Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree-Chapter 978 - 683: Pray to the Goddess

A pitifully small amount of experience points was gained, but Ye Ye was no longer attracted to it.

He looked at the blood dripping from the tip of his sword, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.

Killing demons, hunting demon beasts, and killing people are completely different feelings.

Even though Ye Ye had mentally prepared himself for this war task, when he personally killed an old woman rushing at him, there was still a moment of hesitation in his heart...

If it had been a soldier, it might have been different.

But this was an elderly woman.

An old woman the age of his grandmother!

Even knowing this was in a game, the fully immersive sensory experience, his years of upbringing, still greatly shocked and disturbed this boy, just fifteen or sixteen years old in reality...

"Brother Gale..."

"They... they don’t seem to be... soldiers..."

The boy’s voice was slightly trembling.

"I know..."

Beside him, came Gale’s calm, low voice.

This bold warrior player looked at the clothes dropped by the enemy he had just killed, his originally excited expression long gone, replaced by one of solemnity.

Though not as clueless as Ye Ye, his mood was equally heavy at this moment.

"Elf Kingdom" has been operating in reality for more than a year, and has continued for almost five years in the game.

Through countless days and nights, players have long since ceased viewing this as a mere leisure game, nor do they regard the vivid and interesting NPCs as mere data.

Especially the veteran players.

They form bonds due to good relationships with NPCs, become close friends with them, and even develop mutual affections...

If the game had a romance system, many players might have become partners with NPCs.

Perhaps it sounds laughable to most, or absurd to those in reality.

But only the players immersed in the game understand that "Elf Kingdom"... has long ceased to be an ordinary game for them.

Here, it is their other homeland.

An irreplaceable spiritual haven.

Unconsciously, veteran players no longer treat game characters like NPCs in other games.

Every game character here has their own story, each is a vivid existence.

Even if... the other party is the enemy.

Like the Half-Beast old priest who fought until the last moment for the tribe, Lionheart King Imsh who shed blood to the very end and died standing for his race, and the Half-Elf Oros who fell into darkness for the Goddess...

They all left a deep impression on the players.

Similarly, there are countless such stories in the game, each NPC has endless stories, some touching, some lamentable.

That’s why, upon realizing the true identity of the besieging soldiers, even an adult like Gale was weighed down by a heavy mood...

Every occurrence in "Elf Kingdom" has its reasons.

Not only reasons, but also corresponding consequences.

These people besieging the city are definitely not like other games generated out of thin air; they are part of the entire game ecosystem...

They surely have their own families and lives in the game.

Their lives and deaths will inevitably have corresponding impacts.

That’s why Gale couldn’t help but think of the story behind this.

If it were soldiers, it might be different, as they should have prepared for the possibility of dying in battle once they became soldiers.

But these people clearly aren’t.

"They should be villagers from nearby towns... and they’re all the elderly, weak, and disabled..."

Observing the clothing and appearance of the besieging soldiers, the Elf Warrior sighed softly.

"Villagers... why are villagers attacking the city? Are they all believers enchanted by the Evil God? Or are their minds being controlled?!"

Ye Ye questioned.

Knowing the identities of these people, he found it hard to raise his Longsword against them again.

The boy quickly put away his weapon and activated his skill [Eye of Belief].

With the Eye of Belief activated, Ye Ye saw the light of faith in the civilians in his vision. However, it wasn’t the red of heretics, but almost entirely the white of non-believers...

The few red lights were those with an optimistic vibe, belonging to the faith in the True God, rather than the dark believers of the Evil God.

"Not Evil God believers..."

The boy murmured.

He didn’t pause, and continued to cast the life divine skill to cleanse the minds of those "soldiers", still climbing the city walls... It was a skill he had specially learned after becoming a priest.

However, after the cleansing light, these besieging civilians still showed no reaction.

They continued rushing madly toward the players, faces painted with despair and fear, contradictorily falling in a quite tragic, quite comical, and quite pitiful manner, dying without value...

Being non-transcendent, they couldn’t even touch a corner of the players’ clothes.

"Neither Evil God believers nor being mind-controlled, why choose to die?"

Ye Ye said in confusion.

"Stop spacing out, continue fighting! Perhaps this is precisely the Imperial Army’s method to shake us!"

Gale reminded beside him.

Although his face was similarly grim, he didn’t stop fighting.

Watching civilians fall one after another under the Elf Warrior’s blade, a trace of unfamiliarity and confusion flickered in Ye Ye’s eyes: