Chapter 92: There Are Many Good Gods in the Bottomless Pit (4k4)
Rogers responded to the fluctuation of the ring in his palm, and the scene in front of him instantly melted and flowed like watercolor.
When his gaze returned, he was in his bedroom.
"It smells of sulfur, do you need me to help you get rid of it?" Alice reached out to support Rogers' unsteady form, and Joan suggested with a slight wrinkle.
"Okay."
Rogers subconsciously agreed, and the scene that seemed to be the collapse of the world had not completely dissipated from his mind.
The ups and downs of his mood also slowly calmed down as he deliberately controlled the rhythm of his breathing.
[Alice activates the Pollution Removal Bonus, and the filthy aura within three meters around her is wiped out.] 】
When Alice had just finished activating the bonus, the sky outside her bedroom window suddenly glowed with pure and bright light.
It was as if the night had been opened and the dawn had fallen.
[Several high-ranking priests of the Pantheon have jointly launched a large-scale detection magic against the Braider Leader, and this magic is ineffective against you because you are hidden and protected by the gods of the bottomless pit.] 】
Rogers was wary of it, and he knew that the miracle of the bottomless pit was not so easy to take.
Not only will the scene be hit by the forbidden spell, but there will definitely be a storm in the future.
The cultists' spatial teleportation magic skills are not as advanced as St. Herthe's, due to the limitation of teleportation distance, most of them can only fall within the range of the Eastern Realm or even the Braid's Territory, and more cultists may have been melted by the forbidden spell.
Coupled with the fact that the space where the Coronation Throne was located was originally stripped from the Breed Domain, it was impossible for the Pantheon not to notice this.
Alice seemed to sense his distraction, and said with a solemn promise: "It'll be fine." ”
"Thank you." Rogers responded softly, sincerely.
Squeak –
When the bedroom door was pushed open, Alina led the Shadow Demon into the room, and Rufia followed closely behind, closing the door.
"The second prince said that he had received an urgent summons from the Pantheon, and hurriedly broke the window and ran away." Alina said as she walked up to Rogers and looked out the window at the brighter glow.
Rogers nodded in understanding, and then he asked Xiang Shadow Demon how the game was playing against the Second Prince, and the other party proudly replied that he had killed the opponent several times in a row.
He was not surprised by this, the Shadow Demon had a strong ability to imitate, and the other party not only inherited some of Alice's characteristics, but also learned some of his basic skills from the impressions of Rogers from the first-year students of St. Herthe.
Although Qi may not be as strong as him in terms of art, he will not be weaker than Alice.
"The prince doesn't know how to play Rogers chess at all, and after the Shadow Demon told him the basic rules, he has been relying on his chess skills to play all kinds of torture and killing." Alina explained aloud what had happened a short time ago.
"Huh? How can you do such a thing? I don't know how to be humble and polite at all. Rogers looked at the Shadow Demon who had changed back to his original form, and spoke dissatisfied.
Lufia, who had been taught by him, stared at him with confused eyes, and Alina's face showed a little disdain at the right time.
"It's already done very well, the prince didn't notice anything unusual at all, so there's no need to be so strict." Alice stroked the Shadow Demon's hair and gently persuaded.
Bell Bell Bell –
Before a few people could continue to speak, there was a sudden knock on the door, and after Rogers let the Shadow Demon hide, he stepped open the door, only to see Hans outside the door with an anxious and uneasy face, he was relieved a little after seeing Rogers, and spoke quickly and seriously:
"Just now, the priests of the Pantheon came to the Earl's Palace, announcing that a world-destroying calamity had been born in the Breed domain, and more high-level priests would come later, who would besiege and kill the cultists in the territory, as well as look for traces of the world-destroying calamity.
"Lord Earl Breed has gone to cooperate in person, and your birthday party has been forced to disband. Before leaving, the Earl specially left a warning, you must not leave the mansion without permission in the near future, and the chief butler will personally supervise the entry and exit of the people in the mansion.
"I'm sorry I can't be by your side for the time being, there are still a lot of things I need to help take care of."
Hans stroked his chest and bowed, and hurried into the distance.
Rutgers had never seen Hans in his memory as impatient as he did at this moment, and it seemed that the phrase "Doom" did have an indescribable weight.
When he closed the door and turned around, everyone in the room was silently watching him, and even the Shadow Demon hiding behind the bed jumped up to Alice's side again, staring at him in surprise.
"Will you poison the world?" The Shadow Demon was silent for a moment, but still couldn't bear to ask.
What Rogus asked it to do, and the timing was so coincidental, and it could clearly feel the change in the aura of Rogus's "usurpation object", it couldn't help but directly associate the other party with the catastrophe of destruction.
"Don't talk nonsense." Alice tapped the Shadow Fiend's head, stopping it from curiosity.
"I just want to make the world a better place." Rogers stretched his arms wide and stretched hard.
During the crowning ceremony, the seemingly endless power that emerged from the body did not have the slightest trace left at this moment, only a burst of emptiness.
Originally, he thought that this miracle could add a lot of stats in addition to the mechanics, but now it seems that he thinks too much.
Or, like many of the effects of miracles, they cannot be manifested because of the lack of rank.
Alice stayed in the bedroom tonight, and the Shadow Demon was not immediately included in the magic book by Rogers, and sat on the couch with Alice and began a long conversation.
Perhaps because of Alina, the Shadow Demon's voice was very small.
It wasn't until the real sunlight outside the window came on and the heavenly glow dissipated that Alice went to the Pantheon to inquire about the calamity, even though she knew exactly what it was.
Just after Alice left, Alina carried out a memorable "teaching" to the Shadow Demon, and finally forcibly stuffed it into the magic book.
As for Rufia, she fell asleep early, as always.
In the next two days, the gods of the bottomless pit did not cast their eyes again, and more and more figures wearing sacrificial robes appeared in the Breed Collar, and launched a frenzied pursuit of the cultists.
At the same time, a steady stream of personnel from the Pantheon, in cooperation with the sheriffs in the Breed domain, interrogated the people in the territory, and even the nobles could not avoid it.
Rogers, Alina, and Rufia did not receive much attention because of their double promise of a saint and a god-servant.
News of the catastrophe of the end of the world also spread as a result of the large-scale operation.
It is said that the cultists specially performed a ritual in the hometown of the Holy Maiden, summoning the evil demon king of the bottomless pit; It is also said that the devils sent a demon comparable to the saint in order to bring destruction to the living beings of the world.
There are even rumors that it is because the awakening of the saint Maiden has upset the balance of the world that it has caused such a great disaster.
Even if no one has been harmed at this time, some people's perception of the saint has changed sharply.
"It's really simple for the emperor to make small moves on rumors, but it's not good in other aspects, and I don't know if the members of the emperor's palace council haven't finished arguing yet."
Rogers sat at his desk, holding the information his father had sent him, and teased Alina beside him.
The turmoil of the catastrophe has reached a stalemate as it has gone nowhere, and the more mundane story of the Count de Monte, who is a judge and curses Rogers, has become much more turbulent.
In addition to the nobles of the East, more and more lords of other regions have spoken out to force the royal family to give a ruling as soon as possible.
Trying to judge Rogus will cause the jealousy and dissatisfaction of many nobles, but it is always within the rules of the game, after all, it is a common drama in the political communication of nobles, and no one will really overreact to it.
But it was a big taboo to directly attack personal safety, and then the news that Duke Alexandula and the Braider family were close came out, which suddenly made many nobles speculate whether there was really a royal family secretly agreeing to make a move, which would lead the two families to try to join forces regardless of taboos.
The contradictions, which were originally hidden under the surface by common acquiescence, instantly came to the fore and became extremely intense.
The previous rumors about the outbreak of war have also spread more and more deviantly.
Alina was teaching Rufia a lot of magical theories on the side, and when she heard this, she looked at the source of many disputes recently, but the young man who still looked comfortable and playful, sighed inexplicably: "Some calamities may have appeared a long time ago, but the poor royal family and the Pantheon still don't know anything about it." ”
"Are you scolding me again?" Rogers frowned slightly, and asked back with a displeased expression.
"Do I have one?" Alina smiled innocently, shrugging her shoulders slightly as Rogers did every day.
Rogers chuckled disdainfully in response, just as the Holy Maiden was the chosen one favored by the world, and he was the one who was truly favored by the bottomless pit at this time, and he was too lazy to bother with a weak woman.
When he rises in rank in the future, he will definitely kick Alina's ass hard with the power of the miracle in his hand.
"Young Master, the Second Prince and the messenger of the Pantheon want to see you."
Hans knocked on the bedroom door, shouting and reporting outside the door.
"Emissary of the Pantheon?" Rogers muttered, getting up to walk to the door.
"Call me when you need to." Alina gave him a shout before leaving, and Rogers bowed his head in applause.
When he stepped out of the bedroom, he immediately saw Leus and a young girl wearing a sacrificial robe outside the door.
The other party had very ordinary long brown hair, and the eyebrows and eyes were beautiful, and the gaze that had been on Leus's face did not slowly move away until Rogus opened the door, and then looked at Rogus without hesitation.
"Her name is Rhea, and she is a priest like me, and she wants to make some inquiries about you, but don't worry, it's just a daily process, and I have already testified for you in the Pantheon."
With a little helplessness and apology on his tired face, Lius explained to Rogers.
"It doesn't matter, it's an obligation to maintain peace." Rogers reached out and patted the other party's shoulder twice, and replied very generously.
"Lord Rogers, please maintain your basic dignity, Lord Leus is not something you can touch at will." Rhea flicked Rogers' palm away and admonished him with a scolding voice.
"Good, good, my bad." Rogers raised his hands in apology, and then told Hans to fetch some tea-style meals to entertain them.
The character of Rhea is not unfamiliar to him, if Alice chooses the Pantheon route, she will have a lot of contact with the other party in the early stage, which can be regarded as a "pseudo-villain"-like character.
Just as Derick is deeply in love with Eunice, this Rhea also has a great affection for Leus, and often treats Alice in the Pantheon Route as an imaginary enemy to envy and find fault.
As with the usual fantasy stories, Rhea will eventually be influenced by the character of the saint and become one of her followers.
"Are you granted the right of way? Why did you show up in front of my bedroom door without being announced, and I was confined to casual clothes, and I couldn't change into more formal clothes? ”
As he sat down on the couch in the hallway, Rogers asked, looking at the two across from him.
"We're checking on the people in your house, and I just heard that your bedroom is nearby, so I rushed over to ......," Rhea replied coldly.
"It can't be said that the investigation is carried out, this is a cooperation negotiated with the Pantheon with the permission of Earl Breed, and we have to pay attention to the wording." Leus interrupted Rhea's statement and spoke out to admonish.
"Lord Leus, you wouldn't have spoken out like that before, but now you've even abandoned your sacrificial duties to defend an outsider.
"You've been talking about Rutgers, Rutgers, Rogers for the last few days! Did he put some demagogic words on you that made you waver?! ”
Rhea became inexplicably agitated after being interrupted by Lius, and became even more unrestrained.
Rogers quietly looked at Rhea's overreaction and Lius's speechless expression, thinking that His Royal Highness the Prince had also experienced a lot of things in the past two days.
"Lord Rogers, I heard that you have a magic book in your possession, and I suspect that it may be a forbidden thing thrown from the bottomless pit, a bait for the despicable gods, and it has great relevance to recent events, and I hope to identify it at this moment."
Seeing the silence of Leus, Rhea gritted her teeth slightly, and continued to propose to Rogus in a cold voice.
[Inform! The gods of the bottomless pit cast their gaze upon you. 】
"Do you say that the gods of the bottomless pit are despicable?" Rogers asked softly, inexplicably.
The last time Leus scolded the gods, the gods immediately issued a punishment task, which shows that their hearts are very small, and they are not as generous as themselves.
"Of course! How would you think of it as a question? Could it be that we have been infected by the Fall? Rhea frowned, puzzled by Rogers' rhetorical question.
"No, no, no, it's just that even if you are positioned as an evil god, you are still a god after all, are you afraid that you will be punished by God if you insult like this?" Rogers kindly reminded.
"As you said, evil gods are also gods, how can they stay in this world for no reason, and even if the evil gods are watching, I will say that they are despicable." Rhea's expression was contemptuous and sarcastic, as if mocking Rogers' timidity.
[The Lord of the Feast has blessed Rhea, and her smile will become extremely charming for the rest of the day, and she will attack Leuster.] 】
[Inform! The World Veil has been amended to make it impossible for the Lord of the Feast to look at it for a short time. 】
The rest of the gods marveled at this, and at the same time expressed their generosity to you. 】
Rogers looked at the information in the prompt box and felt extremely surprised, he thought that he would issue a punishment task for Rheya, but he didn't expect it to be a blessing, and he couldn't help but sigh that there are still many gods in the bottomless pit.
And Rhea, the recipient, had stiffened, her lips kept opening and closing, and her eyes were full of fear and resistance, as if she had been insulted by some kind of ultimate insult.
(End of chapter)