civilwarnovels Chapter 362 The Secret of Legend
Chapter 362 The Secret of Legend
Chapter 362 The Secret of Legend
With just one glance, Aaron knew that the pair of gems were of extraordinary value.
He tried to reach out and remove the gem.
In an instant, the sense of surveillance that had been surrounding Aaron vanished.
Aaron's heart tightened. Could it be that this was the thing that was continuously giving him this feeling?
He recalled the statue of the Shadow, and the enormous eye on its head.
Aaron immediately sensed that these gems might be of extraordinary significance to the Shadow.
He immediately drew his dagger and pried the two gems off.
As he took the gem out of the coffin, he heard the screams of the rabid people.
However, he had gotten used to it; the place was filled with the sounds of mice.
Aaron searched the coffin again to make sure there was nothing left inside.
Then he turned the key correctly and pulled it out.
The coffin made another rumbling sound, and then the lid was straightened.
At this moment, the sound Aaron heard became even more eerie.
That sounded more like— than just the sound of a mouse.
A person's scream.
Aaron listened intently and soon discovered...
The shout came from the statue deep within.
Aaron came to the statue.
He discovered that the statue in front of him was much more complete than the one in the church's prayer hall.
The shadowy creature has no hands or feet; it is merely a mass of shadow.
That enormous eye was its only organ.
Aaron looked into the eye and noticed that it had two pupils.
The pupil, however, is recessed inwards.
It's as if something can be embedded in it.
Aaron remembered the gem he had just acquired, so he held it up and compared it to the groove.
The size is just right!
The screams came again.
Because Aaron was right in front of the statue, he could hear it even more clearly.
Aaron understood what would happen if the gem were embedded in it.
After weighing the options, Aaron decided to do as instructed.
If this were his true form, he naturally wouldn't take the risk.
However, the advantage of manipulating dolls to go out is that you don't have to worry about too many things.
Aaron embedded the gemstone within it.
No response.
So the two gems were swapped, with the black one on the left and the white one on the right.
In an instant, the screams became continuous and increasingly piercing.
The shadows on the statue seem to come alive and begin to move.
It flows, flows, and flows again.
They converge at the pupils, forming two vortexes.
Suddenly, two beams of light shone from the two shadows.
Aaron recalled the teachings of the Cult of Shadows and gazed at the shadows.
Light contains shadow, and shadow contains light; they coexist and perish together, depending on each other.
Aaron stared at the light and saw an image within it.
The screams in his ears suddenly became clearer, to the point that Aaron could hear the words clearly.
A man dressed as a priest angrily rebuked several hooded men kneeling in front of him:
"Did you find it?"
"No--"
"Fool!" the priest roared. "The incense is almost finished, and my life is nearing its end. If we still can't find the Jade Record of Light and Shadow..."
And who will lead you to seek the Shadow of Darkness?
"Lord Shadow Servant, please calm down. We have been searching for the rainbow, but have found no trace of the Jade Record."
The hooded man placed his hand on his chest, slightly raising his head, and said, "Light and shadow are unpredictable, sir. This is also why the Jade Record of Light and Shadow is so difficult to find. If we lose track of it even once..."
It will be very difficult to get it back.
"Useless! Useless!"
"Dead! Lord Shadow Servant is dead!"
"We are guilty! In the end, we still haven't found the Jade Record of Light and Shadow."
"But now that the Master is dead, who else can contact the Lord of Light and Shadow?"
"The adult has a son who inherited his bloodline; perhaps—"
"No way! He's a heretic, brainwashed by a minor religion, believing in some so-called God!"
"But his sons and descendants may not all believe in the Lord. The bloodline of Lord Shadowservant will surely one day lead us again to hear the teachings of the Shadow of Darkness!"
"But we may not be able to see it."
"Then let's leave him a clue. These Shadow Eyes can record the information we leave behind. We'll have the Shadow Servant keep it safe and lock him in the secret coffin."
"The coffin can be easily broken open."
"Then find the perfumers from the Jadeite Records; their creations cannot be easily destroyed."
"Leave only the key to open the coffin for the descendants of the adults. One day, the bloodline of the adults will remember, Lord of the Shadows..."
At this point, both the visuals and the audio abruptly stopped.
Aaron thus learned of that ancient past.
In other words, Alves is actually a descendant of that Shadow Servant?
Long ago, before the faith in God became widespread, people on this continent already knew of the existence of the Emerald Book and spices.
However, the Shadow Cult refers to it as "Holy Incense".
Aaron couldn't help but become very interested in the king's affairs.
Based on these clues, Aaron learned the truth.
This land was once home to a large number of perfumers.
However, the perfumer did not disappear completely until the spices were exhausted.
The reason is simple: spices only exist in the New World.
The New World, on the other hand, was discovered by that rascal Henry.
But where did they get the spices back then?
There is a huge mystery behind this.
The belief in God was born in the era of mythology.
In other words, the spices on the eastern side of the Sea of Despair had already been exhausted during that period?
"The mythological era—"
Aaron remembered that the most well-known event in mythology was the slaying of the dragon.
The reason for slaying the dragon was because of the calamity of the dragon's destruction.
Regarding the description of this event, historical records only state that "dragon flames destroyed everything."
But what does "everything" refer to here?
Aaron suddenly realized that spices might be intricately connected to the entire world.
And these fragments of secret are hidden in that unknown, secluded corner.
It exists in oblivion.
Aaron felt incredibly lucky; judging from the skeletons on the ground, he was definitely not the first person to discover this place.
The perfumer who just arrived here was the one who found us first, just like Allen.
The spices had arrived in this land more than a year ago.
However, it wasn't entirely unexpected.
Only those who can access Alvis can know the secret of that ancient key.
Perfumers could not easily come into contact with local nobles.
If Aaron hadn't had leverage over Alves, allowing him to control him, he wouldn't have gone to him on his own initiative.
Therefore, only Aaron had the opportunity to access this information.
But he absolutely could not leave this information to anyone else.
So Aaron took off the pair of gems and put them in his pocket.
He planned to leave.
According to the perfumer, there seems to be some kind of danger in this secret room.
The corpses on the ground are proof of this.
Just then, Aaron felt a tremendous tremor and a loud noise—
God!
Aaron immediately understood everything.
Why didn't that cloaked man dare to stay here until dawn?
Why are there human remains on the ground?
Why is there such a thick layer of excrement here?
That's because of the rats.
Thousands upon thousands of rats surged in like a tidal wave.