Ewen watched as the people who came here gradually settled here, building what seemed to be barely possible dwellings out of stone and wood.

Although the shrine is large and has a lot of rooms, this group of people did not live in it at all.

Except for the old woman and the little girl, only a few of their chosen people followed them into the shrine.

It has been said that the worship ceremony will be held for a long time, and it will also be started with the efforts of the people.

A pure white costume was made, and it was evident that the costume was extremely precious, much better than the clothes on people's bodies.

Some candles and lanterns were also cherished by people, and it is obvious that these are unique sacrificial items that people do not usually use at all.

And to be able to carry these items on the way to escape, you can imagine how precious they are.

The little girl's name is Sakura, and she can be regarded as a trainee shrine maiden, and these days, she has been learning more about God with the old woman Orange.

Ewen also listened to some of it, and felt that he benefited a lot and knew a lot of information about this world.

The gods in people's mouths do not actually refer to the true gods, which are very different from the gods that Eun knows.

To put it simply, the God in their mouths means the same thing as the spirit.

God is used to show respect, and Spirit is used to be neutral.

When the old woman first spoke about evil spirits, nature spirits, and gods, she had already made clear the types of gods in this world.

Evil spirits are evil gods in people's mouths, requiring bloody sacrifices, thirsting for fear and despair, worshipping evil spirits from being harmed by monsters, but also suffering from evil spirits.

And the spirit of nature, which is known as the god of nature, is the conceptual consciousness of mountains and rivers, and is completely neutral, you don't bother me, I won't mess with you, basically nothing wrong with everyone, at most, there is only an occasional mess that makes people who live nearby feel a headache.

It is difficult for nature spirits to become gods that people worship, but they are not resistant to communicating or even trading with humans, and occasionally they will get something from humans to protect them from the threat of youkai.

As for the last deity, it is a more special kind of being.

The gods in this world, to be precise, should be called elven gods, come from the myths and stories passed down by people, some ancient legends, and even the utensils that have been used at home for a long time may give birth to gods, these things have gone through the passage of time, and from the spirit of human beings to fit with a certain concept, thus forming gods.

Compared with the evil gods and the gods of nature, the gods themselves are much more complex, some good and some bad, all of which must be viewed according to the nature of their birth.

For example, in mythology, a god who is thought to be some kind of villain suddenly forms in this world one day, then this god will have the essence of the setting according to the human perception of him, and become a villain with divine powers.

And just like the setting of healing and saving people, it will also become a god who heals and saves people.

In short, the classification of gods is too complicated, and it is difficult for people to figure out how to treat all gods, so it is necessary to have a shrine maiden communicate with the gods to bring more understanding to everyone.

The shrine maiden profession was born exclusively for the gods.

Only those girls who possess sufficient spirituality and are extremely gifted can become shrine maidens. Of course, this is not to say that boys are useless, there are also people with spirituality and talent among boys, but they have more choices, samurai and onmyoji, and gain power by defeating youkai and enslaving them, so as to have great strength.

No matter how you look at it, you feel that it is very similar to the story of Fusang on the earth before, the kind of ancient Fuso, which belongs to people during the day, ghosts at night, eight million gods or something, really has a strong sense of déjà vu.

There are really many gods in this world, and in addition to the above three major categories, there are also some other small categories.

For example...... Ghosts.

This is a terrible monster that is a terrible monster that has been degenerated into a murderer by a human samurai who has lost all reason and emotion because he has killed too much, and only exists for the sake of killing.

Although every appearance will cause a catastrophe, in fact, because the number is too scarce, it is difficult for people to care, even in the mouth of the old woman Orange, it is simply regarded as a natural disaster, and people in this world may not encounter such a thing in their lifetimes.

After talking about the gods, Orange began to talk about the monsters again.

What are youkai, in this world, youkai are beasts, plants, and even resentful spirits, everything beyond humans.

Some of the gods were even youkai originally, but they became worshiped gods because they accepted their beliefs.

But those who can reach this point are all super powerful monsters, and weak monsters can't even occupy much advantage compared to ordinary people, so naturally they won't be enshrined.

Therefore, it is only natural that youkai attack people, because they need the fear and despair of human beings to make themselves stronger by absorbing them.

"It turns out that the previous monsters didn't want to eat all the migrators, but to use the fact of eating them to force this team to fear and despair, so as to absorb this emotion - this is the real food for the monsters, otherwise, there is no difference between humans and beasts for monsters, and even eating beasts is much less dangerous than eating humans."

Ewen sighed at this, and the wisdom of the youkai didn't seem to be low.

The preparation for the worship ceremony was almost complete, and the people outside were already impatient to wait, so Orange announced that the worship ceremony had begun.

So on the tenth day of the arrival of this human procession, a huge bonfire was lit in the center of the shrine, and countless people stepped into the gate of the shrine for the first time, forming a circle in the center and offering melons, fruits and livestock that they were reluctant to eat.

Eun sat in the main hall of the shrine and looked at the little girl Sakura who had come to the statue, she was the only one who came here this time, and the old woman Orange, who had been teaching her all along, did not follow up.

The door to the main hall was closed, and only a little girl was left alone.

Eun wasn't curious, because he had known about the ritual from the conversation between the two shrine maidens before—

Before the end of the worship ceremony, the shrine maiden needs to be alone with the gods and not be seen, which means that she has to surrender everything she has to the gods.

The meaning here is very simple, because only when everything is committed to God, then there should be nothing to be afraid and worry about, and to believe in your heart that everything will be solved by God.

According to Eun's thoughts, in the dark hall with only one god statue, how could a lonely little girl not be afraid, and could only self-hypnotize that there would be a god to protect herself, so that her feelings could be strongly related to God, perhaps this is the reason for the worship ceremony - to make the witch's heart closer to God.