Chapter 287 The Temple is Completed
The temperature is getting colder and colder. At the time when the calendar says 'heavy snow', snowflakes finally fall from the sky.
Li Chengqi stood in his convenience store, enjoying the comfort brought by the heating. He looked at the snow falling outside the glass window and the pedestrians hurriedly walking on the road. He felt very comfortable.
A few days have passed since Aldai ran to find the Demon King's Ring.
The past few days have been very peaceful. Nothing happened in the game, and it was completely idle. Qian Sen didn't call Li Chengqi at all.
Looking at the news, the world is still the same. At most, there are occasional reports of armed conflicts breaking out in certain areas. Generally speaking, it is still peaceful.
The fact that the gods landed on the earth does not seem to have entered the public eye. Perhaps it is because colleagues in the nine disciplines around the world are working hard.
After standing at the door for a while, the air-conditioning blowing from the crack in the door was still a bit cold. Li Chengqi returned to sit behind the cashier.
On the screen of the new computer, Viola can be seen standing in front of a newly completed building, holding high the Holy Emblem of the Demon King, and loudly leading the civilians below to pray.
This newly completed building is the temple of the Demon King God.
Its main body is made of logs, with a Viking style, or the painting style of The Elder Scrolls Skyrim.
The size is not majestic. The entire temple can only accommodate one large statue, plus some rooms for people to live in the back. It's about the same size as a small church in the countryside.
Of course Viola wanted to build a large and magnificent temple, but the material conditions really did not allow it.
Leon's territory is too barren, the labor force is scarce, and there are still a lot of infrastructure projects waiting. Even if he captured many prisoners of war and used them as laborers, he could only think about building a large temple.
But this is the first real temple after all, and its commemorative significance is far more important than its appearance.
Li Chengqi didn't really care about the size of the temple. He didn't even regard it as a big deal. But Viola thought it was important and held a grand sacrificial ceremony.
Watching the words ‘Gan! ’ and ‘Grass! ’, we can roughly understand why Li Chengqi doesn’t care very much...
As the ceremony progressed, a knight of the Guards brought the last stone brick, and even tied a red ribbon on it to show its importance.
This is similar to a leader cutting a ribbon, what is needed is a sense of ceremony.
As the self-proclaimed archbishop, Viola had to lay down the last brick of the temple before the temple was successfully completed and ready for use.
As if watching a news broadcast, Li Chengqi watched Viola happily put down the bricks, accompanied by the cheers of the believers.
It didn't seem to be a very important thing. Li Chengqi just looked at it and planned to turn around to look at Yang Yiyi who was on the old computer.
But at this time, a dialog box suddenly popped up on the screen.
‘The temple has been built, do you want to start setting it up?’
What else can be set up in the temple?
Li Chengqi became interested immediately, picked up the mouse and clicked 'Yes'.
Then a new interface popped up. On the upper left side was a thumbnail of the entire temple, and below it read:
‘Faith value gain increased by 5%’
‘The cost and requirements of granting divine spells are reduced by 10%’
‘Believers of hostile gods will be weakened by 10% after entering the temple’
There are still a lot of empty spaces below, but there are only these three attributes.
Maybe the temple is still too small. If it were a large temple, its attributes would be better.
On the right side, there is a box with a lot of spaces, and on the right side of the box is a drop-down menu.
There are more options this time.
Similar to the bonus for increasing faith value, it progresses at a regular rate of 10%, 15%, and 20%. In addition, you can also see things such as 'automatic healing for believers entering the temple' and 'automatic enchantment of weapons and armor enshrined in the temple' , 'Automatically generate temple guards' and other high-end attributes.
However, clicking on these attributes will prompt 'insufficient temple slots'.
The box with a lot of spaces is the slot. Different gain bonuses require different positions. It's like playing Tetris, inserting attributes of different shapes and quantities. Of course, there are fewer slots in small temples, but there are definitely more slots in large temples.
Li Chengqi has seen similar settings in mobile games. The biggest problem with this gameplay is how to maximize the use of limited slot positions.
After tossing around for a few minutes, Li Chengqi chose 'Increase faith value acquisition by 15%', 'Increase divine healing effect by 10%', and 'Increase piety growth by 1'.
Since it was a small temple, there really weren't enough slots, so Li Chengqi didn't choose the fancy options that required a lot of slots, but chose the three that felt most practical.
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Year 648 of the Demon King's Calendar.
September 11th, morning.
"Praise to the Lord Demon King!"
"Gan!"
"Praise the Lord for your gift!"
"Grass!"
Wearing a laurel wreath and a golden robe, Viola led the people to praise her loudly, and the civilians below were either licking their heads or making grass. It felt like a cult scene.
The completion of this temple is extremely important to Viola. If conditions had not allowed it, she would have recruited civilians to build it.
Although it is only a small temple, it also means that the Demon King God has returned, which is of great historical significance.
Looking at the cheering people below, Viola vowed in her heart that she must expel the invaders and spread the glory of the king throughout the world.
She saw Zola bringing the last brick and raising his hands to the people:
"The temple is about to be completed, and your glory will bless everyone!"
The believers below once again burst into enthusiastic cheers. They may not understand the value of faith, but they know that the existence of the Demon King God has earned them benefits.
This is enough to gain support from the people.
Viola held the ribbon, lifted the last brick and placed it at the door of the temple.
"The temple will be open to everyone. No matter rich or poor, everyone has the right to believe in the King."
This sentence once again ignited the enthusiasm of the people, and people shouted in unison, "Gan!" ’ and ‘Grass! ’, the scene was a little out of control for a while.
Viola was about to signal Shelley, the knight of the guard, who was standing outside to maintain order, when her sleeve was pulled by Aldai beside her.
She was about to tell Aldai to stop making trouble, but then she saw the sun's rays seem to converge on the roof of the temple, forming a huge halo.
The people who were cheering also froze on the spot, and for a while the scene felt silent.
The huge halo of light on the roof broke after four or five seconds, turning into a huge beam of light that shot straight into the sky. Some thin clouds in the sky were torn open by the impact, revealing a standard circular hole.
Immediately afterwards, the light pillar broke and turned into a rain of light falling from the sky.
And Viola, who was standing at the gate of the temple, could see the golden light flowing on the tall statue carved by Li Chengqi in the temple, and even blinked at Viola as if it came to life.
But when Viola rubbed her eyes, she found that the light on the statue had disappeared.
This shows that your Majesty has blessed the temple and it already has the function of a temple.
Temples and statues of gods are not just simple man-made objects. Usually when a new statue of a god is built, the god will bless the statue so that it can perform the functions of the statue.
In short, it's like shining a light.
(End of chapter)