeting."
Murphy nodded, but didn't take it too seriously. It was not like he had never fought against the tribe before, and their fighting ability was just so-so.
Besides, he is now on the path to becoming a god. What does the victory or defeat of the Alliance have to do with him? As long as they don’t attack Alterac, it won’t be a big deal.
After he becomes a god, he will no longer care about any alliance tribes.
Murphy did not go through the portal, but chose to fly back directly. He could familiarize himself with his enhanced flying ability and study what this Storm Dragon belief system was all about.
It is not certain how much the Storm Dragon's advanced route will improve its combat effectiveness, but its speed advantage is indeed quite impressive. Its flying speed is almost as fast as if it had a jet engine installed.
The 30% flight speed and 50% flight flexibility allow him to fly as fast as the wind in the sky like a fish in water.
Combined with the passive effects of the Storm Domain, it was like a fast-moving storm sweeping across the sky, shocking everyone wherever . Adventurers and NPCs alike were all shocked by this terrifying natural change.
What makes Murphy a little worried is that once he transforms into the Storm Dragon King and opens the storm realm, the urge to be superior to mortals and to destroy everything will once again surface in his heart.
What is going on?
This question did not become clear until he opened the Storm Dragon's belief system.
[Storm Dragon Faith (Demon God Faith/Secondary God)
Number of believers: 0.
Influence of faith: Weak.
Faith points : 10918.
Faith affinity: 13%.
Teachings: The Storm Dragon that brings horrific disasters is the embodiment of storms and a symbol of disaster in the eyes of mortals. The fear of the Storm Dragon makes people avoid the name of Aidandelon. However, fear is bound to leave a deep memory in the hearts of the people. Even if it is a symbol of disaster, it is also a carrier of faith. 】
Murphy could easily understand the other ones, but he was a little confused about this belief compatibility. He only understood it after checking the detailed introduction.
The power of gods is made up of the power of faith of believers. Therefore, the power, personality, and habits of gods are all affected by the power of faith.
The more the deity's behavior matches the believer's imagination, the higher its affinity.
The higher the affinity, the stronger the miracle performed, and the more power of faith that can be called upon.
13% affinity, which means that only more than 1,300 faith power can be called upon.
In order to enhance compatibility, one must complete the demon's missions, such as creating disasters, causing catastrophes, and destroying cities and towns with miracles.
I see.
Murphy suddenly realized that the violent emotions in his heart should also be affected by the power of faith. In fact, it was just like a player falling into a state of madness after using the rage skill.
This made him feel relieved.
Next, he looked at the miracles he could use.
Available miracles:
Small Storm - Costs 1000 Faith Points.
Major Storm - Costs 3,000 Faith Points.
Super Storm - Consumes 10,000 Faith Points.
Added Thunder Cloud - 40% additional Faith Points.
Added Ice Cloud - 30% additional Faith points.
Added Tornadoes - 500 Faith Points each.
Added slight rainfall - 500 Faith points.
Added Heavy Rainfall - 1,500 Faith Points.
Join Shark - 3000 Faith Points...
This miracle is still very magical. It basically creates various types of storms. Not only can the scale of the storm be customized, but even various special effects can be added.
Unfortunately, he now has too few faith points, and at most he can create a small storm without any special effects. This small storm probably doesn't have much power, so he should save this little power of faith for now.
Use the Companion Storm to get some free Faith Points first.
Murphy opened the map and drew a route map of the farms and towns near the Alterac Novice Village, allowing the companion storm to move according to this route map. In this way, he could obtain faith points stably.
With nothing to do, Murphy used the attribute points he had accumulated during this period.
His level has increased a lot during this period, especially in the Battle of Ahn'Qiraj, where he slaughtered 70,000 to 80,000 insects. Adding the experience points given by killing C'Thun, he is now level 78. After much hesitation, Murphy added all his attribute points to his constitution.
For a hero, physical fitness is actually not that important. There is no difference between 8,000 health and 10,000 health when encountering a powerful enemy and delivering a fatal blow.
As long as you are not killed instantly, there are various ways to replenish your blood.
But it's different for BOSS. There is no means of blood recovery in BOSS battle, and the blood volume in BOSS form is ten times that. 1 point of constitution is equivalent to increasing the upper limit of health by 500 points. Combined with the various life bonuses of the Storm Dragon King, 1 point of constitution increases the health by nearly 1,000 points.
Murphy added all the attribute points he had accumulated during this period to his physique, directly allowing his health to break through the 250,000 mark.
This way, even if I encounter an ancient dragon alone in the future, at least my health bar won’t be too low.
One day later - Alterac City.
The city was as depressed as ever, and the number of adventurers had visibly decreased. Especially with the disappearance of the Frostwolf orcs, even the adventurers who came to gain military merits had disappeared.
There are only a few players who are still persisting in collecting snowman furs.
A storm roared across the sky, causing several players to look up and glance sideways.
But soon the storm disappeared, leaving everyone puzzled.
At this moment, Murphy has landed in the city and transformed back into Prince Aidan.
It is better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. It is the time of the royal meeting. Murphy plans to discuss with Zhuagenbao to see if he can issue a kingdom mission to build a temple.
Unexpectedly, when I entered the meeting room, I found all five brothers were there.
Seeing Murphy come in, several people were quite surprised, but they immediately put on smiles.
Zhuagenbao (King of Alterac): "Haha, brother, you are finally back. Come on, we have something to discuss with you."
Murphy felt a little strange, so he pulled a chair and sat down, "What's the matter?"
Darkseid (King Dicei): "My dear brother, we have discussed and are ready to merge our respective kingdoms into Lordaeron."
As soon as these words came out, Murphy was speechless.
Damn, I knew you guys couldn’t hold it together.
He was not surprised. During the last alliance meeting, Godwin had mentioned that he wanted to bribe these brothers.
It seems that the price has been negotiated.
"How much money did Godwin give you?"
Zhuagenbao (King of Alterac): "It's not much money actually. Each person gets 10 million, and I got 15 million. Besides, our territory still belongs to us, but we are demoted from king to duke. We have to swear allegiance to Godwin and become the lord of Lordaeron, but the economic benefits will not change.
And Lordaeron will lift economic sanctions and trade blockades."
Murphy was speechless. It was true that whoever had milk was the mother. She bought out the title of king for 15 million, even though it was agreed that she would pay 100 million.
Zhuagenbao also looked embarrassed.
"Brother, we are not the kind of people who don't want to lose face. It's just that the situation is stronger than us. We want to hold on, but we can't. You don't know that now that Lordaeron has planted the Golden Sacred Tree, its strength has greatly increased. We are no longer able to contend with it.
If we really fight, I'm afraid we won't get any good results, and this time they are doing it for the greater good."
"The Golden Sacred Tree?" Murphy was a little surprised. What the hell was that thing?
He suddenly remembered that Mengmeng Big Boobs seemed to have mentioned before that the Church of Holy Light organized a big event, summoning priests to infuse the trees with the power of holy light. Could this be what they were talking about?
"what is going on?"
Several people immediately started explaining to Murphy.
It turned out that during the time when Murphy was on the expedition to Kalimdor, Godwin organized the royal family of Lordaeron, the Knights of the Silver Hand, and the Church of the Holy Light to unite and make a big move.
He planted a magical seed on an island in the middle of Lake Lordamere behind the royal city of Lordaeron.
No one knew where Godwin got this thing from, but it grew very fast after being planted. It grew very fast and became several dozen meters high in just a few days.
This tree is said to be the 'sacred starting point' and the 'origin of holy light'. In short, it is extraordinary. The Golden Holy Tree emits a faint holy light power.
Godwin joined forces with the Church of Holy Light and summoned thousands of priests and paladins to work together to infuse the holy tree with the power of holy light.
The more holy light this tree absorbed , the faster it grew, and the whole tree was shining with golden light, emitting a sacred glow. It has now grown to hundreds of meters tall and has become a symbol of Lordaeron.
"What function does this golden sacred tree have?"
"It has many functions. First of all, it has a built-in holy light field. As long as you get close to it, you can feel the power of the holy light. Injuries and illnesses will be automatically healed, and curses will be automatically purified. If it is a creature like the undead or demon, it will continue to lose blood if it gets close, and finally be completely turned into ashes by the holy light.
We estimate that if the Undead Scourge occurs again, the undead will not be able to get close to the area around the city of Lordaeron at least.
Secondly, within a radius of dozens of kilometers around the Golden Sacred Tree, professions that use holy light have been greatly strengthened, which is equivalent to doubling the skill strength of priests and paladins. A holy light spell can heal hundreds of lives, and a broken evil slash can deal three to four thousand damage, which is just like a hero skill.
Moreover, this range is constantly expanding with the growth of the holy tree. At this rate, it may eventually expand to the entire Kingdom of Lordaeron, or even the entire eastern continent.
Now within Lordaeron, the Church of the Holy Light has completely overwhelmed other factions, and the whole nation is fanatically devoted to its faith, which is completely different from before."
Although the Church of the Holy Light had a strong influence in Lordaeron, Stormwind Kingdom, and even the entire Alliance, it basically only developed among the people, because the Church of the Holy Light could provide healing services and the people believed in this.
Moreover, priests can often expel the undead and remove curses, which can be considered a service profession.
The nobles and royal families would not rely too much on it, because ruling depends on force, not treating people.
However, since the establishment of the Knights of the Silver Hand and the official birth of the profession of Paladin, the Church of Holy Light not only has prestige, but also has powerful military force, and the power of the Church of Holy Light has gradually become a little out of balance.
However, all countries still have forces to check and balance the Church of Holy Light and will not allow the Church of Holy Light to dominate alone.
For example, the noble group in Stormwind, the Royal Knights of Lordaeron, the Royal Mages Council, the Stormservants of Alterac, and the Tidesages of Kul Tiras.
But now, with Godwin, the favored one of the God of Light, becoming king and the establishment of the Knights of the Silver Hand, many great lords have also joined the Knights of the Silver Hand, allowing the Church of the Holy Light to control the power of the nobles to a certain extent. Coupled with the birth of the Holy Golden Tree, the Church of the Holy Light has completely occupied a dominant position in Lordaeron.
Many nobles are members of the Knights of the Silver Hand, so of course they support the church.
The other nobles, without the support of the king, could only bow in silence.
Under normal circumstances, the political should be that the king is at the top, and the royal family, aristocracy, church, knights, and royal mages together support the country's power system.
Now the king is leaning towards the Church of Holy Light, part of the nobles have split off and joined the Church of Holy Light, half of the Knights Templar are affiliated with the Church of Holy Light, and only the Royal Mages are struggling to support it. The Church of Holy Light has completely lost its checks and balances.
Murphy said, "Even so, the Church of Holy Light can't possibly take action against Alterac, right?"
This made the princes look embarrassed again.
"We have been fighting a civil war for a long time, so no one is doing the tasks of eliminating bandits and wiping out cultists. Now, Alterac is full of bandits and cults are reborn.
The Church of Light issued a notice three days ago, saying that it would send troops across the border to clean up the mess for us."
Murphy felt a little embarrassed after hearing this. After all, his Dragon Knights had been established for such a long time, but had never done any missions for the kingdom. After all, it was a national knight order, and they just thought about slaying dragons every day. It was no wonder that his brothers were doing this. He himself was a failure as the Duke of Protector of the Kingdom.
Several people continued, "The Church of Light is a transnational alliance organization, so there is really no good excuse to refuse. But the Knights of the Silver Hand are coming and want to establish a base. How can that be good?
We thought that we couldn't beat the king, so we might as well give in. After all, we still have 10 million and can keep our titles and territories. Anyway, we kings don't have much appeal, so there's no point in keeping a false title.
Our Kingdom of Alterac can hold on thanks to you, so we also asked for benefits on your behalf.
The Dragon Knights have become one of Lordaeron's most powerful knights. From now on, you can recruit new knights from all over Lordaeron to join the knights. The Grand Lord of the Dragon Knights and the Duke of Dragon Castle, this is not a bad treatment, right? "
