Above the azure sea, a series of slender and dilapidated wooden boats are constantly sneaking. On them, shackled men with expressionless faces are constantly pulling on the iron chains in their hands.
As everyone continued to exert force, a large net was dragged out from under the wooden boat, with countless fish and shrimps flopping and struggling in it. Several richly dressed men at the top of the wooden boat couldn't help but smile when they looked at the harvest below.
"Lord Charles, it seems that the harvest this time is not small, and we will make a lot of money when we return."
A man with a beard at the corner of his mouth looked flatteringly at the man next to him who was wearing his own jewelry and looked like a fat pig.
"Yeah! But these harvests from this trip to sea are incidental. The main thing is the mission of the archbishop in the temple. As long as I find the god-given holy object that the fish man stole, I will have the opportunity to obtain it even if I don't have the right to inherit the family.
God’s gift becomes a new noble!”
The man named Charles glanced at the man beside him and nodded lightly, then looked at the slaves below with a hint of disgust. If it weren't for the fact that he was the second son of the family, he would not have the right to inherit the title of earl.
As a noble, how could he take a boat with these humble slaves, and even have to go to sea in person? However, in order to find the god-given object stolen by the fish-men, obtain the gods' gifts, and become the dependent of the great gods, he still chose
Be patient for now.
After all, once the god-given object is found, the archbishop has promised to help the finder obtain the god's gift and become a great transcendent. In this way, even if he does not have the right to inherit the family title, he can become a brand new noble.
You must know that in this continent ruled by gods, the only condition for becoming a noble is to obtain the gift of the gods and become an extraordinary person.
"Yes! Lord Charles, we have received news that the fish-man who stole the God-given gift was seriously injured by the temple guard knight when he escaped, and he will definitely not be able to escape far.
And according to what I learned from the untouchables nearby, they once saw blood stains and figures similar to fish-men on a small island not far away."
Loreli with a mustache looked at the man in front of him who was full of ambition and lowered his bent body again. His blue pupils were shining with an inexplicable light. The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, but the strange expression just flashed and returned again.
He lost his loyal look before.
"Well, let the slaves lure him out when the time comes."
"Yes! Lord Charles!"
Charles nodded and turned around and walked into the room behind him. Lorelli lowered his head until he could no longer hear the footsteps, then raised his head and looked at the group of slaves below, smiled slightly, turned around and walked towards another room.
The two of them ignored the fact that the fish-man would become bloodthirsty when seriously injured, and the slaves below could easily tear them all into pieces once they got close to the seriously injured fish-man.
After all, these slaves are the tools they use to consume the murloc's physical strength, and it is an honor for slaves like them to be able to serve the great noble!
On the wooden boat, after many slaves pulled up the slowly harvesting big net, they were immediately driven by the overseers to pack it up. At this time, a man who was standing next to Charles came over and covered his mouth.
Bi glanced at the slave in front of him with disgust, then gave instructions to the supervisor beside him, turned around and left quickly.
The overseer nodded and bowed as he watched the man leave. He quickly stepped forward and used the long whip in his hand to drive some slaves towards the cabin.
After a while, the wooden boat that was parked in place began to move forward into the distance, and several nearby boats quickly followed, and the several wooden boats all hung with the same sign.
At this time, hundreds of miles away in the direction of several wooden boats, a small island was less than two kilometers from end to end. A stone not far from the beach was gently removed, and a figure emerged warily.
Looked around.
Then after making sure that there was no danger around, he quickly climbed out and moved the stones on the side to their original positions again. However, the wounds that had healed once again oozed blood, and the originally pale face became a little whiter again.
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"Damn Helios lackeys!"
Ariel reached out to cover the wound that was constantly leaking blood. She cursed secretly and walked towards the depths of the island. After a while, Ariel walked to the pool in the center of the island. She endured the severe pain of the wound and mobilized the only remaining energy in her body.
strength.
The next second, a huge sea clam emerged from the center of the pool, and slowly opened a water-blue crown. Ariel showed a relaxed expression after confirming that there was no problem.
Then he prayed devoutly to the golden crown in front of him. The seemingly ordinary crown began to absorb the power of Ariel's devout faith, and the only gem on it also emitted a power that flowed into Ariel's body.
Half an hour later, Ariel, whose complexion finally changed from pale to rosy, stood up, gently held up the crown in front of her and felt it, a smile appeared on her beautiful face.
Then he placed the crown in the sea clam in front of him again, and slowly sank to the bottom with the fluctuation of the water surface.
"Ignorant humans, and that damn Sun God, wait until our gods revive again..."
Ariel looked at the water that had become calm again in front of her and turned her head towards the mainland. Her beautiful face was full of ridicule and hatred. Ever since the chief god of their fish-men clan, Amphitrite, was killed by the sun god Apollo in the God Realm a few years ago.
After being killed in a sneak attack, their fish-men clan has been hunted down by the followers of the Sun God in the Sun Temple.
Even the royal palace of the fish-men clan was destroyed. Ariel's mother, the former king of the fish-men clan, was also killed. The crown representing the rights of the fish-men clan was also taken away by those humans and dedicated to the Sun God by the followers of the Sun God.
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However, the Sun God, who was absorbing the main god of the fish-men tribe at that time, did not take it away. He just randomly transformed it through the idol and gave it to the believers.
But this is also the biggest mistake of the Sun God. You must know that the main god of the fish people was once the king of the fish people, and now with the help of the faith accumulated by the surviving people in the past few years, Ariel has used the mark left by the main god in the crown to let them
The main god revived again.
Although I don’t know how long it will take until the Lord God’s perfect resurrection, it’s much better than before when the Lord God died and lost his shelter and fell into despair.
"It's time to leave, but this time it's really good luck. If those humans didn't know that Lord Amphitry once left a mark on the crown, this operation would not be as easy. And I believe that the Sun God has noticed that Amphitri has
Lord Fetri has recovered."
After saying that, Ariel turned and walked towards the beach in the distance, cleaning up all the traces she left. This time in order to steal the crown from the temple, although those humans did not know the true function of the crown, Ariel
Still seriously injured.
But everything is worth it. Now the gods of their clan have revived. Although the godhead was taken away by the Sun God, it is impossible for the Sun God to absorb Amphitrite even if she revives.
And with the perfect resurrection of Amphitri in the future, there will definitely be a chance to regain the godhead again, and then the fish-men clan will once again gain the protection of the gods.
But for Ariel now, the most important thing is to stay away from this island as much as possible and draw the attention of all enemies to other places, so that the revived Amphitrite hiding in the artifact will not be found.
Although it is almost impossible for Ariel to know this kind of thing, after all, even if the Sun God comes in person, it will be difficult to find Amphitri hidden in the artifact, unless He completely destroys the island.
But how could the extremely arrogant Sun God personally destroy an island that can be seen everywhere in the sea?
Thinking of this, Ariel couldn't help but show a hint of ridicule. Ariel also understood the sun god who killed the gods of his own race. The god who killed them this time must have been because the sun chariot was snatched away before, and his divinity
Great reduction.
In order to ensure her strength, she would kill the main god of the fish-men tribe and plunder her godhood and divinity. After all, the sun chariot is part of the manifestation of the sun god's divinity. Since it was taken away, the former sun god's divinity has not been recovered.
Sex is forever lost.
And in order to replenish this lost power, the Sun God has gradually fallen into madness. He has been hunting various weak gods since thousands of years ago, but because the Sun God's family is all extremely powerful gods.
Even if all the weak gods unite, they won't have much effect. They can only avoid the Sun God as much as possible.
"Is this the so-called god? He is really fragile."
Suddenly, Ariel, who was covering her own traces, heard an unfamiliar voice. She turned around instinctively and saw that the crown she had just hidden was being held by a black-haired boy, and at his feet was the one she was using.
The artifact that hides the crown.
"Who are you, let go of what you are holding!"
Ariel resisted the idea of rushing over and snatching the crown from the hands of the black-haired boy in front of her. She knew that since the boy opposite could destroy the artifact without telling her, she was definitely not the one who was now seriously injured due to the death of the main god of the fish-men tribe.
opponent.
"I can give it to you if you want it, but you have to do something for me. My name is Lu Qiming."
As he spoke, Lu Qiming casually threw the crown in his hand to the mermaid girl in front of him. Not long ago, according to the coordinates provided by Hoshigoshi Yugi, Lu Qiming teleported directly to this island, and directly discovered the mermaid girl in front of him.
At that time, Lu Qiming immediately discovered the mermaid girl jumping on the beach with her fish tail. Out of curiosity about the mermaid race and how she could run so fast with her fish tail, Lu Qiming decided to
Always following her.
After discovering that the girl had resurrected a god, Lu Qiming fished out the sea clam artifact from the pool after the girl left, then hammered a hole and took out the crown that housed the god inside.
However, the moment he got it, Lu Qiming realized that this thing was of no use to him. The god inside had just recovered, and had not even regained consciousness. Moreover, a large amount of divinity had been lost, and there was no godhead at all.
A little value.
That's why Lu Qiming returned it to the mermaid girl in front of him so casually, but as a price, the mermaid girl had to stay with Lu Qiming for a while.
After all, Lu Qiming had just arrived on this continent, and Xingxiong Yongyi had completely knocked out the Sun God and snatched the Sun Chariot before running away, so he could learn about this continent from this mermaid girl.
"Huh? Are you really giving it to me?"
Ariel stared blankly at the crown thrown by Lu Qiming in her hand, and then quickly closed her eyes to feel the resurrected god inside. It was indeed the main god of their mermaid tribe, but why was it given to her so simply.
Shouldn't the guy opposite capture her and offer her to the Sun God together with the crown in his hand?
"Why should I keep it if I don't give it to you? This thing is worthless, and the god inside doesn't even have a godhead or body, so it can't provide any experience at all?"
Lu Qiming looked at the mermaid girl in front of him with an unbelievable face and smiled slightly, but the smile was filled with a sense of disgust. After all, Lu Qiming could not provide experience, and the gods in that thing were completely different except himself.
Nothing of value.
All in all, this thing is useless to Lu Qiming!
"...Um, what did you just ask me to do for you?"
Ariel was so angry when she saw Lu Qiming's slightly disgusted smile. This is the god of their mermaid tribe! How dare you dislike the most noble and sacred existence in the world!
However, thinking of her current strength and seriously injured body, Ariel chose tactical patience, planning to escape as soon as possible after knowing what the guy on the other side wanted her to do!
"Nothing, I just want to know who the gods are on this continent, how many gods are related to the concept of the sun, which ones are the richest, and by the way, which ones are the strongest. If you can bring
It would be best if I directly find their Kingdom of God."
Lu Qiming looked at the angry but suppressed mermaid girl in front of him and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly. For some reason, Lu Qiming had a feeling that the mermaid girl in front of him would match the guys from Gensokyo.
"News from the gods, what are you going to do?"
Ariel looked in horror at Lu Qiming, who said such words indifferently. Where did this guy come from? Does he know what he is going to say? He is a god!
Why did his tone sound so normal that it couldn't be more normal, as if he was saying I was going to eat?
"Let's have a friendly exchange with them and borrow some souvenirs by the way. It should be okay, right?"
Lu Qiming looked at the mermaid girl in front of him with a gentle smile. As for what he said, there was no problem. Friendly exchanges will always hurt, and if you get hurt, you will die.
And after they die, Lu Qiming, as their good friend, will have no problem accepting the various local specialties from those gods and gods!
Since we have collected other people's local products, we must choose a good cemetery for them to bury their bodies and gods. And where is the cemetery better than Keli's body?
Thinking about it this way, Lu Qiming even felt that he was simply a close friend of the gods on this continent!
You see, everything has been arranged from birth to death. Even so that they would not be alone down there, they even thoughtfully sent their entire family down to accompany Him. It was simply too good!
Is there anyone in the world who cares more about his 'friends' than Lu Qiming?
No!
"Friendly exchange, borrow some local products...how is this possible!"
Ariel was stunned when she heard Lu Qiming's words, and then looked at the black-haired boy in front of her. She had to make sure that the guy in front of her was mentally ill. Those gods did not talk about friendly exchanges.
In their view, all living beings are just lambs through which they gain the power of faith. How could those extremely arrogant guys communicate in a friendly manner?
"Everything is possible, and I am the one communicating with them. You just need to tell me the information about the gods and then take me to them."
As he said that, Lu Qiming turned his head and looked outside the island, where several wooden boats were moving rapidly towards this side, but he didn't pay too much attention after sensing that they were all ordinary people.
"I see......."
After Ariel hesitated for a moment, she began to tell Lu Qiming all the information she knew about the gods. From the top sun god family to the gods below who were similar to the main god of the mermaid tribe, all the information was told like a treasure trove.
However, this kind of information is necessary for people who have lived in this continent since childhood, so Ariel was not surprised that Lu Qiming didn't know this kind of thing, but she chose not to ask more questions considering the strength of both parties.
"That is to say, if I want to communicate with the Sun God, his whole family will come on stage. Is that what you mean?"
Lu Qiming touched his chin and looked at the mermaid girl in front of him. Judging from the information analysis just now, the gods of this continent are similar to the Western gods he knew. With a top god as the main god, there are many gods below to construct A pantheon.
At present, the strongest pantheon in this continent is the Sun God family. As for the main god of the mermaid tribe, he is a complete weakling. His strength is at the level of a big monster at most, and even the so-called main god is just a polished commander.
"Well, every pantheon will go there when its subordinate gods are attacked, and the gods in most pantheons are related to each other by blood. Generally speaking, if you really plan to have friendly exchanges with a god, you have to do Make preparations for the entire pantheon."
Ariel nodded subconsciously. Although the main god of their mermaid clan did not join a certain pantheon, he also formed alliances with other gods. However, this time it was the Sun God who killed their main god.
And the alliance that their main god joined was made up entirely of weak gods who didn't dare to resist the Sun God. They even had help from some guys when the mermaid tribe was destroyed in the first place.
Thinking of this, Ariel couldn't help but look with hatred in her eyes. The reason why their mermaid clan even destroyed the palace in just a few years after the death of their main god, and the entire race was on the verge of extinction, was that the gods who had formed an alliance with their main god were... It took a lot of effort!
"That's good. I'll still have to visit you one by one when you save money."
Lu Qiming smiled slightly after confirming which gods would come to his door, but he did not intend to fight directly. After all, he was only one person, and even if those gods were not as powerful as him, they were not beings that could be killed easily.
Moreover, Lu Qiming knew that once he overturned a god's system openly and openly, the other gods who sensed something was wrong would definitely hide, making it difficult even for Lu Qiming to find them.
So I went into the village quietly, without any gunmen. I knocked on the sap one by one first, and when there were not many left, I served them a pot!
After deciding how to implement the plan, Lu Qiming stepped forward and looked at the pale mermaid girl in front of him. Even without sensing it, Lu Qiming knew how serious the injuries in her body were.
"What are you going to do?"
Ariel looked at Lu Qiming, who was approaching her step by step, and subconsciously stepped back. However, she was seriously injured and how could she outrun Lu Qiming? She was blocked by Lu Qiming before she even took two steps.
Then, in Ariel's horrified eyes, she found that she could not move at all. She could only watch Lu Qiming in front of her raise his hand and aim it at her, and then the golden holy light lit up.
‘Am I going to die...even though I haven’t accomplished what everyone has entrusted me to do...I haven’t even taken revenge yet...'
Ariel slowly closed her eyes, and the figures of her dead family members kept appearing in her mind. Her body, which was originally in severe pain due to injuries, now seemed to be moisturized by the sun, and a feeling of great comfort arose.
At this time, Ariel suddenly felt that it was a good choice to die like this, at least she didn't have to live with hatred and racial expectations... She just didn't know if the soul after death could see everyone who had died.
"Snapped!"
The next second, Ariel felt a pain on her cheek, and then a crisp voice sounded.
"Hey, hey! Wake up, who can I ask to take me to have friendly exchanges with those gods while you are asleep?"
Lu Qiming looked at the relaxed and slightly smiling mermaid girl in front of him, and he did not hesitate to wake her up with a warm mouth.
"I'm not dead?"
Ariel opened her eyes and saw Lu Qiming raising his hand again in front of her. She quickly covered her slightly bulging cheeks and squatted down, then carefully looked at Lu Qiming, who had an expression on his face that he hadn't woken up yet.
Now she understands what happened before. The hallucination she had just before she died was actually Lu Qiming in front of her treating her.
"Nonsense, I just locked you up because I was worried that you would move around. Besides, if I want to kill you, you will be dead already and I will lift your body."
Lu Qiming looked at the mermaid girl squatting on the ground in front of him, covering her cheeks. Why are there still people who want to die these days? Is it possible that you are also an immortal Penglai person like Mei Hong?
"By the way, are those guys over there looking for you? Since just now, I have been hearing them saying that they are looking for a fish-man who stole the gift from the gods. I guess you are the only fish-man on the island, so he must be
Looking for you."
As he spoke, Lu Qiming turned around and pointed at the slaves who were cowering forward on the beach not far away. Behind the many slaves there were several guys holding long whips, and at the end of the team were a few gorgeously dressed slaves.
People are pointing and pointing.
"The lackey of the Temple of the Sun!"
Ariel looked at the gorgeously dressed people in the distance. Ariel smelled the disgusting smell on them, especially the guy who looked like the leader. Ariel was extremely sure that he was carrying the holy water from the Temple of the Sun.
and divine scrolls.
"Please wait a moment, I will deal with those guys!"
With that said, Ariel bowed slightly to Lu Qiming and walked towards the beach. Now that her injuries have been fully recovered, she doesn't have to worry about being killed by these ordinary people. She just needs to avoid being hit by the holy water and magic of the Sun Temple.
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"Um!"
Lu Qiming nodded and looked at Alice's back, with an expression of interest on his face. This was the first time he had seen this kind of power that relied entirely on gods and belief systems.