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His water elemental sensing method may have been discovered by some people with keen mental power, so when he entered the door, he put away the sensing and instructed the system to pay a little attention to the situation. And the system, it is rare to be so conscientious and find the problem so quickly.

"What's weird?" he asked inwardly as he smiled and greeted the three elders.

"There's a dungeon underneath this house, and there's a dozen people in it. The system replied, "It's nothing, but ...... Those people seemed to be mages. ”

...... Dungeon?mage?

Benjamin had some doubts in his mind.

In such a secluded village, it seems that there should really be no such thing as a dungeon. However, it doesn't seem strange that these three people, as elders, built a secret dungeon in order to maintain order, or out of their own selfish desires or something.

If someone makes a mistake and locks him up, it is not easy for him to interfere as an outsider.

But...... From the attitude of those mages, to the dungeon under the house now, the suspicions in this village are indeed increasing little by little. Benjamin also had to be vigilant and carefully observe the other party's expression.

"I heard Luke say that Your Excellency wants to confront the Church, is that true?" the Elder finally let go of his hand and asked with great kindness.

Benjamin nodded.

"It's amazing, young people nowadays really have ideals. Another elder immediately patted him on the shoulder and said, "Although we people are hiding in this place, we can still give you some support." Aren't you short of manpower? To-morrow I will ask in the valley if anyone will come with you. ”

“...... Thank you very much. ”

Benjamin took a deep breath and suppressed the disobedience in his heart.

If he was a little hesitant just now, now after listening to such words, he is already very sure that there is something wrong with this place!

The elder's acting skills are a bit pompous.

How can someone's attitude be like this repeatedly? The front foot only puts on an attitude that it doesn't matter to oneself, and the back foot becomes so enthusiastic, there is really no ulterior motive behind this? No one will believe it.

Besides, with the attitude of the mage in this place, it is impossible to follow Benjamin. The elders were clearly deceiving.

It's just that he still can't understand, why are these people doing this?

Hide in the belly of the mountain, then hide well, don't make wind and rain all day long. As a result, now that the ordinary mage behaves strangely, the leaders hide their swords in their smiles, and this quiet village in the valley can't help but be covered with a veil of conspiracy.

They...... Is it really a mage who lives in seclusion in the mountains?

"What else did you find besides that dungeon?" Benjamin asked the system in his mind.

"Don't worry, I'm still tidying up. The system replied, "I've scanned all the documents and books here into the database, and I should be able to analyze the origin of these people." ”

"Okay...... You come on. ”

In this way, Benjamin was here again for a while with the three elders, and did not come up with any new tricks, and turned to leave after more than ten minutes. With Luke's farewell, he returned to the camp he had set up at the edge of the village, and immediately gave a secret order to the mages.

- Quietly pack up your things and be ready to leave at any time.

This village is very weird, and there are more mages than them, who knows who will win and who will lose in a fight?

He then took refuge in his tent.

"How's it going?" he asked in his mind.

"This ...... Sort of. The system's tone was a little hesitant, "However, you still have to be mentally prepared first." Where do these guys come from...... It's kind of scary. ”

Benjamin shrugged his shoulders and said, "Come on, I haven't seen any big winds and waves? No matter what reversal there is, I won't be scared." ”

"Alright then, I'll just say it. The system adjusted his tone and said slowly, "Actually, these people are not the mages who have been hiding from all over Carretus in the past few months. According to the books I just scanned, this village, hidden in the belly of the mountain, has existed for tens of thousands of years. ”

“......”

Benjamin turned his head and glanced at the peaceful village in the night, and suddenly felt a creepy feeling.

“...... You continue. He took a deep breath and said to the system.

The system also put on a posture of documentary narration, and said slowly: "And the mages here, they were born in this place, live in this place, and rarely leave the Candela Mountains in their lives. According to the literature, this way of life has existed since 10,000 years ago, and has been passed down to the present day through the way of consanguineous marriage and the capture of slaves from outside. ”

At this point, it seems to have paused deliberately before adding, "And in their literature, they call the place where they are hiding 'the Valley of God's Forsaken'. ”

Benjamin was stunned.

...... Is this the Valley of God's Forsaken?

At that moment, he immediately took out the bracelet that could be a "key" from his bag and held it in his hand.

He took a deep breath, shook the bracelet to the sky, and condensed some spiritual power into it. However, the bracelet is still the same as before, and there is no change in the slightest.

Benjamin frowned.

"Forget it...... You go ahead. After thinking for a moment, he put the bracelet away and asked in his heart, "If it's just an ancient tribe of mages, why should their attitude be so capricious?

The Valley of God's Forsaken is a legend, some say it's in the desert at the edge of the world, some say it's in the belly of Benjamin's mountain, and others say it doesn't exist at all...... The version is different in each place, so there's no need to be too obsessed.

-- I should be concerned about their current situation.

What Benjamin didn't expect, however, was that it wasn't just the location of the Valley of Godforsaken that was different from the original version.

"In this case, I have to tell you about the origin legend here first, so that you can understand it. "The background of the story is still the same, a long time ago, a pair of brothers jumped out to save humanity from fire and water. But this version is different in that they believe that the ancestor of magic is not the elder brother Cain, but the younger brother Abel. ”

“......”

Benjamin was speechless.

In exchange for it, it's really powerful. Which one is for magic and which one is for magic? Don't tell him that the brothers have also been stolen from each other.

The system continued, "In their legends, there are no gods of light or magic, only demons. In order to defeat the demon, Abel sacrificed his brother with his own hands in exchange for great power - that is, magic. And after being sacrificed, Cain became an undead and possessed some incredible abilities. So, together with Abel, he defeated the demon and saved the world.

From then on, Abel became the god of this world. However, the fact that he had sacrificed his brother with his own hands was still too much for him to bear, and gradually he became more and more taciturn and moody. In the end, Abel's heart was swallowed up in despair. In agony, he returned to the place where Cain was sacrificed, the mountainside beneath our feet, and ended his life. Because the world called him God, his death was also seen as a kind of abandonment, and this place is called the Valley of God's Forsaken. ”

Hearing this, Benjamin couldn't help but shake his head.

Sacrifice, suicide, ...... This version of the story is really gloomy enough, and it fits well with the atmosphere here, and the only thing that feels better is that the fratricidal cannibalism here is what you and I want, which is a little more humane than other versions.

However, I don't know how many versions of this story have been heard, and Benjamin will definitely not take it seriously. The mages here write that they were passed down from 10,000 years ago, so are they really inherited from 10,000 years ago?

His question has not yet been answered.

"But...... What does this origin story of theirs have to do with their strange attitude towards me?" asked Benjamin.

"Of course it does. "For in the story, Abel sacrificed Cain by killing him and eating it bite by bite in exchange for the power of magic." Therefore, in order to follow their gods, the mages here will regularly eat people and sacrifice, especially those who eat their own kind. And they seem to think that the more powerful the mage, the more useful it will be to eat. ”