They all call me an Outer God.

Chapter 26 Ceremonial Lamp

Although she was reluctant in her heart, Riya still had to admire James. Without him, she might have been captured by others and made into a specimen for people to see.

"The next thing will be easy to handle. Use four mysterious objects to ask whether they are true or false one by one. Revealing the answer is easy, and you can understand the truth immediately.

It will be over soon. "

He showed a confident expression on his face, divided the mysterious items in front of him into two groups, and asked one by one whether the group of mysterious items represented in the text on the Batantusa coin was the target he was looking for.

The coin was tossed up and down, and the real answer made Riya's face become increasingly pale.

first answer.

【no】

Two mystery items were eliminated.

Next, ask if the individual mystery object in front of you is a target.

The answer is still [no], which also gives Riya a new understanding of her own luck.

Two questions, two prices... plus the first question, a total of three organs were paid.

three eyes.

"Uh--"

The feeling of having your eyes taken away from your body was not pleasant, but within a moment, Riya was sweating profusely and holding on to the edge of the table. If she had been any weaker, she would have fallen to the ground.

He never imagined that the coin could actually take away the eyes on his knees, nor that there were eyes there as well.

The knee is an important joint that supports the body's balance. The lost eye seemed to have settled on the joint bone for a long time. Therefore, the moment the eye just disappeared, Riya almost fell down.

Thanks to the quick reaction of his hands, he quickly supported the table the moment his body lost balance.

"... Knees, shoulders and back, for the first time I hate that my perception is so clear." Ria remained motionless for a long time and then her face gradually returned to normal.

It's all worth it.

After eliminating three wrong answers, [Crystal Mushroom], [Inedible Gold Foil] and [Fragment Cross], the only remaining mysterious item is [Dream Lantern].

The smell alone can make people fall into hallucinations, and Riya speculates that it should be something that can be ignited, and when it is ignited, the mysterious object will emit a unique smell.

"Speaking of ignitable lamps, kerosene lamps are also considered a type, but the kerosene lamps in the house have no kerosene at all and are impossible to light."

"The church actually saw many different styles of burning lamps."

The Church of the Sun worships the glorious rising sun, and naturally also worships fire.

Their lamps were placed on the walls of the long corridor, with crystal covers covering the flames. The firelight passing through the crystal created a colorful illusion.

Even during the day, believers can appreciate the meandering light of the crystal lantern.

The most important thing is that the church's fire lamps have a highly recognizable smell. Whenever you pass by that corridor, you can feel a light woody fragrance, which is completely different from the smell of the streets outside the church, and it is more distinctive. It makes people feel peaceful, as if they have truly stepped into the peaceful kingdom blessed by the gods.

Perhaps the mysterious items are still in the church.

Ria rubbed the surface of the coin with his fingers, wanting to ask it for answers a few more times, but this time, he couldn't do anything while holding the coin.

Physical pain does not deceive his brain, and his instinct is to prevent him from continuing to hurt himself.

No one can remain indifferent to the pain of losing an eye, at least today I am afraid that I cannot continue.

Thinking of this, he simply put away the Batantusa coins and headed directly to the church.

There is indeed a unique magic power there that can make people feel peaceful. Thinking of the help the other party gave when praying to the Glorious Rising Sun last time, Ria's favorable impression of him rose again.

There is a certain reason why believers spend a lot of money to repair churches for gods. When a god can really respond to believers and solve their problems, they will do whatever it takes to become the most docile lamb of the god.

Based on this alone, Rising Sun deserves its name.Ria thought so.

A few ten minutes later, he stood in front of the church again and followed the pastor's guidance to enter and worship.

Riya blended into the edge of the crowd, listening to the people around her praising the sun. She closed her eyes and tried to find different special smells of fire.

However, the voices of people praying around her were really loud and easily distracting. The architectural structure of the church would cause these voices to echo back when they reached the top, giving Ria a strange sense of unreality.

In a daze, he looked up at the perfectly carved statue of the Rising Sun, and began to recite His call in his heart, hoping to get guidance from the Rising Sun.

"A new star appears in the land of life and death."

"The center of all things' pursuit."

"Break the day and night with fire."

"I am waiting everywhere."

After reciting several sentences, the woody fragrance on the side of the nose became stronger with each sentence, almost to the point that it could not be ignored.

Ria seemed to sense something unusual and immediately read the last few sentences in a hurry.

"Sing praises to the rising sun, offer gifts to the rising sun, become the rising sun——"

The woody aroma almost turns into substance.

"Got you!!!"

He took a deep breath, trembling all over, suddenly turned back, and stretched out his hand in the direction of the strong smell.

There was a priest holding a fire lamp and performing a soul purification ceremony. When he saw someone trying to snatch the fire lamp away, his first reaction was to protect the lamp, with a look of disbelief on his face.

"Why are you trying to grab a lamp!?"

The pastor's voice was not loud, but it made everyone stop worshiping and turn their heads to look this way.

Ria's eyes were calm, but her tone was surprisingly stubborn: "That thing is a dangerous item and must be destroyed immediately!"

As he spoke, he desperately stepped forward to grab the lamp, smashed it to the ground and smashed it into pieces. The huge shattering sound echoed in the hall.

"Snapped!!!"

For a moment, the entire hall was eerily silent.

But Riya doesn't care about this. He has destroyed the mysterious item and no longer has to worry about being persecuted by it. As for what others think of him, it has nothing to do with him.

People's instinctive reaction is to seek a direction that is beneficial to their own survival, and what Riya has to do is to eliminate things that threaten him.

"You don't even know you're being taken advantage of."

The strange woody fragrance in the air disappeared, and Riya was kicked out as a mentally ill person. He was not angry. On the contrary, he felt refreshed now.

The priest frowned: "I don't understand what weird thing you are talking about. That lamp is a sacrificial item usually used for purification, and it has always retained the original smell of burnt mahogany."

"Really? What evidence do you have that it hasn't been switched?"

Ria laughed angrily. Maybe she came to the church to seek help, but she smelled the unique smell of the dream lantern and was taken advantage of. She had hallucinations and ran out of the house, only to be caught and stuffed into a coffin. .

Ordinary lamps may not work when burned, but once someone is willing to pay the price for its effect, the consequences can be disastrous.

This is also thanks to the guidance of the shining sun. If it hadn't been for him, I wouldn't have discovered that the dream lantern existed behind me in an instant.

"Praise the rising sun."

(End of this chapter)