Destruction is related to destruction, destruction is related to damage, and destruction is related.
If the Exorcist Society is a prison for prisoners, destroying the prison is obviously not the way to house prisoners.
"Is the news credible?" Lu Li asked her.
"It has no reason to deceive us..." Swamp Mother understood Lu Li's caution, "You can wait a moment, Claire is searching the memories of the stupid nobles."
The nobles who had been living in the dark underground for twenty years using books as fire and feeding on weirdos and companions finally returned to the sunlit home they dreamed of - with deformed bodies and drooling mouths.
Their memories were mined, and the details of this evil spirit were completed as the Swamp Mother narrated:
The Riddle has sheltered and nurtured these people for twenty years, and the tradition of controlling evil spirits has existed since the original Society of Exorcists, such as the Tree of Mind.
The Mystery of the Riddle is also one of them, because the real body is in the hands of the nobles, and it is forced to protect them. Until Lu Li arrives, it is taken to the Land of Light by the nobles. The Mystery of the Riddle reminds the Swamp Mother in a riddle that it cannot leave the Drive.
Demon Association, otherwise the underground existences that suppress the association will be out of trouble.
"What's under the ground?"
"I don't know the mystery of the riddle either -" Swamp Mother paused briefly and seemed to be asking, "She just keeps spreading... riddles to the association to prevent it from leaving the cage."
"Lu Li, the riddle is very useful to us..."
It was obvious that the Swamp Mother was interested in the mystery of the riddle.
The Land of Light has evil gods, ghosts, exorcists, demons, monsters, evil spirits, pagans, larvae of the ancient ones, and the "World Tree", but it still lacks evil spirits who play with the rules.
This makes the Land of Light less convincing in attracting weird residents.
The Enigma of the Riddle is certainly a suitable potential inhabitant—its body is under control, it has been tamed by an exorcist, and its rituals effectively screen out weirdos that approach the territory.
While listening to the whispers of the Swamp Mother, Lu Li took the businessman Anthony to the office area and rest area to sort out notes that might be useful.
To his surprise, Lu Li found a safe in the bed compartment of a lounge.
The businessman Anthony was about to take it back to the Land of Light and get rid of it, but Lu Li stopped it. His illusory hand went through the safe and took out the contents - some shillings, a page of bills, and a ledger containing many numbers or something.
Lu Li then asked the merchant Anthony to take them away and leave them to the brains of the Land of Light to think about what they were.
Soon after, the gentle whisper of the Marsh Mother sounded from the crown of thorns. The revelation of the riddle was confirmed:
There are some rumors hidden in the memories of the nobles——
It is rumored that the Exorcist Society was founded on dead weirdos, or that the Exorcist Society is dead weirdos. It and the successor Slayer Guild suppress weirdos and prevent their resurrection - sounds like the ancient old gods.
As for what exactly they are suppressing, we need to trace back to the early days of the Sado Exorcist Association, but that part has long been burned to ashes by the nobles.
"Are there any survivors there?"
Lu Li recalled the strange things he saw wandering among the ruins when he came back: "I'm afraid they are the only survivors."
Lacking information, Lu Li could only verify it in his own way: mottled dreams emerged behind his back, spreading around like ink dripping on the canvas, but was blocked as it spread.
Lu Li continued, letting the dream flow like a river along a ravine, bypassing rocks and heights, revealing a misty outline that included the Exorcist Association except for the third floor and above.
The weirdness that the Exorcist suppresses is the Exorcist Society itself.
It has not yet awakened and has no reaction to Lu Li's wanton behavior.
"The rumors are true, the weird one is the Exorcist Society."
"What do you want to do with it?" Swamp Mother doesn't want to return the evil spirit. "The riddle of the riddle is useful to us, and it also wants to stay in the land of light."
"We can use this to study the evil spirit and find a way to restore it. If you find Anna on the other side of the world's Back Ridge Mountains..."
"Then just stay."
Swamp Mother continued: "What about the Exorcist Society?"
Lu Li looked around the empty library. The fire was going out due to lack of firewood, and the aperture was getting narrower and narrower.
"...Ignore it."
At that time, the exorcists were worried that its awakening would endanger human civilization and suppressed it. But now, human civilization has withdrawn from the stage and is lingering in the corner.
When the repressive beings escape from their traps, they are faced with weirdness instead of humans.
The Place of Light is far enough away from the headquarters of the Exorcist Society.
Before taking off the Crown of Thorns, Lu Li asked the Swamp Mother to ask the riddle if it could know anything about the dream demon and the truth.
And a question: the arrival of the farmland, the faceless giants, the gaze cast from deep space... After the initial invasion, they disappeared, leaving only "ordinary" weirdos wandering in the world.
Where do they exist and where do they go?
The mother of swamps can answer this question: Children don't always pay attention to the ant colony nesting in the backyard.
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Winter should come early this year.
Crossing the strait from the ice-free port of Vina, which is starting to cool down and getting colder, we arrive at the Gauss Basin. The huge shadow-casting body of the beholder worm seems to echo the black ring of the farmland.
As the top sequence under the "Unspeakable Things", the Gauss Basin does not have to face strange attacks from beginning to end. Even when the blood of the dying God of the Deep is flowing from the back mountain range of the world, the crazy weirdness is far away from the worms.
Gathering place.
The beholder worm is like the sun hanging in the sky. What greets Lu Li's arrival is its coiled worm.
Being among a group of worms as big as a house can really make you feel your own insignificance. Lu Li saw Fudot here. After being transformed into a worm, she was only the size of a lamb.
She didn't hesitate to see Lu Li, but she couldn't communicate with him.
Looking at Fodort's sad and regretful insect body, Lu Li told the businessman Anthony something.
Soon after, the businessman Anthony left and returned. The backpack on his back rustled, and the head of a little girl's stuffed doll came out.
"Lu Li!"
The eldest sister brought by the businessman Anthony communicated with Lu Li on behalf of Fudote.
Fudot is not alone. She is getting used to life as a worm, and her family members are also around her - the worms who welcomed Lu Li.
She hoped to go to the Land of Light after her childhood was over, and Lu Li agreed to her request.
Lu Li asked Fudot and her tribe about the other side of the world's back mountain range, but they also knew very little. The beholder worms rarely responded to their prayers, and only the ancestors that parasitized on the beholder worms occasionally sent news.
He asked the businessman Anthony to send his noisy eldest sister, who wanted to follow Lu Li, to play in the Land of Light. Lu Li once again climbed the mountain range on the back of the world that had been considered unreachable by explorers of all ages.
The steep mountain peaks are like walking on flat ground to ghosts, and Lu Li climbs over the top and steps into a truly unknown land.