Awakening of Consciousness

The turmoil was about to break out. Many people were knocked down by me before they knew what was going on. Leona and more than ten Templars immediately surrounded us.💣ඏ 69Şђu 🔥♦

These people are not very strong, but they have a fanatical faith in the Solar Cult. If a conflict breaks out here, it is inevitable that they will be injured or even killed.

I've come here to seek the gods, and I don't want to engage in much bloodshed. Let's retreat for now and find out the situation here from Diana before making any further plans!

"Varus, let's retreat!"

"Okay, jump onto my back!"

He transformed into his Ascended Form, and Diana and I quickly jumped on top. The Temple Knight were no pushovers; their weapons could fire Golden Light to attack, but I blocked them with my gale.

From the time the chaos began until we left, the so-called "Sun God" in the sky never made a move. If he really was a god, we would have been unable to escape. It seems my idea was correct!

It was definitely not safe down the mountain, so we flew away from the summit and stopped in mid-air. At that moment, Diana said to me:

"It's a pity that the strangers I met before wouldn't believe me, otherwise I wouldn't have ended up like this!"

"What happened to them? Did they all die?"

"Most of them are..." she said, recounting what she knew:

I already knew that the Solar Cult was almost fanatical in its worship of the Sun God, but people's beliefs are not without basis; in fact, the Sun God always seems to grant people's wishes after they pray to him.

There wouldn't normally be a problem with this, but everyone's wishes were quite strange, mostly about trivial things in life, such as patching up roads, repairing houses, or even wanting a new piece of clothing...

This seems strange to outsiders, because such a wish doesn't require relying on gods and can be easily fulfilled on one's own. However, it's normal for the followers of the Solar Cult, since that's how everyone perceives it.

Diana realized something was wrong more than twenty years ago, when she was a teenage girl and, like everyone else, worshipped the Sun God.

There was a stranger who came to Mount Targon and asked Diana to guide him through the Solar Cult, just like Leona is showing us around today.

Diana readily accepted and introduced him to the local situation. The stranger also told her a lot about the outside world, such as various interesting customs and entertainment, which greatly piqued her interest.

In the past, outsiders who came here all came to see the gods. They were either sad or disappointed, and they only talked about bad things in the outside world. But this man was different. He said he came here to travel and didn't need to see the gods.

While touring the Solar Cult's territory, the two had to visit the Grand Vatican. They happened to witness a funeral there, and through this event, they discussed the cycle of life, aging, sickness, and death.

Diana was no stranger to life and death, but she was deeply puzzled by illness and the various unexpected events in life, because such things had never happened on Mount Targon; people were born peacefully and died peacefully.

At that moment, she felt it was a blessing from the Sun God. The stranger smiled but did not respond to the topic.

After about ten days, the stranger decided to leave. Diana was very reluctant to let him go and wanted him to stay a few more days, but he said that if he didn't leave, he would be stuck there forever.

Diana didn't understand his words, but seeing that he was determined, she didn't try to stop him. Instead, she wanted to leave Mount Targon with him and go out to see the outside world!

Leaving aside whether her family would agree, the outsider immediately refused. Under Diana's persistent questioning, the outsider told her that she would die soon if she left Mount Targon!

Diana certainly didn't believe she would die for no reason. Even if the outside environment wasn't as good as Mount Targon, it shouldn't be impossible to survive.

At this moment, the stranger told her something that shocked her: she had already died, but had been reincarnated under the influence of the magic of Mount Targon. If she left this place and lost the magic, she would immediately disappear!

After the initial shock, Diana thought the stranger was lying to her; she had memories from childhood, so how could she be dead?

For the first time in her life, she lost her temper, feeling that the outsiders were awful; if they didn't want to take her away, they should have just said so, instead of making up such a clumsy lie.

The stranger ignored her anger and continued to tell her the truth about Mount Targon: a curse of reincarnation had been placed there!

In fact, it wasn't just Diana; everyone in the Solar Cult and even Mount Targon was once an outsider. When they came to search for miracles, their souls were imprisoned.

These people whose souls are imprisoned do not disappear. Every time they die, they are reborn as infants and start a new life. Over time, this is how Mount Targon came to be.

The stranger left after speaking, leaving a stunned Diana at a loss.

She still couldn't believe what the outsider said, but she also had some doubts, so she began to investigate quietly.

Over the next decade or so, only five people came to Mount Targon, and like the other outsiders, they sought to borrow power from the gods.

In order to uncover the truth, Diana actively acted as a guide whenever someone came, only to discover that these people all had the same experience:

1. Chosen by the gods, their wishes can be granted;

2. It requires living on the Mount Targon for a period of time, usually around ten days;

3. When the time came, they disappeared in the holy light descended by the gods, and the next day, good news would come from someone's home: a baby had been born.

This seems to confirm what the outsider said, and he also stayed for about ten days before leaving in a hurry.

In addition, during these years, whenever someone died, the same number of babies would be born the next day.

One or two times could be a coincidence, but it's impossible for it to all have been coincidences over so many years!

At this moment, a seed of rebellion sprouted in Diana's heart. She felt that what the outsider said might be true, and that everything here was strange.

People don't live to pray to the Sun God; they live for themselves!

At the same time, she felt some regret, regretting that she hadn't believed the stranger's words, which led to her not knowing what to do now that she had discovered something strange.

After racking her brains, she could only remember one word: the curse of reincarnation.

To change the current situation, we must first break this curse!

In the time that followed, whenever a newcomer from out of town arrived, she would ask them about the curse of reincarnation. Regardless of whether she found out anything, she would always advise them to leave afterward.

Here's the problem: the reason people come to Mount Targon to find the gods is because they encounter tremendous resistance and are unwilling to leave easily, especially since the gods have personally promised to help them fulfill their wishes.

Diana sighed, "If only we could meet that stranger again, maybe he could help us."

What was the name of that stranger?

His name is Ryze.