In any case, it all cost money.
Ordinary poor commoners were used to not lighting lamps at night, all to save a bit of "energy."
That "energy" was too expensive; commoners could only afford such luxury once in a while.
Only a more prosperous place like Gathering Treasures City, where most people were wealthy, would not care about such a small expense.
In places focused not on technology but on farming, they probably could only light candles at night—or might not even be willing to light candles.
Every city possessed its own characteristics according to the divine authority of the god who sheltered it.
Some gods detested technology, believing that things mortals could create and use by themselves should not exist. Otherwise, how could they make those people depend on and believe in them?
The more ignorant a place was, the firmer its faith.
Once this virtually omnipotent energy appeared, Dopa did not dare imagine how great a stir it would cause.
The gods might not care about such things.
After all, these external objects could bring them nothing.
But as long as they still wanted humanity's faith, and feared that other gods would acquire this energy first, they had to seize it for themselves.
With this omnipotent energy, would not the faith of those believers be firmly in their grasp?
This energy was wealth, and as the God of Wealth, he naturally understood just how mad humanity could become over wealth.
"I must obtain this energy."
The God of Wealth matter-of-factly issued Dopa an order.
"Yes."
"However, before that, let us first see whether this energy is truly as omnipotent as they claim."
He was not some god who shut himself away from the world. Naturally, he knew that certain unscrupulous merchants among humanity, in order to sell their