Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree-Chapter 1112 - 745: Minder Plane, Mother Goddess Church (2)
"Rest in peace, devout souls..."
Eve sighed softly.
This was the Soothing Soul Divine Skill personally cast by the True God, capable of purifying corpses and sending wandering souls after death in the mortal realm into the corresponding Divine Country or Netherworld...
Of course, it could also casually read their memories.
However, after Eve cast this divine skill, aside from the purification of the corpses in the village, the souls expected to fly towards her did not appear.
Only at this moment, Eve realized that the souls of the deceased villagers and the Half-Elves in the church had vanished.
Upon realizing this, Eve’s expression turned slightly solemn.
This world is sealed by some force.
If Eve’s judgment was not mistaken, after dying, the souls of the living beings in this world would find it difficult to return to the Netherworld.
And even if they could return to the Netherworld, without a week’s time after death, the souls wouldn’t be weakened enough to be attracted by the power of the Netherworld...
Thus, for souls to disappear within a mere day, there were only two possibilities.
Either they returned to the True God’s realm, or they were devoured.
However, for those below the Legend level, devouring souls would always leave traces.
Eve did not find any such traces.
Therefore... there was only one truth.
These villagers’ souls returned to the Divine Country after death.
But... they worship the World Tree Yggdrasil.
In other words, they worship Eve herself.
And Eve herself had not yet established a connection with the faith of this world, nor had she received any unfamiliar souls.
So... where did their souls go?
The souls returning to the embrace of the True God must have a destination.
So who is it that receives these souls?
Thinking of this, Eve looked towards the church ahead.
Her gaze slightly deepened.
Vaguely, she had a premonition.
Perhaps... the Mother Goddess Church was not as simple as she thought.
Taking steps forward, Eve walked toward the church’s doors.
Under the influence of her mind, the church doors automatically opened for her.
Accompanied by creaking sounds, light penetrated the simple yet solemn hall.
Inside the church, there was chaos, as if it had experienced a battle, leaving traces of blood on the floor.
And in the center of the hall, there was an altar for offering a divine statue.
However, as Eve shifted her gaze to the altar, she was somewhat surprised.
The altar did not offer her divine statue like the Frost Elves but instead bore a symbol very familiar to Eve.
It was a tree-shaped symbol, similar to the Holy Emblem that Eve had discarded.
However, this Holy Emblem was more complex than the simplified tree-shaped symbol, looking more like a real World Tree.
On the altar, there was even a line of text written in Elven language:
"Great Mother of All Gods, Master of Life and Nature, Protector of Elves, World Tree——Yggdrasil"
The direction was already very clear.
But Eve’s brows furrowed even more.
Because she did not form a resonance with the Holy Emblem on the altar.
Breaking faith connection from believers to the True God is not an unforeseeable occurrence.
A demigod worshipping a True God could even support an incomplete faith network on their own after severing the connection with the True God, continuing to maintain the True God’s faith. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦
However, theoretically, when the True God reappears nearby, the faith network should automatically reconnect.
Just like how WiFi signals operated in the past.
But now, when Eve appeared here, not to mention reconnecting the faith, the Holy Emblem didn’t even emit the corresponding aura.
At the same time, Eve could sense a hint of pure faith energy from the Holy Emblem.
This indicated that the Holy Emblem was indeed functioning, and functioning quite normally.
This was abnormal.
To use an analogy, it was as if Eve had set her personal device to auto-connect to WiFi, but the WiFi didn’t recognize her and directly displayed a password error.
Eve pondered for several seconds, then actively released her Divine Power, attempting to form a connection with the Holy Emblem.
However, right at the moment Eve’s consciousness linked with the Holy Emblem, she sensed a familiar yet strange presence surging towards her.
Immediately, a confused emotion transmitted from the Holy Emblem, like a child waking up.
And this emotion, upon realizing Eve’s "invasion", quickly turned to anger.
But the anger did not last long.
In Eve’s perception, as her aura fully revealed, the anger from the other party quickly transformed into fear...
Then, to Eve’s astonishment, she saw the World Tree Holy Emblem on the altar tremble slightly, then suddenly crack, eventually collapsing on its own.
"Hm? Interesting..."
Eve squinted her eyes slightly.
She already knew what had happened.
This Holy Emblem... already had a master.
Someone had assumed the direction of this Holy Emblem, becoming "World Tree Yggdrasil".
Moreover, that presence possibly had some connection with Eve, as Eve sensed a familiarity and intimacy...
"That transmitted consciousness just now... was fear? Was it fearing me?"
"Who is it? Did it also gather those believers’ souls?"
"Upon perceiving my aura, its emotions drastically changed, does it know my identity?"
Eve pondered deeply.
And in the next moment, her heart suddenly jumped, as she looked around.
For some reason, Eve suddenly sensed a suppression and rejection.
This world...
Appeared to be subtly rejecting her.
This feeling had just started, was not intense, but indeed existed.
"Will of the world? Is this plane already owned? And... the owner isn’t Leviathan?"
"Is it that familiar yet strange aura just now? Is it the plane’s controller?"
"Hm? This rejection force isn’t significant, it... doesn’t seem powerful?"
Eve’s heart moved slightly.
She did not hesitate, immediately utilizing her Divine Power and Divine Soul to lock onto this rejection force, simultaneously tracing it back, attempting to pinpoint the existence harboring hostility and fear towards her.
As soon as the positioning succeeded, Eve would be able to find the other party.
Her actions seemed to have startled the other party, for almost instantaneously, Eve sensed that rejection force vanish.
The other party gave up.
However, Eve already knew the approximate location of the other party.
"The north?"
She gazed out the church window.
That was the direction of the heartland of the Minder Plane.
After pondering for a moment, Eve looked at the players outside the church who were gleefully picking up equipment from the fishmen.
Without her watching nearby, these individuals indulged themselves in scavenging.
Despite being high-level Silver Middle Level Full Level players... they ultimately couldn’t resist the allure of picking up equipment.
Curiously, Eve listened in.
Mmm...
It seemed Hu Lu had identified some extremely scarce magic materials from the Segis World among the equipment, worth a fortune.
So... aside from Little Xian Miao, they all went mad.
Especially those Silver players known for their poverty.
With a chuckle, Eve posted new system messages in the players’ view:
[Ding——]
[A new mission is about to begin, please arrive near the Goddess within 30 seconds...]
[Overdue penalty: Goddess favorability -1]
[Punctuality reward: Special prize pool lottery ticket ×1]
In the next moment, almost all of the players who were picking up equipment jumped up.
They looked around and swiftly locked onto Eve exiting the church, then reluctantly glanced at the unfinished equipment, and rushed over...
The reward didn’t matter much.
But penalizing the Goddess’s favorability... in comparison to a few pieces of equipment, it was not worth it.
"Head north."
Looking at the players who had come before her, Eve commanded.
Then, she took the lead in heading out of the city.
The players glanced regretfully at the fishmen’s equipment, but followed her reluctantly...
