I have a Human Emperor's Banner; I'll start by educating the goblins.

"With over three hundred goblins, plus the inevitable goblin leader, only a well-equipped team of professional adventurers can resolve the village's crisis."

A hint of worry appeared on Misfield's little face.

It's truly unfortunate that the pioneering village, established just two years ago, has encountered such difficulties.

Luo Qi largely agreed with the pastor's point of view.

With the aid of the Emperor's Banner, he could easily deal with more than a dozen goblins. By fighting to sustain himself, he dared to challenge even dozens of goblins.

But with 300 goblins, the chances of failure are quite high.

"The key is equipment!"

Luo Qi thought to herself, "I have too little room for error right now!"

"Although goblin arrows are not very powerful, they can still kill me if they hit a vital spot. If I had a full set of armor, I might be able to challenge even three hundred goblins."

"If we had another set of bows and arrows with decent power, the difficulty would be even lower."

During the journey, Luo Qi asked the girl some more questions.

For example, some characteristics of local people.

According to the girl, the hair color of the people here is determined not only by innate factors, but also by the path they walk. The girl is a formal pastor of the Silver Moon Church, and her innate white hair has turned into a faintly luminous silver-white under the influence of extraordinary energy.

Red, yellow, green, and blue are the most popular hair colors, and in addition, there are all sorts of other hair colors.

While black hair and black eyes are less common locally, they are by no means rare.

Compared to minor issues like hair color, the residents of Riverdale have countless more distinctive features: elves with pointed ears, short and stocky dwarves, orcs with features resembling various wild beasts...

As long as we follow the rules of the God of Order, living together in harmony is by no means difficult.

In general, Loki doesn't need to worry about the so-called xenophobia issue, after all, he is still a human.

This mountain path, which is rarely used, is very difficult to traverse.

As the sun slowly set, Loki and Misfield had just passed two hills.

"This world... to be precise, this area has a very low population density."

Luo Qi estimated that the straight-line distance the two had covered was more than 20 kilometers.

Along this stretch of road, there were only trees and grass, and it was completely deserted. Pioneer Village, such a village, was built entirely in the wilderness.

"If humans don't occupy a living space, other creatures will naturally take it over. With such a low population density in this area, it's not surprising that a tribe of hundreds of goblins has sprung up."

The moon was beautiful that night.

Three moons hung high in the sky, each a different color, but all very bright.

After nightfall, Misfield prayed to the silvery moon for more than ten minutes, and then led Luo Qi on a night journey for more than an hour, arriving at another pioneer village.

From the young pastor's prayers, Luo Qi learned that the moons were the embodiment of gods, and the twelve moons that rotated in the sky represented the twelve moon gods.

Besides the twelve moon gods, Loki heard the names of no fewer than ten other gods during his short one-day journey.

For example, the Adventurers' Guild was jointly established by four gods: the God of Hunting, the God of Contracts, the God of Alchemy, and the God of Feasts.

The vast majority of adventurers are not formal followers of these four gods.

However, the process of adventurers completing commissioned tasks is in fact contributing their own strength to make these four gods stronger.

With the combined efforts of the four gods and other gods in their respective pantheons, adventurer guilds are now found all over the continent. Wherever there is a population of more than three thousand people, you can find an adventurer guild.

Many nobles disliked adventurers, who were considered uncontrollable superhumans. Adventurers varied greatly in quality, and most of them lived up to the common people's expectations of them.

However, under divine might, the nobles dared not openly reject the Adventurers' Guild.

Even more popular than the four goddesses mentioned above is the Goddess of Wealth, whose currency is issued by the Church of the Goddess of Wealth.

Each gold coin is imprinted with an image of the goddess of wealth.

Regardless of race, this currency is considered hard currency.

Of course, to demonstrate the authority of the gods, gold coins were larger than silver coins. In addition, gold is denser than silver, so the value of gold coins became extremely high. Under the regulation of the Church of the Goddess of Wealth, one gold coin could be reliably exchanged for one hundred silver coins.

Therefore, it takes an ordinary person a long time to save up a single gold coin, and most people would store it in the safest place. They would use silver and copper coins more often in daily life.

The official silver coins of the Norist Empire bear the portrait of the empire's founding emperor, the Sword Saint Gulan.

An ordinary person could earn only one or two silver coins after a month of hard work.

The pioneers' village used most of their income to purchase production materials, making them even poorer than ordinary people.

Upon the ascension of each contemporary emperor, the Church of the Goddess of Wealth would issue copper coins bearing the emperor's portrait.

The Church of the Goddess of Wealth, through its many shining little creatures—Golden God, Silver Saint, and Bronze King—influences the vast majority of people in the world.

"There seem to be a lot of gods in this world!"

Luo Qi frowned.

Bearing the name of a god, no matter how weak he is, he is not someone he can provoke now.

"I need to keep a low profile until I get more information," Luo Qi decided to himself.

There are countless deities, and their extraordinary influence is everywhere.

This is an undisputed high-magic world!

The pioneer village on the edge of the forest is very quiet.

Low wooden houses sit near the crossroads of muddy dirt roads, and low walls made of wooden stakes, stones and mud surround the village.

At the entrance of the village, there are two meticulously pruned large trees, and several villagers are standing on the branches, which are more than 30 meters high.

Resource-poor villagers used natural watchtowers to guard against potential dangers.

Upon seeing the situation in this pioneer village, Luo Qi understood that a small number of goblins attacking such a village head-on would be tantamount to suicide.

The troubles encountered by the pastor's village, Pioneer Village No. 21, were indeed considerable.

After a brief conversation with the villagers, the pastor successfully arranged for Loki to stay overnight in the small chapel in the center of the village.

Clergy do have a significant advantage when interacting with ordinary people.

"Judging from the situation in this pioneer village, the young priest wasn't lying in his previous introduction. He did not fail to live up to my kindness in saving my life."

To be honest, Loki did not fully trust the young priest, a fellow human from another world.

Before going to sleep, he used twelve goblin spirits to set up a maze. Those who entered the maze would keep spinning in circles and gradually lose energy, becoming weak and powerless.

The remaining two goblin spirits were responsible for keeping watch and alerting the enemy.

When you're alone in a foreign land, you can never be too careful.