The goddesses attempted to gain my salvation.

"To date, no record of this special case has been made in any of the records of magic."

Inside the room, Orina helps Ryan analyze the current situation.

Rose lay on her side, still unconscious. A small portion of her magic and life force had been drained, but she was not in any immediate danger.

It will get better with some rest.

Orina was more concerned about the girl that Ryan had summoned than about Rose.

"So, my situation is unprecedented?"

Orina nodded: "That's how it is at the moment."

"The Vatican's foundation of magic states that magic originates from faith. The Four Kingdoms, however, believe that magic originates from nature."

"But......"

Orina looked intently at Ryan, and at the same time held his hand, feeling the radiant flames within him as quiet as a sleeping child.

"Although the branches are different, the two theories have one thing in common."

"Magic is a kind of resource that can be used. Therefore, magic should not have consciousness, let alone take human form. That is simply a fantasy."

"And what happened to you strongly conflicts with all known theories."

At this point, Orina gave a bitter smile.

“I always thought I had mastered enough knowledge in the field of magic.”

"But now it seems that I am nothing more than a beginner."

"The world of magic is far more profound than we can imagine."

Suddenly, Orina seemed to remember something, and a glint of light flashed in her eyes.

"Oh, right, Ryan!"

"Perhaps the story of the origin of the world that the Vatican has been chanting for thousands of years can answer your question!"

Chapter 225 The Poem of Origin

Origin stories, or origin poems, are a very old collection of stories within the Papacy.

The exact time is unknown; it is only known that this collection of stories existed before the establishment of the Papacy.

The collection of stories mainly tells a series of tales about the creation of the world by the creator god.

Every clergy member of the Papacy is required to thoroughly study these story collections upon entering the Papacy.

Countless devout believers on the mainland are also very familiar with these stories.

Before going to sleep, children often hear several origin stories from their mothers to help them fall asleep.

It is said that in the distant past, far beyond the legends, this world was a desolate place devoid of any life.

The gods felt that the world was too desolate, so they sent seven great elementals to bring magic and life to this land.

The first thing to appear was light.

A dazzling light illuminated the earth in an instant, bringing boundless hope.

Then came darkness.

The quiet night nurtures countless lives about to break through the soil.

After countless days and nights, life finally appeared in this desolate place.

What followed was fire, gale, and torrential rain.

Flames generate energy, and strong winds carry that energy to every corner of the world.

But torrential rain, on the other hand, restores the balance of everything in the world.

To prevent the rampant energy from going berserk and devouring everything.

A solid ground allows living things to run freely in the world.

The lightning descending from the sky transmits divine power into the bodies of every living being, strengthening their physiques, enabling them to resist illness and the cold winter, and live healthy lives.

From then on, the seven elemental beings of different attributes brought life and vitality to the earth.

This is the beginning of all the stories, and it is also the most widely circulated version among countless continental origin stories.

At first, Orina didn't take the story too seriously, thinking it was just a story fabricated by the Vatican to highlight its supreme divinity and absolute authority.

However, everything that is happening to Ryan now seems to be proving something.

If......

The girl that Ryan summoned was a manifestation of magic.

So, could it be understood that the girl's true identity is similar to that of a great elementalist sent by the creator god in the story?

If that's really the case...

Narayne...

Wouldn't that be...

Orina only thought about it for a moment before goosebumps appeared all over her body.

Ryan is Orina's lover.

Love, however, always makes people blind.

Even with the built-in beauty filter, Orina still felt that her idea was really too outrageous.

Beside him, Ryan also fell into deep thought after Orina finished telling the origin story.

The creator god, and his seven great elementalists.

This story inevitably reminded Ryan of his own cheat code.

It can pull girls into a dream world, allowing them to strengthen themselves through a series of interactions and awaken magic with various attributes.

If the Creator God distributed his power among the seven Great Elementalists...

Ryan, on the other hand, is the exact opposite.

Strengthen yourself by leveraging the power of others through the dream world.

I always felt that there was some kind of connection between the two.

If we continue to think along these lines, we might be able to find out what the true origin of the dream world is.

Perhaps, there really is some connection with the creator god.

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Rose woke up at noon the next day.

Because she fainted quite early, Rose had no idea what had happened in the village that day.

Ryan and Orina didn't plan to tell her either.

After all, this was so incredible that even the two of them couldn't figure out how it happened.

In the end, he only told Rose that it was the two of them working together that repelled the shadows.

Rose readily accepted this offer.

After all, in her mind, Olina was the chief high priest of the Holy See, and Ryan was a dual-attribute magic user. How could the two of them possibly be unable to defeat an enemy when they fought together?

The investigation of villages and towns has now come to an end.

Ryan and Olina summarized three questions in total.

first question.

The situation in the village differed significantly from the sacrificial ritual that Ryan had learned about. Specifically, while traces of the sacrificial ritual were present, a large number of garments were also found at the scene.

It was as if the townspeople had suddenly vanished overnight.

Secondly, a large number of black particles capable of corroding living organisms remained at the scene.

The black particles can summon shadows and merge with them. The resulting product harbors extreme malice towards living beings and will attack those in the vicinity.

At the same time, neither magical nor physical attacks could harm the shadow.

The only thing that can destroy the shadow is the Radiant Flame Magic and the Radiant Flame Maiden.

Third, who exactly was the person who took Luo Ridge away?

The fact that someone could abduct a living person right in front of Ryan and Orina shows that they are very powerful and good at hiding their abilities.

It is necessary to continue the investigation.

With these three questions in mind, the three continued driving their carriage to the second investigation site the following morning.

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The snowstorm today is heavier than usual.

Meanwhile, two new customers arrived at the bustling tavern.

The two drinkers were wearing old, thick coats and hats, their faces covered except for their eyes.

One of them walked with a limp, was thin, and had very cloudy pupils.

The other was tall and strong, like an ox.

"Boss...cough cough...give us two bottles of fruit wine."

"And... bread, and water."

The speaker was the taller of the two. However, despite his robust appearance, his voice sounded extremely tired and weak.

I feel like I could cough up a pool of blood any second now.

"I'm sorry, both guests."

"Fruit wine has too low an alcohol content and won't sell, and we don't produce fruit here either. If you want to drink fruit wine, you might have to go to some larger city-states."

"I heard that Magadan, the city-state closest to here, recently received a lot of grain and fruits and vegetables."

"You can try your luck there."