Rex was stunned. A god would be born in this mountain?
36,000 years seemed like a long time, but humans had disappeared for more than 30,000 years. No one knew exactly when the human race had moved this mountain over. If … …
"Is there no record of the era on the stone tablet?" Rex knew a little of the divine language, but she couldn't read it. She could only ask Salin.
"No. The people back then didn't seem to have any concept of era. The Kusra Dynasty is also much older than we can imagine. Their calendar was calculated according to the orbit of the stars. It's different from ours. I only know that this mountain must have been here for more than 30,000 years. "
"If a god is born, many new species will appear at the same time," Rex said bitterly.
"We didn't see any strong creatures along the way."
"On this land … many new species will appear. This is the goddess' … the goddess' world. She wants to create a new world. "
"But why didn't she leave behind any faith? There should be strong believers who survived! "
"The new goddess isn't the original Myers."
As Salin and Rex talked to each other, some questions gradually became clear.
"Two dead mages are just the beginning. If we don't go back soon, the people below will be in danger." Salin didn't hesitate anymore. "Then, let's not save scrolls. How many high-level scrolls do you have? Together with mine, let's eliminate the imps as soon as possible. We have to go back in three days.
Rex and Salin's analysis wasn't accurate, but the result was right. The goddess had left two messengers behind. These two didn't know what the goddess had left behind, and only lived outside the temple, waiting in loneliness. But the power of these two messengers made all living beings in the goddess' space afraid. Even the gods who hadn't woken up didn't dare to increase their power openly.
The two messengers had only left for a short time, but the gods who hadn't woken up started to create some new species to occupy this space. Parasites were only one of them. If the messengers were still here, they would be destroyed as soon as they appeared.
Rex and Salin picked out level-seven magic scrolls, and started a simple massacre. Rex was naturally anxious after losing two level-five mages. Knowing that a god would be born here made her even more restless. The birth of a God was an extremely long process, but before that, some creatures would gradually appear in this space. These creatures would become more and more powerful, and the strongest could even become a demigod.
These creatures would guard the birthplace of the gods and provide food for the gods that were about to be born. What did the gods want? Soul and faith!
It took another two days to clear out the underground palace. Rex and Salin used up all the high-level group attack scrolls that they brought with them, and only had single-target attack magic scrolls left. The five of them began to search the underground palace and prepared to leave.
The underground palace was larger than the surface, and it had two floors. There was no altar in the underground palace, nor was there a place for believers to live. There were only warehouses, warehouses, warehouses …
Salin and Rex found quite a lot of food, but compared to the huge warehouse, the food could only be regarded as scraps. The weapons warehouse had been destroyed by the Imps. Everything that could be eaten had been eaten by the Imps, including demon heads, beast skins, monster cores, and even herbs. Many of the boxes in the warehouse could preserve food for countless years, but they had all been eaten by the Imps.
Apart from metal, stones, and some poisonous things, the Imps had turned the underground palace into a garbage dump.
Countless years of accumulated corpses, feces, and messy armor and weapons made by the Imps themselves were piled up everywhere. Salin and the rest searched patiently and killed all the surviving Imps. They took away everything that could be eaten, including the corpses of those Imps.
Finally, Rex used a level-seven magic scroll to seal the exit. There was nothing edible down there anyway. Even if there were a few Imps who had survived, they could not reproduce anymore. This 16-meter-deep hole was blocked by elemental rocks. To dig out the exit, at least 10,000 Imps would have to take turns to dig it out.
After hurriedly cleaning up the underground palace, Salin and the rest left the temple and rushed down the mountain.
It was much easier to fly down, and their speed was also doubled. After more than a month, Salin and the rest arrived outside the camp.
The camp was in a mess. They did not know what kind of creatures had attacked it. The metal walls outside had been repaired countless times, and the barracks in the camp had also been reinforced with many layers of metal. The four arrow towers were leaning against the mountain and were almost completely sealed.
A hole was pulled open on one of the arrow towers, revealing Nelis's face. She shouted from afar, "Master, come in, it's getting dark!"
The magic trap in front of the camp immediately lit up, and a safe sign appeared.
Salin said goodbye to Rex and went back to his own quarters to take a look. In the barracks, Zola was guarding Eleanor alone. Eleanor was lying on the bed, obviously injured.
Seeing Salin come in, Eleanor smiled and said, "I knew you were not dead. I've used up my magic fluid."
Salin immediately took out the magic fluid and fed it to Eleanor. "Where are the others?" Sicar asked.
"The demons went to help Rex's swordsmen. Sue is helping Nelis guard the arrow towers," Zola answered.
"Good job, Eleanor. Tell me, who attacked you?"
"It's a magical beast. It looks like an ape. It's not big, and it can use magic attacks. It's also quite fast."
"You don't recognize it?"
"No, it's not even in the handbook," Eleanor replied. Salin knew that Eleanor knew more magical beasts than he did. After all, this elf was much older than him. Other than the fact that her speed of advancement in magic was not as fast as his, her accumulation of knowledge was deeper than his. If Eleanor didn't recognize them, it was probably a new species.
"Is there a leader?"
"Doesn't seem to be, but these magical beasts can use simple weapons. They should have a language."
"Why didn't you leave?"
Eleanor smiled bitterly. "Rex's men refused to go down the mountain. Also, the hillside is easier to defend than flat ground."
"Understood, Tris. Go and replace Nelis. Tell her to come see me."
Tris nodded and left the barracks. When Nelis saw Salin, she threw herself at him and hugged him. "Master, you're not dead. That's great."
Salin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Stop fooling around. If I died, you'd be the first to know. Tell me, what happened? "
Only then did Nelis tell him about how she sent Zola to follow the two mages and obtained the parasite specimen. She also told him about the theological knowledge she got from Ismail and her own deduction.
"You said that the magical beasts only attack at night?"
"No, at the beginning, there were already magical beasts harassing the camp during the day. After being beaten up badly by Rex's mages, the magical beasts all changed to attack at night," Nelis replied.
"Eleanor, your injury …"
"I just used magic too often and didn't get any rest. I'll be completely fine in a day or two." Eleanor drank the magic liquid and looked much better. She comforted Salin and didn't hide her physical condition.
"Zola, go find Rex and ask him to come and discuss with me about how to leave."
Rex quickly came to Salin's barracks. The mages on her side used crystals to memorize the battle scene, so they had a more detailed understanding of the magical beasts that attacked the camp. Nelis didn't fight with Rex's men for the spoils. All the magical beasts' corpses were taken care of by Rex's warriors.
Rex brought a mid-level magic core. The magical beasts that attacked the camp were actually all level-four and above.
A single level-four creature was nothing, but it would be very troublesome if they were in groups. No wonder even Nelis didn't want to leave the camp and agreed to stay here. The camp's sturdiness was equivalent to a small fortress. With the alchemy crossbows and ten swordsmen taking turns to guard the main gate, they basically wouldn't be ambushed.
However, the magical beasts' meat was poisonous, and the food that Rex left behind was about to run out. If Rex didn't come back soon, the people here would have to take the risk and climb up to find Rex.
Salin listened to Rex and her mages describe the battle that happened here with a grave expression. He thought to himself that Nelis obviously didn't tell Rex's men about the food that he asked her to carry. If he said it out, it would cause a misunderstanding. It seemed like he had to have a good talk with Nelis. You can't give everything to Rex's men, but you can't just sit and watch them be in danger either.
"Princess, how about this? The magical beasts didn't attack frequently, and we can take turns to rest during the day. We'll rest here for two days, repair all the armor and equipment, and then break out and leave. "Salin was, of course, thinking about Elena's injuries. He only had one mage with him, but the others were very energetic, especially those few demons.
In the Demonic Plane, once a battle happened, it would either end very quickly, or it would be a chase and encirclement that lasted for a few months. The demons were long used to such a life.
"Okay, leave this one. I'll ask Nelis's men to come back and help you." Rex didn't say much. The Spirit Snake Armor on the swordsmen under her really needed major repair. The warriors' weapons were seriously damaged, and the space equipment on the mages was too small to carry many resources. They could only replenish the consumption of magic cores.
There were still a few days' journey from here to the desert. They would probably face danger along the way, so they had to be fully prepared before leaving.
Salin took the memory crystal. After Rex left, he stared at Nelis and asked, "Why didn't you help Rex's men? You have food and water."
"They suspect that I killed those two mages. If they had enough food, they might attack me," Nelis argued. What she said made sense, but considering the relationship between Salin and Rex, it was basically impossible for Rex's men to attack when Rex wasn't around.
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