Mystery: Those years when I was a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

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In front of the endless gray fog, two figures walked quietly one after the other. Compared with the fog barrier that connects the sky and cannot see the top, they are so small that they can hardly be seen clearly.

The sun gradually set in the west, moved away from the mid-heaven, and gradually approached the distant horizon.

"You actually chose to walk like this." Edward couldn't help but said, "Does this make you feel calm?"

"The feeling of walking on the earth is very memorable." The true creator whispered, "A few epochs ago, I was walking on the Eastern Continent like this, looking for traces of human beings, looking for the reason why I came here, and what I want Everything I did seemed like yesterday.”

However, the terrain of the Eastern Continent has changed greatly. During his walk, he found that many peaks disappeared out of thin air, rivers and lakes dried up into huge cracks and basins, and the remains of some destroyed towns and villages were hidden in the vegetation, becoming lairs of extraordinary creatures. .

After dark, the Land Abandoned by the Gods revealed its true appearance, gradually covering the scene of the Eastern Continent in the distant memory of the true Creator.

"Looking at your reaction, I can't help thinking about what 'human nature' really is."

Edward observed the real Creator's side face and movement expressions for a while, and said slowly: "Is this human sociality, or human instinct, or human virtue, or is it a way and a way for people to understand the world when they are themselves? How do you feel?"

"I think you seem to be looking for old feelings, and this behavior will make you feel more."

The real creator tilted his head:
"You have so many different identities and experiences, and you have imitated human beings for so long, but can't you understand human nature?"

"It's not incomprehensible."

Edward squinted his eyes and looked into the distance: "It's just that the manifestations of human nature in you are very different. Half of the seven gods are not human, but you still think they have human nature. This makes me very curious, how do you manage to be human? Find a commonality among them, and think that this is human nature, not something from other races. So human nature is not only human, but also in other races? Then how do you judge that this is not instinct, not the social nature of the dragon race, not The sociality of giants, but human?"

"Actually, it doesn't matter."

The true Creator replied: "They put themselves in the human social system and participated in the human way of life, then obeying this rule instead of dealing with human beings according to the original habits of their own race is a kind of 'possessing humanity. 'Performance."

What's more, for the vast majority of human beings, it doesn't matter what God is, as long as they have a vague impression.This is just a belief and a living habit. Praying to the gods and going to church to confess is like buying lottery tickets. People buy lottery tickets in the hope that they will win something good.

After hearing this answer, Edward frowned, and nodded slightly as if realizing something:

"So that's the case, and it can be understood in this way."

"It's very interesting to say that many people think that I am also human, even if they know that I am not even a human being. When you say this, I seem to understand a little bit-I have participated in human society to a certain extent and obeyed the rules. So it looks human."

"I understand them a little bit now."

After a short exchange, there was a long silence and trek, no one talked to each other, and concentrated on doing their own things.

The sky gradually darkened, and the outline of the city gradually appeared in front of it.

There seems to be a faint figure moving. Considering that there is a true god of the demon path next to him, and there may not even be an angel in the opposite city, it is estimated that the other party can cause quite a lot of negative effects just by standing there. will bring danger to the city.So the real creator turned his head and glanced at Edward, and found that Edward was also looking at him.

Edward pointed to the gray fog barrier in the distance.

The True Creator nodded.

They immediately (and impatiently) parted ways.

The real creator watched the Outer God gradually go away and approached the direction of the gray fog. He lowered his head and stared at the cross in his hand. After a moment of silence, he put the cross away.Through the ability of the "spectator", the appearance He presented to others began to change, becoming an ordinary person wearing a plain priest's robe, and it was difficult for people to remember any characteristics after seeing it.

"The Fool" now has neither a holy emblem nor a symbolic thing, but only an honorable name, so he has no choice but to go empty-handed.

"Being a missionary again?"

He said in a voice that only he could hear, and then laughed: "It's like yesterday..."

Although there is nothing related to the three ways of mystery, and there is nothing related to "Origin Castle", but it doesn't matter. Since Silver City can normally connect with "Origin Castle" through rituals, then this city must be able to .Although the spirit world of Land Abandoned by God is almost completely isolated from the outside world, the supremacy of the spirit world is so unreasonable.

In fact, the means and sermons of the missionaries are all false, the most important thing is the response from the gods themselves... The real creator tidied up his appearance, took out the oil lamp he had prepared a long time ago, and slowly approached the place in the distance. A moving procession of torches.

……

In the hunting team, a man with a strange and disgusting sarcoid growing on his head stopped and looked into the darkness in the distance.

The team members walking by noticed his reaction and asked nervously:
"Is there anything there?"

His mouth is seriously crooked to the left, and it is almost impossible to close it. From time to time, he needs to wipe the liquid from the corner of his mouth with his hands, and he speaks with an uncomfortable accent. Human mercy, but here it was the usual, even milder case—the deformity of the face did not interfere with the fight, and his limbs were not incoordinated.

The deformities of people in Moon City are often reflected on their faces, because it is difficult for children with deformed limbs to survive.

"Something is approaching here..."

The man with a large sarcoma on the top of his head stared fixedly into the distance. He subconsciously stretched out his hand and scratched his hair. The small pimple on the top of his head burst easily, and pus and blood flowed out, dyeing the messy blond hair into an unbearable Dirty color to look straight at.

But the people around him, including himself, have no extra expressions, which has long been commonplace.

The hunting team suddenly became tense. They formed a combat formation. The leader of the team coughed twice, his eyes became darker, and he said in a mellow and pleasant voice that was completely different from the ugly appearance: "Be alert."

His words carried a peaceful magic power, the captain asked the team member who was the first to feel it, and asked:

"How do you feel? What kind of monster this time?"

This low-level priest in his team is not good at fighting, but his inspiration is abnormally high, and he also has the ability to purify. With the help of an extraordinary item from the "Fate" path allocated by Moon City, he can deal with many dangerous Prophet.With his ability, the hunting team was able to avoid many fatal crises, and even successfully escaped before the arrival of a strange wolf-type extraordinary creature that was too powerful to comprehend.

"..."

The priest with purification power hesitated for a while, his voice trembled slightly, but there was doubt in his tone:

"Very powerful, very powerful, just like that terrifying wolf..."

"...But, I didn't feel any danger... It was very warm. Could it be that it wasn't a monster, but someone from another city-state...?"

Hearing these words, the faces of these deformed people all had the same doubts as the priests. They looked at each other in blank dismay. Moon City had never seen anyone from a foreign country during the thousand years of exploration after the cataclysm. The priest's perception of danger and powerful things is only used to avoid monsters and dangerous areas, and has never been used to find humans.

Stranger?People outside of Moon City?

Does it really exist?There was a secret expectation in everyone's heart.

But at the same time, they also prepared for the worst, expecting to be dispelled almost the moment they appeared.

Except for the newly born and uneducated children, everyone in Moon City knows that in this land that has lost its miracles, except for humans, no one can use flames to create light in the dark.Even monsters who are good at manipulating flames lurk in a dark environment before launching an attack. As for other humans, all the city-states discovered so far in Moon City have long since been destroyed and become ruins, with no survivors.

But before the priest gave further instructions, everyone heard a steady footstep approaching.

Approaching with it, there is also a faint light.

The team immediately formed a vigilant formation, and at the same time stared nervously and expectantly at the approaching fire.

It is a creature with two legs...the distance between its steps is similar to that of a human being...the weight is similar to that of a human being...the team leader did not relax his vigilance, he clasped his hands and pressed them to his lips, humming a song called "Moon City" that has been passed down for many years A lullaby, the power of silence pervades the surroundings.

The footsteps did not slow down.

The squad leader stopped humming, and he gave the team members behind him a look. The team members struggled for a few seconds and began to retreat slowly and orderly.

According to the team leader's estimate of himself and his team members, the fastest "wind-worshipper" in the team may still have a chance to escape with the help of the sealed item, and he himself has been leaving traces along the way, which is convenient for the future. to reclaim their Extraordinary properties.

The fire gradually approached, and the team members had retreated ten meters away.

In the warm dim yellow flame, first a pair of hands came out of the shadows, and then, a middle-aged man with black hair and blue eyes appeared in the darkness, with an ordinary appearance and subconsciously focusing his eyes.

He was ordinary, but there were no clusters of warts growing on his head and body, no missing nose or ears or other body parts, no crooked eyes, no slanted mouth, no tattered leather clothes.

Even the psychologically strong team leader was stunned. Although no matter how human-like a monster was, he wondered for a moment what the other party was—a fantasy?Is it a fantasy of a "normal" human being?
Then, with some astonishment, he subconsciously stretched out his hand and touched his crooked and distorted cheek. One side of the cheek was bulging and squeezing the eyes. The other person looked very much like a human being who had not yet produced deformities in ancient books.Even more normal and healthy than some people who are lucky enough not to have much mutation.

After thinking about it, the team leader responded immediately.He immediately aroused the spirit body sealed on him, but all his own resistance disappeared without a trace the moment he looked into the opponent's blue eyes, and the spirit bodies were killed one after another before they appeared. Forced to go back.A sense of ease and comfort suddenly rose in the captain's heart, as if he was lying on the roof during the day, soaking in the sun, soaking his whole body in warm water, and his spirit and body were wrapped in joyful emotions, which made it hard to lift A little nervous mind.

In this state, it is difficult for him to even make himself "vigilant".

"Which city-state are you from?"

The real Creator asked preemptively, His eyes swept over these distorted and distorted faces and bodies one by one, even though he was mentally prepared, he still had the urge to close his eyes.

But he can't show too many abilities related to the "sun", so he only made some subtle influences.

In the team more than ten meters away, the sun priest was attracted by the face of the real creator like all his companions, and subconsciously replied:
"We come from..."

The player next to him elbowed him hard, interrupted his answer, and said loudly:
"Are you human? What are you?"

"Where do you come from?"

Let's get to the point.The true Creator felt that the cross should be raised at this time, but unfortunately, the symbolic object of "The Fool" himself has not been fabricated by the Fool himself, and he has not even made a gesture, so He had no choice but to hold the lamp, remain motionless, and replied in a calm tone:
"I come from a world beyond this land."

He paused: "...I brought the salvation of the 'fool'."

Hearing this answer, all members of the hunting team were in a trance, wondering if they were expecting too much, so that they had hallucinations.

The squad leader was the first to react. He managed to use the power of tranquility to forcefully get rid of that unnerving comfort, and he struggled to ask, "Fool?"

"Yes."

The true Creator tried to tell some glorious deeds about "The Fool", but found that the other party had no holy scriptures or publicity. The most important one of the glorious deeds was probably preventing his own coming.So the real creator began to recall the brain supplement of "The Fool" in the Aurora Society:

"'The Fool' is the ruler of the spirit world, the ancient creator and friend of the sun god."

"He is the ancient one, the sleeping one, the great one, who wakes up in the present era, replaces the old friend, and brings salvation to the land abandoned by God."

The hunting team in Yuecheng listened dully to these words, looked at each other, and the team leader asked again:

"A long time ago, the word of the Lord came from heaven, saying that we don't have to believe in Him anymore. Lord, has he really abandoned us? Why did the Lord abandon us, why did the Lord let His friends send salvation, and turn a blind eye to His believers? Yes Are we not religious enough?"

The true Creator is already very calm about similar questions, and He already has a corresponding answer in his heart.

"You have not been abandoned, but have been handed over to a more credible god by the Creator."

The team member hastily said: "But we are against the Lord..."

"People of the Land Abandoned by God." Swept by the majestic eyes of the true Creator, they subconsciously fell silent, "...you have walked alone in the dark for thousands of years, and you have never seen hope or the sun. Forced to eat the meat of monsters, accumulating toxins from generation to generation, not only is it painful to live, but also reproduce in such pain, looking forward to the descendants being able to escape from birth..."

The True Creator pursed his lips and asked the question he wanted to know the most:
"If all these pains were caused by the Creator, wouldn't you, even for a moment... have hatred for Him?"

"Believers of Ability God, what are you talking about?!"

A person in the hunting team immediately roared angrily at him: "We will not be hostile to you because of different beliefs, but even if you call your god a friend of the Lord, you should not insult the Lord and our faith with such words. With piety!"

"But what if it was He who created all this?"

The real Creator did not hesitate because of the other party's words, but asked in a calmer tone: "What if it is true that He acquiesced in the catastrophe that destroyed everything, and acquiesced in changing this place from a paradise for humans to a place abandoned by gods? He really didn’t think about saving you, in case He really turned a blind eye to your suffering, or even remained indifferent... Don’t you want to convert?”

Why don't the souls of the Eastern Continent hate him?Why are the people in Land Abandoned by God still unwilling to convert?

In the past, there was no choice, but now you have a choice. He would rather that the people in the Eastern Continent would happily convert to "The Fool" after getting the food. After all, they acquiesced in the destruction and slaughtered the gods of their followers , the fallen creator, what qualifications are there for these devout believers?

The voice began to growl again, but lost the context.

During the long silence, the sun priest spoke slowly.

"So, is this the answer the Lord gave us?" He looked at the real Creator, "The Lord felt that we had suffered too much because of Him, so he called a kinder, more merciful god to save us. ?”

The correct approach should not be like this, but the other way is to add the content of "The Fool" to the grand ceremony, but I may not be able to defeat "God", adding rashly will only make Klein suffer unimaginable The influence of . . . the true Creator answered in silence.

"I will accept it, if it is the Lord's answer."

Just when he felt that he might have messed up the preaching, and was thinking about whether to use the power of the "audience" to start again, the sun priest spoke again. He seemed to have aged decades in an instant, with a tone of voice full of deep exhaustion.

"Praise the Lord, Your will is my direction. Praise 'The Fool', may You give us salvation."

The sun priest made the sign of the cross on his chest for the last time, then lowered his arms and hung them by his side.The others watched his movements, and there were many different expressions on his deformed face, including sadness, hesitation, struggle, and some anger.

The true Creator was silent for a moment, took the initiative to take a few steps back, held the lamp and closed his eyes, and began to chant the honorable name of "The Fool".

"The 'fools' who don't belong to this era..."

TBC
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