Ignoring the squire's surprise and not giving him time to think, the human demigod told the story of the Brendo family and how he became a demigod.

The Brendo family's past is ordinary.

There are no kings in the Truth Continent, no kings, only a group of lords who are dominant in the name of their families and tied by blood. And as the Cult of the Earth Goddess, which everyone believes in and has no Pope, the Archbishop of the Privy Council is the actual controller! The Brendo family is one of the hereditary archbishops of the Cult of the Earth, and has been above all beings for generations.

Absolute power will be corrupted, and the entrenched class will eventually be corrupted.

When families and people could not bear the exploitation and enslavement of the Earth Goddess Cult, Shinrikyo came into being.

The doctrine of Shinrikyo is asceticism.

They do not pursue worldly power, do not indulge in the pleasures of life, but spend their whole lives longing to pursue the truth of the world and devote themselves to lifting the veil of fate.

It is precisely because they do not ask for the world that they have won the support of everyone.

It just so happened that the Earth Goddess Cult also felt that this group of ascetics threatened the rule and authority of the Divine Cult, and began to use their power and force other families to send troops to exterminate the Cult of God.

However, this decision to suppress became a clarion call for the destruction of the Earth Goddess Cult.

When the ascetics were persecuted and unbearable, they finally declared their enemies with the Earth Goddess Cult, claiming that the Cult was a vampire who exploited the families and people.

"The rotten Earth Goddess Cult treats everyone as lambs to be slaughtered!"

When the ascetic said this, everyone felt a sense of kinship, and it turned into a riot.

Families and people have abandoned their faith, slashed at the clergy who are usually high, burned churches and altars, and completely turned the Earth Goddess Cult into the dust of history.

The Brendo family was in good luck.

At the beginning of the rebellion, it happened that their family led the Knights to guard the desert border in turn, and after learning that the destruction was irreversible, they immediately led the Knights into the desert and came to the endless continent.

The knights of six hundred people, only a few dozen remained after the final crossing of the desert.

There are only two direct members of the Brendo family left, one of whom is Uther.

At that time, the demigod was still a beardless child.

After entering the Plains of Middle-earth, they were accepted and treated well by the Mills family.

And, in the year Uther reached the pinnacle of warriors at the age of eighteen, the head of Mills' family gave him the youngest daughter, Lillian, whose beauty was revered throughout Middle-earth.

At that time, he vowed to repay the kindness of the Mills family with his life.

At the age of thirty, he became a powerful man, and the Mills family gave him a third of the land, swearing by blood that the two families would always protect each other.

At that time, he swore to protect the Mills family for eternity.

In his sixties, he ascended to the demigod crown, when the entire human world thought that he was going to build his own empire and turn the Duchy of Mills into a vassal, but he didn't.

Although his wife and father-in-law have returned to the arms of the god of light.

But he still remembered Lilian's smile like a flower, his father-in-law's thick yellow beard that covered his kind smile, and the kindness he had received and the promises he had made.

Therefore, the Mills family was able to establish an empire and become the masters of the Endless Continent.

It's just that he didn't get the kindness of God when he kept his promise.

Ever since he became a demigod, the Brendo family has faced an unbearable burden.

Many family members, both men and women, have died of unknown diseases one after another, and the family that has multiplied to more than 100 people has slowly become a single digit, until today, more than 200 years later, it has become the only one left.

In this regard, many people secretly speculate that this is the reason why human beings have never appeared as demigods.

It is believed that Uther's promotion to demigod has consumed God's favor for the Brendo family and exhausted the grace of future generations, so it has led to the withering of the family.

In fact, Uther thinks so too.

Because his path to becoming a demigod is a process of constant taking.

After becoming a strong man, in order to awaken his true name and gain greater strength, Uther once prayed to the goddess of the earth for more than ten years and offered countless sacrifices.

However, the goddess of the earth never answered his prayers and never gave him his true name, but received the sacrifice every time.

The blow was huge and desperate, making him doubt the existence of the Earth Goddess.

At first, he thought it was the sacrifice of too high grade, which made the goddess ignore his piety.

By chance, standing on a mountain of corpses and blood after the end of a war, he prayed to the faith, so that the souls of the warriors who followed him could rest in peace.

That's when the moment that changed his life happened.

He has awakened his true name!

By blood, he was really praying, not reciting a sacrificial sacrifice.

But the goddess of the earth, known for her kindness and fraternity, took the souls of these warriors as sacrifices and gave him the law of his true name.

The awakening of his true name completely subverted Uther's perception of faith.

For these sacrifices, the warriors who followed him in battle, were his followers, and under his influence the goddess of the earth was a religion.

Bastard!

The gods have taken their people as sacrifices and have used them as rations!

Uther, who came to the conclusion, simply could not accept it.

What is the meaning of piety?

At first, Uther couldn't believe it.

Or rather, the subconscious desire for strength, after another war, he prayed to the faith again, and then the legal system of his real name was blessed again!

The war for the unification of the Middle-earth Plain lasted for many years, and Uther's true name law was blessed many times until he was so strong that he broke away from the realm of the strong and was crowned as a demigod!

This also allowed Uther to begin to see the world from the perspective of a bystander.

If fate is like a big river, he is the fish that occasionally jumps out of the water and takes a look at the scenery along the coast.

At that time, he came to the conclusion that the gods of the world did not care about faith.

It's about the sacrifices.

Just give enough sacrifices, and they will give you everything you want.

Yes, since that time, he has completely abandoned his faith, and he also clearly recognizes that all gods with different names are actually the incarnation of God!

"You know what? Edla, I've sacrificed many times since I became a demigod. ”

"The object of sacrifice is not the goddess of the earth, but the god of light, the god of fire, and the god of the sea that the Naga people believe in on the eastern coast, and the true god cult that has destroyed the belief of the goddess of the earth! They all responded to my sacrifice! This shows everything, all gods are the same, including the so-called ancestors of the sub-human race, but they are called differently. It was the heavens who really responded to the sacrifice! It is the rule of this world, and if you want to get something, you have to come up with an equivalent exchange sacrifice. ”

"It's just a pity that I can't find a sacrifice that can replace the war heroic spirit, so our family began to usher in the difficulties of fate, and gradually ushered in the withering."

"This is also the reason why I brought you to the Truth Continent and returned to your hometown."

"In order for you not to enter the cycle of death for no reason, and in order for the Brendo family not to turn into dust, I must turn the river of your fate around!"

The voice of the demigod was faint, bringing more shocking information to the little squire.

"Once upon a time, a wise man in the Endless Continent said that if humans discovered that gods could farm like cattle and horses, they would surely put the shackles around their necks. Edla, you have to remember this sentence and execute it! The so-called gods are God! You shouldn't take it as a faith, but as a tool! Tools to get more benefits! This is a truth that I have learned in my lifetime. Remember, there is no such thing as God! ”

"If you really need a god to worship, then, think of yourself as a god!"

...............

Tonight's Silver Moon was lazy, and it gave up the sky to the Blood Moon as thin as a woman's eyebrows, and the sky and earth were dyed with a layer of blood.

The human demigod put most of the fawn in his stomach and closed his eyes to recuperate.

And his descendant, Edla, still maintains a petrified posture.

It had been a long, long time since Uther's words were spoken, and he still hadn't woken up from his musings.

There is no god in this world!

This young man with a thin beard is still full of poetry and the beauty of distant places.

Although the mission on his shoulders has been engraved in his heart at a very young age, and he is also prepared in his heart; In his mind, the revitalization of the family and the continuation of the Earth Goddess Cult have always been one.

But the words of the demigod suddenly subverted his beliefs and piety since he was sensible.

Renunciation of faith...

Be your own god!

Is this a blasphemy?

He didn't know, he only knew that the demigods couldn't possibly harm him.

On the contrary, this ancestor is about to fall, and he uses the afterglow of his life to work wholeheartedly for the continuation of the family.

Is it okay not to make a choice?

It seems like it can.

If you can't figure it out, don't think about it, time is the only master of the future.

I've just stepped into the pinnacle of warriors, so what qualifications do I have to think about being my own god! What qualifications do you have to care if the goddess of the earth is raised by a bitch!

I am a descendant of a demigod and I have no way back.

After thinking about it, he felt so hungry that he began to feast.

The still burning fire illuminated the face that was no longer childish, casting a huge shadow on the ground, a shoulder that tried to provoke the shackles of fate.

"Got it?"

The demigod opened his eyes and looked at the gluttonous young man.

"Grandpa, what you said is too far away. I don't think I need to understand it yet. ”

The food in the little attendant's mouth made his voice staccato, without the previous deference and humility, and said in a normal tone of communication with his family, "I mean, you must become a strong person before you are qualified to consider this. Now what I need to do is to try to be strong and ensure the smooth reproduction of the surname. ”

Uther's eyes lingered on him for a long time before he smiled approvingly, "With these words, you are much stronger than my waste offspring, although you are also a waste now." ”

The compliments under the demigod crown are always so chic.

"Kid, you've taken all the lessons and earned your reward. Tomorrow we will begin to search for the fruit of the earth, which is necessary for the turn of the river of your destiny. ”

The fruit of the earth?

Fate-changing necessities?

The little squire didn't know exactly what it was, but he didn't feel the need to ask.

It was a gift from a human demigod, his grandfather.

That's how he understands it.

The gift of a demigod is certainly not a simple thing; Something that isn't easy often means it's hard to find.

Under the guidance of the demigods, Edra had tied two small gold-swallowing beasts with ropes, and had crossed many hills and mountains from the canyon, and it had taken two whole years to find them.

Of course, he also gained something during this time.

The mountains that are rarely visited have always been the habitat of powerful demonic beasts, and every time they encounter a demonic beast that is not a strong level, the demigod always looks at him desperately with his hands behind him, regardless of whether he is injured or not. And when encountering a strong-level demonic beast, the demigod will kill with a light blow, and then let him eat his heart.

Raw.

The monster was dug up as soon as it died, and it was still steaming, and the smell was not ordinary disgusting.

"It will bring benefits to the spread of your divine veins."

That's what the demigods said.

Edra didn't dare to disobey, although he had the urge to vomit every time, but under the feeding of the demigods, his strength had indeed increased a lot, and he now had a faint sense of the threshold of the strong.

Of course, he only vaguely felt it.

Instead of touching, it is not a half-step strong.

The turning point came in the autumn of the third year.

A month after he finally touched the threshold of the strong, he finally found the ruins of the altar of the goddess of the earth at a depth of five hundred meters under a mountain range.

The two little gold-eaters were released.

They completed their mission to guide Edra to the ruins of the altar, using their keen sense of smell for rare metals, the ruins of the altar of the Cult of the Earth Goddess were built of rare metals.

Edra looked at the ancient altar, and could see from the materials that the Cult had been revered by all the people, and from the dilapidation to the vicissitudes of life.

Things in the world always wither after the peak, and then give birth to new peaks.

Will the Brendo family be like this too?

After experiencing the glory of demigods, will there be endless darkness or even extinction?

Whose glory will it bring?

Oh, the family and me, it must be to continue the glory of the Brendo family!

The little attendant drove the sad spring and sorrow out of his head, and looked intently at the pillar standing on the altar.

He found two stone carvings tied to chains under the column, a chain made of pure gold, a mottled stone carving in the shape of a monster, and every tiny hair was lifelike.

"Child, you're lucky, the fruit of the earth is not a legend."

The demigod pulled the little squire back to reality with a word.

It also made him speechless and resentful.

The fruit of the earth, it turns out that your old man is not sure if it exists... Relying on a legend that took me around this mountain range for more than three years...

But he immediately grabbed the point of the demigod's words - he found the Earth Fruit!

Where is it?

There is no fruit on the altar, and there are no roots here except for gold and stone!

Could it be, could it be these two stone carvings?

"Grandpa, the fruit of the earth is..."

The answer was a finger pointing to two stone sculptures.

Edra brought the torch infinitely closer to the two stone sculptures, and poked it with the spare torch, it was a stone!

No, grandpa couldn't lie to me.

He rubbed his eyes and lit all the spare torches, the light of which illuminated the swarthy underground, and yes, it was a stone!

He didn't give up, and had the courage to stab the stone carving in the eye with two daggers, and the powerful anti-shock force once again fed back that this was the stone!

Edra turned her head to look at the demigod, "Grandpa..."

"They're stones now."

The human demigod waved his hand and turned to walk to the ground, "Let's go, we'll come back tomorrow." ”

Didn't you say it earlier...

The little attendant followed with a depressed face, and couldn't help but slander in his heart.