Death Faith?
At those words, the other Ashes Guides grew interested as well. They immediately abandoned the matter of assigning blame and turned their attention to the one who had spoken.
"I remember you. You joined us in serving Ashes long ago."
One of the Ashes Guides spoke up, revealing this person's background.
Of course, there was no name or designation.
Ashes Guides had no names. They believed everything they possessed belonged to Ashes, including their titles and names.
They loathed the old Burning World of the past, and naturally hated the very concept of names as well.
They had their own methods of identifying one another, making names even more useless.
The Ashes Guide who had spoken had no intention of discussing his past. Instead, he began recounting matters concerning Death Faith.
"—There is an ancient legend that, at the transition between the ancient era and the old age, the world underwent a horrifying change, and the power of death was freed from its restraints."
"It brought endless calamities. No one could resist it. Countless living beings died, yet some lifeforms gained power from death."
"And so, fanatics began to worship death."
"Many graves appeared in dark corners. They were the dwellings of believers, as well as their means of drawing closer to their faith."
"Death Faith did not reveal itself to the world, and no one knows why it vanished without a trace."
"The reason this legend endured was because of the mysterious death of a Touching Kindling lifeform back then."
"Some heretical nations that emerged at the end of the Prosperity Era should have inherited this—"
The Ashes Guide spoke solemnly, recounting the legend of Death Faith. But that was all he did. As for the solution the Ashes Guides most wished to hear, he did not