The Rise of the Sparkfire Church
"As expected, there are no bad people among those who like fire."
In the Sparkfire Church in Bede City, a Flame Monk smiled and said to the believer who came to offer money:
May your career be blessed by the god of fire, burning as fiercely as firewood thrown into a flame.
"Gwyn."
The believer muttered something and presented a fiery red envelope with both hands. After the Flame Monk accepted it, he left respectfully.
We left this chapel, which was only accessible to those of high status, senior believers, or those with special affinity.
The Flame Monk who received him in this chapel was naturally not an ordinary member of the Sparkfire Church, but someone with a considerable position in the church.
The founder of the Sparkfire Church, who was the first to clear the Zane Dungeon with Leon and his Strategy Team, who single-handedly changed the name of the fire god and established Gwyn as the new fire god, can no longer be called Flame Monk; he should be renamed a bishop.
His name— Jenoson —is still engraved on the first stone tablet, receiving the gaze of every passing adventurer.
As long as the stone tablet in the Zane Dungeon still exists, his name will continue to appear before the public.
This is also one of his methods of promoting the Sparkfire Church!
Ever since the day he first cleared the Zane Dungeon, Jenoson has devoted himself wholeheartedly to the cause of his sect.
Although he looked old, his mind was quite young. He reformed all the old and outdated rules within the sect one by one, and ruthlessly eliminated disunited members. He personally set about changing the sect's rules again.
After completing a series of internal affairs, the Sparkfire Church was revitalized. Although its membership had decreased significantly, each member held a firm faith in the new god of fire Gwyn, and they were all sworn Sun Warrior.
During the rebirth of the Sparkfire Church, he personally participated in every missionary activity.
From mass proselytizing on the spot to drawing talismans to help people in the Zane Dungeon, and then to bringing the Sun Warrior' helpfulness to the outside world to assist believers and even passersby, and even targeting more famous sects like the Holy Light Church, they soon formulated a development policy that deeply bound the Sparkfire Church to the Zane Dungeon, sharing both prosperity and adversity.
With a series of practical plans, the Sparkfire Church burst forth with unprecedented vitality in his hands!
For Jenoson, taking over the Sparkfire Church was like starting a new business from scratch.
And now, he has actually succeeded in building this business!
"Call"
Jenoson exhaled and looked up at the Gwyn statue on the altar. The statue was a one-to-one replica of the Gwyn statue in Anor Londo, with some added details.
You can tell they put a lot of effort into it.
"I made the right decision to replace Vulcan."
The past is like smoke, and he recalls the past when he single-handedly developed the Sparkfire Church as if it were still in front of him, his eyes filled with memories.
Wait a minute, it seems like it hasn't even been a year since Vulcan was replaced.
Jenoson suddenly realized that he didn't seem to have many memories to recall, and a smile crept onto his already wrinkled face.
"The decision to bind with the Zane Dungeon was absolutely the right one."
He never expected that the Zane Dungeon would develop so rapidly, and the popularity of the Sparkfire Church would also rise sharply.
There's no way around it; that's the benefit of aligning yourself with the right powerful figure.
With a "rip," he tore open the envelope and began to examine its contents.
"Is this a business conflict?"
He handed the letter to the statue of Gwyn, and immediately a pair of hands reached out from behind the thick, flame-colored curtain to take it.
"Handle this matter properly. That person was a devout believer who recently donated a large sum of money to the church."
"Yes." A voice responded from behind the curtain, followed by footsteps fading into the distance.
One of the core tenets of the Sparkfire Church is helping others, and they directly embody the qualities they believe in as Sun Warrior in their expectations of their believers.
In various churches, the solution to believers' troubles is a blessing from God, and those whose troubles are usually resolved are not ordinary believers. However, in the Sparkfire Church, the entire church is a giant "Sun Warrior" who helps believers relieve their worries.
The requests of ordinary believers are handled by dedicated church staff, while those who have made special contributions are received personally by Jenoson.
While the goal is to help others to the best of one's ability, sincerity is still required when facing some difficult problems; otherwise, the church's operation cannot be sustained.
This feels more like a replica of an Adventurers' Guild?
It's just dealing with the troubles of believers.
"Bishop Jenoson, there is new information from Scamellon. Please take a look."
Just then, a Flame Monk trotted over and presented the letter.
Jenoson opened the package and looked at it, his brows furrowing immediately, but he quickly composed himself and sighed:
"I shouldn't have agreed to their request to return to Scamellon to preach. They actually had some kind of dream of replacing the Three Great Churches. They rashly joined the rebel army to fight without my consent, and now they have suffered heavy losses and only then do they know to come back to me for help."
"Should we intervene?" the Flame Monk asked. "The situation in war-torn Scamellon is complex and unpredictable, not to mention..."
"Moreover, that country doesn't have the Zane Dungeon, which is disadvantageous to us."
Jenoson spoke the last words for the Flame Monk.
The Sparkfire Church owes its current success entirely to the Zane Dungeon. Their main missionary work is now in the Warrior Country, because Saen has opened a branch city there and has a certain influence.
Now that Scamellon doesn't have Thane, even Jenoson is uncertain about the situation.
"But we can't just stand by and watch them die. If it were Solal, the most loyal Sun Warrior under the God of Fire, he certainly wouldn't abandon his comrade."
Solaire seems to hold a rather unusual position within the Sparkfire Church.
"Let's go, let's go to the Ska Meron too. It shouldn't be too difficult to rescue a few people from this chaotic situation."
Jenoson repeated it again, as if he were reminding himself;
"I'll come back after I rescue the person, and I'll never get involved in those messy things."
This may be the fastest dungeon battle that Gong Qiying has ever fought.
No, this seems to be the first time we've fought a dungeon battle in the Zane Dungeon. Before that, we've always fought more intense deathmatches.
From finalizing the cooperation details with Yanhuo to the official start of the match today, everything happened very quickly; the two sides only waited three days.
The reason for waiting three more days is that there will be a brief shutdown when the dungeon opens, so some minor adjustments need to be made to things related to visitor flow.
Fortunately, Gong Qiying accepted the battle under the name of "Zane Dungeon", so those branch cities - those in Val, Reid and Black Rock City - will not be affected and will not be closed.
Especially the Val branch city, which is Living Dungeon, would be a real headache if it suddenly closed down, since there are actually people living in Lake Liurnia.
If those people were suddenly kicked out, many unexpected things would probably happen. For example, Gong Qiying only recently noticed that the Academy Gate Town has become a private meeting place for many adulterous couples.
Therefore, the only place that will truly be closed is the original Zane Dungeon located in Bede City.
"Are you here?"
Gong Qiying sensed a notification coming from his own dungeon, indicating that the Blazing Explosive Flame Dungeon had given a signal that it was ready to start the battle.
"A swift victory is crucial. The other dungeons probably didn't expect me to win so quickly, and new challenges won't arrive for a long time."
He muttered something to himself and then responded to the Explosive Flame Dungeon's request.
The Explosive Flame Dungeon are converging and about to merge.