69novels Chapter 240 This is a miracle
Chapter 240 This is a miracle
Chapter 240 This is a miracle
A land forsaken by God.
In the shrine of Sen'er City, Speaker Harden Hawke did not expect the messenger to ask about faith. However, he knew very well that such questions had to be answered seriously and without any mistakes, so as not to arouse the disgust of the messenger and the "Lord of Evil Desires".
He replied, "We no longer know the beliefs of that time."
When Raphael was reading about the history of Senr, he discovered that the city's beliefs were mainly divided into three stages.
The first stage was the period from the Great Cataclysm to roughly the late Quaternary period; the second stage was the period from the late Quaternary period to about seventy years ago; and the third stage is the last seventy years.
According to historical records, the second phase of Sen'er City's faith was in the "True Creator," while the third phase involved praying to various deities and sending out numerous exploration teams to search for the "True Creator's" divine realm. However, these attempts all failed until recently, when the "Lord of Evil Desires" responded to Sen'er City's prayers.
Raphael felt that understanding their first phase of faith would greatly help in understanding the inner workings of the city.
He frowned after hearing Speaker Harden's reply: "You guys don't know either?"
"Yes," Harden quickly explained, "There are no records or legends left in Sen'er City about that period. We did some research about seventy years ago, but we found that there was no trace of those more than a thousand years!"
Raphael nodded. He had guessed before that when the "True Creator" had just abandoned Sen'er City, the city would first try to consult historical records and continue their previous beliefs.
He had also speculated that the worship here might have been of the "Ancient Sun God," but now it seemed unlikely. The "True Creator" probably wouldn't strongly oppose the city's belief in the "Ancient Sun God" and wouldn't actively erase the traces of that era's faith.
Even after more than a thousand years, there should still be some records remaining.
Since there are no traces, there are only two possibilities. The first is that the "true creator" discovered this place, spread faith here, and then completely erased the previous faith in this city. In that case, the previous faith was most likely even more "evil" than an evil god.
The second possibility is that the trace of that belief simply "disappeared," or never "appeared" at all. From another perspective, the absence of any trace is, in some ways, the greatest trace.
Raphael immediately thought of the "Goddess of the Night," a deity with "hidden" authority.
He hadn't thought of this before, but during the previous operation to acquire the "Wraith" trait, he learned that the "Goddess of the Night" had secretly come to the "Forsaken Land," and he couldn't help but make this connection.
However, the timing is incorrect. Logically, the "Goddess of Night" should have begun entering and exiting the "Forsaken Land" only after the destruction of Solomon's First Empire, which was in the early Fourth Age. This doesn't align with the timeline of the first phase of faith in Sen'er City.
Raphael suddenly wondered: Could it be that the faith in Sen'er City actually has four stages?
The first phase was from the "Great Cataclysm" to the early Quaternary period, during which the "Ancient Sun God" was worshipped. The second phase was from the early to the late Quaternary period, during which the "Goddess of Night" was worshipped. The beliefs of the latter two phases are what Raphael previously summarized as the second and third phases.
The belief in the "Goddess of Night" overshadowed the belief in the "Ancient Sun God," giving people the illusion that these two stages of belief were actually one stage.
So here's a new question: what did the "Goddess of the Night" do in this city back then?
Raphael didn't believe that He had simply come to spread His faith.
While the divine messenger was pondering, Speaker Harden and Priest Zedd stood aside, not daring to even breathe loudly.
Raphael thought for about ten seconds before asking the Speaker again, "Did your war with the city-state of Pythia begin with your belief in a true Creator?"
"It was probably around that period," the speaker said, "but there are no clear records."
Raphael nodded and said "Oh," then added, "The last thing is about the extraordinary war in Sen'er City. I need a list of Sen'er City Saints and Sequence 5 and Sequence 6 beings, along with their pathways, as well as a list of the abilities and negative effects of Level 1 and Level 2 sealed artifacts."
"Go and compile a list so I can send enough reinforcements based on your strength."
The speaker was somewhat agitated: "Reinforcements? Reinforcements!"
Priest Zede's eyes were already brimming with tears: "Reinforcements."
After being isolated from the outside world for over two thousand years, there were still people—and even gods—willing to help them.
Raphael, however, solemnly declared: "Praise the Lord of lust wholeheartedly, for this is His grace."
"But as the Lord's messenger, I must remind you that when the day comes that you are needed to fight for the Lord, you will not have the right to refuse."
Yes, even those who are not qualified, or even hesitate, will be made to pay the price by the Lord of Evil Desire.
Speaker Harden, of course, knew this, so he quickly said, "Praise be to the Lord of lust! The entire city of Sen'er is grateful for your kindness."
Raphael nodded, then said to Zedd, "Prepare for the ceremony and send me back. I still need to coordinate the reinforcements."
He just had a good idea about the so-called reinforcements, but it's hard to say whether it will work.
Zede dared not delay, and just as he was about to leave the hall, he suddenly remembered: "Respected divine messenger, may I ask about the ceremony for sending you back?"
This ritual was unfamiliar to Sen'er City—in fact, it was unfamiliar to everywhere, because it was created by Raphael by drawing inspiration from rituals of sacrifice and bestowal.
The arrival and departure of the divine messenger do not require any ritual. If he wants to leave, he only needs to enter the "vengeful spirit state" and return to the "dark dwelling".
If He is to descend, then there needs to be a believer in the place where His descent is required to pray and provide a location.
The main reason for this ceremony is to show the demeanor of the divine messenger. After all, the divine messenger represents the face of the gods, and cannot simply appear and leave at a moment's notice.
This ceremony is primarily for maintaining faith. Or, to put it another way, for showing off.
Upon hearing the priest Ze's question, Raphael replied, "The ceremony will proceed as before, but the prayer will be changed. After reciting the name of 'Lord of Evil Desires,' say: 'The messenger has completed the task you assigned according to your guidance. I beseech you to bestow your supreme power and allow the messenger to return to his original position to continue serving you.'"
This prayer was improvised by him; after all, it was a prayer for himself, so just explaining the general meaning was enough.
But Zedd memorized it carefully, not daring to make a single mistake in pronunciation—the language of the giants in the Fifth Age was somewhat different from that in the Third Age, so Raphael's language of the giants sounded "accented" to Zedd and his companions, so the priest intended to imitate even the "accent."
Raphael returned to the altar, where the important figures of Sen'er City still stood respectfully.
He smiled and said, "Go back and prepare diligently; the gods will favor you!"
With fervent expressions, the people chanted devoutly, "Praise be to the Lord of evil desires! Praise be to the messenger of God!"
Raphael waved to everyone, returned to the center of the altar, and entered the state of "vengeful spirit".
Then the priest Zede prayed and made arrangements devoutly according to the ritual Raphael had described. When the ritual reached its final stage, the messenger of the god disappeared from their sight.
Everyone gasped, feeling that what they had just seen and heard was not real!
miracle!
Then everyone realized that this was a miracle!
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