Time passed quietly like this.
The city of Mordor was constantly changing, and bad news came back from the mainland one after another.
Søren was preparing to go to the Eastern Kingdom to explore the girl who accidentally summoned her demon avatar to the material plane last time, which was the temple that the demon avatar found in the desert area when the accident happened some time ago. Søren felt the breath of death in this temple. If it was really a temple left by a fallen god of death, maybe he could find the mystery related to the realm of [Death]. Even if he couldn't do that, anything related to death would still be of great value!
Slaughter and death.
A long time ago, these two were originally connected, and there was a god of slaughter among the three gods of death.
However.
Before leaving, Søren still had a little thing to deal with.
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South Coast, Wind Spear Hills.
This land originally belonged to the descendants of the Isabella family, but there was a slight accident some time ago, and the main members of the family died in the attack of the evil Nagas. This caused the direct bloodline to almost be cut off. Finally, after various reasons, especially some external interference, the heir of the territory became a woman.
Adele Isabella.
Some forces in the dark already knew who was standing behind this woman, but not many people dared to stand up because that person was a shadow hanging over the south coast, and no one dared to anger him easily.
Because he was Søren.
Mordor City needed a tentacle to extend into the mainland. Establishing the base in the outer islands did not mean completely abandoning the mainland. Many of the resources Søren needed had to be obtained from the mainland.
This could not be done in Port Tylon.
Since the rise of Mordor City, the role of the sea temple for Mordor City had become less and less, and Søren could not directly compete with the sea goddess for territory.
The City of Wealth was the lady's private land, and the hand of Mordor City could not reach too far, which would easily cause the lady's dissatisfaction.
Excluding these two places, there were only Snake Island, Raging Sand Island, and Shipwreck Bay left.
Snake Island was just a transit station near the coast, so it could basically be eliminated. Raging Sand Island was in charge of the eastern trade route and was far from the mainland. Shipwreck Bay was one option, but there were too many people there, and there were too many forces there. Many churches of gods were also there. Søren did not want to cause too much hostility, so he had to give up on this place.
After eliminating these places, there were not many choices left.
The Wind Spear Hills had always been part of Søren's plans. He had even started planning for this place a long time ago.
Adele Isabella was in charge of this place, all from Soran's hands.
The Wind Spear Hills wasn't a large piece of land.
However, there was also a convenient place here, that was, it could directly lead to the north. The intelligence organization of Mordor City had already spread here. One-third of the Wanderers of the half-elf church had been sent here.
The [Wanderer] Priesthood was a convenience.
In addition to training priests, Søren's church was also constantly training rogues.
The Avatar Crisis broke out.
The Wind Spear Hills were also affected, but because of the interference of the power of Modor City, the Wind Spear Hills was not affected much by the abyssal demons. At least the loss of population and towns was very small, and only a few villages were destroyed.
But!
The biggest problem with the Avatar Crisis was more than that.
The weakening of the plane barrier not only allowed the demons of the Abyss to enter, but also creatures from other lower planes could enter the material plane.
Ordinary things were naturally dealt with by others.
Even if it was a small matter that could attract Søren's attention, it was also extraordinary. As a god, if it was not a legendary event, he would not send it to Søren's hands.
It happened about three days ago!
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There was a village on the edge of the Wind Spear Hills with a population of about 800 people. Because of the remote location, the villagers were tough. The village had retired adventurers and its own militia.
Even if such a village was attacked by a small group of demons, it could rely on its own ability to survive.
But!
Just three days ago, someone suddenly found that there was no living person in the village. The whole village was full of corpses. The strangest thing was that most of these people committed suicide!
Suicide.
That's right!
This was the problem, and the reason why it was sent to Søren immediately.
There might be something else to mention here.
Because of the particularity of the soul and the rules of the multiverse, suicide was not allowed in any god's church. Even many good gods thought that suicide was a serious crime. This was related to the kingdom of the gods. It could not be explained in a few words, but to put it simply, the souls of people who committed suicide would be affected. This kind of soul was not good enough, or not good enough to enter the kingdom of the gods. Many gods even refused to accept the souls of those who committed suicide.
That was it in a nutshell.
There was also something like 'redemption', but there was no need to talk about it here.
— — "The souls of those who committed suicide will fall into hell!"
Of course, this was not a joke.
In fact!
According to the rules of the multiverse, more than 90% of people who ended their lives by suicide would fall into the Baator Inferno.
This was also why in many evil rituals secretly controlled by the devils, there would be people who would end their lives by suicide. This was a more mysterious realm of the soul. It might need Søren to enter the kingdom of the gods to figure it out, because the speculation in the mortal world was that the souls of those who committed suicide could not meet the requirements of the kingdom of the gods.
Of course.
A group of people committing suicide was not the strangest thing, because some powerful devils could also do this.
Often, these devils would return to the Baator Inferno after harvesting the souls. Many gods' churches in the material world were watching these guys. Because pantheism was a common thing, these souls that were harvested by the devils belonged to the believers of many gods' churches. The reason why the subordinates immediately reported this to Søren was that these suicides all had a smile on their faces, and they ended their lives with a seemingly twisted and chilling expression of happiness.
It made people commit suicide with a happy face!
Søren immediately attracted attention after receiving this news, because in his memory, there were very few people who could do this.
One of them was called the [Hellbard]!
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Wind Spear Hills, Withered Leaf Village.
Søren's figure appeared near this village that was shrouded in the smell of death and stench. Long before the news was sent to him, the secret sentries in Modor City had already begun to monitor this place. The civilians in the village had been dead for a while, and there was a strong smell of corpses everywhere. However, the strange thing was that there weren't any crows or scavengers in sight.
Strange, right?
Crows, vultures, coyotes, and other scavengers liked to eat corpses. There were hundreds of corpses here, but no scavengers appeared. They just rotted over time.
"The devil's means!"
Søren opened his eyes, and a divine light appeared in his eyes. The village in front of him was covered in a blood-red aura. It was an extremely evil power.
The power of the devil!
There were no souls. Even if the spirit world and the shadow plane were seen through the barrier, Søren did not find any souls.
There were only corpses that were gradually rotting.
Not even a shadow of a vengeful spirit could be seen. The devil had harvested all the souls.
"Is it [Death's Praise]?"
Søren looked down at the corpses under his feet. These corpses still had a strange smile on them. In the center of the village, there was a destroyed altar. There were many naked corpses nearby. They had held a ceremony before they died.
A ceremony that looked happy and beautiful, but in fact, it was extremely evil!
"This is? … Musical instrument! … "
Søren's figure fell from mid-air. He found a flute on the ground. Next to it was a young man. He should have been playing the flute before he committed suicide.
There were other musical instruments not far away. Maybe they were holding some kind of celebration before all this happened.
"It seems to be the work of the Hellpoemer!"
As the most powerful bard in the material plane, the Hellpoemer had mastered some special and terrible chanting spells. Before he fell, he was a powerful chanter. His famous work was when a large number of believers committed suicide during a celebration.
"Revelation – Prelude to Hell."
"Dusk Tribute."
"Death's Praise."
Among the terrible abilities that the Hellpoemer had, there were too many spells that could do this.
"He's back?"
Søren stood silent, but his expression gradually became serious.
Since Søren killed the Demigod Vampire, the Hellpoemer's figure disappeared. There was no trace of him in the material plane. There was no news about him in the church of the Demigod Vampire. Søren was not sure whether he was hiding somewhere in the material plane or had returned to the Baator Inferno.
This dangerous guy had been active in the Baator Inferno for a long time.
"It seems that he's back."
There was a trace of killing intent in Søren's eyes. The Hellpoemer's action this time was very beautiful. There was no trace left. Even if Søren was a True God, there was no way to find him through other means. The souls here were too clean. If only one soul was left, Søren could find the other party's trace.
The Hellpoemer was very careful!
He seemed to have known that Søren had mastered the [Tracking] clergy. After everything was over, he erased any traces of himself.
The Bard was just a jack of all trades.
But if one was strong enough to reach the Hellpoemer's level, many of his basic abilities were comparable to legendary rangers and legendary rogues.
"Huh?"
Søren suddenly frowned. He raised his hand and something floated out of the ashes of the bonfire in front of him. It was a black feather, buried in the bonfire. It seemed that the flames did not burn it.
"Fallen Angel?!"
Søren picked up the black feather and looked at it. His expression suddenly became playful, and he murmured, "Did you leave it on purpose? Or did you forget it by accident? "
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