“…… Child, you have to run away, to run away enough not to let your uncle find you, of course, he is a sane man, so he will give you time to 'run away', and as long as you can escape far enough in this time, far enough that you can never find your way back, then he will let you go, because then he will not have to bear the burden of murder. ”

"Remember, once you go deep into the fog, you will never have a chance to return, but this is your only hope of survival, don't worry about me, as I said, your uncle is a sane man, I will live well, your uncle will honor me, even if it is the honor of losing freedom, and you, my son...... No, my daughter, you will leave your homeland forever. ”

"Go, take advantage of this time, gather your subjects who are still loyal to your father and willing to follow you, and those landless untouchables who have lost their land and are unable to pay the eleventh tax for next year, pull as many as you can find, and then take with you all the things you can take with the sub-treasury...... Remember, don't touch the main vault, it's already your uncle's property, but the secondary vault doesn't matter, and ...... in the end"

"Pray, pray to all the great beings that you can confirm that they are not malicious, pray that they will have even the slightest mercy, and finally find a place of light, not too big, as long as there is a small village, this is the greatest luck in your life......"

Grace, no, Grace woke up from a nightmare, but she didn't make a big noise.

Sounds, movements, or any kind of change, are fatal in the eternal mist.

Even a three-year-old knew this, so when she led her subjects into the mist, everyone knew that they had to keep their mouths shut, relax their movements, and refrain from shouting, or their companions would cut their necks in the first place.

Grace is from the azure city-state.

One of the largest city-states in the Vantre Wandererland, with three cities, sixty-two light villages, and a large city-state with a population of nearly one million.

And when Grace was still Grace, she was the first prince and first heir of this large city-state.

But in the end, he was actually her, although he was protected by magic, but it was not real after all, and she didn't know what went wrong, on the seventh day of her father's death, the day she was supposed to become the lord of the city, she received her uncle...... Also a brief message from her father's only brother.

He knew he was her.

That's the most lethal point.

If Grace were Grace, then he would be the undisputed heir, but if he became her, he became Grace, then all the minor lords would jump up against her, and the priests would think she was blasphemous, and the mages would look on coldly, but they would never swear allegiance to her.

Even if she still had the team left to her by her father, the most likely thing for anyone else except the most die-hard among them was to quickly fall down in front of her uncle and beg her uncle to have mercy and forgiveness for their lack of eyes...... Who knows?

In short, Grace only took more than 6,000 people, of which more than 6,000 were landless peasants like slaves, and those who could not survive in the first place had less than half a year at most, either they themselves walked into the fog or became slaves...... A real slave is not up to him, nor is it up to his descendants to live or die, and when he dies, he will be ground into a mash of meat to make fodder or slave food.

As for the remaining more than 300 people, all of them were the most loyal to her father's group of subjects and their relatives, and it was precisely because they were the most loyal that her uncle would not let them go, and these people also understood this, so they resolutely followed...... Even if she died in the fog, it would have been better to go and try her uncle's torture.

And she, Grace, formerly Grace, is not only a second-level rated warrior, but also a priest rated second-level perception, which is a rather rare genius talent, but unfortunately because she was once cultivated as the heir of the city-state, she has never become a priest of any god, this will not be allowed, unless the nobles of the city-state are eager for the city-state to become a god-state, but then these nobles will lose their authority, so she is still a warrior with only priestly qualifications.

In addition to her own qualifications and second-level warrior strength, among the more than three hundred subjects, there is also a first-level magician and an apprentice-level puppeteer, which is the sum of her current shabby strength.

Grace thought of this to herself, now her strength may not even be as good as a city lord...... No, it's definitely not as good, but fortunately, there is a magician among her followers, even if it is only a first-class magician, which is also the most fortunate thing.

In the morning, Grace, who had been freed from the nightmare of death, had a hasty breakfast, and she immediately went to the tent of the first-class magician Anko.

Although it is only a first-level magician, but the magician is different from all other professions, any magician who is out of the apprentice level is worthy of respect, according to the comparison of the unspoken rules of the city-state, the first-level magician is equivalent to the third-level treatment of other professions, and the Anke magician is an elder who is more than two hundred and eighty years old, his knowledge is extensive, and he is a close friend of her father, although he is not the magic leader of the city-state (second-level magician), but he is also a famous sage of the city-state.

Grace has very urgent and important issues that need to be consulted by the elder.

“…… Gods? ”

Anke was making tea, and he paused slightly when he heard the movement of his hand, but he continued to brew the tea.

During this process, Grace did not make any movements, just waited quietly.

Anko poured a small cup of tea for Grace, which flattered Grace.

It was tea, a magical drink that would help magicians recover and meditate, and each gram weighed the same weight of gold.

Anke took a sip of tea, and then said slowly: "Yes, the prince does have to consider honoring a god, only a god can see through the fog, only a god can guide us to the place where no one is illuminated, and in the same way, only a god can deal with the horror in the mist, but does the prince really understand what a god really is?" ”

Although Grace did not worship any of the gods or practice their ways because she was the heir, she did have a complete priestly education.

Of course, she also knew that the reason why Anko said this was obviously because the priests and gods still had some inconvenience to write it down, as well as the part included in the priesthood's education, so she said humbly and respectfully: "Teacher, please speak." ”

Anke touched his white beard and said, "Gods are a phenomenon, and this is a record written in the priestly books, but it is not finished...... The god is a phenomenon with abstract knowledge, this is the essence of the god, and the most important thing is actually the word abstract and intellectual, prince, abstract means that it is inscrutable, all gods have a chaotic factor, and the word intellectual means that he has cognition. ”

"When you really touch the essence of a god with your priestly sense, when you feel Him, He also feels you, and at the same time, that abstract chaotic nature is passed on to you, so there are all kinds of rituals and sacrifices, especially human sacrifice and blood sacrifice, which are not really to please the gods, but to relieve the confusion that the priest has to bear, because this chaos will make you crazy, from human to non-human."

It dawned on Grace that she had received a complete education as a priest, but the content of this information was almost blasphemous, so naturally it was impossible to write it down, and only when she actually became a priest would the chief priest, or an older priest, pass it on to her.

Anke said in a very serious voice: "So you have to confirm which god you worship, this is not only related to your own life and death future, but also related to the life and death of our team, at the same time, the gods are regional, only exist in certain regions, once you cross beyond its area of influence, then even if you sacrifice millions of gods, you will not be able to touch its essence." ”

Grace was silent for a long time when she heard this, and then nodded: "Teacher, I plan to follow the god of the Wilderness Viper, what do you think?" ”

Anke thought for a while and said: "It's not bad, this is not a powerful god, so it doesn't require much sacrifice, five hundred people per ten years is enough, we have too little manpower now, which is very good, and the Wilderness Viper's Divine Domain has a wilderness nature, it can indeed help us search for the Land of Light, but ...... It's too close to the city-state, I remember that there were fourth-level priests in the city-state, right? ”

Grace immediately understood what Anko meant.

The viper of the wilderness is also a god, and the city-state has its priests and temples.

Her uncle was very sensible and cautious, so it was natural for the priests of the various gods to use their divine sense to confirm whether she was far away, and if she worshipped the Wilderness Viper as her main god, then the priests above her would also know her whereabouts, and even if she did find the Land of Light, her uncle would surely send an army to destroy her and everything she had.

This makes Grace embarrassed.

Masami is the safest deity, and at the same time, the number of sacrifices is not large.

And those evil gods can also guide her in the direction and future, but the number of people required is too much for her to pay, and at the same time, according to Anko, she does not dare to respect it.

At this time, Anke suddenly said: "I think, we have all gone deep into the fog, and there is already no way out, so why not go deeper?" ”

Grace's heart moved, and she asked, "Please tell me more about it." ”

Anke smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know that the prince likes to read past records?" I'm referring to the ones that the lord is hiding. ”

Grace shook her head blankly.

The records she had loved to read as a child, but since she was ten years old, she had no time or energy to read useless things.

Anke said, "Through your father's forbearance, I have read many of those secrets, and one of the records that interests me the most is the legend of the glorious heaven and earth that appeared about 10,000 years ago. ”

Grace was shocked, she already roughly understood what Anko meant.

This legend is not only recorded in the castle lord's mystery, but also by word of mouth.

It is said that on a certain day 10,000 years ago, a great sun appeared in the sky.

The sun shines brightly, dispelling the eternal fog and allowing everyone to see the land.

The Great Day did not last long, but the fog that was dispelled did not gradually dissipate until seven days later, and that period of time became known as the Day of the Shining Underworld.

“…… This is not a simple rumor, in fact, there are records not only in the City Lord's Mystery, but also in the Magic Guild, the Sage Guild, the Puppeteer Guild, and the Warrior Guild...... Well, the Warrior Guild really didn't have it, anyway, this is what really happened 10,000 years ago, back then......"

“…… Ten thousand years ago, there was light shining on the underworld, but unfortunately the sages who investigated more later still found nothing, and there was also no feedback from the priests' inspired sacrifices, so it can only be considered a short-lived explosion of divinity......"

“…… But unlike the guild records, the City Lord's Mystery records the location of the Radiant Underworld in detail, so why don't we try it? ”

Grace was a little surprised and said, "But teacher, didn't you say that there was a priest who was inspired to sacrifice?" If they can't, it proves that the great god who gave this light has either fallen, or it is just a divine outburst, not a god. ”

"You're different from them."

Anke immediately said: "They are all priests who have already worshiped the main god, in fact, except for the heirs of various city-states or territories, once anyone else finds out that they have priestly talents, they will inevitably immediately choose the main god to worship, because this is the biggest class leap, and the heirs are different, in order to avoid the heirs from going crazy, it is impossible for the heirs to worship any gods, and there is no need to worship, because of this, ten thousand years to the present, there has never been a situation like you, there is a priest spiritual sense, But he never worshipped any god. ”

"That's the light that dispells the fog! If you really worship such a Lord God...... Child, have you ever thought about taking back everything that belongs to you? ”

Grace was shocked and looked at Anko in disbelief.

Anke also looked at her without hesitation, but Anke had a deep hatred in his eyes, although this hatred was not aimed at her.

"Think of your mother, think of your sister, they don't really have to worry about their lives, and they do have to worry about food and clothing, but at what cost? ...... by your uncle every day and every night"

Grace stood up, she gritted her teeth, blood flowed from the corners of her mouth, and she said categorically: "Please guide me to the direction of the Shining Land!" ”

"Let's go to the glorious land of 10,000 years ago!!"