Chapter 403

Indeed, the orcs outside are killing each other and have no face to face Limusa. The orcs who can come here are naturally not ordinary people.

Before entering the temple, for some reason, Lena came to the door before Orson and pushed it open.

The two entered the temple and were stunned by the scene in front of them.

From the outside, the temple is about 20 to 30 meters high. Orson thought there would be many floors inside the temple.

But in fact, there is only one floor inside the temple.

In the huge space, a bronze statue stands in the center.

The bronze statue is a solemn person with a beast head and a human body. According to Orson's guess, this person should be Limusa, the lord of all beasts.

And around the person with a beast head and a human body, there are countless animals.

There are jackals, tigers, leopards, pigs, dogs, cattle and sheep, from wild beasts to domestic animals, from birds to fish.

Some of them crawled at Limusa's feet, some sat on Limusa's shoulders, and some surrounded Limusa.

Such a magnificent scene, Orson had only seen it in the cathedral of Saint Laurent City, the capital of the empire.

The cathedral enshrines the goddess of life Hela, who is the god who has a connection and festival with Limusa, the lord of all beasts, in the legend.

"Is this the god we believe in? It's so great..." Lena said, walked to the bronze statue, put her hands on her chest devoutly, and muttered something.

Orson wandered around the temple to see if he could find anything.

Then, he found that there was a yellowed book on an altar.

He approached the altar and picked up the book. On the title page of the book, there was a passage written in a completely different language from the current common language of the continent.

Orson was stunned for a moment.

He had learned about this passage.

It was the common language of the ancient continent, equivalent to the predecessor of the current common language of the continent.

It is said to be the predecessor, but in fact, except for some similarities in some characters, there is basically no similarity. Instead, it has more in common with the Elvish language that is used now.

Unfortunately, Orson happened to learn these two languages. Although there is little information about the ancient continent language, he can barely read it with the help of the Elvish language.

Seeing Lena still praying beside him, he opened the yellowed book.

Then, his face gradually changed from calm to shock.

The content recorded in the book is the timeline of the coexistence of gods in ancient times.

It is equivalent to a mythological story, with the same background as the human side, but the story is completely different.

According to legend, in ancient times, the human god Hela and the orc god Limusa were friends.

At that time, there was no racial distinction between humans and orcs.

Limusa was the first to create all beasts, while Hela created the intelligent species humans.

Later, humans learned to use tools and make fire, and civilization was born.

In the process of the birth of civilization, there was a lot of killing.

In order to survive, the humans created by Hela hunted the beasts created by Limusa on a large scale. Many of Limusa's carefully created creatures became extinct due to the large-scale hunting by humans.

For this reason, Limusa expressed his dissatisfaction to Hela, and Hela said that humans are advanced creatures, and there is nothing wrong with advanced creatures eating low-level creatures.

Later, Limusa created various beasts. Although humans were attacked by beasts in the early days, resulting in certain casualties, later humans also discovered the weaknesses of beasts and began to hunt beasts with tools and weapons in groups, and the number of beasts eventually gradually decreased.

In the end, Limusa created orcs.

Unlike humans, orcs are less intelligent, but more warlike and have a shorter development cycle.

The appearance of orcs immediately brought huge casualties to humans, and humans were eventually forced to decide to divide and rule with orcs.

The relationship between Limusa and Hela was broken as a result.

After that, demons invaded the continent and became the common enemy of all the tribes on the continent. At that time, not only Hela and Limusa, but also the Dragon God and the God of Elves joined together to fight against the demons.

After repelling the demons, humans learned how to use magic from the enemy demons and the allied elves, and their strength expanded again.

Humans who learned magic first set their sights on the orcs. If they fought alone, the orcs could not beat humans at all, but if they added magic, humans instantly suppressed the orcs.

The war lasted for hundreds of years, and in the end, the orcs were defeated and driven to the desert today, as well as part of the eastern part of the empire.

Limusa, the Lord of All Beasts, also fell out with Hela because of this, but Hela took the lead before Limusa took action, and united the gods to defeat Limusa. In the end, Limusa fled to the desert and used up his last divine power to create a wind and sand barrier for his creation, the orcs.

This also explains why orcs and their offspring, the half-orcs, are not so stressed when facing sandstorms, while other species will develop various diseases when facing sandstorms.

At the end of the story, Limusa died, and the Dragon God and the Elf God were very disappointed after seeing Hela's actions. The Alliance of Gods disbanded, and after helping the humans of the Western Continent to unify, the Dragon Clan witnessed the fall of humans and flew to the East.

The elves lived in seclusion in the forest, and most of them lived an isolated life.

After reading this, Orson felt nothing but emotion.

God is gracious to His creations.

In order to allow mankind to prosper, Hela sanctioned Limusa, which was not wrong from a human standpoint.

Limusa, on the other hand, created the desert wind and sand for the reproduction of the orcs, as the last barrier for the orcs. This is not wrong.

"It seems that Limusa is really a great god. For his creations and his people, Limusa has dedicated all of himself. It's just a pity." Orson sighed. In the end, he didn't expect that It will become like this.

In that era thousands of years ago, to the orcs, humans were undoubtedly evil and butchers. To the dragons and elves who have witnessed all the evil deeds of humans, humans are a corrupt and fallen race.

Now, thousands of years later, the situation is different.

Some humans are still corrupt and degenerate, but the orcs have also become bloodthirsty and barbaric.

Only the immortal races such as elves and dragons have not changed much in their racial character.

After all, thousands of years, for humans, are hundreds of generations of reproduction.

"Brother Edward." Lena walked up at this time. "I've finished paying homage, what about you?"

"I..." Orson was stunned. At this moment, Lena saw the book in Orson's hand and looked at it a few times.

But after seeing that it was all filled with words she couldn't understand, Lena gave up.

"Hey, do you understand this book, Brother Edward?"

"You can understand better."

"Then what is it talking about?"

"Well... to put it simply, it is an ancient legend, recording the great deeds of Limusa."

"Oh, that's it..."

Lena nodded in understanding.

At this time, she suddenly said: "Hey, brother Edward, you

Actually, they are not orcs, but humans, right? "

"Ah? Why do you say that?" Upon hearing this, Orson looked at Lena in confusion.

"Lena, don't you know that desert sand is very harmful to humans?"

"That's why, big brother, you've always been wearing this cloak, right?"

"..." Orson looked at Lena and smiled. "It's quite smart. When did you discover it?"

"Well, when I was sleeping at night, I was a little curious about your race, brother Edward, and then I lifted the cloak a little, but I didn't find the animal ears..."

"Is that so?"

"Well, but I'm not afraid of you just because you are a human, big brother." After saying this, Lena showed a smile. "Because you have helped me, big brother, so it doesn't matter whether you are a human or an orc, big brother."

"Hehe, tell me secretly, brother. The reason why I had to enter the temple before brother was because when the temple opened, it only allowed people with orc blood to enter. If brother opened the door, he wouldn't be able to open it~" Lena said this and winked playfully.

"How about it, am I very thoughtful?"

"Thank you, Lena." Looking at Lena who was so sensible, Orson thought of Li Te at home for some reason.

It has indeed been a while since I came out, and I don’t know what the situation is like at home.

At this moment, another orc came in at the door.

Orson looked at the orc coming in from the door and frowned.

The opponent's strength seems not to be underestimated.

Balu came to the temple and was about to confess the crimes he had committed in front of Limusa. Unexpectedly, two orcs came to the temple.

Especially that man, his aura made him feel a little dangerous.

Since when have there been such strong people among the orcs?

He looked at Orson and Lena and walked towards them.

"Are you two orcs? Are you here to worship?"

"Yes, we are here specifically to pay homage to Limusa, the great lord of beasts." Orson nodded and admitted.

"May Limusa protect you forever." With that said, Orson also blessed Balu.

"I hope so. If you have finished worshiping, you can go out. Limusa doesn't want to be disturbed." Balu said this, turned around and returned to Limusa, knelt down in front of the two of them, and then Hands clasped in prayer and penance.

"Brother Edward." At this time, Lena stood on tiptoes and whispered in Orson's ear: "His action seems to be an act of repentance. He should be asking for forgiveness for doing something wrong."

Orson nodded, and then temporarily took Lena out of the temple.

At the entrance of the temple, Orson saw the shaman just now again.

"Master Shaman, who is the one who just entered the temple?" Orson asked curiously.

"The person who just entered the temple is Chief Balu. Did you know? He is the chief who led the attack on humans this time."

"Did he do something wrong? I think he seems to be repenting inside."

"Wrong thing?" The orc shaman snorted coldly when he heard this. "He has done so many wrong things that I can't even count them on one hand."

"First he led troops to attack humans and failed. This alone can make him kneel in front of Limusa for a month."

"Then after he came back, he immediately started a civil war, annexed other small tribes, killed all the chiefs of those tribes, and killed each other!"

"If Limusa hadn't been there, I wouldn't have even let him in through this door!"

Hearing the shaman's words, Lena covered her mouth in surprise.

"So, was he the one who started the war in the desert?"

Chapter 22: Family Fissure (7K)

On the other side, in the Duke of Antica's mansion.

It was the first time for Lit to enter Lucius's room alone today.

Although Orson had arranged for his absolute confidant Vivian to take care of Lucius's daily life, Lit still wanted to come and see Lucius in person to see if his condition had improved.

Lit took a deep breath and then opened Lucius's door.

Lucius was sleeping on the bed at the moment.

Since telling Orson that he had problems with his memory, Lucius's sleep time has been increasing every day.

However, when he heard the movement at the door, Lucius still opened his eyes in a daze.

"Is it Lit?" He looked at Lit, his eyes were rarely clear.

"Yes, father, it's me." Lit nodded after hearing this, and then sat next to the bed. "How are you feeling recently?"

"Not bad." Lucius nodded. "It's just that I sleep a little too long every day, and I always feel that my body has no strength."

"By the way, where is your brother Orson?"

"Orson has something to deal with, so he left home for a while."

"Oh, he's busy, right?" Lucius heard this and said with relief: "He has become a talent, Lit, you should learn more from your brother. As long as you have half of his talent, I can safely hand over this family to you."

"Father, you are right." Lit nodded.

It seems that Lucius's current mental state is relatively stable, and everyone can match.

"Who is taking care of things at home now? Your mother?"