Chapter 264: Demon Gods and Temples
My name is Akatosh,
I've been messing around a lot in the past two days.
β4E, 201, Moon of Fire, 11th, 22:31
"Let goβlet goβIβ"
ββ¦β¦ Xiao Fu was caught and floated in the air, about three meters high. β
"Is this the time for analysis? Let's think of a way! β
Not long ago, Xiao Fu and Emile pursued Mercer Frey to Dugu City, but the "hand of the demons" still pointed firmly to the west, and Emir proposed to enter the city directly, but Xiao Fu insisted on continuing to follow the instructions of the hand of the demons with the experience of the last operation.
After that, the two of them followed the direction of their fingers in the snow-capped mountains west of Dugu City for nearly a day, but they did not find any hidden caves like last time.
After marking along the way and recording the path on the map, Xiao Fu found that they were carried around the figure "8" by the hands of the demons.
Confirming that the hand of the demon clan was malfunctioning, Xiao Fu was about to ignore its instructions and go directly to Dugu City, but was directly "caught" by that hand.
The "Demon Hand", which is only a little larger than the palm of an ordinary person's hand, naturally cannot directly grasp people with its own strength - Xiao Fu is suspended in the air two or three meters high out of thin air, and it is moving in sync with her in a posture of carrying something in a higher place.
Xiao Fu didn't feel caught by any power, but she felt that the guild master's leather armor on her body kept flying towards the sky, so she was picked up, because the situation was not urgent, and there was no danger at a height of two or three meters, so she didn't have the idea of cutting her clothes and escaping for the time being.
"Can you attack that hand? Destroy it and try it? Xiao Fu shouted to Amir, who had been following below.
ββ¦β¦ Can't attack, it's a gift from Joan of Arc's sister. The girl looked up at the hand and replied.
Can't attack, but there is no need to delve into the question of whether the attack is ineffective or she doesn't want to attack, and she hangs her limbs weakly and remains silent.
After a while, Xiao Fu was grabbed by the hands of the demons, and the volley approached the intersection point in the middle of the "8" loop, and the surrounding scenery was no different from before, and there were no ruins or caves with hidden entrances suddenly appeared.
When she thought that she would continue to be carried around in circles, the hand of the demon clan sank slightly as if it was accumulating, and then flew straight into the air with a little annoyance.
"So we haven't been able to find a place because our destination is in the sky?! Amir quickβ" Annoyance exclaimed half a sentence and then interrupted himself, as Amir flew straight after him.
ββ¦β¦ Wow. Although it was currently late at night, the view of the entire Skyrim Province from above made Emile let out a small exclamation.
So why do you have to be carried...... Xiao Annoyance glanced at the demon hand above his head.
"[I'm sorry to treat you like this, Xiao Fu]" As if hearing Xiao Fu's complaint, a soft, slightly reverberating female voice sounded in her ears: "[Because I can't catch your friend.] γβ
"Then let me stand up and take off together!" Xiao Fu replied directly.
"[I'll pay attention next time]" The female voice complained about the little annoyance without any displeasure.
Now there is no doubt, it's not that the hand of the demon clan is malfunctioning, but that it has been "taken over" by "others", how can a mere "demon" hand resist the requisition of the "demon god"?
Hearing this demon god speak in a female voice, half of the little annoyance has been relieved, because those irascible and irritable, cunning and dangerous demon gods basically appear in the appearance and voice of male or androgynous, and more than half of the demon gods with female appearance are not considered evil, such as the [Noktunar] lady of the thieves' guild belief and the [Azura] lady who has been in contact with each other - well, as long as it does not anger them.
At a height where they could almost cross the mountains to see the provinces of Falling Hammer and Cellodiel, the "Demon Hand" stopped, and a platform made of faint white light appeared in midair, and Xiao Fu and Emir slowly descended and landed on it.
"[I'm Meridia, I hope you can do me a favor]" The Demon God's next words made Xiao Fu put the other half of his heart back, Meritia is the god of living things and vitality, and advocates that dead creatures should be returned to the natural cycle, so he is extremely hateful to the undead, and has never had a record of killing the living.
"I'm here for you, ma'am." Xiao Fu bowed his head slightly.
Amir didn't answer, she stepped on the ground a few times, confirmed the material of the platform of light, and began to circle around looking for something.
Buzz β
A faint buzz sounded, and on one side of the platform appeared a large, shining female figure, with short blond hair, turquoise eyes, and a garland of alfalfa on her head, dressed in a white robe that had been cut to make it easier to move, decorated with many blades of grass, holding a golden round-headed staff in one hand, and holding the platform of light on which they stood in the other, and behind them were six huge golden wings of light.
I'm probably the first person to see the true face of this demon god, but unfortunately the size difference is too big to see what the appearance and temperament are...... Xiao Fu thought in a daze.
ββ¦β¦ We're here to help. Amir tilted his head and stared at Meritia for a moment before replying.
If the appearance of the demon god is not good-looking, why is this girl still going to refuse? A little annoyance.
"[My temple 'Kilcrice' became a battlefield many years ago, and the two sides fought fiercely, and in the end no one survived, and in pity for them, I completely sealed the temple and buried it deep underground. After getting Amir's response, Meritia continued.
"Not long ago, the 'Queen of Wolfheart' Portmar was summoned from oblivion by her worshippers, and although the summoning ceremony was interrupted and destroyed, her soul took the opportunity to burrow into my temple, which is now full of wandering undead creatures, and I need you to restore them to peace. Although Meritia was speaking, the huge female figure did not move at all, and only rolled her eyes to look at Emile.
"[I can't purify the temple with my own hands,]" Meritia explained as if in foreknowledge before Xiao Fu could speak, "[The temple has been desecrated by the power from the 'Soul Stone Mound', and if I 'purify' it with my own hands, the overflowing twisted life energy will make it impossible for all the living in Skyrim Province to dieβthey will become undead at the moment of death. γβ
Is there necessarily an antidote grass near the so-called venomous snake's nest...... The demon god who hates the undead the most is also quite good at creating undead creatures, Xiao Fu nodded in understanding, and then asked, "So, what should we do?" β
"[I will teleport you to the entrance of the temple, and I will only need to use your skills to destroy 'Potmar' and the commander of that force, 'Mokran', and reach the deepest part, at which point I can intervene. With the Demon God's words, the small platform of light began to glow, and the next moment it appeared in an underground ruins filled with black fog with Xiao Fu and Amir.
β12th, 4:50]
Generally speaking, humans do not take the initiative to build altars and temples for demon gods, and even if they have to do it out of fear and compulsion, the scale is relatively small, and it is not at all comparable to the temple of the real Holy Spirit, but [Meritia] seems to be an exception.
His "Temple of Kilcles" was large enough to compare with the Temple of the Holy Spirit in Dugu City, not only were there many rooms, but even layered up and down, and the blazing white light from the platform at the entrance was gathered and refracted by the round white stone the size of a head in each room, illuminating all the rooms that the two girls had cleaned one by one.
The undead creatures wandering in these rooms are the common skeletons and ghouls, but they are strangely completely black, and there is no blue fire in their eyes that symbolizes the vitality of the undead, and after being defeated, they are directly absorbed by the black mist that spreads everywhere and disappears.
In this way, although it was possible to follow Meritia's instructions and sneak all the way to defeat the culprit and complete the mission, the next course of action was already decided after the first room of the entrance was emptied, and the light that could completely eliminate the uncomfortable-looking black mist in the ruins was shot.
Cleaning up the dark undead along the way, activating the white stone to clear the black fog, the two girls finally arrived at the hall with an altar in the deepest part of the temple, the blazing white beam that had been accompanying them disappeared as if they had been swallowed by something when they entered the door, and in that bone-ridden hall, there were two tall ghouls standing side by side, one holding a short sword with an ominous black light, and the other was holding a staff that kept emitting black smoke, and at the moment the door opened, at the same time opened to the girls at the entrance.
"Hehehe-the little girl of the Septin family, I said we would see each other again-" "Oh ~ the blood of the Lett family, it just so happens that I plan to change my body, even a little girl can accept it~"
Septin? Royal Princess Emilia Septin? Xiao Fu turned his head to look at Amir, only to find that Emile was also looking at him, and then he realized that his surname "Leiter" was a famous old nobleman in Windhelm City - although there was no one in that family now.
One for each person, and the rest of the things are over later? A little annoyance to do lip shapes.
Emile nodded, and the figure vanished instantly.
"Hahaha! It's useless! The guys you 'killed' before have already remembered your taste~" Holding the staff, the female ghoul who should be the Wolfheart Queen Portmar waved the staff suddenly, and many pitch-black skeletons and ghouls appeared from the black fog one after another, and then stared at the location where Emir was sneaking in unison.
"Don't worry~ My descendant, this 'Life Destroyer' only needs to be scratched a little to deprive living creatures of their lives, and your beauty will not be damaged in any way-" On the other side, it should be called Mokran Leiter, and the male ghoul in heavy armor also rushed towards Xiao Fu with a sword.