The witch thought I am a Demon God-Chapter 46 - Thousand-Year Fire_1
Chapter 46: Chapter 46: Thousand-Year Fire_1
Chapter 46 -46: Thousand-Year Fire_1
There’s no time left to stop the ritual.
Along with the religious hymn of the Priest, the Son of Forest’s second-rank professional.
A giant tree shadow appeared on the ground of the hall.
The Son of Forest priestess’s body became taller and bigger, standing on the altar-like pattern on the ground, she surprisingly turned into a small giant.
She was originally a bit shorter than an ordinary adult male human.
But now, she was over 5 meters tall, fortunately, the hall was tall enough, or else she would have broken through the castle.
Confronted by such a large giant, both Black Wolf and the Old Witch backed off for a moment.
The priestess searched the hall and found a broom in the corner, the broom in her hand was like a toothpick and was easily snapped by her.
She then grabbed the broken broom’s head, the broom’s head spontaneously combusted without fire, emitting white smoke.
Swinging the makeshift ritual tool made from the broom, the priestess enveloped the hall in white smoke, her eyes emitting a bizarre bluish-green spectral light.
The combination of white smoke with fire was like a dream.
It was as if a foreign religious spirit had descended to the world.
It must be said that the profession of a priest is full of mystique and is exceptionally suited for creating an atmosphere.
The priestess mumbled in human language, “Great ancient soul, I offer you the flesh and blood of an adversary, please take away these humans’ Hani.”
With her left hand, she grabbed a petrified boy nearby, the boy had no power to resist and was held by the small giant who then squeezed his chest till it burst.
Blood splashed onto the ground.
The tree shadow on the ground became frantic, as if the branches and leaves of a tree were being blown by a violent wind.
The tree shadow began a wild dance.
After the sacrifice, the white smoke seemed to contain a certain magic, causing the human knights and attendants present to grow drowsy.
On the other hand, the Treants were all invigorated, absorbing the white smoke was like taking a stimulant, boosting their combat effectiveness.
The Treants gradually turned the tide.
The knights had to fight against the Treants while also watching out for the suddenly appeared priestess-giant.
Ivita was unaffected by the white smoke, but the priestess-turned-mini-giant, gazed down upon the humans and Treants battling in the hall, like a deity in a temple.
This made Ivita decide to observe the situation first.
Moreover, he had magical powers now, but the limited daily use of his magic items had all been depleted.
He could only hope that the Hearthstone Witch and the human army here could hold off the Treants.
Ivita looked at the Old Witch. “How did she become so tall? And what is that white smoke?”
The Hearthstone Grand Witch was quickly reading through the Forbidden Book, seeking an explanation for the current situation: “Your Highness, just now she used her own blood and the flesh of her enemy to offer sacrifices to the Ancient Tree Spirit. Treants believe that with their own flesh and blood, they can appease the rage of the ancient trees, and in return, the ancient trees would bless them. Before humanity entered the Ambros Plains, the Sons of Forest lived in the woods, at that time, they seemed unable to distinguish between deities and people.”
“In those times, any strong beast or alien creature was worshiped as a god by the Sons of Forest.”
“A powerful tree, an unusually strong bear, or even a peculiar natural phenomenon. All these would be treated as spiritual beings by them, and even the forest itself was regarded as the foreign god that all Sons of Forest worshipped together.”
“The Sons of Forest once referred to the ancient forest they inhabited as—the Great Redwood Tree God.”
Ivita thought, redwood trees are indeed a very ancient species.
However, among the sparse trees on the Ambros Plains, redwood trees are not often seen.
So, the Ambros Plains were originally filled with a sea of redwood trees, and with the arrival of humans, not only did the number of trees decrease, but even the species of trees changed?
The old witch continued: “Human arrival also brought the faith of true gods. Humans took these false ‘spirits’ from the barbaric primal religions and collectively referred to them as Ancient Souls.”
The old witch paused upon reading the following part of the book. “In the war between the Sons of the Forest and the humans, the Sons of the Forest gradually accepted the human definition of god.”
“Because they were influenced by humans and they lost to human civilization in terms of cultural influence, causing some discontinuity in their heritage, they later started using the name ‘Ancient Soul’ to call their god.”
“However, the ‘Great Redwood Tree God’ is said to be different; the Sons of the Forest persisted in their belief that the Tree God was a real spirit. The book mentions that a fourth-level witch had once dared to infiltrate the Son of Forest’s worship ceremony of the Tree God. She died not long after returning and left a message before she died, ‘Do not worry about the Great Redwood Tree God’.”
“In any case, this Great Redwood Tree God remains a mystery till this day.”
“No one could clearly say why a fourth-level advanced witch suddenly died, and before death, she told everyone not to worry about the Great Redwood Tree God.”
The old witch looked up at the small giant, an incarnation of the female priest who was fighting with a proper knight, “The Treant’s ritual is to worship the ancient tree.”
“Then, the white mist she released should be some kind of spell that saps energy.”
“Treants have a superstition about humans having three souls, one of which is the Energy Soul ‘Hani’. They believe that the Soul Mist summoned by the priest can take a person’s soul. But in reality, it’s just a spell that drains human energy and there’s nothing extraordinary about it.”
The old witch said, “These Sons of the Forest, they are too superstitious.”
Ivita frowned as he noticed that the knights in the hall were starting to lose ground.
The physical nature of the Sons of the Forest was far beyond that of ordinary humans.
Under the white mist of the priestess, the human knights were phenomenally getting suppressed.
Ivita asked, “Hearthstone Witch, didn’t you say knights were the most powerful profession in the frontline battle? So why are they being suppressed by an enemy whose numbers do not hold any superiority!”
“Do you have any solution for the white mist?”
“Or any way to deal with that priestess?”
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The Hearthstone Witch shook her head and said, “There’s no way to kill that priestess, nor any solution for the white mist. These white mists are not real fog but Soul Mist. I haven’t studied the field of souls yet. The book only says that the correct response to seeing a legitimate priest who has offered up his own flesh for the ritual— is to retreat.”
So, to run away?
Ivita raised his eyebrows, for the first time feeling frustrated with the author— the human ancestor —of this book.
It was said that the book contained knowledge that would lead humans to eternal victory.
Seeing Ivita’s displeasure, the old witch added, “Your Highness. The priestess is not a regular profession within the human system.”
“These rituals may appear to grant them power far beyond their enemy’s but in reality, they are simply burning their life force and inviting Ancient Souls into their own.”
“That’s why the book states that the best course of action is to retreat, as there’s no need to tangle with someone whose path is narrowing. Even if the result of consuming their life force is to become unusually powerful.”
“Another point is, the barrenness of Ambros’s Holy Mountain will not suppress the power of the priests.”
The old witch turned her head to look at the small giant—a female priest who had managed to suppress three human knights and seven knight attendants, “In Ambros, the power of the priests is suppressed by the Thousand-Year Fire.”
“But it seems that the priestess’s power has hardly diminished at all.”
“Is the Thousand-Year Fire really about to be extinguished?”
