The terms in the document were simple: the Vias Commercial Federation restoration movement would help the allied forces of the Black Spirit Continent and Elf Continent invade the Western Continent. Once the matter succeeded, the Elf Continent and Black Spirit Continent would support the Vias Commercial Federation restoration movement in rebuilding its own empire. In return, every member of the restoration movement would wholeheartedly promote cooperation between the two continents, and so on.
There were thirteen terms in all. Compared with the complicated, rigorously worded, trap-filled clauses drafted by the elves, these terms were simple and clean, without a single loophole. This was a contract document brimming with sincerity.
After carefully considering the terms for a while, Empress Green Moon smiled. Her lovely eyes shifted as she nodded to Lin Qi with a smile. "It seems we can settle this matter. We will help you establish an empire of your own with the utmost sincerity. But I have one additional condition. Perhaps you could become believers of the elven pantheon?"
Lin Qi smiled and nodded. He said calmly, "Since we have sold out the Church, naturally we do not mind selling out our own faith. To the people of the Vias Commercial Federation, even the soul is no more than a commodity. What does faith count for?"
Empress Green Moon pursed her lips. The Vias Commercial Federation—this nation reeking of copper. It was indeed exactly as Lin Qi had said. These merchants could even sell their souls, let alone their faith. To Empress Green Moon and the others, faith was something supremely sacred, yet to certain people, faith was merely another commodity.
Two days later, a massive log altar towered in the outskirts of Black Pearl Harbor. Upon the hundred-meter-high altar, Empress Green Moon and the Great Black Vulture stood