“Whatcha looking at?” Trick asked seemingly teleporting to her side.
“Oh, um I have a screen that shows me all that I need to do. A quest,” Mari explained. Do I need to go to my workroom to do this, or go outside? And do they have to watch me 'cause that sounds stressful, Mari thought as she side-eyed the messengers.
Divine Pantheon Temple
To make the temple the Guardian must exit the forge, when construction is finished the Messengers must be there so that they can claim the individual sections for their divine patron.
Mari sighed, “Um, it looks like I have to step outside to make this, so…”
“Of course, we shall follow you then.” Cloud gave her a kind smile, but it still sent an uneasy shiver down her back.
"Right," Mari raised her hand and looked down, similar to the first floor, there was the Summon Monster option, and since the Lore was already made it was grayed out.
What was different was that instead of the Workroom button, there was a Travel option. When clicked it would pull up a screen with a list of destinations, the workroom was on it, as well as all the different islands and an option to exit the forge.
Feeling the pressure of the messenger's eyes Mari didn't waste any time and opened a portal to outside. "This way," With a gesture she stepped aside to let them through first.
"Cool!" Trick shouted and dived through, the other two walked serenely not even glancing at her.
With a sigh, Mari stepped through.
On the other side was the expected scene of her little island surrounded by ocean. In the distance, Mari could see the shadow of what she now was mostly positive was a continent.
"Wow, that is a big tree." Mari turned around to take a look at her forge's outside appearance. While she remembered the tree being big before the likelihood of it being big enough to shock a Divine Messenger like Trick was unlikely.
"Oh, it's bigger," Mari mumbled. A second later she shook her head and refocused, the faster she was done the quicker the messengers would leave.
Divine Pantheon Temple
1,500/1,500
* Su
* Statue Blueprint + 200c
* Offering Table + 50
* Worship Pews + 20
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* Living Quarters + 60
* Barracks + 60
* Ju
* Statue Blueprint + 200c
* Offering Table + 50
* Worship Pews + 20
* Living Quarters + 60
* Barracks + 60
* Au
* Statue Blueprint + 200c
* Offering Table + 50
* Worship Pews + 20
* Living Quarters + 60
* Barracks + 60
Mari looked it over and then decided to start with Au, as so far Trick had been the least scary. After buying the statue option the image of a young boy with green hair and purple eyes appeared, he wore simple clothes and had a large crow perched on his extended hand, a snack curled around his neck and he had a cocky smirk on his face.
Looking around Mari chose a spot on the right of the little island nearest to the tree. She pulled the image of the statue out of the screen and dropped it at her feet, rapidly it began to grow until it reached 150 feet tall, almost as tall as her forge.
Next, she selected the Offering Table and placed it at the foot of the statue, it was rather simple and made of wood but it was long. After that was the Worship Pews that went in front of the table by a few feet. Once they were placed a large building of white marble similar to what she remembered ancient Greek temples grew from the ground to surround the area.
Finally, Mari bought the Living Quarters and Barracks. She attached one to each side of the temple and stepped back to look at the finished product.
"I've never seen architecture like this, it's wonderful." Trick awed as he flited about the building.
Mari felt herself blush, though she reminded herself she wasn't really doing anything but what was essentially copying and pasting.
Notice!
The appearance of the Temples and Cathedral will be based on the preference of the Guardian
Huh, I wonder what will happen if I actively try to imagine the outcome as I make it. Mari reopened the screen and chose to make Ju's temple next.
The new statue looked like an old man with black graying hair and blue-green eyes, he wore the clothing of a sailor. Mari decided to place it closer to the edge of the island and as such closer to the ocean, as Ju was the God of the Sea among other things.
Building the rest went mostly the same, but his time she kept the image that she wanted the temple to become firm in her mind.
In the end, the result was exactly what she had pictured. Instead of the island edge dropping off into the ocean it instead merged with the front half of a large wooden pirate ship.
It was a seamless transition from the island's grass to the ship's wood. Surrounding the large mast that protruded from the ground right at the merge were several Worship pews, and the statue was moved and placed in the front of the ship.
"It's satisfactory," Wave commented, and Mari noticed the slight widening of her eyes as she stepped onto the ship and examined the deep blue sails.
Last was Su, Mari bought the statue which looked like a young woman with gold hair and eyes, she had tan skin and wore an elegant white dress with gold suns embroidered on it.
She placed it in the center of the two other temples and got to work. The end result was a gold temple reminiscent of the Indian temples Mari remembered from Earth.
With a tired sigh, Mari stepped back and looked at her finished work. A moment later she frowned, Ju and Su's temples looked great and she was proud of them, but now that she was looking at the three lined up like this...
"Ah, just a moment," Mari interpreted the three messengers who were getting ready to begin the ritual claiming the temples for their gods.
"I made -" How do you address a God! "Mr.Au's before I figured out exactly what I was doing, do you mind if I take another look at it?" She asked Trick.
He tilted his eyes and examined her for a moment it felt as if it was someone else, someone a lot scarier looking at her through his eyes before Trick gave a bright smile. "Sure!"
Mari gave him a shaky smile, I want them to leave, I can't take much more of this, Mari held back the tired whimper that wanted to escape and stepped into Au's temple.