The number of followers of the WIFI Goddess, Lolth, wasn't very large yet, and most of them were concentrated in the Sanghai Empire and Chardo Port.
That was determined by the domain of power she wielded.
After all, asking the rough-and-tumble people of Transia to understand the structure of the "World Wide Web" was just bullying them. The good news, though, was that a few veterans in the Holy Light Order had fought in the Sanghai Empire's rebellion-suppression campaign, and one of them had even received Lolth's blessing by a strange twist of fate, becoming one of the super hackers.
At Liwen and Biji's request, the knight—once a village teacher, who had sworn to fight after the fall of Marlow Town—immediately performed the super hackers' unique ritual. He asked the Goddess of Data for her power, then used his own mind as a temporary relay to set up a communication channel blessed by the Goddess.
It could reach its target directly, ignoring both distance and obstacles.
Murphy was in Xike City, helping the Xike undead integrate into the Underworld's system. As soon as he received the message from Marlow Town, he responded. Using three blessed computational orbs, he projected his form into a barn in Marlow Town through data transmission.
As Murphy's voice took shape amid the weaving, dancing green data, the ratman scout, Chichi, immediately dropped to its knees in terror. Trembling, it cried out:
"Ah! You've come! Great saint who grants freedom, you've come! You stand before Chichi! This is the greatest honor!"
"Uh..."
The ratman's flattery left Murphy at a loss for words.
He truly hadn't expected that the ratman slave, Black Servant Sen, whom he'd once let go, would actually have made such a "big deal" of things.
From the posture of the ratman scout before