Chapter 4: Goddess of Mercy for Children

Goddess of Mercy for Children

Everyone was stunned.

As everyone knew, there were only wrong names, not wrong nicknames.

Goddess of Mercy for Children was a playful name players gave to the "Progeny Priest" profession. When 【Birth】 priests blessed or healed companions, there was often a probability of making the companions "pregnant," hence the name.

This side effect from the god's blessing didn't make one truly pregnant, the organs of pregnancy weren't limited to the uterus, and the things conceived weren't any proper life forms either. They were randomly matched between phyla, classes, orders, and families, and their appearances were varied and had everything one could expect.

The will of 【Birth】 advocated reproduction, so when using divine power, it was possible to produce all kinds of "passive pregnancy" predicaments that left people between laughter and tears.

But don't underestimate this accidental "pregnancy." For every "new life" conceived within the body of the healed, the healing effect received would increase by three parts.

Therefore, the Progeny Priest was a healer with very sufficient healing output.

Song Yawen waved his hands in a daze, his head shaking as fast as a fan.

"Brother, please, don't heal me. I'd rather accept a priest of an opposing faith than tolerate you making my belly big!"

If he were healed once, how could he go out and see people?

Should he tell others that he had been pregnant with a male teammate's "child"?

Nangong was also stunned. She was very grateful for Cheng Shi's move to take the initiative to reveal his faith to let his teammates accept her, but with the faiths of the other two unknown, she still didn't dare to say her faith.

After all, players of the 【Sinking】 fate were criticized a lot.

Even if she wasn't opposing Cheng Shi.

Xia Wan stood aside and saw Nangong's hesitation. This made her realize that the other party wasn't a mortal enemy of 【Birth】. She suddenly felt relieved, but still said with a cold face:

"I am a Creation Hunter."

Creation Hunter, a hunter who believes in 【Birth】.

"?"

Everyone was surprised that someone as cold as Xia Wan would choose to follow 【Birth】, only Song Yawen's expression became ugly.

He also saw that Nangong wasn't an enemy of 【Birth】, but the 【Life】 and 【Sinking】 fates each only had three gods, which meant that the other party had a 50% probability of being his enemy.

Just when he was struggling with whether to confess his faith, Chen Chong beside him waved his hand, interrupting everyone's communication.

"Fate differences are not caused by us, nor do we need to bear too much pressure. Since the two priests are not opposing, then just separate the healing work."

He pointed to Nangong, and then pointed to himself and Cao Sansui:

"Nangong is responsible for me and the mage. As for the believers of 【Life】, you solve it yourselves."

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Xia Wan:

"Since you are a believer of His, I suppose you won't reject Cheng Shi?"

Xia Wan glanced casually at this Progeny Priest who looked decent. Her expression didn't change, and she nodded slightly.

"..."

The hunter's cold expression couldn't hide the awkwardness, but Cheng Shi's expression became very subtle.

Another one who was even more subtle was Song Yawen.

It seemed he had to accept the healing of a Goddess of Mercy for children.

Chen Chong naturally took over the team's leadership. Seeing that everyone had no objections, he said again:

"No more nonsense. The trial has a preparation time. We don't know the cause of this war yet, so it's not convenient to leave the place of descent rashly. During the preparation time, everyone try to complete the 【Decree Execution】 as soon as possible, and then find a suitable place to hold."

The so-called 【Decree Execution】 was the ritual where players prayed for blessings from their respective gods.

When players chose to believe in a certain god, He would bestow the initial 【Faith Talent】, which was the game skill, and unlock the talent quantity limit and bestow higher-level faith talents when players reached different segments.

These talents would greatly improve the players' combat capabilities and even be the cornerstone for players to build their own different profession flows.

Of course, talents were divided into active and passive. If you wanted to use active talents in the trial, you must first practice the god's decree at the beginning of each trial.

For example, the decree of 【Birth】 is "Embrace reproduction, create new life."

In human terms, it's mating.

If you want to become stronger, mate first.

As the first god of the 【Life】 fate, 【Birth】 is both the prelude to life and the origin of all things. He combines yin and yang and advocates reproduction.

If you want to pray for His blessing, you must lead by example.

But because trials are randomly matched, everyone is a stranger, and no one will take the initiative to overcome embarrassment and shame to help just because "【Birth】 believers really need to mate."

Therefore, this 【Decree Execution】 is very difficult to achieve perfectly.

But humans as a species are creative.

When a thing cannot be solved by normal methods, many crooked tricks are often invented to save the country by a curve.

Regarding mating, there are many operations that look similar but are different in spirit, such as...

Masturbation.

This great invention saved countless autistic 【Birth】 believers, but it also aroused the dissatisfaction of some players.

Someone once denounced the players who invented this solution in the 【Birth】 faith channel, angrily calling it a blasphemy against the gods.

But this accusation was refuted by a group of glib "heretics" from a very special angle.

They claimed:

When they were practicing the decree of 【Birth】, as long as they were thinking of 【Him】 in their minds, then this wouldn't be blasphemy, but an offering.

As for what was offered...

Ahem, those who understand, understand.

No one can say for sure whether He likes it or not, but the problem is no one dares to say He doesn't like it. After all, He advocates reproduction.

But... today's situation is different again.

On the scene, there are two believers of 【Birth】.

And they are a man and a woman.

Everyone was accustomed to this and dispersed tacitly, starting to prepare for their respective decree executions.

Only Cheng Shi and Xia Wan remained in place, motionless, neither of them opening their mouths.

Awkward, the kind of awkwardness where toes could cramp up.

Cheng Shi had a smile on his face, but his face was almost stiff.

He never expected that this cold hunter young lady was actually a believer of 【Birth】. If he had known this would happen, he would rather have said his true faith.

It's killing me!

Fortunately, Xia Wan didn't feel awkward. Her expression remained as cold as ever. Seeing that Cheng Shi hadn't said a word for a long time, she took the initiative to ask:

"Together, or separately?"

To be honest, Xia Wan looked good.

Her short hair was clean and neat, and her eyebrows and eyes were cool and stylish. Since the girl didn't object, why not...

"Separately, I like men."

Cheng Shi rubbed his hands awkwardly and said this sentence.

"?"

Xia Wan's cold expression changed for the first time. She scanned Cheng Shi up and down with suspicious eyes for a long time, then gave a strange "hmm," and turned to leave.

Seeing her leave, Cheng Shi quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Mom, I almost got myself wrapped in.

If he had really agreed to her, but didn't receive the blessing of 【Birth】 after the decree execution, wouldn't the lie he just told be in vain?

Having the lie exposed was secondary, but impersonating a 【Birth】 believer to complete the decree execution...

No matter how you look at it, it looks like a scam.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead and was about to start his decree execution, but suddenly frowned, turned to one side, and said gloomily to a corner:

"Is it good to watch?"

"..."

Song Yawen, hiding in the dark, didn't expect Cheng Shi to discover him. He shook his head and retreated as if he had seen a ghost:

"Sorry, professional habit, it's not good to watch, no no no, I'm not good to watch, you're good to watch, brother, I like women, really, we two are not suitable, a forced melon is not sweet, I'll go first, my decree execution isn't finished yet, goodbye!"

Song Yawen scrambled away. Cheng Shi frowned and looked at the place where the other person had been hiding before. It was a triangular shadow area formed by an uncollapsed wall foundation.

He walked over thoughtfully, kicked away the rubble under the shadow with his foot, and found a dead white mouse under the ruins.

"A believer of 【Death】, interesting."

The small episode didn't affect Cheng Shi too much. He looked around, and after confirming that no one was there, he slowly unfolded his right hand.

In the blink of an eye, a six-sided die suddenly appeared out of thin air in his palm.

The die was pale like bone, but the dots were as bright as gold.

Cheng Shi curled his lips into a playful angle and prayed piously to this die:

"Lies are like yesterday, sneering at today.

Yesterday I deceived the believer of 【Birth】, so today...

I am a believer of 【Birth】."

As soon as the words fell, a wave of invisible nothingness rippled out from the die, gradually wrapping Cheng Shi's whole body.

A flash of light appeared in Cheng Shi's eyes, and the light of 【Birth】 surged in his pupils.

【Decree Execution】 ended, blessing completed.

Today's Cheng Shi is a believer of 【Birth】, a Progeny Priest. ===== CHAPTER 5 =====