Chapter 126: The Deity's Gift

Ye Laoshi was right; he successfully found the sisters' pain point.

Right now, the church internally considers them traitors, and although there were already many factions within the church, the two of them have become the target of everyone's criticism.

They had been fleeing for these past two years, and having finally returned to Gannaer, they took advantage of the chaos to retrieve a legendary item left behind by their sect; if they were sent back, the sisters would face nothing but death.

"I am willing, but we will not abandon our faith in the Death God; after all, we obtained our abilities from that deity," Rita said, conflicted. "If we abandon our original faith, our abilities will be reclaimed by the deity."

Ye Laoshi frowned and asked, "Did you not awaken through Magic Potions?"

"Magic Potions?" Rita said, puzzled. "I have never heard of such a thing; we were all born as Awakened."

Is this how they awaken in Gannaer? According to known information, awakening must rely on Magic Potions.

In other words, the Rita sisters were very likely in an awakened state from birth.

In the Sewers, Chen Zhi glanced at Susan, "Can't your parents pass their abilities directly to you?"

"I'm not too sure, unless they are very powerful," Susan shook her head. "I remember it might be possible to inherit them; children born to powerful witches don't even need awakening Magic Potions, but I've never seen it."

It seems Susan still has some basic knowledge of Mysticism; she can understand some things that aren't in these books.

It's just that she was too young when she lost her parents, so there was a lot she hadn't learned yet, and she hadn't awakened at that time either.

At this moment, Andrew had already told the sisters that he would ask the deity if it was willing to accept their faith.

Rita knew that if the deity did not accept, she might still be sent back to Gannaer.

After all, those people from the Wealth Church hadn't stopped themselves from doing such things before.

"You don't need to worry; the deity naturally has its own thoughts. Since you know where we are, it's impossible to just let you go back." Andrew was not the type to threaten or intimidate two young girls; in fact, when they said they still wanted to continue believing in the Death God, he already felt that these two girls shouldn't be made to suffer too much.

If it were him, he would rather choose death than choose to abandon his faith in the Lord of Calamity.

That was the doctrine he had believed in since he was a child; the Lord of Calamity was the power that would save everything and return everyone to the same starting point.

Those who believe in the Death God probably have this same idea; death is the only way for everyone to return to equality in the end.

Hearing that they wouldn't be made to suffer, let alone be sent back to Gannaer, Rita relaxed her whole body. "Thank you. I believe you are not that kind of malicious church. May I know which deity you believe in?"

"We believe in the Lord of Calamity," Andrew said, then led Ye Laoshi and the others out of the basement.

"They... they are actually believers of the Lord of Calamity," Rita said, trembling. The Lord of Calamity once caused hundreds of thousands of lives in Gannaer to go to the Death God's Divine Kingdom. Although this happened a hundred years ago, within the Death God Church in Gannaer, the Lord of Calamity is a very terrifying Evil God.

Fortunately, the Lord of Calamity never went to Gannaer again afterward. I never expected it to be in Tana City... No wonder those guys don't even have souls. Could it be that one must sell their soul to the Lord of Calamity to ensure they stay alive?

If that's the case, what is the difference between living and being dead?

"Sister, sister," Lita shook Rita. "I don't think you need to worry too much. If they really wanted to harm us, they wouldn't need to discuss it with us at all."

"That's true." Rita smelled the aroma on the table and couldn't help but say, "These people eat quite well. I've been to Tana City many times before and have never seen these things."

Even the leftover food from the player cafeteria was much better than what they had eaten before.

The mushrooms the players gathered in the forest themselves tasted delicious; after being made into mushroom soup, the flavor was much better than stew. The dry-pot cauliflower on the table was also very tasty, and the pot of spicy rabbit heads was quite delicious. Paired with the rice that the two of them had never eaten before, the taste was simply superb.

The two sisters seemed to have discovered a new world, devouring the food greedily. By the time Ye Laoshi's two disciples came to clear the tableware, the sisters had already licked the plates clean.

Liu Kun, whose ID was New World, exchanged a look with his good brother and then asked, "If that's not enough, we have some snacks. I don't know if you need them. By the way, this room is a restroom; you can use it to relieve yourselves."

"Thank you," Rita said, blushing. She was indeed not full yet; as an Awakened, her appetite was not small. Moreover, because of the long flight, there hadn't been many days where she could eat her fill, so she was able to eat quite a bit.

Lita also nodded with a flushed face. She didn't know what these snacks were, but as long as there was food, it was fine.

"You wait here." Seeing Lita look at him, Liu Kun's face turned red instantly, and he grabbed his good brother and ran outside, even forgetting to lock the door.

Lita noticed the door wasn't locked and moved her hand, but after thinking about it, she sat steadily.

She didn't know what terrible consequences would follow if she ran; these people seemed to have no souls, but each one seemed just like a real person, and they didn't seem bad by nature.

Not to mention that there really was a deity here; she didn't want to be executed after blindly running away. After all... she still didn't know what their snacks were like.

Soon, Xiao Liu and Xiao Chen brought over two buckets of cookies.

These were placed in the kitchen by Mengmeng and Ai Ai for the children at the Orphanage to eat.

But players could eat them too, as long as they paid.

So the two players left enough money and ran back with the two buckets of snacks.

"What is this?" Lita's stomach wasn't completely full yet, so she curiously picked up a cookie.

Her expression was the same as those children at the Orphanage, full of gratitude.

"These are cookies. If you work hard here and keep the Lord of Calamity satisfied, this deity will not treat you unfairly," Liu Kun said, hoodwinking the two girls. "Alright, my work is done, you two rest now."

Closing the door, Liu Kun let out a sigh of relief. "So nervous, I thought I wouldn't be able to speak fluent Tana Language."

"I've been translating for so long, but I haven't really opened my mouth to speak," Xiao Chen was also very nervous. It's true that he was good at translating, but that didn't mean he could speak it fluently.

Besides, translating with his head down every day—and he wasn't just translating Tana Language—after a long time, without an environment to use it, he really wasn't very good at speaking Tana Language.

Unless there could be more helpers in the shop to let him take shifts and have more contact with Tana City.

It's too late today and my stomach hurts. If I can finish the next chapter before 12 o'clock, I'll post it; if I can't, I'll make up for it tomorrow.

(End of chapter)