Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton
Chapter 1365 - Chapter 1365 Chapter 926 Should I Run Now

Chapter 1365: Chapter 926: Should I Run Now? Chapter 1365: Chapter 926: Should I Run Now? In the center of the hall, there was actually a Faith Fire within the statue?

In all honesty, Ange couldn’t understand what this was about. A solitary Faith Fire? Was there no one guarding it? Were there only a bunch of believers praying there? Could it be that all these believers were powerful guardians?

Ange carefully surveyed the surroundings and didn’t find any powerful individuals. The most formidable might have been Fulco, who had led the way earlier.

A solitary Faith Fire without any protectors? Had these people lost their minds?

The Faith Fire, the most primitive spark at the birth of a deity, is pure, clean, yet fragile, easily stolen or destroyed by others. Those who steal the Faith Fire have a specific name in the Church of Light–Fire Stealers.

Yes, it’s the secret organization that both Guliani and Dyson had joined, with Guliani being the first Fire Stealer and Dyson the last.

They had stolen all the Faith Fires that had formed after the Faith Storm, resulting in the Church of Light not being able to create new deities for over a thousand years.

Ange’s Goddess of Beauty Faith Fire was ignited by Hiludi, and the Planting God Statue was ignited by Negris. According to this rate of ignition, Faith Fires weren’t something rare. The difficulty lay in whether they could form God Status or not.

Most of the Faith Fires are destroyed by various forces in their initial stages, but the majority extinguish naturally due to a lack of offerings from believers.

The hardest part about a Faith Fire forming God Status is the lack of enough believers to strengthen and shape it. After all, during the Faith Fire phase, there is no Divine Technique or power, and convincing someone to worship a mere sizzling spark is extremely difficult.

Once there are enough believers, the chance of a Faith Fire forming God Status greatly increases. All it needs is to avoid destruction and withstand the information storm released in the moment of formation, which could attract enemies.

Yet now, this Faith Fire already had enough believers, but seemed completely undefended. Weren’t they afraid someone might just pour a bucket of water over it? Or perhaps…

Ange took out the sculpture from his embrace, touched it to his forehead, and when no one was paying attention, he placed it in the recess on the outer railing.

The sacrificial channel in the sculpture had long been wiped clean by Ange, who had stuffed a Soul Fire inside, a good receptacle for Soul Fire meant for sacrifice.

Ange and his party safely departed, and before leaving, Miss Mavanti had Nagi pass Fulco a leaf as a token of her gratitude for his help.

Others couldn’t help but mock Miss Mavanti’s stinginess upon hearing it was just a leaf, but when Fulco took out the leaf from a luxurious gold crystal-encrusted magical moisture-proof box, everyone gasped.

The tender green leaf looked as if it had been carved from a gemstone, its veins forming the pattern of a badge.

“This…this wasn’t carved on, was it? Can veins really grow like that?”

“No, these are real leaf veins, they truly grew this way. You’re a Wizard, focus and look closer.”

“Hiss–President Fulco, what favor did you do for her? Did you save her entire family? She actually gave you something so precious? Is it for sale?”

Fulco proudly said, “Not for sale. This is the friendship of a Green Elf.”

As for the favor done, Fulco was adamant about not revealing it. Could he admit that all he had done was let her use the Stargazing Mirror for a while, and she gave him the leaf in return? Wouldn’t that devalue the gift?

After returning to Graystick’s home, even the Monarch couldn’t help but criticize, “You simply created a leaf, why is he so excited?”

Ange shook his head, not understanding either. It was just a leaf, perhaps it was because the badge-shaped veins looked too nice?

But that was just an ordinary Elf Badge pattern, which the Elves engraved on the Moon Well, and Ange just picked it up to use. Does it look nice?

“It’s just a leaf, he’s unworldly, forget it, let it be, why did you quietly leave the statue there?” The Monarch jumped to a new question.

Ange responded, “To steal Faith Fire.”

Simply placing a statue there allowed one to steal Faith Fire? The Monarch was dubious but said nothing. He was not familiar with the Divine Power System and refrained from commenting on things he didn’t understand.

…

In the dead of night, when everyone had left, the Soul Fire within the statue quietly drifted out and attached itself to the statue, softly sending a message to the Faith Fire: “You are the God of Fraudsters, silver coin, Divine Technique: Discount, the power of money… You are the God of Fraudsters, silver coin, Divine Technique: Discount…”

From then on, the Soul Fire silently repeated these messages, day and night, without ever stopping.

The God Statue had no protective power or a knowledgeable guardian who could detect even the presence of the Soul Fire. Thus it kept murmuring for over a month, not ceasing even after the statue was moved.

Over a month later, one day in a certain valley, while a group of believers were praying, the Faith Fire suddenly contracted, condensing into a God Status, and an invisible wave spread outward.

The surrounding believers clearly felt the change in the Faith Fire and became excited after a moment of astonishment: some worshipped devoutly, others ran to spread the word, while some sang and danced.

But the God Status emitted only a confused message.

A newly born God Status shouldn’t be confused because, at the Faith Fire stage, it would have already perceived plenty of information; thus, it would be very clear about its location, what it is, and what it can do. It wouldn’t be confused.

The greatest likelihood for confusion was that it didn’t know why it was here. Realizing this, the Soul Fire quietly sent out a message: “Silver coin?”

The God Status jolted, “My Lord?”

It really worked. Ange said, “It’s me.”

“Goodness, I’ve finally found you, my Lord. Where is this place? How did I end up here? Did you summon me?” The God Status asked excitedly.

Summon? Not really a summoning. Ange had simply noticed that the values of the Business Federation and the God of Fraudsters were very similar. So, through the murmuring method, he preset the ‘statue’ of the Faith Fire so that the instant the Faith Fire matured into a God Status, it became the God Status of a fraudster.

This was a clever tactic. First, it required the faith of the believers to be highly aligned; a God Status nurtured by the Business Federation could not turn into the God of War.

Even if Ange muttered about war and peace a million times in front of it, the God Status would still be overwhelmed by the will of the believers, as their faith was truly the source of its power compared to Ange’s murmuring.

Secondly, it required another God of Fraudsters; otherwise, it would simply become a new God of Fraudsters.

When it became the God Status of a fraudster at that moment, it might form a certain connection with the silver coin of the Master Plane, allowing silver coin to be projected here.

Of course, all of this was Ange’s estimation. Even if it didn’t work, it didn’t matter; he had other plans, but he didn’t expect it to actually succeed.

“Silver coin, is it? Let’s not talk about that now. You should know, the moment the God Status takes shape, it releases a wave at the level of faith that the whole Plane can sense. Think about how you’re going to survive,” cut in the Monarch.

The God Status of the silver coin perked up, “Your Majesty?! I understand now. You came to rescue the Lord, that’s why you suddenly disappeared for so long, worrying us to death. Survive? So, should I be running now?”