Chapter 19: Escape
Bela Oka, Ricky Temple.
"Why haven't you found the whereabouts of those two?Tolan! You have to give me a reasonable explanation!"
After recounting the progress of the recent arrest, the head of the Templar Guard, was severely reprimanded by the Priest of Bair.
"Lord Hui, according to the latest information we have obtained, the gods of Bela Oka have almost swept the first three layers of the entire Demon Sealing Tower, but they still have not found any trace of the two, so the other party is likely to be hiding on the lower floors, I have already informed all the gods who are searching for this matter, and at the same time sent a temple guard to be stationed at the altars on the sixth floor of the Demon Sealing Tower, to prevent the other party from escaping to the more dangerous seventh layer. Tolan explained, still calmly.
"When did a new god and a mortal start to seal the Demon Tower and become a place where people can come and go freely?"
"My lord, you may not know about this, the Demon Sealing Tower that suppressed the abyss is now far from being as flooded with monsters as before, as there are more and more gods, the monsters with poor strength in the first few layers of the Demon Sealing Tower don't know how many times they have been hunted one by one, and now even a mortal dares to mix in it in order to fight for wealth, basically below the seventh layer of the Demon Tower, all the gods with a little strength can come and go freely, provided that the other party does not provoke those monsters that seem to be strong and terrifying. Tolan sighed softly. "Maybe in another hundred years, I'm afraid that the seventh layer of the Demon Sealing Tower will become a paradise for mortals. ”
"It's a good thing and it's a bad thing. When the priest heard this, he couldn't help but be silent.
"Yes, as there are fewer and fewer monsters in the lower levels of the Demon Tower, the competition between the gods and mortals will become bigger and bigger, and there will inevitably be irreconcilable contradictions between them, and the result is either that the gods will kill those mortals who have robbed them of their interests, or they will be forced to go to the deeper places of the Demon Tower, according to the position of the temple, they will definitely stand on the side of mortals in the future, and only in this way can those gods who are content with the status quo fight for their lives to suppress the abyss. Tolan couldn't help but extend the meaning of the words of the priest of Bair.
"It's out of our mind, but for now, you'd better focus on arresting those two. The priest emphasized the duty of the other party, and said no more.
Bidding farewell to the priest of Bair, Tolan returned to the Guard's office, and after hearing the latest information from the people below, he waved everyone away and closed his eyes in his chair to recuperate.
For Tolan, who is nearly forty years old, he is in the prime of his life, and he has no shortage of power, status, money, and beauty that the world seeks out, and when he decides to dedicate his life to the gods, his life will no longer belong to him.
Over the years, he had secretly executed many people on the orders of the Temple, and all of them were sinners condemned by the Temple to blasphemy.
At first, his butcher's knife never hesitated.
Until he personally executed a cultist who pursued the truth, his butcher's knife had a brief dullness, a brief hesitation, and finally, although the butcher's knife still fell mercilessly, he still could not forget the person he executed.
She is a young and beautiful lady, who exudes intoxicating elegance all over her, but she is a heretical cultist who seeks the so-called truth.
Before she died, she asked him questions.
"Do you know why the great gods consider us heretical?"
“......”
"Because they fear that the truth will eventually overthrow their rule!"
Then, Tolan's butcher's knife fell, for this group of truth-seeking cultists was the best at demagogy, and he feared that any more listening to it might shake his unwavering faith.
As more and more believers of truth were executed by him, one day he could not help but wonder what was the reason for the martyrdom of these believers of truth? As a result, with the power in his hands, he secretly looked through the books written by the believers of truth.
The next day, he was still the same man in the temple who acted coldly and resolutely, but the numb heart could no longer be seen under that cold shell.
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The fifth layer of the Demon Sealing Tower is a different scene, the most distinctive change is that there is a trickling clear stream here, and even some traces of aquatic creatures can be seen inside, if it weren't for being in the Demon Sealing Tower, Chen An would mistakenly think that he was in the mountains and forests in the suburbs.
"These streams are formed by some springs gushing out of the ground, but due to the demonic energy, even the gods will drink all kinds of diseases, so no gods will drink the water here as a last resort. Alex noticed that Chen An noticed the situation of the stream and took the initiative to explain.
"What about monsters?" Chen An asked.
"Monsters are different from human beings, we humans will die if they don't eat and drink for seven days, even the gods are no exception, and the monsters can still be alive and kick if they don't eat and drink for more than half a year, but this doesn't mean that the monsters don't need to eat and drink, there have been many gods who have found that there have been monsters near the stream to replenish water, and there are gods who have set traps near the stream to ambush the monsters. Alex said.
"So we need to stay away from the stream, right?" Chen An thought.
"Yes, after all, there is a high chance that you will encounter monsters near the stream, and I can't deal with them with my strength. Alex sighed.
"Since we don't take the stream, where are we going next?" asked Chen An.
"I know of a place that might be the safest place for us on the fifth floor. Alex said.
"Where?"
"A jungle labyrinth that I swept through with my followers last time. Alex mused. "As long as you're not lucky, you won't be threatened by monsters for the time being. ”
"How far is it from the nearest altar?" Chen An thought carefully.
"It takes about two hours on a normal foot. Alex recalled.
"So far?" Chen An couldn't help but be surprised.
"There's no way, the monsters on the fifth layer are usually elusive, sometimes you can't find them, sometimes they suddenly appear in front of you, and it is said that even more so below, so the more you go down, the more dangerous it is, because no one knows when and where you will encounter what kind of monsters will attack. Alex shook his head. "We searched for a long time on the fifth floor without finding any trace of the monster, and it wasn't until we discovered the jungle labyrinth that we found something. ”