Chapter 237: The Original Believer and the Lotus of the Mother

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In the dimly lit small dark room, you can't see your hand in front of you.

Only two flickering candles were lit on the chopping board in the corner.

Marijoa's uneven shadow was reflected on the dim wall, and the slightly undulating curves gave people a different kind of temptation.

But Matthew was calm at this moment.

At the moment when the other party closed the door.

He could feel that a field called secret was slowly expanding.

Finally.

That power embraced the room tightly like amniotic fluid wrapped around a baby.

Matthew took a deep breath.

This is the "Secret House"-

A secret ritual handed down from the Dark Ages. As long as you stay in this room, everything you say will not be detected by the prophecy spell.

This is a corner that even gods cannot touch.

Of course.

The gods also have their own secret houses.

They even hold extremely avant-garde parties in the secret house.

The wizards criticized this tradition and then officially carried it forward.

So for a long time.

The secret house is equivalent to the "silver nest".

So seeing Mary Joa's serious look, Matthew silently began to mobilize negative energy again.

Ready.

Can be transformed at any time.

"Do you believe in Yukrus?"

Mary Joa's faint voice came from the darkness, and Matthew could only see half of her face.

I have to admit that she is extremely beautiful, and it is easy to make people's heart beat in such a claustrophobic environment.

Unfortunately, Matthew is a necromancer.

If necessary.

He can even fill his heart with negative energy, making him as heavy as lead and as ruthless as stone.

"Do you want to hear the truth?"

Matthew has actually given his answer.

Mary Joa smiled:

"I want to hear lies."

Matthew answered without hesitation:

"I am willing to believe it."

Mary Joa laughed, but she didn't laugh for long. Then she said to Matthew seriously:

"I am willing to believe it too, and it is the truth."

"Because I have seen Him. His body is extremely majestic and unprecedentedly huge. He is not a monster imagined by ordinary people, but a black sun suspended in the void world. He can devour everything and create the world."

"He is the real Lord of the Void, but His existence and thinking logic are not understood by ordinary people."

"You don't want to believe Him because you don't have the same opportunity as me, so I don't blame you."

"For ordinary people, the Lord of the Void is indeed too ethereal, and for those who have seen some of His power, He is too powerful and even a little scary."

Matthew remained silent.

He couldn't respond to this.

Mary Joa said to herself:

"The void world is a very scary world, where nothingness is the meaning of everything, and only giants can survive. Have you heard of the prophecy of the giant beasts? They were once exiled, and now they are about to return as kings and return to this land."

Matthew tried:

"But the version I heard is that the giant beasts are new species that are about to be born. They will drill out of the womb of the universe..."

Mary Joa shook her head:

"Yes, they are new, but at the same time they are old things."

"Since you have heard of the womb of the universe, you should also know that the womb of the universe is the corridor between the void world and the real world. Only after the test of that corridor can the giant beasts obtain physical flesh and truly descend into the real world."

"In the past many years, those oldest giant beasts have been cruising in the void world. They are waiting for an opportunity to return to the real world, and this opportunity is the odd day change."

Matthew nodded as if he understood.

But he was secretly alert in his heart.

In any case, there are some differences between the statements of Mary Geoise and the God of Travelers, and perhaps neither of them is telling the truth.

I must compare and verify it myself.

"You mean, the reason why the giant beasts have always existed but cannot affect reality is that they are trapped in the void world?"

Matthew asked.

Mary Joa nodded:

"Many lives were born in the world of the void. Most of them are worthy of the title of giant beasts in our world. They really cannot affect reality, but there are two exceptions."

"One is Fenrir, the Whale of the Void, and the other is Yukrus, the Lord of the Void."

Matthew took the opportunity to ask:

"I have heard of the legend of the Whale of the Void. He is often seen in the Helen Mountains. It turns out that this is true."

"So, the two of them have a connection with each other?"

Marijoa introduced:

"The Whale of the Void and the Lord of the Void are the two most powerful lives in the world of the void. They are both extremely transcendent beings, but they have fundamental differences on the topic of how to treat the real world."

"Perhaps you think that Yukrus is evil for trying to completely destroy everything, and the Whale of the Void is naturally on the side of justice by imparting the power of the void to humans to stop Yukrus' actions."

"But this is totally wrong!"

Marijoa's voice suddenly rose an octave.

She stared into Matthew's eyes:

"It is a completely different feeling to look at the real world from the perspective of the void. In that almost static space and time, you will find that the real world is decaying and decaying at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally heading for destruction."

"All things suffer in the catastrophe and sink in destruction. The pain of the creatures in the real world has spread to the void world. Both Yukrus and Fenrir have felt this, and they have made different decisions-

Fenrir, the Whale of the Void, is a non-interventionist.

She believes that the real world has its own destination, and that suffering in destruction and decay is a curse that creatures are born with.

She feels that as a void life, she should watch the destruction of the material universe with her own eyes, and this process will provide a lot of energy to the void world.

And for the development and growth of the void world.

She is happy to see the suffering of the creatures in the real world brewing day after day.

Lord Yukrus has a completely different idea.

He believes that the real world The creatures of the real world should also have the right to enjoy the beauty of the void world.

So He planned to swallow all the creatures in the real world, and then sublimate them into noble void life, and then live forever in the void world.

Doing so will actually weaken the overall energy of the void world.

Therefore, the Void Whale Fenrir strongly opposed this.

After several conflicts.

The two sides became mortal enemies.

Our Scourge Cult was born to believe in Lord Yukrus, and is the agent of the Lord of the Void on this land;

And the Void Whale Fenrir also constantly supports some mortals to fight against our power.

The conflict between the two sides was misunderstood by the secular perspective.

Gradually.

The Scourge Cult became the evil side.

And the people supported by Fenrir became heroes of mankind.

This is actually a very ridiculous thing. ”

Mary Geoise's narration is sincere and heartfelt. If you ignore the internal logic, it really sounds like that.

But Matthew couldn't help but grin when he heard it -

Who would believe that swallowing all creatures into the stomach is the logic of saving them?

What if the Lord of the Void burps after eating and says sorry, there is no place for you in the void world?

He thought that Mary Joa would have a profound insight after talking to him heart to heart.

Unexpectedly, it was just like this.

Matthew felt a little contempt for the propaganda ability of these cults.

Before he thought more.

Mary Joa looked at Matthew with sparkling eyes and said:

"Actually, I know what you are thinking. Mortals are all greedy for life and afraid of death. You cannot understand the greatness of the Lord of the Void, just like a mouse cannot understand the wizard's arbitrary door."

"Considering this, we often wonder if there is a more gentle way to make the world accept the fate of entering the void?"

"Or, can we use the power from Yukrus to create a new way to enter the void?"

"Without going through the ritual of being devoutly swallowed, which mortals cannot understand, you can become a more transcendent void life. This is the true wish of the top leaders of the Scourge Cult."

"And in order to achieve this, we serve Yukrus devoutly, and at the same time, we control the degree of executing His orders-usually speaking, we only do half, do you understand what I mean?"

Her eyes sparkled even more.

Matthew was slightly startled, and then reacted:

"You mean... you didn't actually seriously carry out Yukrus's will?"

Marijoa nodded:

"I said, Yukrus's will is too shocking for mortals, they can't understand it at all;

And Yukrus himself doesn't care about this, so the two sides can't reach a reconciliation at all.

As a middleman, we believe there should be a way for both parties to reach an agreement.

And that way can only be found by us.

In this process.

You will find that the Scourge Cult always makes mistakes at critical moments. There will always be some failures, our members will make mistakes, and things that are about to be completed will always fail suddenly -

The Void Whale Fenrir and those guys who claim to be partners of justice must think that it is all their credit.

In fact, it is not the case.

If we hadn't deliberately let it go, many tragedies would have happened.

It is us who have prevented the world from being truly destroyed and destroyed again and again.

At the same time, we are also exploring how to make humans better accept the fate of entering the void.

We are the real guardians of this world! "

Matthew was stunned by these words.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems that there is indeed a clue.

"The sorcerer who made the Wood Elf Queen pregnant was also a member of the Scourge Cult. If he hadn't warned us in advance, the offspring of Yukrus would have completely overturned this land, instead of just leaving behind the Mark of the Dead."

"The sorcerer used a ritual to extract the void power from the Mark of the Dead, leaving only endless ashes. It is precisely because of this that the scope of influence of the Mark of the Dead is limited."

"We have obtained a lot of research results through that part of the void power, but this is not the key. The key is that in this incident, we have just the right sense of proportion. The Lord of the Void was barely satisfied, and the creatures in the material world did not suffer too much. We got what we wanted and slowed down the speed of the Lord of the Void invading the real world."

"This is a very typical win-win case. To be honest, I don't expect a simple-minded person to understand our situation and aspirations, but I hope you are an exception."

Mary Joa looked at Matthew seriously.

Matthew realized the man wasn't joking.

This group of Scourge Cultists seems to be really taking risks. On the one hand, they are carrying out Ucruz's orders, and on the other hand, they are indeed holding Ucrus back.

It’s just that Matthew is not sure whether this result is their micro-manipulation or because they are really bad.

This thing is so hard to tell!

Therefore, he could only say vaguely:

"Let me think about it, this is a bit too sudden for me..."

"But what is your reason for doing this? I mean, if you just want to obtain the power of the void, you don't necessarily need to become a believer of the Lord of the Void, right?"

Matthew asked a tricky question.

Mary Joa smiled slightly:

"There are many reasons. For practical reasons, if it is not us, then there will be others who will become supporters of the Lord of the Void. We are not sure that these people will be as gentle as us. They may be completely obedient to Ucrus. He gave orders and became a cultist that everyone shouted to beat.

Instead of doing this, it is better to let our people firmly hold this ecological niche, which can at least ensure that the top leaders of the cultists are relatively normal.

We personally control the Scourge Order precisely because we are afraid that it will get out of control;

We have done a good job, and there is a tacit understanding between us and the Seven Saints Alliance in handling certain incidents.

It is not an exaggeration to say that he has both sides.

In fact.

Before the intervention of Tianlun Palace, the Calamity Cult was not on the list of evil organizations of the Seven Saints Alliance. This is clear evidence of the tacit understanding between the two parties.

Unfortunately.

This situation changed after the God of Midnight contacted the Lord of the Void.

Our place was taken quite a bit by Tianlun Palace. "

Speaking of which.

Mary Joa's face became very serious.

Matthew nodded slightly, showing an expression of attentiveness.

He knew that he was probably about to get involved in the core secret of the Calamity Cult——

Why does a church group that clearly believes in the Lord of the Void, Euclus, become the spokesperson of the God of Midnight and the gods of Tianlun Palace?

It is not difficult to see the subtext of Marie Gioia.

It was the initiative taken by the gods trapped in Tianlun Palace to approach Yucrus!

"The gods are bound to the Tianlun Palace. With the arrival of the odd number of celestial changes, the Tianlun Palace is actually the first to be impacted and affected. If they don't abandon that space as soon as possible, they will most likely be destroyed."

"In order to find a way out, these despicable creatures actually ignored their own identity and honor and were willing to become Ucruz's lackeys!"

"Especially that bastard, the God of Midnight. He didn't know what kind of ecstasy soup he poured into Ucruz, and he actually became the adopted son of the Lord of the Void!"

"He told Euclus that as long as the gods return to Irondor, He will be able to sacrifice all living beings to the Lord of the Void - this is obviously a lie, but Euclus believed it."

"So part of our power and power was transferred to the God of Midnight.

At the beginning, He only placed warlocks in the Calamity Religion as the great evil demon Trier.

Soon, He requested that the doctrine be revised to include the names of the God of Midnight and other Tianlun Palace members.

Later, He even asked for the establishment of a pantheon to share the faith of the Lord of the Void.

He and the gods of Tianlun Palace served the Lord of the Void with hypocrisy in exchange for influence in the material world.

How else can I describe this behavior other than despicable?

Forced by desperation.

We can only do things for Tianlun Palace temporarily.

But this is not done willingly.

I can guarantee you that if there are only the last group of people in the world who hope that all the gods of Tianlun Palace will die suddenly on the way to reincarnation.

That group of people can only be us! "

These last two sentences.

Mariejoia almost growled through gritted teeth.

I can tell.

The high-level disaster cultists in the main material world have indeed lost a lot of power and power given by the Lord of the Void because of the intervention of the God of Midnight.

"So that's it..."

Matthew suddenly understood.

No wonder he always felt that the structure of the Calamity Cult was weird, and it was too lazy to do anything in business.

The facts are similar to what he analyzed before.

But in addition to the tacit agreement between the God of Midnight and Ucruz, there is also a group of original believers in the Scourge Order who consider themselves the guardians of the world?

As for whether the true purpose of this group of primitive believers is as high-level as Mary Joa said.

Matthew was skeptical.

These days, he has learned to discount the credibility of anything anyone says -

30% off is still the most basic.

Whether or not you want to continue discounting in the future depends on the other party’s credit performance!

Even a relatively decent character.

Not everything he said is correct or true.

People's hearts are complicated.

You must think a little more.

"I probably understand."

Matthew muttered:

"So Corin Tobacco is just a way for you to control the gods?"

Mary Joa nodded:

"Colin's tobacco leaves are only effective on angels. Even gods with weak divine power have the most basic immunity after completing their reincarnation."

"Don't look at how happy that addict is now. In fact, she also knows very well that as long as her mistress, the God of Midnight, is successfully reincarnated, she will gain the ability to be immune to addiction."

"That's why she, as the first batch of people to come down, is so willing to fall."

Matthew nodded.

But he quickly asked doubtfully:

"So, why are you telling me this?"

Marigio looked at him with a smile:

"I hope you can help us control the gods after reincarnation!"

Matthew looked embarrassed:

"But I am just a necromancer who has become a monk on the way. I have indeed mastered the cloning technique, but my magic is probably not worth mentioning in front of the gods."

Mary Joa suddenly came closer.

She looked at Matthew with ambiguous eyes, the tip of her nose almost touching Matthew's lips:

"Stop being so modest, mentor."

She pronounced the word mentor very hard.

The next second.

Marie Joa said in his ear with a voice as soft as gauze:

"Send my regards to Mr. Eckmond."

Matthew's heart skipped a beat.

"His Snake Mountain Society has had several tacit cooperation operations with our Natural Disaster Cult before, and we have cooperated very happily."

"As for you, there is no need to be so surprised. The tree-planting mage is also a well-known character in the south. It is impossible for us not to be wary."

"Your own concealment is of course just right, but the former Sun God Battle Angel cannot hide his own temperament."

Marigio smiled and said:

"The only thing that makes me a little dissatisfied is that your control of negative energy is so superb. It didn't feel very good to the touch that night."

Matthew took half a step back, smiled and shook his head.

He looked embarrassed on the surface, but inwardly he was on guard.

He did not let down his guard because of Mariejoia's relatively friendly attitude. He was in a den of thieves, no matter how beautiful Mariejoia said about the vision of the original believers.

Matthew won't let go of his sanity either.

"I had disguised the Minotaur skeleton as a Barbarian skeleton, but I didn't expect it to be discovered."

He shrugged pretending not to care:

“I will remember to ask her to stay home the next time I join your organization.”

Marie Joa smiled gently:

"Our organization is always open to you, and so is your Excellency Battle Angel."

"As long as this cooperation can be achieved, we are willing to pay unimaginable chips for you and Lord Battle Angel."

"More importantly, if you and I cooperate, we can bury those moths in Tianlun Palace with our own hands. Isn't this a very satisfying thing?"

Matthew shook his head:

"I don't know anything about reincarnation, and I've only scratched the surface of basic cloning. I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to help."

Mary Joa said without changing her expression:

"But either Ms. Isabel or Ms. Suriel will do."

Matthew thought:

"I have to talk to them."

Marie Joa said calmly:

"We have a lot of time left for you to exchange opinions with the two divine mages, and we can even be more sincere."

"No one knows the root cause of the chaos in Watcher's Heights better than we do, and we have everything you need to know."

"Cooperating with us will bring no harm to the alliance. We all hope that the reincarnation of the gods will fail. At this juncture, the Seven Saints Alliance also needs a victory to boost morale. What do you think?"

Matthew nodded slightly:

"I will pass your comments on to them."

No matter what, agree first and then talk.

As for whether to cooperate with the Calamity Cult, Matthew himself is definitely inclined to deny it——

Who knows how much truth these cultists say!

But this does not prevent him from doing superficial things.

"Since you are willing to show your sincerity, then I want to know the purpose of your three evil organizations attacking the holy land of the Druid Order?"

Matthew took the opportunity to make conditions.

Marie Joa was quite generous.

She immediately said:

"The mission of the Calamity Cult is to occupy the underground temple, snatch the soul of nature sealed inside, and use it as a container for the gods to use the reincarnation technique of sea elves."

"Some magicians who believe in the gods will fight for this, but we original believers have little interest in this, and are even willing to hold them back. It would be best if the reincarnation of the gods could fail."

“The purpose of the Blight Order is more simple and crude.

They want to completely destroy the Druid Order in order to obtain changes in the legendary way of the natural realm!

This is a conflict of collective destiny.

It's a natural conflict between Blighters and Druids.

The leader of the Blighters is a guy called the King of Blight. I don’t know much about him, but this guy must have legendary strength!

And behind the King of Blight there is a very mysterious Mother of Corruption.

All Blighters call her Mother.

The Mother of Corruption is suspected to be the avatar of a certain Heavenly God, just like the great evil Trier our sect believes in.

the difference is.

The Mother of Corruption must have used a very extreme method to reincarnate in advance.

The reason why he did not appear in the public eye was because he wanted to gain more development time.

If you want to attack the Blighter.

Then the King of Blight and the Mother of Corruption will be two very difficult enemies. "

Speaking of which.

Mary Joa paused and said in a dry voice:

"I'm a little thirsty. The milk you gave me that night was pretty good. Can I have another glass?"

Matthew took out a glass of milk and handed it over.

Marie Joa moistened her throat with her eyes bent:

"As for the last one, the Whale Hunter Organization, they have not actually reached real cooperation with us, and the three parties only act in tacit agreement."

"The Whale Hunters are a very mysterious group. Their top leaders are cursed people from the star realm, who control mysterious and powerful psychic powers.

One of the Whale Hunter's goals is to destroy the Void Whale.

And their queen, Ms. House, believes that there is a warship buried under the Druid Order that can allow them to return to their homeland.

They take action because of it.

However, the number of whale hunters is small, and their methods are cruel and fierce. Our people have not had much contact with whale hunters.

But according to my observation.

The members of the Druid Order suffered heavy casualties at the hands of whale hunters, probably because they did not understand enough about psychic powers. "

The Cursed from the Astral Plane?

Psychic?

And it's not the Necron troops of the Antu Empire?

"People from Giza."

The name of this proud race came to Matthew's mind.

Immediately he had some doubts.

If we say that the Blight Order and the Natural Disaster Order are acting together under the instruction of the gods of Tianlun Palace.

So is it really just a coincidence that the Whale Hunters got involved?

He always felt that Mary Joa was hiding something from him.

And those things are the fundamental factors that caused Watcher's Heights to fall into the current situation!

Matthew was about to continue asking questions.

But at this moment, there was some movement outside the house.

Mary Joa's expression changed.

She made a secrecy gesture to Matthew.

Then he unbuttoned a few buttons of his clothes, twisted his body and walked out quickly.

outside the house.

There was a strong pungent smell.

In the clouds and mist.

Eternal Night Angel Fleener sneered at Mary Joa's disheveled appearance.

She cursed:

"Bitch!"

"Carry my body back!"

Said.

She stumbled and fell.

Matthew leaned over and took a look.

Fleener was suddenly unconscious.

With an expressionless expression, Mary Joa asked Fleener to lift Fleener's body back into the weird water balloon.

After a while.

A bubble is automatically generated in the water ball to wrap it tightly.

Afterwards they sealed it with boards made of oak.

The matter finally came to an end.

Marie Joa was very busy next time.

While she ordered people to repair the tunnels created by the worms, she also ordered everyone to continue performing their tasks.

Matthew passed by Zangula and gave him a look that revealed himself.

Just when the latter was stunned.

A hurried voice came over:

"lotus!"

"The lotus appeared early!"

Matthew winked.

The speaker seemed to be a scout.

"What is a lotus?"

he asks.

Marie Joa's voice came from behind:

""A sign of withering and decay of all things." "

"This is also the time agreed upon by the Blight Religion and us to launch a general attack."

"These bastards, haha, they actually acted on their own initiative in advance. Let's go up and take a look!"

The group of people hurriedly left the underground.

Just after arriving on the ground from the exit.

Matthew saw a huge yellow lotus flower appearing in the center of Cross City not far away!

That lotus flower covers the sky and the sun, and is constantly spitting out balls of yellow meat!

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"Warning: You have encountered the Broodmother Lotus!"

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