WTYTIAAN Chapter 175

Chapter 175

The exploration of Hawthorne Village was nearing its end. With the experience of several big shots, they had determined that Hawthorne Village was a village composed of secret cult members, hidden among ordinary villages. At the same time, they built an altar in the underground space of the village, using something unknown as sacrificial offerings.

And these offerings were very likely passing merchant groups, travelers, and lost children from nearby.

“This is just a cult, right!” [destin] blurted out, “Using human lives as sacrifices is too cruel!”

“Actually, it’s quite normal.” [Butcher Chasing Pig] explained, “This kind of setting often appears in some R21 game works, not to mention that this world is still a world with gods. Have you guys learned about the background story of the Ermann Continent? Things like the God War, I remember someone posted it on the forum.”

[Rin] raised her hand: “Are you talking about the post serialized by [Broken Bridge Remnant Snow] on the forum? I flipped through it last night and know a little.”

“That one, I’ve also seen it, it’s really well written.” [Big A Bro] also echoed, as a game blogger himself, he naturally knew [Broken Bridge Remnant Snow]. He was also writing a post about his experience in Hawthorne Village, but he didn’t expect [Broken Bridge Remnant Snow] to post it first.

[Butcher Chasing Pig] nodded: “That post is quite comprehensive. As Teacher Shrimp said, this world is very real. Although the other world is on the magic side, some historical processes can refer to Blue Star’s past… Just talking about the ancient history of our country, haven’t there also been many events of using human lives for sacrifices?”

“Not to mention a world with real gods, it’s too normal to use blood for sacrifices.”

“According to [Broken Bridge Remnant Snow]’s post, the gods in this world are not good things either. By the way, the rune symbolizing the ‘Eternal Lord’ that we found on the altar, is it a bit related to the Eternal Empire in [Broken Bridge Remnant Snow]’s post?”

“It’s possible, but words like eternity and stars are quite common in Western fantasy works, it’s not necessarily the same one.”

Yan Yunqing heard this conversation when he found this group of players.

Forum? Analysis posts about the background story of the Ermann Continent?

Yan Yunqing became interested. He hadn’t been on the forum for a long time, and he didn’t know that there were already posts analyzing the background story of this continent on the forum. It seems that he still needs to visit the forum more in the future.

But these players are really capable, they actually found and interpreted the rune symbolizing the ‘Eternal Lord’. Yan Yunqing had also personally been to the underground altar of the Eternal Church, so he naturally knew what was carved on the altar.

Those were some sacrificial texts written in Ancient Ermann language, roughly meaning to praise the ‘Eternal Lord’, and hope that the ‘Eternal Lord’ would be satisfied with the sacrifices and bless his sincere believers.

Even Yan Yunqing, the Eternal Lord himself, felt embarrassed when he saw it. He glanced at it hastily at the time and didn’t want to look at it again.

He was more surprised that the players could translate the ‘Eternal Lord’.

Yan Yunqing had confirmed before that the players’ game system and his game system had some subtle differences. For example, the players’ game system did not have its own language translation. Their communication seemed to be transmitted to the ears of the people in the other world through the medium of the game as the current common Ermann language.

And the words spoken by the people in the other world (limited to the common Ermann language), through the medium of the game, became their respective native languages in the ears of the players.

As for those Ancient Elven language, Ancient Dragon language, Ancient Ermann language, etc., in the ears of the players, they were just a bunch of awkward garbled characters, especially those magic spells, they couldn’t understand the meaning at all.

Only Yan Yunqing was different, he seemed to have multiple language packs loaded, and he could automatically understand and learn any language, but these languages still sounded like the original tone to him, without any transformation.

It was as if he knew these languages.

Ancient Ermann language is currently the mainstream magical language, but not many people truly learn and can understand it thoroughly. Most magicians still rely on rote memorization to remember magic spells.

The players are not at a high level now, and they are all active in the Newbie Village, so they don’t have much opportunity to come into contact with the learning of Ancient Ermann language, especially since the cost of learning Ancient Ermann language is very high. Looking at the difficulty of ordinary people in the other world learning magic, you can know how high the cost is.

It is impossible for the NPCs in the Newbie Village to provide players with learning channels, and it is difficult for them to come into contact with relevant information. It is really incredible that the players can translate the ‘Eternal Lord’.

He approached silently, and suddenly spoke to startle the players present, answering the person who asked the question at the beginning: “The Eternal Lord is the king who established the Eternal Empire.”

The sudden appearance of the mysterious person did indeed surprise everyone present. If there were only a few of them, it would be fine, perhaps they really wouldn’t have seen the arrival of the mysterious person, but there were a total of nine people present! None of the nine people noticed anyone approaching, this mysterious person was a bit too elusive!

Only [Rin] and the others’ eyes lit up. They were originally wondering how to find this elusive mysterious NPC after the task was completed, but now the mysterious person appeared on his own, saving them the trouble of having to find the NPC to submit the task.

Apart from [Rin] and the four of them, the other five players had only heard of the mysterious person before, and were all stunned when they saw this so-called mysterious person.

No wonder [Rin] and the others knew that this must be a hidden task as soon as they received it. This NPC was wrapped tightly from head to toe, and no one could see his appearance at all. This looked like an NPC with an identity!

Yan Yunqing ignored the players’ scrutiny of him. He walked forward on his own, looking up at the altar of the underground altar, “I didn’t expect your abilities to be not bad, even the Eternal Lord has been investigated by you… Can you speak Ancient Ermann language?”

The players looked at each other, and the least noticeable [He Kou Wang] stood up, “I bought a fragment of a book written in Ancient Ermann language in the next town before, and just happened to recognize the rune of the Eternal Lord by comparing it.”

Yan Yunqing looked at him a few more times. He didn’t expect this kid to have such good luck. The fragment of a book written in Ancient Ermann language that can be circulated outside is likely not an important book. In addition, there is the rune of the ‘Eternal Lord’, it can basically be determined that it is some poems created by wandering poets during the Eternal Empire period, or travel notes, etc.

After so many years of vicissitudes, it is rare for paper media, which is the easiest to be damaged, to be preserved, and it just happens to be about the Eternal Lord, and it just happens to be translated correctly, which makes people have to sigh at the other party’s luck.

Could it be that this guy is an ultra-high school level lucky?

Yan Yunqing nodded slightly, earnestly revealing information to the players according to his persona, “According to the original agreement, if you rely on your own to find out the truth about Hawthorne Village, I will choose to tell you something.”

Here it comes, all the players’ spirits were lifted.

It’s time to submit the task, and at this moment everyone has an uncontrollable excitement.

The one who is best at integrating information and happens to be a college student, [Computer Sleeping Cat], stood up without hesitation, “Let me say it.”

The other three roommates looked at her with expectant eyes, making [Computer Sleeping Cat] pause for a moment, always feeling like she was being pushed out to give a PPT presentation for the group report.

[Computer Sleeping Cat] cleared her throat and said seriously: “The slaughtered Hawthorne Village is actually a village disguised by cult members. They usually pretend to be ordinary villagers living ordinary lives, but secretly built a huge underground altar for some sacrificial activities.”

The mysterious person did not interrupt her, and the face covered by the hood could not be seen with any expression at all. [Computer Sleeping Cat] could not judge whether their judgment was correct through the other party’s expression.

She bit her tongue, and a faint stinging sensation came from the tip of her tongue, focusing her attention.

“The sacrificial offerings are humans, and what they sacrifice and believe in is a being called the Eternal Lord.” [Computer Sleeping Cat]’s mind flashed the words that the mysterious person said when he first appeared, and after a pause, she inserted the information he had just said into their task results.

“This Eternal Lord is actually the one who ended the God War more than two thousand years ago…”

“…”

[Computer Sleeping Cat] organized the information into language little by little in an orderly manner. When she said the last sentence, that is, the truth about the massacre in Hawthorne Village, she couldn’t help but take a deep breath, and the words were exhaled with her breathing: “The massacre in Hawthorne Village is very likely to have been carried out by people who came to seek revenge, those people may be the families of the people who were once sacrificed as offerings by the people of Hawthorne Village.”

After speaking, [Computer Sleeping Cat] looked at the mysterious person with some trepidation. A lot of her information was organized into language on the spot, and even a lot of it was her personal speculation, so she could not guarantee that it was completely correct.

The mysterious person was silent for a while, and just when the hearts of the other players were gradually raised, the [Explore Hawthorne Village (In Progress)] task on their task panel was marked as completed.

[‘???’s Favorability towards you +5]

[Task completed, you have obtained: [Gold Coins x50], [Experience x10000], [Skill – Beginner Fireball], [Skill – Beginner Swordsmanship], [Skill Book], [Weapon Blind Box x1]…]

A series of rewards popped up, rewarding a pile of things according to the progress of each completed task, especially the experience points, which allowed all the players present to level up directly by 1-2 levels.

Immediately, all the players present looked at the mysterious person with glowing eyes.

This NPC is too generous! He actually gave so many things!!!

The mysterious person was silent for a while, and let out a hum laugh: “Consider you qualified.”

“It’s about the same as what you said, but there is one thing that is wrong.”

“Although they believe in the Eternal Lord, they are not recognized by the former dependents of the Eternal Lord.”

“Those believers sacrificed their lives to the Eternal Lord self-righteously, but they didn’t know that they were completely deceived. Their sacrifices not only could not be exchanged for blessings, but were also manipulated and used by the people behind the scenes.”

The players’ hearts were shocked, knowing that what the mysterious person was saying now was either the main line of the game or an important side line of the game, and they quickly pricked up their ears to listen.

“This is a religion called the Eternal Church. They are like rats in the gutter, secretly developing believers among the bottom people, deceiving believers to sacrifice their lives to the Eternal Lord. They believe that people are born with sin, and sin flows in the blood. Only by cutting through the skin and flesh and draining the sinful blood can they be blessed and forgiven.”

The mysterious person’s words were straightforward, causing several young girls present to frown.

“However, in fact, they are just using the name of the Eternal Lord to bewitch these believers to sacrifice themselves and sacrifice their families.”

“You’re right.” The mysterious person looked at [Computer Sleeping Cat], “The people in this village are all Eternal Church believers hidden in the dark. They use their disguised villager identities to harm the nearby bottom people.”

“And their death, in a sense, can be regarded as a gift from the Eternal Lord they believe in, and it can be regarded as their wish come true.” When the mysterious person said this, his voice carried a hint of sarcasm, but all the players present could hear it.

“Ah?” [destin] was confused when she heard this, “Didn’t you say that they were just using the name of the Eternal Lord to engage in a cult? How did it become the Eternal Lord bestowing death on them again?”

As soon as she finished speaking, she felt the mysterious person’s gaze fall on her, and she blinked her eyes, not knowing why.

The mysterious person chuckled, the laughter a bit low, making people feel a palpitation, “Yes, so they were torn to pieces by the former dependents of the Eternal Lord.”

Former dependents…

Yes, [Broken Bridge Remnant Snow]’s post wrote that although the Eternal Lord disappeared more than a thousand years ago, his dependents did not. Now many of the Eternal Lord’s dependents have become hegemons, especially the Dragon Race.

So the cult members of Hawthorne Village were all killed by the dependents of the Eternal Lord? That can indeed be regarded as the Eternal Lord bestowing death on them.

“What is the purpose of the Eternal Church? Do they just want to kill people and sacrifice them?” [Butcher Chasing Pig] asked, he is a very experienced professional player, and can grasp the key points from the mysterious person’s words.

“The general purpose of religion in doing sacrifices is to control people’s hearts, and then amass wealth and seize power, but you just said that they absorb ordinary people, and it is difficult to scrape money and power from these ordinary people, so what is their purpose?”

The mysterious person’s gaze shifted from [destin] to [Butcher Chasing Pig]. He chuckled again, “You are very smart, yes, what are they for?”

“I can’t answer this question for you, you can find it yourself later.”

“War and disaster are coming, the world will be destroyed, only the Sky Descenders can save everything.”

Although his expression was covered by the hood, the players could still feel the mysterious person deeply looking at them, “Perhaps they are trying to fool this world? I don’t know if you, as Sky Descenders, are really as the prophecy says, and save everything?”

As if to confirm his words, all the players, the nine people on the scene, and the remaining two thousand players not on the scene, no matter what they were doing, a prompt box popped up in front of them.

[The Closed Beta 1.0 is over, thank you for your support of the Homecoming Game development.]

[Please note that the game will undergo a three-day update and upgrade. Please all players find a safe place to log off within ten minutes. The game system will forcibly log out all online players in ten minutes. Losses caused by the death of game characters during the upgrade will not be restored!]

[Please note…]

[Please note…]

The prompt box that could not be shielded always floated in front of the players’ eyes, and the players were all surprised. Some complained about the sudden end of the 1.0 Closed Beta, and some were curious about what content the next update and upgrade would have…

All nine players on the scene widened their eyes.

Is this a coincidence? The system prompted them that the 1.0 Closed Beta was over and that the game was going to be updated and upgraded just after the mysterious NPC finished his last sentence!

No, there is no such coincidence!

But doesn’t that indirectly illustrate that the information given by this mysterious NPC is the main plot of this Homecoming Game?!

At least in the next whole version update, it will definitely become the main plot!!