The Shadow Fiend's carnation did not leave the giants with resurrected corpses.

Or rather, it devoured all the corpses on its own.

In addition to the antlers, the Cleavage and Red who were resurrected by the antlers were also torn apart and devoured by the Shadow Fiend.

Shadow Fiend seems to be particularly adept at dealing with the resurrected dead—always attacking their hearts and heads with precision at the same time. Just a light penetration can kill it directly. As familiar and elegant as a skilled diner peeling off a crab shell.

Looking at the shadow demon that turned into a liquid state again, flowed out of the hole ticking, and returned to the shadow pool under him, Ivas asked with some curiosity: "Is the killing and devouring you carried out in your dream also real and effective 'nutrition' for you?" ”

"Of course."

The Shadow Fiend uttered a low, hoarse voice like a lion's roar, "It's easier to digest, rather.

"These beings are phantoms condensed by the power of the pillar gods. The reason why human beings can be sacrificed and fed by demons is because humans are a race that is directly influenced by the snake father and the eternal self. Just as the High Heaven influences the giants, the Candle influences the elves, and the dusk influences the undead...... Human beings are born with the adaptability of transcendence and love, but each person's strength is different.

"The desire for transcendence of human beings will become fuel and food for demons. However, this process needs to be digested.

"These beings in the dream realm, the illusory bodies you use, and other beings, including giants, may appear to be human, but they are real illusions in nature...... We are our kindred who are so weak that they have no sense of self.

"Although I have some regrets that this ritual was not built by the snake father himself, devouring them will not make me stronger...... But in terms of taste, they're also good tasty cookies. ”

Ivus understood.

This is equivalent to taking the Great Sin Beast to farm the dungeon, which can increase the experience of the corresponding attribute. Illusions can devour illusions of the same attribute to grow. The reason why all the living creatures constructed in the dream rituals are intelligent and able to act according to certain rules is that these "intelligent individuals" are actually a kind of illusion that mimics the corresponding individuals.

Their power is false, temporarily bestowed by the pillar gods.

It's like a ghost who doesn't know he's dead.

…… It's no wonder that the Nine Pillars God can build all kinds of "copies" so easily, this world is not something they fabricated little by little, but directly imported from history in batches.

All they have to do is extract a fragment of history: a small area of about a few hours in length and limited in scope, and then give a specific person in it a temporary life and intellect.

Because those people are just "magic artificial intelligence" built, and the scene can also be fine-tuned. With the intervention of the Nine Pillars, the final development may also be different from the real history.

That's why this is "another possibility of history".

The NPCs in those rituals can't detect themselves in the ritual, because they are real NPCs! In other words, they actually know the identity of their NPCs, and they are just playing dumb.

It's not so much a game or a script as a ritual, an experiment, a sandbox — by setting up a simulated environment, then bringing in nine variables and seeing how things will eventually change.

Because of this, they will have "import identities" and various tasks that can earn points. This is the reward mechanism that motivates them to take action, preventing them from doing nothing at all and wasting a simulation opportunity.

It's also possible to build a mock environment...... Then the people of the Nine Paths are brought in and screened from there.

Both possibilities are possible, with the latter being a bit more likely.

Because as far as the two ceremonies that Ivus is currently participating in are concerned, it is obvious that the historical archetypes are not stories in which all of the Nine Paths can participate.

In the first ritual, at least Sherlock's role as a "newsboy" should clearly not be in real history. The same is true of the overseer played by the knight. They may have a part in history, but at best they are a fleeting trick that has nothing to do with the murder of the Alexanders.

And this second ritual is even more obvious.

The bodies used by the nine of them should all belong to the warriors of the "Path of Strength" in real history.

If nothing else, at least there will never be a knight of the authoritarian path, because in the time when the Supreme Heaven still existed, there was no authoritarian path at all. In other words, if they do appear in a simulated environment, then the knight's supernatural powers should be completely unusable.

It's weird.

The Nine Pillars God seemed to want to do something, but he didn't seem to care so much about the outcome. At least the low-level promotion ceremonies will be handed over to their apostles to preside over on their behalf, which shows that they at least do not care so much about the results of the low-level promotion ceremonies. But it will also take the trouble of making copies and writing tasks......

Perhaps the correct answer will not be available until Ivus is promoted to a high position and attends the promotion ceremony presided over by the pillar god himself.

"Are you going to find the Holy Lance now?"

Lily's voice sounded from behind Ivus, who was lost in thought, "We've actually made it to the next level, right?" ”

"Of course," Ivus looked up and chuckled, putting aside his clueless thoughts for a moment, "I don't know the whole story of this ritual right now.

"If I win in such a daze, I will be a little unwilling. The opportunities for promotion are limited, but this is an opportunity to experience a certain piece of history firsthand......"

"But where is the holy spear? We're running out of time, and it may be too late for a carpet search. ”

"No, I know where the holy spear is."

Ivus replied, "You've run through the three storage rooms now...... If my guess is correct, these three storage rooms should be in separate corners, right? ”

"Yes."

Lily replied, "They are at the three corners of the south, east and west, and the location we are now is on the west side. The knights they quarreled up on the south side, while me and ...... The place where antlers appear is on the east side. ”

"This is a temple, so it must have been built according to some kind of rules. Its eastern and western buildings can be connected in a line, and there is no way to the north. So the building is roughly a triangle with a pointed tip pointing south. And three storage rooms are at the end of the building.

"As mentioned above, the Giant's chances of going to the three storage rooms are random - if their bedroom is in the far north, then the probability of them going to the three storage rooms is different. Giants have bear-like habits and hibernate. In this case, they will tend to go for shorter routes...... That is to say, the south is a safer place.

"But in fact, there are only lights in locations close to the south. The giant has no night vision, and the fact that a light is lit at that height indicates that the giant has been here recently. We were caught the second day, and someone should have been eaten yesterday. Then the person who was eaten yesterday may have come from the storage room in the south. ”

"So I'm assuming that the distance from the giant's bedroom to the three storage rooms is the same. Then the position of the giant couple should be in the middle of this triangle. ”

- But Ivas felt something strange here.

The holy number of the Most High Heaven should be seven.

But it doesn't matter the triangular structure, the number of three storerooms, and the occasional candle flame...... No matter how you look at it, it's more like a temple of candles. The Cathedral of the Candelabra in Avalon is one of these triangular structures with the tip facing south.

The giant had no night vision, but the hallway was unusually dark.

So is it possible that the giant deliberately cut off the superfluous lights to make the temple appear less bright?

If it's a temple of candles, then it should be brightly lit. Conversely, if it is not bright enough, it will destroy the concept of a temple.

In addition, the "Giant Couple" once killed the apostles of the dedication path. That means they must have been apostles too.

The apostles who consecrated the path had a similar personality to the candle and were usually kind to others. Apostles who rarely attack other pillar gods, not even those under the command of Father Serpent or Amber.

Not to mention entering the temples of the other apostles to attack each other.

"If this couple is quite warlike and powerful, then they should have much more to than this holy spear. In the same way, they should have been rewarded with more than just a cauldron, and we should not have been tasked with killing a giant with a holy spear.

"So I had a conjecture when I noticed that the layout of the building was similar to that of the Cathedral...... Could it be that this was once the temple of the Candles, and then violently robbed by them by relying on numerical superiority and sneak attacks?

"That's why they killed the apostles of the consecrated path and hid each other's weapons."

Evas speculated, "If this temple was looted, then there is a reason for the cauldron to be placed here—to kill the other apostles, an act of supreme violence that would be rewarded by the Most High." The cauldron that can only be shattered by the holy spear is basically equivalent to a holy relic. ”

"But that's all speculation, right?" Lily whispered.

"Yes, but it's easy to verify," Ivas replied, "and I did a lay-up after I heard the screams of the thunder.

"As mentioned in the quest, a loud sound will wake up the giants. And it was very loud, and I was walking the maze around here, according to the rule of 'only walk on the left wall', and I heard the sound of thunder.

"That scream was enough to draw the giant in. From screaming until we leave...... After about ten minutes, I didn't hear the giant's footsteps.

So I speculated at the time that the giant was most likely asleep. They need a wake-up time.

"Then I have to make the worst possible consideration - the giant who went to check on the situation at that time may not be two people, but one. If only one person had come out, and another giant had woken up and guarded the bedroom, it would have been even more dangerous for us to pass there. According to the assumption of the pillar god, we should have infiltrated it and searched for the holy spear.

"Because of the screams of the thunder, the original plan was broken. That's why I just slammed the door here on purpose and made a loud noise. The volume was probably slightly inferior to the screams of the thunder before.

"The west side is very far from the south side. If a giant had gone to the south before, there was a sound coming from the west side of the storage room this time...... The rest of the giants should come over to see what is going on. ”

In this way, both giants can be lured out of the direction of the bedroom.

As Ivus and Lily whispered, they heard rumbling footsteps.

They immediately went into hiding.

Soon, with the turn of the handle, a door opened.

- Coming out of it was a giant male with a brown-red beard like a waterfall, and a body with red bear fur on its body like a brown bear standing up.

He resembles an orangutan with a human face, and a bear like a human.

His body was shaped like a small mountain, and his dark red muscles were as hard as rocks.

The giant's back was a little rickety, and his hands were long enough to reach his knees. One hand holds a huge lantern, and the other holds the doorknob aloft and holds onto it. His eyes were enormous, but his eyelids drooped from old age. His drooping eyelids were like heavy curtains, and he would have to stand on his shoulders and hold them up with a long fork.

And Ivus's conjecture was verified the moment the giant appeared—

Because the giant is only thirteen or fourteen meters tall. The height of the doorknob was close to his throat, which was an awkward height.

In other words, this is not his home.

And Ivas even recognized the identity of the red-haired giant-

His name as a boss is [Yasparwaddon Giant Chieftain], and he is one of the bosses of the final quest of Shadow of Avalon in version 3.4.

He has another identity - he will be an apostle in the realm of love in the future.

Because of this old giant, he is actually the brother of the Shadow Tenji of the Love Realm, the Valkyrie Skaha, who was pulled down by the Ouroboros ritual.

(End of chapter)