It's not that she doesn't recognize Ella's status as a saint, she just wants to know why.
She has had no connection with the temple for sixteen years, does not know any holy light spells, has a weak faith in God, cannot even recite a few words of the temple handouts, and has a bad reputation and unclear connections with the evil cult. Why is such a person the Saint of Light?
In fact, Freya has always kept her resentment buried deep in her heart, and even felt that the emergence of such feelings was disrespectful to the God of Light.
But in front of her closest person, in front of High Priest Evans who raised her like his own daughter, she finally couldn't hold it in any longer.
"You're not willing to give up, kid." Evans looked at the girl with her hands clenched tightly, and a trace of heartache and pity appeared on his kind face.
"I..." Freya wanted to say something, but the soreness in her throat made it difficult for her to speak.
"Bards Village in the Howling Valley," Evans placed his old hand on Freya's head, ruffling her soft, long, light-blonde hair. "That's where I first saw you."
"At that time, I was still a Templar Knight."
"That day, the barbarians in the north launched a fierce attack, and the combined forces of the Holy Temple and the Empire suffered heavy casualties. Captain Feldman ordered the entire army to retreat."
"Our team was on their way out, but my chaplain said, 'No, there's still a baby in there.'"
"A tiny baby was lying under a broken wall in the ruins. There was fire and blood everywhere. The broken arms and debris on the ground were so small that I couldn't tell which ones were from the barbarians and which ones were from my colleagues."
"No one wanted to deal with the dying baby, including me."
"But the priest, the priest who had no fighting ability, rushed over and picked up the baby."
"The barbarians riding on wyverns were overwhelming in the sky. When they saw the priests falling behind, they shot arrows at them denser than any rainstorm I have ever seen."
"Holy Shield, Healing Words, Holy Armor... I used all the spells I could."
"She finally handed the baby to me, and her body remained there forever."
"I once told her that we would get married when the war was over."
"But the war eventually took her away."
"I originally wanted to abandon this baby who had implicated her."
"But whenever I see the baby's face sleeping peacefully, I can't help but recall the past."
"Finally, I made up my mind to raise this child to adulthood."
"Because you are the only thing she left for me in this world, Freya."
Chapter 37: The Gate to the Holy Land
"Witness the birth of a god?" Ye Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly.
Although the brass head on Luo Er's shoulder had no expression, it still gave Ye Xiao a serious feeling.
"You want to summon a god?"
"No, Mr. Ye." The precise gear assembly under the optical lens assembled eyes creaked and turned, "We will create gods."
Ye Xiao was silent. He felt as if the guy in front of him was crazy.
But the other party is an alchemical machine. Can a machine also go crazy?
"It's almost time, Mr. Ye. The celebration is about to begin." Luo Er stood up and turned his gaze outside the stands.
Ye Xiao looked in the direction he was looking and saw that the originally dark and empty Colosseum suddenly lit up with lights.
The azure light slowly lit up on the arena, extending outward, outlining one line after another, slowly forming into a sophisticated and huge magic array.
The energy emanating from the floating spells formed a hazy, towering curtain of light, which gradually expanded until it filled and covered the entire Colosseum.
The empty arena then emitted a deafening roar, as if something was operating underground.
A deep hole slowly opened up with the ring as the center.
The floor, tables and chairs, lamps... the edge of the hole slowly expanded, and everything it touched was broken down into tiny parts, like grains of sand falling into the endless darkness.
Until the hole completely swallowed up the entire floor of the Colosseum, Luo Er stood on the stands and made an inviting gesture towards the darkness below: "Welcome to join the celebration, Mr. Ye."
"You won't let me jump down." Ye Xiao looked calm, but actually he felt a little numb.
It would be fine if there was a strong enemy, but jumping into a whirlpool as deep as the abyss is really something that people are instinctively repulsed by.
"We won't force you to make a choice." Luo Er took off his hat again and bowed politely. "If Mr. Ye decides to leave, just walk out of the door behind you and leave the room, and everything will return to normal."
"Whether you go to the Celebration of Life Evolution to seek the truth about God, or choose to leave, we respect Mr. Ye's choice." Luo put his hat back on, then turned around and walked to the edge of the stands with his crutches.
"Wait," Ye Xiao shouted.
Luo Er turned his head slightly.
"I still want to know one more question, why did you invite me?"
"Oh, about this, it was recommended by Lady Mammon." Luo Er nodded, "Maybe you can ask her if you have a chance."
After saying that, Luo Er took a deep leap and fell into the huge black hole below like a falling leaf.
"That guy... is playing tricks on me?" Ye Xiao pondered for a long time and slowly walked to the edge of the stands.
It is obvious that the Witch of Greed does not know nothing about the Society of Industrial Design as she claims. Not only does she know something, she even cooperates with the Society of Industrial Design.
What is the real purpose of her making this deal with me?
Demon, Institute of Engineering... The clues obtained so far are still not enough for Ye Xiao to make a safe judgment on the current situation.
In order to pursue the deeper truth, it seems that he has no choice but to jump into this strange black hole.
Ye Xiao took a deep breath and finally walked slowly to the edge of the stands.
Looking down from the railing, the Colosseum covered by the black hole looks like a deep but huge tunnel.
On the nearby floors, Ye Xiao could even see some servants slowly sweeping the floor.
Their tiny bodies were as small as rice grains. They turned a blind eye to the huge black hole that appeared on the floor and continued to do their work quietly as usual.
Seeing this scene, Ye Xiao wondered if this was some stupid illusion, where he was tricked into jumping down and was smashed into a pulp.
Haha, that kind of plot development is quite abstract.
After making fun of himself, Ye Xiao took out the staff behind him and held it in his hand.
Coming here is different from competing in the ring. He is not prohibited from bringing weapons or potions.
No matter what happens next, now we can only go and see.
After realizing it, Ye Xiao stepped onto the railing and jumped out decisively.
After a brief period of suspension in the air, the wind pressure caused by his falling body immediately messed up his hair.
The black hole that looks like an abyss gradually expands in the field of vision, and the colorful wall decorations pass by the edge of the sight like a kaleidoscope.
Like diving into an endless void and traveling through a starless universe, Ye Xiao felt that the darkness he had entered completely enveloped him.
The moment of falling was so long that when the seemingly eternal tranquility was broken by the sound of surging waves, Ye Xiao was awakened from his somewhat numb spirit by the water rushing into his nostrils.
"Quaaaah!"
Ye Xiao opened his mouth subconsciously, and a huge bubble came out of his mouth, which made him drink another mouthful of bitter sea water.
He was busy dancing his limbs and flapping his wings upwards.
Fortunately, there was the coast nearby. He jumped out of the water, soaking wet, spit out the sea water in his mouth, and then took a deep breath.
“Huh…Huh…Fuck…”
Ye Xiao wiped his face and looked around, only to find that he was on a beach with an endless dark ocean behind him.
A bright full moon hangs high in the sky, and the cloudless night sky is dark and deep.
The beach is not wide. About thirty meters ahead is a dark cliff.
He used his staff to prop up his body. If time had not passed normally on Ella's side, Ye Xiao would have thought that he had traveled through time again.
What is this place? Could the black hole in the Colosseum be a teleportation array?
Ye Xiao touched his fingers, fortunately the space ring on them was still there. No matter what, he had to change the wet clothes on his body first.
He lifted up his clothes and took off his wet rag-like coat, and suddenly he heard the sound of footsteps on the sand.
He immediately lowered his body and touched the hilt of the knife at his waist, but saw a brown-haired girl in a simple long dress walking out of the rift at the edge of the cliff.
The girl had freckles on her face, thick lips and pea-sized eyes, and looked average.
When the other party saw Ye Xiao with his upper body bare, he was stunned for a moment, and then let out a loud cry of surprise.
"what!!!"
Ye Xiao felt a little helpless. When he fell into the water before, he saw someone naked and it was that person who shouted.
Now he was seen naked by others, and it was the other person who shouted at him.
Every time it seems like it's my own problem.
How could this world be so unfair?
"Daughter! What happened?!" As the girl screamed, a middle-aged man in a linen shirt ran over.
This man had the same unique thick lips, but his sleeves were half rolled up, revealing his arm muscles which were extremely solid, totally unlike the physique that a farmer-like appearance would have.
"There...there are hooligan!" the girl pointed at Ye Xiao.
"Pure slander." Ye Xiao retorted, "Can't you see my clothes are wet? I'm changing here and you come over to peek. You're the hooligan, okay?"
"Who are you?" The man looked at Ye Xiao, frowned and walked forward.
However, at this moment, Ye Xiao, with the help of the moonlight, saw the other person's face clearly and suddenly felt a sense of familiarity.
He recalled that this was the missing person "Abbott Fell" he had been tracking for.
Chapter 38: Fairy Tale Town
"I've never seen you before. Who are you!?" Seeing that Ye Xiao didn't respond to him, Abbott rolled up his sleeves, which were already half rolled up, even higher, revealing his strong biceps.
"Good question." Ye Xiao raised his finger and pointed, "I am a traveler from another world, and I came to your place to see the scenery."
"I'm listening to your nonsense!" Abbott immediately raised his fist and hit Ye Xiao in the face.
However, Ye Xiao had already taken a step ahead of him. He moved sideways to grab the opponent's wrist, twisted it to the side, and then twisted the opponent's entire arm with his skillful force.
Holding Abbott's body, Ye Xiao subconsciously wanted to kick him, but his eyes noticed the terrified girl beside him, so he just used a little force on his hands to gently push Abbott's body out.
Abbott staggered a few steps, shook his wrist, his face flushed, and when he was about to rush up again, he suddenly saw something rolling on the ground.
It turned out that Ye Xiao moved too much just now and something fell out of his trouser pocket.
It was a bright yellow gold coin. Ye Xiao picked it up and found a familiar double-headed eagle engraved on it.
"You...you are a believer of the Lord?" Abbott stopped moving immediately, with a puzzled look on his face.
When did this thing come to me?
Ye Xiao was even more puzzled. Wow, the Greedy Demon God stuffed this thing into his hand without saying a word. He was really bold. He wasn't afraid that he would lose it accidentally.
"What, do you recognize this gold coin?" However, Ye Xiao simply took advantage of the situation and put the gold coin back into his pocket.
He originally wanted to put it into the space ring, but found that the space ring had a kind of repulsive effect on this thing and could not put it in.
"The priest has told us what this token of Lord Mammon looks like, and I have had the honor of receiving his gift." Abbott put down his hand. "If you are his believer, then I think we may have some misunderstandings just now."
Ye Xiao thought about it for a while. This guy Abbott enshrined the statue of the greedy devil in his home. He might have some connection with Mammon. So it was reasonable for him to have a good impression of Mammon's believers.
"Well...that's right." Ye Xiao crossed his arms and said, "Since you are also a follower of Lord Mammon, then we really shouldn't fight."
Theoretically, as a believer of one god, it would be somewhat blasphemous to report the names of other gods, but Ella would definitely not care about such things, so Ye Xiao had no taboos.
Since reporting Mammon's name can resolve some troubles, it would be a waste not to report it.
"No, I am not a follower of this Lord now." Abbott paused, "But it doesn't matter. The priest has told everyone in the town that a follower of Lord Mammon will visit today, so we should entertain him well. It looks like it's you."
"Yeah." Ye Xiao nodded without comment, although he felt that it was definitely not about him, "It seems that the conflict just now was indeed a misunderstanding."
Abbott put down his sleeves and led Ye Xiao to a small path on the side. "I originally wanted to come here to pick up some fish and shellfish during the night tide, but since you are visiting, I'd better take you to town first."
"Thank you for your help." Ye Xiao acted like a big brother who was out on patrol, but he suddenly remembered that he seemed to be naked, so he quickly took out a piece of clothes from his space ring and put them on.
The three of them walked up the mountain along the winding path. The journey was not far, but after a ten-minute walk, Ye Xiao saw the town that Abbott mentioned.
Originally, in such a strange place, Ye Xiao was prepared to see all kinds of weird buildings and strange things.
But I didn’t expect that the scene before me would be so unexpectedly beautiful.
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