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Chapter 101 Message from God Anser
Indeed, this was Priest Anser's own choice.

He has lived blindly for too long, and he is clearly awake, but he always fails to achieve his ideal goal.

This is a kind of pain, but also a kind of loneliness.

He is like a broken boat stranded on the shore, trying to set sail, but suddenly finds that he has deviated from the course and can no longer find the port from which he started.

Therefore, he can only leave his broken body here, waiting for the next stranded ship to appear, so that the poor man can repair his leak with the planks that make up himself, and set sail again instead of him.

This is his choice, but also his helplessness.

He claims to be a person of the old age, and his name should not appear in the new age.

He chose to forget.

But being forgotten doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

Someone remembers.

God also remembers.

His name is Sata.

The yellow paper in the temple was completely burned, and the smoke from its burning finally dissipated bit by bit.

Hephaestus, who had been silent all this time, walked out from the side.

He righted the brazier that had been overturned by Priest Anser, and stretched his unprotected hands straight into the flames, stirring the messy and burning wooden sticks in the brazier.

The flames grew stronger, and the fire light illuminated most of the temple.

Beside the brazier are the ashes of the burned body of Priest Anser.

He came to the world in a hurry, and he didn't take anything with him when he left. Even his undead could not be found in the underworld.

Because he died as a god.

One thought and one thought can determine life and death.

Hephaestus was very close, and he could see clearly that at the last moment, Sata, who had not waited for the light, thought he had failed, so he accepted his fate of failure.

He went to die.

Hephaestus heard Sata's last words before his death: "Follow the rules of all things, praise the night..."

Maybe, he really gave up.

In fact, as long as his belief is firmer, as long as he takes a step forward, even if it is only a small step, he can be reborn as a god, and then try again with a higher level of vision.

Or if he persisted for a few more years, Hephaestus would allow the light he was thinking of to reappear in the world.

Unfortunately, he chose to give up.It can only fall in the last time before dawn.

As the mortal closest to the gods, Hephaestus hopes to give Sata more opportunities.

He wanted to see this mortal beyond the limitations of his own mortal vision.

He is also by far the closest mortal man has come to this state.

In this way, there is a precedent for a real mortal to become a god.

That is not something that can be achieved by bathing the body of a god in the flames. Possessing the mind and spirit of a god is something that only mortals can do.

Only in this way, the eternal life that mortals can truly control when they become gods, will not gradually move towards an unstoppable life in the long time, in the loneliness and confusion, in the pleasure of being filled with desires and the emptiness of desires receding. self-destruction, thereby ending his own long, eternal life.

Sata, he died as a god, and there is still a possibility of his return.

Hephaestus hopes that when he returns, he can take a small step forward, so as to truly transcend his limitations.Sata, he is only one small step away, and this is the last and hardest small step.

Hephaestus, he wanted to see the impossible become possible.

He walked to the side of the brazier and bent over to collect the burning ashes of Sata.

He gathered these burning embers in his hand.

The vested divinity remaining in the embers allowed Hephaestus to understand Sata's thoughts.

[Those happy memories of the past, which represent the prosperity of Anser Church, are hard to get back, just like letting day replace night.If I can make light appear in the world, maybe I can...]

Hephaestus exhaled, and a breeze was born in the temple.

The ashes in his hands were blown away, along with the divinity within.

In this way, no one can find Sata.

He will come back, sooner or later.

After finishing these, Hephaestus walked in the temple.

Sata was his disciple, and the only one he cared about.

He knows everything about Sata.

In the corner of the temple, he pulled out the stone bar and opened the secret compartment left by Sata.

A book and a letter were stored in the dark compartment.

The letter was obviously not for Hephaestus, but that didn't affect his reading in the slightest.

He glanced at it:
[At the last moment of this life, I am sorry to write to you to call you back, Otis. 】

[I believe that you can find the gift I left for you. 】

[We are all mortals who have bathed in Anser's light together. No one knows you better than me, and no one knows me better than you. 】

[Unfortunately, I can no longer see you when you return. I am tired and want to go to the underworld. 】

[But I still want to trouble you to continue walking with our common will. 】

【Actually, you are a very confused young man. After so many years, your mentality is still the same. 】

【I don't know whether I should be happy or worried about you. 】

[But there is one thing, I don't regret giving you the blessing of eternal life bestowed on me by the gods. 】

[About this, I have to tell you.In fact, I did not get permission from the gods. I made my own claims. It was my arrogance that made me seek power. This is all my own will. 】

[In order to share the blessing of eternal life with you, I have put in a lot of effort. 】

【Even, I abandoned Anser and went to seek help from another god...】

[Are you flustered, right?Worrying about me?Worried about my situation after death? 】

[Well, I was just joking. 】

【Everything is the will of God Anser...】

[However, you are really confused. 】

[As an unbelievers, this should not be done.You always want to blend in with the crowd, you want to hide yourself.In getting along with you, I can feel that your youthful sharpness and water chestnut are disappearing a little bit, you are getting lost gradually, and I am worried for you. 】

[Of course, this is a joke. 】

[But I am really afraid that you will get lost in this long night. 】

[If you don’t believe me, look back at your past.Why did you believe in Anser before you came to church?These years, when the king of gods is powerful, you will believe in the king of gods, and when the night is long, you will believe in the night again. 】

【I know this is a compromise you have to make. 】

【However, my friend, don't be immersed in lies. The longer you pass, the more you will become dull, and gradually, you will become less and less able to see your true colors. 】

[It's like wearing a mask and never taking it off. After a long time, do you still remember what you look like? 】

[I don't know how to persuade you, I can only leave a good way out for you in the teachings. 】

【Old man who loves you, your...priest. 】

Below the letter paper are the teachings left by Sata.

That is a thick book.

Hephaestus opened the title page, and the first sentence that came into view was this: "Anser exists, and he will not respond to the demands of mortals, nor will he interfere with the choices of mortals."

From now on, it will be the teachings of Anser Church.

What Sata left for Otis is on the last page, which is a line of small characters written in square script.

【Otis, you may find it hard to believe. 】

【It turns out that the end of knowledge is ignorance. 】

【If you seek knowledge, you may be able to gain the power of ignorance. 】

The cover behind the last page is thick and stiff.

Hephaestus knew that something was stored inside.

His index finger slid across, and there seemed to be a cold knife light flashing indistinctly.

The book cover was split into two thin parts, revealing the yellow paper sandwiched in between.

That is the credential to "knowledge".

Hephaestus had no intention of taking it.

He does this just to tell the latecomers that he has been here.

He waved to the brazier in the distance, and a slender, burning branch flew towards him.

The flames above were extinguished, revealing charred charcoal transformed by the flames.

Hephaestus started with it, and on the last page continued with Sata's words.

He left a blank line and began to write: "A person's strength is small after all."

"Maybe you can try to call your companion's name, maybe he can come back."

"Just like you falsely chant the gods of your church, Otis."

"Anyway, you have a long life, and you always have to find something for yourself to do."

——Occasionally pay attention to your Anser-liu.

——Bless your destiny to be in your own hands.
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ps: There are 1500 words left, I will talk about it tomorrow, I am sleepy.

(End of this chapter)