Grand Lust Sovereign-Chapter 137: Evil Gods

The night was long. The mist shrouded the village.

Everyone was asleep and only three people wandered the streets.

Julien and Jackie followed Amelia as she moved towards a certain well.

Amelia took a glance at the abyss-like bottom and went to another spot. It was by a tree beneath which was a clear patch of grass.

Next, she went to the woodcutter woman's house and had a feel of the mirror.

Lastly, she went to the lake.

Using a wooden boat, they went to the middle of it.

"Light that knows no shadow, truth that knows no veil—

By the sacred decree, let all be seen as they are…"

Amelia began chanting while clasping her hands.

The water around them swirled as she did so, and concern flashed on Julien's face.

What was Amelia trying to do?

The still clear water of the lake turned dark.

From within emerged a pulsating crimson pendant.

It fell into Amelia's hands and appeared ominous.

"We should leave." Amelia said calmly.

Her words were unhurried but Julien and Jackie both were startled. There was a creeping anxiety looming over them. It was as if something scary was approaching and if they didn't hurry, something very wrong was sure to happen.

Out on the shore the three reached. They hurried to the place the maids were at and left the folklore village.

Julien could see the mist in the distance disappear. It was replaced with a normal view of the forest as he sat and stared at it from within the carriage.

"What was that? What happened there?" Julien asked Amelia.

Holding the pendant in hand, Amelia felt it and said, "That was a village shrouded in myths. When a group of people are too absorbed in any old folklore containing gods, the god would take notice and drag them in it. This happens because…"

The existence of a god was dependent on many things. Some could exist eternally without doing anything while some needed a lot of followers to barely get by.

A folklore contained local gods and a myth had a higher level deity involved.

There was a high probability of folklore disappearing and with it, the god would disappear too. However, a myth was different.

Gods having their own myths were astronomically powerful. They had a lot of authority and through their sheer strength, could keep the myth going for eternity, thereby ensuring their existence.

The more people involved in the myth, the more power they possessed.

The village the three had just passed by contained a variety of myths.

"…those myths were a mix. Some like the woodcutter's story belonged to a god while some like the greedy man stealing the axes belonged to a demon…"

This variety led to the villagers suffering endlessly.

The villagers were stuck in a loop that would go on for eternity, repeating the same cycle and reciting the myth. The gods belonging to it would exist forever as long as the loop wasn't disturbed.

If by any chance someone tried to do it, it wouldn't end well for them as the gods themselves would descend and go after the person.

The village was quite small and randomly present in this vast world.

Finding it was like finding a needle in a haystack.

"…while I do not know how we were able to find this village, what I do know is that we would have died had we involved ourselves." Amelia elaborated.

She showed the pendant to the three and continued, "With god's blessing, I was able to find a piece of the evil god lurking there. This is a really small piece and would go unnoticed, but if we ever were to go near the village, the evil god would know something from its possession was gone and come after me."

Amelia did not stop and continued speaking.

She wouldn't have done such a risky thing had she not had other thoughts in her mind.

One by one, she went through those thoughts with Julien.

"Master, as you know, the world's quite big. We are but a small part of it and…"

This small world of theirs possessed many groups worshipping a variety of gods.

There was also a variety of folklore, and the problem with folklores was that they were absolutely real.

Tales of the past would be recreated if the right conditions were met or if the gods so wished for it to occur.

The villagers stuck in the folklore loop weren't cursed by gods but blessed by the devils.

Amelia confirmed the presence of this power within the lake and retreated immediately. This was not something they could fight without the power of their constellations.

The constellations could not give power to the incarnations as they wished outside the Tower. The sponsorship only worked in the Tower.

Outside the Tower, it was like charity for the constellations.

Devotees could pray and the gods could give them the rewards. There were limits to what they could give them, and this depended on the particular God's providence.

If the god gave something that would shake the entire world and cause nothing but destruction, they would lose a lot of providence and perish.

If it was a demonic god on the other hand, they would thrive within the chaos.

The demonic gods were restricted by the divine ones and couldn't do as they pleased. They worked their way around those restrictions and tried to spew chaos while the divine ones made counters.

Even if Amelia was Archangel Uriel's incarnation, getting a blessing from her to defeat the evil god lurking within this village was nigh impossible.

Plus, this village was doomed as is.

The loop could be going for many years and the villagers were as good as dead if the loop was stopped.

They kept acting in the way the folklore was, and all over the world, there were many such places possessing old folklores.

Julien was fascinated by this concept.

He wanted to spectate the village a bit more, but given his history, it would only invite trouble.

So far, his bad luck hasn't been flaring up. Why was such the case was unknown.

Maybe he was missing out on potential future opportunities? He didn't know, but he had a feeling.

The party continued their way to Lorene's place.

It was another day's worth of carriage ride.

By the time Julien arrived, he was surprised to find multiple carriages outside his aunt's place.

Going inside, a chitter-chatter of melodic voices resounded in the tree house.

"…and I'm telling you, it was very difficult! Floor 37 can not be cleared without casualties!"

The voices may be melodic but the words were ominous.

"If so many die, then we'd lose out on potential manpower and get invaded."

"That's exactly why Floor 37 hasn't been cleared yet. And I'm tired of pretending it isn't."

The ladies chatting in such tones were naturally Eleanor and Lorene.

The younger sister was more fierce than the older one, her tone carrying hints of dominance within.

Lorene had a laid back and relaxed attitude as if none of this mattered.

As Julien entered the room, the voices toned down.

Everyone turned to Julien, and the first to greet him was Katherine.

"You're here!"

Leona, who was right beside Katherine, got up and said, "Welcome back. I'll get the bath ready for you."

"You're here, my dear." Eleanor's tone softened. "Took you quite some time."

"What were you doing in the Theocracy for so long?" Lorene asked instead of greeting him.

"I was caught up in some stuff." Julien answered and took a seat on the couch beside his mother.

Amelia and Jackie were downstairs and didn't join Julien.

Eleanor hugged him from the side and had her silky blonde hair rub against the side of his face.

"What stuff?" Eleanor was curious to know more.

Lorene did brief her on his present situation, but what he was actually doing was something only he knew.

"There were a lot of things, mom. It'll take a lot of time to explain. Weren't you guys already conversing about something? Go on, do that again. I'm interested in knowing too" Julien tried to change the topic.

"That can wait. Tell me about yourself first." Eleanor couldn't care less about the floor's clearance. Her son's journey mattered to her more than anything.

Julien knew he couldn't argue with his mother on this. He thus truthfully said everything he knew.

"…and then I met the Ingress Family…"

"Oh, the Ingress?"

"Yes. They were there on a diplomatic mission…"

The conversation caught Lorene's attention quite a bit.

Katherine, who had gone away to bring snacks, came back with a tray full of it.

She didn't disturb the conversation and listened to what Julien was saying intently while sitting beside her aunt.

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The Empire was sure making some bold moves from their sides, they all thought. It was slightly surprising, but nothing much.

"…and then Christopher jumped from his carriage and…"

"…he did what!?!?!" Katherine stood up and exclaimed in shock. "He dared to attack you?!"

"Christopher Ingress attacked Julien?" Leona who had just arrived, overheard the conversation and had flames burning in her eyes.

Eleanor knitted her brows too whereas Lorene was the only sane one.

"Calm down, you three. First listen to everything he has to say."

Although she was pissed at this face too, she wanted to know what else happened before making a decision.

The ladies quieted down and continued to listen.

Julien knew he had to change things a bit or he might awaken the hunting instincts of these ladies and really set doom upon the Empire and the Theocracy.

"Well… stuff happened, like…"