Chapter 5: The Statue of the Source Stone
The Land of the Forsaken is the original name of this town, and passers-by from the outside world only know it as Winterwood Town.
The hundreds of death row prisoners redeemed by Voltas, decades after he disappeared, multiplied near the stream at the edge of the forest, established the village of Fuyuki as a small town, and reverently waited for the gods to awaken according to Waltas's requirements.
A hundred years have passed, and the original hundreds of death row inmates, except for some long-lived races, such as elves with an average lifespan of 400 years, are still alive. Like humans and orcs, most of the original believers have passed away, and now the town is inhabited by their descendants.
"It's been a hundred and seven years since the last time Voltas arrived?" Ye Yan opened his mouth in surprise.
According to the experiment log, Voltas made one last trip to Winterwood Village, and then returned to the Mage Tower, and within a few days began his final fusion!
In this way, a hundred years have passed since the silent death of this holy wizard, but fortunately, the body of the demigod does not need to eat, otherwise Ye Yan would not have picked the peaches after a hundred years.
"Yes, I am a descendant of the first Forsaken, and I have met the Divine Envoy when I was young, so that I can identify you from my clothes, and I almost snubbed you! This one...... Divine Envoy, I don't know why you walked out of the sleeping place this time? Could it be that our Lord has awakened? The minotaur warrior Black Hoof led Ye Yan forward, rubbing his hands, and when such a big man talked about my lord, he was still as excited as a child.
There was anticipation in his voice, and there was a little fear, as if he was afraid to hear the worst answer from Ye Yan's mouth.
Seeing it like this, Ye Yan felt a little funny and a little warm.
If you're cheeky, you're now the god these people are waiting for!
Well, but to your face, Lao Tzu is your god, this is also a little too second, Ye Yan is ready to follow the meaning of the black hoof, as a divine servant, a pope and the like.
In myths and legends, there are countless gods who have incarnated as mortals, and they are just following the trend!
"That's right, after so many years of slumber, my lord has finally awakened completely in the Lost Land." After becoming a demigod, Ye Yan's ability to control his body was almost perfect, and he just expressed a little excitement and expectation on his face.
"It's just that He has been asleep for several epochs, the priesthood and the name of God have been left behind in the long river of time, and his divine power has become much weaker, and he needs the help of us believers to regain his lost glory!"
"We are a group of dying people abandoned by the gods, saved from the Jedi by Lord Voltas at the will of our lord, and now our lord has finally awakened, and we are willing to give everything for the glory of our lord!"
Black Hoof slapped his chest, excited for a second to fight for the gods' words.
This is definitely what Blackhoof really thinks.
In this world, gods and beliefs are no longer a secret, gods give protection to believers, and believers give faith and loyalty to the gods, everything is very natural.
As a class of vested interests, a nascent demigod, Ye Yan does not intend to upset this balance under the banner of freedom, equality, and liberation, I protect you, you give me faith, isn't this a normal transaction?
Talking to Black Hoof, learning about the situation of the town, and being watched by many curious eyes along the way, Ye Yan soon came to the front of a huge church in the center of the town.
Ye Yan had already completely analyzed the internal and external details of the church, whether it was the magic circle or the isolation materials, they could not hide the scanning of the divine sense.
"Lord Divine Envoy, this is the church that was built for our lord under the command of Lord Voltas, please wait here for a while, and I will go and inform the mayor of the town and tell you the good news that my lord has awakened!"
"Go ahead."
After stepping into the church, Ye Yan's gaze stayed on the huge statue in the center, not caring about the departure of the black hoof.
It was a vague humanoid form, male and female, old and young, and it was a strange idol that could not distinguish between appearance and race, apparently built by Voltas for the group of people who had fooled the non-existent god.
However, this is no ordinary idol, and it contains a source stone inside.
Voltas's experiment log records that the power of faith is formless and intangible, and even the gods cannot directly obtain it, but must be collected, refined, stored, and transported through a medium called the Source Stone!
This rare material was created by the gods themselves, and it was almost difficult for other creatures to obtain.
Waltas obtained tainted Godhead Fragments and a few Source Stones from a ruin, and with these gains, he used the Godhead Fragments to create a demigod body with Uriel, and made an idol of the Unclaimed Source Stone, where he collected the power of faith generated by the prayers of his followers.
It's a pity that Voltas tried many times, and the human body could not harness the power of faith at all, so he could only give up and turn his goal to the fusion of the divine body.
The closer he got, the more Ye Yan could feel the aura of temptation on the statue.
For more than a hundred years, this source stone statue has been full of the power of faith, and for a demigod like Ye Yan, whose divine power has almost dried up, it is like a bottle of ownerless mineral water in the desert, which can be drunk when you pick it up!
Unconsciously, there was only a few meters away from the statue, Ye Yan endured it, and did not move it directly, but turned around and sat on the prayer seat.
With such an important source stone god statue, Voltas naturally couldn't simply throw it here, but laid a very powerful magic circle.
This kind of magic circle is not the magic circle that simply fixes the body in the wizard tower, even if Ye Yan wants to remove it quickly, it will cause a lot of movement, and the entire church will collapse!
Ye Yan was naturally not the kind of person who was short-sighted, and temporarily resisted the urge to take away the statue.
There is a long way to go, and there are opportunities.
Ye Yan had just sat down, and there was a sound of gentle footsteps at the door of the church, and without turning around, he knew that it was an elf old man wearing an emerald green robe, pointed ears, and long hair.
He's the mayor of Blackhoof, and the tallest person Voltas has rescued, an elder of an elven tribe, and an archpriest of the god of nature who has lost the favor of the gods!
The profession of a priest does not require hard cultivation, as long as you pray day and night, and with the grace of the gods, your strength will improve quickly.
But correspondingly, once you lose your divine favor, you will immediately become an ordinary person who is powerless.
When he saw Ye Yan, the elf old priest was not as excited as Black Hoof, but was very calm, bowed neither humbly nor arrogantly, and then asked.
"Your Majesty, welcome to the Forgotten Lands, but before celebrating the awakening of our Lord, could you please prove your identity?"