Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree-Chapter 173 - 168 The True Death God Believer

Chapter 173: Chapter 168 The True Death God Believer

*It turned out that what goes around, comes around.*

While exploring Rivendell, the players had been enthusiastically hacking at the Earth Cave Spiders, finding joy in fighting them and offering spider legs as sacrifices while searching for Elf relics.

In just a few days, they lost count of how many Earth Cave Spiders had died at their hands. Although most were small, barely conscious spiders, it was enough to incur the wrath of Rose.

Previously, she was at a critical juncture in her advancement, so she did not retaliate against the players’ actions.

Now, as a clansman of the Eve Goddess, she couldn’t oppose the players…

But that didn’t mean the players would go unpunished.

At this moment, all present players found their favorability with the Spider Queen Rose was below -50, a purely dislike level.

Even more so, the combat squad of Lunchbox had reached -100, a level of revulsion only Demacia had experienced…

Even those players who hadn’t chosen exploration tasks saw their favorability drop to -30 due to the Spider Empress’s subjective view of the Chosen Ones, having not even met them.

How to restore the favorability with the Spider Lady became a new goal for the players.

Especially for those eager to earn a spider mount!

Soon enough, the strategy and intelligence sections of the official forum were flooded with posts about the new NPC—Spider Queen Rose.

Their popularity even leaped above the posts of the Eve Goddess.

The frenzy reached a climax with the upload of a particular screenshot.

It was a close-up taken by a player participating in the quest, capturing the moment when the Eve Goddess laid her hand on the head of the newly humanoid Spider Queen Rose, teaching her to speak…

Admittedly, the angle of this screenshot was simply excellent.

The holy Eve Goddess was like a beacon of light in the darkness, smiling as she touched the head of the freshly awakened Spider Queen Rose, who knelt in reverence, half-hidden in shadows as if receiving a divine blessing…

The imposing and holy Goddess, the hideous and mysterious yet beautiful Spider Queen Rose…

Half in light, half in darkness.

The perfectly executed light and shadow effects made this game screenshot instantly a memorable scene in “Elf Kingdom.”

Even as Eve browsed the forum, she stumbled upon the screenshot shared by the players.

She felt a stirring in her heart and saved it instinctively,

“These players have captured a nice angle. This screenshot is quite good. Later, I’ll issue an oracle to have a relief made based on it for the temple.”

The True God of Sagas had a habit of creating reliefs of the True God’s history in temples or holy sites, which could not only extol the True God’s epic and spread the True God’s power but also attract believers and consolidate faith.

Local customs naturally influenced Eve, so she planned to give it a try as well.

After all, *such a classic scene of converting a Legendary Magical Beast was simply a powerful tool for evangelism!*

With further exploration, gradually, the players also discovered how to mend their favorability with the Spider Queen Rose.

Upon becoming a Monster Girl, the intelligence of the Spider Queen Rose increased further. Although she still chose to hide in Rivendell under the influence of the Goddess’s oracle and the habits of Earth Cave Spiders, she showed more curiosity toward civilization.

If players could find her and present items from the civilized world or tell interesting stories that piqued her interest, they would find their favorability with her slightly improved.

Additionally, like Black Dragon Mairrel, Rose also showed an interest in cuisine.

The Earth Cave Spiders had two types of food: ores and other creatures.

When hunting other creatures, the Earth Cave Spiders would wrap them in silk, forming a large cocoon which they would dissolve with acid into a liquid form before consuming it.

But after some experimentation, players found that cooking Demon Beast Meat into a rich, delicious broth was very much to Rose’s liking.

Moreover, she retained a taste for eating ores; if players managed to find some rare ores to feed her, it would also help in repairing favorability.

Of course, the latter method was too expensive, and almost all players chose the former.

As favorability was restored, gradually, some players managed to lower Rose’s guard enough to be allowed into her lair.

Upon entering the Earth Cave Spiders’ lair, players found a new treasure.

That was the silk left behind by the Earth Cave Spiders!

This silk, once dried, was extremely elastic and had a great texture. Upon appraisal by the Elf Blacksmith Carlos, it turned out to be a superb material for magic equipment, combining toughness with excellent magic conductivity!

They could be used to weave beautiful garments and craft magic equipment!

In no time, more players flocked to the underworld, trying to improve their favorability with Spider Queen Rose to gain permission to “treasure hunt” in the Earth Cave Spiders’ lair…

Especially a bold group of female players!

However, even the fastest progressing players were still far from meeting the conditions for earning a mount…

As for the unfortunate members of the Lunchbox squad, they found their favorability was beyond repair.

Whenever they tried to enter Rose’s lair in Rivendell, mimicking other players, they were harshly thrown out by a gang of large Earth Cave Spiders…

If Rose hadn’t also become a clansman of the Eve Goddess, their treatment might not have been so gentle.

When they attempted to improve favorability, they were similarly kicked out by the Earth Cave Spiders…

Seeing this, Eve shook her head in the shadows.

*The players from the Lunchbox squad really shouldn’t count on getting a spider mount; they should honestly wait for the next race that she conquered!*

*The grudge of disrupting a High-level Magic Beast’s advancement to Legendary, Spider Queen Rose would remember it for a lifetime…*

*The ones feeling just as downcast as the Lunchbox squad were the Black Dragon Mairrel’s players.*

The Black Dragon, considering himself a noble Silver Dragon, suddenly noticed a sharp decline in the number of players coming to him…

Even when issuing quests, few players turned up to roast meat for him.

All those players…

Had gone to increase their favorability with the new purple NPC—Spider Queen Rose.

Upon discovering the truth, Little Black Dragon was nearly furious:

“These cunning long-eared ones! Hmph! You all can stop hoping to get Mairrel’s quest rewards! Hmph!”

But soon after, he hesitated,

“Or… should I increase the rewards a bit more?”

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*The days without roasted meat were truly tough…*

*It’s easy going from frugal to extravagant, but from extravagant to frugal was hard!*

Mairrel, already accustomed to honeyed roasted meat, could no longer stomach other Demon Beast Meat.

With the Earth Cave Spiders becoming clansmen of Eve, the players’ exploration of Rivendell became smoother.

Without obstruction from the Earth Cave Spiders, they discovered a wealth of Elf artifacts deep within Rivendell, including various equipment, crafts, and even crafting and magical tool-making equipment from the Elf civilization millennia ago.

Many of them were still well-preserved!

All these items were brought back to the Chosen City by the players.

Destroyed items were sacrificed for recycling, exchanged for contribution points.

Equipment and crafts were auctioned among players and bought by the wealthy ones.

As for the crafting and magical tool-making equipment, they were bought by a few guilds at high prices…

To increase the attractiveness of their guilds, they had begun training their own Forge Masters, and this equipment came just in time! As the interactions with Spider Queen Rose deepened, Eve also became more aware of the Underworld.

The entrance to Rivendell’s Underworld connected to a relatively remote part of the Underworld.

In the past, it had been home to a large number of monsters, but decades ago, when Spider Queen Rose and her species arrived to advance to Legendary, most were scared away.

To find them, one would have to venture deeper into the Underworld.

Additionally, there were settlements of intelligent beings near the entrance to Rivendell’s Underworld.

These were settlements of Subterranean Dwarf tribes living underground.

Subterranean Dwarves are a branch of Dwarves, typically standing less than 1.5 meters tall, weighing about as much as an average human adult, with gray-black skin.

Unlike their surface-dwelling kin, although Subterranean Dwarves are skilled in mining and forging, their faith wasn’t in Dwarves and the God of Forging, but in the Master of Darkness and Shadow—Holder, an ancient true god of the Netherworld.

Of course, some Subterranean Dwarves didn’t believe in Holder but in the Death God and Lord of the Underworld—Hela.

Generally speaking, more Subterranean Dwarves worshiped the former, mainly the elders.

In contrast, the latter were fewer, largely younger individuals.

The Subterranean Dwarf tribe residing near Rivendell was of medium size, reportedly believing in both True Gods.

They settled in the area after Rivendell’s fall, when passages between the surface and the Underworld opened, and they signed a non-aggression pact with the migrating Spider Queen Rose.

Moreover, they often engaged in dealings with surface human smuggling caravans.

It was thanks to the non-aggression pact between the Subterranean Dwarves and Rose that human smuggling caravans were able to safely establish a small outpost in Rivendell.

Upon learning of these matters, Eve became instantly wary:

“I didn’t expect to encounter followers of Hela so soon… Looks like I need to be more cautious, and use the shroud of Death God’s Favored less… at least, not underground!”

It was foreseeable that with the Underworld’s entrance thoroughly opened, players would undoubtedly come into contact with the Subterranean Dwarves next.

This was not the time to let her shroud as the Death God’s Favored slip.

As Eve pondered, she was suddenly drawn to a surge of vibrant life energy from her core…

The source of the life force was a humanoid light cocoon on the World Tree.

This was Eve’s attempt to actively create the Primordial Elf!

Feeling a surge of emotion, she returned her consciousness to her core.

Eve knew…

The first true Primordial Elf was about to be born.