Both were large organizations with spheres of influence that spread far and wide.
Unlike the Church's great churches, which were all much the same—built specifically for prayer and the worship of the gods, with only slight differences in interior decoration and size depending on how prosperous the local area was—
the building itself alone was enough to show how different the Adventurers Association and the Church were in everything from their founding purposes to their organizational styles.
Perhaps it had originated from some former high-ranking member of the Association's pursuit of art, or perhaps it was meant to demonstrate this vast organization's respect for local environments and customs across the entire continent, highlighting its own uniqueness.
From what Xia Nan knew, when the Adventurers Association established branches across the Aifala Continent, it always hired the very best architects to design them in combination with the local environment and certain localized special elements that might be involved.
Take the Adventurers Association branch in River Valley Town, for example. It had been built from oak taken from deep within the Thin Mist Forest, and details such as the eaves were decorated with lush green plants. From a distance, it looked just like a treehouse.
And right now, the Adventurers Association branch in Barracuda Bay had likewise undergone a localized exterior design.
It looked—as if it were an enormous reef by the sea.
The outer walls were piled from dark cobblestones collected from nearby beaches, combined with some hemlock timber. Damp dark green sea moss had deliberately been left along the edges, while the roof was covered in tiles made from dark clay, decorated with thick seaweed, showing varying shades of grayish brown that blended into the "reef" as one.
Its unique shape made it completely different from the clean, refined buildings on