Chapter 503: The Burning Sun
"Are you back already?"
For some reason, Lu Ping'an has been a little addicted to "learning" these days.
In the case of the disappearance of all the people in a certain village, Lu Ping'an had no idea of going to see it for himself, his time was very valuable, and he just used his precious remaining time to study more local "holy fire system", and he had no other energy.
So, he dispatched a combination of mercenaries and a knight leader to investigate the case of the disappearance of all the people in the village.
The deputy head of the knights named Chandler is still above Deputy Head Benn, and he is weaker than Captain Dida.
It is worth mentioning that the inheritance of the local knights is all sealed knights, and no matter how strong the Holy Fire Knights and Holy Fire Prayers are, they cannot be promoted to the rank of regimental commander, which is determined by their religious attributes.
A law-level seal knight powerhouse, plus the double silver of the mercenary combination, can already walk sideways in this border area, as long as you don't encounter monsters related to the gods, there will be basically no problem.
By the way, after signing a supplementary agreement with the lord and giving away four tickets, Lu Ping'an already has control of the knights, and the knights respect and obey him far more than the previous master.
And now, this group of explorers has returned, and they have also brought back the reason for the disappearance of the villagers.
It was a two-headed monster with a monkey head and a snake tail, but it had a strange ability to fly. Its snake tail has an eerie mind-control ability that mortals simply can't resist.
This monster seems to be a local ancient creature, but it is quite weak, and it can be easily dealt with by three silvers plus knights.
Villager? There are no bones left, and this greedy creature has no intention of curbing its appetite.
A monster with some kind of law-level spiritual ability can slaughter a village with only one or two transcendents (about the first order), there is no difficulty at all, and it only takes dozens of minutes to complete the harvest silently.
In its lair, there were only blood stains and rags of clothing, and even the bones were chewed clean.
Such an existence is a big problem, but what is even more troublesome is the reality that it appears at this point in time
"Earth Seal, it's starting to fail"
This is to be expected, although most of the sealed have lost their lives in the long years, there are always those who have not yet lived, and there are more powerful beings who can survive the baptism of time. For example, evil gods and quasi-gods.
Deputy Head Chandler personally went to check the situation of the seal, and when he came back, he looked for the previous record and determined that it was a monster named "Shuanghao", and the time when it was sealed was sixty-seven years ago.
Was such a loss of control accidental? It should be, after all, there hasn't been a large-scale army of evil gods yet, but it's also an inevitability. It's a sense of inevitability that everything will get out of hand over time.
When Chandler came back, his face was as pale as a dead man, not that he was afraid of the sealing monster, but that he checked it out, how many monsters had been buried in this area of Schleiling over the years?
The answer is gratifying, a lot, a lot. Silver-level monsters, even corpses may cause secondary pollution, sealing and packaging them is the best treatment process, and no one knows how much has been buried in the countless years.
Hundreds? Thousands? Or even more?
"Your Excellency, we need to transfer personnel, please approve it."
Lu Ping'an, who received the request, hesitated for a moment and asked with some doubts.
"Does it make sense?"
I don't know, most of the time there isn't, but we feel that we should do it."
The middle-aged knight sighed, and there was only despair in his eyes.
At least, to do something, it doesn't make us think too much."
At this moment, the old man's expression even pleaded.
"Then go, bring more people, and bring them back."
Lu Ping'an did not stop it, and there was no need to stop it.
He knew that Chandler would take the Knights on patrol, focusing on "living monsters that have been sealed in a hundred years", and if there were other escapees, they would be eliminated directly, and if the area was relatively dangerous, they would be relocated a little.
Migrate to that? Let's move to Shilai City for the time being, anyway, there is no way to grow farmland in this state, and the farmers are eating stock and relief food, so it is easier for them to leave their fields.
But both Lu Ping'an and Chandler know that this basically makes little sense.
The news of the problem with the Earth Sealing Technique has spread on a small scale, and the next thing that should happen will happen sooner or later.
Escape? Where can they flee to?
But the news that Chandler and the mercenaries brought back also verified the authenticity of the "prophecy" from the side, and also made Lu Ping'an more and more busy during this time. Even the "little comprador" Catherine has some enthusiasm that can't attract some people.
Lu Ping'an also sent Xia Qin, at least nominally, she is Lu Ping'an's leader, and Lu Ping'an trusts her character more than her ability.
At this time, Lu Ping'an also fell short of his small team, he lacked professionals in this area, and could only use the soldiers as clerks.
"Don't get me wrong, we're always warriors, professionals, and people who are hungry for evolution and a race against time."
Lu Ping'an knew what the big cat meant, perhaps, she had seen too many similar scenes.
There may be some evasion, but Lu Ping'an's rationality also tells himself that the most important thing at present is always to take away the local "specialty".
Some things, after half a year at most, will be nothing, and they are not saviors. At least not yet.
After becoming a Flame Prayer Bearer, he spent a lot of energy studying the Sacred Flame, and he really came up with something.
"The god of life, is there still a sun god?"
The god of life and the god of the sun are the two most important priesthoods of the eternal sun, but in fact, there is a vague conflict.
Under normal circumstances, the hot sun involves stars, which should belong to the "perpetual" system, while the life system is an old acquaintance of Lu Ping'an, and the source is "all souls".
Both of these conflicting priesthoods contain quite a few sub-rules, and any one of them can become a superboss if they even monopolize all the relevant concepts. There is a reason why the sun god monopolizes the two realms.
"The sun is the source of life, the original appearance of everything, it exudes light and heat, illuminates the world, all the heat of life comes from the sun, it is the source of all life, and it is also the home."
The classics of the Church of the Sun God, if you only look at this part, not only have some truth, but even some science.
Therefore, the sun records the normal trajectory of all life, and those who deviate from the eternal scorching sun will suffer from the scorching fire of the sun, but only those who follow the path of the sun will be able to return to peace under the holy fire."
From the beginning here, it's complete nonsense.
As the source of life, the sun descends on the mortal world, it is the flame of life, which will consume all distorted life that is not born of the sun and return it to the sun. The flame of holiness is not only the flame of punishment, but also the flame of salvation, the fire of purification, in which all those who go astray will lose their distorted bodies and their souls will be given a chance to be redeemed. ”
This is probably not just nonsense anymore, it is completely wanton fabrication.
But from these canons and materials, Lu Ping'an also knew why the sun god wanted to monopolize the two realms, and what the "Sun Sacred Fire" was.
"The fire of life? Or rather, the Flame of the Soul. No, this flame itself is a super-powerful pollution! ”