Slaying

The following morning.

Lumian and the others had just finished breakfast in the room and were waiting for Ludwig to clean up the rest when they heard the doorbell ring.

Outside the door stood a Giant was a little over two meters tall, with disproportionately long arms and legs, and short, slightly curly brown hair that made him look fuzzy.

He had thick eyebrows and large eyes, with a square face. After his gaze swept over Lumian, Franca, and Jenna, he involuntarily lowered his head, looking at his toes, and said, "I'm here to see Lumian Lee, uh, maybe Ms. Lumian-na Lady."

He was speaking Old Feysac.

"That is me." Lumian understood that this must be the Messenger sent by Mr. "The Sun" to take him to the Twin Towers of New Silver City.

That One Major Arcana seemed to have specifically chosen a young man to ensure the height difference wasn't too exaggerated.

The young man breathed a sigh of relief and said apologetically, "I'm under orders from the ' Council of Six ' to take you to the Twin Towers to see Elder Derrick Berg."

"Okay." Lumian nodded to Jenna and Franca, then followed the boy out of the inn and headed towards the Twin Towers located in a corner of New Silver City.

Along the way, the half- Giant boy walked to the side and ahead, his back somewhat stiff, occasionally showing a tendency to move his arms and legs in unison, as if he had almost forgotten how to walk normally.

He glanced back at Lumian every now and then, unsure of what to say, and could only quickly turn his head back to the center.

When the journey was nearly halfway over, he finally thought of a suitable topic, turned slightly to the side, and asked Lumian:

"Aren't you worried that I'm a bad person? Maybe what I said about the ' Council of Six ' order and going to the Twin Towers to see Elder Derrick Berg was all a lie?"

"I could kill thirty of you in one go..." Lumian thought to himself, without uttering his thoughts aloud.

On the one hand, they were all followers of "The Fool" and not very familiar with each other, so there was no need to mock him. On the other hand, Lumian felt that if her Older Sister Aurora were here, she certainly wouldn't have answered in a similar way.

He smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry, because this is the New Silver City."

The half- Giant boy immediately became very happy, and said with genuine pride, "Yes, the Lord has always taught us to be kind and to exercise restraint. Our New Silver City strictly combats all kinds of crime, especially guarding against theft, fraud, and other such acts..."

The half- Giant boy started talking, recounting how Mr. The Fool sent Angel to save City of Silver, how he gave City of Silver this promised land, and how he and the other citizens of City of Silver built the New Silver City.

Lumian had heard these stories repeatedly when he was drinking in New Silver City, but he wasn't impatient this time, allowing That One half- Giant boy to continue his narration smoothly.

He sensed a peaceful and tranquil happiness in the other person's description.

During this exchange, the two arrived at the Twin Towers, the core buildings of the New Silver City. The left tower has a spire and houses public facilities such as Library, while the right tower has a dome and is the office of the "Council of Six" that rules the New Silver City.

Lumian instinctively turned his gaze to the Round Tower and discovered that from the cracks in the bricks near the ground, clusters of black plants, resembling strands of hair, were growing, sometimes drooping, sometimes swaying gently, as if a breeze were blowing.

Lumian had noticed these black plants on his last visit, but hadn't paid them any mind. This time, however, he felt a connection to his bloodline.

We are all part of, or rather, a continuation of, the "Harvest Goddess," Ombella!

Even if a Level 0 Sealed Artifact is sealed, it will still have some impact on the outside world. Lumian withdrew his gaze and followed the half- Giant boy into the Spire.

They stepped over large black Stone Bricks and huge pillars, arriving at the Library on the Third Floor.

A tall man in a simple white robe stood in front of the rows of imposing bookshelves.

The man was over two meters tall, with neatly combed Brownish Yellow hair. He looked to be only twenty-two or twenty-three years old, but his demeanor was very calm and imposing. He was clearly the "Sun" Mr. Lumian had met before, one of the top figures in the "The Fool" Church.

"Elder Berg, Lady Lumian-na has arrived," the half- Giant boy said respectfully.

Mr. "The Sun," Derrick Berg, looked at Lumian, nodded, and said, "Follow me."

Lumian replied politely:

"Thanks."

The half- Giant boy waved and walked towards the door. After a few steps, he turned around and called out to Lumian's retreating figure, "My name is Rugester!"

After saying that, Rugester quickly turned around and ran down the stairs.

Lumian followed Mr. "Sun" deep into the New Silver City Library, into the innermost secret room, where a stack of documents composed of scattered Recording was placed.

"These are all the records about ' Earth Gift,' which I have translated for you into Old Feysac." Mr. "Sun" said simply, then sat down against the wall and stopped speaking, as if he had become a Statues.

Lumian understood that this was to prevent any accidents from happening while he was reading the materials, so he nodded slightly, sat down at the table, and picked up the stack of very new Paper.

He read very slowly, taking nearly half an hour to roughly figure out the relationship between the "Harvest Goddess," Ombella, and the City of Silver.

In the Second Epoch, when the Ancient God ruled the earth and the sky, the City of Silver belonged to the Court of Giants, and all its people were slaves of the Giant.

However, unlike the other human vassal states of the Court of Giants, the situation in City of Silver was relatively better, because they worshipped and followed the King of the Giants, Subordinate God of the Ancient God, and the Queen of the Giants, the "Harvest Goddess," Ombella.

According to the records of the City of Silver, the Queen of the Giants Ombella visited their city many times, appearing in two different forms:

One image corresponds to light and beauty, with "a bountiful harvest is joyful, life is precious" as the core of their belief. They regard the people of City of Silver as their own children, always ensuring abundant harvests, a large number of livestock and poultry, and rapid population growth. This is the main reason why the people of City of Silver rarely suffer innocent slaughter and do not lack food.

Another kind of desolation and death would result. At that time, all the citizens of City of Silver knew the sayings such as "the greatest harvest is always accompanied by the greatest desolation", "only life can quell the wrath of the earth", "death and Rebirth are common and beautiful things, and there is no need to fear them", and "we have received the earth's gifts, and we must pay the corresponding price".

If Ombella were to descend in this form, she would inevitably demand bloody sacrifices, with a large number of humans as Sacrifice. Even if the people of City of Silver did these things and offered up their own relatives, they would sometimes suffer a famine that would last up to a year—or three to five years if they did not.

Is this the era of the Ancient God' rule? Even the relatively well-off City of Silver is like this... Lumian turned to the next page.

This page contains the Court of Giants's praise of Queen of the Giants Ombella, and what interests Lumian most is one sentence:

"The noble Queen, with her maternal instincts, calmed the great king's emotions..."

What does this mean? Motherhood... to help the King of the Giants, this Ancient God, expel his excess Beyonder Characteristic and regain some of his Rationality through childbirth? Lumian continued reading thoughtfully.

Another quarter of an hour passed, and he turned to the section on the rapid Decay of the Court of Giants:

Having obtained another divine-level Sealed Artifact, City of Silver already knew of the fall of the Ancient God, the King of the Giants, and feared that they would fall into the hands of an even more brutal Demon Monarch.

Amidst this fear and unease, on a Crimson Moon night, Queen of the Giants Ombella, the Giant, appeared outside the City of Silver.

This time, He did not descend directly, but came step by step.

His condition was very poor, so He instructed the believers in the City of Silver to perform Ritual, sacrificing half of His people to help Him replenish His life.

The account of what happened next is vague, but the result is clear:

That night, men killed gods, subjects killed rulers, and sons killed their mothers.

In other words, the mysteriously Resurrection Ombella ultimately died from the betrayal of the City of Silver's followers? Lumian wasn't too surprised.

After that day, City of Silver discovered that Ombella's remains did not possess any truly Beyonder Characteristic, but they still possessed immense power and terrifying Authority. They buried this history completely and Concealment this secret. Even after they converted to the "Ancient Sun God," they did not tell That One Lord the true origin of the divine Sealed Artifact, "Earth’s Gift," until the Angel of Redemption, Mr. The Fool, came to save them.

This concludes the Recording of Ombella, the "Harvest Goddess." Next, we will examine the information on the Sealed Artifact, "Earth Gift."

"The Earth’s Gift" can naturally create an edible plant in any environment and promote its growth, reproduction, and harvest within a 50-kilometer radius.

"' The Earth’s Gift ' will turn all human corpses within a fifty-kilometer radius into terrifying Evil Spirit, unless that human died from murder by a direct relative. Those who have consumed the food it created, or those with a strong connection to it, will all become Evil Spirit within a three-hundred-kilometer radius..."

Upon seeing this record, which differed from the official Sealed Artifact, Lumian abruptly raised his head and looked at Mr. "Sun" sitting by the wall.

He asked in bewilderment, "Does every human who dies become Evil Spirit?"

"Even those who didn't reach Sequence 5 in their lifetime can do that?"

As far as Lumian knew, Evil Spirit were the strongest type of Soul Creature. The weakest of them should be at least Sequence 5 level, and the strongest could be equivalent to Half-God.

"Yes." Mr. Sun nodded steadily.

This "Earth Gift" ability is terrifying. It's equivalent to mass-producing Sequence 5 Beyonder, some of whom should even be Half-God... Is this a "0" level Sealed Artifact? Lumian subconsciously started judging from the perspective of combat power.

He tentatively asked, "At most, how many human dead can become Evil Spirit at once?"

"I haven't tried it," Mr. Sun replied solemnly.

Lumian suddenly realized his mistake and quickly apologized:

"I'm sorry."

He continued reading the information about the god-level Sealed Artifact —in New Silver City, level 0 Sealed Artifact were called god-level Sealed Artifact.