The moment Father Barry made his decision, Hanjun suddenly felt a strong surge of faith energy coming from nearby.
Hanjun was momentarily stunned, but then he realized that Father Barry had become a priest who wholeheartedly worshipped him.
This allowed Father Barry to continuously provide him with faith energy and successfully restore a significant amount of Hanjun's divine power.
Hanjun raised an eyebrow, gently rubbing Snowball's ears, and slowly said, "Finally, but this little bit of faith energy still isn't enough..."
Snowball tilted his head and stuck out his tongue as he looked at Hanjun.
This small amount of faith energy wasn't enough to restore Hanjun to his peak state.
Knowing that the God Of Darkness, who was now deep within the Demon Army, couldn't be alerted to his presence, Hanjun decided to stay hidden for now.
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Father Barry watched the hardworking heroes with satisfaction and remembered that there was still a rabbit in the church.
He decided to kill the rabbit and make a meat stew for the players.
The fire was lit, and the pieces of meat were placed in a clay pot.
Soon, a delicious aroma wafted through the air, drawing the players's attention toward the direction of Father Barry's stew.
Just as the stew was nearly ready, Hanjun appeared out of nowhere, holding some herbs, and handed them to Father Barry.
"This is for the players, right? Add these to the stew."
Without a word, Father Barry followed Hanjun's instructions.
The herbs were added to the stew, and instead of changing the taste, they made the flavor even richer.
Only then did Hanjun explain, "Although these are just common herbs. But, they'll benefit the players if they drink this stew."
This was basically adding a buff to the food, something the players were quite familiar with.
Once the stew was ready, Father Barry called the players over to have some to regain their strength.
The players who were already hungry, exchanged glances.
Although they could smell the delicious aroma, they had never tried eating food in the game before, so they weren't sure if they would actually be able to taste it.
The players were really curious about the food, so they put down what they were doing and decided to try it.
Father Barry brought out bowls and poured some for everyone.
Master PungPong didn't want to drink at first since he had just eaten instant noodles and wasn't feeling very hungry.
But then he thought, maybe it wouldn't hurt to try the food in the game, so he went to Father Barry and got a bowl.
As soon as the first sip of the meat soup entered his mouth, Master PungPong's eyes widened, and he exclaimed, "It's so delicious!"
Father Barry had been living alone for a long time.
Since people gradually stopped believing in the God of Light, the church had been empty for a while.
Father Barry had to take care of all his needs by himself, which led him to develop excellent cooking skills.