Chapter 362: The Fasting Ritual
In addition to the four altars, there are two statues of goddesses facing each other in the entire courtyard, which seems to be too inappropriate for others to know that this is the temple of Mystra.
After a careful search, the two of them didn't find anything out of the ordinary, so they turned their attention to the NPCs in the courtyard.
These NPCs behave very normally, but when they talk about their belief in the goddess, they seem to be in a state of confusion one by one, swearing their piety to varying degrees.
Years of experience in the game have taught Sherlock that the clues lie in these people, and how to analyze and extract them from their language is up to the players themselves.
This kind of puzzle-solving game content has always been one of the settings he hates the most, he thought that after a period of training, his logical thinking ability has been significantly improved, but this reality has given him a cruel blow.
Since his own strength is not enough, he has to use a plug-in, detection thinking is originally the best ability to identify identity, but this spell is too obvious to cast, and the reaction of the recipient is also very large, if this arouses the suspicion of those guards on the wall, their exploration may end in vain.
In addition to the detection mind, then there is also the Truth Horizon, needless to say the concealment of this spell, after opening it, he slowly shifted his gaze and glanced at the past in turn.
It turned out that his conjecture was correct, there were a total of 27 NPCs, 26 of which were residents of the vicinity of Veron City or just passing travelers, and they all had one thing in common was that they did not have any occupations.
Only one person is different, he is not only a thief, but also a follower of Shirek.
It's just that the other party seems to have some kind of special ability, and he hides his identity very well, and Sherlock also even scrolled with potions to top his perception to 30 points before he saw the other party's attributes.
In the context of the Forgotten Realms, the story of three friends, Ciric, Mystra and Cranvo, who love and kill each other, is more than enough to be remade into hundreds of TV episodes.
The followers of the Prince of Lies are lurking in the temple of the Goddess of Magic, and there is absolutely some secret or information hidden in the other party.
This person should be the clue of the system arrangement, but how to get information from the other party's mouth is another problem, this kind of work is the duty of the priest, their high charm and negotiation skills are very advantageous to communicate with NPCs, especially the squirrel is still a beauty, and the result is twice the result with half the effort.
"Look at me!" The squirrel didn't shirk either, clearing his throat and crashing into the thief with an innocent look.
"I'm sorry, big brother, you're not hurt......"
Sherlock didn't want to stay any longer when he heard the word 'brother' in two different tones, the voice and lines were spicy, but perhaps it was also because the object was not him, and he was obviously quite happy to see the thief smiling.
Ten minutes later, the squirrel came back and reported the results, a total of two pieces of information.
First of all, after the conversation, the other party actually persuaded the squirrel to leave quickly, even if he stayed, he should not participate in the fasting ceremony, which is equivalent to saying that there is something wrong with this temple.
The second is the identity of the thief, who is responsible for screening for suspicious people here, which proves that they are insiders of the temple and not illegal intruders.
If what the other party said is true, combined with the information they saw between them, this temple can basically be ruled out as a sacrifice to Mystra.
If it weren't for the temple of Mystra, who would dare to take such a big risk to do such a dirty thing here in the name of the goddess of magic.
Whether it was Ciric, Bane, or Shar, only the believers of these three had the motivation and ability to do such a thing, and Sherlock really wanted to use his detection mind to directly enter the thief's brain to find out.
After learning the most important information, the two did not continue to make any small moves, and waited quietly until midnight.
Priest Sansar arrived almost on the spot, I don't know what he was based on, anyway, including Sherlock, a total of 7 people were qualified to enter the temple.
At the same time, Sansal also announced to them two things, that the temple would have a regular night prayer every night, which included watching, knowing, and worshipping many stars and constellations.
And if you want to be a member of the Church and want to be trusted by the goddess, there is a special fasting ceremony in the temple that takes two days.
Both of these rituals are recorded in the notebook, the Night Prayer ritual seems to be fine, the fasting ritual is full of weirdness, and the noteholder's attitude towards the temple has changed dramatically since then.
According to the normal game routine, this fasting ritual must be experienced in order to find the secrets of this temple, but there is no hurry, Sherlock decides to touch the inside of the temple first.
After a night's rest, early the next morning, he and the Squirrel Soldier explored the temple in two ways, his main task was to find out the structure of the temple, and the Squirrel had already gone through it before, and she was in charge of dealing with the believers to see if there were any additional clues.
Neither of them went very well.
The structure of the temple is not complicated, but believers like Sherlock can only go to a few limited places such as dining halls, courtyards, dormitories, etc., and the rest of the places are either guarded by guards or have magic locks.
As for the believers in the temple, those NPCs couldn't ask for any useful information at all, and at the end of the day, they met several players.
With the battle between the two guilds of Pterodactyl and Oyster, the pre-quest to enter this temple is also known to everyone, but the players who can brush up enough materials to exchange for identity certificates in just three days have a not simple background, either they have money or they should be supported by an organization behind them.
In the evening, Sherlock and the squirrel discuss it and decide to participate in the fasting ritual, which is the only one that hasn't happened yet.
After one person registered with Pastor Sansal for 250 gold coins, the two were taken to a large room at midnight.
The room is not open-air, with three rows and four rows of stone pillars supporting the ceiling, and a torch burning on the north and south sides of each pillar provides uneven illumination of the room. In the center of the hall is a plain black altar.
Participating in the fasting ritual required taking off all the armor and weapons on their bodies and changing into a black robe with no special effect, and by the time they walked out of the locker room, the backpack had already been sealed and could not be opened for the time being.