Chapter 13 (1/2)

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The general swallowed his saliva. At this moment, the thousands of black shadows around him also held their breaths and looked around, as if they were trying to protect something.

Seeing that, the man frowned and demanded impatiently, “What do you have to say?”

The man had somehow released his resistance earlier on, but now, it had faded away. It was not a power that he could control at will.

Even the general was also trembling in fear, and he said carefully, “I didn’t expect the sorcerer to have someone supporting him. The sorcerer calls him ‘Heavenly God’. Some citizens and priests of Tianlong even regard him as their guardian deity. The sorcerer claimed that they had to sacrifice some animals every month, and even human lives. Supposedly, this was the only way to make Tianlong even more prosperous. For some reason, the commoners all obeyed the sorcerer to serve this heavenly deity.”

The general explained, “However, there were definitely sober ones among the common people. They could tolerate sacrificing livestock, but later on, they actually had to sacrifice human lives. Sometimes, they sacrificed priests, and sometimes, even children who were born with spiritual roots. Of course, there were definitely those who did not obey. However, those who did not obey would usually end up dying unexpectedly. For this reason, the Emperor could only swallow his anger. Although he was still the Emperor of Tianlong, almost half of the country was not under his jurisdiction. For the past 18 years, the Emperor had always turned a blind eye to the sorcerer’s actions because not only would he have to face the rebellion of the priests from Tianlong Temple, but he might also have to face the wrath of the Heavenly God if he executed the sorcerer.”

“Your Highness, I’m sure you’re here now because of them. I’ve let you down. I failed to protect you and made you suffer here. However, Your Highness, why are you still alive? I am not cursing Your Highness, but this place is the altar of the Heavenly God. It’s divided into four mystical realms. That’s what we learned after we died.”

The general continued, “Each mystical realm is filled with dead souls from sacrifices. Some belong to livestock, while some belong to soldiers like us. Others belong to priests or children. This is where dead souls should be. No living people have ever appeared here apart from intruders. However, they have always been executed by the Heavenly God. That’s why I’m really curious as to why both of you appeared here alive!”

Mu Yao didn’t know what to say. She couldn’t say that she had reincarnated. That explanation sounded outrageous.

Besides, the man’s appearance was a mystery even to her.

However, that wasn’t important for now. What was important was that Mu Yao had a rough idea of what had happened to her.

However, one question remained. Only those who were sacrificed would appear here.

Did that mean that these defeated soldiers had been sacrificed instead of being defeated in battle?

As such, Mu Yao asked, “If this is a sacrificial altar, why are all of you here? Before I came here, I remember hearing all the citizens saying that you were defeated, and that it was because of me that it happened. You guys weren’t sacrificed!”

At this moment, the thousands of black shadows were all trembling.

“Your Highness! Please keep your voice down!”

“Your Highness, there’s more to our deaths!”

At the same time, the black shadow general was silent. He was incensed. It turned out that the princess had been sacrificed after all! All of this was because of the Heavenly God’s greed!

When the soldiers first arrived, everyone thought that they had died gloriously for their country and would be praised by their descendants.

However, later on, the Heavenly God appeared in this mystical realm.

It was then that they found out that their deaths were not simply because they had been defeated! Although the stone tablet also said that they had lost gloriously, that was merely a pretense!

After all, the souls of the defeated would not have appeared here. They were only here because the sorcerer and priests had sacrificed them to the Heavenly God! They would forever be trapped here, unable to enter the cycle of reincarnation!