Chapter 359

At that time, Kosmos had yet to appear.

This was because a thousand years ago, when the war had just ended, the heroes who had defeated the Demon King had yet to establish the Mithra Kingdom.

Since the Mithra Kingdom had yet to appear at that time, Kosmos, the fortress city that belonged to the kingdom, had naturally yet to be established.

Therefore, at that time, the area where Kosmos was located was actually the resting place of an Orc tribe.

"The Dark Temple that sealed the evil god landed directly in the tribe of the Orc ancestors, alarming the tribe's Saintess at that time."

"At that time, the Orc Saintess prayed to the Goddess of Life for instructions. In the end, after a period of time, the Protoss seemed to have decided to let the Goddess of Life take over the temple and seal it again."

"Originally, the Protoss seemed to have planned to exile the temple back into the crack between the worlds, but after the world was modified by the Supreme God Omnys, it had become far stronger and more stable than before. There were no more cracks in the world, only 'walls' between the three realms of Gods, Humans, and Demons."

"Under such circumstances, if the temple was exiled, it would at most be exiled to the Realm of Gods or the Realm of Demons, and that would not solve the problem."

"Therefore, the Goddess of Life, who was in charge of looking after the temple, exiled the temple to a small independent space. Then, the priests of the Orc tribe were assigned to guard the area around this space node."

When Elise revealed this ancient secret that no one knew about, Shien was more or less enlightened.

"I think I roughly understand." Shien nodded and said, "Later, the hero Mithra established a kingdom and took this place as his territory. He built the fortress city of Kosmos here, so that's why the temple appeared in Kosmos, right?"

"That's right." Elise could not help but nod in affirmation. "Originally, because of the evil god sealed here, the Protoss did not want to see humans build a country or even a city here."

"But because the other party was the hero who successfully defeated the Demon King, the Protoss did not want to have a conflict with the other party, right?" Shien pursed his lips as if he had seen it with his own eyes. "Moreover, if this place could become the territory of the hero, the hero would also step forward to solve any problems. So, the Protoss chose to turn a blind eye, right?"

"That's what happened." Elise picked up the cup of black tea beside her and took a sip to moisten her throat before saying, "Of course, the Protoss also communicated with the heroes, hoping that the heroes would leave the land around the space node to the Orc tribe. We also talked to the people of the Empire and obtained the promise that the empire would not invade the territory of the Orc, under the condition of not getting involved in the war between the two countries. Hence, for thousands of years, although this place had become an important fortress, the Orc tribe had always lived here and was not disturbed by humans.

Perhaps this was the reason why Kosmos became a melting pot of different races.

Because this place was originally the habitat of the Orcs. Humans only came in later, which was why there were multiple races living here.

Moreover, this place had become a fortress, attracting the dwarves who were famous for forging weapons. Hence, there were many races living together here.

As for Elise and the other Divine Officials of the Beastman Race, they had always lived here and never left.

In other words …

"This is your homeland?"

Shien did not think of this.

"That's right." Elise raised her head and puffed out her chest. "We are not some suspicious organization. We are the people of Kosmos who were born and raised here."

Because of this, Elise became friends with the Empire's Valkyrie.

It was because Kosmos was the closest city to the Empire. The Empire had always regarded the Kingdom as a formidable enemy and had been eyeing the Kingdom covetously. With this reason, it was not surprising that the people of the Empire would appear in Kosmos and befriend the Orc Priests who had been living here for thousands of years.

There were also many Orcs in Kosmos. Shien had seen many of them since he came here. He had even been robbed by the Orc robbers. This was enough to show that Kosmos had a deep relationship with the Orcs.

"If it wasn't for the destruction of the spatial node and the reappearance of the temple in the human world, the mana that flowed out from it would repel all the buildings and life forms, causing the forced transfer, you would be able to see the Orc tribe."

At this point, Elise's tone was a little disappointed.

On the other hand, Shien was enlightened once again.

"So it turns out that the reason why there are no buildings in that area is not only because the buildings have been moved away, but also because there are no buildings in the Orc tribe?"

Shien had heard that the Orc tribes lived in tents or yurts, unlike humans who lived in houses.

Some of the Orc tribes even used caves as residences, and their living habits were somewhat similar to that of the savages.

Now, the Orc tribe had been expelled because of the appearance of the Darkness Shrine, leaving only a desolate flat land.

"If it weren't for the fact that we are clergymen and the messengers of the Goddess of Life, we wouldn't have been able to get close to that shrine."

Elise's tone changed from disappointment to relief.

Clearly, it was a blessing in disguise for Elise and the rest to be able to protect the shrine now that it had appeared.

Then, there was a problem.

"Why was the spatial node of the sealed shrine destroyed, and the shrine that sealed the evil god appeared here?"

Shien finally asked the most critical question.

This question caused Elise to gnash her teeth in anger.

There was no other way.

"The spatial node was deliberately destroyed."

Elise let out an angry voice.

"Deliberately destroyed?" Shien frowned, looked at Elise, and said, "Is it the Old Demons?"

That was undoubtedly the first suspect.

Who asked the Old Demons to coincidentally appear in Stringham and even Kosmos during this period?

Shien still remembered that according to the intelligence, the first place the Old Demons appeared was Kosmos, and nowhere else.

Therefore, it wasn't wrong to suspect the thoughts of the Old Demon Sect.

However …

"It was not the Old Demons who destroyed the spatial node, but humans."

Elise said such a sentence.

"Humans?"

Shien was stunned.

Not to mention Shien, even La Xia on the side could not help but raise her eyes. Emerald's eyes were slightly rippling, and she seemed to be very surprised.

But this was indeed the truth.

"On the night of the accident, the Old Demons did suddenly appear in Kosmos, and attacked our Orc tribe on a large scale, massacring the Orcs." Elise said hatefully, "Fortunately, the Orcs are a very brave and fighting race. Except for being caught off guard at the beginning, we quickly reacted, organized a resistance, and successfully repelled the Old Demons."

They were repelled?

This was really amazing.

However, Shien could also accept this result.

After all, there was a group of Orc priests stationed here. Every Orc in that group was at least level 60, and Oz was level 91. In addition to the level 89 Maffey and other high-level Orc priests, it was not surprising that they were able to repel the attack of the Old Demons.

But …

"After we successfully repelled the Old Demons, the temple suddenly appeared and released a very terrible magic, causing the Orc tribe to be directly rejected by that magic. Everyone except the priests disappeared, and Kosmos was also affected. Gradually, there was a phenomenon of displacement caused by the rejection. In the end, even the territory of the Empire and the Duke of Stringham were affected."

Elise told Shien the reason for the so-called strange things that appeared here.

"Because of this, we and the other orc clergymen have been guarding around the temple to prevent the Old Demons from attacking again. I've also led a group of clergymen to track down the mastermind behind the destruction of the space node, but we haven't been able to catch him."

At this point, there was only unwillingness and indignation left in Elise's tone.

Shien finally understood the whole thing.

"Are you sure it was humans who destroyed the spatial node?"

Shien confirmed with a frown.

"I'm sure." Elise nodded heavily and said with great certainty, "We Orcs are born with sharp five senses. Although we could not react in time and capture the smell of the people behind the scenes, the smell that they left behind is definitely the smell of humans."

This was the only thing that Elise would not be wrong about.

While they were Orcs, they were also the messengers of the Goddess of Life. Even if they could not figure out the smell of all the living beings in the world, it was still very easy to distinguish which species the smell belonged to.

"The people behind the scenes have been using magic beings to interfere with our actions. For this reason, they did not hesitate to use those magic beings as disposable tools. Every time we find a clue, we end up finding traces left behind by the magic beings. Sometimes, we can only find a group of magic beings that killed themselves. It is so infuriating."

Elise seemed to be panting with anger.

But her words made Shien and La Xia focus their eyes.

"Magic beings that killed themselves …?"

Shien and La Xia looked at each other and instantly understood each other's thoughts. They fell silent because of this.

Shien also looked at Emerald and found that she was also looking at him.

Shien was silent for a while, and he cast his gaze on Elise.

"Tell me," Shien said in a calm tone, "is Emerald related to the evil god Lilith?"

This question was actually very obvious.

"… Yes."

Elise hesitated for a moment, and then immediately spoke as if she had given up.

"Miss Emerald has been staying in the Darkness Shrine and was sealed together with the evil god Lilith."

Why is that so?

The reason was also very simple.

"Because Miss Emerald is the other half of the evil god Lilith. Her rationality was once stripped away."