Assigning the task of investigating the Society of the Secret Eye to the two Players and sending them away, Angora fell into deep thought again.
First of all, he definitely couldn't rely on those two clowns for the quest. After all, they were just lucky to run into spies from the Society of the Secret Eye, and Angora would be the first to doubt that they could investigate the Society of the Secret Eye.
It was already good enough that they didn't lure the enemy here.
He had to ask other Players to investigate.
"I don't lack game coins, but achievement points are a little troublesome." Angora scratched his head, troubled.
With the addition of the Players, the speed at which the town was growing vegetables was much faster than before. The surplus food could be traded for a lot of game coins, which made Angora rich at once, and he was even thinking about higher-grade vegetables.
A hundred game coins per person was nothing to him now, but achievement points were not so easy to earn.
It was linked to the town's prosperity level, which in turn could only be obtained by building more buildings or having more residents settle in the town. Now that the population was stable and the houses were empty, the prosperity level had basically stopped increasing.
That was why achievement points that could be used to buy building blueprints were very precious and could not be spent carelessly.
"I have to choose some reliable believers to do this …"
Angora stroked his chin as he thought hard. Perhaps it was because he was nearing adulthood, there was some stubble growing on his chin recently, and it was a little scratchy when he stroked it.
At the moment, aside from Marni who was about to leave the town, Angora had the highest hopes for Edward and the others.
Although Marni looked like a clown and was often persecuted, his death was one of the most colorful among the Players at the moment. Still, he was the captain of a merchant group, and his conduct, teamwork, and mobility were all worthy of praise.
Moreover, not only were Edward's group the earliest believers of the God of Games, they were also at the top of the Players in terms of level and combat ability. Moreover, the only two Players who knew Resurrection were in Edward's party.
Most importantly, though Edward was slightly younger than Angora, he was the leader of the party and had a steady way of doing things. After all, the Players had basically lost contact with that word after they obtained the System, and the Players were all too happy now …
"Vela, could you please get Edward and the others …" He turned his head, intending to have Vela call them over, but paused when he saw the top of the girl's head. "Your head …"
At this moment, her name was floating above the girl's head in white.
"Yeah. I think I've crossed that hurdle as well and become a true believer of the God of Games." The girl smiled sweetly at his blank expression.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go celebrate first!"
Angora, who had snapped out of his daze, also cheered with a silly grin.
"Eh? But Sir Lord, don't you still have things to do? "The young girl tilted her head and asked.
"That kind of thing can be done anytime. It's more important to celebrate for you!" Angora said seriously.
"Is, is that so …" The young girl blushed, looking a little shy.
"That's right! The fact that you can become a Player means that the townsfolk don't have the shackles that prevent them from becoming true believers! They all had the possibility of becoming players! This way, this town will become stronger and safer! "
Angora did not notice the girl's expression at all as he said excitedly, "Isn't this worth celebrating?"
"Is that why you're celebrating …?"
"Hmm? What's the matter, Vela? Why do you look so unhappy? "
"It's nothing, Sir Lord. Are we going to a restaurant to celebrate?"
"Of course. There's no other place to celebrate in this town."
"Very well." The young girl smiled dangerously. "Coincidentally, there's a lot of food there that I haven't tried before."
"…"
Looking at the sweet smile on the young girl's face, Angora suddenly felt worried for his wallet.
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In the end, Marni Wilf left the town.
"So the guild's nearest branch is in Wickidor …" Sitting beside the carriage, he looked at the map and estimated the distance. "Even with a carriage, it'll take two days to go back and forth … No, if we hurry through the night, we might be able to get back in a day."
Marni sighed after putting down the map.
Even now, Marni still felt surreal whenever he thought about the God of Games and his own System.
Unlike the other believers in the town who were limited in their knowledge and didn't know how incredible the System was, Marni, who was nearing his thirties, had traveled across most of the Empire.
Although he didn't realize how scary the System was at first, and even thought that it was useless and was just a trick the believers of the God of Games used to trick others into joining their church, Marni completely changed his opinion after experiencing the System's power.
It was an existence that allowed people to instantly learn sword skills, magic, and even divine arts. It was so amazing that he would probably believe it even if someone told him that it was a divine relic bestowed upon the mortal realm by some god.
If there was a difference between a System and a divine relic, it would be that the latter was one of a kind. On the other hand, the System had many of them, and every player in the town had one, and they were almost identical (Marni didn't know that Eleena was a Saintess-in-training, and that the System was different from him)!
"Not even the Seven Divine Fathers could mass-produce divine relic … I really can't imagine how powerful the God of Games himself is." Marni couldn't help feeling motivated when he remembered that he had such a powerful being behind him. "It seems that I have to seriously complete the quest that the god has given me!"
Recruit some refugees into the Church of Games.
That was the hidden quest that the God of Games had given him.
To tell the truth, Marni didn't think much of the quest — the refugees were basically people who would do anything to feed them. As long as they were given a piece of bread, they wouldn't even frown if they were asked to worship an evil god, let alone the God of Games.
"No …" Marni calmed down after happily thinking about how he should show off after he got his quest reward. "It's not easy to join the Church of Games … the townsfolk clearly believe in the God of Games, but none of them are acknowledged as believers of the God of Games. In other words, shallow believers won't do, and I have to make them true believers to complete the quest … "