Bernag.

It is widely known as a temple city dedicated to Hadi, the god of Hadi.

Hades, in mainland China, is generally defined as the place where the dead go.

Legend has it that it is located deep underground and houses the souls of the dead. That being said, not all of the dead actually come to Hades.

For example, the souls of those who have fallen in battle, or who have special combat exploits, will be summoned to the throne of Amurroi, the god of war and death.

But from the perspective of all the deceased, it was a very special and extremely rare case.

Under normal circumstances, dead souls are welcomed into Hadi's Hades.

Therefore, people who wish to pray to their ancestors, such as grandparents and parents, do not believe in Hadi as the main god, but they also pray at Hadi's shrine.

Of course, Bernag is also very popular with many visitors.

"It's really crowded, it's a pity."

On the street, a tall humanoid creature wearing blood-red armor covered with iron thorns and a horned helmet on his head, looking at the procession of people heading to the temple, sighed with excitement and a little regret.

The streets are crowded with worshippers, and in front of the gate, shops and stalls are lined up for visitors.

Souvenir shops sell items that are sold everywhere, such as cheap wooden ornaments, metal cups, and reliefs carved with landscapes, all of which are decorated with images of the shrine.

From the sense of cheapness and lack of practicality that can be seen at a glance, these things are the real local specialties of the fantasy continent.

In addition, minerals and rough stones taken from mines in various regions are also put on the shelves as susurrels.

Those are crystals, agate, gemstones like jadeite, rough jade and so on. Price tags are attached to all kinds of ore with rare shapes and colorful unknown bodies.

It is widely believed that Hadi, the god of the underworld, ruled over the part below the surface, and the minerals mined from there were also considered to be the wealth brought by the Hades.

Therefore, in all towns that owned mines, Hadi was worshipped as a patron saint, and a part of the ore and minerals were offered to the temple as a tribute, benefiting the temple's finances. And the surplus part enters the market as a specialty in this way.

In the midst of such a bustling street, the tall humanoid creatures in blood-red armor seemed to have come to a no-man's land, and no one looked at him curiously, or as if they hadn't seen him at all.

So he swaggered all the way to the gate of the Temple of Hades.

At this moment, however, the humanoid creature seemed to have been spotted. The temple personnel standing in front of them and guarding the door looked at the visitor in front of them with a look of astonishment. The imposing and glamorous priests in white ruffle dresses could not move as if they had been struck by lightning, and then their skirts flew and knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty, I don't know you're here, and you're not welcome."

The priests knelt with their heads bowed, and cold sweat had broken out on their foreheads for some time.

"Haha, haha, hahaha!"

"Hmph, I'm afraid Samira already knew I was here!"

As soon as his rough and heavy voice fell, the priests suddenly heard a voice coming from their ears.

"Alright, bring him in!"

"Humph!" The humanoid creature seemed to hear something, and after snorting coldly, he entered the Bernag Temple under the guidance of the white Gothic priests, who received special treatment different from ordinary visitors.

The structure of the temple is, in a word, a huge cave.

To use an analogy, the shape is like an inverted pyramid. In short, it's a huge pit with the quadrangular pyramid upside down.

The interior of the temple is littered with marble columns straddling beams that support the massive ceiling that covers the cave like a lid.

Hadi's altar, on the other hand, is set at the top of the cone in the deepest part.

It seems that this is the end of the place where the usual worshippers can enter.

In front of the altar, female priests in white Gothic costumes line up.

"You're left alone."

The armoured humanoid creature didn't say a word, and advanced deeper under the gaze of the white gothic female priest.

As far as the eye can see, there is a narrow staircase on the inside of the altar that continues deep underground. And the front gradually became darker, and it was no longer possible to see clearly.

Presumably, this is the real altar in front of it, where the entrance to the underworld is located.

Previously, because the ceiling was high and wide, I didn't feel a sense of occlusion at all. But from here on, it's a real underground passage.

After about five minutes of walking up the stairs that seemed to lead to the pyramid's chamber, the tall humanoid creature entered the open space.

It was a huge temple. There are countless pillars standing in the vast underground space, and this scene is completely different from the decoration outside in terms of aura, more like the magma cave of the volcano where the dragon's lair is located.

The caverns are almost entirely blood-red, black, and brass-colored paint, and bones coated with blood and red paint can be seen everywhere.

The bones were piled up on the altar as offerings, and some were accompanied by an X-shaped rune with a horizontal bar drawn at the bottom, which together formed a symbolic skull emblem.

The bright red priest praying in front of the deepest altar solemnly announced as if waiting for the arrival of a humanoid creature.

"Your Majesty, Lord Hadi is coming."

"Hmph, grind, when did the Brass Sisters have so many rules!"

"Sierra Leone, do you want to fight me?"

As if torn through the darkness of blood, a woman with long bright red hair, a veil, and brass armor decorated with two skulls ascended to her throne.

The priests knelt down in unison and bowed down to the altar.

"Hardy!"

The serene expression of the deity named Hardy is as delicate and beautiful as a glass handiwork, and the slender and graceful body depicts the curves of women in a plain but smooth way.

She chuckled, the fingertips of her right hand flicking lightly around her waist, sending a small greeting to the humanoid creature below.

"Why not, you're slacking, Samira!" The humanoid creature twisted its neck, exuding a tyrannical and bloodthirsty aura all over its body.

"Stand down!" Hardy said to the priests kneeling below.

"Yes, we do!"

After the priest retreated, their main god instantly seemed to be a different person.

She stood up, her body exuding amazing spiritual energy fluctuations, and her slender body seemed to contain the strength to shatter the mountain.

"Hmph, wait for now, for the sake of the blood god's face, after settling the matter, let's have a good time.

Say, Samira, it's time to tell the deity why he called me here, right? ”

The humanoid creature was not afraid, and under the oppression of the other party, he urged her to get to the point.

“……… It's okay, I don't want to delay the deity from offering more faith to the blood god because of you. Samira replied coldly.

"Sierra Leone, do you know, not long ago, I managed to use the space-time rift in this world to attract a small group of insects that were completely wiped out."

"What? Is it the swarm of ants in the hills of Arnous? There was finally some surprise in the humanoid creature's tone.

"No, even if I've brought in only a tiny fraction of the hive fleet, the humanoid bait I released on the Hill of Arnus hasn't been able to wipe out all the insect swarms in the forest in a day."

"Who's that, could it be that those goddamn cultists of the Evil God did it?" The humanoid creature in armor said this through gritted teeth.

"Not either!"

"I don't know their identities, they can be regarded as of unknown origin, and their strength is extraordinary."

Thinking of the news gathered, Samira's expression became extremely solemn.

"...... unknown origin, could it be related to the relics on the hill of Arnous?" The humanoid guessed.

"To tell you the truth, I also think that those forces of unknown origin are inseparable from the relics, after all, because of its existence, this world has come into contact with the subspace, and it has the opportunity to let the power of the great blood god descend here."

"And what are you going to do?"

"I've sent someone to investigate, whoever they ruin the sacrifice I prepared for the Blood God will pay the price."

……

As communicated in the temple of the god of the underworld, in the Schulz Forest, in the cave of the volcano, Lori and Yao were blocked by the sub-god of Samira, and the atmosphere on both sides was tense.

Giselle, who is the god of the underworld, said with a little anger in the face of the black elf Yao's questioning.

"Ask me why I attacked you, and then ask you what good you did!

You ants, you dare to sabotage the plan of the god of the underworld, causing all the treasures that my lord has found with great difficulty to die. ”

"Hmm......" the black Lori frowned. Baby, you guys are the ones who got those bugs, right? ”

"Hmph, who else has such great power but my lord."

"Your Majesty, is what you just said true? Did you wake up those monsters? ”

Just as the tension between the two sides was heating up, Yao stepped forward and poured a basin of cold water.

Holding her injured left upper arm with her right hand, she dragged one foot forward slowly, questioning Giselle with a frighteningly serious attitude.

"Of course, but who are you?"

"Why! Why do that kind of thing! ”

Yao's angry questioning made Giselle feel rude. She squinted at Yao and replied in a slightly low tone.

"Black Elf, do you have a problem with my approach?"

"Absolutely! We are all believers in the Lord God Hadi, and we have always been quite devout believers. Instead, God has given us a calamity called the swarm. Why is that? ”

Giselle, who heard the questioning, glanced at the black elf coldly at this time, and said with a chuckle in his tone.

"You don't need to ask all the whys of the Lord's will. Our Lord says that the world is black, and it is black, and that the world is white, and that it is white, and that as believers, you just have to obey it. ”

"But, but."

"Nothing, but, for you, the deity above has her own set of considerations."

"Even if it leads us to destruction?"

"Needless to say. If you have a strong faith, it's even more natural, isn't it?

You should be glad to be able to contribute to your master. Even if you die, you have to die silently. It's called faith, isn't it? ”

What is there to ask about Giselle's attitude towards such an obvious matter. This caused Yao to tremble and moan in pain.

"For example, if it were me, I would have obeyed the will of the Lord God. But to sacrifice my people and my whole people is too unacceptable. All of us are used as food for worms, is this really the will of the Lord God? ”

"Shura Warrior God"

When Giselle heard this, she clapped her hands and laughed.

"What are you doing? Hey~~, you guys really think so highly of yourself.

The master spent so much money to finally let those terrible guys come to the mainland, of course, for something more important.

It's just that the first stop of the bugs is the Shulz Forest, which is really a disaster for the black elves, so I can only say that you are not lucky enough to meet them. ”

Giselle's words made Yao, who was still emotional just now, speechless.

The black elves have become food for the insects, and it would be fine if it was the will of the main god Hadi, but in fact, they have suffered from the disaster at all, and it doesn't matter whether the black elves exist in the eyes of the other party.

In other words, as a god, she turned a deaf ear to the suffering of the believers.

"But lucky? Is there only one word for luck? ”

Yao knelt down weakly and pounded the ground with both hands.

"I don't know how many times I prayed, I don't know how many times I cried, I don't know how many times I grieved, and finally I didn't know how many times I despaired.

Every time I think of the Lord God, encourage myself, stand up, seek hope, and leave home to travel...... But even such a pious prayer was never answered by the gods, not even heard at all. ”

Yao, who was in tears and blood, questioned Giselle, who replied with a frown as if she was troubled.

"How is it possible for an incomparably noble god to listen to the prayers of every believer, and not to let your prayers be all the selfish and filthy desires of mortals?

The Black Elves have destroyed the plan of the Lord God and are still thinking about salvation, so what you should do is to sacrifice your lives to atone for your master's sins. ”

These words made Yao's emotions explode. She quickly drew her saber and slashed at Giselle.

However, the sharp scythe in Giselle's hand moved faster than Yao's, and the slash of the scythe swung down at her.

It just happened in an instant.

Seeing that Yao was about to be slashed by a sickle, at this time, Lori pounced and fought with Yao with the other party.

Fortunately, the scythe only rubbed a little of Yao's skin. Lori then saw the moment and slashed the tomahawk Halbart.

Giselle, on the other hand, dodged the attack. The red dragon also planned to insert a pole at this time, and it lowered its sharp claws at Lorihui. This time, it was Lori's turn to jump to the side to dodge the attack.

There was a moment of sword light, and then the two sides opened up a distance——。

Lori re-set up her tomahawk, and Yao stood next to Lori.

I have to say that the sub-gods cooperated with the two dragons, which caused them a very heavy pressure.

"Hey~~, things are getting interesting, I can only say that you are unlucky when you meet me today, in order to eliminate the traces of my coming here, you can only let you die!"

Giselle's understated tone was full of coldness and ruthlessness.

Black Lori didn't speak, urgently holding the weapon in her hand, staring at the other party's movements.

It's also unfortunate to say that when she went out for a walk, she didn't expect that because she sensed the fluctuations of the sub-gods around her, she tracked them into the cave of the volcano, and what she didn't expect was that Yao from the Black Elf clan also came with her.

Now it seems that there is no way to be good, but to fight.

"Kill them!"

The two young dragons fluttered in the sky shortly after sunrise in response to Giselle's call, Gisail raised her scythe, and Lori also raised her tomahawk.

"Yao, run!"

Lori, who was still murderous just now, suddenly shouted, and then pulled Yao up and fled.

The battle turned into a great escape, and Giselle, who was stunned by Lori's actions, couldn't understand what was going on for a while.

"The believers in the god of war and death actually fled without a fight, just kidding!"

On the deserted Teyuba Mountains, a cold wind blew, as if it were blowing out of a crack in the rock. In the distance, there was a crow-like chirping sound.

What to do?

The black and red dragons, who seemed to be waiting for orders, turned their gaze to Giselle.

"Quick, catch up with them, don't let them escape!" Giselle, who reacted, hurriedly ordered.

Then, the two young dragons hurriedly flew into the sky.

The dragon soars through the sky, spreading its wings widely, increasing in height and speed.

Then, as if intending to shoot flames down from the sky, the moment they opened their mouths—

Thin red lines that traced four serpentine trajectories in the air flew from a distance and struck the two young dragons.

"Whew......"

The roar of a dragon echoed through the air, making the silent mountain range roar again.

……