548 Raid Part 1 (1/2)

Just as Lex was about to enter the boundary of the temple, Saleen suddenly bellowed, ”Come out!”

A short distance away, a pale green rock cracked gently, and one of its fragments transformed into a mesmerizing woman who turned out to be the demon, Cuisi. Cuisi clearly looked embarrassed, then he said awkwardly, ”Sir…”

”Humph, since you know about this secret already, come over and write down your name!” Saleen did not allow Cuisi nor Lex to harbor any more thoughts, then he asked Cuisi to leave his name on the stone tablet.

Cuisi appeared flustered, but he was actually rejoicing in his heart. Even Bain could not discover him, while Saleen could only do so because Saleen knew that he had been following behind all along. Saleen asked him to come out of hiding so that he could be entitled to a portion of the loot from the temple too.

There were only four seeds from the divine trees, but the rest of the items in the temple would have to be shared among the people who entered. Other than Lex herself, it was not very possible for those grade-5 and grade-4 mages to fly up. It was not that a grade-5 mage could not fly, but a normal grade-5 mage could only rely on equipment to fly over short distances, unless they were like Saleen who had created his own spell. They were not much stronger than a Silver Grand Swordmaster otherwise.

Back when Jason was in Ceylon City, he could only fly when he wanted to go over the city walls. At that point in time, Jason was only a grade-5 mage.

Of course, Lex felt that this arrangement was inappropriate. After all, if there was one more person, it would mean that Lex would receive a smaller share of the items in the temple. Since Cuisi had come along, she could not possibly ask Saleen to kill him, and she needed Cuisi keep the secret too. In that case, the best option would be to allow Cuisi into the temple.

At this suitable juncture, Saleen pointed out that Cuisi would not have the right to get a seed because he had come along selfishly. Bain could not raise any further objection either. Bain desperately wanted to enter the temple just so that Lex could obtain one more seed.

”If there is an odd number of seeds, then Cuisi will have the right to get the last seed.” Sika was not dumb, as her suggestion was seconded by Lex and Bain. Anyway, according to Lex's deductions, there was definitely an even number of seeds.

Sika did not think that way. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, she would help Saleen seize one more seed.

Cuisi was not worried about the one-thousand year restraint. If Saleen did not fulfill the contract, Nailisi would also drag Cuisi down. Cuisi was very clear about this, so he would rather enter the temple and become Saleen's confidante. With the restraints of the contract, Nailisi would definitely aid Saleen unreservedly. She would summon sufficient manpower from the demonic plane and initiate a campaign on the Myers mainland.

That way, it was possible that the famous myth circulating the demonic plane could turn into reality.

Five people walked to the entrance of the temple. Other than Saleen himself, the rest of the people would have to be transported in with his help. Saleen's Divine spell was really pathetic, each person could only enter the temple's gates with his Water Shield which possessed divinity. The stone tablet made it very clear, if one was not a believer of the goddess, they would be prohibited from entering. As long as one was engulfed in the Goddess of Myer's exclusive divinity, they would be acknowledged as a believer.

Even Lex knew that this was no loophole, it was actually a backdoor left behind by the goddess. She did not know how Saleen had acquired divinity, but she knew that Saleen was definitely not a believer.

The architecture of this temple was not flamboyant. The Goddess of Myers never allowed her believers to adorn the temple with precious objects. Other than the steel rocks as the material for the temple, the rest of the design was very simple. Those exquisite patterns and carvings were easily achieved by humans of the past, as they could be attained using divinity or intermediate level magic. The stone pillars in front of the temple were over thirty yards in height, which was very astonishing for humans. If they had been built by giants, they would be just a toy though.

Giants over one-hundred yards tall were aplenty, it would be simple for them to build a temple for the goddess.

The temple's gates were wide open, a stone wall was engraved with numerous murals welcoming the guests. These murals were of no use to a normal person, but to a believer, they would be able to receive large amounts of information just by glancing at them. Humans tens of thousands of years ago were not any less intelligent than modern humans, their absorption ability was immense. The sizeable amount of information hidden in a mural allowed a believer to receive knowledge swiftly. When the goddess was still around, these murals would change constantly. At the moment, the murals were fixated on one scene, there were no more alterations.

Lex explained this to Saleen, and led everyone around the stone wall before entering a hall. This temple was constructed atop the Mountain Without End. This mountain might seem tapered, but with the goddess' powers a temple as big as the ones built on flat ground could still be developed, it did not lose out in size.

There was utter silence in the temple. These five people passed through dozens of barren halls before arriving at the core area.

The façade of this hall was astonishingly huge, while its height had exceeded that of the surrounding halls. When Saleen looked up, he had to use the Icy Sight to observe the ceiling. The interior of this temple was also unlike the temples Saleen had been to in the past. This hall was not barren, there were four dead trees standing upright.

A colossal podium was situated behind the four dead trees, with hundreds of boxes carved from tremolite placed atop it. These boxes had an unchanged style, it was used to store ashes. This was also the first time Saleen had seen an extravagant item in a goddess' temple.

The quality of the tremolite used was very high, it was not some normal nephrite. The stone with the lousiest quality was jasper. Mosaicked into the top of these ash-carrying jade boxes was sheet gold, which was more precious than refined gold. Sheet gold was the essence of refined gold, moreover, rhenium gold had to be added in accordance to a certain ratio.