"But using the Magic Net requires praying to the Magic Goddess and the Technology God. We are followers of the Nature God..." The Second Elder was somewhat conflicted.
That would have been fine before, but not now. Not long ago, the Technology God had responded to nearly all his followers. What if they suddenly received a response? They could not exactly convert to the Technology God, could they? The queen was the Nature God's high priestess, and they were all born spirits of nature!
"Do our people pray only to the Nature God? During the harvest, does no one turn their gaze to the Harvest God? When the seasons change, does no one turn their gaze to the God of Seasons? When facing death, does no one pray to the Death God? Has the light of the Life God not shone upon our people? The Nature God is the faith of us Druids, the faith of the Elves, but that does not mean we cannot pray to other gods!"
The First Elder's expression remained unchanged, as though he had merely mentioned some trivial matter. Yet to the other Elf elders, his words were like thunderous waves crashing down upon them.
Was that something he could say aloud?!
If the queen heard this... it would be challenging the authority of the crown!
Even if the queen did not mind, it was still the case. The Elven Kingdom was a nation where religion and government were one!
"Putting aside the miraculous Magic Net for now, are Mana Bombs and Ray Guns truly not worth considering? Have you forgotten the news we just received? The Dawn Kingdom used an army of several thousand to rout the Orcs' hundred-thousand-strong allied force! The Graycastle Empire has also begun researching them. If they succeed as well,