NABC Chapter 171 The City That Once Believed in the "True Creator"
Chapter 171 The City That Once Believed in the "True Creator"
Chapter 171 The City That Once Believed in the "True Creator"
Raphael's ability to make Priest Zede's stomach explode was a curse issued using the "Source of the Curse".
Or rather, it's purely about using the malice of the "source of the curse" to inflict damage on the target.
There was no need to utter a real curse—of course, this was also because Raphael had never had the corresponding ability to curse before, so he had the power but no channel or way to use it.
Later, she used the "Flesh and Blood Magic" ability from the "Rose Handkerchief" to fill the priest's messy parts back into her stomach. It was like molding clay, putting it back into shape.
Generally speaking, this ability can only be used by the owner of the magical item and cannot be used on others.
However, with the added advantage of "Dark Lodge" in terms of rank, Raphael can also use this ability on others.
Then Raphael used the method of "granting" to bring the information about Zeder's sacrifice into the real world for reading.
Most of these materials were written in Gigantic script, but the Gigantic script of the Tertiary period was somewhat different from that of the Northern Continent. Raphael read it very slowly at first, but gradually became more fluent.
Sen'er was a major city during the Tertiary period, which sheltered the survivors of several surrounding cities when the "Great Cataclysm" occurred.
The survivors settled here and formed a federation.
Initially, the city devoutly worshipped the "Sun God," hoping that this deity would once again favor them.
However, they later went to war with the city-state of Pythia, and without divine protection, they suffered heavy losses.
At this time, members of the exploration team brought back the belief in the "true creator," and they converted to the faith.
Raphael thought to himself: You might not believe it, but this is actually equivalent to the "ancient sun god" returning, only in a rather special way.
He continued reading, and with the help of the "true creator," their power increased, and they finally survived.
But decades ago, the “true Creator” suddenly stopped responding to prayers and became uninterested in their offerings.
Therefore, the Sen'er Federation began to pray to other gods.
Raphael agreed with this point: If you don't protect me, I won't believe in you anymore.
Of course, Raphael also knew that the people of the Sener Federation were not particularly principled, but rather driven by the need for survival; they had no choice but to convert.
Raphael believed that the city-states that survived in the "forsaken land" either still worshipped the "ancient sun god" or had long ago worshipped an evil god.
In that vast land, there is only one true god, the "True Creator," whose predecessor was the "Ancient Sun God." Therefore, He will not actively destroy the faith of cities like Silver City.
The latter doesn't actually have many evil gods to worship. If he believed in Amon, he would probably have become an Amon clone of the entire city long ago.
But besides the "True Creator" and Amun, which other deity can be worshipped in the "Forsaken Land"?
Even the "God of Wishes," Cortal, is in the "Forsaken Land," but because of Amun's presence, He dares not openly respond to the prayers of believers.
There should be other angels, but the people of the "Forsaken Land" do not have many gods to choose from.
Raphael then went to look at the relevant descriptions of Sener City. Because it was a federal city, Sener City had eight extraordinary pathways, but most of them only went up to Sequence 5.
The main extraordinary pathways are "Mystic" and "Criminal". The main extraordinary pathways in this city used to be "Mystic" and "Prisoner", but after they began to believe in the "True Creator", more and more monsters of the "Mystic" pathway were attracted here.
After more than a thousand years of evolution, the "Mystic" path has become the mainstream for extraordinary individuals.
Currently, the city has three demigods, which is enough to barely keep the situation afloat.
Another point that surprised Raphael was that after the city of Senr gained faith in the "True Creator," it obtained a stable and clean source of food.
Place the hunted monsters in the temple's underground area, and the next day, they will automatically separate into edible flesh and blood, as well as flesh and blood containing toxins and a few extraordinary properties.
This is the authority of the "True Creator" regarding "flesh and blood".
But since the "True Creator" stopped responding, this clean food source disappeared, and they were forced to eat the flesh and blood of monsters that contained toxins.
Only a few decades later, everyone from the Speaker to Sener City has undergone certain changes.
After reviewing the information, Raphael noticed two things. First, before believing in the "True Creator," Sen'er City seemed to have a stable food source.
According to historical records, they probably began to believe in the "true creator" around the late Quaternary period.
That was the time when the "True Creator" was completely driven to the Eastern Continent, but before that...
There is a gap of several hundred years between the occurrence of the "Great Cataclysm".
They've mutated into this state in recent decades, and it's hard to say how long they could have survived without a stable, clean food source for the next few centuries.
However, the specific circumstances at the time are not recorded in the documents, and it is unknown whether Zeder was not qualified to borrow them.
The second thing is that, at the beginning, the Senr Federation and the Bidis City-State did not go to war.
Both are survivors of the "Great Cataclysm," and their living conditions are extremely harsh. Either the war broke out from the beginning due to the struggle for survival resources, or the two cities have no war potential at all, meaning the war will end in a short time.
The victors are allowed to continue, while the losers are massacred.
However, the city of Sen'er struggled in darkness for hundreds of years before finally engaging in war with the city-state of Pythia. Moreover, not long after the outbreak of war, it converted to the belief in the "True Creator."
Raphael wouldn't believe there wasn't some high-level strategic maneuvering involved.
But since they weren't going to talk about it, Raphael didn't bother to ask anymore. Even if they wanted to talk about it later, Raphael might not be willing to listen.
The Forsaken Land, Sen'er City.
Speaker Dohaden and others waited quietly outside the temple.
Zede has been inside the altar in the side hall for over an hour, but he hasn't come out yet.
Everyone believed that the priest had died inside, which was enough to prove that this deity could bring down divine punishment in the "forsaken land".
This is important because their faith is highly utilitarian; they need this new deity to help them defend against attacks from other cities.
If you can't even do this, then it doesn't matter whether you believe it or not.
Therefore, even though Zeder is dead, Doharden has essentially completed his test of the new god.
Just as they were discussing who should continue praying to the newly responding deity, Zede crawled out of the side shrine and weakly said to those outside, "Do not put the gods to the test!"
Dohaden was taken aback; the situation was more complicated than they had imagined. This new god clearly preferred to torture people rather than kill them.
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