The black stone gate is the same height as the corridor, and the surface is carved with complex patterns, and you can vaguely feel the signs of energy flowing in it, but you can't explain the principle, it seems that the gap between the two different worlds is still quite large.

"Boom, boom", Mobuck and Shuer left and right, without too much force, the two extremely heavy stone doors opened.

The moment the door opened, an abundance of elemental energy rushed to the face, and the concentration was far higher than the outside environment, making people feel as if they were immersed in a sea of energy.

Behind the blackstone gate is a large hall that is difficult to explain architecturally.

The hall itself is also conical on all sides, like a shrunken square tower, and the height is simply impossible to visualize, because of the limited light, the spire of the room has been beyond the visual range, and can only be judged by the inclination of the walls, and the height of the interior is close to 100 meters.

The inner walls are all inclined inward at the same angle, and the four inner walls form a complete hall, and there is not a single pillar inside, and the shadowchasers simply cannot understand how the lizardmen can ensure that the hall will not collapse without a support point.

Of course, it doesn't matter, what matters is the sight in the hall.

Shure's estimate was skewed, and the hall was dead silent, with no bones, no gods, no living creatures, nothing to threaten the Shadow Chasers.

"Whew", at the same time as the door opened, countless lights lit up in the hall, and there were lit oil lamps everywhere on the walls and floor, so that the room was as bright as day, and everything could be seen clearly.

As soon as you enter the door, the most important thing you can't ignore is the four seats facing the door.

Of course, there is nothing that cannot be ignored about the chair, but if it is a stone chair more than twenty meters high, it is a different matter. The four stone chairs are all of the same height, fanned out in the center of the hall.

Of course, there will not be only stone chairs, except for one vacant, the other three stone chairs are all sitting people, to be exact, sitting stone statues, huge stone statues that should stand more than forty meters high.

Stone statues are no strangers, in the illusion, in the square outside, everyone has seen them with their own eyes, symbolizing the statues of the native gods of this world. It's been a few days since they've entered the Atlas Projection, but it's the first time they've seen them sitting in chairs.

Unlike those seen in the illusion, these idols are dressed in rich robes and have a stone crown in the shape of a crown on their heads, which is more majestic than in the illusion.

"Concentrate, prepare for battle. However, after seeing the idol, Shuer's face suddenly became very ugly, and he quickly gave the order to prepare for the battle, and it was the first time for his teammates to see that his captain was so nervous.

Two seconds, that's how long it takes for the Shadow Chasers to go from loose enough to handle high-intensity combat.

In the blink of an eye, the three melee professions and the four Shuer, who can be near and far away, occupy four points in the front and back, left and right, surrounding the long-range professions in the center, while the three ranged professions are standing in a triangle in the inner layer, protecting the client Kelly in the center and the white wolf who has always followed her.

"Captain, what's the situation. The dwarf raised his shield and lowered his center of gravity with his back hunched, the best defensive stance to withstand the force of the impact at any time, but the expected attack did not come, and the hall remained as silent as before. Everyone maintained a vigilant posture, but they couldn't find anyone to be vigilant at all.

"Shhhh Shul remained motionless, only his eyes wandering around, trying to spot anything wrong, but luckily he found nothing.

"The alert level has been lowered temporarily, hopefully just because I'm oversensitive. Finally keeping his eyes on the idol, Shul said slowly, "Kelly, you are also a pure priest, do you feel it?"

"Feel what?"

"That's nothing. Shuer squinted his eyes and shook his head, his eyes full of doubt, "Cancel the preparation order for the time being, and keep the formation tight." ”

"What's the matter, sir. Only then did the halfling ask the doubts in his heart, "I didn't find anything abnormal, what did you see wrong from the idol?"

"No, have you ever seen a god who can change clothes and change his posture?"

Of course not, the idol symbolizes the gods, and must be approved by the gods, and once approved, no changes can be made, and the clothing, appearance, and posture must be consistent with the icons approved by the gods, otherwise the stone statue is completely meaningless.

Therefore, it is impossible for an idol of the same deity to change clothes or posture, which is very strict in the teachings of any church and must not be violated.

Everyone knows the truth, but the time to see the idol is too short, and it is not as sensitive to theological theories as Shuer, so he didn't react for a while, and as soon as he reminded him, he realized that something was wrong.

"But the statue of my mother is not fixed. "I've seen several statues in different poses in the Maika Forest. ”

"That's the problem. Shur sighed, "How many kinds of gods are there?"

"Well, probably three. "Moriah wasn't sure at all, this kind of thing was too complicated, she didn't bother to study it.

"Well, it's three. ”

Parvatiga, or all the worlds that the Shadow Chasers come into contact with, are broadly divided into three kinds of gods.

The first is the primordial deities, who represent concepts that have existed since the beginning of time, such as the Earth Mother, the Dark Moon, the Silver Moon, the Sun, and the Ocean.

The second is the belief in gods, which appeared after the birth of intelligent beings, and the laws they represent are also based on the world of intelligent beings, such as knowledge, wisdom, justice, contract, music, and so on.

In addition to these two, there is a third, most special deity.

The third deities, like the primordial deities, also existed in Pavatiga at the beginning of creation, but they were not without the concept of consciousness, and from the beginning, they belonged to the category of living beings. These creatures are the companions of the world, they are extremely rare, most of them do not age, and some do not even have the concept of death, and the Pavatiga usually refer to them as divine beings.

Divine creatures are not gods, but when they gain faith, it is very easy to condense their godheads and become gods, such as the strongest god of war Forges, whose body is said to be some kind of divine creature on the Arctic Ice Sheet, and the same is true of the forest goddess Anika, who is also born from a divine creature, but there is no way to know what the body is, I am afraid that only those eternal primordial gods know.

"Lord Anika can change her image because she is a divine creature and has an ontological image, as long as the ontological image does not change, Master Fergus can also change the shape of the armor. Shuer sighed, "The other gods don't have an ontological image, so they have fixed requirements for the shape of the gods. ”

"So, do you think the four people here are also divine creatures?" Mia quickly understood Shuer's thoughts.

"I hope not, but I must admit that this is the only explanation. Moreover, although it is said that the earth gave birth to the water source, it is a bit of an exaggeration to say that an infant baby was born out of faith, unless she really has a real infant state, it is easier to explain. ”

"So what?" Mia asked, "what do you want to say?"

"Some divine creatures...... In all mortal worlds, there is an being. Shul smiled wryly and said, "For example, Lord Fergus." ”

Shuer is right, some of the gods of the divine creatures who are gods have directly turned into nothingness after being gods, but a small part of them still retain their bodies, but after their consciousness is separated, they fall into an eternal sleep. Just like the god of war Fergus, legend has it that his body still sleeps under the thousands of meters of ice in the Far North Ice Sheet.

"Although theoretically speaking, the abandoned ontology of these physical gods cannot withstand the deified consciousness, so they can never wake up again, but this is only a theory, and even other gods dare not guarantee that they have no other way to control their ontology and rejuvenate it. Whether or not and how to do it are secrets that only such gods themselves know. ”

"No, Captain, you mean, these, these ......" Mobuck, who was closest to the stone statue, unconsciously took half a step back, and even his voice became a little dry, "You think they are the essence of those gods?"

"Well, quite possibly. "No matter how much Shu Er calculated, it was impossible to think that he would encounter these things in the square tower, this was beyond the scope of mortals who could deal with it, if the stone statue in front of him was really the body of the gods, then let alone the seven Golden Rank Shadow Chasers, even if the seven demigods lined up to stand here, it would be impossible to defeat the other party.

In fact, everyone has already believed most of them, and everyone knows that it is impossible for Yishuer's character to talk nonsense casually at this time, since he said it, he must have a certain degree of certainty, but this news is too amazing, and it is indeed difficult for people to accept.

"Even if it's true, there's nothing to be afraid of. Miridy subconsciously lowered her voice, the necromancer is the most unreligious pan-believer in the gods, so when it comes to the gods, he can still remain calm, "Isn't the stone statue still motionless? ”

"Well, haven't you noticed yet?" said Shuer, with a soft sigh and some helplessness, "can any of you tell me that anyone would be bored to carve an empty chair in such a solemn temple? If there are no such boring people, then ...... Where is the fourth idol?"

The seated black female statue does not hold a baby in her hands, that is, four chairs, but only three stone statues.