Chapter 39: Uncovering the Truth
[The Blade of Greed has evolved, from one star to two stars, and the additional attributes have been increased. 】
"It's been a smooth evolution, and as expected, it's quite easy to ascend to a star in the early stage."
Lin You put away his weapon, and after making sure that there was no abnormality around, he began to carefully observe this hall.
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[The altar is the only important structure in Black Kirishima Island, built sixty years ago by the hands of the people who were used as sacrifices under the watchful eye of witches and guards.
How ironic to let the sacrifices build their own slaughterhouses. 】
[The everlasting lamp here has never been extinguished since sixty years ago, and it is dedicated to the shadow dragon Hakarin.
This demon god believes that it is because of the existence of light that the shadow has meaning, and that light and darkness can be transformed into each other, so on its altar, the light must always shine. 】
[The altar is a place used to offer fresh creatures to Hakarim, and human blood once flowed on it, and witches used to stand in front of the altar and offer sacrifices to the god of shadows.
But later, the witches betrayed and the altar was useless.
Perhaps, you can use it for something, like sacrificing an enemy? 】
……
"Oh? The witches have defected? ”
Lin You had some understanding, "This makes sense, why did they become monsters, why did they enter the capital." ”
He walked around the hall and found countless traces of battle on the walls.
[Here, the witch and the villagers who have been transformed into shadow creatures start a battle, and under the leadership of the Shadowbringer, the shadow side wins, and the witches lose. 】
[These traces were left behind by the witches when they were transformed into shadow creatures, and finally, they are just like them.]
But the obsession before death still lingers in their hearts, such as the resentment of betraying the villagers.
The only emotion that disappeared was hatred of Hakarin. 】
[This long scratch is the product of the battle between the witches and the high priest.]
They turned their backs on their duties, betrayed their faith, felt compassion for the sacrifices, and chose to protect those who were supposed to be sacrifices, incurring the wrath of God. 】
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This wide wall is like a stone tablet that will not be weathered, and every trace on it has recorded some information.
Lin You took a closer look.
This piece of information is like a vivid picture, and after connecting them all, he finally got the answer.
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Go back 60 years.
The witches of the Eternal Sect were ordered to come here and led the people as sacrifices to build altars and villages, the altars were the camps of the witches, and the villages served as the dwellings of the sacrifices.
That's why the houses in the village are so neatly arranged.
Witches regularly selected humans as sacrifices to the gods and had them die on the altar.
And the villagers only need to live here as a spare sacrifice and thrive.
Under the arrangement of the shadow dragon Hakarin, the captive people and the witches who guarded them lived together here for ten years.
Ten years is not a short time for God, but for human beings, time can change many things.
Witches are also human.
After spending a long time with the villagers, they gradually became suspicious of their actions.
After witnessing the death of someone they knew on the altar again and again, they began to doubt the meaning of doing so, and their faith in God was shaken.
So, they tried to reduce the sacrifices, stopped the sacrifices for various reasons, and even worked together to kill some stubborn guards and throw them into the swamp.
This time, they chose to side with humanity.
However, the reduction of the tribute caused the displeasure of the gods.
Hakarim sent Roland, the "High Priest of Shadows", to investigate the situation and question him.
So, in front of this altar, the three priests fought fiercely with Roland, and with the help of many witches, Roland lost.
He was also thrown into the swamp.
In front of the altar of the gods, the high priest of the gods was killed, and the witches drew the wrath of Hakarim.
Hakarim bestowed a small portion of his power on a believer to descend into the village as a messenger of the shadows.
When the Shadowbringer arrived, he began to carry out the oracle.
To appease Hakarim's wrath, he killed all the villagers and transformed them into shadow creatures in human skins, leading them in a frenzied assault on the witch camp.
The witches had never seen anything like this, and they thought the villagers were crazy, or that there was some misunderstanding.
They didn't expect that the people they were trying so hard to protect would attack them.
By the time they realized something was wrong, it was too late, or rather, they never had a chance of winning.
The witches failed.
The Shadowbringers transformed everyone into shadow creatures, and over the course of fifty years, some of them were shattered and unable to maintain their human form, turning them into Shadow Creepers.
The Twin Islands have since become a dead realm of shadow creatures.
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After reading all the information, Lin You sighed.
"Why should such an evil god be worshipped? How good is atheism, I dare to kick the offering table of God! ”
He kicked at the altar in a rage.
"Then it seems that the boss this time may be the messenger of the shadows, as for the elite monsters...... Rowland? ”
The resurrection of the dead is not strange in a foreign world, and the elite monster may be the dead Roland.
"All heavyweight enemies are related to shadows, and it's best to find its weaknesses when fighting bosses, but until now, I haven't found anything particularly powerful about shadow creatures, how should this be targeted...... Headache! ”
He lifted his leg and kicked the altar again.
"Huh? That's right, the altar! ”
His eyes lit up, and he remembered the prompt given by the system.
"Perhaps, what can you sacrifice to try? What is the best sacrifice......"
He looked around, his eyes fell on the broken dregs, and he unceremoniously took a handful and placed it on the sacrificial altar.
“……”
“…… No response. ”
"Don't you want to eat? What about the eggs? ”
“…… Still no response, what should I feed it again, what does the dragon like to eat? ”
Lin You racked his brains and put stones, weeds and other things on it, but there was still no movement at all.
After thinking about it and trying several times to no avail, he wanted to run out now and kill two monsters to try to sacrifice.
"The garbage altar, it's been too long, it's broken......"
He lifted his leg in anger and slammed the stone altar into the ground.
Unexpectedly, this kick is terrible!
A gust of wind swept through the closed room, and the candlelight suddenly jumped, and the shadow cast on the wall became longer and longer!
Then the shadows of the entire hall surged, converging over the altar, forming a huge black vortex.
In the whirlpool, a huge eye suddenly opened, and with a powerful aura, a roar full of anger exploded in the hall!
"Where did the humans come from! How dare you blaspheme the gods like this! Unforgivable! ”