A Guide to Becoming a God Starting from a Monastery

Although Thomas doesn't have Spider-Man's ability to spray spider silk, he has Hajime.

It’s been a long time since I’ve had Hajime, but this is when the magic rope will truly show its power.

Thomas paused briefly above the forest to check his direction, then fell under the influence of gravity.

Hajime had already broken free from the branch he was previously entangled with, and quickly retracted himself onto Thomas's arm. Then, he quickly popped out again and entangled himself with another treetop in the distance.

Thomas's falling body was pulled up again by the magic rope and flew upwards.

In this way, Thomas completely avoided all ground obstacles.

Fallen dead trees, scattered stones, raised mounds of earth, as well as cracks and gullies of various sizes.

All these complex terrains are no longer an obstacle for Thomas.

Although this way of traveling is not as good as flying, it is really worry-free and labor-saving.

"Hajime! Pause!"

His body was pulled up again, and then when he fell into the air, he landed on the top of a giant tree.

Hajime's intelligence was enough to allow it to accurately find the right location and meet Thomas's requirements.

Thomas stood at the top of the tree, then closed one eye and looked around.

He wasn't looking with his normal eye, but with his magic eyepatch.

In the eye affected by the magic eyepatch, the world should be gray.

But now, a faint red color can be seen - a faint red light covering the entire forest, or rather, permeating the entire forest.

In the sky, an unknown large bird was circling. It didn't have a red glow, but the small animals that had begun to move in the forest did.

It's not just animals, the evil tree people we saw before are the same.

There was a faint red light on everything.

Therefore, the one who caused all this is probably far more than just an evil tree man.

According to the classification method of the remnants of the past, there are six levels of threat and three types.

This evil tree man has not reached the level of a natural disaster, and should be a fifth-level, terrifying beast-like species.

The remnants of the old days are roughly divided into three categories: beastly species, nocturnal species, and evil species.

The difference between the Unholy and the other two types is whether or not they possess a normal physical body. Those without physical form, such as ghosts, spirits, and fire elementals, are Unholy.

The difference between beastmen and nocturnal species lies in whether or not they have advanced intelligence.

Therefore, the real root of the problem is not the evil tree man - although the evil tree man killed many people.

On the contrary, this red light is more like it.

This is why Thomas left those adventurers without hesitation.

Thomas stared into the distance. The concentration of the red light was inconsistent in different places. Through the blindfold, he could see a place where the red light was concentrated in the forest ahead.

The red light is particularly strong, a level higher than other places.

What could be there?

"Ayi, go over there!" Thomas said.

The magic rope immediately popped out again, wrapped around the treetops in the distance, and then bounced up with Thomas, swinging all the way into the distance.

Soon, they arrived at the area where the red light was particularly strong.

The situation here is different from other places in the forest. Not only are the trees denser here, but there are also many weeds, shrubs and vines on the ground.

It was early spring. But this was early spring near the Arctic Circle... the temperature was still below zero. The snow still lay on the ground. The cold wind blew on my face, and even if it didn't cut me like a knife, it was still painful.

There is simply no environment for these small plants to grow.

Thomas knew this place was strange, so he didn't dare to be careless. He landed on the ground and walked slowly forward.

When I encountered vines, I pulled them up and checked them.

It was a very ordinary vine indeed—nothing unusual about it except the growing season.

Then Thomas saw a den ahead.

A large beast's den, although hidden by bushes and vines, is still easy to identify.

It felt like a bear or tiger's lair, and it felt inexplicably dangerous even from a distance.

Thomas did not rush in directly, but observed from the outside for a long time.

A strong stench came from the beast's den... It was the smell of rotting meat that only appeared in the habitats of wild beasts.

Thomas took the sword in his hand and went in. At the same time, he focused most of his attention on the mental field, observing the entire interior of the cave.

It seems... there are no living things inside?

But Thomas still moved forward carefully.

Just in case, I even lit a torch to illuminate the area. I felt the vivid colors of my naked eyes were better than the grayscale world of the eye mask.

The spiritual field is not omnipotent. What if you meet someone who can block the spiritual field?

The stench in the air grew stronger and stronger. What could possibly be so foul? Could this really be the lair of some ferocious beast? Was the stench coming from leftover food? How much rotting flesh would that be?

His foot stepped on something.

A round thing that makes humans instinctively extremely alert.

In the spiritual field, there was a lot of debris on the ground, but under the firelight, one could clearly see the bones underfoot.

A large number of human skeletons.

The place where his foot had just stepped was a human skull.

Thomas gasped and raised his torch to illuminate as much of the area as possible.

The entire cave floor was covered with bones.

Most of the flesh and blood had been completely eaten away, but there was still some dried skin and flesh attached.

Kicking away a small circle of bones under your feet, you can see that underneath the bones is a flat ground that seems to have been artificially trimmed.

This place...can't be a cemetery!

The intelligence also did not mention that any tribe used this place as a tomb.

The Chude tribe, though also barbaric, had funeral customs similar to those of most humans. They practiced burial or cremation. When they built tombs, they wouldn't choose animal dens.

Thomas instinctively thought of the slaves who had been taken away by the Gwalan family and whose whereabouts were unknown.

Are those slaves?

He calmed his mind and continued forward, observing carefully along the way.

This area was covered with human bones, but few animal bones were visible. Also, no torture instruments were visible to the naked eye.

This place should not be a slaughterhouse, but a mass grave.

I walked forward for a good hundred meters, and within these hundreds of meters were human skeletons.

Countless bones were piled up so densely that people could walk on them.

A quick mental calculation shows that this is at least several thousand people.

However, they finally reached the end of the cave, and Thomas felt a little relieved.

There are no living things here, at least not within the reach of the spiritual field.

He took the last few steps and could now see the thing at the end in the firelight.

Chapter 269: Independent Investigation 2

At the end of the cave, there is a totem pole.

This thing looked familiar because Thomas had seen it before in the open space next to the tribe.

Even if it's not this one, at least it's something of the same type.

It is a highly symbolic bird, an eagle, or a swan, or some other bird.

In short, the entire totem shows the majestic posture of the bird standing high above and looking down on all living beings.

But Thomas saw a faint light on this totem pole.

Not with the naked eye, but in the grayscale world beneath a magic blindfold.

This light is different from the light of magical items, and it is also different from the red light that covers the forest.

Magic items, no matter what kind, are colorful.

The red light that enveloped the forest was a very faint glow. It could only be seen from a distance. If one was actually in it, one would not be able to see it clearly.

Thomas looked away from the totem pole and saw a snake head beside it.

Specifically, it's the skull of a snake. It was a massive snake, and although only the skull remains, its size is truly astonishing.

He was lying flat on the ground, almost as high as Thomas' waist.

You can imagine how big it was when it was alive... Even if Titanoboa came, you would have to call it brother.

And there seemed to be a bead in the giant snake's mouth.

In the gray world, you can clearly see that the entire snake head is glowing, especially this bead.

This light is different, it is the light of magic.

This is?

Thomas could guess that this thing was probably a remnant of the past.

But no one knows why he was killed, and his head is still here.

Thomas stepped forward, dug the bead out of the snake's mouth, and examined it. Then, looking at the snake bones, he hardened his heart and threw the snake head and bead together into his own secondary demiplane.

This thing costs 150 florins to enter and exit once, isn't it used for this purpose?

A remnant of the past, worth the price!

Thomas looked around again, searching for any other signs.

But no more.

If anything, besides human remains, there are also a few other animal remains, but it's unclear what they are.

The only thing that can be distinguished is that there are deer among these animal skeletons - the antlers are too obvious.

Then all that's left is this totem pole.

Thomas stepped forward and suddenly felt the light flowing out from the totem pole and coming towards him.

He stopped in surprise, looking at the soft light flowing towards him, as if it was injected into his body?

After taking a few steps back, the flow of light stopped.

But a few steps forward,

It was as if his body possessed some kind of attraction, drawing something from the totem pole.

But the problem is that I don’t feel anything in my body.

If it weren't for this magic eye patch, Thomas probably wouldn't have noticed it at all.

Thomas tested it repeatedly and finally confirmed that if he got close enough to the totem pole, the light would be "sucked" towards him. However, at the same time, he himself did not change at all.

What on earth is this thing?

Thomas tentatively stepped forward and placed his hand on the totem pole.

The next moment, the energy light permeating the totem pole quickly dimmed. When Thomas retreated again, he found that the totem pole had become lifeless, no different from the surrounding gray world.

What is this...?

A sudden flash of inspiration struck him, and he quickly looked inward to observe his damaged divine nature.

This time, he couldn't help but be shocked, because the damaged divine nature was surrounded by a dense circle of divine power.

There is no need to count, just a glance will tell you there are at least seven or eight hundred regiments.

what is this?