528 Destruction of Lorga Part 1 (1/2)

If the differences between the Goddess of Nature and the Lord of Glory were to be made known. Theologians would not even be able to state all of them in a year. To secular people, there was only one difference which stood out the most.

The Lord of Glory's church was constructed using donations from the believers, while the Goddess of Nature's temple was developed using the goddess' own resources.

The Temple of Grace up ahead was not even sufficiently huge for a temple, it was only a twenty-fourth of a normal temple. This represented the essence of the believers in Lorga City, and all the materials were mostly from other planes.

The black temple with crystal windows was not constrained at all. Rays of mild light descended into the temple, nicely engulfing the goddess' statue. The goddess did not like humans crafting statues of her, so all of the goddess' temples had recorded her centuries of grace in the form of murals.

These creatures from foreign planes had built a statue of the goddess based on their own thoughts. The face of this statue was covered by a layer of yarn-like fog which never dispersed.

At this point in time, Saleen already knew that these creatures from the foreign planes had never seen the face of the goddess before. Nailisi's appearance would have aroused a lot of suspicion otherwise.

Saleen and Lex executed a mage's bow in front of the Goddess of Myers' statue. Saleen was not very anxious in looking for the Divine Crystal, instead, he began observing the architecture of the temple.

The material of the temple contained countless precious items, but Saleen did not want to demolish the temple. He only wanted to obtain the things which could not be found on this plane. Of course, the Divine Crystal remained the most important object. Other than a statue, this huge hall had an altar, and an emerald-green branch was place atop the altar. This tree branch was extremely thick, having a diameter of almost half a yard. As Saleen used his perception to scan it, he felt astounded.

”Could this be thundercloud wood? Such a thick and huge tree branch, but it is only a tiny bud at the end of some kind of plant.”

Eleanor noticed this almost ten yards long tree branch occupying the entire altar then felt agitated. Then, she told Saleen, ”This is from the Tree of Eternity.”

The Tree of Eternity was a plant exclusive to the elf plane. It was not as renowned as the Tree of Life, but it was much more useful than the Tree of Life as equipment material.

The best bows in the elf plane were made from the Tree of Eternity. It seemed that there used to be elves in Lorga City who worshipped the Goddess of Myers.

Everyone waited in silence for Saleen and Lex to take action. Even though it was the era where humans were not fearful of the gods, the Goddess of Myers was still a presence people revered. It did not seem appropriate to be stealing the offering for the goddess in her own temple.

Saleen sighed, then told Lex, ”Let's do it. They didn't follow me inside because they knew what we were going to do, but they cannot stop us.”

Saleen was partially correct. Ismail did not want to follow Saleen inside because he could not tolerate seeing the humans destroy the temple in front of him. He was not confident of dealing with Lex.

That being said, Lex's actions held special significance for him. The modern day Lorga had become a cage for all the creatures here. The creatures' souls were still around, but their physical bodies had died. They were not completely exterminated because of the goddess' power. A half-spirit's ability was actually widely different from that of a spirit.

By leaving Lorga, Ismail would be able to regain his powers gradually, he might even get back his life.

Even though the goddess had fallen, some nature Divine spells were still present. These Divine spells, including the Gift of Life, did not need the goddess to bestow anything to be completed.

Many creatures similar to Ismail also yearned to leave Lorga. This was the real reason why Lex and the rest of the people could arrive at the Temple of Grace.

”We must have hearts of reverence,” Lex mumbled.

Saleen walked up to the altar, storing the gigantic tree branch into the Dimension Stone. He knew that he had to be in awe, but what had to be done must be done. It was just like how humans challenged the gods in the past and carried out expeditions into the various planes. Saleen never believed that this event occurred due to the desire for power, it was more likely out of desperation.

The humans who already enjoyed extreme freedom had no need to conquer the gods. The Goddess of Myers also never shackled them, so why would they do such a thankless thing?

Lex did not vie for the Tree of Eternity's branch with Saleen, she only followed Saleen to the altar. Under the tree branch, there was an enormous rack, and Lex loved the materials on it, so she put them away in the God's Ring.

The mages did not move, only Lex and Saleen were taking action.

Saleen released the water flow from the calabash and segmented the materials which he thought were valuable. He did not want to touch the statue of the goddess. The temple had no pillars, and everything was laid out in the open except for the Divine Crystal.

Logically, the Divine Crystal should be on the altar, but the tree branch from the Tree of Eternity was on it. The goddess loved such natural objects. The Divine Crystal was not hidden under the branch, so Saleen could only tear the temple apart bit by bit until the Divine Crystal was found.

Saleen acted cautiously because he did not want the temple to collapse. After about four hours, Saleen had removed all the materials which could be removed from the temple, then he shared them with Lex. The Divine Crystal still had not been found.