Oracle of Terra

"........."

Telles's arm, which was originally intended to dissolve the bathtub, froze.

"Pollution?"

"To be honest, I don't know much about the era you lived in, but I remember that Lucifer uploaded a report. It was a crazy era. Demons and gods that only appeared in previous stories and fairy tale books were on the ground. Fighting, he felt as if he had come to another world, and in Iberia, there were gods, this was once your territory, you should know what kind of gods there were here."

"Those... tentacle monsters in the sea."

Telles probably understood what Gabriel meant by the pollution.

"But since this arm is kept with you, you should know what's going on?"

"Please sit down. This will involve the establishment of Lateran. You should have some understanding of beliefs, right?"

"I hate religion."

"Hehe, I understand your concerns, but religion is indeed a good way to govern. After the land lost its real gods, Lateran's belief was also the means for me to start. At that time, I was not Now."

Gabriel's gaze under the hood seemed to be nostalgic, but Telles was not very interested in the story he told.

"Excuse me, I think you are not a very patient person."

"No, I'm generally very patient, unless someone is trying to challenge my patience."

"Please sit down. For you, chatting should not waste time. Compared with the years you have experienced, our current moment is just a moment."

"Okay, tell me, I'll listen, after all, you have given me the most basic respect, His Majesty Pope Gabriel."

"You are overrated."

Gabriel paused, and then began to recall the past.

"The era of the gods and people ended at the same time as the origin stone revolution. I realized that this was my opportunity. In order to save human civilization and continue our torch, I spread faith to the people of the earth and established Rutland, but the method of relying on it is a bit rude, that is, the guns you saw when you entered here."

"Speaking of which, I'm curious, why not gunpowder-style firearms?"

"It seems that you do understand the past of mankind very well, but it's not that you don't want to use gunpowder guns, but that gunpowder guns can't be used on this land, or on this planet."

"why?"

Telles is a little interested, the reason for his failure all the time.

"Because of the origin stone."

"Origin Stone? But Origin Stone is just a kind of material energy, so it shouldn't be able to affect gunpowder-style firearms."

"No, the origin stone is not only material energy, the origin stone is everywhere."

"what?"

Telles was a little confused by his words, Origin Stones are everywhere?Although origin stones can be seen anywhere in this land, what does he mean by ubiquitous?

"You know something about the people of Terra. Those sub-races that are different from Lucifer and us humans, you should know that they ruled this land in the past... No, what kind of humans on this planet are like. "

Telles narrowed his eyes as he recalled the difference between 'humans' and the people of Terra.

"...Particles in the blood?"

"Yes, the origin stone exists in the atmosphere of the current planet. Although it is far less harmful than the ore disease, more or less, the people of Terra have the origin stone substance in their bodies, but it does not have any special effects, but Because of this, they have the ability, talents and talents of magic, and at the same time, they will also be infected with ore disease like a curse."

Gabriel's voice was calm and drawn out.

"As for the origin of the Origin Stone, His Majesty Kazdel must not know about it? The reason for the decline of human civilization."

"You, want to tell me this?"

Telles always felt that the topic was getting bigger.

"There is only one human being left on this land. I tell you that it is just to let people remember the sufferings this planet has suffered. I believe that you have a long time as a god more than records that may be dated. "

"Well, I'll remember."

At the end of human civilization, Telles couldn't help but feel a little heavy.

"In the beginning, it was a meteorite falling, which was a special substance from outside the planet, which was the original source stone on this planet."

Gabriel's expression was very sad, and Telles probably guessed the continuation of this story.

"It is a special substance that can affect the form of life, even transform existing species and life, and evolve it to a new form and high degree. Naturally, humans began to try to copy, cultivate, and even use them in Among the different creatures, even the mythical or legendary creatures have been reproduced by them. Creatures such as pegasus, griffin, eagle, and even dragon have appeared in this world. Can you imagine? That kind of as if What would human beings who put themselves on the heights of creation that created species, that created life, think?"

"They... want to make gods too?"

"Yes, it doesn't exist in fantasy, but it is a 'god' who can really dominate the universe and control the planet from outside the planet."

Gabriel's expression was heavy, "That was a stupid decision. Human beings have tampered with taboos beyond their control. The origin stone has never been a treasure given to human beings to control life and create fantasy, but the forbidden fruit of demons."

Then, a piece of light and shadow was projected, which was a scene where the land fell into barrenness and the vegetation was destroyed by natural disasters.

"Is this... a natural disaster?"

"Yes, the 'gods' who broke through the atmosphere turned into disasters and swept the entire world. The 'gods' combined with the celestial phenomena turned into various disasters that were unimaginable by humans and swept the earth. About 60% of the surface civilizations are in the It was destroyed in a hundred years, but during this period, human beings made an orbital satellite meteorological device [Prometheus] to suppress natural disasters, making this planet the land it is today."

"But the catastrophe didn't end there."

"Yes, the human nightmare has just begun."

Gabriel shook his head, and told about the things that finally wiped out the human race.

"The densely-covered origin stone particles in the atmosphere are just chronic viruses. The most amazing thing is those creatures that cross the barrenness and keep coming from the other side of the planet towards this land of survivors."

"God."

Telles seemed to understand everything.

"Those fantasy creatures created by humans have undergone transformation under the baptism of natural disasters. They devour and gnaw, but human weapons are completely vulnerable to these evolved species and the special power they control. Civilization The sharp weapon seems to be a joke, and the final outcome is the destruction of civilization on the ground. The remaining people hid underground in order to avoid those top predators. Some of them are so absurd and ridiculous. And the Redemption Committee was established here. At that time, most of the members died soon after inhaling too many origin stones. We listed various plans to remedy it. Among them, mine was a man-made biochemical robot. , upload my consciousness here to continue my life, but even if it succeeds, whether I can still call it a thing, this is indeed a philosophical question worth thinking about."

"So, what about Lucifer? Although he needs some protection, he can survive on this land."

"Lucifer...he and Prises chose to continue researching the origin stone, trying to transform human bodies through the origin stone. Although only a few, they managed to adapt and restrain the power of the origin stone, but in the end the survivors , only Lucifer was alone, he was disheartened at the time, and finally decided to go to the ground after hibernation, and tried every means to fulfill his wish with Prises, although I don't understand what agreement those two people had, so that he could finally come out Get out of frustration."

"Pryces..."

Telles didn't expect his friend to have such a past.

"Then, when we got back to the surface, everything changed, and the demihumans appeared."

"No process?"

"Lucifer and I have a lot of conjectures, but they are all conjectures after all. No one knows what the origin stone can do. The earth has evolved culture, and the monsters that once destroyed human beings have established kingdoms. It seems that the history of human civilization For the reinterpretation, I even cursed at the time. Is this really reasonable? Human civilization will be replaced by creation? But in the end... I chose to compromise. Lucifer told me that what we have to do is to continue , instead of becoming the ruler of the earth again, so I chose to integrate with him. At that time, he became your court scholar and kept helping us collect the remains of human civilization. Therefore, you were judged by us as a A friendly and trustworthy person."

"Friendly? Me?"

Telles couldn't help but feel absurd. He is a tyrant who is feared by everyone. He is a kind of existence with those things that destroy human beings. He actually thinks he is friendly?

"Regardless of your behavior, you are indeed friendly to humans. At least your enthusiasm for past civilizations has given us hope for revival."

"But I let you down."

"This... It can only be said that it was an unpredictable thing. Your failure is indeed not in the imagination of Lucifer and me. We planned to sleep for a while and wait for your country to stabilize before starting to vigorously Revive human civilization and culture, and even use your national strength to find the DNA library buried in this land, and send humans back to this land, but unfortunately, it failed."

Gabriel seemed a little regretful, and Telles could hear his disappointment, but he didn't want to fail.

"Afterwards, there was a long evolution. In order to form forces, under the protection of my original believers, I made the original Lateran people through the experimental facilities in Iberia, which is now the angel, known as Sa The presence of the Kota, using what's in the fish tank behind you."

"???"

and many more?

Telles stared at the smiling hooded man in surprise.

"You say, the Sakotas, were made with my arms?"

"To be precise, it is produced by using your DNA to optimize some of the Sarkaz's gene sequences before stabilizing and mass-producing them. The Sakota have excellent spell control ability, and therefore, in a place full of Origin Stones In the midst of the atmosphere, I chose to use the method of making staffs to manufacture a large number of "guardian guns" for their use. This is also one of the channels through which Lateran can rise at the beginning. The advantage of firearms in modern warfare is that Everyone can see it. Of course, it’s far from being as smooth as human civilization. After all, the races in this land are diverse, especially the people who master the origin stone skills. They can’t be completely suppressed with guardian guns, so I imitate the religious countries of the past. , making Rutland an alliance with many countries, a religious country that spreads beliefs, and provides high-quality military assistance to various countries."

"Did you know someone who would lose their faith when they heard that?"

"Faith exists in the heart, not in my words. Your Majesty Kazdel, you have underestimated the small country I have established for thousands of years."

"Okay ok, so, it has something to do with the contamination on my arm?"

"Naturally, it doesn't matter."

Telles wanted to beat someone up first.

"Haha, please don't be angry. It actually happened about 100 years ago. At that time, strange fluctuations were observed under the sea surface, followed by a sea monster invasion. At that time, this arm was preserved. The coastal cathedral was invaded, and at the very moment, the arm was taken back by us, but it was affected by some wonderful effects. After that, except for me, this artificial biological robot, any monks who had contact with the arm and The Iberians have all fallen into madness, so I chose to seal it here to avoid any disasters, and keep it in the deepest part of Yancrown City, in this underground ruins, until today, when you come, I heard At the time of the certification, I even wondered if there was something wrong with my center."

"......................"

Telles looked back at the big arm in the fish tank with some heartache. He felt that if he absorbed it, he might not be chased by Haisi every day.

"You seem to have made up your mind."

"If you hadn't told me so much, I would have thought you were lying to me."

"If you don't believe me, I can show you the results of using this arm now."

Gabriel turned on the projection, which was the room on the left that Telles had seen before, and there were some strange corpses in it.

"This is?"

"The results of using that arm are all criminals. To test the effect of the arm, the result is that they have undergone irreversible changes and turned into some strange wreckage. Although I think you should be fearless, but in case."

"Ha ha."

Telles felt that if he had at least [-]% strength, he would be fearless. At worst, if he ran inland, the smelly sea monster would not be able to harass him, but now that he is weak, he might not be able to bear the consequences of absorbing it.

Maybe there will be another big quiet in Iberia.

"Of course, Your Majesty Kazdel, there are actually some places where your remains are preserved."

"Ah? Wait... Do you mean that my remnant body was divided up by someone?"

"After all, it is the remnant of a god. Even if the god who defeated you doesn't want to deal with it, there will always be someone who covets that power."

"Hiss... I have a headache."

Although this can be regarded as finding a shortcut to restore strength, why does he feel so painful? Is he picking up corpses?Would it be possible to directly attack anyone on the earth who wants to resist him by gathering the five elders?

"Forget it, let me tell you, where else is my wreckage?"

"Well, as far as I know, some ancient family in Victoria holds your heart."

Telles touched his chest subconsciously, good guy, there is indeed no heart in it, they are all simulated organs.

But Victoria, if it's the heart, it's only about [-]%?

"The Sicilian lady of Syracuse has one of your bones in her hand."

A bone, probably less than [-]%?

"The twin queens of Letania have two of your eyeballs."

Eyes...eyeballs?

Telles thought for a moment, does he have eyeballs?

Forget it, let it be, about [-]%.

"anything else?"

"Gone."

Gabriel's words made Telles a little confused.

"It's not... here, you have such a big arm, why do other people have some fragments in their hands?"

Telles felt that he couldn't help but suck his arm.

"You underestimate Lateran's strength. Although Lateran's land area is small, Iberia is almost under my full control. It's just that the Agors who have been wandering in Iberia recently really let me It's quite a headache, I remember that you and the Grand Inquisitor are cooperating to plan a thousand-mile hunt for the murderer?"

"......"

It's over, the vest is exposed.

"Hehe, please don't worry, just like thousands of years ago, Lucifer and I are still your allies, as long as you promise to help me and Lucifer revive human beings and make them a member of this land once again , then I will get my wish.”

"What about...the Lateran people? Are they just props for you to achieve your goals?"

"How come, I'm still the Pope of Lateran, the beacon that guides them forward, this will not change, and it's been so long, I'm not a heartless person."

"Okay, when I recover, I will come to Iberia to take this arm. Before that, remember to look after it for me."

"No problem, Your Majesty Kazdel, then, I look forward to you writing your legend on this land again."

"No, no, the legend is enough, I like to live in peace, but changing this land is indeed my idea, do you want to change?"

Regarding Telles' question, Gabriel was slightly silent, and finally shook his head.