Game of the World Tree

A few crows hovered in the sky above the gully, croaking, and Sophia stood by the side of the road, her heart cold.

Dead babies are piled up at the bottom of the gully. Some have rotted into bones, and some seem to have not been left for long. It seems that there are at least a hundred.

The smell in the air is disgusting. The pungent smell penetrates into the nostrils, causing the girl to roll in her abdomen. She can’t help turning around and vomiting…

Everything that went down came out, and Sophia recovered slightly.

It’s just that the pale face and the slightly trembling body indicate that the girl’s heart is not peaceful at this moment.

“I said everything, I won’t let you see it.”

Demacia sighed, dismounted and walked over.

He glanced at the dead baby at the bottom of the gully, and said to other fellow wizard players:

“Burn it, and then chant a purification spell. Even if it is a baby, put it No matter what, there may be undead.”

Several players nodded, greeted the priest who was also a priest, and began to deal with the corpse at the bottom of the ravine.

As Sophia looked at the busy elves, her eyes became more and more tranced.

“Why…why is this? Both the imperial laws and eternal scriptures prohibit abandoned babies. Why are there so many baby corpses here?”

She was muttered unacceptably.

“Because I can’t support it… I can’t afford it after I was born, so I can only suffocate and throw it away.”

Demacia shook the head and said.

“Can’t you feed it? Do you want to throw it away? Suffocate? How can they bear it?!” Sophia said angrily.

“What should we do? Common people are already poor. In human cities, there are children born by accident almost every few days, and they can’t be raised. What do you let common people do?”

Demacia said with a sneer.

“It can be raised by the church, the Eternal Church has an adoption home!”

The girl argued.

Demacia shook the head:

“Sophia Young Lady, you are still too young. Do you know how many similar abandoned babies will appear in a town a year? How many can be adopted? And, what about the Eternal Church? Where are they?”

Sophia was stunned.

At this time, she remembered that the eternal church in Hewan Town had been evacuated with the nobles…

“Furthermore…”

Demacia continued:

“This is a good situation, at least it means that the poor can still survive. If you really cannot survive, you won’t even see these dead babies. “

Sophia was stunned when she heard this:

“Why?”

Demacia was silent for a while and said:

“If you really can’t make it, it’s anything you can eat and will not throw it away.”

Sophia’s face became paler:

“You It means…you mean…”

Demacia sighed:

“Yes, cannibalism is not impossible.”

“This…how is this possible?! How could such a demon’s behavior happen in the empire!”

Hearing such a shocking content, the girl felt dizzy.

“How impossible, let alone anything else, when Maple Leaf leads the war, if the war is deadlocked, Sophia Young Lady, guess what I said, is it impossible to happen?”

Demacia said coldly.

Sophia was speechless when she heard this.

The igniting light ignited in the gully, and the elves faintly chanted, watching the hazy flame, the girl’s eyes gradually blurred.

“This…is the real status quo of the civilians of the Empire…”

Her voice was a little trembling, with a hint of pleading and hope in her tone, as if she wanted to follow Germany Marcia got a negative answer.

It’s just that Demacia’s answer made the girl’s mood fall into the abyss:

“Yes, this is the status quo of civilians outside the wealthy area, who can work hard. To live, it’s pretty good for them.”

“Magic! The nobles have that many loyal magicians, why don’t there be magicians to help them! Just a natural magic can make crops Has the output doubled?!”

The girl said angrily.

“Sophia Young Lady, you have to ask yourself, you are also a nobleman, have the mages loyal to your clan ever done something similar?”

Demacia asked back Tao.

Hearing these words, Sophia’s anger instantly went out like a fire in the snow…

She opened her mouth, completely speechless.

Use magic to improve the lives of civilians?

No…

She knows.

No noble mage is willing to do this.

For the nobles, magic is a symbol of knowledge, a tool for a stable position, and a powerful military force.

In the eyes of magician, magic is noble, they disdain to do these small things.

Even if Sophia herself is willing to use magic to improve the lives of civilians, it may be difficult to promote it.

This is a matter of concept.

“What about the church… the common people are the church’s greatest source of faith… Does the eternal church not care about these things? Does the church not use divine techniques to improve the lives of common people?”

Sophia asked again.

“The church? Why does the church improve the lives of the common people? Is it because the divine technique of the church is blown by the wind?”

Demacia shook the head.

After a pause, he added:

“Sophia Young Lady, maybe you don’t know much about the church’s operating mechanism, so let’s tell a cruel Fact.”

“For the Eternal Church, occasionally show Gods Vestige and use some small divine techniques to treat the sickness of devout believers. This approach is more than expending great efforts to improve the lives of believers. The faith feedback you get is much more cost-effective.”

“Because people in despair will have more hope for hope and will be more firm in faith…”

” For the church, collecting faith is the ultimate goal, saving the common people? What is that? Do you think the Eternal Lord is the God of Life who cares about everything?”

DeMarcia said with a smile.

After hearing what he said, Sophia shook her body and stood there for a while.

The flame in the ditch gradually extinguished, and the elf’s singing also slowly stopped.

Demacia glanced at the sky and said:

“Let’s go, Sophia Young Lady, let’s go faster. Tonight you will be able to attend a noble dinner in Morningstar City. .”

After speaking, he turned on his horse and left the gully first.

Sophia tightened her lips.

She clenched her hands, and finally loosened them weakly, and then she got on the horseback with the assistance of other elves in despair, and followed the pace of Demacia…

Leaving the town of Hewan, the team moved on.

It’s just that, compared to the excitement of at first, the escort team at this moment is much quieter.

“I know that “Elf Kingdom” is very real, but didn’t expect to be so real. The magical version of the Middle Ages is too miserable…”

In the team chat channel, Meng Zhihan couldn’t help typing.

“Perhaps it is darker than the real world, after all… the civilians in the real world will rebel if they are pressed for it. In Western history, there are many examples of civilians killing the king and changing the king, but in the game Inside… the ordinary person who can’t control the extraordinary power is nothing but leeks.”

Demacia typed.

“Really, what are you doing so real makes me feel depressed QAQ…”

Chan made a facial expression on the channel.

“That’s why we are there. No game will completely design some meaningless plots. Since “Elf Kingdom” shows us such a dark human world, then… I think we should still be needed in the end Players are here to make changes, after all… One of the main missions of “Elf Kingdom” is to help Goddess spread the faith, there is no harm without comparison.”

……

The players were discussing spiritedly in the chat channel, and the half-elf girl Sophia who was with them was completely silent.

She lost her expression, with a trace of dazedness in her eyes, as if she had been hit hard.

As the entire team continued to advance, her mood became more and more depressed, and her face no longer had the initial smile…

It was not just River Bay.

On this road, every village and settlement that everyone passed through, all revealed the aura of decline and difficulty.

This huge gap between ideals and reality has caused the girl’s perception of the entire world to shake violently…

At this moment, she feels herself What irony are the books that record the prosperity of the empire seen in the castle, and how disgusting the documents that praise the achievements of the nobility are…

Why?

Why… is the gap between nobles and common people so big?

Why… the nobles in the castle never mention the real situation of the common people?

The glory of the nobles, the responsibility of the nobles…what is it, and for what?

Why does the Eternal Church sit back and watch all this?

Is it just because of Demacia’s cost-effectiveness of gaining faith that we should ignore the plight of civilians?

In that case, what’s the point of the eternal church’s doctrine of goodness?

What is the credibility of God’s preaching of saving the world?

At this moment, Sophia is at a loss…

The sun is gradually sinking, and the temperature is getting colder and colder.

When the red sunset filled the sky, the team finally stopped.

“Sophia Young Lady, the Morningstar City is in front. According to our information, Duke Rosen is now in the city.”

Demacia said.

His words awakened the desperate Sophia from the loss, the girl’s body trembled slightly, and then subconsciously moved towards the front, only to see where the eyes could reach, a magnificent human city appeared.

It is a large city no less than Maple Leaf City. The city wall alone seems to be 20 meters high. Under the city wall, there are still tents that cannot be seen. , It should belong to the imperial army and mercenary group that accepts signs.

There is no doubt that since the army is here, then as the commander-in-chief of the army, Duke Rosen, one of the seven electors of the Holy Manian Empire, is probably also located in the city.

“Sophia Young Lady, we can only send you here. If we go further, we will have gone out of our activity range… Well, it is no longer suitable for us to move on.”

As the player who is most familiar with the human world and the leader of the escort team this time, Demacia coughed and said.

After listening to his words, the girl who has always been disliked by him rarely said anything ironically, but just silently nodded.

Demacia saw that the other party did not quarrel with him, and was a little uncomfortable for a while.

“Thank you, thank you for your escort. When I regain control of the territory, I will definitely fulfill my promise.”

Sofia said dullly.

After speaking, she clenched her fists:

“I will change the status quo, I must…”

Listening to her mumbling , Demacia opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but thought of the complaints and instructions made by the former Mu Ge to him, and finally forcibly endured it.

sighed, he said:

“Sophia Young Lady, I wish you well, if you are in danger, remember to take out Lord Goddess’ Divine Idol for help, the power of Elf Race It will help you out.”

The girl hesitated for a while and said:

“Thank you…If you really need it, I will…”

This time, she rarely refuted.

Looking back at the setting sun to the west, Sophia got off her horse.

She handed over the control of the horses to the elves, and then moved towards Morningstar City alone.

Until the girl walked away completely, Demacia slowly shook the head:

“Don’t give up until the Yellow River…”

…

Perhaps because there are too many mercenaries in to-and-fro, Sophia, dressed as a mercenary, was not at all troubled by the guards and entered the city smoothly.

As one of the main cities in the western region, Morningstar City is much more prosperous than Hewan Town. Even if there is a crisis of war, it is still lively and lively, and the presence of mercenaries and imperial troops is more Make the city a little more chaotic and noisy.

The buildings on both sides of the street are much better than those in Hewan Town, and Sophia’s mood has also improved a lot. At least the residents here…the living conditions seem to be compared to the girls walking along the way. The ones are much better.

But perhaps because of the chaos, most houses are closed, only a few pedestrians are walking on the road, mixed with a large number of mercenaries and soldiers.

Sophia found a pedestrian and asked about the location of City Lord Mansion, and then moved towards the noble district in the city.

As the girl approached the noble area, the buildings on both sides of the street became more neat and beautiful, and when Sophia passed through the civilian area and officially came to the noble area, the buildings in sight were finally replaced The beautiful manor houses and towering castles she was familiar with.

Just looking at these familiar, splendorous and majestic buildings, listening to the faintly discernible music and laughter in the buildings, Sophia not only lost the slightest joy, but her expression became even more mesmerized.

As she was about to step into the noble quarter, two tall and strong, fully armed guards stopped her.

“Stop! Aristocratic area ahead, mercenaries are not allowed to enter!”

They warned aggressively.

Sophia glanced at them coldly and dissipated the disguise magic from her body.

Under the surprised gaze of the guards, she returned to her half-elf appearance.

“Get out of the way, I am Sophia von Wells, the heir of the Wells family, the lord of Zerowan, I want to see the Lord Rosen.”

She Said coldly.

At the same time, while demonstrating the magician’s power, she took out a badge engraved with a lion logo and exuding brilliance.

“The third-order mage! And…the medal of the imperial nobles!”

The expressions of the two guards changed slightly.

“Please wait a moment, let’s report!”

They exchanged glances and said respectfully.