Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 360 The Descent of the Mother Goddess
Bloodharbor is home to a whole squad of banshees, and banshees travel between Castel and Bloodharbor every day.

They are extraordinary creatures of the sea, swimming at incredible speeds. This movement is not merely a matter of physical movement, but rather a result of supernatural forces at work.

The Banshee can swim back to Castel from Blood Harbor at full speed in just over two hours.

The moment the Bloodharbor Rebellion broke out, the Banshee sent someone back with a message, which was immediately delivered to Hughes's desk.

After quickly issuing a few orders, Hughes chased everyone out of the house, sat down in a chair, and closed his eyes.

Meanwhile, on an iceberg in the sea, the worker Hughes opened his eyes. He quickly pulled out the thread connecting everyone and drew them into the link.

Hughes intended to hear the news from the scene himself.

Links are connected.

On the tower, Zoe's eyes widened suddenly. Beatrice, sitting in the library, subtly shifted her position, using the pile of books in front of her to block the surveillance.

In a secluded alley in Bloodharbor, Gwen whispered to the air beside her, "I'm going to a meeting now, little Gwen, can you keep me in check for a while?"

Her body trembled slightly, then quickly calmed down. She looked down at her hands, tried to move her body a little, and then nodded with a cold expression.

"rest assured."

On the other side, Hughes felt a sense of relief as he sensed the connection.

They are all alive and in good condition. Although they don't know what exactly happened in Blood Harbor, it's not too late.

Once Zoe realized what had happened, she immediately asked Beatrice.

Author: "Madam Scepter, how's the information you collected about the Church of the Mother Goddess coming along?"

This immediately attracted everyone's attention. Gwen, of course, was still on the battlefield. Ken and Jeremiah had gone to great lengths to subtly reveal the information about the Church of the Mother Goddess to Hughes after their last connection.

From then on, the two began to pay more attention to news from Blood Harbor. Unfortunately, the rebellion of the Church of the Mother Goddess was too sudden, and Hughes immediately pulled them into the link. The two of them did not know what had happened.

Scepter: "Of course, I found information on the Church of the Mother Goddess—it's a notorious cult, and the Candlelight Church has quite comprehensive files on it."

writer:"!!"

Gwen: ! !

French Fries: "Please tell us quickly, we're all very interested in this!"

The scepter chuckled lightly, not bothering to keep them in suspense, and said directly: "Where were we last time? I remember it was the Church of the Mother Goddess, which devours the souls of believers, that initially did indeed save the starving people in the city, giving them food and allowing them to survive."

The scepter: "But every power comes at a price—the priestesses of the Mother Goddess can acquire extraordinary power with almost no talent, making it the easiest path to supernatural power. Correspondingly, the price is also the highest."

The Scepter: "First and foremost are they themselves. Priestesses of the Mother Goddess almost always have extremely short lifespans. Even if they manage to survive the rebellion, they will quickly weaken and die; this process often takes only a few weeks."

The scepter: "It's not just the decay of the body; their souls also deplete extremely rapidly. Once they choose the Mother Goddess's extraordinary path, their lives begin a countdown—ironically, cultists who worship life cannot hold onto it."

Gwen: "Does becoming a priestess of the Mother Goddess necessarily mean death?" Scepter: "It's a very quick death; almost no one lives more than two months."

Gwen fell silent. She truly hadn't expected the Mother Goddess's path to transcendence to be so cruel. Was Mira already a dying person?
She still remembered that emaciated woman, who was almost lifeless, but whose eyes were warm.

The Scepter: "It's not over yet. Allowing mortals to freely access the extraordinary comes at more than just this price. The extraordinary members of the Mother Goddess Church also need to bear another heavy burden."

At this point, she abandoned her laziness and became serious.

The scepter: "Every sacrifice to the Mother Goddess requires feeding the 'Mother of Compassion,' which is the evil god of the Church of the Life Mother Goddess."

French Fries: "Evil, evil god?!"

The scepter: "Of course they're evil gods. Otherwise, why do you think they're called a cult? It's because they have their own evil gods."

French Fries: "I see."

Do all cults have their own evil gods? Hughes stroked his chin, lost in thought.

He hadn't been exposed to many cults, except for this Mother of Life cult and the Moths of Fire.

The evil god who chases the fire-moth.
I think his name was "Lord of the Moths," and he accidentally purified him.

Well, to be precise, this body was used by the Fire-Chasing Moth for the Moth Lord to descend, which means that he is now theoretically the evil god of the Fire-Chasing Moth.
The Scepter: "As for how to feed them, I believe you can already guess—it's by using the souls of believers."

Scepter: 'The Mother will not harm living believers, but will devour their souls after they die. If her true form descends, she will also consume their corpses.'

Gwen: "The real body has descended?"

Scepter: "Ah, Gwen, you're here too. Isn't it a bit inappropriate to tell this to children? Never mind, the Mother Goddess priests will transform their followers—the limb-splitting I mentioned before. These transformed followers can then be offered as sacrifices to the [Mother Goddess], allowing her to descend."

The Scepter: "The Mother Goddess rarely descends in her true form; she usually only does so when cultists are driven to desperation. But almost every time she does, it brings a massive catastrophe."

Author: "Miss Scepter, what does the descending Mother Goddess look like?"

Although she already had a vague suspicion in her mind, she still decided to ask.

The scepter: "They are those twisted humanoid figures with limbs pieced together. Various human limbs randomly appear on their bodies, as if they were simply and crudely kneaded together different bodies."

Zoe sighed inwardly; the monster before her was indeed the descended Mother Goddess.
Wait, how come some of these monsters are as big as mountains of flesh, while others are only slightly taller than humans?
Author: "Was the descending Mother Goddess very powerful?"

Beatrice's voice was serious: "It's not strong, you could even call it weak. When it was first born, let alone superhumans, even a group of farmers with rudimentary weapons could have dealt with it—but that was only at the very beginning."

The Scepter: "The greatest power of the Mother Goddess's descent lies in its ability to grow infinitely; once it reaches a certain level, it becomes virtually invincible."

Zoe's heart skipped a beat, and she turned to look at the towering monster in the distance.

(End of this chapter)