Time passed quietly like this.

Modo City was constantly changing, and bad news came back one after another from the mainland.

Sauron was preparing to go to the Eastern Kingdom to find the girl who accidentally summoned his demon avatar to the material plane last time, that is, the temple that the demon avatar found in the desert area when an accident happened some time ago. Sauron sensed the breath of death in this temple. If it was really the remains of the temple left by a fallen god of death, maybe he could find the mystery related to the [Death] field from it. Even if this is not possible, anything related to [Death] has amazing value!

Killing and death.

Before a long time ago, the two were originally linked, and there was a god of slaughter among the three gods of death.

but.

Sauron still has a little thing to deal with before leaving.

………………

South coast, Windspear Hills.

This land originally belonged to the children of the Isabella family, but a little accident happened some time ago, and the main members of the family died in the attack of the evil snake man. This has led to the fact that the direct line of blood has almost been cut off. Finally, after various reasons, especially some external interference, the heir of the territory has become a woman.

Adele Isabella.

Some forces in the dark have already ▼, ↘ know who is standing behind this woman, but not many people dare to stand up, because that Your Excellency is the shadow shrouded in the south coast, and no one dares to offend him easily.

Because he is Sauron.

Modo City needed a tentacle that extended to the interior of the continent. Setting up the base on the overseas archipelago did not mean abandoning the continent completely. Many of the resources Sauron needed had to be obtained from the interior of the continent.

This is something that Port Taylor cannot do.

Since the rise of Modo City, the Ocean Temple has less and less effect on Modo City, and Sauron cannot directly compete with the Ocean Goddess for territory.

The City of Fortune is the lady's private plot, and Modo City's hand should not be stretched too long, which could easily arouse the lady's dissatisfaction.

Remove these two places. The only ones left are Viper Island, Nusha Island and Shipwreck Bay.

The Viper Island is just a transfer station in the offshore location, which can basically be ruled out. Nusha Island is in charge of the eastern trade route, and it is also very far from the interior of the mainland. Shipwreck Bay is an option, but the personnel are too mixed, the forces of all parties are intertwined, and many churches of the gods are also mixed in it. Sauron did not want to cause too much hostility, so he could only give up here.

Eliminate these places, and there are not many options left.

The Windspear Hills have always been within Sauron's layout. Even very early on, he had begun to arrange plans for this side.

Adele Isabella is in charge of this place, all from Sauron's arm.

Windspear Hills is not a very large piece of land.

However, there is also a convenient place here, that is, it can lead directly to the Northland. The intelligence organizations of Modo City have already spread here, and one-third of the wanderers of the Half-Elves Church have been dispatched here.

[Wanderer] Priesthood is a convenience.

In addition to cultivating priests, Sauron's church is also cultivating more wanderers.

The catastrophe of the saints broke out.

The Windspear Hills are also within the scope of the impact, but because of the interference of the power of Modo City, the Windspear Hills did not receive much influence from the abyss demons. At least the loss of population and towns was very small, but only a few villages were destroyed. Lost.

but!

The biggest problem with the catastrophe of the saints is more than a little bit.

The weakening of the plane barrier is not just for the demons of the abyss to enter. Creatures from other Lower Planes can also enter the Material Plane.

Ordinary things are naturally handled by others.

Even small things that can attract Sauron's attention are also extraordinary. As a god, if it is not a legendary event, it will not be sent to Sauron.

It happened about three days ago!

………………

There is a village on the edge of the Windspear Hills, with a population of about 800 people. Because of its remote location, the folk customs are sturdy. The village has retired adventurers and its own militia guard.

Even if such a village is attacked by a small group of demons, it can still rely on its own ability to survive.

but!

Just three days ago, someone suddenly discovered that there was no one living person in the village, and the whole village was full of corpses. The weirdest thing is that most of these people committed suicide!

suicide.

That's right!

This is the problem, and the reason why it was sent to Sauron for the first time.

Something else might need to be mentioned here.

because of the uniqueness of the soul. Also because of the rules of the multiverse, suicide is not allowed in any church of gods, and even many gods in the good camp consider suicide to be a serious crime. This is related to the kingdom of the gods. It is impossible to explain in a few words, but the simple summary is that the souls of people who commit suicide will be affected. This type of soul is not good enough, or not enough to enter the kingdom of gods. Many gods even refuse to accept it. The soul of a suicide.

Simply put, that's it.

Specifically, there are things like 'salvation', so there is no need to say more here.

"The souls of those who commit suicide will go to hell!"

This is certainly not a joke.

In fact!

According to the rules of the multiverse, more than 90% of those who end their lives by suicide will fall into the Baator hell.

This is why in many evil rituals secretly controlled by the devil, some people end their lives by suicide. This is a relatively mysterious realm of the soul, and it may take Sauron to enter the kingdom of God to figure it out, because the mortal guess is that the soul of the suicide cannot meet certain requirements of the kingdom of God.

certainly.

A group of people committing suicide is not the most bizarre thing, because some powerful demons can also do it.

Often these devils return to Bato hell after harvesting their souls. Many churches of gods in the material plane are staring at these guys, because pan-belief is a common thing, and these souls harvested by devils belong to many gods churches. believers. What really caused the following to report the matter to Sauron immediately was that these suicides all smiled and ended their lives with a terrifyingly happy expression that looked twisted.

Happy suicide!

Sauron immediately attracted attention after receiving the news, because very few people in his memory could do it.

One of them is called [Hell Poet]!

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Windspear Hills, Dry Leaf Village.

Sauron's figure appeared near this village that was shrouded in the smell of death and stench. Long before the news was sent to him, the dark post of Modo City had already begun to monitor here. The civilians in the village had been dead for some time, and there was a strong stench of corpse everywhere. But the weird thing is that there are no crows and scavengers to be seen here.

Weird, right?

Crows, vultures, coyotes and other scavengers like to feed on corpses. There are hundreds of corpses here, but no scavengers appear, just let them rot over time.

"The devil's means!"

Sauron opened his eyes, and a divine brilliance appeared in his eyes. A blood-red aura shrouded the sky above the village in front of him. It was an incomparably evil power.

The power of the devil!

without any soul. Even though the vision of the gods saw the spirit world and the shadow plane through the barrier, Sauron did not find any souls.

Only the decaying corpses remained.

Not even the shadow of a resentful spirit can be seen, the devil has harvested and taken away all the souls.

"Is it [Death Praise]?"

Sauron looked down at the corpses under his feet, and these corpses still had weird smiles on them. There was a ruined altar in the very center of the village, and there were many dead bodies nearby. They held a ceremony before they died.

A ritual that looks happy and beautiful but is actually wicked!

"This is?...an instrument!..."

Sauron's figure fell from the air, and he found a recorder on the ground, next to a young man. He must have been playing the recorder before committing suicide.

There were other musical instruments not far away, maybe they were having some kind of celebration before all this happened.

"Looks like it was written by a hell poet!"

As the most powerful troubadour on the Material Plane, the Hell Poet masters some special and terrible singing spells, and he was a powerful chant before his fall. His work of fame is when a large number of believers committed suicide during a certain celebration.

Prologue to Hell in the Book of Revelation.

"Twilight Praise".

"Death Tribute".

Among the terrifying abilities at the disposal of the Hell Poets, there are too many spells capable of doing this.

"He is back?"

Sauron stood silent, but his expression gradually became serious.

Since Sauron killed the vampire god son, the figure of the hell poet has disappeared. The material plane can no longer see his trace, and there is no news about him in the church of the vampire god son. Sauron wasn't sure if he was hiding somewhere on the Material Plane or if he had returned to the Hell of Baator.

This dangerous guy has been operating in the Barto Hell for a long time.

"Looks like he's back."

A trace of killing intent appeared in Sauron's eyes. The action of the Hell Poet this time is very beautiful, and there is no trace left. Even if Sauron was a true god, there was no way to find him through other means. The souls here were harvested too cleanly. If even one soul was left behind, Sauron could use this to find the other party's trace.

Hell Poets be careful!

He seemed to have known that Sauron had mastered the priesthood of [Tracking], and after finishing everything, he erased any trace of himself.

The bard is just a panacea profession.

But if he's as powerful as the Hell Poet, he's comparable to the Legendary Ranger and Legendary Rogue in many basic abilities.

"what?"

Sauron frowned suddenly. He raised his hand and waved, and something floated out of the ashes of the bonfire in front of him. It was a piece of black feathers, buried in the bonfire, as if the flames did not burn it.

"Fallen Angel?!"

Sauron picked up the black feather and glanced at it, his expression suddenly became amused, and he muttered: "Is it left on purpose? Or was it accidentally forgotten?"

………………(To be continued.)