Life has dealt a heavy hand to a weak demigod like me.

"But this toy is very suitable for the current situation, isn't it?"

While making the magic carpet bigger, Hogot winked at Peroz.

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Section 47 Chapter 47 Special Customs, New Discoveries

On the suspended magic carpet, Hogot held a lantern emitting soft light.

He slowly controlled the speed of the magic carpet's ascent while carefully observing his surroundings. Looking at Hogot's preparations and his decisiveness and professionalism, Peroz couldn't help but feel a touch of admiration.

Compared to Hogot's, the mountaineering pick in her hand was simply too rough.

"Little Peroz, come here for a moment." When Peroz was distracted by something, Hogot suddenly shouted at her.

Peroz slowly moved his body to his position.

A new mural appeared before their eyes.

The mural depicts a man lying on the ground with his eyes closed, while some animals are lying on him and biting his flesh.

A wisp of black smoke enveloped his body, but the smoke gradually disappeared where the animal had bitten him.

"This is..." Peroz was a little confused.

"Help me hold the light." While handing over the lantern in his hand, Hogot took out the camera.

"The research and records about the Pure White God in the Kingdom of York are incomplete. After all, he is not from the East Continent."

"But in the country where I was born, there are still many records about him."

"I studied it for a while when I was young, just out of interest."

"The Pure White God believes that when people are born into this world, they begin to be tainted with sin as they grow."

"To cleanse yourself of these sins, you need to continually do good deeds. The more good deeds you do, the fewer sins you will have before you die."

"However, sins and good deeds cannot be completely offset. After death, they still need a final procedure to completely eliminate their sins and achieve the state of 'pure whiteness' or 'pure goodness'."

"That is to use one's own flesh to redeem hungry souls."

Peroz was stunned.

In her memory, there are probably three common burial methods: burial, cremation and burial at sea.

If broken down, it can be divided into about ten types, but most of them are these three styles passed down from the era of the Five Gods Church.

This was the first time she had heard of such a strange funeral ceremony, and perhaps she would see it soon.

"The body of the deceased will attract animals that need it to come and eat it. When the flesh part of the body slowly disappears, it will be revealed whether the person has reached the state of "pure white"."

"If animals continue to gnaw on his bones, it means that sins still remain on his body, and more remains are needed to atone for them."

"If the animal eats all of his flesh, leaving him with a complete skeleton, it means that he has reached the state of 'pure whiteness' and is a person worthy of respect and remembrance."

"Among the followers of the Pure White God, the more complete a person's skeleton is after death, the more worthy of praise and learning."

"With the death of the White God, his followers gradually disappeared, and this custom also gradually disappeared."

After explaining this special funeral ceremony, Hogot turned around and looked at Finks again with great interest.

"Finks, were the skeletons you saw before complete or fragmentary?"

"Damn, do you think those bones can stay in my memory for that long?" Finks couldn't help but complain.

"Professor, there is one thing I don't quite understand." Peroz thought for a moment and asked Hogot.

Hogot said as he stuffed the camera into his satchel, "You can ask anything you want, as long as I know."

"If the followers of the Pure White God are accustomed to using this kind of funeral ritual, then their tombs shouldn't be located in high places."

At this time, the magic carpet was almost carrying them to the top of the cave, and was very close to the location of the corpse that Finks mentioned.

If Hogot was right, then such remains should not be located here.

"Their burial place is definitely not here. Generally speaking, after the ceremony is completed, they will dig a hole and bury the remains in it."

"But there is one exception." Hogot did not finish his words, but looked at Peroz with a smile.

"What if the skeleton remains intact?" Peroz had an idea.

"Yes, according to their customs, keeping the skeleton intact is a matter of great honor. So, after obtaining everyone's consent, his relatives, descendants, or disciples will take the deceased's skeleton to their own homes or some important places for viewing and learning."

"If my guess is correct, this shouldn't be the location of a tomb, but rather a gathering place for the White God's followers. It could be a missionary church, a meeting hall, or somewhere else."

If it were this kind of place, there wouldn't be many traps and protective measures.

After all, the purpose of preaching is to hope that more people can be cleansed by their thoughts and believe in the gods they believe in, and they will not casually refuse believers from entering.

At the same time, if this kind of place is in the same place as the tomb of the Pure White God, it means that there is a high probability that there are clues about that place here.

The rich adventure experience made Hogot think of many things, and his eyes sparkled for a moment.

He will create a detailed journal about the Golden Island of Jevers. His fame will surely rise further.

For a moment his mood became cheerful.

The magic carpet rose faster, and not long after seeing the mural, they saw the skeleton that Finks had mentioned.

Just as Hogot had thought, the skeleton had been specially treated and hung at the highest point of the cave.

Unlike the bones of other deceased people, the bones hanging here are pure white without any other impurities, and their texture is like precious jade.

If these bones were placed outside the cave in the sunlight, many people would probably mistake them for works of art rather than bones.

"How beautiful..." Hogot took the lantern in his hand, and controlled the magic carpet to circle around the two skeletons, observing them from different angles.

On the other side, Peroz slowly shifted his gaze away from the skeleton and began to explore the surroundings.

While Hogot was drawn to the skeleton, she also gained something of her own.

"Professor Hoggart... could you lend me the lantern?"

Hogot didn't look away, but casually took out a small stick from his bag and threw it over.

"Shake it gently and it will lighten," Hogot said softly.

Peroz nodded, then his gaze fell on the north-upper position of the skeleton.

There is the last mural in the cave.

The mural depicts a large ship. The clouds around it seem to indicate that the sky is where the ship is. A man with an unclear face is kneeling on the ship, and behind him are many skeletons kneeling.

On the boat floated a god radiating light, looking at the people on board with a benevolent gaze.

ps: Thanks to Master Cai Bu BBA, the president of the Caring Hammer Association for his support of the blades, and thanks to everyone for their monthly ticket recommendation support (＃^.^＃)

ps2: The protagonist who lost contact with prostitutes begs for votes o(〃'▽'〃)o

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Chapter 48 The Last Believer

This picture is...?

Does it mean that the Pure White God will take those who are purely good into the Kingdom of God to obtain eternal life?

wrong...

Demigods don't have this ability.

This is common sense for extraordinary people.

Can't completely deny...

Most believers take God's words as the gospel.

As long as the Pure White God says he can, it is reasonable for them to think that the Pure White God has this ability.

If the person who leads them to eternal life is the Pure White God, then who is the person standing in front of a group of skeletons at the bow of the ship?

Countless doubts floated in Peroz's mind. She seemed to have grasped something, but she grasped nothing.

Something is missing...

Her brows slowly furrowed.

At this time, Finks, who was sitting on the magic carpet and responsible for protecting the two, was speechless.

One of these two is obsessed with bones, and the other is obsessed with murals. He is the only one here and there is no danger. It seems that he is a little redundant.

So he also followed their example and looked around.

Although he usually looks careless and out of tune, Finks is also a veteran.

It wasn't long before he discovered something wrong on the stone wall that the skeleton was looking at.

His eyes flickered, and then he silently took out four dazzling gems from his arms and placed them on the four corners of the magic carpet.

"I have a new discovery." He interrupted their thoughts and spoke directly.

"What?" The two confused people looked at Finks at the same time.

"Look there." Finks pointed in the direction of the skeleton's eyes.

Compared with other places around, the stone walls there are very flat, and traces of human intervention can be vaguely seen. Perhaps there were some carvings on it in the past, but now some black grass grows on it, covering up the original traces.

"Things like black grass typically grow where magic energy has dissipated, using the remaining magic energy as nutrients to slowly grow. Once their range reaches a certain size, the black grass will slowly disappear and transform into a Sequence 9 strange beast, the Grass Bat."

"No matter what it is, it was once blessed with extraordinary power." Finks drew some magic patterns around the gems on the four corners of the magic carpet, and took out another pure white crystal and threw it down.

After the sailor waiting below saw the crystal, he took the crystal and left the cave without looking back.

"These signs of black grass have probably been growing for decades. If we don't come here, maybe in a hundred years a powerful monster will be born here that will devour all the magic energy on the murals." Hogot made a simple judgment after glancing at the wall that Finks mentioned.

The cave is not a good place to preserve murals, but the murals that Perozzi and Hogot saw here were very clear, allowing people to see what the murals expressed at a glance.

This is the effect of magic power.

This kind of magical power can even last for tens of thousands of years or even longer if there is no external force to destroy it.

However, encountering the black grass, a creature born from the overflowing magic energy and feeding on magic energy, is like encountering its nemesis.

"Do you want to clean it up? In a few decades, we might be able to find some clues." Hogot asked.

"It could also be a trap. Perhaps the entire cave is a trap, a trap for greedy people like us." Finks said in a deep voice.

Black grass means the overflow of magical energy. Many adventurers will be ecstatic when they see this and look for clues on it.

There are double traps set up behind this, and even those who are on guard will fall into them directly.

"Come on, you've already prepared everything," Hogot complained.

As he spoke, Hogot glanced at the gems placed around him.

Venasitta's lucky gem, this thing can instantly transfer their location to where the main crystal is.

"This thing is not omnipotent, you know." Finks said seriously.

Hogot rolled his eyes at him without saying anything, rummaging through something in his bag.

"Sometimes I really want to rob you. How much stuff is in your bag?"

Looking at Hogot taking out a cage containing a purple horned mouse from his bag, Finks couldn't help but complain.

"Then you'll become the pirate you hate the most." Hogot replied without looking up as he carefully took the mouse out and tied silk thread around its horns and neck. "Fame is still very useful."

"Actually, I don't hate pirates. I love them!"

"Yes, yes, you love them and the treasures they bring you, right?" Hogot said slowly, throwing the mouse onto the wall covered with black grass.

The black grass was slowly eaten up by the mice, and Finks's string became tighter, not only his but also the strings of others.

But nothing bad happened. After the black grass was swallowed, some words slowly appeared in front of several people.

"Sudanese?" Hogot was stunned. After putting the mouse into the cage, he slowly translated the above words to others.

As a Sudanese, he never expected to see his mother tongue in such a place.

"To my beloved father: My god passed away, and the believers gradually fell into extreme emotions. Nat, Nina, Ster... They all chose to follow in God's footsteps."

"Rita, Shul, and I are the only ones left among the believers. We helped the others complete the ritual, but none of them are qualified to follow you, my God."

After these words, a lot of content was blacked out, and then there was a new paragraph of text.