Skadi, returning to infinity

"So many souls are trapped here. If they cannot be released, then one day in the future, someone might accidentally release these souls."

"If we let it out, what terrible consequences it would bring..."

"Even if I can't predict it, I can guess some of it."

Skadi had mixed feelings; she had stumbled into a place that shouldn't have been discovered.

The hidden secrets and past here are what give her a real headache.

"I'll look again."

Taking a deep breath, Skadi slowly walked over.

The ground trembled as she walked, and silently, even the creatures hanging from the cave ceiling were startled by Skadi and flew everywhere.

The ground continued to shake, as if it had a life of its own.

"Quiet down. I have no intention of killing you. Just stay here peacefully."

Skadi stomped her foot on the ground to quiet the guy down.

She spoke in Terran Common, but once spoken, her words could be transformed through soul energy into a form that any intelligent being could hear.

The "language" you need to understand

The creature that had been terrified by her arrival stopped trembling, as it sensed that Skadi had no intention of causing it any trouble.

As long as it's safe, there's nothing to worry about.

“Eh.” Skadi shook her head. She had only realized this when she saw the glowing fungi; after so many lives had nurtured them…

There must be some strange life forms that have been born beneath this cave.

They may not be powerful, but they are large enough.

Sure enough, these life forms began to respond as she walked.

To avoid unnecessary trouble in the primary election, Skadi simply silenced them.

To the girl who possessed nearly inexhaustible life energy, her words were like a divine promise to these beings.

There won't be any significant reaction.

only...

"If this continues, there will likely be even more trouble."

Skadi rubbed her head; she could already hear some spirits calling to her.

Weak souls are imprisoned on their own corpses, while strong enough souls can roam beside their own corpses.

Initially, Skadi's senses spread to areas where mostly weak souls existed, so she didn't detect the presence of these powerful souls.

The closer she got to the inside of the cave, the more she could see powerful souls watching her intently.

They all sensed Skadi's presence and knew that she had discovered them.

Trapped here year-round, unable to communicate with others except former enemies or comrades, their former sharp edges have been completely worn away.

It's all smoothed out.

They now had only one thought: either leave this hellish place and be reincarnated, or rise as ghosts and return to the earth to find that...

The guys who sacrificed themselves took revenge.

And now, Skadi, who has stumbled into this place by mistake, is their only chance.

If she doesn't do it, it's hard to say whether anyone else will come here in the future.

Even if someone else manages to get in, it's uncertain whether they're as powerful as her.

Therefore, they wanted to talk to Skadi to see if they could use her power to escape from here.

Skadi sensed their inner desires, but she said nothing and simply walked to the very center of the battlefield.

This is the first battlefield, and also the last.

Most of the powerful warriors died here, and this is also where the corpses are most concentrated.

"Do you remember how long you've been dead?"

Skadi stood there, silent for a moment, and then suddenly asked a question.

Her sudden question startled even the powerful ghosts.

For a moment, not a single ghost reacted and tried to talk to her.

After a while, a very dashing girl with a high ponytail and armor came out. She looked at Skadi and answered her question.

"We don't know exactly how long we've been here."

Skadi frowned slightly when she heard her say that.

"Do you still remember the date of that great battle?"

It is currently the middle of 1091. If we know the time, it is very easy to work backwards.

"It was in the late autumn of 727, during the War of Faith."

The girl in high ponytail and armor couldn't think of a specific time for a moment, and the person who answered her was a middle-aged man who looked like a priest.

He has a red battle mark on his left cheek, which, in some religious terms, represents a very high status.

"A war of faith? What happened back then?"

I really don't know much about Skadi, the chronicle of this continent.

Because she has always been a forward-looking person, more interested in what will happen in the future, rather than looking back to understand what has already happened.

history.

Even though it's not a good habit and it causes her to miss a lot of information, she doesn't care.

Now, someone brought up what happened back then, and Skadi couldn't figure out what the War of Faith was, no matter how hard she tried.

"Back then, a protracted war broke out on the continent of Terra due to differing beliefs in the gods."

"In the end, this great war spread to all countries and forces."

"The final battle will take place here..."

"The place is called the Plain of Chasing Deer."

"The end result was that there were no winners or survivors; everyone who participated in the war was sacrificed by some guy and became part of it."

Offerings to the gods.

“Throughout this time, we have been reminiscing about what happened back then.”

"In the end, we came to the conclusion that the reason why the war of faith broke out was entirely due to the instigation of that guy who became a god."

"He exploited our fervor for faith, our discontent with heretics, and the tense situation on the mainland at the time, and further instigated various factions."

force.

"Under such circumstances, once war breaks out, it will spread to other countries and forces."

"In order to ease tensions and to avoid becoming victims of this war, all countries got involved."

"This is just one of the battlefields, but it is the largest battlefield."

"In the end, we were also sacrificed by that guy, buried alive, our souls forever imprisoned here, becoming the offerings for his godhood."

Taste. "

The priest referred to those who exploited them as "that guy."

The priest was filled with rage over what he had done, repeatedly reading the phrase "became the sacrifice for his godhood."

"It is now the middle of 1091, which means 364 years have passed."

"But the entrance I came in through from the outside was hundreds of years ago."

"In other words, at least one person, or a group of people, came in here before I did."

Do you have any intelligence on them?

Skadi listened to the priest's words, thought for a moment, and then asked a question.

She felt there were things she hadn't noticed; had she overlooked something?

PS: This chapter has 4000 words, update 4000/20000.

Chapter 33: The best way to deal with a tsundere is to be direct.

“Our perception is correct; you are the only one who has entered this place over the years.”

"If the situation you described really occurs, then we cannot determine exactly what happened."

"You'll need to find out the reason yourself."

The speaker was an elderly man in his sixties, likely from Yan country. He had a youthful face and white hair, and a hound's tail on his back; it was probably a Reberba (hound).

(Dogs)

"Old man, are you from Yan country?"

Skadi tilted her head and looked at him, asking a question curiously.

"Yes, they are from Yan Kingdom."

The old man looked at her in surprise. The Yan Kingdom... it still exists?

Although he didn't know what had happened to Yan Kingdom, the old man still admitted his identity.

"The Yan Kingdom has not started a war for hundreds of years, and this may be one of the wars that the Yan Kingdom experienced before starting a war."

Touching her chin, Skadi wasn't sure if this was what she had guessed.

Or perhaps, this part of history has been destroyed by various countries and forces, becoming a secret past.

It's also possible that "that guy" could use his special abilities to cover up his crimes and make them disappear.