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When it came to divine wars, the temples had extraordinarily rich experience. Directly confronting Plague God Gladstone with full force was not a good choice.

The best approach was to wear him down slowly through battle after battle, gradually weakening Plague God Gladstone's power. Once he had weakened to a certain point and the temples had learned his true condition, they would launch their full assault.

The temples would not casually summon gods either. Whether asking a god to display a miracle or inviting one to descend, both would disturb the god.

A temple's role was to handle all affairs on behalf of its god. No matter how much combat strength they lost, as long as they could resolve the problem, the temples would not ask a god to act.

"Please wait a little longer. The Portal is being repaired!" Bishop McKinley replied to Heaviside, the Level 5 priest.

"Didn't you say the Portal had been destroyed? Is the War God Temple incapable of handling it? If not, our Temple of Knowledge can help you!" Emerson, the Level 5 priest of the Temple of Knowledge, said blandly from the side.

There had always been some friction between the War God Temple and the Temple of Knowledge—or rather, among the major temples in private.

However, the friction between the War God Temple and the Temple of Knowledge was more frequent. At this moment, Emerson clearly did not trust Bishop McKinley's words.

"Priest Emerson, do you not even have the patience to wait a little while? Or has the Temple of Knowledge spent all its time studying knowledge and forgotten courtesy and patience?" Bishop McKinley replied just as blandly, without the slightest politeness.

"I hope you can still say that in a little while!" Emerson suppressed his anger and said in