Chapter 297: Envoy Of The Goddess
Sheeveh! That was the name of a deity, and a deity whom Su Jin was very familiar with. She was that Demon Lord who was now having her way with Xu Ran in the real world.
Su Jin had heard the Mad Hatter mention her name before in a conversation. She was a very famous evil deity among the elder gods and had been one of the most powerful deities in her heyday. She had been way more powerful than gods like the Mad Hatter and Pinocchio.
The top deities were very powerful not only because their own bodies carried great power, but because they had enough followers who believed in them. The faith of their followers fed these deities.
In the Fengxi Town Challenge, the Demon Lord had made an appearance to punish the people of the town who no longer worshipped her. But she had been unlucky and ended up getting trapped in the town, becoming a part of a Handbook Challenge instead.
After the Demon Lord disappeared for a long period of time, the number of her worshippers dwindled as well. While it was true that religion was handled by mortals, signs from the god they worshipped made these believers even more loyal. But after the Demon Lord got herself trapped within a Challenge, the religious organizations that used to worship her were no longer able to continue, so they eventually faded altogether.
Su Jin was surprised to find her worshippers on this island. If not for that boning knife and the eye of the Demon Lord carved into it, Su Jin would not have put two and two together.
The strange men exchanged glances and were clearly shocked that Su Jin had been able to utter the name of their god. After arriving on this dreadful island, besides themselves, they had never heard anyone mention this noble name.
Sheeveh, the almighty Demon Lord! The god we both worship! said Su Jin slowly.
You are a fellow believer? You are a believer in our god? asked the same man from before in an excited voice. He was so excited, his stilted speech actually flowed more smoothly now.
Su Jin let out a sigh of relief inside. He calmed down and said to them, Thats right. I am a worshipper of your god, a servant of the greatest and most beautiful goddess, Sheevah. Everyone ought to worship her!
The men were still a little suspicious earlier, but now, they were very sure that Su Jin was a believer of the Demon Lord just like themselves. That was because very few of them, even within the religion, knew that this great Demon Lord was actually a goddess.
Goddess Sheeveh didnt abandon us! Did she send you here to rescue us? asked one of them excitedly.
She must have! Its been so many years, weve forgotten who we are. But as her devotees, weve never forgotten the name of the great goddess Sheeveh! howled another one.
Su Jin didnt dare to burst their bubble and just nodded along. Goddess Sheeveh has escaped her difficult situation and she sensed that there was still a group of believers who were still alive. There are reasons why she cant come here herself, so shes sent me here to check if youve really not forgotten your belief.
All the cloaked men fell to the ground with a thud and kept bowing toward Su Jin when they heard these words. The one who seemed to be their leader cried and wailed, O great goddess! O great envoy! We have never thrown our faith away and we remain her loyal believers, even though we are on this Island of Mistakes. O great envoy, you are our witness!
Yes! O great envoy, I have forgotten my own name, but I have never dared to forget the great name of our esteemed goddess!
Never dare to forget and will never forget! I am willing to use my life to prove my faith! yelled another one fervently as he grabbed the boning knife from another man. He looked like he was ready to kill himself to prove that his faith in the Demon Lord had never changed.
Thats right, our faith remains the same! We can use our lives to prove it! The rest seemed inspired by the one who wanted to kill himself and started trying to snatch the boning knife for themselves. The few of them started fighting each other before long.
Su Jin didnt realize how much power a religion could have over their believers. But he also didnt want these people to die just like that, so he yelled at them, Stop this nonsense right now! Did you think the goddess sent me here just to watch all of you die? Did you think the goddess would be so cruel toward her loyal worshippers?
All of them froze when they heard Su Jin, then formed a row and knelt on the ground, wailing for mercy and crying inconsolably at the same time, as though they were touched beyond words by the goddess grace.
O great envoy, please tell us, is the great goddess doing well? asked the leader of the group as he looked hopefully and concernedly at Su Jin.
Su Jin didnt expect these worshippers to be this devout. The first thing that came to their mind was actually concern for that heartless deity.
Well shes not too good. She was trapped for too long and the number of people who still worship her have gone to almost zero. So, when she sensed your presence, she was very happy and got me to come here. Su Jin started making up stories, since it wasnt possible to verify what he was saying and he could say whatever he liked.
The cloaked men immediately started weeping again when they heard that the Demon Lord was not doing well. Su Jin immediately piped up, The goddess was hoping that I could bring all of you back, but coming here consumed all my energy and I nearly died trying to locate you. And worse still, you guys nearly boiled me alive.
The group had awkward looks on their faces. It was true that they had nearly boiled and sliced him just now. They quickly turned to apologize to Su Jin. The leader said, We didnt know you were the great goddess envoy, so there was a misunderstanding earlier we hope that you will forgive us, and thank you so much for searching for us despite all the dangers you had to go through.
Su Jin waved a hand and said with a confident air, Its alright. The goddess gave me the instruction, so I have to do my best to carry it out. Its just that given the current circumstances, its going to be hard for me to take the next step, never mind bring all of you back with me.
Great envoy, dont worry, on this island, your safety will not be a problem as long as we are here to protect you. But as for the great goddess we have let her down again. The men started crying all over again, making them seem like a group of innocent children getting bullied by Su Jin.
You dont have to be like this. Ive lost my strength, but Ive come here with some companions. As long as we can find them, the goddess can use something that she planted in each of us to carry us back. Well have a way to bring all of you back then, Su Jin continued to spout nonsense.
The group immediately started shouting excitedly. After they had calmed down again, Su Jin said, Dont you think its time you untied me?
Oh no! We are sorry for being so slow! The group immediately untied the intestines around Su Jin and helped him to take a seat.
Gururu Su Jins stomach suddenly let out a strange noise, which made the cloaked men freeze.
Hurry up and get the remainder of the food from earlier so that the great envoy can eat! Go hunt for more food and dont let him wait too long! the leader quickly realized what noise that was and gave the rest instructions.
Of course, Su Jin couldnt stomach eating the flesh of the cooked owner from earlier. He waved his hand and said, After going through much tribulation, the goddess has gained new insights and has changed some of her ways. She no longer condones the eating of humans, so as her servant, I cannot go against that.
We did not know about this and we have gone against the great goddess ways! O great envoy, please punish us for doing so! The entire group fell to their knees and confessed their sins before Su Jin.
There was no way Su Jin was going to punish them. These people were the best bodyguards he had in this place. It would be a pity if they were hurt.
You did it unknowingly, so it will not be counted against you. But dont do it anymore, Su Jin warned the group sternly. After seeing that they merely nodded and didnt do anything else, he frowned and said, Why are all of you just standing there? We are not allowed to eat fellow humans, but it doesnt mean we cant eat anything else! But Im very exhausted, so cook me something plain! Do you get what Im saying?
Got it! Got it! The group nodded vigorously and ran off to hunt, leaving only the leader behind to accompany Su Jin.
There were a total of five people in this group and they looked very androgynous, so Su Jin wasnt quite sure if they were male or female. But that didnt matter. He didnt want to create any unnecessary trouble and just wanted to make use of their abilities to survive this place.
By the way, the goddess was able to sense your groups presence, but she couldnt identify who you guys were exactly. Can you tell me more about yourselves? Su Jin was very curious about who these people were. Based on what the clown had said about the Island of Mistakes, this island imprisoned anything that was considered a mistake, a source of chaos or deemed unsuitable for Challenges. The fact that these guys were trapped here meant that they were someone significant.
But Su Jins question stumped the man. After pondering for some time, he shook his head and said, Im really sorry but I really dont remember anymore. Its been too long and there are times we dont even remember that were human. If we didnt have the power of our faith to keep us going, Im afraid we would have become no better than wild beasts.
You really dont remember anything at all? Su Jin continued to ask.
The man thought for a while more, frowned, then stopped frowning. He said hesitantly, I cant really remember that much, but I remember I Ive met the great goddess before. She knighted me and I was called First Generation.
In that case, the rest of them are Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Generation? Su Jin couldnt help but make a snarky remark, since these terms reminded him of Naruto.
As they spoke, the other four returned with food. Su Jin immediately froze when he saw what they had brought back. These guys were a little too enthusiastic. Each one brought a gigantic monster back as well as enough corn to make a hill. Su Jin could hardly believe what he was seeing.
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