Chapter 21 [Praise of Death]!

Time passed quietly like this.

Modo City is constantly changing, and bad news has come back from the mainland one after another.

Sauron is preparing to go to the Eastern Kingdom to find the girl who accidentally summoned her demon incarnation to the material plane last time, that is, the temple that the demon incarnation found in the desert when an accident happened some time ago. Sauron sensed the breath of death in this temple. If it was really a temple relic left by a fallen god of death, maybe he could find the mystery related to the [Death] domain from it. Even if this cannot be achieved, anything related to [death] is of amazing value!

Kill and die.

Before a long time ago, the two were originally linked together. Among the three gods of death, there was a god of killing.

but.

Sauron still has a little matter to deal with before leaving.

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South Coast, Windspear Downs.

This land originally belonged to the descendants of the Isabella family, but a little accident happened some time ago, and the main members of the family died in the attack of the evil snake man. This led to the almost severance of the direct bloodline, and finally, after various reasons, especially the interference of some external forces, the heir of the territory became a woman.

Adele - Isabella.

Some forces in the dark already know who is standing behind this woman, but not many people dare to stand up, because that Your Excellency is the shadow that hangs over the south coast, and no one dares to offend him easily.

Because he is Sauron.

Modo City needs a tentacles that extend into the interior of the mainland. Establishing a base in the overseas islands does not mean completely abandoning the mainland. Many resources that Sauron needs must be obtained from the interior of the mainland.

This is something that Taylor Harbor cannot do.

Since the rise of Modo City, the Ocean Temple has less and less effect on Modo City, and Sauron cannot directly compete with the Sea Goddess for territory.

Fortune City is the lady's private estate. Modo City's hand should not be stretched too far, as it would easily arouse the dissatisfaction of that lady.

Remove these two places, and only Viper Island, Nusha Island and Shipwreck Bay are left.

Poisonous Snake Island is only a transit station in the offshore location, which can basically be ruled out. Nusha Island is in charge of the eastern trade route, and it is also far away from the interior of the mainland. Shipwreck Bay is an option. However, the personnel were too mixed, and the forces of all parties were intertwined. Many churches of gods were also mixed among them. Sauron didn't want to cause too much hostility, so he could only give up here.

Excluding these places, there are not many options left.

The Windspear Hills have always been within the range of Sauron's layout, and he even began to arrange the plan here very early.

Adele-Isabella is in charge here all from Sauron's arm.

The Windspear Hills are not a very large piece of land.

But there is also a convenience here. That is, it can directly lead to the Northland. The intelligence organization of Modo City has already spread here, and one-third of the wanderers of the Half-Elf Church have been sent here.

[Wanderer] Priesthood is a convenience.

In addition to cultivating pastors, Sauron's church is also continuously cultivating more wanderers.

The saint catastrophe broke out.

The Windspear Hills are also within the range, but because of the interference of the power of Modo City. The Windspear Hills were not greatly affected by the Abyssal Demons, at least the population and towns lost were very small, only a few villages were destroyed.

but!

The biggest problem with Saint Havoc is more than that.

The weakening of the plane barrier is not only for the demons of the bottomless abyss to enter, but also for creatures from other lower planes to enter the material plane.

General matters are naturally handled by others.

Even small things that can attract Sauron's attention are equally extraordinary. As a god, if it is not a legendary event, it will not be sent to Sauron's hands.

It happened about three days ago!

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There is a village on the edge of the Windspear Hills, with a population of about 800 people. Because of its remote location, the folk customs are tough, and the village has retired adventurers and its own militia guards.

Even if such a village is attacked by a small group of demons, it can still rely on its own ability to survive.

but!

Just three days ago, someone suddenly discovered that there was no living person in this village. There are corpses everywhere in the whole village, and the weirdest thing is that most of these people committed suicide!

suicide.

That's right!

This is where the problem lies, and it is also the reason why it was sent to Sauron in the first place.

There may be something else that needs to be mentioned here.

Because of the particularity of the soul, and because of the rules of the multiverse, suicide is not allowed in any church of gods, and even many gods of the good camp consider suicide a serious crime. This is related to the kingdom of the gods. I can’t explain it clearly in a few words, but a simple summary is that the souls of people who commit suicide will be affected. This type of soul is not good enough, or not good enough to enter the kingdom of the gods. Many gods even refuse to accept it. The soul of a suicide.

That's it in a nutshell.

Specifically, there are things like 'salvation', so there is no need to say more here.

- "The soul of the suicide will go to hell!"

This is certainly not a joke.

In fact!

According to the rules of the multiverse, more than 90% of people who end their lives by suicide will fall into Bator Hell.

This is why in many evil rituals secretly manipulated by the devil, some people end their lives by suicide. This is a relatively mysterious realm of the soul, which may be understood only after Sauron enters the Kingdom of God, because the mortal guess is that the soul of a suicide cannot meet certain requirements of the Kingdom of God.

certainly.

A group of people committing suicide is not the weirdest thing, because some powerful demons can also do it.

Often these devils return to Baator Hell after harvesting their souls. There are many churches of gods in the material plane staring at these guys, because pan-belief is a common thing, and these souls harvested by devils belong to many churches of gods. believers. What really caused the following to report the matter to Sauron immediately was that all of these suicides were smiling and ended their lives with a distorted and frighteningly happy expression.

Suicide with a happy face!

Sauron immediately attracted attention after receiving the news. Because there are very few people who can do this in his memory.

One of them is called—[Hell Poet]!

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Windspear Hills, Dead Leaf Village.

Sauron's figure appeared near this village that was shrouded in the smell of death and stench. Long before the news was sent to him, the secret sentry of Modo City had already started monitoring here. The civilians in the village have been dead for some time, and there is a strong smell of corpses everywhere. But the weird thing is that you can't see any crows and scavengers here.

It's strange, isn't it?

Scavengers like crows, vultures, coyotes, etc. love to feed on carcasses. There are hundreds of corpses here, but no scavengers appear, they just let them rot over time.

"The means of the devil!"

Sauron opened his eyes, a divine radiance appeared in his eyes, and a blood-red aura shrouded the village in front of him, which was an extremely evil power.

Belongs to the power of the devil!

There aren't any souls, even if the vision of the gods sees the spirit world and the shadow plane through the barrier. Sauron did not find any souls either.

All that remains here are the rotting corpses.

Even the shadow of a resentful spirit can't be seen, the devil has already harvested all the souls away.

"Is it [Praise of Death]?"

Sauron looked down at the corpses under his feet. There were still strange smiles on these corpses. There was a ruined altar in the center of the village, and there were many naked corpses nearby. They had a ritual before their death.

A ritual that looks joyous and beautiful, but is actually very evil!

"This is?... an instrument!..."

Sauron's figure fell from mid-air, and he found a clarinet on the ground, next to a young man, he should have been playing the clarinet before committing suicide.

There are other musical instruments not far away. Maybe they were having some sort of celebration before all this happened.

"Looks like it was written by a hell poet!"

As the most powerful bards on the Material Plane, Hellbards wield certain unique and terrifying bard spells. He was a powerful chant before his fall, and his famous work was when a large number of believers committed suicide during a certain celebration.

"Apocalypse" - Prologue to Hell.

"Evening Praise".

"Death Praise".

Among the terrible abilities possessed by the hell bard, there are too many spells capable of doing this.

"He is back?"

Sauron stood there silently, but his expression gradually became serious.

Since Sauron killed the vampire son of God. The figure of the hell poet disappeared, and there was no trace of him in the material plane, and there was no news about him in the church of the vampire god son. Sauron wasn't sure if he was hiding somewhere in the Material Plane, or if he had returned to Baator Hell.

This dangerous fellow has been active in Baator Hell for a long time.

"Looks like he's back."

A trace of killing intent appeared in Sauron's eyes. The Hell Poet's action this time was very beautiful, without leaving any traces. Even if Sauron is a true god, there is no way to find him through other means. The harvest of souls here is too clean. If only one soul is left behind, Sauron can use this to find the trace of the other party.

Hellpoets beware!

He seemed to know that Sauron had mastered the priesthood of [Tracking], and after finishing everything, he erased any traces of himself.

Troubadour is just a one-size-fits-all class.

But if he is as strong as the Hell Bard, he is comparable to the legendary ranger and legendary rogue in many basic abilities.

"Huh?"

Sauron frowned suddenly, and he raised his hand, and something floated out of the ashes of the campfire in front of him. It was a piece of black feather, buried in the campfire, as if the flames hadn't burned it.

"Fallen Angel?!"

Sauron picked up the black feather and glanced at it, his expression immediately turned playful, and he murmured, "Did you keep it on purpose? Or did you accidentally forget it?"

……………(to be continued ~^~)