"Old God - Earthshaker Worm?"
Hearing about this god, Shade was quite surprised because he had heard of this old god.
The old god Earthshaker has another well-known name, which is the "God of Earthquakes". Unlike the old god "Midgard" that the Doctor mentioned before, which is related to sand, dust and soil, the main power of the old god "Earthshaker" is earthquakes.
Xia De had read in his textbooks that in the old days when civilization was still undeveloped, whenever an earthquake occurred, the local people would find the believers of this god and organize large-scale prayers and sacrificial activities.
But this old god is gone, just like the innocent creator of the Shade people, he left in the Fifth Age. Moreover, the Earthshaker is not a good god, but a real evil god. When offering sacrifices to appease the "wrath of the earth", living sacrifices must be made.
Xia De glanced at the kind old woman in front of him. She looked very different from those fish people who also worshipped the evil god.
"Not only is he the last member of the order, I think he's also the last generation of priests."
Old Lady Ilar smiled and shook her head, and Miss Aurora smiled back:
"The purpose of our visit this time is clearly stated in the letter. It is this person, Hamilton..."
She pointed to Shade, who was holding the cat:
"I want him to feel the power of the great one you believe in."
"Oh, the young people from the city are all very good-looking."
The old man praised Xia De's appearance, then reached out and grabbed his hand, and nodded after a moment:
"No problem. There is no conflict between him and my Lord's power."
A ring warlock cannot master any spiritual runes. The conflict with his core spiritual runes and the characteristics of his soul may lead to the rejection of certain spiritual runes.
Old lady Ilar probably used some kind of magic to confirm Shade's affinity for the power of the old god Earthshaker Worm. This kind of magic is very common, and the Orthodox Church also has similar magic, which is used to confirm whether ring sorcerers are suitable for learning magic when training them.
"Very good. I can feel that Mr. Hamilton is very suitable to be a priest of God. If he could have appeared fifty years earlier, I would have let him join the cult no matter what."
"Oh, that won't do."
The witch still maintained that smile:
"Mr. Hamilton is my man."
"That's a pity."
The old man shook his head, and the two maids finally boiled the water and began to pour tea for the three people. The maids cleaned the teacups, but there were still stubborn yellow stains on the surface of the teacups. Shade noticed that Miss Aurora didn't even touch the cup of tea, so he just symbolically picked it up and didn't drink it.
In the subsequent conversation, Shade also confirmed that his understanding was correct. Old Lady Ilar was the last believer of the long-gone old god, Earthshaker Worm. At least, excluding personal believers, she was the last believer for the cult.
As the last priest and keeper of secrets, she was responsible for the property and knowledge of the order. Because it was almost impossible to find new believers, and she was not confident about leaving the position of priest to a stranger, she decided to end the history of the entire order in her own generation.
Miss Aurora met her five years ago, and after consideration, Mrs. Ilar decided to leave the cult's property and secrets to this powerful witch.
In addition to helping guard the temple and the murals that wrote the history of the cult and preventing strangers from breaking in and destroying them, the old man did not ask the witch for anything else. She believed that instead of letting those properties be buried deep underground and the knowledge sealed forever, it would be better to let more powerful ring sorcerers obtain them and pass on the power of the cult.
This can be considered an alternative way to allow the history of the sect to continue.
For the witch, this was equivalent to her being able to obtain a large sum of property and all the knowledge and secrets of the entire cult for free after the old man in front of her died.
Shade was very envious of Miss Aurora's experience.
After chatting for a few more sentences, the old man confirmed that what Shade wanted to obtain was the Vibration Spirit Rune, and after briefly asking him about his views on "earthquakes", he told Shade that they were going to the old temple.
The real temple of the God of Earthquake is underground, specifically in the ruins outside the town of Herkil's.
The ruins of Hekirse Town were left by the early civilization of the Sixth Epoch. When the archaeological team of the Kingdom of Delarion came to investigate several decades ago, Mrs. Ilar served as a guide. When she talked about that incident, she happily showed the photos taken at that time to Shade and the witch. Shade actually saw his acquaintance, Professor Manning, who lived in Cattail Lane in the Tobesk University District, in the photos.
Professor Manning looked even younger decades ago. He stood with his companions, leaning on a shovel and smiling at the camera. Old Mrs. Ilar also looked younger than she does now. At least in the photo, she didn't use a cane and could stand there and take pictures.
When he heard that Xia De actually knew the people in the photos, the old man actually took out all the photos related to the archaeological activity in the album and gave them to Xia De:
“Give these to your friends.”
This was simple for Xia De, but Xia De asked hesitantly:
"Don't you want to keep them? They are memories."
“The memories are here, not in the photos.”
The old man smiled kindly, pointed to his head, and then said:
"After I die, these photos will probably be thrown away as garbage. Instead of that, it's better to give them to someone who can take good care of them."
Miss Aurora winked at Xia De, and Xia De took the photo.
"Okay, I'll send them to Professor Manning. I'm sure the professor will be very happy when he sees these photos and thinks of his experience in this town."
Old Mrs. Ilar opened her mouth and smiled, revealing a row of yellow teeth that were almost falling out.
The departed gods still have believers in the material world, and Shade has no idea what kind of feelings these believers have in continuing to believe in the gods.
He had seen the last believer of the innocent creator of the old gods, but he turned into an angel and flew away. The situation faced by old lady Ilar in front of him was even worse. When Ms. Gina Angela Sewell decided to close the underground ruins of Tobesk, she had at least two companions with her, while old lady Ilar was alone.
But at least she didn't look sad or unable to accept it. After chatting with Shade and Miss Aurora for a while, she got up and took them to the ruins.
There was no horse-drawn carriage system in the town, so the group walked on foot. Fortunately, the town was not big, and the ruins were not far from the town.