Original God's Dark Priest

A battle, no, it wasn't really a battle at all.

When Ada came back, she saw the members of the Adventurer's Association rolling in a ball.

Two of them had already fainted, and those who were still alive were struggling on the ground and unable to get up, looking miserable.

Ada raised her eyebrows slightly but said nothing.

Saphir was the first to speak: "Take these people back and tie them up. Wait until they wake up and then interrogate them thoroughly."

"Okay." Ada naturally did not disagree. She took action directly and carried the people to the camp. After a while, she threw these people into the camp that the Fatui had just built.

After instructing people to take good care of her, she returned to Saphir again.

At this time, Safir had already opened the boxes that these people were going to take away and began to examine them with a frown.

Ada leaned forward to take a look, but there was no treasure in the box, only rubble.

Ada scratched her head: "Sir, this..."

"What do you think these stones are used for, Ada?" Safir asked calmly without showing any surprise.

Ada shook her head: "I don't know, maybe it's just an illusion of those people."

She knew that those people had mental problems, and it was not impossible for them to have hallucinations.

Saphir nodded slightly: "Maybe, but it's a little strange."

"What's strange?" Ada took out a palm-sized stone and looked at it carefully. She really didn't find anything wrong.

Saphir continued, "The material is wrong."

As a friend of Morax, he has done some research on stones. The town of Petliko is located in the Nostoi District. It is an isolated island in the sea and has no history of volcanic eruptions.

There are no igneous rocks here. Most of the rocks are sedimentary rocks. The most common ones are beach rocks formed by the long-term deposition and compaction of biological remains such as corals and shells and minerals.

This stone has a grayish-white hue because its surface is covered with calcium cement.

But the stones in the box were not like that. These stones were whiter in color and did not look like sedimentary rocks.

Saphir also took a piece and rubbed it. The texture was also relatively fine, with a low hardness. It felt like...

She unconsciously looked at the statue standing beside her. It was also a completely white statue. Because of the long time, a layer of green moss had appeared on the legs of the statue.

"A variant of marble, white marble." Saphir looked at the severely weathered statue in front of him, rubbed his fingers together, and rubbed off the debris that was stained on it.

She became even more confused.

Marble is often used as a sculpture material, especially for human statues, because of its soft texture, fine grain and diverse texture.

Among them, white marble, which is pure white and has a fine texture, is the first choice for decoration of Buddha statues and palace buildings.

But it is ultimately only suitable for indoor sculptures because it is too delicate and easily weathered, and the outdoor environment is still too harsh for it.

But the sculpture in front of us has obviously been left outdoors for a long time. After so many years of sun and rain, how can it still maintain its basic appearance?

There is no custom of carving statues out of stone in the town of Petliko. If you really want to trace it back, you have to go back thousands of years to the time before Egolia came to power.

The white marble in the box is obviously made of the same material as the sculpture in front of us, and it is very likely a broken stone statue.

Why would these people take the broken stone statues away as treasure? Antiques, if incomplete, will greatly reduce their value, especially this kind of stone sculpture.

It's all broken into pieces and there's no possibility of repairing it. What value does it have?

She walked to the statue, stretched out her right hand to cover the stone statue, then closed her eyes and began to feel the faint breath lingering on the stone statue.

Saphir has been concerned about this stone statue since the beginning. It always gives her a strange feeling.

The moment he touched the statue, a majestic and deep voice appeared in Saphir's mind: "How unforgettable! The Garden of Euen, planted with flowers and fruits, the great and glorious Chesalem, the Harmony Court, filled with beautiful melodies... Fate, why can't it stop here..."

She felt dazed, as if she had come to an unfamiliar place. It seemed to be a majestic palace, solemn and dignified, exuding nobility and holiness everywhere.

This made Saphir think of the royal court in the Atrium Divine Realm, which was also too heavy and serious, lacking some breath of life.

A man wearing strange clothes and a mask on his face was calling out: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Is it, calling me? Saphir's mind was in a trance for a moment: "Is it... a dream?" But then she immediately woke up. This was not a dream, but a memory, a memory preserved in the stone statue.

She remembered that she had just tried to read the information in the stone statue and seemed to have seen something extraordinary.

The man seemed to have heard her words and spoke excitedly, "Your Majesty, you are finally awake. Today is the important day for the performance of the great movement [Phobos]. Although there is still some time before the ceremony begins, it is time for us to set off."

Knowing that this was a memory fragment, Saphir did not struggle, but watched the development of events calmly. This helped her to see clearly what happened in the distant past.

Then, she felt herself speaking again, and the voice that came out of her throat was just as thick and powerful: "I seem to have had a dream."

"Dream? So even gods dream... Then, what kind of dream did you have? Was it of the fields beyond the north wind, or the silver trees beneath the frozen ground..." the man inquired, "Or was it about the future with the golden rod you showed me?"

Frozen soil, silver trees...

Saphir analyzed in his mind whether this was something that still existed.

And her mouth had already begun to answer: "I saw... the waters engulfing the earth... the children of stone and brass perishing with them... all that had once been glorious crumbled."

"…" The man was silent for a moment, then spoke again, "Is it that prophecy? It is precisely to prevent it from happening, to fight against inevitable fate, that we have come to this day."

It’s a prophecy again. Why is Fontaine so damn closely related to prophecies in every way?

Saphir complained in her heart, but a flash of inspiration came to her mind. Fontaine's prophecy? She carefully observed the scene before her again, and a name that had long been in her memory suddenly came to her mind: Remus.

I learned this name by chance. As the Demon God of Liyue, he should not need to know this name, but Remus is a wonderful person.

As a loser in the Demon War, like Orobas, he also chose to escape. Orobas fled to the Dark Sea and planned to survive there. After all, his strength was not too weak.

But this Remus couldn't do that. He really had no power, and he would basically die if he went to a place like the Dark Sea, so he chose to escape to Fontaine where there was no war with demons.

Later, due to some unknown changes, he unexpectedly established his own country: Lemuria.

She didn't remember when she heard about this incident. At that time, she just treated it as a topic of conversation after dinner.

Now that I think about it, this scene does fit. After all, Remus was born a musician, which fits the setting of this movement.

It now seemed to Saphir that Remus had long been dead, so their talk of escaping the prophecy was nothing more than empty talk.

"Just like you said, although we have paid a lot for this, when we can finally break free from the shackles of fate, all the sacrifices will not be in vain." The man said it with a firm vow, and this indomitable spirit almost moved Saphir.

"Ever since I accepted this body and became a Lemurian, I have always believed this...

I'm sorry for my incompetence. Please follow me, Your Majesty."

Saphir felt her perspective begin to shift forward. She was surprised. From the man's mouth, she confirmed her guess that this was indeed Lemuria founded by Remus.

She saw herself following the other person onto a lift, seemingly planning to go to the upper floors.

Standing on the platform, the man continued, “Although you have granted immortality to mankind, so that they no longer need to fear the tides of the deep, our souls are still bound by Fatuna.

The burden of fate is too great for the soul of man to bear, but Phobos will weave our destiny and guide us along the path of righteousness."

Safir understood in his heart. No wonder he felt that this man was a little strange just now, and looked like he was wearing a mask. Now it seems that it was not because he was wearing a mask, but because his body was like this.

This reminded her of the stone statue she had touched, and a guess that made her feel a little uncomfortable arose in her heart.

Is that really an ordinary stone statue? Is it possible that it is actually a human body?

And what about the stones in those boxes? Could it be that they are not stones but body parts?

Uh… Safir decided he shouldn't think too much about it, or he'd be unable to eat tonight. It wasn't that he was afraid, it was just that it would make him nauseous.

The elevator stopped, and what came into view was a wide corridor and a magnificent giant musical instrument at the end. That should be... Phobos? Is that what it's called?

And the soldiers standing solemnly on both sides of the corridor, aren't they the statues I just touched? They are exactly the same.

"The melody of the music will spread across the high seas along the waterways, and soon Lemuria... no, all of humanity will be freed from the unreasonable tyranny of fate and usher in a future of eternal happiness." The man spoke excitedly, as if he had seen a bright future.

Saphir felt that her perspective began to shift again, as if she had taken two steps forward. Suddenly, the statues on both sides knelt down and saluted her.

Her heavy knees hit the ground with a dull sound. In the corner of her vision, she seemed to see stone chips falling from the stone soldiers. Tsk tsk tsk, it's not easy. He has to kneel down and salute in this state. He really attaches great importance to rules, Remus.

As the view continued forward, a man's voice rose even higher behind him: "One day, people will no longer need Phobos' guidance. Everyone will be able to play their own music."

Saphir always felt that this person had hidden meaning in his words, as if he was putting Remus under pressure. This feeling...

Well, it looks a lot like the eunuchs who interfered in politics in the last years of a dynasty. I don’t know what Remus was thinking.

Anyway, Safir would not keep such a person around her. She spoke righteously and ignored the fact that she also liked to hear people flatter her.

In the blink of an eye, the perspective changed and a strange voice rang out: "Remus, Remus..."

She turned her head, trying to find the direction from which the sound came, but naturally failed. Now she was in her memories and there was not much she could do. What's more, perhaps in the original memory, Remus could not find the source of the sound.

"Remus, you spoke of forging a future free from the constraints of destiny," the voice continued, "yet your land is divided by violence, and the divides you sought to bridge have only deepened.

The immortal races you created are now fighting each other with the people of water. Now, this so-called eternal city is about to fall apart...

I cannot control your creations... Instead of bringing justice and happiness, the music has become the source of all evil. Even though their flesh and blood are separated from the water and the earth, their lost souls still lead them to the path of death. Fatuna curses your subjects and curses you.

The voice was neither sad nor happy, it just revealed endless loneliness.

The ethereal feeling reminded Safir of Columbia. That girl seemed to have disappeared. She said she was going to Nata to find the captain, but she didn't go. Now no one knows where she went.

While thinking about all these random things in my mind, I automatically said something irrelevant: "Do you remember our agreement? That was the last resort... just play the music..."

"Humanity's tyrant, after messing things up, is this the only way you can atone for your sins? But at least your decision has the capacity of a king.

Since it is an agreement, then I will be the witness of your end..."

"King cursed by fate! Indulge in music, wine, and feasting, for the time of judgment has not yet come..."

The memory ended here. Saphir lowered his hands and analyzed the information he had just obtained. There was no doubt that it was the demise of Remus. In fact, Saphir was not surprised by this result.

After abandoning the body and desires, and depriving most of the desires that interfere with people, what remains of the cold stone body can only be the most primitive destruction and violence.

Eternal life is a curse, but Remus actually regarded it as a way to salvation. It can only be said that he was seeking death.

Saphir was more concerned about the voice calling itself "old man." Who was that? To be able to rebuke a supposedly god at such a last minute must be something extraordinary.

Ada stood aside and waited patiently. She knew that Saphir didn't like to be disturbed when he was thinking.

After a long time, Saphir finally came to his senses: "Ada, let's go to the town to ask about the situation."

"Did your Excellency find anything?" Ada's eyes lit up.

Saphir nodded slightly: "Well, this involves an ancient country."

"The ancient country of Fontaine..." Ada was stunned for a moment. There was no demon war in Fontaine, and Fontaine was the only country with existing records.

Someone once joked that while other gods would fight to the death, the Water Devil would simply be defeated. This was because this land had never seen a Devil War, and compared to other kingdoms, it had always been peaceful.

But what only a few people know is that before Eugolia became the water goddess, there was another country in Fontaine, which was Lemuria founded by Remus.

Ada didn't know about this matter, but she didn't ask too much. She just followed Saphir into the town of Petlice.