Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
However, this was just the beginning. First, Lin Xiao secretly loaded the ability into all the Murlocs around the altar that were at and beyond True Disciple rank. Then, he yelled and called upon all Greymist Murlocs to gather at the altar, and then repeated what he said earlier on.
Then, a Murloc that had just become a True Disciple from a Shallow Disciple clenched the Bonespike in its hand and gushed away. The ferocity of its speed had all the Murlocs at its periphery shocked.
Beneath the eyes of all the Murlocs, a level-0 Murloc who hadn’t even become a level-1 Murloc Fighter erupted at an unprecedented speed and charged into a sea sand wall near the altar. With a loud bang, it blasted a hole large enough to accommodate a thigh on the sea sand wall which was at least as sturdy as a brick wall. Countless grains of gravel were scattered across the ground.
Compared to Lin Xiao’s performance earlier on, this Murloc’s performance was more convincing. After all, he was the leader of the tribe. Everyone knew that he was very powerful. However, this Murloc, which everybody knew was very weak, being able to unleash such an immense combat prowess had their perceptions completely subverted.
In particular, as the ability loaded in his True Believer Murlocs completed one after another, one by one, they attempted to unleash the fighting power that was considered terrifying to the Murlocs.
Looking at the fiery eyes of other Murlocs, Lin Xiao jumped forward and yelled, “This is the power the Great Lord of the Grey Mist bestowed upon us. By worshipping the almighty Lord of the Grey Mist, He will grant us powers that are even greater!”
The facts were presented before their very eyes. It wasn’t just one or two of them, but so many Murlocs had all gained dynamic power. Those were the Murlocs that had the deepest of faith toward the Lord of the Grey Mist. The effect of having so many exemplars was astonishing. In less than a minute, all the remaining 34 Fake Believers turned into True Believers.
And from the 43 original True Believers, two-thirds of them became Devout Believers. But most importantly, among the original Devout Believers, eight of them became Fanatic Believers.
Prior to this, he had only had one Fanatic Believer.
After all that, at present time, Lin Xiao had a total of nine Fanatic Believers, 38 Devout Believers, and all the rest were True Believers.
In this way, all his Spawn were eligible to load the ability ‘Salted Fish Spike’.
In that manner, instead of loading the ability directly, a twist of method could win him additional gains.
Of course, this didn’t mean that Lin Xiao was good in herding his believers. All these Murlocs were his first batch of Spawn when he established his Divine Realm, and had bonuses in faith level as a result. Any player would be able to do it just as well, and some maybe even better than him. The real test for them was to add in new Spawn or expand to the outer realm in the future. Enlightening the subdued aboriginal races of alien planes was the real test of a new God’s abilities.
And Lin Xiao’s next test would come right away. After the entire tribe was loaded with the new ability, he began loading the Racial Card. Four hundred new Greymist Murlocs abruptly appeared by the beach to the north of the tribe. Driven by unknown forces, they moved towards the Greymist Murloc tribe.
He prompted with his mind. A speck of golden light vanished on top of the Murloc leader. Then, in the name of the Lord of Grey Mist, he issued a Sacred Degree.
At the moment when the Sacred Decree was issued, a ray of golden light was emitted from the center of the altar to the forehead of the Murloc leader who had regained his consciousness. The Murloc, who was also the part-time priest of the tribe suddenly raised the Bone Sword in its hand and yelled:
“The Great Lord of the Mist told us that a group of Murlocs has arrived at our shores. Follow me, children.”
Lin Xiao had to attend combined classroom every seven days. Hence, an alien invasion would come almost every few years. These Murlocs were already used to it. Although the time interval was very short this time, the Murlocs weren’t surprised. As they just only acquired a brand-new power, they were all itching to try it out and were full of confidence.
Under the leadership of the Murloc leader, more than a hundred Greymist Murlocs rushed out of the tribe aggressively and ventured north along the shores. Halfway through, they saw 400 miserable-looking Greymist Murlocs that were currently heading southward. Both sides halted their footsteps at the same time.
Although there were more Greymist Murlocs on the other side, they looked pathetic. They were sallow and emaciated, as if they have just escaped some catastrophe. Most of them did not even have a weapon in their hands.
Although the Graymist Murloc Tribe had fewer numbers, at least they were eating well. There were some seven to eight schools of fish, shrimp, and crabs stocked in the Divine Realm, enough to raise more than a hundred Murlocs.
Coupled with the fact that they had battle experience and had also just acquired a new ability, in terms of imposing-ness, they were above that of the more than 400 Greymist Murlocs.
Different from when they were facing other invaders, perhaps due to the fact that the enemy was also Greymist Murlocs, and coupled with Lin Xiao’s spiritual hint, the Murloc tribe didn’tt immediately call out to attack. After a brief standoff, the Murloc leader stepped forward and communicated with this group of Greymist Murlocs.
Lin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. He was afraid that both sides would fight, and it would have cost him lots of Murlocs.
Since there was no fight at the beginning, there would be no fighting later. After all, at the very beginning, he didn’t say that this was an enemy invasion, and his Spawn didn’t have a strong desire to fight, either. However, their desire to exert dominance wasn’t small.
As they returned to the tribe with those pathetic-looking Greymist Murlocs, the Murlocs of the tribe constantly showcased their abilities, which shocked many of the Murloc refugees. When the Murloc refugees arrived at the tribe and saw the altar in the center, nearly a quarter of them immediately groveled and began worshipping. Promptly, Lin Xiao sensed more than a hundred Threads of Worship.
Despite all of them being extremely thin Pan-believer threads, this represented a good start. It would indicate that this group of Murloc refugees had a high degree of acceptance of faith.
With time, imbued with what they would see and hear, and the miracles he would display from time of time, it wouldn’t be hard to convert all these Murloc refugees into believers.
Time went by so quickly. Ten days passed. With the large numbers of fish and shrimp that were caught, the Murloc refugees were relieved of their sloppy appearance and quickly integrated into their new tribe.
Under the influence of the original tribesmen, more Murlocs joined the faith of the Lord of Grey Mist. His believers grew rapidly, and swiftly. More than two-thirds of the new Murlocs had established a connection of faith with Lin Xiao, which meant that they were already his new believers. However, the level of their faith wasn’t high. All of them were basically Shallow Believers.
But he wasn’t in a hurry. Faith and religion wasn’t something that could be rushed. Since he had time to spare, he opted to take things slowly. The daily prayers every day, the large gathering of believers held once every month, and especially the period of time during the placement test were great opportunities to spread his religion.
One day, under the guidance of Lin Xiao’s consciousness, the tribe began to collect sea sand and gravel from outside, preparing to expand the tribe.
At this point, Lin Xiao didn’t continue to observe them. Confirming that his Spawn were developing very well and that the two tribes were successfully integrated, he went offline contentedly.
As Lin Xiao came out of the Log-in Cabin, his mind was still thinking about the situation in the Divine Realm. He realized that the Murlocs in his Divine Realm might not have enough food.
There were only four schools of 1 Star Sturgeon, one school of 2 Star Sardine, one school of 1 Star Crayfish, and two schools of 1 Star Port crab in the Divine Realm.
Their numbers were at just the right amount, enough to support a few hundred Murlocs.
But the problem was that the new Murlocs had twice the fertility rate and survival rate of similar Murlocs, which meant that the number of Murlocs in the Divine Realm was bound to grow rapidly in no time, and that little amount of food may not be enough.
What would he do if there wasn’t enough food?
Buy cards to put food in of course!