A breeze brushed past Maggie's ear, causing her hair to flutter slightly. She slowly stood up, gave Perkin a gentle smile, and softly answered his call.
"Yes, I'm here."
She has always been very sensitive to people's emotions. At this moment, she did not feel any malice from Perkin. When he called her name, he was like a lost traveler looking for an anchor point that could make him feel safe.
It was rare to hear unease or confusion in his voice; now Perkin needed her.
Maggie had no reason not to respond to him.
In an instant, Perkin's face showed a blank expression. The world seemed to recede, and it seemed that only the two of them remained in the space. Compared to them, even the stars in the sky were not as dazzling as the smile on Maggie's face.
It wasn't until Maggie, frustrated by the man's prolonged silence, finally spoke up to remind him.
"Alright, now that you're alright, we can go find what I need."
Maggie dusted off non-existent dust from her skirt, turned around, and left the Star Tree without looking back. She didn't ask any questions; the tree clearly had some connection to Perkin, or rather, a close relationship with the Dark God.
Perkin had benefited and showed no signs of regaining his memory, so it would be impolite to ask any more questions. Everyone has their privacy and secrets, and even if they were boss and subordinate now, it wouldn't be right to interfere so much.
As Maggie walked forward, lost in thought, she turned around and found that the man hadn't followed her. Instead, he was standing under a tree, staring blankly at her.
"Why aren't you leaving?"
Maggie was puzzled.
"come over."
Perkin didn't answer her question, but simply uttered two words in a voice that was both seductive and alluring, making Maggie feel a little uncomfortable at first.
He was speaking normally, just like before, but it sounded like he was flirting, which felt awkward.
Maggie felt strange, but she didn't refuse Perkin's request. She turned the corner and walked towards him.
It wasn't until she stood directly in front of Perkin that Maggie truly realized how much taller he had grown. Now, when she looked straight ahead, she could only see up to his chest; his towering figure almost completely enveloped her.
"What's up?"
Maggie wasn't quite used to it, so she didn't stand too close to him, but instead stood a meter or two away from him and asked.
Perkin's gaze remained unchanged, still fixed on her. One might mistake him for prey. Fortunately, Maggie was used to his way of looking at people and remained very calm.
"Star."
He pointed to the sky, and Maggie looked in the direction he was pointing. The previously dim stars had all fallen at that moment.
The dazzling starlight magnified in Maggie's eyes, gradually falling around her, as if she were in a nebula, or as if she were in a swarm of fireflies, with twinkling lights reflected in her pupils.
Maggie, standing in the middle of it all, could hardly hide her surprise; her mouth was slightly agape because the scene before her was simply too beautiful.
Just as Maggie looked at Perkin, wanting to thank him for sharing this joy with her, a voice inexplicably appeared in her head.
The male voice sounded very similar to Perkin's current voice, yet it possessed an indescribable divine quality. He... he was actually singing.
She could vaguely hear him chanting in a magical language, but it was gradually turning into words in Maggie's eyes.
"Darkness and light go hand in hand, and hope blossoms in the abyss."
"The lonely, desolate, and dark heart of the god is awakening."
"The Dark God has no love and disregards his believers."
"The end is nigh. If the Dark God learns to love, then the world will have a glimmer of hope."
"The gods will guide the lost..."
Maggie's pupils dilated instantly because this was too similar to the translation of the previous hymn, almost like the first and second chapters of a book!
This is a dark-themed holy prayer. It looks different, but the actual content is quite different, like a context.
Although everyone uses the magical language, it seems that no one has translated what the magical language is actually trying to express, or rather, although it is called a language, it is actually more like a symbol used for casting spells.
At least no one actually communicates using magical languages.
Now, by a twist of fate, Maggie translated part of it into her native language, meaning that every character actually has meaning.
Do the elemental spirits know about this?
Legend has it that the magical language was created by the King of Elements, but judging from the current situation, it seems that this is not the case.
Even the elemental spirits, who do not communicate with humans, use the common language of the continent of Coral, not a magical language.
Or is it possible that because speaking magical language has a chance to trigger magic and cast spells, people gradually stopped using magical language to communicate?
Countless possibilities flashed through Maggie's mind, but none of them had any basis, so she had to suppress these thoughts for the time being.
The only clue she has now is these words in front of her.
Maggie quickly memorized the contents and transformed them into information that was useful to her.
She hadn't paid much attention to the translation before; it was just some bland praise of the God of Light. But upon seeing these words, she immediately overturned her previous assumptions.
Those words were definitely not just simple praise of the God of Light; they seemed to have other meanings as well.
It's unclear whether darkness and light refer to two gods or something else.
"Hope...abyss...."
Maggie's mind was racing; she had no interest in looking at the stars falling around her, only focusing on analyzing the song's content, muttering to herself.
The Dark God refers to the God of Darkness.
The Dark God is devoid of love and indifferent to his followers... Given his character, he certainly wouldn't care about their lives.
There's also the concept of 'doomsday,' which was mentioned in the previous hymn.
Does the following sentence mean that if the God of Darkness falls in love with a human, the apocalypse will disappear?
But what exactly is this "apocalypse"...? On the continent of Coral, only the undead, monsters, and demons can be considered troublesome, but they are unlikely to cause the continent of Coral to fall to the point of being called the apocalypse.
After all, the previous undead calamities were not considered the end of the world.
Furthermore, given what Perkin has been going through, he will likely hate humans even more after regaining his godhood; how could he possibly love anyone?
God loves the world, but there must be a prerequisite...
Of all the gods, only the God of Light can be considered a god who loves people, but it's still unknown whether that's genuine.
After analyzing the situation, Maggie felt completely numb. If these songs contained prophecies or revelations, she felt that the world might be completely lost, with absolutely no chance of being saved.
Maggie was still lost in thought, unaware that Perkin's gaze remained fixed on her, and he was equally oblivious to the magnificent starlight around them.
Only after noticing her frown did he take a step and slowly walk to her side.
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