Qin Ran raised an eyebrow as he looked at the slip of paper before him, still soaked through despite having been wiped.
He looked up at Gluttony, whose face was filled with guilt and unease. In the end, Qin Ran said nothing. Nor did he take the slip; instead, he had Gluttony hold it while he lowered his head to read.
There was no long-winded message on the slip.
In fact, there were only two words: Deification.
"Deification?"
"So that was it!"
Qin Ran's furrowed brow eased slightly.
He had never understood how the Devourer had appeared. According to the History of Navia, the Devourer had been sealed by the hero Aige when Navia City was built.
Simply put, unless the seal was broken, the Devourer could not possibly appear.
Apart from the so-called Follower, no one in Navia City had any reason to break the seal. Yet the moment Qin Ran saw the word "Deification," he realized that the motive was more than sufficient.
Naturally, only mortals could become gods through deification.
What mortal did not wish to become a god?
Especially those servants who had spent long years in the Temple, witnessing the radiance of gods. Once they were given a chance to become gods themselves, they would never let it go.
Even if it meant betraying the god they worshipped!
"So that was what happened in the Hunter Temple."
"Not the Hunter himself, but his followers..."
Qin Ran pondered it, but his brow soon knitted again.
Because he remembered what the God of Knowledge had said when they first met: history had been hidden by a cunning hunter.
The Hunter himself had once been a hunter, only becoming a god after undergoing deification.
Naturally, most of the believers under him were highly skilled hunters as well!
And,