Chapter 308: Once the Eggs Stop, Faith Resets
With Alexia's promise, Alice felt relieved.

After all, the reputation of the neighboring prince Levi is really bad. Even the people of his own country call him the stupid prince. How good can his reputation be?

Alice felt desperate every time she thought about becoming the prince's fiancée since she was a child.

After all, there is no woman who doesn't admire the strong, and everyone hopes that her future partner will be excellent and perfect.

Most people are better off facing an unknown future, after all, you won’t know what your other half will be like until you meet them.

But Alice knew this from a young age. If it weren't for the need for financial assistance from neighboring countries, she would never be willing to fulfill the duties and obligations of a princess.

Fortunately, things have taken a turn for the better. Even if the marriage is still not decided by her, Alice can at least accept the fact that she can exchange a lowly regarded useless prince for a hero candidate with a good reputation.

After all, for the former, they are the one seeking help, and they cannot be tough when facing the other party because the initiative is not in their hands.

But for the latter, the situation is completely different. Once the Demon King is defeated in this era and the Demon King's army is destroyed, the importance of the hero candidate becomes dispensable.

In other words, facing the hero candidate, the initiative has returned to Alice's own hands.

Of course, what made Alice happiest here was the solution that Alexia mentioned.

If the prince of the neighboring country takes the initiative to speak, it means that the neighboring country at least cannot find an excuse to start a war from itself.

This way, when I intervene in Alcanretia later, it will be difficult for others to find excuses to attack me.

Thinking of this, Alice immediately said to Alexia, "Sir Alexia, I wonder if it's convenient for you. I'm planning to go to a neighboring country to ask for financial assistance."

"It depends on your Highness the Princess' schedule. I'm always at your service." Alexia replied calmly.

"Then please go back and wait for notification, Lady Alexia." Alice said immediately.

"Okay!" Alexia didn't say anything else. After she finished speaking, she stood up and said goodbye.

After leaving the palace, Alexia teleported to Axel, because at this moment Reed and Claire had already returned to Axel from Alcanretia.

"Master, the situation is just as what has just been conveyed. The kingdom took the initiative to propose two territories. It should be a layout for the post-Demon King era." After seeing Reed and others, Alexia sat down and said to Reed.

"Although the situation is a little beyond my expectations, it is a good thing for us." Li De nodded.

"It's just a pity that we can't get the management rights of Alcanretia." Claire on the side couldn't help but sigh.

"Even if I give it to Yu Jian Xiangye, he won't be able to catch it." After getting to know Yu Jian Xiangye over this period of time, Alexia has realized that with his personality, he simply cannot gain a foothold in the aristocratic circle.

"Yes, even if we give it to him, he will be sidelined by the people below him sooner or later. But territorial rights are not important to us, so there is no need to care about this." Li De shook his head.

Even though Eris and Aqua, who will stay in this world and not return to the God Realm, are not very powerful, there are gods of a higher level standing behind them after all.

So once the mission is completed, Li De will not leave anyone in this world.

If it weren't for this, Alexia wouldn't have told Alice that she was only acting as lord temporarily.

"That's right. By the way, master, do I have a reward?" Alexia asked Li De casually.

"That's possible!" Li De nodded.

After all, Alexia completed the mission quite well this time.

This is good not because Alexia won two territories for the Axis Cult, but because during the negotiation she kept the trump card she had originally intended to use, the rejuvenation potion.

Although there is nothing wrong with taking this thing out, it will always cause some trouble.

Therefore, there is no doubt that there is a contribution, but it is not a big one. After all, the rejuvenation drug is not a precious thing in Li De's hands.

This is also the reason why Li De said it is possible.

What it means is that you have made some contribution, but it is not great, so don't expect to use it to make any excessive demands.

"Master, I still have a few vacancies that have not been used. Can you recommend some for me?" Alexia knew that her contribution was not great and she certainly could not make high demands, but it was okay to let Li Defei think about it.

"I don't feel there is any suitable person to recommend in this world." Li De thought about it and shook his head.

"Indeed, the powerful ones can't use slave contracts, and those who can use contracts don't have any attractive features." Esdeath on the side nodded in agreement.

After all, she had met the demon Duke Maxwell when she was dealing with Alderp.

This demon duke feeds on pain and despair, and is indeed very suitable to be raised by Esdeath.

In fact, after Esdeath learned the background of the Demon Duke from Reed, she had set her sights on him. Unfortunately, when she wanted to use the Slave Scroll, she found that it could not be opened in front of Maxwell.

At that time, Esdeath even approached Li De about this, but Li De couldn't do anything about it. After all, he had known for a long time that there were limits to the cards produced by the system.

So Reed was not surprised that the slave contract could not bind the Duke of Hell.

Because if the slave contract was really that powerful, Reed would probably have dared to target Aqua and Eris.

In the Suqing world, apart from the demons, other people are really not worth contracting.

Take the Red Demon clan for example. They are cyborgs, and all their talents are focused on magic, which is the least needed power in Li De’s team.

In addition, the entire tribe, except Youyou, consists of senior middle school students. The contract with such people is of little use and will instead damage Li De's reputation.

As for ordinary adventurers, their overall personal qualities are too poor.

It would be better to choose ninjas from the Naruto world than these people. Just pick out a Genin and after undergoing the same transformation, his overall strength will definitely be stronger than that of the adventurers in this world.

In addition, Li De has always been somewhat wary of people who walk the world as gods, so from the beginning he had no intention of adding more contractors to this world.

"Is there no suitable person in this world? Then when the right person appears, the master must not forget him." Alexia did not look disappointed, but said immediately.

"Okay, I'll make a note of it." Li De nodded. "Alexia, after you accompany Alice to the neighboring country and let Prince Levi take the initiative to cancel his engagement with Alice, the ancient Kingdom of Belzer will be able to finalize the territory, right?" Miyano Shiho asked.

"If nothing unexpected happens, that should be the case, but I may not be able to temporarily take over as lord. Judging from the other party's intention, they should take advantage of the engagement ceremony to directly divide Axel and Alcanretia between Sato Kazuma and Mitsurugi Hibiki.

By then, the actual managers of the two territories should be Darkness's father Ignis and the little princess herself, so Victoria, you'd better speed up the integration of the territories into a religious and political system, because we may not have much time left." Alexia thought for a moment and replied.

"I understand, but these things cannot be accomplished overnight. Doing it too quickly will easily lead to omissions and mistakes. Also, the people in Axel need time to adapt. We can't be impatient." Victoria replied calmly.

"Alexia, don't rush Victoria. She has tried her best. On your side, it would be better to delay a little and give Victoria more time." Li De was very satisfied with Victoria's work progress.

Although the work has only been carried out for more than half a month, Victoria has now entered the stage of "once the eggs stop, the faith is reset to zero".

Of course, this statement only applies to the modern world. In the Suqing world, faith cannot be reset to zero.

Because there is no way that eggs will stop being distributed. Although eggs may not necessarily be distributed as part of your daily prayers, there will definitely be small things distributed.

According to Victoria's external statements, although people believe in God spontaneously, the church, as a church serving God, needs to be grateful to the believers.

After all, it is because of the faith of believers that gods can become more powerful, so the church needs to give back to believers even more. Even if it is only a little bit within its ability, it is always a thought.

Although it may seem that the church, which has no income, has to lose money every day, in fact, after the integration of politics and religion, the church's property comes from the output of the territory.

The output of the territory comes from the hard work of the people within the territory.

So to put it simply, this little token of appreciation is actually just taking out a small portion of the taxes paid by the people in the territory and returning it to these people.

But having this intention or not will lead to completely different results.

You should know that all these small things given to believers who come to pray are purchased from shops within the territory.

And increased store sales mean more taxes to pay, so the actual daily expenses are not that great.

Instead, it boosted domestic demand and improved the happiness index of the people in the territory.

Don't underestimate the little things you get every day. This is an unprecedented concession from the lord.

Although this will make the lord earn less, it will effectively consolidate his rule over the territory.

It is obvious who is more popular, a lord who only knows how to plunder and exploit the people in his territory or a lord who gives them small favors every day.

Especially in this process, the people basically do not need to pay any extra cost.

After all, praying to the goddess and offering your faith is a disguised way of giving your body a rest.

Besides, there is not so much nightlife in the Suqing world. Taking some time to pray and receive small items is almost equivalent to making money in your free time.

In other words, the church of the Axis Order is still relatively remote and cannot radiate the entire town of Axel for the time being.

But even so, there are still many people who are willing to cross the entire town to come to the church.

After the Adventurer's Guild is relocated to the center of the city, the church of the Axis Order will be able to easily cover the entire town.

In fact, Victoria's three tricks have already stunned the missionaries of the Order of Eris.

After all, one side is asking for money, while the other side not only doesn't ask for money, but also provides free medical consultation and distributes small items every day.

As a result, the number of believers going to the Eris Church every day dropped rapidly in a straight line.

Especially after Victoria replaced the Axis Cult's rotten doctrine with a more positive statement, the people in Axel became more receptive to the Axis Cult's doctrine.

The current doctrine is that the goddess understands the suffering of the people, so her purpose is to reduce the spiritual burden, hoping to guide believers to face every day of life with a more positive attitude.

In this way, the doctrinal problem was solved, and some small favors were given, plus free medical treatments were provided at the same time. It would be hard to believe that the believers of the Church of Eris could withstand it.

After all, for the real grassroots people, those high-end things far away from the grassroots are far less popular than these small favors.

Believing in Eris only gave them a little spiritual comfort, but they were still poor and could not make ends meet.

But believing in the Axis Cult can help you see your life changing for the better, even if it's just a little bit. That's better than having only vague spiritual sustenance.

Besides, they are all goddesses, so whoever believes in them will be protected. After all, Eris is Aqua's junior.

It’s common sense that seniors are more powerful!

When people want to change their beliefs, they will find any excuse.

"I understand. Although the trip to the neighboring country may not delay the time, it can be delayed after returning. After all, the goddess will definitely be present at these two grand engagement ceremonies. We just need to set up some obstacles in the way."

Alexia has countless solutions to small problems like delaying time.

"Sid, now that Alcanretia has been incorporated into the sphere of influence of the Axis Cult, should we ask Victoria to send someone over there?" Claire asked Reed.

"Alexia, what do you think?" Reed asked Alexia.

"I think the princess will not reject this method of quickly gaining control of the territory. After all, she is not short of money. I will have a good conversation with her on the way, and there is no need to send anyone.

After all, Alcanretia is the headquarters of the Axis Cult, and originally had a large number of fanatics. In fact, as long as those unreliable church leaders are dealt with, it would be easy to develop the church.

We should not interfere with such favorable conditions. After all, the princess will definitely be very happy to make Alcanretia a solid block, and we have to let her feel a sense of accomplishment. "

After listening to Alexia's words, Li De nodded. In fact, he was not in favor of sending anyone over.

After all, sending someone there now would make Her Royal Highness the Princess suspicious, which would be bad.

It is better to focus all your attention on Axel, the backup.

(End of this chapter)