Chapter 1077: The Redeemer

Chapter 1077: The Redeemer



The realization of this truth made the Ascendant energy inside their bodies rebel, and these hundred Temple Maiden began to follow the same route that Nyla once did, their body

accepting both Calamity and Ascendancy, but they were unable to reconcile these two separate Auras in themselves and death was inevitable, but with the presence of the Shiik, this would no longer be the case.

Their mortal bodies were quickly losing cohesion, especially those who were nearing the peak of the Deific Rank, and if not that they were deep underground, the eruption from their bodies would alert everyone on the continent.

Tendrils of blood that resembled spider limbs erupted from the back of the Shiik and pierced into the forehead of every Temple Maiden on the verge of death, with this link the Shiik came to dwell in their brains, and from here she collected all the energy of death they were generating, stabilizing them and injecting a potent surge of vitality into their bodies.

This death that afflicted the Explorers after they knew of the truth was Calamity Aura and it was linked to Pure Darkness, which was the energy that Calamity Gods consumed.

At the moment of death, all beings in this realm release a small bit of pure darkness, and except for Calamity Gods, no one else could harvest this energy. A Calamity God could dwell beneath the earth for millions of years, slowly gathering Pure Darkness from the dead until they evolved to a higher state.

With the interference of Rowan, the Shiik no longer had to use such an inefficient method as the Pure Darkness being generated constantly by Nyla alone was almost equal to ten thousand dead Deific Ranked Explorers. Adding another hundred Temple Maiden feeding her a stream of Pure Darkness made the Shiik shudder in pleasure.

Everything was going well and the morale of Ascendants in various continents was never greater, for their Temple Maidens were changing, leading them to victories after victories and pushing their morale to new heights. Every Temple Maiden seemed ten times stronger than before, able to heal from grievous injuries and rescuing a greater amount of their charges from every conflicts they entered.

It was said any Temple Maiden that visited Trion became a thousand times more powerful, and the light of The Redeemer followed them wherever they went.

However, problems began to arise when these newly awakened Temple Maidens after a while returned to Trion and refused to leave. They gathered in massive halls and bowed in worship to an invisible figure who stood in the air, held up by a million red thread.

In the beginning, this change was not noticeable as it was normal for a Temple Maiden to remain outside their posting zones for months and sometimes even decades, but after a year, the number of Temple Maidens remaining behind in Trion had reached almost forty million, nearly a third of all Temple Maidens in existence.

They clustered around a massive temple, and they were so numerous that from afar they resembled sands on a beach, and because these new Temple Maidens favored wearing red robes, this sands thereby transformed into a sea of blood.

After a while, it was inevitable that an investigative party was sent down to Trion. In this party were a hundred Temple Maidens, seven Temple Matrons, and a Temple Mother.

In the entirety of the Order, there were only five Temple Mothers, and for one to travel all the way to Trion was proof of the seriousness of this issue.

And on this day she stepped foot on Trion.