Subscriber of the Gods Episode 347
Episode 347. A Better Way
The second floor of the temple.
As soon as he entered, a map began to be drawn. Ethan looked around the second floor and gathered information scattered here and there.
“I guess that’s where the reception room was.”
Ethan soon discovered a trace.
“God of destruction.”
Destroy the evil spirits.
“Wasn’t it like that earlier? The spirits on the first floor were talking about evil spirits or something.”
Ethan searched the second floor thoroughly. As a result, he was able to find other traces. There were quite a few shields and armors with the phrase “Destruction God” engraved on them, as well as rusty weapons.
“Did you die fighting against the evil spirit?”
Ethan went straight up to the next floor.
3rd floor, 4th floor, 5th floor.
As I went up, I carefully checked all the circumstances.
“It seems that this temple was the last bastion. The desert people who were here died fighting against the evil god.”
Upon reaching the 7th floor, Ethan discovered a wall that was emitting a very subtle aura of Moon Force.
Shaaaak-.
Ethan didn’t hesitate and raised his Frost Sword and struck the wall.
Crunch-!
The wall collapsed, revealing an empty space inside.
At the end of that empty space was a door.
“found.”
As soon as Ethan opened the door, a notification window popped up.
-I discovered the hidden shrine of Moon Force.
-Your reputation increases slightly.
The inside, like the first floor, was quite damaged.
“The statue is split.”
A broken statue.
And the altar, which had not been maintained for a long time and was now cracked.
Ironically, the most intact ones were the luminous stones embedded in the wall.
“hmm.”
Ethan, who was looking around the temple, found a book.
It was a dusty book. Ethan blew the dust away and opened the book.
Shaaaaak-!
As soon as I opened the book, the memories left in the book began to appear.
* * *
-We need rich land.
So he made the land rich.
-I wish it would rain.
So it rained.
Children who live in my land.
Children who believe in me.
I can do anything for you. Trust me. Give me strength.
But over time, everything began to change.
The belief did not continue.
Worship is gone.
God is forgotten.
God waited.
I remembered those days when the land was enriched and a glorious era was brought about.
But they forgot everything.
All who knew God died, and those who remained thought they had created this splendor themselves.
It was truly ironic.
“Moon Force was forgotten, and those who served Moon Force eventually collapsed.”
The people who served that Moon Force were the people of the Desert King.
“It’s not like it’s a curse from Moon Force. Rather, Moon Force was waiting.”
An evil spirit originally from the desert.
I was attacked by that evil spirit.
“As soon as the shield called Moon Force disappeared, it was swallowed up by the evil spirit.”
As the largest nation that believed in Moon Force disappeared, Moon Force eventually lost its power, and other people who believed in Moon Force also stopped believing in Moon Force as its influence disappeared.
‘So that’s what happened.’
I was also able to understand why the descendant profession of Moon Force is a growth-type profession.
‘The more we regain our past glory, the more the power of Moon Force grows.’
Because the power of Moon Force grows according to the number of believers.
“So, in fact, all the desert peoples of Lubin are descendants of those who served Moon Force?”
For a moment, Ethan’s eyes lit up.
“Because they are the ones who were born with that virtue.”
There will certainly be many traces of Moon Force in Lubin as well.
“The big picture is complete.”
This time, if we succeed for sure, we can become much stronger than when we fought the Three Apostles.
Ethan first removed the broken statue.
And the moment when a new statue was to be erected.
-How dare you touch the statue of the sacred Moon Force!
A spirit emerged from the statue and scolded Ethan.
‘what?’
He was an old man with a bushy beard and wearing robes that were so dark that you could tell he was blue.
‘It’s so transparent.’
It was more transparent than any soul I had seen on the first floor.
“who are you?”
-As for me, I am the disciple of Moon Force, Lesar, who has served Moon Force for a long time. So who are you?
As it happened, Ethan had a small statue of Moonforce in his hand that he had made before coming here, and Lesar looked at it for a moment.
-Ohhh, the statue of Moon Force. I think I made a mistake. You were a believer of our Moon Force sect. I’m sorry, young believer. No, wait a minute.
Lesar looked closely at Ethan.
-This is strange.
Soon I started to panic.
-Why does Moon Force have so much power…?
Moon Force is virtually a forgotten religion.
-It must have declined. Before I died, there were hardly any people left to serve Moon Force.
Although he didn’t want to admit it, the Moon Force religion was in complete decline just before Lesar died.
-Now, no one in the Desert Empire knows about Moon Force… …and everyone has forgotten. So how, how can they sense such power from you, a young believer?
At first glance, the power felt was so powerful that it seemed like it was much stronger than the apostle himself.
‘I can definitely feel it.’
Ethan could also feel the power of the Moon Force from him.
‘It’s your first time, right?’
It was the first time that a believer other than himself believed in Moon Force.
‘There is a white tiger, but in reality, it feels more like a watchman than a believer.’
As he said himself, Lesar was an apostle of Moon Force, which means he was a regular believer.
“You are an apostle. Nice to meet you. As you can see, I am also a believer in Moon Force.”
-Can you… … release all your power for once?
At those words, Ethan took a deep breath and released the power of Moon Force.
The cold blue air spread around, freezing the floor and walls. Even the high ceilings were frozen.
Shaaaaah-!
Lesar looked surprised at the overwhelming power.
-Ah… …! Descendant! You are a descendant. You are a descendant who has inherited everything from Moon Force… …!
Moon Force’s apostle Lesar fell prostrate.
-I’ve waited for a long time. Please help Moon Force regain its glory!
Tiring-!
-You have received a new quest.
-Received the additional quest [Surviving as Ethan Wickers].
‘uh?’
I thought the Ethan Wickers Survival quest ended when Ethan’s survival chance reached the cap of 25 percent.
‘Extra quest?’
[Surviving as Ethan Wickers N]
-You have reached the limit of your chances of survival. Due to extinction, your chances of survival can no longer increase.
– Try to survive in some other way. It doesn’t matter which way you find.
‘It has an N attached.’
It probably means a new quest.
‘The chances of survival no longer increase with the existing methods. So, you’re saying that we should find a new way to survive.’
Perhaps this is an extension of the job quest and an expansion of surviving as Ethan Wickers.
‘In some ways, you could say it’s a good thing.’
The fact that it’s made as a quest has another meaning.
‘It must be difficult.’
This means that there will be many hardships waiting for Ethan in the future. So it seems that he is trying to help him as much as possible through this quest.
‘Not bad.’
“Don’t do this. I am just a new descendant. On the other hand, aren’t you the one who has been protecting Moon Force for a long time?”
Ethan approached Hon.
“I don’t know much, so please help me out.”
Lesar smiled kindly at Ethan’s words.
-How may I help you?
“There are so many things I don’t know right now.”
-I will tell you everything I can. Ask, my descendants.
“We are working to restore the glory of Moon Force.
Ethan told Lessar about the work he was currently doing.
– Very good. I can see why Moon Force chose you as his successor.
Lesar nodded and looked at Ethan with admiring eyes.
-But that alone is not enough.
“You don’t have to beat around the bush. Could you please tell me what I lack?”
At that, Lessar said directly what Ethan wanted.
-The problem is that you are the only descendant of the Moon Force sect.
“… … .”
Ethan could understand it in one word.
‘Right now, I’m the only believer in the Moon Force sect. We need more people to spread the word about the Moon Force sect.’
“First of all, there’s something I want to ask you, Lord Lesar. From what I can see, this place was once the prosperous temple of Lord Moonforce, but why did it end up like this? And… … why did the Desert King and his descendants abandon Lord Moonforce?”
-… … .
At those words, Lessar sighed.
-I’ll explain everything, Your Highness.
Lesar began to tell the story.
The previous content was similar to what Ethan had expected. It was indeed Moon Force that protected this once prosperous land.
– It wasn’t a desert then. The desert was just a part of it, a feature of this area. Originally, this land was full of yellow rapeseed flowers. Every spring, the continent was a place where many people visited to enjoy the flowers.
‘I can’t believe that this desert was originally a land full of flowers.’
It looked like no living thing could survive there.
– It was all thanks to Moon Force. Moon Force rewarded those who believed in and followed him. However, as time passed, faith disappeared and God was forgotten. This was because times had changed. The era of relying on God ended and the era of denying God came, and soon, humanism began, which said that although there was God, what was important was not God’s will but myself.
Going around and around, back to the original.
The era has come where we must achieve everything by our own efforts.
– It is a good thing. The reason humans can be humans is because they can stand up for themselves. It is good to rely on God, but it is not good to depend on Him. However, some people went beyond denying God and began to think of Him as unnecessary. They destroyed temples. They persecuted those who believed in God. They began to think of everything in terms of humans.
This temple was also the result of oppression.
-They didn’t know what exactly Moon Force was doing.
Lesar said.
-What was it that was blocking you?
Time has made me forget everything. Because of that, I ended up forgetting why I served and worshipped Moon Force in the first place.
– The evil spirit. It all started with the evil spirit. The evil spirit of this land wanted a living sacrifice. He offered a human as a sacrifice and in return he received peace. At first there was one. The next year there were two. The year after that there were ten. The evil spirit got a taste for humans and eventually he wanted more. At the same time, the land began to become desolate.
The evil spirits began to eat humans. Not just the humans who were offered as sacrifices, but all humans.
-That’s when Moon Force helped. With that power, the evil spirit was sealed. From then on, people began to believe in the goddess Moon Force.
“But people forgot all about that fact, and eventually they stopped believing in Moon Force. As a result, the seal’s power weakened, and the evil spirits reappeared.”
-Yes, my descendants. That’s how everything was ruined. Everything was too late, and those who believed in Moon Force had to hide like this.
This place was also one of those traces.
– In the end, this is what happened. The land of flowers protected by the goddess Moon Force became a desert as the evil spirit was released from its seal.
Since then, this place has become a complete desert.
It has become a land where life cannot exist or breathe.
-Of course, not everything is over.
Lesar continued.
-When evil is born, heroes are born. More than half of the people died, but someone who sealed the evil god appeared, and that was the Desert King. The Desert King gave his life to seal the evil god and become a new god. That is why this temple that once honored Moon Force became the Desert King’s temple.
Now all the clues are falling into place.
The temple of Moon Force became the temple of the Desert King.
“I understand up to that point, but why was it abandoned again?”
And why is the treasure of the Desert King buried here?
-The seal is not perfect. The power of the evil spirit grows stronger by the day, but the power of the seal grows weaker by the day.
Eventually, this place became a ruin because of the evil spirit that was released again.
– It is a history of repetition. The evil spirit is sealed, and the seal weakens and is released. How many generations has it been? The one who inherited the name of the Desert King prepared the eternal seal of the evil spirit. He tried to seal the evil spirit in this temple at the cost of his own life.
‘This is it. The tomb of the Desert King.’
He decided to put all his effort into sealing the evil spirit.
And if the evil spirit is released from the seal once again, it means that we will have to fight against the evil spirit again based on the various things here.
‘So that’s why I told you to come here if you want to become a true desert king.’
That way, you will have the strength to fight against evil spirits.
‘You said you prepared an eternal seal.’
After all, didn’t you anticipate that the seal might be released someday?
‘That must be how strong the evil spirit is. Moon Force couldn’t be completely sealed in the end, so the seal was broken.’
If that’s true, then it’s essentially a limited-time seal. A seal that will be released unconditionally as time passes.
-The evil spirit has probably been released by now. I can feel it. The evil spirit that was sealed in this temple has been released, and it is about to devour all the people of this desert.
The evil spirit will kill all the desert peoples and devastate Lubin.
It was quite a difficult situation for Ethan.
But Ethan didn’t think it was all that difficult.
‘In fact, this could be an opportunity. A chance to get things done in one go.’
“That evil god, he can’t be killed, so he’s sealed away, right?”
-Yes, the evil god also has rank. So he cannot be killed.
God cannot be killed. That was the established truth.
Of course, it can appear to be dead.
Even Moon Force lost its power and became miserable when those who believed in it disappeared. In fact, it could be said to be dead.
“Then that would be perfect. A picture of me, a descendant of Moon Force, destroying the evil spirit.”
Ethan said.
“I think this is the perfect way to make all the people of Lubin into followers of Lord Moonforce again.”
fantasy,
