Ring of Fate

Chapter 893: Murder

The next morning.

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

Outside the door was a half-giant boy who was over two meters tall, with proportionally long arms and legs, and short, slightly curly brown hair that looked fuzzy.

He had thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a square face. After he glanced at Lumian, Franca, and Janna, he lowered his head involuntarily, looking at his toes and said:

"I'm here to see Lumian Lee, er, maybe Ms. Lumianna Lee."

He used the ancient language of Fusac.

“It’s me.” Lumian understood that this should be the messenger sent by Mr. Sun to take him to the Twin Towers of the New Silver City.

The Major Arcana seemed to have chosen a teenager on purpose, so that the height difference would not be too exaggerated.

The young man breathed a sigh of relief and said embarrassedly:

"I have been ordered by the 'Council of Six' to take you to the Twin Towers to meet Elder Derrick Berg."

"Okay." Lumian nodded to Janna and Franca, then followed the young man out of the hotel and walked towards the twin towers in a corner of the New Silver City.

On the way, the half-giant boy walked in front of us, his back was a little stiff, and he occasionally moved his hands and feet at the same time, as if he was about to forget how to walk normally.

He looked back at Lumian from time to time, but he didn't know what to say, so he could only turn his head quickly.

When they were about halfway through the journey, he finally thought of a suitable topic, and leaned over to ask Lumian:

"You, aren't you worried that I'm a bad guy? Maybe what I said about the 'Six-Man Council' order and going to the Twin Towers to meet Elder Derrick Berg were all lies to you?"

I can kill thirty people like you in one go... Lumian just complained in his mind and didn't say what was in his mind out loud.

On the one hand, they were all followers of Mr. Fool and were not too familiar with each other, so there was no need to mock him. On the other hand, Lumian felt that if his sister Auror were here, she would definitely not answer in a similar way.

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

The half-giant boy suddenly became very happy, and said with a proud tone from the bottom of his heart:
"Yes, the Lord has always taught us to be kind and restrained. We in New Silver City strictly crack down on all kinds of crimes, especially theft, fraud, etc...."

The half-giant boy opened up and talked endlessly about how Mr. Fool sent angels to save Silver City, how he gave Silver City the promised land, and how he and other citizens of Silver City built the new Silver City.

Lumian had heard these things over and over again when he was drinking in the New Silver City, but he was not impatient at this time and allowed the half-giant boy to continue his story smoothly.

He heard the happiness of peace and tranquility from the other party's description.

During this exchange, the two arrived at the twin towers that served as the core building of the New Silver City. The left side had a spire with public facilities such as a library, while the right side had a dome, which was the office of the "Six-Man Council" that ruled the New Silver City.

Lumian instinctively turned his gaze towards the round tower and discovered that in the cracks between the bricks and stones close to the ground, clusters of black plants that looked like hair had grown out, sometimes drooping and sometimes swaying slightly, as if a breeze was blowing.

The last time he came, Lumian also noticed this kind of black plant, but he didn't take it seriously. But this time, he felt some kind of blood connection.

We are all a part of or the continuation of life of the "Harvest Goddess" Omibella!
Even if a Level 0 Sealed Item is sealed, it will still have a certain impact on the outside world? Lumian retracted his gaze and followed the half-giant boy into the spire.

They walked on large black stone bricks, crossed huge pillars, and arrived at the library on the third floor.

In front of the rows of oppressive bookshelves stood a tall man in a simple white robe.

The man was over two meters tall, with neatly combed brown hair. He looked to be about twenty-two or twenty-three years old, but he had a very calm and oppressive temperament. He was exactly the Mr. "Sun" that Lumian had met last time, one of the top figures in the Church of Fools.

"Elder Berg, Ms. Lumiana is here." The half-giant boy said respectfully.

Mr. "Sun" Derrick Berg looked at Lumian and nodded.

"Follow me."

Lumian replied politely:
"Thank you."

The half-giant boy waved his hand and walked towards the door. After a few steps, he turned around and shouted at Lumian's back:

"My name is Rugester!"

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

Lumian followed Mr. "Sun" deep into the New Silver City Library and entered the innermost secret room, where a stack of documents consisting of scattered records were placed.

"This is all the records about 'Gift of the Earth'. I have translated it into ancient Feysac for you." Mr. "Sun" said simply, and sat down against the wall. He stopped talking, as if he had turned into a statue.

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

He read very slowly, and it took him nearly half an hour to roughly figure out the relationship between the "Harvest Goddess" Omibella and the City of Silver:

In the Second Age, when the Old Gods ruled the earth and the sky, the City of Silver belonged to the Giant King's Court, and all its people were slaves of the Giants.

But unlike other human-affiliated forces of the Giant King's Court, the situation in Silver City is relatively better, because they believe in and follow the Giant King, a subordinate god of the ancient god, and the Giant Queen, the "Harvest Goddess", Omibella.

According to the records of the City of Silver, the Giant Queen Omibella had descended upon their city many times, showing two different appearances:
One image corresponds to light and beauty, with "a good harvest is gratifying, life is precious" as the core of its belief. It regards the people of Silver City as its own children, always ensuring a good harvest of crops, large reproduction of livestock and poultry, and rapid population growth. This is the main reason why the people of Silver City rarely suffer innocent slaughter and have no shortage of food.

The other would bring desolation and death. At that time, all the citizens of Silver City knew that "the ultimate harvest must be accompanied by extreme desolation", "only life can calm the wrath of the earth", "death, like rebirth, is a common and beautiful thing, there is no need to be afraid", "we have accepted the gift of the earth, and we must pay the corresponding price" and so on.

If Omebella in this form were to descend, he would certainly demand bloody sacrifices with a large number of humans as sacrifices. Even if the people of Silver City did these things and sacrificed their loved ones, they would sometimes suffer from famine that lasted for up to a year - if they did not do so, the famine might last for three to five years.

Is this the era when the Old Gods ruled? Even the relatively well-off Silver City is like this... Lumian turned to the next page.

This page records the words of praise from the Giant King's Court to the Giant Queen Omybella. The one sentence that Lumian cares about most is:
"The noble queen used her motherly love to help the great king calm his emotions..."

What does this mean? Motherhood... helping the Giant King, the Ancient God, to expel his extraordinarily special characteristics and regain some sanity through giving birth to children? Lumian continued reading thoughtfully.

Another quarter of an hour later, he turned to the stage of the rapid decline of the Giant King's Court:

The Silver City, which obtained another divine sealed object, already knew that the ancient god Giant King had fallen, and was worried that they would fall into the hands of an even more brutal demon king.

In such a panic, on a night without a red moon, the Giant Queen Omibella appeared outside the Silver City.

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

His condition was very poor, so he asked the believers of the City of Silver to hold a ceremony to sacrifice half of their people to him in order to help him replenish his life.

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

"That night, men killed gods, ministers killed kings, and sons killed their mothers."

In other words, the mysteriously resurrected Omibella ultimately died from the betrayal of the Silver City believers? Lumian was not too surprised.

After that day, the City of Silver discovered that Omibella’s corpse did not have any extraordinary properties in the true sense, but it still possessed great power and terrifying authority. They completely buried this history and hid this secret. Even though they later converted to the "Ancient Sun God", they did not tell that Lord the true origin of the "Gift of the Earth", a divine seal, until Mr. Fool's angel of salvation came to save them.

At this point, the record of Omibella, the "Harvest Goddess" has all ended. Next is the information about the sealed object "Gift of the Earth":

"Gift of the Earth can naturally create an edible plant in any environment and promote its growth, reproduction and harvest within a fifty-kilometer radius.

"'Gift of the Earth' will turn all dead humans within a fifty-kilometer radius into terrifying evil spirits, unless the human being died from the murder of a direct relative. Anyone who has eaten the food it created and has a strong connection with it will become an evil spirit within a three-hundred-kilometer radius..."

Seeing this record that was different from the official seal, Lumian suddenly raised his head and looked at Mr. "Sun" sitting against the wall.

He asked doubtfully:
“Every human who dies becomes a demon?
"Those who were not even Sequence 5 in their lifetime can also do this?"

As far as Lumian knew, evil spirits were the strongest type of soul creatures. The weakest of them should be at the level of Sequence 5, and the strongest ones could be equivalent to demigods.

"Yes." Mr. Sun nodded calmly.

This, the power of "Earth's Gift" is terrifying. It is equivalent to being able to mass-produce Sequence 5 Beyonders, some of whom should be demigods... Is this a "0" level Sealed Artifact? Lumian subconsciously judged it from the perspective of combat power.

He asked tentatively:

"How many dead humans can be transformed into evil spirits at once?"

"I haven't tried it." Mr. "Sun" replied with a serious expression.

Lumian suddenly came to his senses and apologized:

"Offended."

He continued to read the information about the God-level Sealed Artifact - in the New Silver City, "0" level sealed objects were called God-level sealed objects.

(End of this chapter)