Chapter 469

【 ATEAM OF PROFESSIONALS 】

Jasmine and Caesar stood frozen, as their gazes locked on the players from the Heart of Nature Guild atop the high platform.

Yet, this was merely the beginning…

After each city residents knelt en masse, those players on the platform quickly proceeded upon to their next act.

At their behest, several mixed-blood humans ascended the platform, their faces glowing with a fervent reverence..

These individuals wore devout and solemn expressions, exuding a sincerity that left no room for doubt—they had already been converted as believers of the Goddess.

Once they arrived on stage, each of them took turns sharing their testimonies, recounting how the Goddess had redeemed them.

These individuals came from various walks of life, ranging from lower-class citizens to wealthy merchants, criminals, and terminally ill souls, shared their deeply emotional testimonies on stage.

They spoke of their past despair, anger, and emptiness in life, feeling lost despite their circumstances—whether in poverty, power, or sin.

However, each of them found redemption through the teachings of the Church of Life and the guidance of Goddess Eve.

For the lower-class citizens, the teachings offered a new purpose and the beauty of existence.

Wealthy individuals realized their true purpose beyond materialism, understanding that life was about spiritual transcendence.

Former criminals found love and righteousness, while the terminally ill were given a new lease on life.

Even powerful experts, once lost in their own achievements, discovered a greater role within the world through faith.

Each testimony was a heartfelt account of transformation, leaving the audience moved by the power of faith and redemption.

Before long, the sound of quiet sobbing rose intermittently from the crowd below.

The atmosphere across the entire venue grew increasingly fervent.

“Thank you, Church of Life. Thank you, great Goddess Eve! It is You who gave us new life. It is You who revealed the meaning of existence. We are willing to dedicate everything we have to Your greatness and become devoted followers of life,”

Those local individuals on the platform exclaimed passionately.

“Thank you, Church of Life. Thank you, great Goddess Eve!” the local residents below repeated devoutly.

Meanwhile, Jasmine and Caesar stood in stunned silence as they watched dozens of non-believers being converted into Goddess Eve’s believers right before their eyes.

Not only that, but they also discovered several individuals with white auras who had advanced into devoted believers, as evidenced by their auras turning blue!

“This method… is really ridiculous!”

Caesar exclaimed with a shocked expression.

At that moment, he and Jasmine noticed a faint glow emanating from those players on and around the platform.

To the residents below, witnessing such a scene resembled a divine miracle, filling them with even greater ecstasy.

However, Jasmine and Caesar knew better.

This wasn’t truly a miracle per se—it was merely a visual effect caused by those players completing their missionary tasks and activating the priest class.

“So envious… They completed the task just like that, and with so many people at once!”

Caesar sighed, his voice tinged with envy.

Jasmine, still in shock, couldn’t take her eyes off the locals who stated those testimonials on the platform.

While the city residents were oblivious, Jasmine noticed something peculiar about these individuals.

Though each of them outwardly appeared as mixed-blood humans, in actuality every single one had green IDs hovering above their heads.

Jasmine: “…”

These individuals…

Were actually just scammers in disguise!

She stood there, speechless.

They were simply players using transformation magic to appear as local residents!

Taking a deep breath, Jasmine scrutinized the crowd below.

Unsurprisingly, she discovered that the ones crying the hardest and shouting the loudest were also players disguised with transformation magic.

Jasmine: “…”

“The Heart of Nature Guild is truly incredible! They’ve organized such an entire missionary team already? And in just such a short time too? Their efficiency is really insane!”

Caesar remarked with admiration, having noticed the same details as her.

Jasmine:” …”

The “Church of Life Lecture Meeting,” led by Demacia and Dongdong, lasted a full two hours.

And over the course of these two hours, Jasmine and Caesar witnessed countless local residents be converted into believers while each players from the Heart of Nature completed priest-related tasks one after another.

On the high platform, Demacia and Dongdong radiated divine light, their priest levels soaring rapidly.

In just two hours, the pair advanced from apprentice priests to full-fledged priests.

As night fell, the residents below gradually dispersed.

However, many left with a copy of the Holy Codex of Life in hand—printed using magic by the Amway Trading Company.

Moreover, it wasn’t a free handout and they had actually purchased it too!

By all accounts, this event was a resounding success for the Heart of Nature.

“Phew… It’s finally over! Haha, I can’t believe we finished the task so quickly! I can’t wait to test out the new priest skills!” said an excited druid player, now an apprentice priest.

“Hey, Demacia’s the real mastermind here! Who else would’ve thought to prepare so many copies of the Holy Codex of Life in advance?” another player praised.

Demacia’s grin widened, his nose practically pointing to the sky.

“Of course! Do you know who I am? Hehehe. From the moment I started compiling the Codex, I knew it would have significant use later. Didn’t I say so?”

But as he noticed Dongdong packing up nearby, his smug expression quickly turned into one of flattery.

“Haha, but let’s be honest—it’s Dongdong here who’s truly brilliant! I never imagined you’d come up with such clever ideas to this event. How did you even predict the priest task would revolve around proselytizing? And those testimonials! They were so effective! Not to mention, you contributed a third of the Codex’s content!”

Gone was the solemn figure of the preacher; Demacia now looked every bit like a sycophant.

Dongdong, clearly pleased with the praise, gave a satisfied smile.

“You wouldn’t understand. This is what we call professionalism!”

But her expression darkened slightly as if recalling something unpleasant.

“Honestly, if you’d attended certain summer camps pretending to promote traditional culture while pulling all kinds of scams, you’d know how to tell these kind of make-believe testimonials too.”

“…Summer camps?”

Demacia looked baffled.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

He pondered for a moment, then asked with a grin,

“So… since we were so successful, how about collaborating to write a guide? Hehe, I was thinking of making a missionary strategy guide…”

Dongdong rolled her eyes.

“Don’t try to buddy up to me. You just want the forum’s elite post badge, don’t you? Do it yourself. I’m not interested. Hmph, in fact if Brother Mu hadn’t been busy today, I wouldn’t have worked with you in the first place. Anyway, I’m done here—see you tomorrow.”

With a huff, she grabbed her friend Meng Zhihan, who had just played the role of a mixed-blood resident, and summoned her young dragon to leave.

Demacia was left scratching his nose awkwardly.

“Hahaha! Demacia, you might as well give up trying to flirt with those two,” came the cheerful laughter of other male players.

“Yeah dude, after all, your reputation among the ladies has long been in the gutter. Hahaha!”

Demacia: “…”

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The Heart of Nature Guild concluded their whole operation flawlessly.

Meanwhile, Jasmine and Caesar, who had been watching the entire time, were thoroughly impressed.

“Incredible… so this is what it means to be a true pro? Honestly, this makes Elven Kingdom feels less and less like a regular game. Without some serious skills, you really can’t achieve much here,”

Caesar remarked with a tone of awe.

Jasmine nodded with an incredulous expression.

After a moment of contemplation, she sighed deeply.

“I’ll pass up on these matters…I clearly don’t have what it takes to become a priest.”

While marveling at the Heart of Nature Guild’s whole prolesetyzing operation, she also realized that she could never match their level of organization and execution.

Structured, strategic, skillful, and meticulous…

Their approach was so polished that it could probably fool real people back on earth!

What ordinary gamer could pull off something like this?

It was downright intimidating.

For someone like Jasmine who’s an extreme introvert, participating in such an event was as horrifying as facing her death itself.

At that moment, she truly understood:

While the priest class seemed easy to apply into, mastering it was another story entirely.

After some thought, she finally made her decision.

“Time to go grind some mobs,” she muttered, shaking her head.

But Caesar, who had watched the entire operation, felt a sudden surge of inspiration.

As he caught up with Jasmine, he exclaimed, “Jasmine! I know how to handle these proselytizing tasks now!”

“No, I’m already dropping it. Good luck, though.”

She replied with a sigh.

“Wait, don’t you want to give it one more try?”

Caesar was slightly surprised.

Jasmine shook her head with a faint smile.

“No, this really isn’t for me.”

“Well, that’s too bad… but I’ll definitely become a priest and fight by your side someday!”

Caesar said earnestly.

Jasmine paused briefly, then nodded gently.

“Alright.”

The two walked off into the distance for a moment, before gradually disappearing into the night…

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The priest class was officially released to the public.

Moreover, the subsequent trial tasks and missionary quests associated with acquiring the class quickly became the hottest topics within Elven Kingdom.

However, this didn’t surprise Eve at all.

After all, players often approached the game with restless impatience.

And preaching which requires truly connecting with the residents on a much deeper emotional level was not something that could be done half-heartedly.

Evé had anticipated this outcome from the start and had fully prepared for a scenario where no players succeeded on the first day.

And that was exactly what happened.

When players discovered that “prolesetyzing task” literally meant actual missionary work, chaos as expected had ensued.

According to Eve’s perception, nearly 8,000 players entered the demi-realm of Ouros on the first day to attempt doing the priest trials.

Yet by midday, only a handful of them had succeeded.

Well, this was within Eve’s expectations.

She had braced for the complaints that would inevitably arise from such a difficult task as issuing these hard challenges always drew criticism from the playerbase.

From their perspective, this whole “proselytizing task” seemed deliberately done by the devs to be as frustrating as possible.

As expected, the forums were flooded with posts of dissatisfaction, with some even threatening to quit the game.

But Eve wasn’t fazed.

After all, Elven Kingdom had been receiving similar complaints since its launch.

Yet every time some of these players swore they’d quit, they inevitably came back, enamored once more.

As long as no other game could rival Elven Kingdom in terms of freedom and realism, Evé knew her game’s position was secure.

Sure, the players might rage about, but they would still inevitably return, determined to find a solution.

But to Eve’s surprise, however, new believers began to emerge as early as that afternoon.

And not just a few either!

Nearly sixty new locals had been converted, with several of them even becoming devout believers.

What’s even more remarkable was the fact that these believers were all local residents of the Ouros demi-realm.

“…Huh? Someone actually succeeded? In just half a day?”

Evé mused, genuinely surprised.

Turning her focus to investigate on this matter, Evé quickly find out the reason.

“Ah, so it turns out, it was Demacia and Dongdong…”

Evé remembered these two vividly.

Both had been personally handpicked by her for their advanced class promotions.

One was a master of persuasion, having made a name for himself in the Amway Trading Company, while the other had an academic background in theology, with extensive theoretical knowledge.

Together, they were an unbeatable duo.

“Mass-based preaching, huh… That is indeed the most effective approach,”

Eve thought, nodding in approval.

Preaching en masse was naturally far more efficient than relying on individual efforts, allowing the message to spread rapidly and touch the hearts of many at once.

Still, Eve hadn’t expected anyone to figure out such an advanced strategy so quickly, let alone implement it with this level of success.

Of course, achieving this required a well-organized team, which wasn’t easy to assemble.

“It seems my faith expansion in the Ouros demi-realm will progress much faster than I anticipated,” Evé reflected, feeling delighted.

Players were quick learners.

Once one team succeeded, it was inevitable that a wave of imitators would follow, each eager to replicate that same success.

As expected, the subsequent days saw a growing number of players completing their required preliminary proselytizing tasks.

Most adopted a method similar to that pioneered by the Heart of Nature, with only slight variations in the size and composition of their teams.

By the tenth in-game day, which were equivalent to two real-world days, there was an explosive surge in the completion rate of proselytizing tasks.

Why?

Because finally, a proper strategy guide for acquiring a priest-class had been published on the forums.

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ED/N : Sorry for not updating last week, got super busy on the holidays

Anyways, Merry Xmas and Happy new year to everyone!

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