Hearing Dan's sigh, Xiu withdrew his gaze from the two moons that had merged into one and asked, "What would happen if the mainland and the divine realm overlapped?"

"Now the God Realm is the Chaos Continent, and the Chaos Continent is the God Realm." Dan said, "All gods can appear in the Chaos Continent, whether they are lower gods, middle gods, or upper gods."

Du Ze immediately thought of the final boss, the God of Light. Back in the Sky City, that guy seemed to have said that he was a higher god—what the hell! The lord has just awakened 6 races and hasn’t even reached level 80 yet, and you’ve already started to update the level 100 expansion pack! ? And you’ve even released the final boss from the dungeon!

Fearing that the God of Light would reappear in front of them the next moment, Du Ze hurriedly asked: "Can the God find someone in the Chaos Continent right away?"

"The gods can get information through statues and believers, so the more statues and believers there are, the more omniscient the gods are." Dan glanced at his unfinished statue. "If there are no statues of the god around the person, and no believers praying to the god, then it will be difficult for the god to determine his location."

Hearing this, Du Ze breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the author had a bottom line, and the safety of the cute master was temporarily guaranteed. A stupid cute looked up and saw Dan Rao staring at him with interest. After meeting his eyes, the green-clothed merchant smiled and said, "It seems that you have offended a god? Let me guess - since you started to get nervous after the overlap, it must be a higher god..." Dan tucked the book under his armpit, touched his chin and turned his eyes. When his eyes fell on Xiu, the demon god smiled evilly: "Oh my, you must have been targeted by the God of Light."

Seeing Xiu didn't comment, Dan continued with a smile: "You are indeed a descendant of Lord Baal. It was probably in the middle of the First Age? The God of Light regarded Lord Baal as his mortal enemy. At that time, he was bullied terribly by Lord Baal. He couldn't beat him, and he always came to provoke him. In the end, he was always beaten by Lord Baal and his feathers were scattered all over the ground."

Du Ze and his friends were stunned to hear the stories that the Demon God Baal and the God of Light had to tell. He didn't know the God of Light who was so cute and arrogant!

"Demon God Baal..." Xiu asked softly, "Where is he?"

Dan stared at Xiu, then shook his head: "I don't know." The demon god who had lived for tens of thousands of years slapped the book on his face to hide his expression. "The demons and the celestials fought for nearly two epochs, and were driven to the other side of the continent in the second era. Do you think it was just because the elves and the celestials formed an alliance? In the early second era, the God of Light got a scepter that could directly destroy the godhood of gods from nowhere. Many of the seventy-two demon gods have died since then, and the rest have all hidden in the God Realm. Lord Baal is still unknown."

Du Ze had been watching Xiu. After learning the news that Baal was missing, Xiu's expression showed no disappointment at all, as if he had never had any hope.

"So, do you have any more questions?" Dan put down the book and looked at Du Ze. "It's my turn to ask questions next."

A stupid guy was a little nervous for some reason. He saw the green-clad businessman opposite him and asked in confusion, "Excuse me, how did you know my identity?"

——Because your note betrayed you.

"I saw the name you wrote."

Dan was very surprised and said, "You can understand it? Impossible, that's the text I made up."

I have my own translator and am proficient in all the languages ​​in this world.

Seeing the disbelief on Dan's face, a certain silly boy finally felt proud. He said in a profound tone: "Because--" I am a reader.

Du Ze was silenced by a mysterious being because of his complacency. He almost forgot that he couldn't tell the truth to the people in this world. A certain fool was still thinking about how to cover up his words when he saw Dan retreating in horror, as if he had turned into a terrifying nuclear bomb about to explode.

"You don't have to tell me." Dan said with a bitter face from afar, "I don't want to know."

Huh?

Before Du Ze could react, the green-clad merchant on the opposite side waved at them with the book in his hand, and his body gradually disappeared into the air.

"This transaction has been successfully concluded. I will take my leave now and look forward to the next transaction with you~"

Du Ze watched helplessly as the asshole Dan rolled away so smoothly, floating away without taking away a single cloud of color. The silly and cute readers looked eagerly at the cute master with high IQ: "Why did Dan leave?"

Xiu shook his head to indicate that he didn't know. He picked up the blanket from the ground, spread it out, wrapped Du Ze in it and held him in his arms.

"It's almost dawn, you should get some sleep."

After hearing what Xiu said, Du Ze realized that the sky was already slightly white. Once he noticed the time, fatigue came over him. Du Ze wanted to ask Xiu about his thoughts on God, but he fell asleep before he could say anything.

When they were about to leave the next day, Du Ze finally got up from Xiu's arms with great difficulty. Across from them were the bright and smiling faces of Nina and Ariel. I don't know if Dan did anything, the two girls slept very soundly last night and were not woken up at all. After a day's rest, Nina's physical strength had recovered a lot. She watched Xiu combing the hair of Du Ze, who had an expressionless face (actually in a daze), and felt a little palpitated - even if they were close friends, was this behavior a little too intimate?

Seeing Xiu was about to look over, Nina subconsciously avoided his gaze, her fox ears drooping, and her big fiery red tail swaying restlessly.

Maybe she was overthinking it, the girl comforted herself.

When they set out, because there were too many people, Xiu summoned a unicorn and let Ariel and Nina ride together. The black dragon carried Xiu and Du Ze on its back, and Old John stood on his claws. The five of them continued to move westward. At noon, they finally arrived at Nina's tribe.

This was not a large tribe, and both its appearance and defense were relatively simple. When the poor beastman on the sentry tower saw the falling black dragon, he rang the alarm bell and trembled while holding his quiver. Facing the beastman warriors pouring out of the tribe, Nina shouted on the unicorn: "Saul, it's me!"

After seeing Nina, the beastman standing in the front said in surprise: "Master Priest, you are back."

Du Ze was somewhat surprised. It turned out that the identity of the fox spirit was not simple. For the beastmen, the leader of a tribe is the chief, but the core is the prophet. The priest is the candidate for the prophet, that is, the next prophet.

"I'm back." Nina's expression turned sad: "But Green and the others have already..."

"They are all true warriors, the pride of the orcs." Led by Saul, all the orcs put their fists on their left chests and shouted together: "Great Beast God, please let them return to your arms. Regardless of life or death, they are your most loyal warriors!"

The wind blew, bringing with it a chill and silence. Sar put down his hand, looked at Du Ze and his group, and asked with a little caution: "Master Priest, who are these people?"

"They rescued me." Nina glanced at Du Ze and wiggled her fox ears. "I want to invite my benefactor to come into the tribe and rest."

Sar's eyes wandered over Du Ze and the others for a while, especially looking back and forth at the black dragon several times. Finally, he put down his weapon and welcomed Du Ze and his party. "Thank you for saving the priest. Although the human race is our mortal enemy, it does not include you, our kind-hearted friends."

Everyone got off their mounts, and Saar led everyone into the tribe. In the tribe, Du Ze saw all kinds of beastmen, most of whom were foxmen, and there were also some minks and dogmen, which were relatively weak branches among the beastmen. The beastmen passing by stopped their work and looked over here nervously or curiously. Du Ze saw a kind of colorful ribbons in their hands, and the beastmen were tying them to the top of the roof, as if representing some kind of meaning.

Nina also noticed all this. She asked Sal beside her: "Prayer Banner? Will there be a ceremony tonight? What happened?"

Hearing Nina's question, Saul's expression became extremely excited. "Tomorrow the Beast God will descend upon our tribe and shower blessings. In order to welcome the God, we have decided to hold a ceremony tonight." He looked at Nina apologetically, "Originally, the ceremony was to be presided over by the Prophet, but the Prophet's body may not be able to support the entire ceremony. Priest, you just came back and haven't rested yet, but can you please preside over the ceremony on behalf of the Prophet?"

Nina was surprised and delighted to learn that the beast god was coming. "Of course, I'm happy to." She turned to Du Ze and asked expectantly, "Would you like to come and see my sacrifice?"

Du Ze naturally looked towards his own patriarch, and Xiu's eyes swept across the colorful ribbons floating on the roof, as if he was glimpsing some kind of high and mighty existence through them.

——If you want to become a god, you must possess godhood.

Xiu smiled and said, "It's an honor."

Nina went to prepare for the festival, and Du Ze and his group were invited to rest in the stone house. Du Ze took a bath and then fell into bed to catch up on his sleep. When he woke up, the sun was about to set, and the light of the setting sun turned the whole stone house orange. Du Ze glanced at his hearing aids, and found that the battery in the earphones was almost gone. He felt a little regretful, and he could only watch the festival in the evening as a silent movie.

It was very lively outside. Ariel, Old John and Moore were not there. Xiu saw Du Ze wake up and took the water delivery beside him and gave it to Du Ze. Du Ze was about to thank him when he heard someone knocking on the door.

"Come in."

The door was pushed open, and Du Ze really felt that he saw a fox spirit at that moment. Nina stood at the door. She was wearing a classic red and white robe. She had washed off all the dust on her body. Her snow-white skin was even more dazzling under the reflection of the setting sun. Seeing Du Ze looking at her, Nina's fox ears turned, and she seemed a little shy. She glanced at Xiu beside Du Ze, and then plucked up the courage to say to Du Ze: "Du Ze, can I talk to you alone?"

Nina seemed so nervous that even the tips of her ears were clenched. Before Du Ze could say anything, Xiu Wei said in confusion, "Is there anything I can't listen to?"

The blond youth showed a confused expression, and also a sense of loss of being excluded. A silly and cute person thought that there was really nothing to hide from the cute master, so he said to Nina: "Just say it right here."

"No... that..." When seeing Xiu open her mouth, Nina seemed to be frightened for some reason. Her face flushed red and she stammered, not knowing how to answer. After hearing Du Ze's words, the girl drooped her fox ears like a deflated ball, and even her big tail drooped and trembled sadly.

"I just, just wanted to thank Du Ze."

Nina lowered her head: "Thank you for saving me." Without waiting for Du Ze to respond, the fox-eared girl turned around and ran away.

"She seems very shy." Xiu smiled lightly, his eyes deep and unfathomable.

Du Ze looked at Nina running away and nodded in agreement.

As night fell, the ceremony began. A tall bonfire was lit, and the fire rolled up sparks that fell like golden powder in the night sky. Everyone gathered in the open space in the center of the tribe, where a simple altar was built with stones. Although there was no decoration, only simple symbols were drawn on the altar with red sandstone, it had a kind of rough beauty.

Du Ze and Xiu also stood under the altar, crowded together with a group of beastmen, and they looked at the altar together. On the stone altar, Nina stood barefoot, with bells on her limbs and eyes closed. Her originally seductive face revealed a kind of holiness that made people unable to look directly at it. The beastmen next to them beat drums, and some beastmen blew a long horn made of monster horns. Du Ze couldn't hear it clearly, but he felt that the sound must be very distant and long, as if it came from the sigh of eternity.

The bright moonlight shone down, illuminating the altar in every detail, and one could even count the girl's long eyelashes. Nina raised her hands, and her wide sleeves slid down, revealing a pair of creamy hands. She made a sacrificial gesture towards the sky, and when her hands were raised to the highest point, the girl slowly opened her eyes, revealing a pair of eyes that were flowing and captivating.

Boom——

The beastman who was beating the drum hit the drum with all his might, piercing the eardrum. Nina began to dance, and her movements had a strange charm, as if just by watching her dance, one could read a forgotten ancient story. In that story, there were mortals and gods, mortals prayed to the gods for salvation, and the gods favored their believers.

Du Ze heard a faint singing voice, as if some beastmen started to sing loudly, and more and more beastmen joined the chorus, and later, almost all beastmen sang. Even without the help of headphones, Du Ze could hear the melody of the song. Xiu took a deep breath, and the beastmen's song resonated faintly with a certain blood in his body. It was a wild and reckless power, which became more and more boiling under the guidance of the song, as if it would break through the last layer of shackles at any time and show itself without reservation.

The moon was getting higher and higher. When it reached the top of the sky, Nina's dance came to an abrupt end. Du Ze pressed the earphone of the incoming call. He could only hear the last crisp ring. He watched Nina kneel slowly on the ground and bowed her body devoutly.

Almighty Beast God, your loyal subjects are here, please be loyal to us——

The beastmen around him all put their hands on their left chests, which were the places where their hearts were. Without a unified organization, they all spontaneously expressed their respect to the gods. Du Ze only felt that Xiu held his hand tightly, and when he turned his head, he saw that the face of the blond young man was a little dim in the firelight.

"If you want to become a god, you must have this kind of faith." Xiu still had a smile on his face, but he looked a little sad. "I can become a false god and get the godhood, but faith..." The blond young man was silent for a moment, and said self-deprecatingly: "Will anyone believe in me?"

Du Ze couldn't tell whether that smile was more of a satire on the world or on himself. He wanted to grab Xiu's collar and shake him or yell at him, but even if he did that, Xiu's already broken personality wouldn't change. Du Ze could only hold the blond young man who didn't believe in others or himself tightly and responded seriously: "Yes. Old John, Ariel, Moore... there will be many people who believe in you."

"Even if no one believes in you, at least I will believe in you." Du Ze said word by word, and he tried to make a joke to liven up the atmosphere. "God, please treat your first believer well."

In the light of the fire, Xiu's blue eyes were filled with an almost warm light.

The next moment, Du Ze was kissed by Xiu. The man bit his lips gently and then held him in his arms.

"I will." Xiu Qing sighed, "Having you is enough for me."

After Xiu finished speaking in Du Ze's ear, he looked up and met Nina's incredulous gaze. Nina stood on the altar in a daze, witnessing everything below. Her mind was in a mess, and she could only stare blankly at the blond young man raising his head and smiling at her.

That smile was so purely brilliant, yet deeper than the darkest darkness.

He is mine.

The man declared his ownership so strongly, warning other pretenders.

Nina felt that it was difficult to breathe, and she subconsciously took a step back. The beastmen roared excitedly, and they looked upwards with a look of madness. Nina looked up blankly, and in the girl's eyes, the image of the beast god was clearly reflected.

The beast-god has come.

******

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I only want one believer from you.

relative.

You can only believe in me.

——【Black Box】