Chapter 518 Ilmater, the God of Suffering

Cuifeng City, Wright Street District,

The sky has completely darkened, and Li Si walks on the deserted street.

The street is gently covered by a layer of light moonlight, hiding the unbearable things on this street, as if the whole world is immersed in a peaceful ocean. The stone road glows faintly under the faint starlight, and every step is accompanied by a long sound, slowly rippling in the empty streets, adding a bit of loneliness and tranquility.

The low houses on both sides of the road are closely attached to each other, the windows are closed, and the house is dark, as if the whole street is asleep.

Observing the situation around, Li Si shook his head slightly. It seems that the evil god cult has made a lot of noise during this period!

Let alone going out for a stroll at night, even staying at home is cautious, and there is not even a little candlelight.

Li Si controls the huge mental power to transform into countless tentacles, which continue to spread outward from his body, carefully exploring every detail.

In Li Si's perception, there are actually quite a lot of residents in the seemingly peaceful houses around, and it doesn't feel unusual.

Li Si even noticed that some people secretly looked through the cracks in the windows and carefully looked at him standing on the street with some recklessness.

These residents will live in Wright Street in Cuifeng City, and they are naturally those who have difficulty in maintaining their lives.

Even though so many people have disappeared recently, they know that they may encounter danger if they continue to stay here, but they still stay.

After all, many of them may not have savings, let alone leaving Cuifeng City, and they don't even have the ability to go to other safe neighborhoods.

They can only rely on this method to avoid danger as much as possible and silently pray to the gods for good luck, right?

This is also the reason why the Church of the Gods is willing to provide shelter to these civilians. In this case, it can gain the support of the people and harvest their faith.

Li Si doesn't think there is anything wrong with this. In this extraordinary world full of danger and evil, the existence of the Church of the Gods provides shelter to these ordinary people to a large extent, giving them spiritual peace and comfort.

At least it is better than many cults in Li Si's previous life that were purely fraudulent.

Li Si originally wanted to find a few residents to ask about the recent situation, but after thinking about it, he decided not to.

These ordinary people stay at home every day. Even if they know something, they probably hear it from hearsay, and they don't know how many times it has been processed.

Moreover, knocking on the door at this time, Li Si felt that he might scare those ordinary people to death, or even become a part of some people's stories.

When the three countries of Gordon Kingdom, Archibald Kingdom and Palo Federation were at war, it was the time when those evil god believers liked to make trouble the most.

The most common thing for those evil god believers was the life sacrifice ceremony, killing living beings and dedicating their vitality and souls to the gods they believed in.

Although there were other plans, they were basically the same old story.

After all, there is no clear distinction between evil gods and righteous gods in a sense, and even the relationship between many evil gods and righteous gods is not so hostile.

The division between evil gods and righteous gods is largely due to human perceptions.

Those who are willing to provide them with shelter and gain faith are the righteous gods, and those who are used to harvesting faith by spreading terror, enjoying fear and awe are the evil gods.

The biggest difference between righteous gods and evil gods is how to gain faith.

Therefore, the reason why evil gods and their followers often stir up disasters and destruction is that gaining vitality and souls is not the main goal.

For ordinary people, death is the greatest terror!

Because the awe and faith brought by the fear of death are what the evil gods value most.

The life and soul offered to the gods in the life sacrifice ceremony can not only strengthen the power of the gods and the kingdom of gods to a certain extent, but also serve as sacrifices for the gods to condense the incarnation of gods in the Gaia world.

Of course, there are also many evil gods who are born to like the taste of death and blood, which is also the influence of their priesthood to a certain extent.

Just like the elf noble who intended to assassinate Li Si in the Elf King City, wasn't it because the gods he believed in liked believers who could offer more important sacrifices to him?

So, what exactly do the evil god believers who appeared in Cuifeng City want to do?

If the gods he believed in loved the taste of life and soul, this small-scale life sacrifice ceremony was nothing.

Not to mention asking the evil god to descend the incarnation of God, it was difficult to attract the evil god's attention.

According to the information obtained by Li Si from the president of the Mercenary Guild, about two or three hundred people disappeared in Light Street during this period.

Although it was terrifying for ordinary people, it was nothing to Li Si who had seen the "big scene".

Not to mention the sacrifice ceremony of the Elf King's Court, even the ceremony of the Lord of All Beasts descending the incarnation of God in Cangguang City was much bigger than this scene.

So, if it was not for the evil god to descend, what did these evil god believers want to do?

Offer sacrifices and pray for the evil god's power?

Enhance their own strength? Make evil magic props? Attack the nearby kingdom army? Or just simply want to take advantage of the chaos to harvest a wave of vitality?

"Huh?"

Li Si raised his head slightly and looked at the street in front of him.

He felt that several people were approaching him quickly.

The speed was very fast. The leader should be a gold-level professional, followed by two people.

Their goal was clear, and they were heading straight towards Li Si.

"Come to see me?"

Li Si stopped and stood on the street quietly waiting for the other party to arrive.

Soon, three figures appeared in front of Li Si, observing Li Si with some vigilance.

Standing in the front was a middle-aged holy warrior wearing silver armor. His strong muscles outlined the lines of strength under the silver armor. Each piece of armor was engraved with fine lines, shining with sacred and inviolable light.

The holy warrior had a firm face, a strong chin line, a straight nose, and a calm look in his eyes. The years only left a few imperceptible fine lines in the corners of his eyes, but added a bit of calmness and majesty.

He held a shining holy sword in his right hand. The sword was slender and sharp, emitting a faint holy light, which was a proof of being blessed by the divine power, and it was very conspicuous in this dim street.

Behind him, there was a young holy warrior and a priest, staring at Li Si closely.

Li Si quickly identified the identities of the three people.

The clergy of the Church of the Suffering God!

They did not hide the holy emblem tattooed on their clothes, which was [pale hands tied by red ropes], which was also the symbol of the Suffering God Ilmater.

The Suffering God Ilmater, a medium-powered god of the lawful good camp, his priesthood is patience, suffering, martyrdom and perseverance.

Ilmater is a kind-hearted, gentle and peaceful great being. He is willing to bear the suffering for the whole world that has suffered. He and his believers care about children and young lives very much. Although he is caring and patient, he will show a very cruel side when facing the existence that hurts the objects he protects.

The Suffering God Ilmater is the god who cares most about humans and believers. He has the most steadfast followers in the entire Gaia world. Even among the righteous gods, the Suffering God is a very special existence.

His believers are the same, often fighting on the front line against the evil god believers.

Li Si knew that the most powerful of the Church of the Gods in Cuifeng City was the Church of the God of Suffering. The three people in front of him were clergymen of the God of Suffering, so it was normal for them to appear here.

After all, no matter which Orthodox Church it was, it would definitely be uneasy if such a large-scale disappearance of residents occurred in the city where it was located.

"It's so late, what's your name, and why are you here?"

Ebel frowned and looked at the young man in front of him. After discovering Li Si approaching from a distance through the church's holy artifact, he rushed over directly.

The young holy warrior standing behind him opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but was stopped by Ebel's hand. He could only stand aside and stare at Li Si with extremely vigilant eyes.

The situation in the Wright Street District has been quite bad recently. In order to rescue the evil god believer as soon as possible, Ebel has been staying here with his colleagues in the church.

Originally, it was quite suspicious for the young man in front of him to appear here at this time.

But at the first sight of Li Si, I don't know why Ebel subconsciously felt that Li Si was definitely not the evil god believer they were looking for.

Moreover, his spiritual sense was also giving a subtle warning, as if something bad would happen if he attacked the young man in front of him.

Li Si smiled and ignored the hostile eyes of the young holy warrior. He came here to catch the evil god believers. It was not a good thing to conflict with the clergy of the Orthodox Church. Wouldn't that mean he was helping the evil god believers?

"I am Li Si, the leader of the White Dove Mercenary Group."

"I accepted the commission of the Mercenary Guild and came here to deal with the evil god believers who appeared here."

Go ahead, Li Si took out a rolled-up parchment from the storage ring and handed it to Ebel in front of him.

"Mercenaries."

When did mercenaries intervene in dealing with the evil god believers?

The biggest help is that the mercenaries can provide some useful information. Apart from this, Ebel has never seen any mercenary so actively intervene in dealing with the evil god believers.

Moreover, isn't this the responsibility of the Church of the Gods? Why do you say this with a matter-of-fact look?

Ebel didn't quite believe it, but still took the parchment scroll from Li Si.

After opening it, Ebel found that this was indeed a commission issued by the Mercenary Guild, and the commission content was indeed the possible evil god believers in the Light District.

What surprised Ebel was that this commission not only had the seal of the Green Wind City Mercenary Guild, but also the seal of Prince Gerald.

Why would His Royal Highness entrust the leader of a mercenary group to deal with the evil god believers?

Is there something special about the young man named Li Si in front of him?

For some reason, Ebel suddenly felt that the name Li Si sounded familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere?

But he couldn't remember it.

"This is true."

After thinking for a moment, Ebel nodded and returned the parchment in his hand to Li Si.

The parchments of the mercenary guild's commissions were made by special methods and were easy to distinguish, not to mention the seal of Prince Gerald.

"I am Ebel Nogra, a holy warrior of the Green Phoenix Church."

"Nice to meet you, Lord Ebel."

Li Si said with a smile, and then asked:

"Are you looking for the evil god believer who is hiding?"

"Indeed."

Faced with Li Si's righteous questioning, Ebel was a little surprised, but still answered:

"Although another site for a sacrificial ceremony was discovered, it was obviously abandoned by the evil god believer on his own initiative."

"that?"

Li Si noticed the key points revealed by Ebel.

"Yes, it is now confirmed that the believer of the evil god who secretly captured those residents and arranged the life-sacrifice ceremony is the same person."

Abel nodded and said, he was becoming more and more curious about Li Si's identity.

Ebel, who has been baptized by the power of Ilmat, the god of suffering, has the ability to sense the good intentions and malice of others.

Li Si had no hostility toward them, which was why Ebel was willing to reveal some information.

It's always good to have an extra helper, and Li Si in front of him is likely to be stronger than him.

"Your Excellency Abel, do you know which evil god this evil god believer believes in?"

Li Si asked him what mattered most to him.

Obviously, the clergy of the Church of the Suffering God have not caught this evil god believer yet, which is a bit interesting.

Although it is very easy to hide if there is only one believer of the evil god, but the other party is still making life sacrifices and has no other helpers. How could it be possible to avoid the pursuit of these priests for so long?

Unless the other party's ability is very special!

"have no idea."

Abel's face looked a little ugly, but he still spoke truthfully.

"That's it, I understand."

Faced with this result, Li Si was not surprised.

"Then I'll leave first."

After saying hello to the three people in front of him, Li Si walked leisurely into the alley next to him and disappeared into the shadows.

The three of Abel witnessed Li Si leaving. The young paladin standing behind Abel was the first to be unable to bear it and asked aloud:

"Sir Abel, that person is so suspicious, why should you let him leave?"

"You told him so many secrets, what if he has any bad intentions?"

"Let's go!"

Ebel didn't pay attention to the young paladin's questions or even questions, and turned around and walked back to where he came from.

In desperation, the aggrieved young paladin and the calm-looking young priest followed him back to the church's temporary residence.

"Are you saying that the Gordon Kingdom did not arrange for anyone to come over, but instead entrusted the leader of a mercenary group, or did you do it alone?"

Zolf looked at Ebel in front of him and asked with some confusion.

"Yes, Lord Bishop."

Abel nodded and said:

"The young man named Li Si gave me a strange feeling, but there shouldn't be any hostility."

"Li Si?"

Zolf knocked his head a little and murmured softly.

Suddenly, he raised his head suddenly, looked at Ebel in surprise and said:

"That elf sage?"