Chapter 61: The Blind
In the study of the Waibin Building, Kane frowned, and was quickly flipping through the books on the desk by the faint light of the candles.
Across from him, Xue Hua was also holding another tome of books that looked very old, and although it had been well preserved, many yellowing cracks could still be seen on the edges of the parchment pages.
Ever since Xue Hua shared the information intercepted by the Surveillance King Worm with Kane, the old man immediately took him straight to the study and began to check the information that was several rounds older than the old man himself.
These books contain a history of antiquity, and contain a record of the cultures and beliefs of many intelligent races of that era.
Unfortunately, even with Kane's erudition and book collection, very few records of "gods" can be found in them.
For some reason, the historical accounts that describe the "gods" worshipped by the various ethnic groups have disappeared, so much so that later generations have not been able to learn more about this in the literature.
Seeing that another candle was about to burn out, Xue Hua raised his head from the sea of books, rubbed his slightly tired eyes, took a spare candle next to him and lit it, and then said to Kane: "Old man, the things recorded in these books don't seem to be useful at all, and all I can find is a superficial description of the temples built by various ethnic groups at that time." ”
"The unknown being in the message you intercepted, the use of the word 'we' several times in your conversation with the Chanting Queen, and the words 'many companions have vanished, losing the opportunity to wake up in endless sleep', proves that there were 'gods' in our world and that there was much more than just the Storm Goddess......"
Kane raised his head, his eyes still glittering, and the information that Xue Hua had brought with him provided him with the secrets of this ancient world, and such a secret was tantamount to a foodie facing a sumptuous meal that he had never tasted before.
Kane will never give up until he finds out why.
"The presence of the Storm Goddess among the Amazonian tribes has been documented for a long time, but at first, including all the other scholars in the council, we thought it was just an illusory totemic belief.
However, the experience of the past few days, especially the information you have just brought with us, has become more and more suggestive that our conclusions seem to be a little too hasty, and if these gods are real, then everything about them is very important to us.
I want to know where these gods come from, whether they are creatures of this world or alien creatures like angels and demons, what their purpose is, whether they are to help and protect the world, or if they have other ulterior motives.
All of this determines what kind of attitude we should adopt when we have to face them again, and what kind of impact their return will have on our world. ”
Kane took a breath and looked at Xue Hua with a serious expression: "The world we live in is very fragile now, whether it is a high-level heaven or a chaotic hell, they are not the natives of this world, if we can pull the ancient gods into our camp, it will be very good news for us." ”
"Hmm... It doesn't sound like the Storm Goddess is some kind of malicious person to the world, but I've always been concerned about the two sources mentioned in the intel... And I have a very ominous premonition about it......"
Xue Hua replied with a frown.
In Isha's report, the murmur of unknown origin made him think almost instinctively of the Sarnagars.
But so far, he doesn't know the purpose of this sarnagar that is quietly lurking in the middle of the universe.
If it really had already attacked the gods who had survived in the ancient times of this world in advance, then these awakened gods would probably become another great disaster for this world.
"I know your scruples... I was puzzled by this, but in any case, the Storm Goddess had already announced her imminent return.
We don't know how long this 'soon' will be, but at the very least, we have to be prepared... Yes! Look here! I seem to have found another god! ”
Kane replied to Xue Hua as he continued to flip through the books in his hand, when suddenly, he let out an exclamation, placed the book horizontally in the center of the desk, and pointed to a passage in it and motioned for Xue Hua to come over and take a look.
"There is a sanctuary for the blind in the mountains of the East, and this sage who can see through the past and the future will help us in our travels......"
Xue Hua frowned as he read the passage that Kane pointed to with his hand, a travel journal written in ancient human language, about a mentor leading his apprentices to visit monasteries around the world, hoping to receive guidance from the gods.
"A sanctuary for the blind in the Eastern Mountains?" Blind Eye'monastery?! ”
"It seems that although the author does not specifically mention which 'sanctuary' it is, as far as I know, there seems to have always been only one monastery in the barrier mountains of the eastern continent that has been handed down from antiquity."
Kane nodded, his face a little odd and frowning.
"But... But the Sisters of the Blind Eye are not ......"
Xue Hua's eyes widened, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
The last remaining nun of the Blind Eye Sisters, Akara, was his guide, but he had never heard the old nun mention of "saints" or "gods" in his dealings with Akara at Camp Rogue.
"I understand your confusion, and so do I, Akara and I are old acquaintances, but I've never paid attention to her beliefs... However, Akara did use some special spells that were not part of the mage profession's skill system, and at first I thought that they were all from some unknown minor mage school before she became a mage! ”
Kane shook his head, the expression on his face becoming more and more strange.
"But... If those spells used by Ms. Akara were... Isn't that proof that the so-called 'blind one' didn't fall into a deep slumber like the Goddess of Storms? ”
After Kane's reminder, Xue Hua also quickly recalled the spell that Akara used to detect lies when he first arrived at Rogue Camp.
At that time, he didn't know much about this world, so he naturally didn't see any problems, but in retrospect, this kind of spell was not in the mage's skill list, and it didn't look like any skill had mutated.
However, this incident suddenly brought more doubts and questions.
The most important thing is that, as the Goddess of Storm said, this world has been regularized in order to resist the invasion of demons, and the power of a number of gods has been extracted to speed up the progress of regularization, so that all the gods have fallen into a deep sleep, and even one of them cannot wake up, so why is the "blind one" who is worshipped by the blind eye still able to provide "divine magic" to his followers to this day?
On the other hand, the priests of the Storm Goddess don't have any special abilities, do they?