Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree

Of course, if it were just this, some players might still choose to take the risk after weighing the pros and cons.

What truly made the players give up completely was Eve’s decision to stop accepting such sacrifices.

She couldn’t help it; in just a month, the back of Her Divine Country Temple was about to form mountains of gold and magic stone. Although these two things were also very useful for rewarding players... the players had already sacrificed too much.

Combined with the massive contribution expenses, the contribution points rapidly expanded again, leading Eve to think it over and decide to intervene...

Of course, the disappearance of the mineral veins was just a small episode. In the grand scheme of the Segis Continent, where magic power was rapidly increasing and anomalies appeared in various places, such a strange phenomenon, which in the past would have caused a sensation across the continent, is now just tavern gossip after a few drinks...

The ones truly hurt by it were some of the empire’s nobles.

As for Eve, having seen the players’ antics time and again, She was long accustomed to it.

Compared to making idols into bombs, sacrificing mineral veins was still acceptable.

Players’ behavior still needs to be restrained.

Although with more players and a more complete game system, Eve gradually relaxed control over the players, balancing where needed is still necessary.

Take this case with the mineral veins: if left unchecked, allowing players to keep on taking advantage, the mineral veins of the Segis World might all be sacrificed.

That would not be a good thing for Segis World, nor is it something Eve would like to see.

Speaking of which, since deciding to bring this "Origin Plane" under control, Eve naturally had to consider managing it well.

Incidentally, why the Segis Plane is called the Origin Plane was something Eve vaguely understood after communicating with Ulinos.

For the Segis Universe, this is the earliest plane and also the birth plane of ancient gods, probably related to the Original Law of the previous universe.

As the beginning of the mythic power of Segis Universe and the birthplace of civilization, calling Segis Plane the Origin is not excessive...

In any case, the Elf Forest continues to develop at high speed as always.

Each main city grows even stronger, with new things emerging frequently and then spreading across the world through the hands of players.

Of course, players’ strength also steadily increases over time, and relying on faith and Eve’s Divine Power of "war sacrifice," it continues to accumulate...

This isn’t a steady increase; with players’ strength skyrocketing and the number of believers rapidly expanding, it shows a trend of accelerated growth.

Eve estimated slightly that if this speed continued, by the time the Segis World’s barrier is fully lifted, Her divine power might exceed seven hundred thousand.

Although there’s a significant gap from the million mark of strong divine power, it is already a terrifying speed.

However, Eve is still not satisfied; She wants to reach the peak of strong divine power as quickly as possible.

To be honest, if other True Gods, especially those with strong divine power, knew Her thoughts, they’d likely curse loudly.

To rise from weak divine power to strong divine power in less than seven years, this... even for a revitalized True God, is insane!

Not to mention, Eve has the player "bug!"

It’s worth noting that compared to a few months ago, players’ overall strength has risen another level.

Especially in the past two months, Golden Rank players have surged, surpassing five hundred, and among the server’s three million players, the number of silver players has surpassed one and a half million.

In other words... one out of every two players has reached at least silver rank.

This power is already quite terrifying. You must know, in Eve’s memory, the former peak had only about a hundred thousand silver-ranked Oak Guardian troops.

Of course, the predecessor was not a war-loving entity, so it is normal for His faith legion to be weak. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

As for Eve... honestly, if it weren’t for the ability to summon player consciousness from the Blue Star Network, it would be impossible to build such terrifying strength in such a short time.

To say nothing else, if players were replaced by Oak Guardians or ordinary elves, even the sheer number of souls required would be a headache.

One must admit, that for Eve to have reached today, the rotating blue light cluster in Her divine soul, identified as the Origin Key upgraded by King of Gods, Niou, is absolutely indispensable.

No, not just this blue light cluster, the green light cluster that was integrated with Her being when Her soul touched it and granted Her the power of [Absorb], is equally important.

Eve has confirmed that the key should be the key to the fourth universe, the "New World."

Her divine power has been able to increase so rapidly because of the [Absorb].

The green light cluster provided the ability to absorb power, while the blue light cluster provided power labor, and the combination of the two resulted in Eve’s miraculous rapid rise.

One could say that without these two light clusters, even if Eve had become the World Tree, it would be impossible to reach such heights today.

But at the same time, Eve had a new question: how did [Absorb], an inherent ability of the World Tree, become connected to the Origin Key, which possesses [Devour] ability?