The situation on the border in Rasiman has not affected the lives of the people in the city, and there is no tension in the streets, except for some price increases. The coastal location makes the climate pleasant all year round, with temperatures in the mid-20s range even in winter.

Sally changed into a casual gauze skirt and slowly wandered through this strange and magnificent city with everyone.

Three hundred meters out of the hotel, they came to the preserved temple area of the city. Just as the last time Akasha was here, you can still see the preaching of "atheism" on the streets - and it is clear that the parliament has spared no effort in this regard.

The architectural style of the surrounding area is obviously different from other places, and the dripping beast on the eaves is badly weathered, but the symbol of "cross" can be seen from the remnants of the lines.

Luo Di hadn't been here before, frowning at these details, and suddenly spoke: "The elements of the cross symbol seem to have applications in many religions?"

Akasha and Sally, who are considered the clergy of the two largest sects in the Karen Kingdom, looked at each other and shook their heads almost at the same time - Akasha pointed to some of the carvings on the wall and said in a loud voice: "There were many sects in the Karen Kingdom in the past, but almost none of them used crosses, because this would cause them to be targeted by the Rosace Cross or the Pit Viper Cross in the first place. ”

"So... I see. ”

Roddy used to be a veteran player, but he didn't study too much about the details of the lives of ordinary NPCs in the game, after all, in the eyes of players, profitable information will only be dabbled in, who would have nothing to do with the study of irrelevant history and religion in the game?

He squinted his eyes and kept looking at the open "taskbar" - but there was no hint so far.

Sally seemed to sense his emotion, took Roddy's hand to reassure him, and pointed ahead, "What are these signs written on?"

"It's the crimes committed by Rasiman's original sect here, and the list of mages who died when they recovered Governor Riel. ”

Akasha had seen it once, and was on the other side explaining it to her.

Nata walked at the forefront, still retaining her original scout habits, her eyes constantly scanning her surroundings. Naturally, however, there is no danger here, and occasionally pamphlets are handed out in order to promote "atheism". Sally shook her head when she heard Akasha talk about the concept, disapproving, "If there is no god, where does the magic come from... This isn't a fireball like a mage. ”

Roddy took it and looked at the contents of the booklet, and suddenly realized that this kind of "atheism" was actually different from the "atheism" he knew on Earth: the Rasiman mages did not deny the existence of "divine magic", and admitted that some "powerful beings" had powers that ordinary mages could not match.

But this unknown degree of power does not mean that they are "gods", in other words... The mages rejected the notion that there was no such thing as a "creator" and "mana" of monotheism, with no one or only "deity".

Sally didn't quite understand the difference, so she didn't read it and came to a conclusion. Roddy read it with gusto, and when he stopped, he realized that they had come to a "temple".

"Right there!"

Akasha pointed to the wall in front of the temple full of relief frescoes, and everyone looked over and immediately found several extremely eye-catching images - Sally's eyes widened, obviously a little excited: "This... This is Maguela! This is Tisiphone and Alecto!"

She was talking about the names of the three snakes on the pit viper's kiss, and the scepter was now held in her left hand, but because she had lost her powers, the three little snakes were no longer visible on it. However, as a user of any of the Scepters, Sally was unusually familiar with them, and even though the murals were not strictly realistic, she could still identify them by their scales and physical features.

This makes clear the fact that the ancient religion of Rasiman is directly related to the kiss of the pit viper.

Roddy breathed a sigh of relief, but when he glanced at it, he saw that Sally's amazement was the largest mural in the center, but if you look down from the left and right, you will see that it is in the form of a "comic book", like most works of art in religious places.

Other words... It's telling a whole story like "The Conception of the Virgin Mary - The Birth of Jesus - The Coming of the Three Wise Men".

Thinking of this, Luo Di immediately looked for a possible "commentator" nearby, and quickly hired a middle-aged mage apprentice with gold coins to come and explain the content of the mural to everyone.

"It starts with the mural over there - well... The story of the High Priest Anda's dedication to the Lord. ”

Roddy listened patiently as he began to tell him that the religion called "Theseus" was the oldest and most powerful faith that had existed in the kingdom of Rasiman. The exact age of existence is not even known, but it is said that there are "more than 3,000 years".

"Their 'Lord' is in control, but the executor is the messenger of God—the messenger of life, death, and calamity, who is responsible for all the balance of the world. They became pit vipers..."

The rest of the story is a bit cumbersome, but it probably talks about how these three messengers maintained the balance of the world under the will of the "Lord". When it came to the mural that Sally was most concerned about, the "narrator" changed his tone: "However, the balance of the world could not always be maintained, and when their 'Lord' suddenly lost contact, the three messengers became at a loss and finally decided to act according to their own will - so the world was in turmoil, and the believers began to kill each other." ”

He paused, but suddenly said, "According to me, the power of this god is still too weak, and he has no power to control everything, but the believers do not accept this fact, so they can only make an excuse. ”

Luo Di was thinking about the distant mythological story, and when the other party inserted a personal personal item, his expression suddenly darkened: "Please continue to say that the mural is not okay..."

"Oh oh, okay, this... According to legend, a priestess named Anda saw the devotees fighting over an argument – you see, here is the scene of their fight – and decided to seek out the three messengers herself and restore the glory of their 'Lord'. ”

"She succeeded?"

Sally's voice trembled.

"This is the story of her success—though I don't know how she did it—but Priest Anda did find three messengers and wanted to persuade them to stop the chaos in the world. ”

The mage-apprentice said and pointed to the fresco on the right: "The three serpents separated here indicate that the three messengers did not want to listen to her, so Anda expressed his willingness to give his life to the Lord... Well, I don't know why giving her life can be recognized by the three messengers, anyway, the fresco means that she succeeded, and transformed into a scepter herself, so that the three messengers were united. ”

There was silence all around, and the mage apprentice did not notice it, still pointing to the scepter and said: "This scepter has become the 'holy relic' of the Cult of Theses, and its bearer is the spokesman of the 'Lord' on land - it is said that it can control life and death, and can easily bring calamity, and all those who are enemies of it have died under the scepter." ”

The story of the mural on this side is finished, and he turned around and still couldn't help but quip: "If you want me to say it's all nonsense." Don't say if this story is true or not... With such a powerful scepter, the Cult of Thuites would have unified the world long ago! Where would it be like now, beaten like a wild dog by the power of magic, and only dare to flee to the deepest part of the desert... Tut. ”

Sally held the pit viper's kiss in her hand, the corners of her mouth twitched, and she didn't know what to say for a moment.

(End of chapter)