"Ding~, congratulations to the leader for completing the diplomatic mission: recognized by the leader! Reward 200 productivity points.
(Note: The city-state diplomatic task chain has three stages. The leader has received the heartfelt approval of Nogfogg, the leader of the city-state Gadgetzan, and has completed the second stage.)"
After receiving such a message from Eureka, Li De, who was at work, was stunned for a moment, and then smiled helplessly.
'That guy from Noggenfogg has only now fully recognized me.'
Of course Li De knew that Noggenfogg had probably concluded a business deal and gained a large sum of gold coins. This guy still didn't give in to the rabbit and didn't fully acknowledge Li De until he actually made money.
Of course Li De understands this. Whoever would risk all his wealth to follow you would be heartbroken. But fortunately, now that he has received the heartfelt approval of Noggenfogg, there is no longer any worries in Gadgetzan.
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Now Li De is more concerned about Zul'Farrak.
There are still more than 800 troll women and children living in the port under the leadership of Veresa. Now they have completely adapted to the new way of life. Niebuhr took the remaining 6,000 trolls to rebuild the ancestral homeland.
Al Farak.
The Sand Trolls, which once had a population of over 10,000, experienced the war in the Ukoz era and the final Gazrilla incident, and lost more than 3,000 people. These injuries will need to be slowly recovered. In the future, Sand Trolls will be farmed.
With industry and mining as the core, you can also live a good life.
The biggest problem facing the sand trolls at this moment is their faith.
Because the trolls' beliefs are uneven, they have mistakenly believed in Gazrilla for thousands of years. Although the three-headed snake is a twisted evil god, the inertia of belief for thousands of years is still very strong.
Without their faith in Gazrilla, the sand trolls are still in a very confused state of mind.
There are currently more than 2,000 sand trolls who believe in the Great Pyramid. In just a few months, the "Desert God" sect even appeared.
To be honest, before Li De followed Niebuhr's words and claimed to be the high priest of the desert god, it was just a temporary measure because they had a common and powerful enemy, Ukozi, across from them.
But now that everything was settled, Li De really didn't want to keep them in the dark anymore. Especially when he discovered that besides the belief in the "Desert God", there was another more outrageous one among the trolls.
Sect, that is the "God Eater" sect!
What this sect believes in is directly Li De!
Many of the sand trolls have actually never seen the Great Pyramid, and as life gradually returns to calm, the trolls' mentality gradually becomes calmer, without extreme piety and violent mood swings, and it is difficult to resonate with the Great Pyramid, which has led to the
The conversion event has not been triggered for several months.
But at the same time, another thing was gradually fermenting and getting more intense, that is, Li De killed Gazrilla!
Even the evil god is still a god after all, and Gazrilla is indeed a demigod. It’s just that he was severely damaged during the ancient Dark Empire and his strength has never been restored. But even if it breaks the sky, Gazrella is still a demigod.
is God"!
In the culture of the sand trolls, only a god can kill another god. Although there were many other trolls involved at the time, everyone saw with their own eyes that it was Li De who stabbed the Lasher into Gazrela's heart.
If it is said that only gods can kill gods, does that mean Li De is also a god?!
And there is a good proof, that is Susas the Flagellant. As we all know, Susas the Flagellant was previously divided into two weapons: Sansas the Counterattacker and Gassas the Protector.
In the Sand Fury tribe for thousands of years, no troll could make these two weapons merge into one again! It was Li De who withstood the energy storm to combine the two giant swords into the Lasher in full public view, and used it to kill
Damn Gazrilla!
As soon as this statement was put forward, it immediately spread among Zul'Farrak, so much so that Niebuhr, who heard this statement, was convinced!
Now Niebuhr no longer thinks that Reed is the "high priest", he begins to believe that Reed is the "God of the Desert"!
He didn't know it before. After learning Common Language, he learned the truth from Haggard. The Great Pyramid was summoned under Li De's chant! It was definitely not possible to do such a miracle.
If the "high priest" can do it, Li De is probably a true god!
Li De also seemed very distressed after knowing this. Later, he wanted to return Susas the Flagellant to the Sand Fury tribe. After all, it was a weapon that killed gods and could be called a sacred object to the Sand Fury tribe.
However, Niebuhr stated that this weapon already belonged to Li De, and only "gods" could use sacred objects!
As a heroic warrior, it would be hypocritical to insist on rejecting a powerful weapon like the Flagellant. But Li De didn't want to possess it for such a reason. He wanted to build a powerful civilization, but that didn't mean he wanted to build a kingdom of God on earth!
He knows best in his heart that he is not a god. If he allows the sand troll to praise himself as a "god", then he will only be able to support himself with countless lies for the rest of his life, which will make him
He has completely transformed into a divine man!
What's even more terrible is that there are real gods in the world of Azeroth; at the same time, there is a complete troll civilization system on Zandalar.
In the future, his civilization will inevitably come into contact with the other side. How should he explain himself as a "god"? He has no interest in spending energy on endless religious wars.
After much deliberation, Li De currently needs a true religion.
The so-called religion is definitely not called a religion by pretending to be a god and using some tricks to deceive a group of people. Many people who do this are considered cults at best.
Pure religion should be a systematic ideology that has the function of explaining the world and can truly solve some problems encountered in production and life. Rather than making a group of people superstitious and using it as an excuse to squeeze them desperately
Believers.
This is why Li De chose Stonehenge among the three wonders refreshed this time.
Li De believed that he did not yet have the ability to help others understand and explain the world, so he needed Stonehenge to help him establish a true religion.
As for the religion that will appear, he doesn't really care how many people believe in it, as long as this religion can help him deal with the trolls and not let them regard him as the true god.
It's just that Li De has not built Stonehenge until now, out of a sense of risk, and he is also afraid of establishing a religion that is beyond his control and may even have backlash.
After all, many "gods" in this world are really not serious gods.
The annotation of Stonehenge says it quite well: Inspire a demigod/loa/prophet. Who knows if there are any omitted items at the end? What if he finally summoned an ancient god, y, it would be life-threatening.
Got it!
After thinking about it, Li De did not rush to build Stonehenge. He wanted to invite all the core and important people here tonight to have a discussion before making any plans.
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When the time came in the evening, Haggard, Anderson, Brad, Nogfogg, and Niebuhr were all invited to the port conference room. Martinley and Pumillo were guarding the door to ensure that no one would interfere with the meeting.
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"I've already made arrangements for the rich, what? Are there any good ideas to make money?"
Nogfogg, who had completely recognized Li De, was now completely relaxed when facing Li De. Others also looked at Li De, curious about what he would say when he gathered everyone for a meeting today.
"I invite you all to come here today mainly because I want to talk about the beliefs of the trolls."
After deliberation for a long time, Li De decided to speak directly.
"Oh...boring..."
Realizing that it was not a matter of making money, Noggenfogg muttered something in a low voice and leaned back on the chair indifferently. Seeing that everyone looked at him a little unkindly, he raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.
"Okay, this is important. I can't get in the middle of the conversation. Just listen."
Everyone ignored Nogfogg, and Niebuhr became excited.
"Teacher, have you finally decided to accept the faith of the sand trolls?!"
Niebuhr's mind was filled with excitement. He felt extremely honored to be a student of a god.
"No, the first point I want to make is this... I am actually just a mortal and cannot accept faith. As far as I know, even among the trolls, no one accepts faith while alive. At most
It is also after death that the soul becomes Loa.”
Niebuhr immediately became anxious. In his opinion, this was just Li De's excuse, and Haggard and others also spoke at this time.
"Lord, we have always believed that you are guiding us on behalf of God. If you hadn't shown miracles one after another..."
Li De raised his hand to signal the others not to speak in a hurry. What he was about to say was something he had carefully thought about for a long time.
"I can understand you emotionally... What I can tell you clearly is that there is indeed a belief that guides me, but neither I nor the Great Pyramid is ultimately just a guide and an assistant.
What God has revealed to me and given me the strength is in the hope that I can help everyone understand one fact:
Our ability to create such achievements relies more on our hands to change the world and build the majestic Gadgetzan and Port of Hope. The most important thing to thank is Van Cleef, Bigwhiz... and everyone who is tenacious and hardworking.
people.
Without these, I would be sitting alone in the desert guarding the Great Pyramid, unable to accomplish anything. So there is no need to deify me, right?"
Li De's words made everyone think, but Noggenfogg, who should have no sense of existence, said what was in his heart:
"What are you trying to say? Without you, I would still be a loser today, struggling to survive in the deserted Gadgetzan."
Li De glanced at Nogfogg with relief and said with a smile.
"Don't worry, friends, I'm not denying myself. I just want to say that my guidance is as important as everyone's efforts. There is no need for you to regard me as God, because God is almighty, but I am not. Without your help, I
Nothing can be done.
What I hope is that I will contribute my strength, and everyone will also contribute their irreplaceable strength, so that we can be more united and move towards greater prosperity."
Li De suddenly found that he was really suitable to be a leader, and such "big words" could flow out easily.
But Niebuhr still didn't let Li De go.
"Teacher, can you tell me what is the belief that guides you?"
Seeing this, Li De sighed. Sure enough, there were some things that he could not explain clearly only by himself.
"After some time, I will use another way to let everyone understand."