Fantasy Simulator
chapter-271

Neither Herdosiri nor Chen Heng felt guilty about taking things from the corpses.

For them to have protected those people along the way, they had already shown great kindness to them.

As such, taking the assets of the dead was not a big moral issue.

This world did not have a very high requirement towards morals—them not forcefully taking these things when those people were still alive was already quite good.

This was part of the reason why they did not lack money.

All of the people escaping from the Malido Kingdom had been nobles; commoners did not need to run away, as their kingdom had already perished—it did not matter to them who they paid their taxes to.

In fact, perhaps the powerful Oro Empire might treat them even better than the Malido Kingdom.

As such, commoners had no reason to run.

As for the nobles, they had all held power and authority in the Malido Kingdom.

As such, after the Malido Kingdom had been destroyed, they had to quickly leave so that they were not robbed and killed by the Oro Empire's people.

However, it was evident that they had all brought large amounts of assets with them while escaping.

After all, nobles all had great riches, and this included Herdosiri, Lamu, and Chen Heng.

The assets that the three of them had were quite great, and after Herdosiri and Lamu had pledged their loyalty to Chen Heng, he had complete control over all of their assets.

The three of them had done some calculations, and the assets they had would be able to net them roughly 3,000 Oro gold coins.

Even though the Malido Kingdom had been destroyed by the Oro Empire, it was undeniable that the Oro Empire was the overlord in this region and was one of the few Empires.

Oro gold coins were the most valuable currency here and had great value.

Comparatively speaking, the Malido Kingdom's Malido silver coins were worth much less. Not only were there many counterfeits, but their purity also could not compare to Oro gold coins.

Chen Heng and the others planned to sell much of their assets in exchange for Oro gold coins.

They stayed here for three days and bought some new clothes and three horses.

Before, because of their circumstances, they had to rely on walking, which was quite slow.

Now that they had reached a city and had the money, they naturally changed their equipment and also bought horses.

Apart from the three horses, Chen Heng also bought a carriage and some weapons.

The carriage was to store food and weapons.

After all, even though they had horses, Chen Heng and the others needed food and other items.

Those things would not be convenient to carry on horseback, so it was better to get a carriage for those things.

As for weapons, they were also necessary for warriors. Whether it was Herdosiri or Lamu, their weapons had all been damaged and needed replacing.

All of these expenditures cost over 100 Oro gold coins.

From how Herdosiri and Lamu saw it, those things were quite expensive.

Because of the war, everything had become more expensive.

Otherwise, they would not have had to spend so much money.

However, they did not mind too much.

After all, they still had a lot of money, and this much money was not a big deal to them.

"Let's rest for one more day before heading out," Chen Heng said as he looked at Herdosiri and Lamu.

Hearing Chen Heng's words, Herdosiri and Lamu nodded and had no objections.

They discussed for a while before leaving.

As time passed, they all had their own things to do and did not relax.

Watching Herdosiri and Lamu leave, Chen Heng shook his head and walked out.

After coming to this city, this was the first time he had come to this city's streets.

As he looked around, the scenes around him appeared in his eyes.

The streets were quite wonky and did not look very organized.

Around the streets, there were some strange smells, which seemed like a mixture of excrements, blood, and other things.

Smelling those things, Chen Heng frowned and continued to look about.

He could clearly see that on various streets, there were people lying on the streets.

They were wearing tattered clothing and looked incredibly feeble—they were all refugees.

As the Malido Kingdom was destroyed, a large number of refugees swarmed out from the Malido Kingdom and entered the surrounding kingdoms.

This was a natural result of war.

Once war began, it would cause a large number of people to die, and this was even more so for a society that relied on agriculture.

Different from the ancient times of Chen Heng's previous world, this world had supernatural powers.

However, none of the churches or nobles thought of using their powers for the commoners.

Apart from the upper-levels, the lower levels of this world and the ancient times of Chen Heng's previous world were not too different.

This city was a very cruel microcosm.

As Chen Heng walked, he saw a few soldiers grinning as they dragged a corpse away; it seemed that they had long since become used to this.

Not too far away, some sobbing could be heard.

There were many people walking on the streets, and they treated the refugees like the plague, leaving a wide berth around them.

Seeing these things, Chen Heng's expression was calm as he silently walked forwards.

"Sir," a child's voice sounded out.

Chen Heng turned and saw a boy squatting there, crying as he held his mother.

"Sir, can you give us some food? My mother can't hold on for much longer," the boy sobbed as he pleaded with Chen Heng.

Looking at the boy, Chen Heng fell silent for a moment before taking out a piece of bread.

"Thank you, thank you sir…" the boy continuously thanked Chen Heng as he received the piece of bread.

Chen Heng inwardly shook his head and did not say much as he walked away.

It was just that after walking a few steps, he stopped as a warm current flowed into his body.

"This is…"

Sensing that feeling in his body, Chen Heng looked quite surprised.

A new energy flowed into his body, making him feel quite warm.

"This energy…"

Thinking of that energy, Chen Heng felt quite surprised, "Faith energy?"

Through the Divinities in his body, Chen Heng understood what that energy was.

Indeed, it was faith energy.

When living creatures worshipped gods, their wills would give off a wave of energy.

This was faith energy, the source of a god's power.

The Divinities contained some information about the fallen gods, as well as some basic information.

That was how Chen Heng had identified that energy as faith energy.

But how was that possible?

Faith energy indeed existed, and from the information from the Divinities, one would only be able to sense faith energy after becoming at least a demigod.

However, what was going on with this situation?

Chen Heng had not stepped into the realm of gods.

He was just a true Sorcerer and only equivalent to a Second Ring Sorcerer in this world.

According to the information from the Divinities, he should not have the qualifications to sense faith energy.

He felt quite confused, and at that moment, the simulator flashed, bringing with it a hazy power.

Sensing the simulator's power, Chen Heng thought to himself.

He still remembered that back then, he had obtained two Divinities. He had not directly absorbed them himself, and he had instead used the simulator to absorb them.

According to the information from the simulator, he had not just absorbed those two Divinities; rather, through the simulator's power, he had directly fused those two Divinities into his body, fusing into his essence.

Right now, he could clearly sense the Divinities' power in his soul.

This method was quite different from how normal people obtained Divinities.

For other people in this world, without reaching the realm of gods, they could not fuse a Divinity into their body, nor would they be able to fully use a Divinity's power.

Perhaps it was because of this that had resulted in this situation.

This was different from other people: For others, the Divinity was a tool, whereas for Chen Heng, the Divinity was part of him.

Perhaps this was why Chen Heng could gather faith energy without being a god.

This was a possibility.

Of course, it could also be because of the simulator.

However, the fact that Chen Heng could sense faith energy was an undeniable truth.

If he could use this well, it would greatly benefit him.

Following this, Chen Heng continued to test this, and he found that all of his tests were successful.

He could indeed sense the existence of faith energy, but compared to true faith energy, the power he had received was very weak.

Chen Heng could understand this—after all, this was not true worship. It was just some gratitude.

Comparatively speaking, one's worship or faith was something that persisted for their entire life, while gratitude was just temporary.

In a few days, those people might have forgotten what Chen Heng had done for them.

As such, it made sense that this power was quite weak.

Right now, he had a bigger question.

"How do I use this?" Chen Heng thought to himself.

Faith energy was something that belonged to the realm of the gods, and only gods could possess it.

Even though Chen Heng was quite special and could gain faith energy, how to actually use it was a big question.

One direct application was that real gods could use faith energy to strengthen themselves.

However, for Chen Heng, he could not directly absorb this faith energy, nor could he directly use it to strengthen himself.

What was the use of this faith energy then?

Soon, he found the first use of faith energy.

As Chen Heng thought to himself, the two Divinities within his body appeared.

It was as if they were starving people eating a meal, and they began to quickly devour the faith energy.

In just a short period of time, the faith energy was 90% devoured by the two Divinities.

During this process, Chen Heng could feel that the Divinities had been strengthened by the faith energy.

The remaining 10% turned into pure energy and fused into Chen Heng's body.

A very comfortable feeling spread throughout Chen Heng's body as it became stronger.

It was just that this increase in strength was incredibly small. If it wasn't for the fact that Chen Heng's mind was incredibly powerful, he might not have noticed it.

Sensing this, Chen Heng's eyes lit up as he began to do some examinations.

Within his body, the faith energy that had been devoured by the Divinities had disappeared.

After devouring the faith energy, the Divinities seemed to have become slightly stronger.

A sense of desire welled up within his body as if his body wanted more energy to supplement his Divinities and his body.

"Looks like there are some benefits," Chen Heng thought to himself.

If he had enough faith energy, those increases to his Divinities and his body would be quite significant.

"Is this why gods establish churches and obtain worshippers?" Chen Heng wondered.