A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 996 - 996 688 Seal

?Chapter 996: Chapter 688 Seal Chapter 996: Chapter 688 Seal With the Lost Ground reopening, Arkham City immediately became the focal point of not only Sword Bay but also the entire Northern Land. On one hand, the city was indeed magnificent and majestic, even surpassing the capital of the Faelun World Kingdom. On the other hand… many churches had started to build their temples and establish their presence within Arkham City.

Of course, it wasn’t strange for such things to occur generally, but the issue was that the number of temples within Arkham City was quite large. It could be said that nearly all churches of Benevolent and Neutral Alignment Deities built their temples there. There were even rumors that in the dark corners beneath the city, temples to Evil Deities like Shawl and Lovita existed as well.

This was very unusual for a newly established territory because, in general, it was rare to see a congregation of numerous Deity Churches. Naturally, this also aroused suspicion and attention from many forces.

Duanmu Huai certainly knew that these churches, in essence, served as embassies in Arkham. Thus, he allocated land to them according to their applications, in the same manner as embassies. Naturally, the construction of the buildings was left to the followers of each deity.

This naturally led to many business guilds making a fortune, although, generally, the scale of the church and temple wasn’t a matter of particular concern to most.

But… it was completely different in Arkham, alright!

The sanctity and majesty brought by the colossal Gothic-style city was heart-trembling just to behold. In light of this, if your church or temple turned out to be less impressive, wouldn’t that be a shame for your own Deity?

Not to mention, in this city where the churches of various Deities were concentrated, most of them belonging to Benevolent or Neutral Alignments, who would want to be outdone by others?

Consequently, the churches started spending money like water. Especially wealthy churches like Rosanda and Wokin directly threw Gold Coins around as if they were free, hiring the best construction teams and buying the best building materials, with a steadfast demand to construct the most magnificent and noble buildings.

If one were to use a civilization analogy, Arkham City was currently the epitome of a religious victory model.

Moreover, Arkham City’s unique living model also made many of the poor quite envious. Generally, finding a job to support a family in other cities was challenging, let alone buying a house. However, Arkham City’s policies were completely different. In Arkham’s city center, any poor person who found a job and signed a contract was automatically allocated a room, similar to public rental housing. Rent would then be automatically deducted from their wages. For instance, if a poor person found a job sweeping the streets in Arkham, they could obtain a public rental room, then simply by working hard and saving money, they could live a decent life.

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