After a long, short teleportation in the air through the night, LAN could finally see the outline of Pasas. Along the way, it was still desolate, but there were some good signs, perhaps due to a shortage of manpower, the undead only cleared the cities along the way, and the surrounding villages could almost be said to have no invasion at all. This added to his certainty that the small fishing village was safe and sound, but even so, he decided to see it with his own eyes to feel more at ease, and that the death of Burvigi would sooner or later be known to the people of the village. It was better for him to speak to Osirena or the irrelevant people in the academy.
Another thing that LAN had always been concerned about was that he hadn't seen Moya for a long time. According to what Osirena said, this fellow must have played a role that everyone disliked for some purpose. At least it gave the people in the village, who had no good impression of the nobility, a mental preparation. But after all, it's not certain what Moya's purpose is, and in this extraordinary time, he can only prepare for the worst.
And the fact that he remembered the attention that Anita Talia had mentioned to him that someone was playing "the Bondage of the gods" was not entirely reassuring to him. "The binding of the gods" and "the covenant of order" are similar things, both are treaties made by the gods with the help of human beings, but the difference is that "the binding of the gods" is made for the special circumstances of a single plane, similar to the plane where LAN is now, which elevates human beings with extraordinary abilities to the gods of the plane, No one will recognize it in any other plane. Only the ancient deities created by the managers themselves will be acknowledged. These ancient deities must abide by the "covenant of order," while the ordinary deities they created must abide by the "binding of the gods."
What is called a treaty is easy to break. Even though the manager is the one who made the "covenant of order" and must abide by it himself, when the ancient gods he created can do nothing to him even if he breaks the treaty, the treaty is dispenser to the manager. But if it is broken by the person who made the pact, it is fine, but if it is broken by a manager other than the one who made the pact, it will cause unnecessary chaos, so even the manager will try to cooperate with the pact made by other managers, and "the bondage of the gods" is similar.
But there is one difference. If it is the manager who breaks the "god's bondage", then the ancient god who governs the gods will be troubled. On one side there is someone he cannot offend, and on the other side there is no explanation. A momentary confusion may lead to a great disaster, not to mention that there are still many things that have not been figured out until now.
For instance, why the undead are so eager to start attacking, and why the demons, after obtaining the three treasures, are planning to wait for the Dark Year to act. After all, in the Dark year, nights are much longer than days, and negative emotions such as irritability and jealousy increase significantly because of the once-in-a-century slumber of the god of light, Vino, who guards humanity. These are the most likely to attract dark forces, but the undead can't wait any longer. They make themselves confront the enemy when they are relatively strong when they are relatively vulnerable. This is definitely not a wise choice. So why do they have to do this? !
The more he thought, the more he couldn't understand, and by this time it was almost dawn, LAN was quite exhausted, and suddenly began to hate his own weakness, and even began to doubt whether his attempt to get rid of everything in the past was really wrong, but then thought that defying fate would come at a price, and that was the price he was paying now. So he did not think more deeply.
After a brief rest, most of his strength had recovered. LAN was considering whether to investigate in Pasas now or go straight back to the fishing village for a look. But before that, he planned to run into the two unknown figures who had been following him all along.
"Get closer and take a look. This child is really cute." " After complaining all night, the vanity goddess Sarili took a 180-degree turn when she saw LAN, and then at night she and the Invigg hid under her "Veil Invisibility" magic, which had the same invisibility effect as invisibility, but could attack and move in an invisible state and speak without being heard, but this magic had a compatibility, When two people who use the veil spell at the same time are close together, the spells overlap and they can see each other, just like bubbles, when they come together, they become big bubbles.
Before Inveg could reply, he was astonished to see Sally pulled out. This was the first time she had seen someone break the spell without the use of the "veil".
"I prefer people to talk about me to my face." LAN's smile was gentle, but Inwig felt he was talking about something very serious.
"Hi... Oh!" Sally, before she could even introduce herself, was pushed aside by LAN. Though she was panicked when her spell was broken, she did not forget to perform a seductive spell when she appeared, and she thought he had been bewitched when LAN smiled, but judging from the current situation, he didn't care about her little trick at all, which was not a big deal anyway, but for her, Having stumbled twice in a row, she was infuriated, but the good impression she had when she first met LAN vanished without a trace in this humiliating retreat.
"Well..." Since LAN seemed to be in a bad mood, Inwig thought it would be better to introduce himself now.
"Glory of Invig and Vanity of Sally." Before Infing could say anything, LAN had already revealed their identities, but he felt even more troubled. If it was a deity involved, it must have something to do with the person behind him. If he tried to stop it, there was no guarantee that he wouldn't disturb the person he least wanted to disturb.
Hearing LAN so easily reveal their identities, Sally said nothing. Maybe being a god was a great thing in the eyes of the world, but she herself knew how insignificant she was among the gods. Had it not been for the support of the King, and the position of the God of vanity happened to be empty, she would probably have been dealt with by the king long ago. Although life is easy now, she has a good idea of her own weight.
"Please don't mind Sally..." Inveg was very eager to plead, but now she didn't know if it would be of any use, that LAN, who was close to the King of the gods, wouldn't file a complaint because of their disrespect, and even if LAN didn't say, she was very worried about the other person beside him, who, as far as she knew, was definitely not of a lower position than the Lord who asked them to do the current thing. For those of them who could become gods, it would be unwise to offend either side.
"It doesn't matter, I don't mind." LAN said this while thinking about what to do next. It was undoubtedly Cangzi who had the two gods with him, but he didn't know how far he had talked to them, how many gods knew about his affairs, and Lilith's attitude was very uncertain. She liked to gossip and was really worried that she might do something astonishing.
LAN said she didn't mind, and Inveg didn't want to ask whether it was true or not, and for some reason, she felt the other's breath was very weak, as if she had fallen into a deep sleep. Basically, she wouldn't know about their disrespect just now.
But LAN was somewhat concerned about Cangzi's behavior, but thought that it was better to ask directly about some things, according to what he knew about Cangzi's character, that guy was just making a fuss and shouldn't have thought too thoroughly. "Who else knows about your stalking me?"
"Vino, the god of light, Baro, the God of war, and me. "It was because I came out to see you that Sally told her," replied Inveg truthfully.
"All right." LAN thought for a moment, "Sally should go back at once and inform the other two that no matter what, this matter must not be known to the Gendo people, including the god of the gods, that is, your God King."
"That Lord has instructed not to report to the king of gods!" Sally chimed in, "But I'm a bit puzzled why this not-so-serious matter should be kept from the God King. If the God King had asked, I would have told him the truth."
"Then you might offend someone more terrifying than the God King." LAN smiled slightly, not caring at all about Sally's intentional or unintentional threats. "Besides, I've always held a grudge!" "Well, you don't have to follow me anymore, though 'The Bondage of the gods' doesn't allow you to directly take part in human war, but if the treaty is broken, can you seal the undead again when no one restraines you?"
Not quite understanding why LAN asked this, but Inveg answered as much as he could, "As long as you have the support of the six main gods, there is no doubt about sealing the undead. The key is, how long will this last? If it were only one day or less, it would be impossible to do."
I understand that. It's probably about seven days. LAN thought for a moment, "maybe five days. It can't be any shorter if I have to take care of Fei. Well, let it be five days. It won't be a problem for Venor and the other main gods. I'll inform them in advance and then we can act together."
"Five days will be enough." "But generally speaking, if the 'binding of the gods' is broken, it will draw the attention of the gods within a day, and it will be mended immediately," replied Inveg, though still in doubt.
"Don't worry about that," LAN thought for a moment. "Your Lord God will have more urgent matters to deal with at that time. Maybe even the other ancient gods will be unable to handle them all at that time!"
Yingweig did not know what method LAN would use to address the six main gods, but she knew that these matters were not something she could interfere with, though she had lived long enough, she had not yet reached the point of disregarding her own life.
"Well, that's it." LAN was ready to continue his journey. "Don't follow me anymore," he glanced at Inveg. "I have the marks of you and Vino on me, though they are insignificant things to me, I haven't erased them. If I die, you will feel it, so don't follow me anymore."
Inveg hesitated for a moment, then nodded. She really couldn't understand LAN's position, so she didn't want to offend him rashly. Besides, the other few high-ranking men who had suddenly emerged were all doing things for LAN, which made her more determined in her choice.
LAN was satisfied with Ingrid's attitude, and he really had no energy to deal with their harassment.
After saying goodbye to Invgg and Sarili, LAN went alone to Pasas, a southern town that had been completely occupied by the undead, though occupied, there were still people alive, driven to the square by the undead, and from time to time a skeleton soldier would come to take away one or two people.
Logically, there should be no more living beings wherever the undead pass. The only answer now is that there are mages conducting experiments on these or people, as can be seen from the screams coming from the small house on the edge of the square.
LAN dared not descend too low. He had no extra strength left to hide his scent, but the necromancers in the room cooperated to come out. Behind him were two half-rotten corpses, though it was not entirely right to say that they were rotten. LAN could sense the scent of a living person on them.
Could it be some kind of spell to manipulate people? The thought flashed through my mind and was immediately rejected. Although puppetry can manipulate people, the situation is clearly different from the following, as if death followed by rebirth. Thinking of this, LAN suddenly understood a little.
The reason why the undead had to launch an attack before the Year of Darkness, to seize the city before opening the gates of the underworld, their actions were simply leaving themselves a way out!
Only six necromancers have made a covenant with the ancient deity Moloco. In other words, only six necromancers are recognized by the Underworld, while the other necromancers are not. So if they cannot transform themselves into necromancers before the gates of the underworld open, they are still enemies of the undead!
Thinking of this, LAN couldn't help but smile. Some of them were responsible for occupying the city to leave a way out for the final transformation failure, while others were responsible for studying the transformation. Although they could turn humans into living decaying corpses, they couldn't retain consciousness, so so far they couldn't succeed in transforming humans into lich.
Furthermore, the spirits that come out of the underworld are conscious and will not be so willing to be manipulated by these mages. Plus, three of the six great priests have died, and the first great priest must abide by the "covenant of order" due to the contract, so now only the remaining two great priests are threatening. Further, It's possible that the first priest didn't participate in the operation at all, but just came out to explain his existence at the beginning.
But it's better not to be too certain about some things. LAN has already suffered once and he doesn't want to suffer a second time. Perhaps he should play Yin again and settle the other two sacrifices before leaving, so that the last one, the first sacrifice, can do nothing because of the contract.
On second thought, it was quite risky. He was determined to lose his life, but that was because he still had a chance to be resurrected. He didn't want to risk his last chance. Besides, as long as he broke the "shackles of the gods", he could command the deities of this plane. So there was no need for him to take such a risk himself.
LAN lingered in the high altitude for a while, feeling that it was impossible to see the bright hall if he continued to look, and there was danger of exposing himself, so he simply changed direction and flew southeast, which was the small fishing village where he had lived for four years.