Chapter 60 Divine Religion All Beings
This temple, which is regarded as the headquarters of the Order God Cult, was transformed from a natural cave.
The hall at the end is surrounded by water, and a bronze snake is coiled above the central triangle, with its head facing the entrance of the hall.
When Xin Sheng arrived, about 30 people were waiting here in the temple hall, whispering to each other.
All members of the Church wore almost the same black robes, and could only distinguish the gender of these people by masks of different styles.
Xin Sheng was a little worried about this, "The mask Kassandra obtained from Elpino is for men, and I don't know if it will cause hidden dangers."
A large group of men in black robes gathered together in groups, and Xin Sheng could not recognize who Cassandra was for a while.
After integrating into the crowd, Xin Sheng raised his ears and began to eavesdrop on the conversations of these men in black robe.
"Have you heard that? Demus intends to go out to sea to search for the whereabouts of that woman."
"Ha! Let him go, with his brain, it's only suitable for some physical work."
"Shh! Be careful to be heard by him. Have you forgotten the last time the idiot who angered him in person?"
"Hmph~ Just a Puppet..."
The conversation between the two men became less and less, and Xin Sheng happened to walk past them.
‘It seems that Demus has a special position within the Order God Church. He is obviously in the position of a saint, but even ordinary wise men will show obvious contempt when talking about him privately.’
According to the information provided by Elpino, there are 8 saints in the name of the Order God Cult, but there are only 7 branches.
This is because Demus, known as the "Choice", occupies a saint position, and he is also the nominal leader of the Order God Church today.
But in fact, other saints were not convinced by him and secretly had their own plans, just treating Demus as a symbol and a mascot that was praised as a "demigod".
As for the identity of the original leader, Elpino knew nothing, only that she gradually faded out after Demus was praised.
The Original Master is a woman with a little Persian accent in her Greek, and Elpino can provide only so much information.
Xin Sheng still remembers the identity of the original leader, but that woman is now considered to be of high authority and cannot be easily accessible.
Besides, she herself was very disgusted with the current Divine Cult and had always wanted to find opportunities to destroy the Divine Cult, which had long deviated from her original intention.
‘Perhaps, there is still a possibility of cooperating with her in the future.’
Just north of the triangular Eden artifact, several men in black robes gathered together, and a dirty bowl was placed in front of them.
There is a bright red liquid in the bowl. Judging from the pungent fishy smell emitted by the liquid, it should be the blood of some kind of creature.
The man in black robe, located in the middle of the crowd, reached his left hand above the bowl, and cut his palm with a small dagger, and the blood flowed into the bowl along the edge of his palm.
Xin Sheng narrowed his eyes behind the mask, "These guys should be from the Bloodline Worship Branch, right?"
From Elpino's mouth, Xin Sheng obtained detailed information about the Eye of Order branch.
If you find the "master" who has been transferred, you will likely get further clues to the silver vein from him.
The information provided by Herodotus unexpectedly provided a fulcrum for Xin Sheng and Kassandra to enter the branch of the Tyro League.
Melansos' chart may be related to the Aegean Gods Branch, and the remaining three branches still have no clues.
With the idea of finding clues, Xin Sheng approached these strange men in black robe.
‘Smell~’
After getting closer, Xin Sheng suddenly twitched his nose, and he smelled a very obvious stinking smell of wild beasts from one of them.
This is a special smell that only after long-term hangout with large beasts, Xin Sheng specially recorded the height and body shape of the man in black robe.
‘From the pattern of the mask, I should be a woman.’
When he approached the woman with a stinky smell, Xin Sheng accidentally bumped into the other party and took the opportunity to pull off a small piece of fabric from the hem of her robe.
"I'm sorry, my foot slipped."
The woman in black robe seemed not good at speaking and said in a muffled voice: "Be careful, don't disturb our ritual."
As he approached the ceremony, Xin Sheng finally heard clearly what the bloodletting man standing in front was saying.
"Aris, God of War, your believers offer humble blood here. Please give me your unrivaled divine power!"
‘Aris?’
Xin Sheng pondered for a moment thoughtfully.
‘As far as I know, the god worshipped by Sparta is Ares, the god of war. Does this person come from Sparta?’
The other person's true face was not seen through the mask, but Xin Sheng always felt that there was something wrong with this person.
His mental state seemed to be unstable, and he looked a little crazy, not like an extremely self-disciplined Spartan.
‘After going out, ask Herodotus, he should know what other city-states and organizations believe in Ares.’
In addition to these two people, there was also a woman who could smell a faint fragrance of flowers. The remaining two people had no characteristics worth recording.
In addition to the entrance of the temple, which is located in the south, there are a small cave with a population excavated in the other three directions around the hall.
Xin Sheng pretended to be walking and first came to the cave on the west side.
There are a lot of papyrus scrolls here, which look like a place to store information and letters.
In order not to arouse suspicion, Xin Sheng just walked around the cave briefly, took a roll of papyrus from the bookshelf without any trace and put it in his arms.
The cave to the north was closed and the conversation could be heard vaguely.
"Don't play tricks, your wife and son are still in our hands, and do what we said."
“…I know, I will do my job well in Alcatelia.”
‘Alkadya?’
Xin Sheng wrote down this place name and prepared to learn more about it after going out.
When approaching the cave east, Xin Sheng first heard screams and scolding.
The two voices came from different people, a tall, rude and a very thin short man.
"Maraka! You can't even do your own things, what's the use of the God Cult keeping you!"
"Ahhhh!"
The burning hot iron that was burning red was pressed on the short man's arm by the strong man, and Xin Sheng could even smell the burning smell of the flesh.
"I...I can do it, please give me some more time!"
The short man screamed and begged for mercy: "I will definitely kill Phidias, I swear!"
"Hmph! Let's trust you again."
"Dang!"
The strong man threw the soldering iron into a corner of the cave, turned around and left cursingly, and came to another young woman with trembling body.
What surprised Xin Sheng was that the woman was not wearing a mask on her face and was not wearing a black robe on her body, and she directly exposed her pretty face. At this time, her face was full of fear and anxiety.
"Stir! I heard you have been in contact with people around her recently."
The young woman whispered with her lips tremblingly: "I...I didn't..."
"Don't talk nonsense to me!"
"Bang!"
The strong man picked up the whip beside him and waved it hard on the ground. The woman and the short Divine Cult man who had been tortured before were curled together at the same time, subconsciously making defensive moves.
However, the strong man did not really hurt the woman whose face was exposed, but just threatened in a rough voice: "I'll tell me honestly, what did you say to that old one-eyed person!"
Xin Sheng, who was standing at the entrance of the cave, had a look of his eyes moving, and the word "Old One-Eye" reminded him of something in an instant.
‘Will it be…’
I looked carefully at the young woman who was frightened and trembled all over. Her clothes looked like she was priestly dressed in the temple of Apollo.
‘Pitia?’
Chapter completed!