Mystery: The Last Shepherd

Chapter 503 The Coveting of the Mother Tree

At this moment, Lu Ze's hallucination was filled with two insane things.

Judging from their position, the two-headed, flourishing tree against the cosmic backdrop is clearly higher and more distant. However, He seems too far away, and there appears to be a transparent veil around Him, making it difficult to exert His influence. On the contrary, the thing beneath Him, resembling His fetus, poses a greater threat to Luze.

"Oh shit."

Blood was streaming from Lu Ze's face as two arms, seemingly a mixture of the world's most evil elements, gripped him tightly, forcibly shoving in countless wild and twisted pieces of knowledge. The Mother Tree of Desire, "Divine Abomination," Siea. He quickly learned much forbidden knowledge.

It turns out that the "celestial sect" worships this evil god, and the "divine wrath" Sia is His child. No, we can't continue like this!
Feeling his spirit being constantly eroded, Lu Ze immediately began to resist.

Although what I saw was an illusion, the pollution was very real!

As for how to resist, that is naturally—

"Wow!"

A phantom sound of ocean waves suddenly rang out, overflowing from Lu Ze's body and instantly breaking free of the two arms that were tightly binding him! The seawater was deep and dark, as if it contained all colors and possibilities, and in turn stained those two sinful arms!
“▇▇▇——”

The twisted monster began to tremble, emitting sounds incomprehensible to human language. It abruptly retracted its arm, and its already chaotic body suddenly spread like a thick fog, or boiled like water, clearly in extreme pain.

"Wow—"

The sea surged, filling the world. Lu Ze had no intention of letting it go, but instead manipulated the seawater to continue its assault, pounding against its filthy body.

“▇▇▇▇▇——”

The monster writhed in increasing agony, curling into a ball, its form becoming increasingly shapeless, while the flourishing tree behind it trembled. The starry sky dimmed, and everything began to recede, turning pale.
Lu Ze woke up from his hallucination.

"Captain? Captain!"

He heard Anderson's shouts, though they seemed to be from a great distance.

What's going on? Don't you know to come closer when you call for help?

Lu Ze instinctively tried to open his eyes, only to realize that he didn't have a body at all, but was instead a mass of flesh and blood lying on the deck. No wonder Anderson was so far away.

"brush!"

He reassembled himself, taking back his flesh and blood, and covered his body with a robe of blood.

"Captain, are you alright?!"

Anderson and the others stood at a distance at the stern of the ship. After seeing him recover, they breathed a sigh of relief. "I knew it. It's just an evil god; it couldn't possibly corrupt you."

You seem to have a lot of faith in me.
Lu Ze chuckled and straightened his clothes.

Looking back, there were some dark black tar-like residues on the deck, as if they had been burned, emitting foul-smelling white smoke.

"How is this going?"

He pointed to the black residue and asked, "Has anyone seen that symbol?"

The crew members gradually gathered around, and when they heard his question, they all seemed somewhat puzzled.

What symbol?

Anderson countered with a question.

"It's the symbol that turned from the blood mist after Uruk died."

“Uruk didn’t turn into a bloody mist. He was still standing there after you cut him in half, Captain. But before you regained your senses, he suddenly started screaming and then burned to ashes,” Anderson replied seriously. “We only deduced that you might be alright after we saw him burn to ashes.”

In other words, it was a hallucination from that time onwards?

This symbol wasn't meant for everyone; it was only meant for me. Lu Ze thought to himself, a heavy weight settling in his heart. When exactly did the Mother Tree of Desire and the Celestial Cult begin targeting him? He'd better be more careful in the future.

As he thought this, he casually picked up the milky-white die from the deck. When he touched it, the die trembled slightly, as if it were afraid of him, and flipped over so that the 5 was facing up.

Ok?
Lu Ze was slightly taken aback.

What happened? Where did your previous malice go?
Didn't you just bet me 1 point, trying to ruin me? Why are you behaving yourself now?
After a moment's thought, he roughly guessed the reason.

It must still be because of the tidal wave I released. That's a unique entity capable of resisting the erosion of true gods and defeating the contamination of "divine evil," possessing an extremely high status. Previously, those extraordinary living objects all showed extreme fear upon encountering me. It's already remarkable that this die managed to hold out until I released it.

"So, what the hell is this thing?"

Lu Ze looked up and asked Roy King.

"This is an extraordinary object that has come to life."

The very young-looking Roy King was pulling his fat apprentice's ear and replied with a serious expression, "The number on the dice represents the holder's luck. Six is ​​extremely lucky, while one will bring life-threatening misfortune. Senator Rejord has a way to reseal it."

Lu Ze could sense that there was some reservation in his words, but he didn't press further and simply nodded.

"Alright, I'll keep them safe until we return to Oravi Island."

".OK."

Roy King naturally couldn't refuse; with his abilities, keeping the dice would only lead to his gradual downfall.

Are you familiar with the naturist sect on Oravi Island?

Lu Ze continued to ask.

"I know."

Roy King nodded, his expression slightly disgusted. "Like the Rose School, they worship the evil god, the Mother Tree of Desire."

After Roy King's brief introduction, Luzer roughly understood that one part of the Rose School worshipped the primordial moon, while another part worshipped the Mother Tree of Desire; sometimes these two beliefs were confused. The "God's Abomination," Sear, was the current leader of the Rose School, a Sequence 1 earthly angel. He was said to be the child of the evil goddess, the Mother Tree of Desire.

Yes, it matches what I saw in my hallucination.

Lu Ze thought to himself.

He roughly guessed that the symbol came from the Mother Tree of Desire, and that Seara might be using this medium to erode him and try to control him. He just hadn't expected to be countered, and could only retreat.

According to Roy King, Sear was born of a deity in a strange way, and therefore his spiritual state was very poor, and he did not often appear in the world.

It doesn't matter if we have to be wary of one more evil god in the future, since we've already offended enough people anyway.

Lu Ze could only sneer inwardly before getting up.

"I'm all right."

He calmly told the sailors, "Let's set sail. There's still a way back to Olavi. Well done. We can celebrate tonight."

"Okay!"

Upon hearing this, the sailors immediately cheered. They excitedly dispersed and returned to their posts, and the entire fleet began its journey towards Olavi Island, which they would arrive at in about one more night.

"Anderson, Walter, you guys come with me."

Lu Ze spoke to the extraordinary individuals and led them to his captain's cabin.

The mission is accomplished; it's time to reward my men.

(End of this chapter)