Surviving The Fourth Calamity
Chapter 173 - 23 Love is the Eternal Topic

Chapter 173: Chapter 23 Love is the Eternal Topic

"Auuuu~~~~~~" A sorrowful, coarse cry pierced the skies, as Merkel leapt from the roof of the Lord’s Mansion to the mountain peak behind, howling loudly.

The Magical Beasts quietly listened for a few minutes before joining in with their own mournful cries, adding to the ritual.

The Water Elementals jumped into the small fountain in front of the church, using all their strength to burst forth a spray of water almost a kilometer high.

Hill watched silently and performed the Mage Ceremony in silence.

This was the funeral that the Water Elementals and the Magical Beasts were holding for the deities who had sacrificed themselves for this land thousands of years ago.

Atop the mountain, Merkel’s aura grew increasingly powerful. Hill’s eyes widened in surprise as he realized that in this short period, Merkel’s power had come close to being legendary.

Did Merkel also possess the bloodline of the Demigod that had perished back then?

Merkel was already strong, but still young. Now that some of his resentment had dissipated, his advancement could happen this quickly.

Alice also leaped up, cheerfully celebrating with her tender young voice, but Merkel’s originally majestic and powerful aura was completely dissolved by her soft meowing.

Hill shook his head, watching the Magical Beasts that bowed down submissively and gradually returned to normal, then instructed them to return to his domain.

In fact, Hill had never forced these Magical Beasts to stay within his domain, but they preferred to squat in the valleys rather than face the Undead Tribe.

After all, the mountain had changed after a period of absence; many Magical Beasts that once thought themselves incredibly powerful had not only disappeared but had turned into mere skins and furs.

Watching the Magical Beasts and the Elementals depart, several village women from Hill’s Domain, standing outside the inn and recovering from their nervousness, suddenly covered their faces with their hands and wept softly.

The transformation of the Goddess of Love confirmed that their choices were not mistaken.

Although they were commoners, they too had the right to pursue love.

And love was not about being mere dodder flowers that could only survive by clinging to the strong.

The words once spread by Hill were clear in their minds; if Hill stood up for them, those men would definitely not dare to abandon them again.

But the lord provided the same resources to everyone he was nurturing, and even though they spent a lot of energy on daily tasks, they were not much worse off than the men.

Compared to men who plunged headfirst into martial prowess, the girls learned even more knowledge.

They understood better that life in the domain was wonderful for the weak.

The incredibly powerful Undead Tribe was polite to the villagers, but it wasn’t because they were Professionals.

Olivia, who disliked the incomprehensible Undead Tribe, encouraged the men that knights would be treated better domestically.

They thought these men were blinded by desire.

They were suitable marriage partners, neither in love nor truly knowing each other; why should they give up their lives for these men?

It was hard enough for ordinary people to survive; after finally stabilizing their lives, what was love for?

Yet, watching the Undead Tribe indulging in ’public displays of affection’ in the domain, their hearts still felt a bit sour. Did they really not deserve love?

But today’s events had deeply shaken them.

And hearing the declaration of the Goddess of Love, the girls wept once more.

We are not unworthy of love; even the gods admit Their mistake!

Hill looked at the relieved girls, quietly sat down, and fell into meditation.

The Knight’s Potion they consumed was no worse than the men’s; they should have become knights long ago if not for the lack of a spirit to break mediocrity.

During this time, even the two unmarried ones, witnessing their peers’ predicaments, had sunk into an emotional low.

But now, it seemed all of them had been shaken and had advanced together.

Hill commanded the High-level Puppets to completely secure the area.

Several Treants moved to block the road leading to the inn, and Hill gratefully smiled and nodded at them.

Fran and Adrian greeted Hill and entered the door with the mages.

Hill knew he would have to wait for the reception banquet to formally meet these mages; today was just an accident.

In this matter, both Fran and Adrian were very insistent on adhering to traditional etiquette, and Hill had no objections.

He turned to look at the players near the fountain. The players in Hill’s Domain had been taking photos for a long time.

Although stories about the Wolf God and the Lake Goddess, the demise of the Spring Goddess, and the declaration of the Goddess of Love were very moving, to players who saw this as mere game lore, the initial emotions passed without lasting effect.

Their focus was elsewhere.

Hill heard Yue Xiaoluo saying passionately, "Did you see those girls?

Not long ago, you talked about the girls who you thought were completely done for!

Now, they’ve advanced to become knights!

I’ve always thought the most disgusting thing in this world was the Goddess of Love.

Why don’t ordinary people deserve love?

Love is natural!

It’s not the plaything of the strong!

Find a man to live well! Find a woman to spend your days with!

Such concepts should have been completely abandoned long ago!

I used to think the game designers were idiots!

What kind of idea was that from the Goddess of Love? It’s simply toxic to women!

Today, I’ll apologize to the often-cursed game designers and that celestial Goddess of Love.