Chapter 280 The Road of Pilgrimage
Is it normal for a person who has no faith to suddenly have a holy symbol on his body?
It is indeed not uncommon to say one thing or another.
Pan-believers and unbelievers still account for the majority. How to attract believers to follow them wholeheartedly is something that every god must study.
Just relying on words can only deceive those who are easy to incite. You must also provide tangible benefits.
When an unbeliever prays, if the unbeliever meets the needs of the god, a little blessing will be given.
This protection is usually the ability to use some simple spell, such as 'steel skin' that makes people more resistant to beatings, or 'brute force' that makes them stronger.
The person who does this the most is actually the goddess of magic, who will send you a second-rate phantom of a mage's hand if she likes you.
It's like giving you a piece of candy first and then telling you, "It's delicious. Come on, come on. Trust me."
Of course, even small blessings that are insignificant to a god are not given to everyone. It generally depends on whether the person praying meets the preferences and requirements of the god.
The current situation is slightly different.
This is a temple of the Demon King God, but it does not belong to the current Demon King God. The previous Demon King God is completely dead, and his temple only has a little bit of divine power left.
That is to say, if the ability to identify is lost, as long as the unbelievers pray, they will have a chance to receive blessings.
After using up the last bit of divine power, the statue of nature couldn't stand it and collapsed.
The Holy Emblem that appeared on Nemea's lower back suddenly changed its appearance, which also proved that the original Demon King God had disappeared, and the new Demon King Li Chengqi had taken over all the legacy of the old Demon King God, so the Holy Emblem had changed.
Aldai is not as keen on preaching as Viola. She does not want to develop followers, but wants to confirm that the position of the Demon King and God has completely changed hands.
This may seem insignificant, but it is actually very important.
Creatures like gods are difficult to kill, and even if they are killed, they are likely to be resurrected.
If a new god recruits believers in the name of an old god, when divine power and faith accumulate to a certain level, the old god is likely to be resurrected from the body of the new god.
This is not a fantasy, nor is it without precedent. God relies on faith to exist, and he can naturally be resurrected based on faith.
That's why it is said that if you want to completely eliminate a god, the best way is to destroy his existence. If no one worships him or knows about him, the god will naturally fall.
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If you keep moving forward for several hours, your energy will be lost even if your physical strength can bear it.
Aldai felt that she was getting closer to the Demon King's Ring. Referring to Zola's experience, it was normal for something to be sealed by the guardian.
In order to ensure that their combat effectiveness was not compromised, everyone rested in the secret room for more than an hour.
Compared to the outside, the secret room was relatively safe. After a brief rest, everyone resumed their journey of exploration.
Continue walking through the empty room.
They came to the end of the corridor. Fortunately, the staircase was not blocked by the collapse this time. They went down the stairs again, and what appeared in front of them was an intersection with eight directions.
You can tell at a glance that it must be a maze.
Mazes are the most common settings for things like ruins or dungeons. They are effective at blocking intruders and are cheap to build. When combined with traps and guardians, the effect is doubled.
For adventurers, walking in mazes has become normal, and they even have special training in this area.
Among the three adventurers, Nemea was the most enthusiastic. This may be related to the protection she had just received. She now felt full of strength.
But this time, it's not the adventurers' turn to show off their specialty.
Aldai fumbled around and took out the psychic crystal detector she had obtained on the shell ship from the magic bag.
As soon as this black, soap-sized thing was taken out, it immediately made a long beeping sound.
When Aldai holds the box and turns to one of the eight intersections, the prompt tone will become shorter.
"Go this way" "Ah? Professor, do you know how to go?"
"I don't know, but there have been hints."
The magic simulacrum I just met said at the end, ‘The Heart Stone will tell you the answer’.
Psionic energy is actually spiritual energy, and psionic crystal is naturally the heart stone.
Psychic crystals are almost useless to mages, and no one specializes in developing spells to detect psychic crystal deposits. In this regard, illithid can be said to be the leader.
No wonder Aurora would first guide Aldai to the conch ship, just to get the mind crystal detector.
Whenever they encountered a fork in the road, they used the mind crystal detector to see which road had the shortest beep. After repeating this several times, everyone came to a huge stone door.
This stone door is almost ten meters high. The door frame is touching the ceiling, and the door shaft must have been stuck. It took a lot of effort for Delger to finally push it open.
There is still a corridor behind the door, but it is much wider than before. Everyone also noticed that a round depression could be seen on the ground from time to time.
It's not like it happened naturally, nor did the faulty stone material be used intentionally when laying the floor in the hallway.
Aldai knelt down and felt the size of the hole, and found that it was almost just big enough to accommodate a knee.
This is the road of worship. People from the mythical age walked here and knelt down to worship the devil and god every two steps they took. Over time, pits were formed on the ground.
Continuing along this road of worship, when they walked out for about forty or fifty meters, everyone found a doorway next to the wall.
There was a room of about thirty square meters, filled with tables and chairs, and traces of tools that had been hung on the walls.
Nemea checked if there were any traps and said:
"This should be the lounge, right?"
"How do you know? You are not a believer."
"I have seen it. There is a similar setup in the great temple of the Lord of the Dawn, which is specially used for worshipers to rest and drink water."
Palin nodded:
"Yes, we do."
Alday listened to the conversation between the three, but she had a different perspective.
This is not a lounge, or it used to be a lounge, but it isn't now.
She found traces of tools that had been hung on the wall, and looked at the remaining scratches on the table. Then she focused her gaze on the ceiling above her head, where there was a huge magic circle that was almost buried in dust. Cover the entire room.
This is the rune room.
To put it bluntly, it is a place dedicated to carving runes.
Magic runes have a wide range of uses. They can not only be used to cast spells, but can also be used to create magic items, magic scrolls and even potions.
But it's weird to be next to a pilgrimage route.
Without God's permission, arbitrarily changing the use of religious buildings will really be punished by God. However, judging from the current traces, it is impossible to determine whether the transformation here was due to God's permission or whether someone used it without authorization.
I only know that judging from the number of remaining carvings, something magic-related was once mass-produced here.
Aldai's fingers groped the table, intending to walk deeper into the room.
At this moment, she suddenly felt a heat in her chest, and the holy symbol hidden in her clothes seemed to guide her towards the deepest wall...
(End of chapter)