"Buzz~~buzz~~"
In the Ashes Barrier, standing by the windowsill on the top floor of the main building, Mu Hua stretched out his hands, with a blue-blood wasp flying on each palm. Concentrating his senses, he found that there was no difference between the two newly created blue-blood wasps.
"Well, if we put aside the issue of denying existence, the power of faith does have a wider range of applications than transaction compensation." Mu Hua muttered to himself as he waved his hand to release the two wasps.
There are two blue-blooded wasps, one is created normally by the energy of original sin, and the other is created by the power of faith.
Neither the power of faith nor transaction compensation can materialize things involving the soul. Although the blue-blooded wasp looks like a life, it is somewhat like an aggregate of elements and does not involve a real soul.
While the power of faith can create blue-blooded wasps, transaction compensation cannot materialize this kind of illusory magical life.
By igniting the divine fire and becoming a 'foreign devil', Mu Hua was able to access the power of faith and trade compensation.
Compared to the pitifully small amount of power of faith that he still needs to work hard to absorb from the outside world, Mu Hua can continue to receive some transaction compensation that comes to him.
As for the source of those strange energies, I think it should be brought by the transaction volume generated by the industries under Mu Hua's name.
Considering the two magical energies and his own actual situation, Mu Hua felt that there was no need for him to use magic to demonstrate his status as a god like the gods in the Ukuru Courtyard.
It's ok that the transaction compensation cannot release magic directly. Using the power of faith to cast the magic you master consumes less energy than casting divine spells of the same effect.
Putting aside the pretentious element, the power of faith can be regarded as another kind of backup magic power, and its increase in combat power seems to be no worse than the art of holding back the gods.
And if they don't hold back their divine arts and don't mess around with things like divine light or holy light, it would be difficult to tell the identity of the gods from their appearance alone. This made Mu Hua suspect that those gods who gave themselves holy light all day long might have very poor melee combat and magic attainments themselves.
Otherwise, wouldn't there be any need to carry the sign of "Tang Monk's Flesh" all day long, fearing that "demons and ghosts" would not come to harass them?
So, because someone like him used special means to plunder the divine fire, he would be given the title of "God of War" by the gods?
Mu Hua guessed that although the gods had varying degrees of contempt and rejection of the "God of War", the number of "God of War" was probably greater than he had originally imagined.
However, everyone just regards faith as an auxiliary ability, and usually randomly applies holy light to themselves and randomly applies skins...
"Sir, everyone is almost here. Tricia brought the 'Pandora' she selected. Do you want to meet them first?" There were two knocks on the door. Lin pushed open the door on the top floor and asked Mu Hua.
"Well. Let's go." Mu Hua nodded and said as he saw a black dragon flying from the edge of the abyss outside the window.
During the trip to Ukulu Courtyard, Mu Hua's own situation has changed a lot, and some developments in his own forces also need to be adjusted. Mu Hua asked Lin to summon all his men to the Ash Barrier, and everyone exchanged information.
As for 'Pandora', didn't Mu Hua get some witch seeds earlier? These so-called Pandoras were selected by Tricia to be trained to become witches in the future.
At the same time, after several changes, they were basically determined as the candidates for Mu Hua's future maids.
As for why it is the future...
In the meeting hall where various monster statues were placed, countless white bones were revealed under the amber-like floor. The round table had been removed, and thirty or forty girls in white dresses were standing neatly near the throne.
Seeing Mu Hua coming, children's voices were heard in the hall and the girls saluted Mu Hua one after another.
Well, children's voices, a group of little girls around ten years old. They are the 'Pandora' selected by Tricia. After the necessary training and cultivation, they will be granted the witch seeds in the future and embark on the path of becoming witches.
"..." Looking at a group of lively little lolis, Mu Hua's eyebrows twitched slightly.
They will be trained by Lin and Aoi, and twenty of them will be selected to awaken witches in the future. They are Tricia's direct subordinates and are also responsible for taking care of Mu Hua's daily life, cough, all kinds of daily life...
It's a sin, but as long as he doesn't interfere, it seems that it is not unacceptable. . .
"Go down first." Mu Hua waved his hand and asked two individuals with numbers to take these little lolis away.
Whether they are Pandora or not is a matter for the future. Right now they are just a group of 'seven-year starters' who have taken some elemental tears.
There are strict requirements on human's magical adaptability to settle in the Abyss Island. The normal humans placed on the Abyss Island by Mu Hua are mainly affinities with water and fire elements. They usually acquire some elemental tears and special magic that can affect magical affinity.
Regarding the addition of population, the Hot Spring Village is still ahead of the Abyss Island, which also needs a large population. At the same time, it can also be regarded as a level of elimination.
The indigenous people that Mu Hua wanted to add to the island had all been screened through layers of hot spring villages and their magical adaptability was finally improved before they could be introduced to the island.
It is no exaggeration to say that anyone who can still be alive and kicking on the Abyss Island will have great talent if thrown into the outside world. The group of "Seven-Year Starters" stepped down, and Mu Hua walked up to the throne in the hall.
He sat somewhat awkwardly on the throne, overlooking the hall.
A group of monster followers, their own Terra, the core members of the Dandelion, the leader and deputy leader of the Black Crow, Samantha, Helen, Tricia, the ghost-like Old Morey, Old Barron, Selma, Caroline, the skeleton gardener, the foreman, and the two headless knights Xingtian No. 1 and No. 2...
These were all people under Mu Hua who had certain management powers. They came to the meeting hall one after another. Those who knew each other formed small groups and exchanged greetings. When all the people were present, led by the devil and Terra, they all bowed to Mu Hua on the throne.
"See my lord."
In formal occasions, especially those involving small groups, including Samantha and Tabitha, everyone showed sufficient respect to Mu Hua.
"Well, everyone, please sit down." Mu Hua's face was stiff. He felt that everyone present seemed to be more adapted to the current atmosphere than him, an adult.
Mu Hua is used to being lazy and lacks a sense of responsibility, so he doesn't like to assign tasks to others. If it were up to Mu Hua himself, everyone would still be sitting around the round table.
There were chairs on both sides of the hall. Tuesday and Friday, who had transformed into human form, stood on the left and right of the throne. Everyone else took their seats and looked sideways at Mu Hua on the throne. A few of them seemed a little reserved, but at least they did not act as if they were worshipping Mu Hua.
"Meiling, is there anything in the outside world that we need to pay attention to recently?" After everyone sat down, Mu Hua first asked Meiling, who was in charge of collating intelligence and contacting external forces.
"We sent an invitation to Princess Gallaposo's tea party. Since we were unsure when the matter at the Ukulu Courtyard would be concluded, we replied that Lady Samantha would go in your place," Meiling said as she stood up.
Galaposo is a kingdom founded by the hoard rat Tennyson. During the early years of the Star Patrol War, I heard about the Princess' Tea Party there.
If the princess is married, she usually won't invite men. The main purpose of the tea party is for women to help families connect and socialize.
If they are unmarried, they will basically let the ladies of marriageable age there look for men suitable for marriage.
Galaposo sent a group of nobles to the Snow Ridge Ranch, and was considered one of the earliest forces to establish diplomatic relations with Mu Hua.
Because there were no representatives such as the lord's wife or the lord's children in their family, probably to show respect, Meiling and the others discussed and decided to let Samantha, who was related to Mu Hua, go, as a way of showing importance.
"Samantha? Isn't the situation in the Goblin Kingdom not tense? Tabitha, go to the princess's tea party." Mu Hua frowned slightly.
In blind dates and social gatherings among the aristocrats, everyone has a good family background. Even the handsome guys who appear to be aloof on the outside usually act very extravagantly in such occasions, well, in a graceful way.
Let Samantha go? Don't make a fuss. Even if Mu Hua doesn't go, he prefers to let Tabitha go. She is young and it is good for her to be exposed to more occasions like that.
"The Principality of Raymond has also sent an invitation to the hunting festival. It is said that the ghost god Chibman will also be present. Tabitha will go there." Meiling explained.
"Huh? Chibman? He's going to cause trouble?" Mu Hua raised his eyebrows.
Chibman, Mu Hua had given him the blame earlier, and that guy seemed to have asked him to meet him in the bathroom after school.
"Not really. After all, the invitation letter was issued by the Principality of Raymond." Meiling shook her head.
The Principality of Raymond is Abigail's homeland, and the hunting festival is also a traditional feature of the Whitman Garden.
Mu Hua received many invitations from various circles, but most of them were rejected or ignored. The reason why Meiling accepted the invitation from the Principality of Raymond was probably because Mu Hua had a good relationship with Abigail.
"Then I won't go. I'll talk to Abigail directly." Mu Hua waved his hand. It would be fine to go somewhere else, but there was no need to be so active in socializing with the Principality of Raymond. Just find Abigail if there was anything.
"Well, the Plan Kingdom of Whitman Courtyard has applied to Cains Courtyard for the stationing of its legion. If it's appropriate, you can ask about that as well," Meiling added.
"Oh..." Mu Hua nodded. The Kingdom of Plan was a force directly related to Abigail. This was probably at Abigail's instruction and should be considered a kind of assistance.
"Also, Princess Ingrid has mentioned several times that you need to attend the cocktail party hosted by the Imperial Royal Family in person." Meiling continued.
"..." Mu Hua was silent. Why are these people just socializing at cocktail parties?
It's no wonder that when the Empire designated the city of Caines as his territory, the only condition that seemed like a responsibility was to allow him to attend the cocktail party.
It was said that there would be many young ladies and wives at the party ready to seduce him, and being seduced from time to time was a hard requirement for him to be the Lord of Caines City. . .
"How about we talk about my becoming a god first?" Looking at the group of people in the hall who were mostly absent-minded, Mu Hua said to Mei Ling somewhat helplessly. (End of this chapter)