Chapter 842

A Hilarious Comedy Often Ends in Tragedy

With Kraun's encouragement, the residents of Sandlais seemed to see a beam of light, a divine light that would be able to drive away the severe cold.

So the entire town took action, beginning to spread faith and worship 【Deception】; everyone pinned their hopes on 【Deception】 being able to bring a hint of warmth to this place abandoned by the gods, and even Kraun himself thought so.

This was probably the happiest period of time since he became a clown; he practiced the will of 【Deception】 with his body, spreading the benefactor's good name to everyone who came to the theater; under his leadership, when everyone collectively prayed to the god, the front was even placed with wooden carvings and portraits of the clown!

In this cold abyss that had no concept of gods, Kraun became the person closest to the god in people's eyes, becoming the messenger of 【Deception】 descending in Sandlais, becoming His spokesperson in the present world.

"It really is Him."

Now, Ai Si finally confirmed that she had found the past of Lord Envoy Yu Xi, of course, it was also possible it was the past Lord Envoy Yu Xi.

Cheng Shi and Zhang Jizu didn't comment on her excitement, only continuing to watch silently.

Soon, faith swept the entire town, and more violent wind and snow also swept the entire town; smiles bloomed on everyone's faces, even if they had no bottom in their hearts, even if their brains were full of fear, but they had to smile, because He was the god who held joy.

But soon, the people of Sandlais couldn't smile anymore.

Because as the faith of the entire town became more and more condensed, that divine gift that had always stood on the stage of the Joyous Theater, the other clown Kraun, became more and more transparent.

The one who discovered this first was still Kraun; when he saw that the benefactor's "gaze" seemed to be gradually disappearing, his whole person panicked; he hurriedly locked the new big door of the theater, refusing all worshipers, and then tried every method to win back the benefactor's gaze, but all failed without exception.

He knelt blankly in front of the other self, didn't cry, didn't howl, only reflecting on whether he had done something wrong; he was thinking whether it was because of his small vanity in impersonating the god's messenger that made his benefactor move His gaze away.

He promised the god that he would confess to everyone that he wasn't a messenger at all; he impersonated this identity to spread the name of 【Deception】 and attempted to keep his hometown Sandlais, he prayed for the benefactor's forgiveness and was willing to bear all punishment for the "sin of blasphemy," but no matter how he begged, confessed, and prayed, it was all useless.

The figure of the other self became more and more dim; now, Kraun panicked completely.

But this matter was far from over.

The residents of Sandlais who were refused entry hadn't been able to hold prayer gatherings for several days; they began to worry, plus the gloom of the sky had never dissipated, and the wind and snow were becoming more violent without any sign of turning for the better; they thought it was the recent slackness that led to His dissatisfaction, so the crowd who couldn't enter kicked open this theater door that everyone had donated wood to repair with their own hands, and "killed" their way to the stage again.

And when everyone saw that the 【Deception】 guidance behind the curtain didn't seem wooden anymore, but became more and more solid, and the eyes became more and more lively, everyone erupted in sky-shaking cheers.

【Deception】 recognized Sandlais!

Isn't it? Everything in front of them was clearly the god's response to the change in faith here, otherwise why would the puppet-like Kraun become so full of vitality?

They shouted the divine name of 【Deception】, praised the benefactor's gaze, and were also thanking the hero who brought hope to Sandlais; they shouted Kraun's name in unison, but could no longer find Kraun in this theater.

Some said perhaps it was because our faith allowed Kraun to get the opportunity to see the god, so the god summoned him; this statement was very consistent with reality, so many people believed it.

But the three players heard this and felt a thud in their hearts.

Seeing this development, they seemed to have already seen the ending.

"The clown is in trouble." Zhang Jizu narrowed his eyes, his tone sighing.

Cheng Shi didn't say a word, but his solemn eyes already explained everything; sure enough, a hilarious comedy often ends in tragedy; yes, the clown is in big trouble.

The residents didn't know what the Kraun behind the curtain was, but the three players knew, because that was clearly not the gaze of 【Deception】, but a "god of no faith" raised by the faithless Sandlais.

So, when the "faith" here was transferred to 【Deception】... the god of no faith lost the soil of faith and dissipated before everyone's eyes.

At this very moment, what the residents of Sandlais saw naturally wouldn't be a more solid "divine guidance," but the real Kraun himself.

He had no way to deal with the disappearance of the other self, but didn't want to extinguish Sandlais's hope, so he could only bring out his old profession, role-playing the other self, and standing in the center of the stage behind the curtain.

He wanted to use this method to give people hope and delay time so he could understand what had happened here, but he ignored one point, which was that the minds of people in desperate situations are sensitive, and their nerves are fragile.

They didn't dare to leave here to endure the wind and snow outside, and were even more willing to get close to the god to beg for more protection, so people moved in, moved into the theater; they leaned against each other to keep warm, waiting for the return of the god's messenger Kraun.

Everything was so "warm," until... Kraun truly "returned."

The clown on stage stumbled due to standing for a long time and sat on the ground; everyone was shocked, ignoring the difference between humans and gods, and hurriedly jumped onto the stage to support the "divine guidance," but when the first resident touched the real flesh on Kraun's wrist...

The sky of Sandlais collapsed!

"You... He... you are not the benefactor's gaze, you are... Kraun?"

Actually, if this scene happened anywhere other than Sandlais, those devout believers, upon discovering the "abnormality" of the god, wouldn't be able to question it face-to-face, because they not only had to avoid blasphemy, but more importantly, had to protect the divine power and maintain their own divine power interests.

But unfortunately, this is Sandlais; this place had no concept of faith until now, and even with the prevalence of 【Deception】 faith, it had only been a few short days; people's hearts couldn't truly equate this kind of faith with the will they practiced themselves.

So, the worst situation appeared; the first question might not be the most violent, but it blew the horn of a collective attack.

When more and more people realized that everything Kraun had created might be a scam, everyone in the entire Joyous Theater went crazy.

They grabbed Kraun's hair, clothes, and limbs like madmen, questioning him why the god's protection hadn't arrived yet, questioning why he would stand here while the "divine guidance" had disappeared, questioning why the god's name was 【Deception】, yet it was a venerable name with such a teasing nature...

All the forbearance for survival and the doubts that hadn't been expressed erupted at this moment; the giant wave of fear overturned the flat boat again, only this time, the flat boat didn't have such good luck.

The giant wave overturned, hit the reef, and sank to the bottom.

The flat boat was... swallowed by its own confusion and the fear of the outside world.

So, the three players only saw a splash of blood, refreshing the dark red curtain; the owner of this Joyous Theater, the clown Kraun, was thus... on the stage he had been proud of just a few days ago...

Torn into pieces alive.

This scene made the three players widen their eyes, pupils shrinking, feeling they seemed to have already seen the truth of the division.

Cheng Shi's heart was filled with mixed feelings.

Faith is indeed unrelated to early or late, because it only relates to piety.

And ironically, Sandlais's piety was probably used in the wrong place.

Of course, there was something even more ironic...

Because just when the blood-red curtain fell halfway due to the chaos on the stage, the god truly descended.

And right in the center of this stage, right on the pool of blood where the clown had turned into fragments!

A pair of starry eyes from the void...

Opened slowly before everyone's eyes!