CHAPTER 1234: CHAPTER 621: DAY OF MADNESS (PART 2)

At this point, all threats within the fortress have been eliminated.

The obstacles that were once difficult to overcome have been dismantled.

Rod obtained almost all the souls of the monsters, though a few were killed too quickly and burned by Qingyu’s fire.

This made Rod regretful, silently vowing to enhance his ability to seize the final blow, ensuring not to miss any monster.

"All the monsters must be killed by me!"

Rod made this great vow in his heart.

After the last giant terrifying flesh puppet turned to ashes, a golden light flashed before his eyes.

Disaster relief, kill dark monsters, divinity +3

Good!

Rod clenched his fist; his divinity was now at 11, allowing him to use many abilities.

Unfortunately, despite achieving such a major victory, no one contributed a Flower of Humanity to him, which left Rod somewhat disappointed.

"Be more sentimental, you bastards!"

No one knew Rod’s thoughts; they were immersed in the atmosphere of victory and, led by Liszt, entered the fortress, trying to scavenge useful items from the monster’s lair.

But the sight before them made everyone feel extremely disgusted; the entire fortress was covered in a thick layer of flesh, overgrown with white hair, with huge root-like objects wriggling between the flesh, looking alive.

Qingyu waved his hand, and the fire shot out, burning all the flesh in front of him to ashes.

Soon, however, more flesh began to spread from other directions.

Qingyu said in a deep voice, "There is some evil presence in the fortress, perhaps it is the source of the monster resurrection."

"Non-combatants, come to my side."

Horus said, "Combatants, focus on Qingyu, search the fortress, and do not move more than 100 yards away, Liszt will lead."

Qingyu’s entire body blazed with fire, turning all the flesh within range into ashes.

A bright light hovered around Horus, protecting all non-combatants.

The crowd walked towards the depths of the fortress, observing information along the way that left everyone puzzled.

"This fortress is too strange."

Professor Bins pondered.

"Its architectural style, decorations, patterns, and layout are not in my memory; I can’t even tell if it is a creation of the Fire Epoch or the God Epoch."

Professor Barrett and another senior researcher had the same question.

"Unfortunately, we didn’t bring any instruments to determine the era; this is a mistake. A team with Lord Rod should definitely bring such instruments."

On the way, the sharp-eyed Rod also noticed some battle marks that looked very new, seemingly left recently.

"Perhaps warriors of Saint Reel came to explore this fortress, maybe finding it difficult to manage after understanding the situation, they temporarily left it aside."

"I wonder if they have any connection to the warriors outside who were annihilated?"

Finally, in the basement deep within the fortress, they found the source of all this.

It was a totem made of human membranes and viscera, shaped in a bizarre inverted triangle; human intestines hung on the totem, cut open, with thick oil flowers mixed with blood dripping down, as if freshly prepared.

The totem emitted an extremely twisted aura but was oppressed by the "Ice Prison," unable to spread, merely covering the surface of the totem.

Beneath the totem, countless flesh surged out, continuously dispersing into the fortress.

The scene before them gave the crowd a great impact; even seasoned warriors retched.

Horus’s face was dark: "Without a doubt, this is the source."

Professor Bins pondered: "This looks like some Ancient God’s divine symbol... This fortress possibly has some relation to Ancient Gods."

"Look!" Rod shouted: "There’s a line of text beneath the totem."

"The day of madness is coming, all beings wail in fear, the Ancient God resurrects in the Abyss, great terror descends."

"Below it, there’s a name."

"Royeger!"

Everyone was shocked, Royeger?

A name related to great terror, the origin of the black fog, and ways to eliminate the black fog in the Source Prophecy.

Could this be Royeger’s divine symbol?

But in the Dream Realm, the Book of Knowledge raised objections.

"No, master, look at the shape of the totem, the sharp side down, the sharp edge pointing directly at this name... No god would place their name like this; this cannot be Royeger’s divine symbol but rather a curse against him, representing extreme hostility. The owner of this totem harbors deep hatred toward Royeger."

Rod was shocked inside, and immediately proposed his opinion.

Everyone was stunned, especially Professor Bins and Professor Barrett.

They looked at Rod as if they were seeing a completely unfamiliar person.

"Lord Rod... Have you researched mysticism and ancient theology?"

Rod coughed, forced to take this honor upon himself, feeling somewhat guilty: "Ah, yes, I found a long-sealed secret book... uh, ancient text in the Great Book Library; it elaborates on this knowledge."

The two scholars reluctantly believed him; the Great Book Library houses numerous books, and no one can know all of them.

"Lord Rod’s words are reasonable; the owner of this fortress harbors great hostility toward Royeger, possibly due to enmity between two Ancient Gods..."

Rod countered: "Why couldn’t it be hatred from Ancient Gods towards humanity? Maybe we are all wrong, and Royeger isn’t an Ancient God but has some special, secretive relationship with Ancient Gods."