Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree

Chapter 2: Chapter 2 Links to the World of the Internet

Editor: Henyee Translations

As soon as the words were spoken, the Oak Guardian’s massive body trembled slightly again, and his kneeling posture became even more respectful.

He bowed deeply, his voice trembling with excitement, like a child praised by his mother, “Berserker, praise the Mother Goddess!”

At the same time, Eve felt a pure, warm power emanate from the Oak Guardian and seemed to traverse the void to directly enhance her, eventually converging in the depths of her body, merging with her original Natural Divine Power.

Then, Eve was surprised to find that the Natural Divine Power she had expended, which was a third depleted, had actually recovered slightly.

With a little thought, combining the information in her consciousness, Eve quickly found the answer.

“Faith power?”

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The Segis Continent was a magical world where Divines existed, and True Gods ruled the world.

The power of Divines stemmed from faith, the force of all beings’ beliefs converged onto the Divines, and this faith was transformed by their divinity into pure Divine Power.

And what had just come from the Oak Guardian was undoubtedly his faith power!

Having been personally enlightened by Eve with Natural Divine Power, this Tree-man had undoubtedly become her loyal follower and would naturally provide faith power.

Looking at the respectful and obedient Berserker before her, Eve became increasingly satisfied. *She felt she was beginning to touch upon how to restore her strength.*

Thinking of this, Eve reviewed the inherited information again and, unsurprisingly, found the relevant details:

The Segis Continent contained True Gods.

Based on the sources of the True Gods’ power, they could be divided into two factions: the New Gods and the Old Gods.

The New Gods, also known as the Faith God Faction, were typically later Divines. They mainly relied on the faith power provided by believers to convert to Divine Power, strengthen their divinity, and simultaneously construct their Divine Country to perfect their world of faith.

The Old Gods, also known as the Mythical Creatures Faction, belonged to the innate True Gods. Their power came from the laws bestowed by heaven and earth or inherently possessed the ability to acquire Divine Power from Void Energy or other means.

The Old Gods did not need faith, but they could grow stronger through it.

The World Tree belonged to this faction.

If the World Tree were in its prime, it could draw energy directly from the void, gaining Divine Power, or transform other creatures’ life force into its own Natural Divine Power.

However, at this moment, the World Tree was in a dying state, and it had lost the ability to acquire Natural Divine Power from the void.

A dying World Tree could not operate independently and could only influence the outside world indirectly through Divine Power. This meant Eve could not actively absorb the life force of plants in the forest to restore her strength because she was incapable of doing so…

And the method Eve could think of to increase her Divine Power was temporarily limited to relying on faith.

Yet, the path of faith was not easy. From the information she inherited, Eve learned that the competition for believers among the faith gods on the Segis Continent was quite fierce, and the fall of the previous World Tree seemed related to this.

Thinking of this, Eve looked at the Tree-man she had created, feeling increasingly fond of him…

A fanatic! Just a step away from being a saint!

“If only I could know more clearly about Berserker’s abilities, like the data display in games…”

*She couldn’t help but think.*

With that thought, Eve sensed a slight decrease in her Natural Divine Power, and a panel of information about the Oak Guardian appeared in her consciousness, just like the game panels she imagined!

Name: Berserker

Race: Oak Guardian

Occupation: Druid

Level: 51 (Silver Tier)

True God of Faith: Eve Yggdrasil

Faith Level: Fanatic

Titles: Nature’s Favored, World Tree Guardian

Abilities: War Sacrifice, Oak Grip, Nature’s Whisper…

…

*Eve was astonished, with her mouth agape in her mind.*

This… wish fulfillment?

No, this was the power of a True God!

Although she still found it a bit unbelievable, Eve, having merged with the core of the World Tree, understood that in a sense, she already counted as a True God now.

The True God had already touched the laws of the world. Although Eve had not yet fully mastered her power, she could already use Natural Divine Power to achieve some miracles.

Envisioning the data of the other party in her mind was already considered a normal operation.

But even so, sensing the diminished Divine Power, Eve still felt a pang of heartache.

*She felt like the CEO of a company on the brink of bankruptcy…*

Having reviewed Berserker’s information, Eve wasn’t very satisfied.

“Silver Tier… It’s a bit low.”

Eve, who had merged with the World Tree’s legacy, had a clear understanding of the world’s power hierarchy. The Segis Plane’s strength ranged from Mundane Level to Legendary, Demigod Level, and Mythical Level, four major tiers, each a chasm apart.

The lowest Mundane Level, also known as the Secular Level, could be divided into Iron, Silver, and Gold, each subdivided into upper, middle, and lower ranks.

Silver Tier, in the Mundane Level, was at best average strength, far from the likes of the Legendary Tier and others.

“I didn’t expect that just enlightening a middle-tier Silver follower would consume so much, it feels a bit wasteful…”

*Eve murmured to herself.*

“Manifest my own state!”

She thought again, commanding in her heart.

A similar panel of information appeared in her consciousness once more.

Name: Eve Yggdrasil

Race: World Tree (Old God)

Level: 150 (Mythical)

State: Weak Divine Power (On the brink of slumber)

Domain/Divinity: Nature, Life, Elves

Titles: Mother Nature, Goddess of Life, Elf Sovereign

Divine Power Value: 10/500

Number of Believers: 3 (Saints 0, Fanatics 1, Devout Believers 1, Shallow Believers 1)

Abilities: Communication, Bestowal, Enlightenment, Healing, Summon, Divine Descent…

*What the heck is Eve?!*

Well… She was the Mother Goddess.

The World Tree was originally the Mother Tree of Life, naturally also a Goddess.

Having played various bizarre virtual games in her past life, now even becoming a Goddess didn’t bother her.

*Wait… So I even have a few believers?*

Seeing the number of believers, Eve was a bit surprised. But recalling the faint prayers she heard before merging with the World Tree core, she felt at ease.

If her guess was correct, those voices probably came from her other believers.

10 Divine Power Value, this was truly pitiful.

In other words, enlightening Berserker just consumed 5 Divine Power Value!

And gaining the ability to observe target states cost her another 1 Divine Power Value…

“I must strengthen myself… The Divine Power Value is far from enough.”

Not to mention, just to gain the ability to move freely, Eve urgently needed to increase her Divine Power Value.

A World Tree in a dying state was merely a stump; apart from being conscious, it was no different from a human vegetable, truly the saddest true god.

When she first arrived, she was quite excited. But if she kept standing here like a stump, cosplaying as a background prop, Eve felt she would eventually go crazy…

*I must gather enough Divine Power Value soon to recover from this dying state and simultaneously create a Divine Descent Avatar!*

Once she had an avatar, Eve could move freely within a certain range.

However, if she wanted to use the Divine Descent Avatar ability, Eve found it required 100 Divine Power Value to sustain it!

For now, that seemed like an astronomical figure…

Thinking of this, Eve sighed inwardly.

*Too poor…*

Fortunately, faith power provided by believers could be converted into Divine Power, but seeing just the meager number of three, Eve felt even more helpless.

Three believers, one of whom just created, was there any True God in the world more miserable than her?

Although the ancient True God World Tree belonged to the Old God faction and didn’t rely on faith like the belief gods, currently, the only way Eve could replenish Divine Power seemed to be through faith…

By the way, where were the other believers?

Suddenly, Eve felt a slight curiosity rise in her heart.

Since she could connect with the Oak Guardian, could she also connect with the others?

She thought about it, then once again immersed herself in consciousness.

Mysteriously, Eve found herself again in that mysterious green space.

Only now, she already knew what this space was.

It was the core of the World Tree’s divinity, also the embryonic form of a Divine Country.

At this moment, the green space was still shrouded in a misty glow, chaotic in appearance.

Mysteriously, Eve sensed that she was the sovereign here, capable of manipulating and altering everything within this space, but she didn’t attempt to change anything, as her current Divine Power was too weak to withstand any experimentation.

Additionally, Eve discovered three clusters of green photons within the space, twinkling like starlight.

These were the channels connecting her with her three believers.

Aside from these, Eve was somewhat surprised to find the familiar blue light cluster from before she crossed, the one she felt close to, was also here.

Moreover, the sense of intimacy from the blue cluster was getting stronger and stronger!

After some hesitation, Eve abandoned her plan to directly connect with the other believers, opting to cautiously probe into the blue light cluster instead.

Upon Eve’s touch, an overwhelming flood of information, composed of numbers and symbols, suddenly surged forth!

“Virtual reality technology pioneering a new technological revolution?”

“Amazing, my country, virtual network coverage is expected by year-end!”

“Professional gamer dies after a week of staying up in a gaming pod…”

“…”

After braving it for a few seconds, Eve hurriedly cut off the input of information.

She dumbly stared at the blue light cluster before her, as a tumult surged within her heart—

This blue light cluster was actually connected to the network world of her previous life on Earth!