When the Griffin Heart Sword was struck, it was the voice of the king, and no one dared to make a noise.
Catherine was silent for a moment, then said in a deep voice:
“I don’t want to discuss with you whether supporting Aveli is necessary.
As the Queen of Erathia, I just want you to remember something.
Since Enroth, we humans have had an indissoluble bond with griffins.
In Erathia, the griffin is a symbol of our species.
The griffin is a ferocious and strong creature. When facing predators stronger than itself, including dragons, the griffin will not retreat at all.
Even if all the griffins in the entire Griffin Cliff were killed in battle, they would not choose to linger on.
Because of this, other predators are rarely seen in the area where Griffin Cliff is located, and griffins have very few natural enemies.
We humans are so similar to griffins.
Enroth was destroyed in the chaos, and countless warriors were left behind to cover their retreat. The holy knights knew they would die, but they still held their swords and refused to surrender.
In the Griffin Cliff area, the ancestor Lean Hart struggled several times in poverty, survived the near-death experience, and rebuilt Erathia.
In the struggle of all races, Erathia had no seventh-level soldiers, but remained indomitable. The cavalry charged and never returned, and the swordsmen shed blood and died with broken blades.
It was because we fought desperately to defend our territory that the angels came.
Ofer was brutal and we fought several holy wars, with both defeats and victories, but we never surrendered.
Looking back on the past, we humans have experienced countless hardships, but not once have we survived by surrendering or compromising.
Fairness is achieved through the sword, and dignity is sought through battle!
Only by being good at fighting can you stop the war.
I am a descendant of the Geffen Hart family, a royal family with a griffin as its emblem.
The griffin, from ancient times to the present, has always meant that a warrior going out to battle is brave enough to face all dangers with his fearless spirit, and would rather die in battle than be captured alive.
Catherine's eyes were firm and she gave the order in a loud voice:
"From today on, all of Erathia will enter emergency combat readiness.
Griffins flap their wings, angels fly in the sky, and they are ready to fight at any moment."
Adela, who was beside Catherine, immediately said:
"The Holy Griffin Church and the royal family will jointly issue a notice. We, Erathia, will defend the territorial security of Avili at all costs and to the death."
The angel who had been standing in the corner of the hall, as quiet as a statue, suddenly spoke:
“Michael has commanded.
Aveli is Erathia, and Erathia is Aveli. We are one and the same. We suffer together and prosper together."
Catherine raised the Griffin Heart Blade in her hand and swung it down heavily:
“Do whatever you can to aid Avili.
This is a common order from the royal family of Erathia, the Church of the Holy Griffin, and Cloud City. It cannot be changed or questioned!
I declare this meeting adjourned!"
For a moment, at the round table, some people were stunned, some were disappointed, some were panicked, some were ecstatic, and some were extremely relieved...
However, regardless of their expressions, all the ministers clasped their hands to their chests and shouted in unison without hesitation:
"Your orders are our path! Your Majesty the Queen!!!"
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…
"Ten-point proposal on utilizing the Yasha God's Chosen to establish a security patrol network."
Jenny flipped through the book in her hand, and her brows furrowed more and more as she read.
She handed the proposal to Malodia, whose eyes sparkled, and after hesitating for a moment, she chose to ask politely:
"Gru, I really don't understand your proposal. Could you please explain it in detail?"
"sure."
Gru nodded and frowned, as if he was thinking about something seriously.
He tried to say:
“First of all, everyone already knows the situation. We in Avili are now in crisis because of the Tears of Yasha.
According to my analysis, the crisis can be divided into three steps.
The first step is the trial phase, the second step is the confrontation phase, and the third step is the all-out war.
What we fear most is all-out war, but things are just in the brewing stage, and the obelisks have not yet appeared in large numbers. We will definitely go through the first step, which is the trial stage.
At this stage, there may be 2 to 12 obelisks generated, all of which will be invisible and hidden. Only a small number of people who are destined to be with the obelisks can find them and obtain trial tasks from them. "
Gru paused. It was not his style to speak such a long paragraph at once. He felt a little tired.
After a short rest, he continued:
“Once all the obelisk trials are completed by the same person, the Tears of Yasha will be directly obtained by that person.
Only when no one can complete all the tasks within a certain period of time, the obelisk will be opened to the public on a large scale, allowing all those who meet the requirements to receive it.
Only then will we enter the second stage, which is the confrontation stage between us and other forces.
In order to accept the obelisk mission, one must be a legendary hero recognized by enough races. Of course, not many people know this.
Even if we make this known, there will still be many people who don't believe it and want to try their luck.
So whether it is announced or not doesn’t make much difference.”
After a short rest, Gru continued:
“During the trial phase, it is unlikely that a large-scale all-out war will break out.
When outside forces spy on the obelisk, they will mainly rely on the infiltration of a single powerful hero.
Those who dare to take direct action during the trial phase are all extremely powerful legends and demigods, with only a very small number of arrogant master-level heroes.
They would run around all over our Avili, trying their luck, and would also go to the location where the first obelisk appeared and try to dig.
No matter how strong our Aweili army is, we can't defend against these guys.
Just like we can't keep Tanan and the others.
The door to another dimension, the magic of flying, the magic of invisibility, the magic of earth escape... God knows how many tricks they have.
But just because we can’t prevent them doesn’t mean we can let them do whatever they want in our territory.”
Gru took a breath and paused. He didn't memorize the rest of the content.
He thought about it for a long time but couldn't remember.
"Wait a mininute."
Gru chose not to act. He took out a notebook and read:
“We need a force that can keep an eye on them, monitor their movements at all times, and stop them before they do anything that could harm Aveli’s interests.
I've said before that the people coming here are either demigods or legends. If we have to rely on our own people to keep an eye on them, it will not only be difficult but also very dangerous.
Therefore, we need to use the Yasa God's Choice.
Killing [Yasha God's Chosen] without reason will increase a large amount of sin value, which is the characteristic of Yasha God's Chosen.
At the same time, they have the ability to resurrect and are not afraid of death at all, so they cannot be killed or eliminated.
Use Yasha God's Choice as the main means of reconnaissance and set up a surveillance network.
And then we have all our scouts and guerrillas as their helpers.
It would be possible to monitor the entire territory of Avili at the lowest cost without losing any troops.
The content of this proposal is about how to mobilize the enthusiasm of the chosen ones of Yasha and let them actively and voluntarily help us with our work.
This includes reward distribution, team selection, etc. ”
Jenny looked at the notebook in Gru's hand and her mouth opened into an O shape.
As an old partner, she knew very well that such a long and well-organized speech was definitely not something Gru could come up with, and there must be someone behind Gru.
She really wanted to ask about the book, but out of trust in Gru, she kept silent and waited for Gru to speak himself.
"Asha God's Chosen..."
For some reason, when Malodia looked at the proposal in his hand, the figure of Qi Ge emerged in his mind.
Mr. Mysterious Man, it seems that he is very good at mobilizing the power of Yasa's Chosen One. Could this be the source of his strength?
Normally, Jenny would be the first to speak, but this time, Malaudia pushed Jenny's arm while she was still thinking.
"Sister Jenny, I think Lord Gelug's suggestion is very good and can be adopted."
“Hmm…”
Jenny looked at Malodiya doubtfully, and Malodiya nodded firmly.
Could it be that the princess received some revelation from the goddess of fate?
Jenny no longer doubted, she nodded and said:
"Well then, Your Majesty Gru, I will follow your instructions."
Gru was obviously relieved. He turned a page in the notebook in his hand and read without any emotion:
“Among the ten proposals, the first one is the most important.
We need to select a general who has sufficient knowledge of the Chosen Ones of Yasha and has sufficient command ability to deploy all the reconnaissance troops of Avili.
And such generals can only be chosen from among the gods of Yasha.
Because no one can understand the Yasha God's Chosen better than the Yasha God's Chosen."
Gru finally regained his composure.
He put away the book, clapped his hands vigorously, and said:
“Come here.
This is my apprentice, Sunset Arrow. He's pretty good."
Lin Xi, carrying the Phantom Bow, appeared beside Gru in a flash.
He said seriously:
“Hello.
I am Sunset Arrow, his apprentice, and I am among the chosen ones of Yasha. I am very strong. "
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…
This is a "forest", or rather, a place that looks like a forest.
Countless huge trees, distorted by distorted light and shadow, crowded in the forest.
Any orderly creature that comes here will feel genuine disgust.
This is the dirtiest and most filthy place in the Yasa world - the Realm of Chaos.
But in this filth and dirt, there is a silver elf of extreme beauty.
Her long silver hair shone like a holy light, and her face showed a pitiful sadness and resentment.
Not only does she look like a fairy, her cold and noble temperament is her most terrifying killer.
Even in this chaos filled with filth, she still shines like a pearl.
She lowered her head, looked at the servant who was kneeling in front of her and begging for forgiveness, and sighed softly.
"Why."
Even when she sighed, it seemed as if she could exhale cold air.
“Emma is dead… What a pity.
He was a very good person and shouldn't have died like this.
I want to wait for him to gather the divine fire, but I don’t know how long I have to wait...
Yasha's mother is always so unfair, to him and to me."
The middle-aged man said quickly:
"Lord, please accept my condolences."
"My condolences... You've never lost a loved one, so how can you understand my feelings?"
The silver elf gave him a puzzled look and trembled his fingers slightly.
Behind the silver elf, a tentacle suddenly opened its big mouth, and with a snap, it bit an unconscious girl hanging on the tree into pieces.
"Lisanna!!!"
The middle-aged man kneeling on the ground suddenly raised his head and roared heartbreakingly:
"No, my wife! My wife!!"
The princess put her finger on her lips, tilted her head and smiled:
“Now we feel the same way.
You know what, seeing you in pain, I suddenly felt much better. "
"Devil! You devil!!"
The middle-aged man looked up at the silver elf, his whole body trembling.
But even if his wife was killed, the middle-aged man only dared to tremble in place and didn't even dare to rush forward and fight.
The princess looked at him doubtfully and asked softly:
"Why are you so angry? It was you who sent your wife here, wasn't it?"
"No! No! That was me being controlled! That was not my own thought.
I didn't want to do this. I just wanted to redeem Lisanna after I became stronger and give her a better life.
I don't want to kill her, I don't.
It’s you! It’s you!”
The middle-aged man shook his head desperately, spoke incoherently, and his face was full of horror.
He tried desperately to find excuses for his actions. He was clearly a heinous criminal, but he insisted on pretending to be a victim, which made the Silver Elf Princess want to laugh.
She snapped her fingers and produced a glowing token out of thin air. The light of order on the token was warm and pleasant.
"Legendary Order!"
The middle-aged man's eyes immediately turned red, like a bloodthirsty wolf.
The princess said softly:
"With this, you are a legendary hero and can have as many wives as you want.
Whatever your reasons for joining us, there's no going back.
Rather than feeling useless regret and guilt, you might as well let go of everything, accept our gift, and enjoy the wealth and glory you deserve."
The princess' voice seemed to have a bewitching power that gradually calmed the middle-aged man.
With confusion in his eyes, he staggered over and knelt down in front of the princess in a daze.
"Master, please give me your orders."
"Yeah, good dog."
The princess stepped on the back of his head with her slender white jade feet, pressed his face into the ground, and crushed it repeatedly.
Her expression was still cold and resentful, but her stomping movements were extremely skillful.
She murmured softly:
"Go, go to Avili, and open the box of disaster.
I will always take back what Yasha owes me."
The Silver Elf Princess raised her foot, flicked her skirt, and turned around.
A floral dress swayed in the air and landed on the middle-aged man.
“Since you are so reluctant to leave your wife, take her clothes back with you.
You can put it on your new wife when you miss her."
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…
From the depths of the sea, there is a deep and powerful roar.
The waves rolled on the sea, forming white waves. They flashed silver light under the sunlight and rolled around with a roar.
On the sea, millions of warships of various shapes are lined up neatly, their hulls sparkling in the sun.
This was once the chaotic sea, and is now the deep-sea city complex.
Under the leadership of the Church of Poseidon, countless players and NPCs worked together to make the chaotic sea, which had already become rootless water, retreat continuously.
"Hurry, hurry, the Tianxia Hegemony Strategy Team is out!"
"Hmm?! Did Meteor-sama and the others pass?"
"It's a waste of time. I'll die."
“Ah, so difficult?!”
The huge human warship was bustling with noise, players were shoulder to shoulder, talking a lot, and it was very lively.
Only those who have been to famous tourist attractions during the Golden Week can understand that feeling. There are people everywhere, and if you are not careful, you will be swept away by the crowd and lose your way.
In the clouds high in the sky, sea apples were lying on the white clouds after a sudden rain.
She opened her mouth slightly and breathed rapidly, her tail trembling like a stranded fish.
Qi Ge sat beside her, gently patted Sea Apple's tail, and smiled:
"I'm already dressed, and you're still shaking?"
"Damn it... they just take advantage of my weakness and bully me."
Hai Pingguo got angry and pinched Qi Ge.
"Why didn't I see you being so arrogant when Bingqing Bingyin was here?"
…
After a long time, Haipingguo sorted herself out, leaned on Qige, and introduced the current situation to Qige.
“According to your suggestion, the Sea God has managed to suppress the randomness of the Chaos Sea, so that the situations encountered by the Yasha God Chosen will not change every time they enter the same sea area.
At the beginning, the chosen ones of Yasha were fighting on their own and competing with each other.
But they soon realized that it was basically impossible to conquer the Chaos Sea with the power of one or two guilds alone.
So they quickly struck a partnership.
They also gathered all the strong men and formed an organization called [Strategy Group].
After the strategy team was established, the intelligence obtained by the Yasa Chosen after each failure would be organized and analyzed by analysts.
Although they continue to fail, each failure becomes a stepping stone to success, bringing them closer and closer to success.
They are really amazing. They are fearless and brave enough to use their lives to complete a comprehensive analysis of the Chaos Sea and develop extremely detailed strategies.
After that, even if the team is not strong enough, as long as they strictly follow the strategy, they can successfully defeat the Chaos Sea.
Although they cannot make a perfect attack like you and solve the Chaos Sea in one go, every victory they win will make the Chaos Sea weaker.
The unremitting accumulation eventually weakened the Chaos Sea to the point where it could no longer sustain, and it was completely conquered by them.
When the first area of ​​the Chaos Sea was completely conquered by the Chosen Ones of Yasha, our Poseidon Church immediately fulfilled our promise as you said.
The large number of city-building orders and the marine creatures that come with them make those Asian God Chosen ones even more excited.
Their enthusiasm for conquering the Chaos Sea even puts our Poseidon Church to shame."
Speaking of this, Sea Apple's expression was a little complicated:
"Even us mermaids can't think of attacking the Chaos Sea like they do...
Although I don't want to admit it, I have to admit it.
If we only talk about actions, regardless of thoughts, they are more devout to the God of the Sea than we are."
Qi Ge wanted to laugh when he heard this.
The enthusiasm of the players has been aroused, and the energy that has erupted is beyond your imagination.
Banishing Chaos is work for you and fun for the players.
The harder and more tiring it is, the more fun they have.
According to data on the forum, 400,000 players have already crowded into the 20,000 square meters of sea area on the front line of this chaotic sea.
On average, 20 players are squeezed into every square meter of sea area.
If it were on land, it would take several layers of Arhats to squeeze in.
The players' efforts are rewarded.
Statistics from the Ocean Church show that there are now a total of 98,000 underwater cities in the entire front-line area, which has exceeded the total number of player cities in the stronghold forces.
Such a large group of cities has an immediate effect on stabilizing order, and even sea monsters are difficult to spawn in this area.
The area chosen by the Church of Poseidon for development was not the [Sea of ​​Flowers] originally chosen by Qi Ge, which was guarded by the Church of Peace.
It is another sea area called [Desolate Sea].
The [Sea of ​​Flowers] is closer to the Ancient Archipelago, while the [Sea of ​​Desolation] is closer to the Elf Subcontinent.
What Qi Ge said to Malodia was half true and half false.
The fake thing is that in the historical echo, the evil spirits were prevented from destroying the elves, but it cannot change the reality.
It really is true, the Seven Pigeons are really going to the [Elf Subcontinent] and enter the historical echo.
However, his purpose of returning to the elven subcontinent was not to stop the invasion of evil demons, but to try to contact Yilian Yue's mother, Yilian Xin.
He was the Silver Elf architect who left behind the Silver Elf Architecture Manual.
Yi Lianxin is the builder of the [Guardian Statue of the Soul] and personally cultivated the [Peace Tree] into a mythical building.
Qi Ge looked at the players who were attacking the Chaos Sea and fell into deep thought.
"I want to find a way to revive the Goddess of Peace and protect Little Galaxy at the same time, so it's right to ask her.
If even she can't think of a solution, then I can only wait for Legend to get the Tears of Yasha."
“I’m not afraid that I won’t be able to find the Tears of Yasha when I reach Legend.
I have the obelisk of the Dragon Kingdom, which is located in the mantle layer. No one can compete with me for it except the ancient dwarves.
I am just afraid that the Yasa world will fall into chaos before I become a legend.
The goddess of peace from the previous life was resurrected at the end of the second year.
The Yasha races fought fiercely for the Tears of Yasha.
The gods sent messengers several times to announce that the birth of the Tears of Yasha was a rumor, but the hatred for the deaths and injuries had already come out, and the gods could not stop it just by saying so.
Finally, the Goddess of Peace was resurrected, announcing that the Tears of Yasha would not appear, and used her divine power to clear out all alien races within Titania in one go, which eased the conflict slightly.
Also because of the resurrection of the Goddess of Peace, the advantage of the defender has become extremely exaggerated. With the same number of troops, the chance of winning for the active attacker is less than 1%.
At this point, the dispute caused by the Tears of Yasha was finally settled.
In this life, because of me, the little galaxy woke up early.
If the Goddess of Peace wants to be resurrected, all she needs to do is train more silver flower monsters.
If the Avili conflict re-emerges, the galaxy will be in danger."
Just as Qi Ge was thinking, a loud noise suddenly came from the sea in the distance!
“BOOM!!”
[Regional Announcement: Congratulations to the player guild [Shadow of Death] for successfully conquering the Chaos Region: Sea of ​​Blood War]
[System prompt: The Chaos Zone Bloody Sea is returning to the Yasha World. ]
An incomparably gigantic sea serpent fell from the sky, and the vast ocean followed it as it rushed into the chaotic sea!
An enormous vortex rose up in the air, and the chaotic fog in the air was swept away by the vortex.
“Buzz~~~~”
The distant and melodious calls of whales came from the depths of the chaotic sea, and clear springs continued to gush out from under the dark, colloid-like chaotic sea.
The clear sea water disintegrated, crushed, swallowed and destroyed the dark colloid, and finally transformed it all into clear and distinct Yasa energy, which was sprayed into the air along with the clear spring.
The rainbow rises into the sky, magic power fills the sky, and the entire sea world becomes full of vitality!
“Buzz!!!”
The shadow of the sea god flashed across the sky, announcing that this chaotic sea had been taken over by Yasha.
"The Death Shadow Guild is awesome! Guild Leader Heaven is awesome!"
"One more point for the cemetery! When Hades descends, you will all be his subjects."
The players were all cheering and celebrating this hard-earned great victory.
Although Qi Ge did not participate in this dungeon strategy, Qi Ge was more excited than the players of the Death Shadow Guild.
Looking far along the sea that has turned into a blue sky, at the end of the sea, you can clearly see a large area of ​​dark land.
In the thick chaotic fog, thousands of strange light spots repeatedly emerged and flickered.
The Elf Subcontinent, buried in thick fog by history and chaos, finally sees the light of day again!
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…
"Brothers, now that we have land in sight, should we open up this entire chaotic sea?"
In the strategy group, [Looking Up at Heaven from Hell] clenched his fists excitedly.
“The reward just now allowed the remaining members of our guild’s strategy group to reach level 29 experience.
Once our members complete a wave of master tasks, we will all be masters.
You guys leave that piece of chaotic land alone, our guild will take the lead this time."
"How can I let you stand out from the crowd?
You have already made a name for yourself by taking over the Sea of ​​Blood. "
Meteor gritted his teeth and said angrily:
"If it weren't for the heavy losses in our main forces during the attack on the Broken Trench, we would have succeeded last time."
"Hey, we are all in the same camp, so don't hurt the harmony.
President Meteor, didn’t our Angel Glory fail? But I’m fine too, right?
The biggest question now is whether to fight for that piece of chaotic land, and if so, how to fight it. "
Just as the members of the strategy team were discussing, suddenly a bright light came in, causing everyone to look up.
"I have a little immature suggestion on this issue."
Qi Ge walked down the stairs from the deck to the cabin step by step.
"Seven Pigeon God!"
"Great God!"
“The Great God is coming!!”
All of a sudden, the strategy team in the cabin stood up together, extremely excited.
At this point in time, they all knew very well that the opportunity to conquer the Chaos Sea was entirely won for them by Qi Ge.
They are just workers of the Church of Poseidon.
The great god Qi Ge has become inseparable from the demigod boss lady of the Church of Poseidon and is one of the bosses of the Church of Poseidon.
The status is completely different.
"Haha, we are all family, so don't be so polite. Everyone, take a seat."
Qi Ge waved his hand and walked to Liu Xing.
Liuxing consciously changed his position and gave the hosting seat of the [Strategy Group Cabin Meeting Room] to Qi Ge.
Qi Ge sat down without any hesitation and said directly:
“Everyone, according to the information I have obtained, this chaotic land that has appeared now is called the Elf Subcontinent.
Once upon a time, almost all the elves in the Yasha world lived on this subcontinent.
The difficulty of navigating the Elven Subcontinent and the difficulty of navigating the Sea of ​​Chaos are vastly different.
Specifically, in the Elf Subcontinent, the dungeon that a player enters each time is different.
There are at least 100,000 sets of copy templates. Even if they are the same copy templates, there will be many slight differences after entering the copy.
Our raiders can play a very small role in dealing with the chaotic areas on land."
Qi Ge broke down the characteristics of chaos into concepts that players could understand in just a few words, and the players around him understood it immediately.
"One hundred thousand sets?!" A mage player stuck out his tongue:
"The game company of Heroes Soul World has gone crazy. How much computing power is required to generate 100,000 sets of dungeon templates?"
"It may be randomly generated by an intelligent device..."
"The design of that instance will be a mess, and the gaming experience will be terrible. Heroes Soul World won't do something like this, right?"
“When it comes to the gaming experience, we have to mention the real touch.
Even the popularity of the NPC girl has been restored, it really makes people unable to stop..."
"Hey, you really understand!"
…
The players started discussing it, but the focus of the discussion suddenly shifted.
It's not easy to learn good things, but it's easy to learn bad things.
Players are like this, no matter what they are talking about, as long as there is one person driving, there will be drivers behind him.
Qi Ge clapped his hands, drawing the players' attention back.
He smiled and said:
“In fact, the strategy for conquering the Chaos Sea is the same as that for conquering the land, both are full of randomness.
It’s just because I completed the pre-task of strengthening the Kingdom of Poseidon before, so the difficulty of the Chaos Sea was reduced.
The Elf Subcontinent is land, and the power of the Sea God will be greatly weakened in the Elf Subcontinent, unable to suppress randomness.
For the same reason, the penalty for death in the Elven Subcontinent is much heavier than the penalty for death in the Chaos Sea.
Therefore, I strongly recommend that you do not challenge the chaotic areas on land at this stage.
unless……"
Qi Ge deliberately dragged out the sound.
Meteor immediately cooperated and asked:
"Great God, unless what?"
"Unless I lead the team, hehe."
Seven Pigeons laughed slyly and announced loudly:
“No matter how difficult a dungeon is, there must be a first-mover player to explore it.
Faced with new challenges that no one has ever encountered before, we at Qixi Dream Studio feel obliged to take on the challenge.
I announce that at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning , an elite pioneering team will be formed, led by me, Qi Ge and another member of our Qixi Youmeng Studio, Fuguo Anbang.
This time the elite pioneering team cannot have too many members, there are only 18 places.
Everyone is welcome to sign up.”
As soon as Qi Ge finished speaking, before the other players could react, the prepared meteor jumped out immediately.
"Great God, I am your half-brother!
I must be counted as one of the people who can help you cling to your thighs!"
"Hahaha. Since President Meteoric wants to come, of course I welcome you.
Everyone should ask the masters of their own guild if there are any who would like to come. If so, they can sign up here at Meteor.
The basic requirement for registration is a master's degree or above.
If there are too many applicants, they will be screened based on the strength of their specialties, the number of master-level auxiliary skills, their levels, and the time of registration.
I promise that as long as we can be the first to capture the Elven Subcontinent, we will be rewarded with a lot of money from the Sea God Church!"
Qi Ge smiled mysteriously, raised his eyebrows, and said:
“Of course, if there are those who don’t believe in it, they can try to open up the wasteland themselves before we set off. We won’t stop them.
But as I have already said, the punishment of death is severe.
Everyone must think carefully when sending personnel.”