after being offered to the devil

Chapter 57 Liberty City

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Under the cover of night, everything happened so quietly.

Rye Village once again fell into a dead silence.

No one would know that this desolate and dilapidated village once became a game field for the gods.

……

Lin Qiao didn't know how far he had gone, and he didn't dare to stop until he couldn't see Rye Village when he turned around.

He breathed a sigh of relief, a floating light fell in front of his eyes, and he looked up.

The sky was overcast, and the sky turned white for a while.

Its daybreak.

Lin Qiao looked to the side.

Arthur was pale and silent, not knowing what he was thinking.

Lin Qiao didn't know where to go for a while, and asked, "Go back to the abyss?"

Arthur's thoughts were dull, and it was only after a while that he heard his answer: "No reply."

Lin Qiao blinked: "Why didn't you reply?"

The abyss is a dark and ominous place, eerie and terrifying to others, but to Arthur, it is the main battlefield.

In the abyss, it can be said that the buff is full, and no one is afraid.

Arthur lowered his eyes: "The abyss..."

Lin Qiao: "What happened to the abyss?"

Arthur spoke slowly: "The abyss is not good, don't go back."

Cursed by the gods, the abyss is surrounded by darkness and silence, like a huge vortex that attracts all negative emotions into it.

As long as you are in it, you can feel endless pain.

Arthur used to be able to resist with deep sleep, but now there is a battle of faith everywhere on the mainland, and the abyss is filled with all kinds of negative emotions, even the gods will lose their minds.

Arthur can't go back.

Once he returns to the abyss, he may really become a god who wants to destroy the world.

He doesn't want to be like that.

Lin Qiao understood, and asked again: "If we can't go back to the abyss, where should we go now?"

He and Arthur looked at each other, clearly seeing the blankness in each other's eyes.

Lin Qiao: ...that's great.

Nor could Arthur be expected to give any good advice.

He thought for a while, and then he had a flash of inspiration: "We can go there..."

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Kingdom of the Moon.

This is the territory of the Moon Goddess. Every citizen believes in the moon devoutly. Every once in a while, a large-scale moon sacrifice will be held.

Moon Sacrifice, as the name suggests, is a ceremony to offer tribute to the Moon Goddess.

As long as you are a believer who has participated in the Moon Festival, you can regain your youth and beauty.

Even old people who are dying and dying can be rejuvenated under the grace of the moon.

Who doesn't want to stay young forever?

Under such temptation, every believer believes in the moon devoutly and fanatically, and even holds moon sacrifices at all costs.

In this atmosphere where all the people are chasing the moon, a small border town seems out of place.

This small city originally believed in the moon and belonged to a small nobleman's territory.But I don't know what happened, the noble lord died, and the person who took over the territory became a pagan who believed in other gods.

It stands to reason that this kind of heretic will soon be cleaned up by Moon Knight.

Unexpectedly, the goddess of the moon was kind and tolerant, and did not eliminate the heretics. Instead, she issued an oracle and acknowledged the existence of this place.

There is an official endorsement, and the small town is really remote, so no one will ask for nothing and come to the door for trouble.

The residents of this territory developed in the cracks, constantly absorbing refugees without status, and gradually grew from a village to the size of a town.

It's called Liberty City.

Lin Qiao was taken aback when he stepped into Liberty City again.

Without him, the development here is too fast.

When he left before, the residents here did not exceed three digits, and they were all skinny and timid slaves.

Looking at it now, the road is clean and tidy, and the people walking on it hold their heads high and their chests high, looking very energetic.

Lin Qiao counted with his fingers.

He stayed in the Holy Court of Light for more than half a year.

Then it took over three months on the way to the abyss.

Then there was a lot of ups and downs... It was only a year since I left here.

Has it developed to this level in one year?

Lin Qiao turned his gaze.

The earth magician controlled the earth elemental elves, and easily built a city wall; the elf girl in white robe whispered and communicated with the plant elves, and in a short while clusters of green seedlings burst out of the ground; Using sophisticated instruments, black mist emerged, forming alchemy products one by one...

Lin Qiao muttered: "Where are there so many people?"

Nick next to him was the slave who was rescued by Lin Qiao before.

Because of his outstanding leadership, he has become the ruler of this small town.

Hearing Lin Qiao's question now, he replied: "It's too messy outside now."

The fall of the God of Knowledge is a trigger, triggering a series of battles of faith everywhere.

The legacy of the God of Knowledge is not just fragments of godhood, but also territory, beliefs, and the wealth of knowledge accumulated over thousands of years.

It's like a big piece of unowned fat, put on the ground, everyone wants to take a bite.

Under the turmoil of the war, some people died, some people lost their homes and left their homes... It seems that only by choosing to believe in a god can they find peace.

But this tranquility is also temporary.Even if you believe in the gods, you can't escape the fate of dying on the battlefield.

Faced with such a tragic situation, those believers who were not very devout were shaken.They were confused and shaken—what can they gain by believing in the gods?

Is it power and status, or death and pain?

A group of people got cold feet.

But after escaping, they didn't know where to go.

The world is so big that there seems to be no place that can accommodate the existence of a traitor.

At this time, as the only god who did not participate in the battle of faith, the Lord of the Abyss seemed to be a good choice.

In the past, the Lord of the Abyss stayed in the abyss. Few people knew this name, but now it is different. I have never heard of it. Has the Lord of the Abyss established a country of faith?

Liberty City is the kingdom of the Lord of the Abyss—there is a backer, and it is very tough, and ordinary people dare not come to touch it.

And there is no restriction on belief, you can keep your belief or you can have no belief at all.

With the addition of these two advantages, a steady stream of people came here.

Civilians, slaves, believers... Different identities and different statuses, the only similarity is that they are all victims of the battle of faith.

It seems that it is still lucky to have the light of the battle of faith, otherwise, Liberty City would not have developed so fast.

Lin Qiao thought of another question: "Uh...don't these people find it strange?"

Nick: "Which way?"

Lin Qiao probed: "In terms of belief?"

Nick shook his head: "No."

Lin Qiao was puzzled.

It shouldn't be.

In the context of this continent, it is very rare and common to believe in a god and gain power from it. The "freedom of belief" in Liberty City is what makes people feel strange.

Also, there are no slaves or nobles in Liberty City, so no one criticized these two points?

Nick had a strange expression, and said vaguely, "Maybe it's because...the Lord of the Abyss is an evil god."

Lin Qiao glanced at Arthur subconsciously.

Arthur's expression was indifferent, and he didn't react too much even if he was called an "evil god" face to face.

Lin Qiao touched the tip of his nose.

It turns out that being an evil god has this kind of benefit.

Because he is an evil god, it is not surprising in the eyes of others to make any outrageous operations, and he accepted it without even questioning it.

Lin Qiao finished the topic, and when she raised her eyes, what appeared in front of her was the familiar orange grove.

It is no longer the season of oranges. There are no yellow fruits on the branches, but green leaves instead.

Lin Qiao walked in from the path, and in front was the back door of the castle.

Nick said: "Now this is the office of the City Lord's Mansion, I will arrange another place for you..."

Lin Qiao raised her hand to stop it: "Don't bother, we'll just live here."

Nick had no choice but to agree, and arranged for the people below to clean up the room.

The room was made up quickly.

Even if I tried my best to tidy it up, I still couldn't hide the yellowed walls and old curtains, which looked a little rough.

Nick was somewhat restrained: "Sorry, there is not much money to repair the castle at present."

The starting point of Liberty City was very low, with only about a hundred people, and the funds used were all left by the previous generation of lords.

Later, relying on the ore discovered in the back mountain to trade with other places, and after accumulating the first pot of gold, it slowly developed.

But now that there are more people, it costs more.

All in all, one word - poor.

Lin Qiao thought about being poor here, never thought about being so poor, and felt that he should do something, so he poked Arthur with his elbow: "Are you rich?"

Arthur was at a loss: "Money?"

The word money seemed to be an unfamiliar word to Arthur.

But that's true, as a god, only believers can worship him, and he has no chance to spend money to buy things at all.

Lin Qiao gestured: "It's gold coins, the kind you can buy things, shiny and golden."

Arthur said "Oh" slowly: "Yes."

Lin Qiao: "Where is it?"

Arthur: "Abyss."

The abyss is cursed by the gods, the soil is barren and cannot bear abundant fruit.

That's because... the bottom of the abyss is full of mineral veins, so it's not suitable for planting plants.

The abyss is rich in minerals, how rich is it?

Gold mines, silver mines, magic stone mines... are all exposed on the ground, and there is no need to spend manpower to mine them.

However, these things are useless to the demons in the abyss. In addition, no human beings dare to set foot in the forbidden area of ​​the abyss. As a result, no one has mined these veins for thousands of years.

Lin Qiao was stunned when he heard this: "So...you are rich?"

Arthur didn't even think about it: "Give it to Jojo."

Lin Qiao was directly knocked out by the golden pie falling from the world.But after fainting, another very important question popped up: "Then how should I get it?"

Arthur paused to think.

After a while, he raised his right hand.

A mass of darkness surged in his palm, and then, a crisp "jingle" sounded.

Lin Qiao looked down.

A stone emitting golden light fell to the ground, and before it could be picked up, countless stones fell down with a clatter.

But in the blink of an eye, a hill was formed.

Seeing that the entire room was about to be filled with gold ore, Lin Qiao quickly stopped: "Enough, enough!"

Arthur dropped his hands.

Lin Qiao was dazzled by these gold ores, swallowed, and said to Nick: "All these are for you, you use them first, and then talk about if you don't have enough."

Nick's mouth grew wide, and he was obviously at a loss for what to do with the pie from the sky.

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Because the cleaned up room was filled with gold ore, Nick called someone to count the amount of smelted gold coins, and at the same time arranged a new room.

After tossing and tossing for a while, Lin Qiao was finally able to sit comfortably on the chair.

A cup of steaming honey tea and a piece of fluffy and sweet pie are placed in front of you.

After taking a sip of honey tea, the sweet and mild taste filled the mouth, making people forget the previous fright.

Lin Qiao drank most of the glass, thinking of Arthur.

Arthur sat on the chair opposite, lowering the corners of his eyes, always distracted.

Lin Qiao broke off a piece of pie and handed it to Arthur.

Arthur's eyelashes flickered, but he didn't pick them up.

Lin Qiao waited for a while, then simply stuffed it into his mouth.

The pie is filled with berries, and the sourness just neutralizes the sweetness, which makes people's index fingers move.

Lin Qiao licked the jam on his finger and asked, "What's wrong?"

Arthur said abruptly, "I'm going to sleep for a while."

Lin Qiao: "Huh?"

Arthur: "I'm hurt."

In the previous battle, Arthur also paid a certain price in order to severely injure the God of Light in a very short period of time.

In addition, the power of the God of Light still remains in his body, and he needs to sleep for a while to solve it.

Lin Qiao: "How long will it take?"

Arthur thought for a while: "Not long."

Lin Qiao wanted to ask something else, but when he looked over, Arthur lowered his head, as if he had fallen asleep.

He raised his heart and called out cautiously: "Arthur?"

no respond.

Arthur leaned back on the chair, with a well-defined profile, motionless, like a carefully carved statue.

Darkness surges.

Gathered from all directions, Arthur was wrapped in it, and finally formed a dark "cocoon".

Arthur is sleeping in the "cocoon".

Lin Qiao stared at it for a moment, and then said the sentence that he hadn't had time to say: "Then you have to wake up quickly, I will wait for you."

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This time, half a month has passed.

Half a month, whether it is long or short, is enough to change the situation outside, and the story has twists and turns.

Victims of the war kept fleeing to Liberty City, and they brought all kinds of news, allowing Lin Qiao to know the changes outside even in this border town.

First, the territory of the God of Knowledge was finally divided up.

Among them, the goddess of the moon took the lead and took the big head.

The Goddess of Plenty followed closely behind and also took advantage of a lot.

Only the God of Light didn't say a word, didn't say he didn't get any benefits, and was vaguely targeted by the other two gods.

I heard that the God of Light has not issued an oracle for a while.

The Goddess of Plenty and the Goddess of the Moon were ready to move, and sent believers over to test, but the God of Light still did not respond.

It is rumored outside that the God of Light is about to fall.

Because of this reason, the disputes outside not only did not stop, but intensified.

Lin Qiao was thoughtful.

Originally, the four gods restrained and guarded against each other, and no one dared to take the lead.

But now that the God of Knowledge is dead, the balance between the gods has been broken.After digesting the legacy of the God of Knowledge, the strength of the gods is not equal, and there is a situation where the big fish eats the small fish.

Now the goddess of abundance and the goddess of the moon join forces to deal with the god of light, and when the god of light is resolved, the next... is the abyss.

Could he do something to prevent what happened next.

Just what to do?

Lin Qiao's thoughts turned, and her eyes fell on the bracelet hanging on her wrist.

The bracelet is woven by the power of darkness, and strung with it is the godhead of the god of knowledge.

The God of Knowledge knows everything, can he tell him what to do next?

He has always had a doubt, that is - why do gods need the power of faith?Why can the power of faith become the source of power for gods?

And as a god, why doesn't Arthur need faith?

These are never mentioned in the original "God's Arrival".

But now because of his appearance, the plot of the original work is like a horse that has run off its rein, and it doesn't know where it went.

You can no longer rely on the original, but have to find the answer by yourself.

Lin Qiao raised his hand, and the shards of Godhead of the God of Knowledge swayed in mid-air, reflecting a bright stream of light.

He had a hunch that as long as these problems were resolved, these troubles would be resolved.

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