Chapter 295: Im Listening (1/2)

While the Players were very familiar with the layout of the fishmen island, all of them were actually heading towards the assembly point they had agreed upon before this stage of the tourney.

That was why the monks were currently topping the leaderboards in points amongst all contestants, followed closely by the wyvern knights of the Temple of Glory-although the gap was widening. It was not to say that the wyvern knights of the God of War were weaker than the monks of the God of Light.

In fact, believers of the God of War would always outclass believers of the God of Light in combat ability even if they were on the same level, and could even take two of them at once.

The problem, however, was the difference in their training. In the last round, most of the wyvern knights who were heavily conditioned for combat had fallen victim to traps repetitively, causing their morale to crumble to the brink of breaking apart. Even if Terry and Jom had helped them in the end so that they could reach the next round, not many of them managed to survive.

On the other hand, the monk’s daily training revolves around endurance and weathering through pain to hone their spirit. Therefore, even though they set off equally more traps compared to the wyvern knights, their mentality remained stable, and they could remain unfettered as they faced one trap after another.

That was why they had the least casualties in the first round, which in turn secured them a strong advantage when the second round started!

One might even say that since the Players had yet to make an effort and with far less men compared to the monks, it was already a miracle that the wyvern knights could still keep up with the first teeth and hold on steadily on second place.

This would have lasted until the Players were gathered and began their show.

But circumstances had suddenly changed…

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“I can’t feel the Ocean Goddess’s eyes anymore…”

Xi Wei muttered quietly even as he stretched out his senses throughout the fishmen island through his believers.

It appeared that the Ocean Goddess had been traumatized considerably after she had tried to wreak havoc on land in the last divine war, only to be ganged up by several other gods and pummeled back beneath the sea. This time, she was already scared off when a bunch of believers from different faiths came to the island—the other gods didn’t even have to show up!

Still, she was not to be blamed for being that scared.

After all, there was no faction that held an event like the Twin City Cup. At best, it was two or three allied factions having a banquet to celebrate… and in the Ocean Goddess’s knowledge, the humans of this world were not that bored that they would go to an island and slay a dragon to celebrate.

That being said, some might wonder that since the Ocean Goddess was more or less a god who was only next to the Seven Divine Fathers in power. With minor churches participating in the Twin City Cup as well, wouldn’t some of her believers at least be aware of the event even if she wasn’t?

It was therefore only a pity to say that she really wasn’t aware, and she only had herself to blame for not accepting human believers… “Well, this was the right move.”

Xi Wei stroked himself at a spot that was supposed to be chin. “And the Ocean Goddess might misunderstand that I have good relations with other gods, and wouldn’t make a move for the time being.”

In fact, Xi Wei was trying to put on airs and intimidate the Ocean Goddess for a bit with the believers of other gods, although it proved too effective and scared off her off entirely.

Therefore, the Twin City Cup was worth Xi Wei’s resources if only because it managed to buy precious time for him to develop.