Chapter Twenty-Seven: Into the Temple
The Ruichi Mountains and the vast lakes surrounded by mountains are the largest uncultivated wilderness in the territory of Ruichi. A river originates from here and flows through Ruichi all the way north, eventually joining the sea at Dugu City, the capital of the skyline.
After several days of wandering through mountains and cliffs, Aiola and I finally arrived at the spot that the crow ghost Mekar had told us. Oathbreaker-style villages, abandoned fortresses stretching through the mountains, and towering mountains bursting out of the lake...... There must be many secrets hidden beneath the barren mountains, but our minds are now focused on finding the temple of the Corrupt Lady.
"Are you sure this is the place?"
"Following Madam Mecal's instructions, the location of the temple is in our area," Aiola's voice hinted with a hint of excitement, "There are only a handful of entrances that can be used as suspicious targets, and the density of fungi here is much higher than that of other possible entrances. ”
I don't know anything about the Corrupt Lady, and Iora is all up to Iola. Now that Aiola has said yes, it means that the Temple of the Corrupt Lady is within reach, and the long journey of these days has finally yielded a satisfactory result.
"Let's go! It was as if I had heard the Corrupt Lady's urgent call to her people! ”
Following Aiola, we opened the heavily corroded metal door in front of us and stepped into the space inside the mountains.
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As Mekar explains, Akai's "heretics" desecrated and humiliated the Lady of Decay by killing their bodies as dried corpses and preserving them inside the temple.
So, in essence, this is not so much a temple of the Corrupt Lady as it is a long-abandoned Nord tomb. Since it is a Nord tomb, there is no doubt that there must be traces of ghouls in it.
"What should we do?" Reminded of Iola's usual actions to the Nord tombs, I asked Aila for her intentions, "sneak in and sow 'Namira's rot' on every ghoul I encounter?" ”
"'Namira's Rot' is taking too long to take effect, and now I can't wait!" Seeing her goddess's temple occupied by a huge number of ghouls, Aiola rushed forward in a rage, "All the existence of blasphemous Lady will be purified!" ”
The ghouls lying in the coffins were consumed by the flames of wrath before they realized the intruders were coming.
"What is the source of the conflict between the followers of the Corrupt Lady and the followers of Akai? There must be more than just disagreements over how to dispose of corpses, right? ”
"I don't know how to do it, you and I are both mortals, how can the intentions of the gods be understood by mere mortals? Once you've reached out to the Corrupt Lady, you can try to ask her for clarification in person. ”
Well, hopefully, the battle between the two gods isn't just to advance the development of a preservative in the Neen realm, and that the Lady of Decay will give me a reliable answer that is confusing.
Grabbing a sword from the ghoul and holding it together, I stayed by Iola's side and slowly pushed forward with her.
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As a follower of the Corrupt Lady, Aiola has a wealth of experience in exterminating ghouls, and with her protection, we have been able to overcome little resistance along the way.
The corpses here were all transformed by the followers of the Corrupt Lady, and if they were all proficient in combat, they would not have been completely buried by the followers of Akai. But they always believed in a king of Deedra during their lifetime, and it is impossible to not even have one who can fight, which only shows that we have not met those powerful characters hidden in the depths.
"The greater the power of the ghouls, the more desecration they will be against the corrupt lady, and the most powerful ghouls will be placed closest to the goddess by the heathen."
Aiola explained it to me. Indeed, as we progressed deeper into the temple, the resistance became more and more stubborn. The weapons in the hands of the ghouls are getting better and better, the armor wrapped in bones is getting tighter, and there are even ghouls who manipulate magic to stand in our way. But it's still within what we can afford.
After winning a magical battle with a ghoul, Aiola finally felt tired. We spread the supplies we got from Mekar on the sarcophagus and chose according to our needs.
"How far is it from the back of the hall?"
"Probably...... Soon. ”
Aiola wiped the sweat from her forehead as she poured a bottle of mana recovery potion into her mouth in preparation for the next wave of the offensive.
"Judging from the battle just now, you are already very reluctant, if you have to rest like you are now with every wave of opponents you solve, I think it is better to stay here for the time being, plan a timetable, and split the workload," I handed the second bottle of mana recovery potion to Aiola, and continued to persuade, "The effect of the potion will decrease in a short period of time, and the strength of the opponents we encounter will become stronger and stronger." ”
"It's okay," Aiola smiled with satisfaction, "It's not much of a difficulty to think that the Temple of the Corrupt Lady is about to be restored in my hands. ”
Aiola paid no attention to my persuasion, and her tone remained confident. Sensing the concern and apprehension in my words, Aiola reassured me, "Besides, we can run away even if we are no match for them. The Corrupt Lady's followers want to escape, but the ghouls can't stop them. ”
"Okay."
After a little rest, Aiola thought she was back in a state where she could continue fighting, and she moved her arms up from the ground and continued her way deeper into the temple, following closely with me.
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"This ...... How can it be? ”
After several hard battles, we came to the final gate of the main hall. However, seeing the scene in the main hall, even Iola, who was bound to win, inevitably became discouraged.
In the large hall, a row of rectangular dining tables stretches inward along our line of sight, and the clay plates on the table hold "food" such as beef, mutton, and poultry cooked by the "dried corpse" method, while the "guests" sit "without appetite" on either side of the table, facing each other.
Two, four, six, eight, ten, counting the chairman, a total of eleven guests sat silently. Judging by the momentum they exude faintly...... They are all at the level of a Ghoul Lord.
Oh, my God! Eleven ghoul lords, not to mention real battles with them, even if it is a football competition, this lineup seems a little too luxurious.
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