#1230 - Rebuilding the Church of Waukeen

The Dark Memory Projection Stone taught Regina a profound lesson.

It made her realize clearly that memory projection is a double-edged sword.

Doing good can benefit countless people and bring them joy and knowledge.

Doing evil and killing people invisibly makes it impossible to guard against them.

This made her very cautious when using this power and she no longer dared to act recklessly.

No memory projections related to fear, evil, debauchery, etc. should be touched upon anymore, and efforts should be made to develop towards beautiful things such as joy, fairness, justice, etc.

Lord Virginia sighed and said, “Many things do not develop according to our wishes. The evil forces have been lurking in the dark, eyeing the good and the good. If we are a little careless, they will emerge and do evil.

The Dark Memory Projection Stone is probably just the beginning. I am afraid there will be more and more cases like this in the future. We must always remain vigilant."

Regina nodded in agreement and said, "Madam's Nightmare Investigation Team is a very good way of operation. After all, such enemies are not something that ordinary people can deal with. It is worth promoting on a large scale."

"Forming a nightmare investigation team is not a difficult task for me. We now have a large number of dream warriors and have accumulated rich experience in dream combat. A well-matched team is enough to deal with most nightmare monsters."

Lord Virginia changed the subject and said, "The only problem is that most of the dream warriors are elves. They are not good at dealing with other intelligent creatures, and their intelligence collection on the material plane is also very limited..."

“Your weaknesses are exactly our strengths.” Regina responded without thinking, “Let us collect intelligence on the material plane, and communicate with the lady as soon as possible when a suspected case is discovered.

You can then send out a nightmare investigation team based on the situation to assist in the investigation and handle the corresponding cases.

While ensuring efficiency, we also try our best to ensure the safety of relevant personnel.”

"I've been waiting for you to say this, sister." Lord Virginia responded with a smile, "I wish us a pleasant cooperation."

"It's a pleasure working with you!" Regina smiled back.

Although the forces represented by the two men are under the same banner of Gavin, the cooperative relationship between the two sides is not close.

This is due to both geographical reasons and the low degree of interest correlation.

The Dragon Oak Mother Tree and the dreams it possesses make them somewhat detached.

Now that the two sides have found common demands, they naturally had a great time talking to each other, quickly reached a series of consensuses, found a way of cooperation that was unique to them, and called each other sisters.

This is just the beginning. In the future they may very likely belong to the same pantheon - the dream pantheon.

The nature of the two parties is somewhat similar to that of Gavin and the goddess of wealth Waukeen, promoting each other and developing together.

As for the dream battlefield, there were no unexpected problems. From beginning to end, there were only those tentacle fog monsters. Regina's War Dance Phantom killed them as easily as cutting vegetables.

Not only because they are now on the edge of the distant sea swamp dream, but it is estimated that the enemy is facing an attack from the dream for the first time and has no time to react and launch a strong counterattack.

There is another possibility, that is, these monsters' ability to control dreams is far weaker than theirs. The attacks of these tentacle fog monsters are spontaneous and naturally unorganized, and they can be easily defeated one by one.

As the dream battle progressed, Regina gained a deeper understanding of dreams.

The reason why her War Dance Phantom could deal with these tentacle mist monsters as easily as cutting melons and vegetables was not only because her own combat power was strong enough, but also because the Dragon Oak Dream provided her with the background behind the scenes.

After those tentacle mist monsters were killed, the residual souls produced were directly absorbed by Long Oak's dream - the process of killing them in the dream was the process of separating the residual souls from the dream power.

If in reality, there is no dream support provided by the Dragon Oak Dream.

Even if these tentacle mist monsters are killed, it is not complete. These residual souls will be swallowed up again by the swamp dream, reorganized and reborn in its depths, and then make a comeback.

This is the real reason why the Far Sea Swamp Dreamland has become a forbidden place for life.

If there is no targeted method, the tentacle fog monsters will continue to emerge like a tide. Even the most powerful creatures will be exhausted to death and then swallowed by the swamp dream and become a part of it.

Vegetable cutting games are fun, but the thrill will soon fade away, especially when there is already a lot of work to do, and it will feel like a waste of time.

Fortunately, Lord Virginia was understanding and did not expect Regina to become his pioneer. He just used her ability to clear soldiers quickly to expand the control over the Dragon Oak Tree. Then a large number of dream warriors poured in and took over Regina's job.

There is no such thing as a surprise attack in the dream war, only a war of attrition.

Every time they kill a tentacle mist monster, not only will the enemy side have one less, but they may also gain a soul consciousness or a residual soul. The former can be transformed into a new dream warrior, and the latter becomes the nourishment for nurturing dream spirits.

This depends entirely on the extent to which the soul consciousness is destroyed by the swamp dream. The more severe the destruction, the more broken the soul will naturally be.

The soul is the basic brick and stone that supports a dream. When these basic bricks and stones are cleared in large quantities, no matter whether it is a sweet dream or a nightmare, it will collapse.

Lord Virginia has already accumulated rich experience in dream combat, so he is not impatient and advances step by step. Anyway, the advantage is on my side, and it will be the enemy who will be anxious.

Once you are anxious, you will make mistakes, and mistakes will give you opportunities to take advantage of.

After Gavin sent away Ms. Joy and Regina, the goddess of wealth, Woking, simply gestured and returned to his body again, indicating that the initiative of the matter would be handed over to him.

"Your Excellency Road Builder, this is a great method. Not only did it easily resolve the conflict between the two goddesses over the clergy position, but it also gave us a clearer development plan and helped us know which way to go in the future." Archbishop Saranda of the Holy Coin praised Gavin highly.

The divine power of the godhood of wealth in his body qualified him to stay in the divine power shield and observe the whole thing, which gave him a deeper understanding of Gavin, the new demigod.

His previous recognition of Gavin was more due to the goddess he served, and not out of his own intention. After all, before this, he had only heard about it from others.

Well, now, he felt a sense of identification with this young demigod from the bottom of his heart.

It was no coincidence that he was able to achieve such success in such a short period of time and become a demigod. No wonder his goddess placed a heavy bet on him.

If this gamble succeeds, not only will she be able to regain the influence that has been missing for three years, but she may even be able to reach a higher level and become a mid-level deity. As her believers, their status and position will naturally rise as well.

Although they are both high priests, they have different identities and status as gods with different divine powers.

Relying on the unity of the Church of Waukeen, the Archbishop of the Holy Coin can barely be on an equal footing with some relatively loose high priests of medium divine power in some churches. In front of those powerful priests, a high priest can be arrogant and look down on them.

Of course, their attitudes toward each other are largely determined by the gods they believe in.

If the gods are allies and have a good relationship, their churches will usually have frequent interactions and close relations.

If gods are at odds with each other, conflicts and wars often break out first between believers and churches.

Because of the special nature of his priesthood, Waukeen is widely popular among both mortals and gods.

Except for the hostile relationship with Musk, the King of Thieves, the relationship with other gods is benign.

No matter whether they are high-ranking church officials or princes and nobles, they have to be polite and respectful when meeting them. After all, no one has a grudge against wealth.

Gavin nodded slightly and said, "The world is big enough. We can make the cake bigger and let all people and gods get more of it. As long as we resolve conflicts in this way, they are not our enemies, but potential allies. We can drag them into the cake-making process and speed up the cake-making process.

Only those people or gods who prevent us from making the pie bigger are our real enemies. "

"What a great theory of making the cake bigger." Archbishop Saronda of the Holy Coin said with joy, "This simply grasps the essence of trade. If all the gods had the same idea as you, we humans would have conquered the entire world long ago and made everything serve us."

"Don't mention this again. No one has ever conquered anyone. This is a multi-racial world. All races must unite, develop together, and grow together. Trade is the best hub connecting both sides. If Your Excellency the Archbishop has a conquering mentality, many people will be shut out, which is not conducive to the development of trade." Gavin said earnestly.

He never limited his priesthood to humans; he would make good use of any race that was beneficial to his development.

The ogres and hobgoblins are the best examples. Their reputation in the continent of Faerun has never been very good, but that did not prevent them from becoming an important chess piece in Gavin's hands. Their flaws that were criticized by people turned into advantages in his hands.

For example, the fertility, love of power, and unstable bloodline of the gnolls; and the warlord expansionism of the earth elves.

Some of their evil nature can be suppressed to a certain extent through education and strict laws.

Archbishop of the Holy Coin was stunned for a moment, then said sincerely: "Your Excellency Road Builder is right in your teachings. My vision is too narrow. In the future, I will definitely learn from you, look at the world with an inclusive eye, and look for more trade opportunities."

"Let's deal with this first, and we can talk about the rest slowly." Gavin gestured to the Archbishop of Holy Coin.

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As the two goddesses left, they returned to the main hall of the Golden Tower.

Ms. Joy had already taken away all the joyful priests and believers who were there. In an instant, nearly one-third of the hall was empty, and there was a mess like a banquet had ended. The guests who stayed behind all looked confused and uneasy, and had no idea what was going on.

Their memories are still stuck on the tit-for-tat confrontation between Archbishop Saranda of the Holy Coin and High Priestess of Joy Klanna. They have no idea what happened afterwards. The triple divine power that enveloped the Golden Tower directly imprisoned the time here.

It’s not that the time of the whole world has stopped flowing, but that of the people in the hall.

Everything returned to normal, and that was the moment when those happy believers disappeared at the same time.

Archbishop of the Holy Coin said respectfully: "What they are waiting for now is Her Majesty the Goddess's lecture, not mine. Since Her Majesty the Goddess has handed over the power to the Road Builder, please do it for him!"

Gavin thought about it for a moment and said, "Then I won't be polite!"

"Please!" The Archbishop of the Holy Coin made a gesture of invitation, and a golden carpet made of countless gold coins appeared out of thin air and began to spread from under Gavin's feet.

At the end of the gold coin carpet is a huge statue of the goddess of wealth. Her whole body is golden. In her left hand, she holds a cloud of gold coins, representing wealth, and in her right hand, she holds a scale, representing trade. Under the feet of the statue is a chair of the same color.

That was clearly the Archbishop's chair of the Archbishop of Holy Coin.

Gavin walked along the gold coin carpet towards the golden archbishop's chair, but when he was still more than ten meters away from the chair, a translucent staircase glittering with golden light appeared right in front of him. He stepped directly up the stairs and finally stopped at the chest of the statue of the goddess of wealth - right in the middle of wealth and trade.

This is still a game with the goddess of wealth, which means that he is on the same path as her most of the time, but he also has his own path.

The divine light belonging to Gavin began to bloom, and a gold coin with a golden interior and a layer of transparent glass on the outside, like a work of art, floated out from his body and slowly circled above his head. The golden light it emitted blended with his own, shining brightly.

That is the original coin of the gods, which represents the good cooperative relationship among the gods. Now he is taking this opportunity to establish contact with the high-level officials of the Church of Waukeen in the hall.

Gavin then slowly said, "The goddess of wealth, Waukin, has officially returned, and the goddess of joy, Lila, will no longer be in charge of the wealth ministry, and everything will return to normal.

The previous extravagance and turmoil were caused by the unclear attribution of priesthood. The blame is not on you. From this moment on, everything that happened in the past will be forgiven."

He is setting the tone for the whole thing. There is no point in holding anyone accountable for this kind of thing. Instead of looking back, it is better to look forward.

"Your Majesty the Goddess has mercy."

"Thank you, Goddess, for your generosity."

"Praise the goddess, we will do our best to serve her in the future."

All the Woking believers present reacted at this moment, and they knelt on the ground, shedding tears of gratitude and breathing a long sigh of relief.

In the past three years, they have been more or less coerced by those priests of joy. Some of them have no choice, and some are really addicted to it. Previously, at the important moment of the goddess's return, they indulged in joy. Even if they were coerced, it was a blasphemy and a felony.

But they did not leave with the Goddess of Joy, which means they did not apostatize, and their faith scale was still on the side of the Goddess of Wealth Waukeen.

What they were most worried about was being liquidated, and now Gavin had given them peace of mind, even though they still hadn't fully figured out Gavin's identity.

"But..." Gavin changed the subject and said, "You must also learn a lesson from this, abide by your own beliefs and morals, and abandon extravagance and indulgence, because you are not ordinary businessmen, you are also believers of the goddess of wealth, shouldering the sacred responsibility of guiding the world to establish correct consumption concepts.

People should be encouraged to store their wealth appropriately to deal with unexpected needs.

We must guide people to consume rationally, satisfy their own desires, and promote the prosperity and development of society.

We should encourage people to abide by the spirit of contract and promote the prosperity of trade.”

These words are typical of smuggling private information. The doctrine is still the doctrine of the goddess of wealth, Waukeen, corresponding to wealth, trade and contract respectively, but the concept of education is also integrated into it.

This educational concept is very beneficial to the governance of a country.

Even though it is just a small bit of private goods, if it is continuously implemented and promoted, and then fed back to the goddess of wealth Waukin, the power will be enormous, and it may even promote the change of her camp from absolute neutrality to lawful neutrality.

Although the goddess of wealth, Waukeen, is widely popular in the continent of Faerun, she and her church are not good people. She only values ​​wealth and trade, but does not care about your trading methods and the way of accumulating wealth.

Dark trade is prevalent on the continent of Faerun. The magical trade of the Zhentarim, the Sembia Merchant Alliance, and the Red Robe Wizards is booming, which is not unrelated to her connivance.

Although the Church of Waukeen seems to disdain the use of rumors, monopolies, hiring bandits and other means to manipulate trade activities, and has criticized these methods (and has always denied committing these acts), there is still a large amount of evidence that the Church of Waukeen is not clean, and the shadow of Waukeen priests can be found behind many illegal trades.

These are all Gavin's enemies, so naturally he has to deny them first based on his faith.

Now that the Goddess of Fortune has handed the sword to him, he naturally has to make full use of the sword.

Gavin could clearly hear a muffled groan coming from his soul consciousness, which represented the dissatisfaction of the goddess of wealth, Woking.

Gavin had not discussed this matter with her in advance, he acted first and reported it later.

But she did not show up to veto this matter. Since she had already placed a heavy bet on Gavin, she had to follow his pace. After all, the premise of development and construction was stability, and dark trade practices not only needed to be abandoned, but also targeted.

If you want to carry out reforms, it is inevitable to go through a period of pain.

"We will obey the oracle and protect and lead the world's trade like sheepdogs, and fulfill the sacred duty entrusted to us by the Goddess..." Archbishop Saranda of the Holy Coin reacted very quickly and responded loudly at the first time.

He knew Gavin's situation better, and his words were like an oracle.

This represents his determination to rebuild the Church of Waukeen with the goddess of wealth Waukeen.

It is not as simple as just driving out the priests of the goddess of joy. It is also necessary to reorganize the doctrine and reshape the trade atmosphere. It is no longer as simple as making money, but to give them more and heavier social responsibilities. (End of this chapter)