Yarra’s Adventure Notes
Chapter 490 - 54 - The Deity who governs nightmares and fear_1

Chapter 490: Chapter 54 - The Deity who governs nightmares and fear_1

"Good girl." Catherine once again reached out to stroke Isabella’s head and said softly, "Be good and tell the brothers and sisters what exactly these things are."

"Meow." Isabella squinted her eyes and hunched her back, making a comfortable purring sound under Catherine’s touch. If she had ears, fur and a tail, she would be just like a kitten nuzzling her owner, boasting with a triumphant expression and enjoying her owner’s praise and rewards. After enjoying it for a while, Isabella finally opened her eyes with reluctance, murmuring, "Those things cannot be considered living beings, but semi-living beings. People are accustomed to calling them nightmares."

"Nightmares?" The other four looked at each other, capable of confirming that they had never heard of such a thing before: "We do know what nightmares are in the usual sense, but what do you mean by these nightmares?"

"Nightmares are kind of like summoning creatures that are materialized from dreams," Isabella explained, "Originally, they only existed in the spiritual world of Deity Demos, who controls nightmares and fears. Some high-ranking priests favored by Demos could summon these nightmares from the Divine Kingdom to fight and assist them, then the nightmare would come from the spiritual world to the real world, existing in the form of shadows. They are not purely summoned creatures, but humanoid beings with thinking ability, able to fight like a normal person. They are extremely powerful, each with legendary ranking fighting power, and their bodies are half virtual and half real, so physical attacks can only have half the effect. Usually, only high-intensity energy attacks can kill them."

"Deity Demos?" Pannis repeated the deity’s name with a frown: "I remember that Deity Demos of Nightmare and Fear had already fallen, right? He fell into a slumber during the War of Gods at the end of the Third Epoch, and his church was completely destroyed in the melee, there are no believers left in the world, it’s basically impossible for him to make a comeback."

"I don’t know about that." Isabella flipped her silver hair, shook her head simply and said, "The fallen thing is not in my memory, but I can be sure that these things are nightmares."

"I see." Catherine nodded in sudden realization, "It seems that this is also the result of the topic we were talking about earlier, You think that these human corpses are the fanatics of Deity Demos, right?"

"Yeah, they are." Isabella nodded vigorously and said earnestly: "Dunk, uh, let’s call him Dakken, this small country, is founded by the fanatics of Deity Demos. The church of Deity Demos also serves as the control center of the state and the high priests of past generations serve as kings. Any believer who is not devout enough will be exiled, this country only allows fanatics to exist."

"Thank you, Isabella." Catherine sincerely said, "Without you, we wouldn’t be able to figure out what those shadows are, let alone understand the identity of these corpses. But do you know anything else about this sect that worships Deity Demos?"

"That’s all." Isabella spread her hands, "I just had a war with them and had a few fights. That’s all I roughly know about them. I don’t have a deep understanding of the various sects, and I have no idea about more specific things."

"That’s alright, you’ve already been a big help." Catherine said, "We’ll find the rest of the answers by ourselves."

"Then I’ll go back to sleep." Isabella muttered, "I’ll give Lina back to you guys."

With that said, Isabella closed her eyes, and a few seconds later, Lina came back. As soon as she opened her eyes, Lina eagerly asked, "How was it, how was it, did she tell you guys, that all these corpses belong to the same sect?"

"Not only did she tell us, but we also fought with the nightmares and eliminated three of them." Catherine explained in detail what had happened in the past ten or so minutes and asked, "Do you know about this sect?"

"Deity Demos of Nightmare and Fear, huh." Lina nodded, "I’ve studied his history, but it’s not very detailed. This sect has never been flourishing and is considered a small sect. In terms of power, Deity Demos is also considered mediocre among the deities. But the process of this deity’s fall is very strange, so it is specifically recorded by other sects."

"Strange?" Pannis asked, "What exactly happened?"

"Ha, there’s something you don’t know too," Lina ridiculed gleefully. "I thought you knew everything."

"I’m not the omniscient Lord Yarra," Pannis chuckled bitterly, "Of course, there are things I don’t know. Get on with it, what exactly happened?"

"This sect shouldn’t have been annihilated, at least not at that time," Lina explained, "The sect wasn’t big, but its strength was quite potent. In the church, there were not only several powerful god-children and god-devotees but also the powerful creature Mare as its servant. Its top-tier fighting strength was no less than a mid-sized church. Logically, there’s a great chance it would have survived. But during the late Third Epoch, Demos was suddenly heavily injured by some unknown cause. No one knows exactly what happened, but within a short period, Demos’s divine power plunged into a trough, even its power to reward its believers became weak. For a sect dedicated to a deity, this isn’t rare, as long as the sect’s influence remains, they can use faith and sacrificial rituals to rejuvenate the deity’s strength. But the weirdest thing happened, also with no one knowing why, several years later, several of the higher ranks in the Sect of Nightmare vanished, and with them, disappeared the most elite of the..."

As she spoke, Lina’s voice grew softer until it finally stopped. Her wide eyes flashed with disbelief. Pointing at the bodies in the sunken ship, she stuttered, "This was their top squad?"

"It seems so," Catherina pointed towards the direction of the giant beast’s corpse outside the sunken ship, "Along with the few higher ranks who disappeared."

"We’ve just solved a mystery of history," Lina chuckled bitterly, shaking her head, "It’s a bit unbelievable. So the reason for their disappearance was that they encountered the Sea Race— who have been neutral since the War of Gods— and the Storm God Karet, who is behind the Sea Race. It’s ridiculous. Having lost their top combat power and the support of their deity, the Sect of Nightmare quickly started to decay naturally, and was finally eliminated in the war by other sects. Since then, Demos has become a mere historical term."

"It seems things are starting to become clear," Catherine said, "Demos was suddenly extremely weakened for some unknown reason, yet its bishops ventured into the deep sea. Whether they wanted to pull the Sea Race into the fray or for some other purpose, their intentions were probably not good when they entered the sea, which led to a quite fierce retaliation from the Sea Race. After a vicious battle, the Sea Race lost a member of the Deep Sea Royal Family and a super magical beast, while the Sect of Nightmare lost their top-tier force and combat power. However, you just mentioned a few decades later?"

"Yes, a few decades later," Lina said, "That’s one of the puzzling issues. Demos weakened at the end of Third Epoch, but the true demise of the Sect of Nightmare occurred at the beginning of the Fourth Epoch, which was after Lord Yarra healed the world. But it was pretty normal back then, because at the beginning of the Fourth Epoch, Lord Yarra re-wrote the world’s rules. After building barriers outside the world to prevent deities from descending into the Yarran World, many surviving sects experienced changes in power. In those few decades, numerous sects either grew or decayed, so it wasn’t unusual for some sects to be wiped out."

"Okay, let’s put aside the unresolved mysteries for now," Catherine said, "Now we can preliminarily confirm that this ship carried all the hopes of the Sect of Nightmare, but they failed. Personally, I think it’s as I speculated previously: they were attacked by the Sea Race, and their sudden venture into the deep sea region probably had something to do with our mission. They must have captured the secret of controlling individual members of the Sea Race, which was why they came here. But both parties perished, leaving the secret in this sea area. Pannis, do you still think my conjecture should be limited to the stage of speculation?"

"I cannot deny that this is likely the closest approximation to the truth," Pannis replied, "But there’s still one issue. Demos has lost all hope of awakening, and the Sect of Nightmare and Sect of Fear were completely annihilated. Under these circumstances, even if the secret you mentioned existed, the Devilish Sea Area should remain unchanged, just like it has for the past few millennia. However, the opposite is happening now—the range of the Devilish Sea Area is rapidly expanding, something your conjecture doesn’t explain."

"That’s why we need to continue finding the answer," Catherine said, "But honestly, I’m a bit worried."

"Worried about Doris?" Pannis smiled, "Or, to be precise, worried about the Sea Race?"

"Perhaps I’m too suspicious," Catherine shook her head, "But I don’t think we few can fight against that giant beast outside, let alone the fact that a merfolk exists within the beast."

"If the secret really exists, we don’t need to worry about the Sea Race, because judging by the fact that only one Sea Race attacked this ship, not everyone can resist this secret. If the secret doesn’t exist, there’s even less need to worry about the Sea Race because there’s no point worrying in the first place," Pannis bitterly smiled, "But at least now I can confirm that your speculation is correct, no wonder she would say, she wanted to give me a hostage so we could feel at ease."

"What do you mean?" Catherine asked confusedly.

"I can’t reveal anything at the moment," Pannis shook his head, "But I can almost confirm that there’s no ill-intent from the Sea Race, so you need not worry. Once everything is over, I will explain everything."(To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to vote and recommend it on qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users can read at m.qidian.com.)