Chapter 133 The Prophet

"We remain the same, we demand sacrifice."

In the small town of Amakra, the prophet wearing a hood stood in front of the temple he supervised, with his hands raised in prayer, and his voice was drowned in the chants of the believers.

Built on the edge of Amaqra, this building is very different from the other earth and stone buildings in the town.

The outline of the building is triangular, with three columns supporting three walls.

The relief on the column is also uncomfortable. It is like a twisted human figure wrapped around the lower end of the column in a strange and painful posture, while the upper part is carved with a huge and flaming bulging one-eyed, with two eyes. The horns and fur, symbolizing omniscience, are staring motionlessly at the figure below.

One Eye stretched out three entangled tentacles, which were inserted into the eye sockets, heart sockets, and indescribable places of the embossed human figure, blocking all unclean places just right, but it can't help but remind people of this kind of malicious deliberation.

The figures of the three pillars are men, women and children, implying that the void treats everyone equally. Although they were all entangled on the pillar in a weird and twisted posture, and were tightly entangled by the tentacles of the one-eyed monster, the entangled people did not show any painful expressions, and their expressions were extremely peaceful, leaving only one eye to look at Looking forward, it seemed as if he saw the door of nothingness open in front of his eyes.

The internal structure of the temple is unknown.

Some people say that it is a bottomless altar of the abyss, because no matter how many living animals the prophet brings in, it cannot fill the inner space of the temple, even if the volume of the living animals has far exceeded the space of the temple.

There are also people who are inside the palace of the Void God. In the dead of night, occasionally someone heard the sound of grinding teeth coming from inside, which is always clear. Tick ​​tock, as if the saliva is constantly dripping, telling the endless hunger.

But more people are willing to believe that behind the door is another door leading to the void, because when someone saw the prophet open the door of the temple, there was a strange light from the crack in the door. The holy nothingness will welcome all, believers or denials, alike.

However, these have no definite basis.

No one ever came out of the temple alive except the Prophet.

On weekdays, even members of the sect who are second only to the Prophet are not allowed to enter the temple to see what's going on.

And those believers who entered the temple as living sacrifices also walked in happily, and went to an unknown distance.

After the chanting was over, Li asked the kneeling believers to stand up and line up to exchange the found live animals for contributions and register them in the register.

Malzaha saw all this in his eyes.

Si Li was originally a widow, and Malzaha just helped her avenge her, so she gratefully joined him and managed the sect for him to preside over the ceremony.

She thought the sacrifice would bring peace.

There are human-eating monsters lurking underground, and it is the Prophet who brings live animals into contact with the hungry monsters, risking danger in exchange for people's peace.

Malzahar looked to the side, and the warrior commander fanatically followed behind him.

He was originally the leader of a bandit tribe, and he finally got his retribution for doing all kinds of evil things.

Satisfied with the void spirits of the subterranean, Malzahar tore open the earth and dragged his tribe underground, leaving him alone.

Obviously, he was not worthy of Malzaha's use of power again after escaping the catastrophe, but he never thought that he was conquered by the powerful power displayed by Malzaha, and fanatically followed him to become the warrior leader of the sect.

No matter who they were, Malzahar treated them equally.

To join the religious order, one must first forget one's original identity, so that one can serve the teachings wholeheartedly.

Here, you can see the original enemies get along peacefully.

The sin committed by one man must cause suffering in another, but all this is meaningless beneath nothingness.

Everyone has different reasons for joining a cult.

Malzahar looked at the priest in the corner.

Before joining the religious order, the priest was just a normal middle-aged wealthy businessman. His two sons had already married and lived a splendid life.

But according to the prophecy, after his death, the two sons will completely break up and have no contact with each other in order to fight for the family property. Generations kill each other.

In order to prevent the tragedy from happening, he joined the religious order with all his property.

But then, what he was worried about happened.

Malzahar didn't fabricate the prophecy, but he used this method to get the priests to join him.

What happened to priests is not an exception, but an insensitive normality in human society.

Regardless of the past, present, or future, all human activities always produce sins and endless suffering.

In his eyes, humanity is doomed to a never-ending cycle of pain, often of its own making, a curse that not even the most promising prophecy can break.

Such a corrupt world might as well be destroyed.

Therefore, Malzahar found a power to end all this earthly suffering.

void.

Regardless of sin or disease, regardless of trouble or pain, the sacred nothingness will welcome everyone, and everyone will usher in enlightenment, no longer bound by war, conflict, and endless suffering, from the never-ending cycle of pain in relief.

So they firmly believe that once nothingness comes, all people will have a great salvation.

As the pioneer of the great redemption, Malzahar is always thinking about how to strengthen the power of the void.

Void is thirsty for flesh and blood, and he must constantly expand the size of the cult to increase the intensity of the sacrifice.

The priest handed over a ledger, on which was written the number of sacrifices collected by the religious order during this period of time.

Malzaha saw the continuously increasing number, nodded, motioning for her to leave.

But Si Li didn't leave, and Malzahar noticed that she was attracted by his glowing eyes. Just as he was about to drive away, he noticed that her eyes reflected a vision of the future.

This situation will appear from time to time when he is awake, and even he cannot control himself.

Is it the emptiness that has issued some will?

In order to understand the meaning of this, Malzaha initiated a divination to Si Li.

Then he saw the figure of the god appeared in the ruins of the town, and the fanatical believers turned their backs on the belief of nothingness and embraced the sun one after another.

Malzaha's look at Si Li became much more complicated, and he felt a hint of danger.

Although he couldn't see his own future, he could infer from these that his religious order would suffer a huge impact in the future.

From now on, he has to start getting ready.

"Intensify the collection and bring me more live animals," he said to Si Li.