Magic, Evil Gods, and the Fourth Calamity

"Not bad, you've brought back quite a few people!"

These creatures, with green skin but human-like physiques, sized up the humans in the iron cage and nodded with great satisfaction.

"Hehe, sir, look how many humans I've brought this time, how about...?"

The slave trader rubbed his hands nervously, seemingly trying to ask the orcs for something.

"Okay, take it, get out of here!"

Among the group of green-skinned men, one of the men pulled a palm-sized cloth bag from his pocket and impatiently tossed it to the slave trader.

The slave trader took the bag and eagerly opened it. Inside was only a red crystal the size of a thumb, emanating an eerie aura.

"Thank you, thank you!" The slave trader thanked the green-skinned men excitedly, then took out a crystal from his bag and put it in his mouth without hesitation.

Glug!

The hard crystal sliced ​​through his esophagus, and a burst of heat exploded in the slave trader's chest.

"Ah~ Ah~"

The slave trader seemed to be in great pain at this moment. He was curled up and bent over, his back arched high. The veins on his exposed skin were bulging, and the surrounding skin was stained green.

"ah!!!"

The next moment, the slave trader suddenly stretched out his body and roared at the sky like a wild beast.

Sharp orc fangs protruded from his mouth, and his gentle face became as rugged as an orc's.

His originally thin body began to swell with muscles, and his physique grew taller.

However, this change was not uncontrolled. Soon, the changes in the slave trader's body stopped. At this moment, he had become a guy whose body size was close to that of a human, but with obvious animalistic features.

"Good luck! Congratulations, you are now a true half-orc!"

The orc who handed the crystal to the slave trader patted the slave trader on the shoulder with great satisfaction.

"From this day forward, you are freed from the fate of lowly humans and are now qualified to pursue the destiny of noble beastmen!"

"Hahaha, hahaha!"

The slave trader felt the changes in his body and burst into tears of joy, running as fast as he could towards the alleyway.

"Hahaha, hahaha! I've become an orc! I've changed my destiny! I've become an orc..."

The orcs watched the slave traders run away, then looked away, unfazed.

"Forget about that guy, get these guys into the dungeon first!"

The orcs looked at each other and quickly reached a consensus.

Soon, several dozen humans were transported to the dungeon by a few orcs. No one resisted or tried to escape during the process.

Huang Tian had no choice but to submit to local customs and be manipulated by them. In the end, he was imprisoned in the dungeon along with the other people.

It was a dark dungeon, filled with the stench of decaying flesh.

The orcs bound everyone's hands and feet with chains and connected the chains to iron rings embedded in the walls, leaving people with less than half a meter of room to move.

After doing all this, the orcs left the dungeon. Unable to bear the stench, they didn't want to stay there a moment longer.

After the orcs left, the others remained quiet, except for Huang Tian, ​​who was restless in the previous row.

"Boss, that red crystal from earlier seems to be able to turn humans into orcs. And if we become orcs, it seems like it will be much easier to move around in the city!"

Old Li, who was imprisoned in the dungeon along with Huang Tianzai, found Huang Tianzai, who was not far from him, by the faint light that was coming in through the ventilation opening.

"Yeah, I also feel like we can do it that way, but right now we don't know how to get that crystal."

And... Old Li...

Huang Tianzai's tone became somewhat melancholy.

"What's wrong, boss?"

Old Li asked in confusion, and then saw Huang Tian wave the shackles binding his hands above him and couldn't help but complain.

"We're in, but how are we supposed to investigate? These shackles are too strong; I couldn't break free even using my skills."

"I only told you that this is the way to get in. As for what to do after we get in, I don't know! But even if we can't go out to explore, at least we know that the red crystal exists. It's not a loss if we die and go back to the save point."

Old Li's honest answer left Huang Tian speechless.

What's this? We finally got in, only to die once?

Just as Huang Tian was pondering whether to die and return to the save point or wait a while before dying and returning to the save point.

A crisp sound of shackles hitting the ground made him turn his head to look over.

It was the same NPC Huang Tianzai had tried to talk to in the iron cage earlier. Now, he had somehow broken free of his shackles and was slowly walking towards the other side of the dungeon wall.

"Hey, buddy, brother, compatriot, comrade!"

Seeing this, Huang Tianzai couldn't help but shout, causing the man to turn around and look at Huang Tianzai coldly, "Shut up, what are you doing?"

"Nothing much, I just wanted to ask how you got out of those shackles, brother."

As soon as Huang Tian finished speaking, he saw the other party raise his bloody hand, which had lost a layer of skin and flesh.

"There's no good way, unless you're not afraid of pain..."

The other party spoke coldly, intending to advise Huang Tian to give up his illusions, but saw Huang Tian nod as if he had suddenly realized something.

Immediately afterwards, Huang Tian grabbed the shackles and, without changing his expression, removed them from his wrists along with a layer of skin and flesh.

The man frowned as he watched this scene; it was clear he had mentally prepared himself for a long time before he managed to remove the shackles.

But this guy in front of me is so ruthless and decisive.

"Who are you..." the man began, about to inquire about Huang Tianzai's identity. Then he saw a pure white light appear on Huang Tianzai's hand, where the skin and flesh had peeled away to reveal the white bone, and the flesh on the hand was rapidly regenerating.

Although the light was faint, it was the most dazzling and eye-catching presence in the dimly lit dungeon.

Those dazed people turned to look at Huang Tian, ​​their previously empty eyes now reflecting a light called hope.

They didn't speak, but silently turned to face Huang Tianzai, and knelt down in unison before Huang Tianzai's astonished gaze.

"..."

Faced with this sudden turn of events, Huang Tian was somewhat bewildered.

Beside Huang Tian, ​​the man looked at the light from the healing wounds and couldn't help but murmur softly.

"Holy light...this is holy light..."

The man recalled what Huang Tian had said to him while he was in the iron cage of the carriage.

At that time, he thought Huang Tian was just a crazy guy, after all, it was common knowledge that the Holy Throne of Light had fallen a thousand years ago.

The so-called reappearance of the new God of Light is nothing more than a fantasy that humans, having lost the protection of the gods, have come to believe in after deceiving themselves!

But now, the holy light was right in front of him.

The other party did not use any other objects; the holy light was cast so naturally.

This situation can only mean one thing: the power of light seems to have truly reappeared in the world.

He asked with immense excitement, "Great and eternal God of Light, has He truly reappeared in the world?"