My Swap Life Game

Chapter 100: God's Faith War
At five o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Xing sent away the group of enthusiastic noble ladies and made an appointment to discuss the making methods of Hanfu skirts next time. Of course, Annie would come to chat with them next time.

"Ellie, can you take out your gift now?"

Lu Xing smiled at the only girl who hadn't left yet.

"I knew you couldn't wait~"

Alicia smiled reproachfully and took out a box she had brought. After opening it, she saw a bunch of little gadgets inside. She introduced to him the origins of the things.

There were pebbles in a river that were washed round and shiny by the river water, a magic core with a strange shape, a headband hand-woven by an old lady on a street in the Kingdom of Via, and so on.

"Really like!"

“Well, I like this one too!”

"Ellie is so nice to me! I'll thank her when I get back!"

Don't get me wrong, it wasn't Lu Xing who was speaking, it was Annie who heard what he said.

Ellie knew her best friend's preferences very well and picked out gifts for her from all over the place.

"How far is the Rosechi Empire from here?"

Lu Xing chatted with her, wanting to learn more about the geography and customs of this world.

"I don't know how far it is, but I heard it's tens of thousands of miles away, with a mountain range in between. It's hard to cross unless you're a high-ranking mercenary group."

Ellie replied.

Lu Xing knew that she went there by teleportation array. It was convenient, but very expensive. Ordinary magicians would never take it easily. They would rather spend a month traveling slowly. Moreover, the teleportation array was not open every day, and sometimes it would not open even once a month.

There is also a teleportation array in the city of Rowansbury, connected to the imperial capital, located just behind the Northern Cathedral of the Goddess of Holy Light.

In addition to magic circles, people in this world can also use "God's Grace" to convey messages. As the name suggests, this is a method of communication closely related to God.

When Lu Xing heard about this method of communication, he even suspected that the reason there was no such thing as a telephone in this world was because the gods needed to control the human world.

Of course, just a guess.

As he was under the constant watch of the goddess, he dared not say blasphemous words easily, for fear of being punished by the petty-minded goddess again.

After listening to Ellie's stories about her adventures, Lu Xing asked her, "Where do you want to explore when you come to the North this time?"

The mercenaries are the pioneers of this world. They are keen on exploring and excavating ancient sites. For example, if they find a relic of ancient elves or orcs, they will become the focus of everyone's attention and gain a lot of wealth.

Sometimes they could even be received by the king and granted a title.

Ellie and her legendary mercenary father lived in the imperial capital, and that's where Annie met her.

"I'm a little worried about you, Annie!"

The mid-level mercenary girl was a little worried.

"You mean, orcs?"

Lu Xing thought of the Duke of Swinton, and the only danger to Anne was the threat from the orcs.

"Well, do you know? The God of War took the God of Beasts as his subordinate god. I have heard many speculations that the God of War wants to encourage the orcs to move south from the northern snow mountains and grasslands, start another war between orcs and humans, and force people to believe in the God of War more!"

Her words were not difficult to understand, but Lu Xing could not hear the knowledge contained in them, so he asked Annie.

It turns out that the gods of this world often fight each other, and the defeated gods usually have four fates:
The first is the worst, where the authority is taken away and the God is imprisoned forever until other gods come to rescue him.

The second type is to be forced to submit and become a subordinate god of the victor. The power is controlled by the victor, and the subordinate god cannot resist the victor unless he colludes with outsiders.

The third type is to admit defeat but not give up authority. They obey the orders of the winner, but the authority and believers are in control of themselves.

The fourth option is to cede believers in exchange for breathing time.

Because the battles between gods are very frequent, there are some established rules for the wars between gods. The most important one is that gods cannot interfere too much in the human world, nor can they directly send angels to slaughter mortals or force them to convert.

Now that the God of War has accepted the God of Beasts as his subordinate god and is instigating the orcs to wage war against humans, this is within the permitted range and is a frequent occurrence.

Since humans cannot resist, they have to get a group of people to convert to the God of War in exchange for peace.

"The Magic Continent is the chessboard on which the gods play chess!"

Lu Xing was sentimental about this, but Annie didn't think it was a big deal. Judging from Ellie's expression, she was obviously used to it and didn't hate the gods for it.

Since the concepts were different, Lu Xing couldn't say anything, and he had no intention of changing the magic continent. He couldn't do it.

"The power of a god is related to the number of believers?"

Lu Xing asked Annie.

"I don't know either. No one has ever talked about this. It seems to be unrelated because there are gods with very few believers who have defeated gods with many believers." Annie said after recalling the history she had read.

The Goddess of Holy Light is the mainstream belief in the Moria Empire, and there are also certain believers in several neighboring countries. In terms of the number of believers alone, it is not small, but it is not far behind others.

Moreover, there is no doubt that the conspiracy of the God of War to instigate the orcs to invade was the news passed down by the Goddess of Holy Light.

This is a divine war between the God of War and the Goddess of Holy Light.

Ellie said: "The people in the imperial capital are worried that something might happen in the North. The Speaker of the Parliament, Mr. Kren, has entrusted our Sword and Shield Mercenary Group to go to the border between the North and the Orc Icefield to collect some intelligence and determine whether the orcs want to go south, how large their forces are, and whether they are perfunctory or fully obey the will of the God of War!"

It is also common to entrust a third-party agency to handle affairs.

Lu Xing nodded: "Don't worry, there are 10,000 knights in the North, and hundreds of magicians led by Phyllis. Any invading orcs will be destroyed!"

After saying that, Annie's delicate little butt felt pain again, forcing Lu Xing to stand up with a look of surprise on his face.

"Annie, what's wrong with you?"

Ellie asked hurriedly.

"No, nothing." Lu Xing waved his hands, cursing in his heart. Is this Holy Light Goddess crazy? He mentioned earlier that the gods used the continent as a chessboard, but she did not punish him. Instead, she said nothing about her at all...

Oh, I see!
Success is the credit of the leader, and failure is the incompetence of the subordinates.

Lu Xing gritted his teeth and said again: "The great goddess's holy glory shines on the northern border. With ten thousand knights and hundreds of magicians led by Phyllis, any barbaric orcs who come to attack will be defeated!"

There was a faint sound of laughter, as if the goddess was very satisfied with his words.

Lu Xing listened carefully this time and found that the goddess' laughter was actually quite charming, disturbing and confusing.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that she is a god and Annie is a mortal, and Annie cannot resist the erosion of her divine power.

"The glory of the goddess shines on the North!"

Ellie smiled and said something as well, then looked at Lu Xing strangely: "Annie, you seem to have changed, becoming mature and steady, not the same as before, have you grown up?"

"Yes, Annie has grown up!" Lu Xing could only agree with her.

Ellie nodded in understanding and patted his head: "Annie is still a very innocent and good child~hehe."

"..."

After sending her away, Lu Xing was thinking about the conversation just now. Ellie's mother believed in the God of Dawn, and her father was a rare believer in both Midnight and Dawn, but Ellie believed in the Goddess of Holy Light.

All I can say is that people in the magical continent have freedom of belief, which is not bound by family or background.

But soon, Lu Xing heard a piece of gossip from Annie, and she laughed secretly and said:
"My friends told me that Ellie's father originally only believed in the Goddess of Midnight, but later he was attracted to Ellie's mother and believed in the God of Dawn... I heard that the pastors of the Dawn Church are all very beautiful women, and most of their husbands believe in both religions."

"???"

Lu Xing was shocked. The war of faith between gods was so horrific that there was even a beauty trap!

After chatting about gossip and seeing her friends off, Annie on Earth was in a good mood and said happily, "Mr. Lu Xing, it's 3:40 in the afternoon, and I'm done with get out of class! I've made an appointment with a few friends to take a walk around campus. In the evening, Miss Xiao Yu invited me to dinner and invited me to stay at her house. Mr. Lu Xing, do you think I should agree to her request?"

Anne asked for his advice.

Lu Xing smiled and said, "You can go if you want. You can see the city scenery on the way. Oh, and if you live in that big flat, you can also see the lights of the financial center at night. It's very beautiful!"

Xiao Yu probably wouldn't take Annie home. After all, Lu Xing is a grown man, and taking her home would easily cause misunderstanding.

"Really? I'm looking forward to it."

After getting his permission, Annie stood up and invited Xu Qiuyi who was not far away: "Miss Qiuyi, how about we take a walk on campus together?"

The students who hadn't left yet all looked over, and many of them had strange expressions on their faces.

A boy openly invites another girl to go for a walk. This may be common abroad, but it is rare in China even in college!

What's more, Lu Xing now invited her openly.

"Annie, how many other people did you invite?"

Xu Qiuyi asked with a smile.

The classmates realized that Lu Xing had turned into Annie's personality again! No wonder she called him Miss Qiu Yi.

"I have talked to Ms. Zhao Qianqian from International Business and Ms. Song from Chinese Language, and asked them to meet at the bottom of Building 4. Let's go to the playground to have afternoon tea under the shade of the trees!"

Anne shared her plan.

"Is it the noble lady's afternoon tea~?" Xu Qiuyi asked with a smile.

"Yes~ Because I am a noble lady."

Annie said with a smile, not minding her teasing.

"Okay, I'll go with you. Do you want to go?" Xu Qiuyi wanted to invite a few familiar people so that she would not have no topics to talk about with girls from other departments.

Even though Annie is here, there is no need to worry about having no topics to talk about.

"I."

"I'll go as well."

In the end, Annie and four female classmates walked out of the classroom talking and laughing, leaving Qi Wenyu and other male classmates who had a good relationship with Lu Xing looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Is Sixth Brother's illness getting worse?"

"You see it too?"

"Nonsense! Anyone can see that when Sixth Brother laughs now, he looks like a little girl!"

"Hiss! Fortunately, Sixth Brother moved out, otherwise I would be worried that you would become gay."

"Get lost! I'm a straight man!"

……

Anne and a group of female classmates sat and chatted under the shade of a tree, using a piece of cloth spread on the grass as a tablecloth.

"Annie, please tell me about the orcs and the knights of the North. Last time you said that orcs and humans can get married?"

A female classmate urged her.

Students passing by couldn't help but take a second look. There were more than a dozen girls surrounding a handsome boy. This was simply astonishing! And it made people envious!
"Yeah, yes!"

Anne smiled and said, "Many orcs living in the snowy mountains and grasslands in the north have hair, which doesn't look very good, but some are very beautiful, such as the fox orcs. Their appearance is very consistent with human aesthetics. In fact, there are many foxes living in the human world, and there are also some in the city of Rowans. But people are worried that they are spies and don't allow them to approach important places."

Xu Qiuyi has discovered that Lu Xing's Anne personality never talks nonsense, and everything she says is very logical, as if she is really a noble lady from a duke's family, living in the magical continent.

This is why they couldn't help but want to know more about her.

(End of this chapter)