Who told him to rush up there?.

Chapter 177 Inducement
She had heard that Eli Bruno, the young master of the Duke of Bruno's mansion, was getting engaged today. He was her great benefactor, and she also wanted to secretly attend his engagement party, where she would definitely be able to eat her fill.

But it's a pity, there are too many powerful auras over there, which scared Oliver, who had never seen the world, so much that her heart was beating fast. She decided to stay in the store and continue working. The longer she worked, the more food she could eat. As long as she was willing to work hard, a wild girl born in Warcraft could also survive in the big city of the human race.

"Come on! Oliver, try to save a little bit of money so that you can give your benefactor an engagement gift... or a wedding gift. Saving money is so hard..."

Oliver moved flexibly between the tables. She was very steady in carrying the plates, and her speed in serving the dishes was the fastest in the entire hotel. If she had not had no identity proof and was working illegally, she should have been able to become a team leader with her skills, right?
While Oliver was wandering around in the banquet, the banquet was about to begin at the Duke's Mansion. Although the dinner was the highlight, the lunch after the ceremony could not be perfunctory.

The guests present had seen and eaten everything, but the banquet prepared by the Duke's Mansion still made many people gasp. They had indeed seen and eaten the things that the maids brought to the table one by one, but they were all rare delicacies that were hard to taste in several years. It was not a question of whether they were expensive or not. The key was that many of these things could not be bought even if one had money.

Even the old emperor was somewhat surprised at the generosity of the Duke's Mansion. He felt that the nobles of the empire were a little too wealthy, and he had to find a way to cut some meat from them to fill the treasury.

Everyone was very satisfied with the lunch. After showing their affection on the stage, Eli and Princess Lina were arranged to sit at the same table with the old emperor. Princess Lina was certainly not restrained in front of her father, the emperor, and her mother, the queen and the consort. Eli was not someone who would be stage-frightened, and he behaved very naturally.

In addition to them, Archbishop Bode, who had presided over the ceremony for Eli and Princess Lina, was also at this table. His actual age was several dozen years older than the old emperor, but he did not look old at all and still looked middle-aged.

Being able to become the cardinal of the Holy See of Light, Archbishop Bode's strength is naturally not low. It is rumored that he has a strength infinitely close to that of a demigod, but there are also rumors that he has already achieved the status of a demigod, but he has never publicized it because of his low-key personality.

In Eli's eyes, the true strength of Archbishop Bode was very transparent. Let alone a true demigod, he didn't even have the strength close to that of a demigod. He was just an ordinary Saint-level powerhouse, not even a Saint-level supreme powerhouse. He was more than a whole step away from being a demigod, let alone the rumored half step.

In Eli's memory, the Pope of Light and the other two cardinals were all demigods. Even the saints who were slightly lower than the cardinals would become demigods in the near future. Only Archbishop Bode, who had stayed in the Holy Mountain of the Vatican for a long time, was a little weaker.

But Eli would not look down on Archbishop Bode just because of his "low" strength. Having experienced the destruction of his country and his family in his previous life, Eli knew why he was so "weak".

Because Archbishop Bode has a very high degree of compatibility with a powerful artifact of the God of Light, he has been trained as a mortal world container for the artifact since he became a clergyman of the Holy See of Light. In order to allow the artifact to fall into the mortal world, a part of his power is drawn every year to assimilate the artifact, which seriously delays his cultivation progress.

There are other artifacts in this vast mortal world, whether they are left behind by the gods or forcibly sent down by the gods by breaking through the barriers of the planes, but these ordinary artifacts are far less powerful than the artifact of the God of Light. After all, the great God of Light is a dignified God King. Except for the God of Creation, there is no god more powerful than Him.

In the previous life, when the Dawn Empire was destroyed and the Holy Mountain of Light built in the imperial capital of the Dawn Empire also fell, Archbishop Bode successfully combined his body with the artifact and forcibly activated the artifact at the cost of his life and soul, evaporating hundreds of millions of demons overnight, including eight great demons and hundreds of demon kings, making the demons, who were about to achieve complete victory, pay an extremely heavy price.

Archbishop Bode is undoubtedly a future hero, but Eli knows nothing about combining the body with the weapon and cannot help much. The only thing he can do is to not give Archbishop Bode the chance to become a hero and martyr. He will never allow the demons to attack the imperial capital in his lifetime. No, he will not even let them attack the border cities!

"Saint Eli, you should pay more attention to your beautiful fiancée instead of an old man."

At this time, Archbishop Bode, who was quietly eating the delicious food, raised his head and spoke in a voice that only Eli could hear.

Eli immediately came back to his senses and stopped looking at Archbishop Bode. Instead, he concentrated on eating. As expected of one of the highest leaders of the Holy See of Light, his senses were sharp, even though his actual strength was much lower than his own.

On the other side, Archbishop Bode, who had just delivered the message, couldn't help but feel confused. He didn't know why this young Saint Eli was paying attention to him. He was just an old man, not as attractive as Princess Lina beside him.

Perhaps this future peak powerhouse was also very interested in the Church of Light? He knew that Duke and Duchess Bruno were devout believers of the God of Light, and thought that their son should also have a very good impression of the Church of Light.

After the lavish lunch, many guests did not leave. The Duke's Mansion was large enough to accommodate so many people. However, Eli no longer had the opportunity to be alone with Princess Lina. The old emperor and his queen took Princess Lina to the main hall to talk.

Because Alyssa couldn't get in a few days ago, the main hall of the Duke's Mansion was expanded. The Duke's Mansion, which was not short of money, naturally found low-level earth and wood magicians to cooperate with the construction. The project was completed in just two days. The main hall after the expansion was spacious and bright, and the building area was also not small, which could accommodate even the old emperor's numerous entourage.

Although Eli is the future owner of the Duke's Mansion and the male protagonist today, he is not required to entertain guests. After Princess Lina was taken away, he simply went back to his room and stayed alone. After all, today is his engagement day with Princess Lina, and it is not convenient for him to look for other women.

Of course, the so-called other women were also very sensible and did not bother him on a day like today, allowing Eli to have a rare opportunity to rest alone in the room.

Taking advantage of this rare leisure time, Eli took a long-unseen introspective look at his own situation. With his current strength, no matter how hard he practiced, he would not be able to make significant progress. He had developed resistance to all the natural resources that could increase his strength, so it was difficult for him to improve in a short period of time. Therefore, after returning from the battlefield, he put all his energy into training others.

Eli had experienced time travel and rebirth, but unfortunately he had no plug-ins or systems, let alone a system to help him practice. He didn't even have an attribute panel. All his strengths were based on his own assessment and actual combat summary. He didn't know exactly where his practice progress was. But there was good news. The shackles that had trapped him had loosened during the war. He had hope of making further progress, but he didn't have the time to slowly practice. If he wanted to make a big improvement, he still had to rely on adventures.

However, during the years of his rapid growth, he had seized almost all the adventures he could and consumed almost all the elixirs he could. If he wanted to make a huge improvement, he could only hope to explore places that he was once unable to explore and cherish rare treasures that even he did not possess.

The only places he was unable to explore, apart from the impossible demon world, were the holy mountain of the Holy See of Light and the depths of the sea. He even sneaked into the hinterland occupied by demons to steal treasures when he was young.

Everyone knows that the depths of the sea contain extremely numerous treasures, but the entire ocean belongs to the territorial waters of the sea clan. Without the permission of the sea clan, no race on the mainland can dive into the depths of the sea to search for treasures.

Although the human race is now the strongest race in the mortal world, ranking first in both high-end combat power and overall combat power, the most important anti-magic force in the entire mortal world comes from the sea clan, because they have an almost endless number of clans, and even the human race with extremely strong reproductive ability cannot compare with them.

The human race, which only occupies half of the continent, still numbers hundreds of billions. The race is very powerful, but compared with the sea race, which numbers trillions, tens of trillions or even hundreds of trillions, the human race cannot even be considered a younger brother.

After all, in this world, land only accounts for 20% of the area of ​​the mortal world, while the ocean accounts for 80% of the area. Not only is the area larger, the reproductive capacity of most ethnic groups in the ocean is also far stronger than that of humans. That is, the reproductive capacity of the most powerful ethnic groups is weaker, but it is not inferior to that of ordinary humans.

However, although there are many resources and treasures hidden in the depths of the sea, the sea is too vast. Finding suitable treasures in the sea is not much easier than finding a needle in the sea. Eli does not have so much spare time to search slowly, so he will talk about going to the sea later...

Apart from the demon world and the deep sea, the only thing that could bring hope of advancement to Eli was the Holy Mountain of the Holy See of Light. Of course, such a vast mortal world must have secret realms that no one had explored in the previous life, but without any clues, Eli naturally had no way to investigate.

There are some secret realms that Eli has not yet visited before the opening time, but he is not proficient in time and space, so he is temporarily unable to do anything about these areas.

Well, now the only thing worth exploring is the Holy Mountain of the Holy See of Light. But he is not a clergyman of the Holy See of Light, not even a devout believer of the God of Light. How can he sneak into the Holy Mountain?
The Holy Mountain of the Holy See of Light is not like any other place. Even if it is the royal treasury of another country, Eli has a way to find out. After all, as long as it is humanly possible, he has the ability to do it, and he can sneak into the Holy Mountain...

That is a place truly protected by divine power. In the previous life, the demons spent countless time and energy, and paid a huge price to break through the holy mountain. With Eli's current strength that is not even that of a formal demigod, how can he get in?
The ordinary areas of the Holy Mountain are not bad. One can sneak in by pretending to be a believer in worship or borrowing the identity of a clergyman. After all, that is an area open to the public to a certain extent. However, the real core area of ​​the Holy Mountain, not to mention believers and ordinary people, even bishops will have their identities carefully verified when entering.

It's not good to just rush in...

Archbishop Bode who stayed in the Holy Mountain was no match for him. The Pope of Light and the other two cardinals who could threaten him were all in the central battlefield. If he forced his way in, he would have a certain chance of success, but what would happen if he got in? The place where the real treasure was hidden must be protected by divine power. With his weak fighting spirit, could he break through the divine power protection?

No! How could he force his way into the Holy Mountain of the Holy See of Light? That was the most important ally of the Dawn Empire and one of the most important anti-demon forces. Not to mention that there might not be any treasures that were extremely useful to him in the Holy Mountain, even if there were treasures that could make him ascend to heaven and become a god in one step, he couldn't do such a wicked thing!
In the past, he had seized many opportunities and adventures from many people, but after he turned these into strength, he doubled the number of demons he annihilated that those people could kill, and also used the resources that would have been wasted in advance on future peak powerhouses. He dared to say that he was always worthy of these gains that did not belong to him.

But if he were to come into conflict with the Church of Light for his own strength, it would only make his relatives sad and his enemies happy. The God of Light in this world is different from the God of Light who became a villain in many Western fantasy novels in previous lives. He is truly fighting on the front line against demons and is a well-deserved king of gods.

He was really bewitched. He even thought about the Holy Mountain of the Holy See of Light for a moment. Eli rubbed his face hard to make himself more sober.

Perhaps it was the meeting with Archbishop Bode today that triggered his negative thoughts about the Holy See of Light. If this situation happened in a fantasy novel, it would probably be an invasion of the inner demon. In this world of swords and magic, there is no such thing as an inner demon, but Eli still felt that he should be more vigilant.

After all, the level he could reach in his previous life was a bit low, and in this life he was only a half-step to demigod. He didn't know what kind of ability the demon god of the demon world who was high above and could compete with the gods had. What if he could really induce the inner demon of others across the world? After all, the inner demon also has the word "demon" in it...

"Let's find something sunny to relax..."

Eli no longer sat alone and thought about random things. Those lively and cheerful girls could help him relax, but it was not convenient to find them today. Fortunately, besides them, there was also Long, who was ugly but had a very likable personality.

With Elisa's eye-catching figure, it was not difficult to find her in the Duke's Mansion. Because the mansion was full of guests today, the housekeepers did not allow Elisa to run around, so as to avoid accidentally bumping into the young children among the guests.

You know, Alyssa is also a child dragon. She also likes to play with her "peers". But with her body size, she can't play with children, even if she stands with a grown man, there is a huge difference.

This meant that Alyssa had no chance to play with real kids, and could only play with powerful brothers, adults and sisters.

(End of this chapter)