Chapter 6: The Outside World
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'A.D. 4031-4032;
The plague of Middle-earth subsided, and the Temple and the Mage Guild reached an agreement to sign an agreement in the ancient city of Cent, and jointly established Vincent University.
5018 to 5019 in the Divine Calendar;
After the death of Cel Scott, Cardinal Ander crowned Prince Freeman Scott, who was officially enthroned as the sixteenth Emperor Scott.
5022 to 5023 in the Divine Calendar;
When a riot broke out in the southern part of the Scott Empire, the temple prayed and the gods sent down grace to quell the riot.
5051 to 5052 in the Divine Calendar;
Tors Wari abdicated, Ivan Wari ascended the throne, and in April of the same year, a major flood broke out in the Wari Empire, and the northern barbarians invaded.
5053 to 5054 in the Divine Calendar;
The god of light sent down an oracle: "The demons have been resurrected, and the remnants have returned." ”
5056 to 5057 in the Divine Calendar;
The eastern kingdoms formed the Tash Union, and the temple established the Tash Branch...
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In the light of the magic pattern, Lillian sat at her quaint desk, gently flipping the pages. The story, like a running account, is recorded in a book about two inches thick by boring words.
This is the temple text obtained from the armored man to record major historical events, although after the modification of this religious association, there will be a certain amount of moisture in the things inside,
But as long as you ignore the statements that preach the beauty of the temple, the rest of the information should be relatively reliable.
Compared to before, she only knew about Feiano Mountain and the Dahlak Continent, but now she already knew the basic composition of the Dalak Continent.
As I had guessed, the Fiano Mountains were indeed located in the northern part of the Dahlak continent, and it was like a sky fall, separating the Wari Empire in the north, which had been strong in battle with barbarians for many years, and the Scott Empire, which had been inherited for thousands of years in the south, avoiding a direct conflict between the two countries.
To the south of the Scott Empire, Middle-earth, the continent's most frequent personnel exchanges, were united with Tash.
Middle-earth is made up of a group of small nations around the historic ancient city of Cent, and the Tash Union, which borders the Wall-E Empire, is like a merchant giant controlled by merchants, and somewhat resembles the M country of Earth in terms of development history.
A large area south of Middle-earth, except for mountains and forests, is swamps, and because it is not suitable for survival, there is no record of human beings.
That's right, this religious organization called the temple should have a lot to do with the enemies of the demon clan. The destruction of the Demon Clan was either done by the Divine Temple or participated in by the Divine Temple, and it definitely played an important role in it!
Lilian has been watching for so long, and she has generally understood the power composition of this other world, but there are still a few doubts that have not been answered.
The first is the continent of Dahlak: the textbooks say that beyond the blessed continent of the god of light, there is an endless sea and an abyss that devours everything, where there is nothing but countless demons and monsters.
This is obviously a distortion of the facts by the temple, any earthling with a basic education knows that the place where we live is a huge ball across the universe, so there may be water outside the continent, but there is no need to talk about the abyss or something, as for the demons and monsters, she is quite interested.
The second suspicion is the Mage Guild, which is a bit of a way of thinking.
There have been records of mages from the beginning of the textbook, but for thousands of years, there has been no record of any value other than the establishment of something called the 'Vincent Academy' with the Temple.
Why did the temple deliberately ignore the Mage Guild? Is there any holiday between the two? This couldn't help but make Lilian's imagination come to mind.
There is often a saying that 'magic comes from the devil' in the legends related to the earth, and Lillian discovers that the devil is actually an elemental creature created by the demon clan with human souls, so the answer is very subtle.
Assuming that the spell is passed down from the demon clan, then these human mages become the apprentices of the demons, which is not difficult to explain why the temple and the mage guild are not dealing with each other.
And the last question is about the textbook itself.
From the beginning to the end, the textbook records a long history of more than 5,000 years, during which there is no shortage of outstanding people and events that make people shine, but what about before the early years of the Divine Calendar?
'The God of Light created humanity? That's not very convincing.
"Well, at least I've got a lot of information, and as for the suspicions—" Lillian remembered the human in the cell.
"Hum—"
The demonic wall rippled, leaking an arched doorway, and Luna, dressed in a maid costume, shook two lumps of soft flesh and jumped in.
"Lily Lily, that human has woken up!"
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"Tick-tock... Tick tock..."
Weakly opening his eyes, Andy saw a dark figure sitting not far away.
Due to the lack of light, Andy was unable to get any information other than the silhouette of a person.
After spending a few seconds recalling the events of last night, he immediately wanted to get up from the ground and escape from this strange place, but his bound hands and feet discouraged his hope.
Andy writhed in fear, hoping to stay away from the figure that was putting him under great pressure.
"Name."
It was as if many voices overlapped, and a hazy voice like a giant beast came from the black shadow, which scared Andy to shudder, but the belief in the temple in his heart made him not answer the black shadow's question.
"Tick-tock... Tick tock..."
Seeing that he didn't react, the black shadow was not surprised, it laughed twice, and continued to speak in that weird and terrifying voice.
"We demons, we like the taste of blood the most, usually, we will catch one or two fresh humans, give them a big opening in their necks, multiply the blood flowing out in a basin, and then drink while enjoying all kinds of beauty before death..."
"Tick-tock... Tick tock..."
"Goo~" Andy's throat rolled, and cold sweat flowed down his bun like a stream.
"But—" The dark shadow said with a hint of excitement, "I don't like this... The beauty of human blood can only be sublimated by slowly tasting it, like that cruel way of eating, my great demon Illidan... Ahem... My Great Demon Lilian! I won't approve of it! ”
"Tick-tock... Tick tock..."
The black shadow excitedly told terrifying remarks, and before Andy could breathe a sigh of relief, the cold and strange voice sounded again,
"I will trap the humans on the pillar, and then gently make a small opening in their white wrists, use the flawless crystal cup, collect the freshest cup of blood, and then taste it slowly..."
At this moment, another black shadow crossed by Andy, and it carried a plate containing something, and gracefully walked up to the sitting black shadow, stretched out its hand, and handed the plate to the black shadow.
"Oh~ It looks like it's already a full cup!" The black shadow screamed happily, picked up the cup on the plate, and brought it to his lips and sipped it gently, "Hmm~ mellow, soft, and delicate, this is simply a delicacy!! ”
Trembling, Andy remembered the question he had been ignoring - "Tick... Tick tock..."
"This... Be... My blood !!"
"Goo-goo-goo!" "Ah——! It's so cool! "Luna, have another drink!" "No problem, there's a lot more to it, master~"
"The soul is light!! That's my blood!!
"Tick-tock... Tick tock..."
The sound of droplets dripping to the ground came from behind, and Andy's pitiful faith was finally overcome by fear,
"I... My name is Andy... Other... Don't kill me, you can do whatever you tell me to do, please don't drink my blood again, woo-ah-" Andy couldn't take it anymore and began to cry.
"Oh? Is it really okay to do anything? ”
"Uh-huh! Only... As long as you keep me alive! Seeing that things were taking a turn for the better, Andy immediately agreed.
"Hehe~ It's actually very simple..."The black shadow's voice began to become ethereal, and a scarlet light lit up from its eyes, "Andy..."
"In! I'm here! ”
"Will you give your soul to be my slave and never betray?" There was a hint of charm in the solemnity, and as the voice of the inquiry intensified, the red eyes of the black shadow became brighter and brighter.
"I..." Hearing the need to give his soul, Andy hesitated, but then heard the sound of ticking and ticking, and this hesitation immediately disappeared without a trace, no matter what kind of ethereal soul he has, Lao Tzu is going to die now!!
"I do! I do! Please don't torture me anymore, hmm-"
At the moment when Andy agreed, a strange sense of detachment appeared on his body, and the cold and shivering feeling came in an instant, and disappeared immediately.
At the same time, the magic pattern lit up, his vision gradually cleared, and the restraints of his hands and feet were removed at the same time, and he grabbed his numb arm in a panic to check the wound, but there was nothing on it except for the strangulation marks of two ropes.
Andy looked at the floor suspiciously—the half-human-high bucket was slowly flowing through the small hole at the bottom, making a ticking sound, and the crystal cup below was already slow again.
"......" Andy was in a trance, he turned his head weakly, and looked at the place where the black shadow was sitting,
The silver-haired Lori in a black dress sat calmly on the stone chair, with a smile of unknown meaning on her cute face.
Next to him, a dark-haired girl dressed as a maid was holding a plate and looking at him with cold eyes without a trace of emotion.
"You!" Andy was shocked, "You're the little girl from yesterday?!" ”
"Heh~" The silver-haired Lori leaked out her cute little tiger teeth and smiled sinisterly, "Hello~ Big-brother-brother-"
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