Tome of Blood

Chapter 439 -94- The True Savior

Lilith and the two talked eloquently, telling Charlotte about their experiences in the past fourteen years since she "sleeped"...

Time goes back to fourteen years ago.

Not long after Charlotte left without saying goodbye, the envoy from the Kingdom of Towers came to the Beishan Tribe again.

This time, their purpose was to investigate the identity of the "Apocalypse Ensi" who appeared in the Beishan tribe and was suspected of defecting.

Since Charlotte, the "Heir of the Apocalypse", has left, the envoy from the central tower did not track her whereabouts. The "Apocalypse" who led the team believed that the Halfdan family had sheltered the defectors, and treated Haftan The Fudan couple conducted a harsh interrogation.

When Lilith and Harald, who secretly went out to search for Charlotte's whereabouts, returned to the tribe dejectedly, what they saw was the scene of Apocalypse Ensi tying their parents to the rack and interrogating them. The angry two people burst out with extraordinary power on the spot. Directly killed the envoy of the Kingdom of Towers.

After killing the messenger, the priests and elders of the Beishan tribe secretly arranged for Halfdan's family to escape. However, they failed in the end. After fleeing for three days and three nights, they were finally captured by the elves.

Lilith and Harald's memories after that were not very clear.

They only remember that their parents were killed by the elves, the Beishan tribe was also destroyed by the elves, and that they were taken to a mysterious magic research room and were used as experimental subjects for various physical experiments every day.

It was a very painful experience. They would be injected with various strange liquids by the elves every day, or used as experimental subjects to try various mysterious spells and sacrifices.

Until one day, when the two were conducting a large-scale sacrifice experiment, a strange voice sounded in their ears.

The voice was indistinguishable from male to female, and wanted to sign a contract with the two of them. The content of the contract was to sacrifice everything in order to gain powerful power to avenge the elves.

The two people who fell into despair did not refuse, but agreed on the spot.

When the sacrifice was over, Lilith and Harald gained extremely powerful powers almost immediately.

They killed all the elves around them and destroyed the elven tower where magic experiments were conducted, but at the same time, their minds gradually fell into madness.

And just when the two were about to lose their "self", a dazzling light suddenly bloomed in their minds.

They couldn't remember what happened next.

They only remembered that they felt as if they had entered a warm embrace, hearing low murmurs and gentle comfort.

And when they woke up again, they had regained their consciousness, and the powerful power gained from signing the contract had disappeared.

At the same time, a large amount of knowledge about extraordinary power came into their minds. That extraordinary knowledge was a system of its own and perfectly matched with the knowledge that Charlotte had already imparted to them.

Not only that, although the contract signed with the mysterious existence was erased and the powerful power they obtained disappeared, they each have unique abilities.

Among them, Harald gained the power to ignore divine spells. The divine spells of the elven priests had almost no effect on him. However, he could control the artifacts that mortals could not control with his mortal body.

Lilith gained the power of "devouring magic power". She can absorb the magic power of other extraordinary beings, and she can also give the absorbed magic power to others.

What happened after that became a well-known legend in Northern Xinjiang.

Although Lilith and Harald lost the power they gained after contracting with the mysterious existence, with the special abilities they gained, they grew up again almost quickly and established a resistance against the Kingdom of Towers. organize.

They imparted the knowledge they acquired to others, and when necessary, Lilith would even directly give the other party magic power. The resistance organization they formed grew rapidly and its power grew rapidly.

In less than five years, the organization that resisted the kingdom of towers had grown into a behemoth, successfully overthrowing the rule of the kingdom of towers under the leadership of Lilith and Harald.

At the same time, the ancient myths of Miria, which had been fighting against the elves, finally turned their attention to Lilith and the others.

The common man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying the jade.

In this era when myths rule the world, the power of mortals has its limits after all, and a power without gods is destined to be undefended prey in the eyes of gods.

Although Harald's ability can ignore the divine magic of the priests, he is still helpless against the more powerful power of the gods.

To win over, to infiltrate, to intimidate, to induce...

Many gods tried to spread their influence to the forces led by Lilith and Harald in various ways, and assimilated the rebels into their followers.

Soon, the rebel organization fell apart under the pressure and infiltration of the gods, splitting into dozens of churches, large and small.

As for Lilith and Harald, with their remaining core strength, they established a free city-state ruled by mortals.

After the establishment of the Free City, there were still more than one gods who wooed Lilith and Harald in every possible way, wanting to bring the Free City into their sphere of influence and assimilate them into their own beliefs.

But the two refused.

Because Lilith and Harald have no good feelings towards the gods.

Although the old gods of Miria were powerful, before the elves set foot on the continent of Miria, they were not interested in the ignorant mortals on the continent at all.

They really started to be interested in mortals after the elves and gods also came to Miria, and they discovered the benefits of preaching faith from the elves and gods.

In the view of Lilith and Harald, the wooing of mortals by these old gods was not to protect all living beings from the beginning, but to learn from the elves and gods to use faith to make mortals their source of power and regard mortals as their own. Cannon fodder for fighting against the elves!

However, the centripetal force of faith is too strong.

If there is no goal that can be used as a belief, if there is no belief that can unite people's hearts, Lilith and Harald cannot stop the gods from infiltrating the organization.

So... Lilith and Harald thought of a way.

That is to simply take the initiative to build a god on your own side and occupy the position of people's belief in advance!

"So...you also created a god, a 'savior' who imparted knowledge to you?"

Charlotte asked.

"Yes, teacher, many of the ways the old gods preached faith relied on the gift of divine grace. In this case, we will learn from them and create a god for ourselves to fill the gaps in faith."

"This is not wrong, after all... when we were locked in the elves' magic tower, we did receive the attention of two beings suspected of being gods."

"The former made a deal with us and gave us great power. Although it almost drove us crazy in the end, it also gave us freedom and magical power."

"As for the latter... you saved us from our madness and taught us as much knowledge as you did."

"After that, we never felt their existence again, so... we still don't know what they are and whether they are gods or not."

"However, although we don't know it clearly, we got inspiration when we planned to make up gods... This is to create a 'savior' who saves us and imparts knowledge to us."

"We have extraordinary knowledge that can replace the gifts of gods. The two of us also have special abilities. Together we can also fight against various religious groups."

"So...we have successfully established our own faith."

"Of course, because the 'Savior' itself is fictitious, even though we have artificially created a belief, we are still not able to obtain the gift of God like other churches."

"That's why we've been labeled as hypocrites by other churches."

"But... it can be considered a coincidence. You once taught us extraordinary knowledge and were our enlightenment mentor. This matter is not a secret in the eyes of some survivors of the Beishan tribe."

"Many religious groups deny the Free City's faith by saying that the 'Savior' does not exist at all. In order to refute them, we have integrated your story with the 'Savior' and described you as someone who once came to the world to save us. The 'savior' of..."

"That's why, after knowing that you are the descendant of Tianqi who appeared in the Beishan tribe fourteen years ago, and that we respected you as our teacher, everyone regarded you as the 'savior'..."

Lilith said a little embarrassed.

Charlotte: ...

She understood. It turned out that she was being sentimental. The "savior" of the Free City was really a fiction!

Thinking about it, the extraordinary knowledge she taught the two of them was just a meditation method suitable for them. However, Charlotte and the Legion Commander Bardock had talked and the extraordinary knowledge taught by the "Savior" was quite rich. of.

Charlotte was still a little confused at the time. After all, she really didn't teach that much at first, but now it seems...it turns out it's not her at all!

The so-called "Savior" was fictional from the beginning, and the profound and extraordinary knowledge of the two people did not come from her.

This made Charlotte a little curious and confused.

Although the "Savior" is fictional, the mysterious being who "gives" the two people power and knowledge is real.

Whether it's signing a contract or imparting knowledge, in Charlotte's opinion, this method of acting is indeed like a god.

And if it is a god, who is it?

In addition, there is the holy symbol of the "Savior".

One of the reasons why Charlotte thought the savior was herself was that the savior's symbol was too similar to her own holy symbol.

But Charlotte herself was sure that she had never told the two of them about her holy symbol.

"Lilith, I heard that you drew the holy symbol of the 'Savior'?"

Charlotte asked.

"Yes, teacher, I designed it."

"Designed?"

Charlotte was taken aback.

Lilith nodded sheepishly:

"Yes, I designed it. When we were planning to build the gods, my mind naturally sparked inspiration and thought of this symbol."

"Speaking of which, the inspiration for this symbol still comes from my past dreams, but... I feel that my inspiration is not perfect, or it may be that the memory of the dream is blurred."

"This holy emblem seems to be missing something compared to the symbol I really want to draw, but I can't tell where it feels unsatisfactory..."

"However, I am still continuing to perfect it. As long as you give me time, I will eventually draw the perfect holy symbol in the dream!"

Charlotte: ...

After a moment of silence, she gently stretched out her hand and used magic to outline her thorns and roses:

"Is this the holy symbol you saw in your dream?"

Seeing Charlotte's Holy Emblem, Lilith was stunned, and then said in surprise:

"This is it!"

Charlotte showed an expression as if that was indeed the case, and then dissipated the magic power.

"Teacher! How do you know what I am thinking? The holy emblem you painted is exactly the same as what I dreamed about in my dream!"

Lilith asked in surprise.

Charlotte didn't know how to answer.

However, after thinking for a moment, she decided to answer honestly:

"This is my holy emblem."

You can't hide it.

Holy emblems are unique.

When Lilith really perfects the Holy Emblem, she will probably be the one to direct it.

"Your... holy emblem?"

Lilith and Harald were stunned for a moment.

They looked at each other, and after hesitation, they couldn't help but ask:

"Teacher, so... you... you are really a god?!"

Charlotte thought for a while and said:

"In a sense, it is."

Lilith and Haral were silent again.

They looked at each other and made eye contact. After a while, they seemed to have made some kind of decision and nodded slightly together.

Then, the two people came to Charlotte with respectful and sincere expressions:

"Teacher...we have a request..."

"Um?"

Charlotte's eyes motioned for the two to continue talking.

The two took a deep breath and asked in unison:

"Can you...be our real 'savior'?"

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