The small valley was quiet and peaceful, and it was impossible to see that this was a place of death surrounded by the dead. I talked about it when I chatted with Xiaolu before that the dead often entered and left this valley, but since two years ago, whenever she approached this valley, she felt very scared and instinctively stayed away from it. She said that other unconscious souls were like her, and no one had ever approached here, and even none of them dared to pass through the soul tunnel.

"Two years ago, it happened to be close to what the client said." Katherine said cautiously: "Didn't they say that the areas controlled by the undead have begun to expand, and it happened to be about two years. I guess there will be some connection between the two."

The group was walking on the way to the altar of the ancestors. The valley where the altar was located looked strange. After passing through the soul corridor, you could reach the southern half of the valley. There was a broken ridge between the southern half and the northern half, which just blocked the view between the north and south valleys like a screen. You had to go around the path on the east side to truly face the altar of the ancestors.

The five people did not ride wolves anymore, and did not even let the silver wolf follow them and directly left them in the southern valley. The battle below was probably no longer possible to participate in these monsters that could not use fighting spirit. Even if they were in the golden level, they were not good at the strength of the golden level. Near the corner of the ridge, everyone had to sort out their equipment for the last time. Although they knew that someone might still be in danger and needed rescue, everyone had stabilized their mood at this time. After all, they were experienced adventurers. Everyone knew that if they were not prepared at this time, it would be no different from sending death.

After sorting out all the equipment and items, confirming that his body had been adjusted to the best possible state he might have recovered, Catherine waved her hand. She was the first to walk around the corner and take the Northern Valley into view.

"Is this... an altar?" When Katherine saw the northern valley, she was stunned for a while before whispering: "The commissioner said that this should be an altar. A square altar with five meters long and wide carved from marble, but why now..."

"This thing is wrong." Marcia, who is familiar with orc customs, also saw something that surprised Catherine and said blankly: "The orcs are very sure that this place should be an altar, but now this thing is definitely not an altar."

"Of course it's not an altar." Lina breathed a sigh of relief and said helplessly: "You can know without thinking. This is obviously a temple. I think no one will call the temple an altar. I think something must have happened."

"Look at the top of the temple." Vivian had already blessed himself with Hawkeye technique and clearly saw the details of the top of the temple fifty meters away: "Did you see a few broken rocks there? If I can't think of any surprises, it's the altar."

The three ladies looked at Vivian at the same time and said with a strange expression: "You mean. This temple... came out of the underground?"

Yes, what is presented to everyone is not the imaginary empty northern valley and the altar in the center, but a huge temple that almost occupies the entire valley. The temple looks strange, with traces of wear and weather everywhere, but the surface is not stained with any soil. The temple has a unique shape. Judging from its appearance alone, even with Lina's understanding of the church of gods or Vivian's rich knowledge, it is impossible to judge which god it belongs to.

Outside the main entrance of the temple, there should be a marble-paved pious journey for devout believers to crawl and kneel down. There should be giant stone pillars and carvings representing the dignity of the gods on both sides of the path of piousness. But now these are gone, only the main body of the temple has been preserved. The area of ​​the temple is very large, even far exceeding the area of ​​many temple headquarters today. According to the current rooms, it can accommodate at least hundreds of rooms.

"It's unlikely that it was drilled out of the ground." Catherine said hesitantly: "Not to mention how such a large temple could inexplicably drill out of the ground, just talk about the surface of the temple. If it rises from the ground, it should be covered with soil everywhere. But now there is no soil at all."

"The problem is that there is no dirt at all." Vivian pointed to the temple and said, "If it had really existed here for a while, there should have been dust on the surface. But now there is no dirt."

"This is normal." Lina said seriously: "Any activated temple, regardless of whether the god recognizes it or not, will naturally be shrouded by divine power as long as it creates a connection with the god. This automatic divine power is extremely weak and has almost no effect, but it has the best and most attractive effect, that is, the outer wall of the temple will never be contaminated by soil, just like the body of the god will never be contaminated with dirt. So, whether there is soil or not can be explained."

"Well, Panis, you've seen a lot of things. Do you think here..." Catherine turned around and asked in surprise: "Penis, what's wrong with you?"

This is not the first time that the girls have seen Penis show such a state.

Panis stood in place blankly, his eyes staring at the temple not far away, his face pale, his breathing was rapid, his lips trembled, no, his whole body was trembling, just like the expression he felt every time he woke up from a nightmare. Panis's legs were trembling violently, almost unable to support his body. Big beads of sweat appeared on his cheeks and forehead, and soon fell down his jaw like it was splashed by water. His hair was soaked in his sweat for a very short time, and he was pressed on his face wet. The dagger held in his hand was completely unstable, as if it was about to fall to the ground at any time.

"Pennis, what's wrong with you?" In the girls' cognition, since leaving the crying cave, Pannis has always understood everything and knew a little. Although he often did some stupid things, he could face it calmly no matter what the situation encountered. Except for the nightmare he feared the most, he seemed to be stumped by anything. But now, he obviously did not enter a dream, but he still showed this state. From his every move, he could feel the fear and frenzy that came from the depths of his heart.

"Impossible, should not appear here, absolutely impossible, impossible, impossible, impossible, impossible. How is it possible, how can there be no solution, absolutely impossible, everything has a way to solve, how can there be such an unsolvable thing? Let me think about it again, let me think about it again, I am perfect, I am the strongest, I cannot have problems that I cannot solve, absolutely impossible."

"No, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid at all, I'm perfect, I'm fearless, I'm never afraid, no one can scare me, what's scary about death? I'm a perfect person, I should face death calmly, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid, I shouldn't be afraid."

"I am a sinner, I am a sinner, I am a sinner, she died at my hands, I killed her, it was me, it was me, I am sinful. No, I am perfect, I cannot be sinful, I cannot make mistakes, I am not sinful, I am a perfect saint. No, I am not perfect at all, I am never perfect, everything is a lie, I am just a weak person in front of the strong, I am just an ordinary person who will be afraid, no, I am not, I am a perfect saint, a perfect hero, no, I am, I am an ordinary person."

"I'm afraid I'm afraid I'm afraid, I don't want to face it again, I don't want to go through it again, I'm leaving here, leaving, leaving."

Panis held his head with his hands, squatted on the ground with trembling all over his body, and he talked to himself quickly. The vague words made no one hear clearly what he was saying. The four ladies could only see that his psychological defense was getting more and more chaotic and tended to collapse.

"Pennis, wake me up." Catherine took a deep breath and let out a huge roar. The sentences she said using the Knight's Battle Cry skill hit Pannis with powerful shock and attack power, awakening him from the chaos: "What the hell happened?"

"Go away, go away, leave here." Panis raised his pale face in a daze and said hoarsely: "Go away now, don't stay here again, leave now."

"What are you afraid of?" Panis's sudden loss of composure caused the ladies to feel a little strange. Only Catherine said fearlessly: "Are you afraid of this temple? Is there any danger in the temple?"

"No, the temple is safe, no, I'm not afraid." Panis said incoherently: "No, no, I'm afraid, there's no danger, but leave quickly, I don't want to stay here anymore, leave now."

Catherine stared at Pannis's face with a firm gaze, and then said in a deep voice: "But since you don't want to stay here, why don't you escape?"

"I can't escape, I'm perfect, I'm stopping my spirit, I can't escape." Panis said in a trance, "I'm not afraid, I won't escape. No, I'm afraid, I'm leaving."

"Okay, I understand." Catherine sighed and whispered: "Although I can't guess what happened to you, I probably understand a little. But, do you really want to leave? We will not retreat. So, even if you are the only one who retreats, will you escape from here?"

"I don't want to go in. I never want to see this again. I want to leave. The farther the better, the farther the better." Panis said with his lips trembling.

"Even if we leave us behind?" Catherine asked.

"Escape, run away." Panis shouted wildly: "Escape now, now."

"Then you leave." Catherine sighed softly: "Goodbye, Pennis."

When Panis heard this, he turned around and ran away as if he was relieved.

"Only those who are willing to reach out and hold the hand of redemption will receive redemption, and none of us will be exceptional." Catherine shouted behind Panis's back: "If you choose to escape this time, you will never have the courage to receive redemption again, Panis."

Panis paused, looked back at Catherine, hesitated for a few seconds, then turned his head and continued to run out of the valley. At the moment he turned around, Panis's chaotic gaze seemed to see the pair of eyes again, with sympathy, pity, reluctance and love. Is that Nelie's eyes? Or Catherine's eyes?
Chapter completed!