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The reason why Yuecheng has been able to survive for thousands of years under such difficult conditions is due to everyone's perseverance and compliance with regulations. Since only one team of them was arranged to go out hunting today, the first one will never appear again.

Therefore, the only people coming here are those from outside Yuecheng!

Two balls of dim flames were getting closer and closer.

After a few long and difficult minutes, two shadowy figures finally appeared not far away, and everyone immediately held their breath:

There were two people coming, a man and a woman.

The clothes these two people wore were completely different from Yuecheng's, and more importantly, there didn't seem to be any signs of mutation on their bodies.

There was a pitch-black thing lying on the man's shoulder - it looked like a small black-haired monster, and there didn't seem to be any signs of mutation on its body. It looked delicious.

Lilith shrank her head immediately. She was very familiar with this kind of look. Yes, this was the look she usually had when she looked at mice!

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Edward and Bernadette stopped about seven or eight meters away from the camp. Both sides looked at each other, and no one spoke first.

Finally, the captain who was missing a nose couldn't help but ask, "Where are you from?"

He spoke Giant language.

Fortunately, Edward had learned the Hermetic language before. Although he was not familiar with it, simple communication was not a problem.

Bernadette replied in Giant language: "Outside."

"Outside... where is it? How far is it from Moon City?"

Edward was stunned when he heard this, Moon City?

Moon City should be at the easternmost part of the God-forsaken Land, right?

How did I end up here?

The captain asked in surprise, "Isn't your place cursed? Don't you have to eat mutated and contaminated monsters? How many people are there?"

He asked several questions in succession.

Bernadette looked at Edward. Edward was stunned at first, but then he understood what she meant: popularizing relevant information about the outside world to the people here is also a way of imparting knowledge.

He thought for a moment and said, "We come from outside this cursed land, a land without curses, with day and night. We don't have to worry about monster attacks all the time, and we don't have to be afraid of being in the dark. The food we eat every day is normal enough, and there is a red moon rising every night..."

These words were originally supposed to be told to them by Klein later.

However, the two had different mentalities when they said these things. In the original novel, Klein was about to lead Silver City and Moon City out of this cursed land and return to the outside world. At the same time, he had a life staff in his hand that could cure the deformities and mutations of the people of Moon City.

But Edward...he had nothing.

Everyone in the camp was suddenly confused:

So we are the only ones living in the cursed land? We are the only ones cursed? Is life outside really as beautiful as the person in front of us describes? Then can we also go outside?

Edward felt heavy-hearted as he looked at the confused people of Moon City.

Before coming to the Land Forsaken by the Gods, his knowledge of Silver City and Moon City was limited to the descriptions in the original novels. Although he felt very sympathetic about their plight, that was all.

These people who have struggled in the God-forsaken Land for thousands of years, their role is more of a "tool" for Klein to be promoted to a miracle worker, but at the same time, he took them away from the sea of ​​suffering.

Now that he had seen them with his own eyes, Edward realized that these people were living people. While waiting for Klein to be promoted to Sequence 3, they still had to fight monsters for food and survival. Perhaps someone could die at any moment.

"Can you take us out, to where you came from?"

Young Carl asked the common question in everyone's mind, and everyone... including the captain who didn't fully believe it, couldn't help but have anticipation in his eyes.

Edward shook his head: "Sorry, actually we can't even go back now."

In an instant, the light in everyone's eyes dimmed.

"Can you tell us more about what's out there?"

It was Carl who asked the question again.

The captain of Yuecheng did not stop him, hoping to use him to raise some questions - some questions were fine for a young man to ask, but they were not appropriate for him to ask.

Edward smiled and said, "Of course, no problem. But shouldn't you invite us over to sit down first?"

Everyone looked at the captain.

He pondered for a moment and made a gesture. All the people in Moon City immediately lined up in two rows and retreated to one side of the campfire, either squatting or standing, still remaining vigilant. The captain gestured to Edward and Bernadette to sit opposite them.

The two walked into this temporary camp. It was called a camp, but in fact, they just lit a bonfire and torches around it. Then they used the stones they collected to build some places to sit and rest. *6_妖~墈.书\沦′ ,嗯?错·内容!

As soon as they sat down, Karl stared at Lilith and said, "Sir, what is the creature on your shoulder? Is it the emergency food you carry with you?"

Lilith was stunned for a moment and said angrily: "Ms. Lilith, this is not emergency food!"

Wow!

The people in Yuecheng were stunned. They had come into contact with many kinds of creatures and monsters before, but this was the first time they had seen one that could talk.

Edward patted Lilith's head and said, "She is my companion, an extraordinary creature who has taken the potion."

"Ah? Those extraordinary creatures are already crazy and scary enough, and you actually gave them potions?" Carl was surprised, but he immediately remembered, "Oh, yes, you just said there are no monsters outside..."

He touched the tumors on his face, his eyes full of envy. That's why people outside are so good-looking, unlike Yuecheng... Now there are more and more deformed babies being born.

"We live outside this land."

Edward then began to narrate, "Everything in that world is relatively normal. There are land, ocean, and islands, and there are several different countries. Each country has different styles, customs, and history... I come from a country called Loen..."

Edward described everything outside to them as if he was reciting a monologue. He felt that what he said was very dull and boring, but everyone in Moon City listened attentively, and as he spoke, they couldn't help but imagine the world that was like heaven to them.

Even though Edward told them that not everyone outside could live an easy life, for the people of Moon City, even the lowest level of life, those who sold their physical labor at the dock for a day in exchange for only a few pieces of black bread and sleeping on a makeshift bunk bed, was a life they could not imagine.

After talking about various countries, Edward started talking about the gods and beliefs outside, which made the people of Moon City, who still believed in the Sun God for thousands of years, even more confused:

So, are we the only ones who still believe in the Lord?

So, the outside world already has new gods of their own? And those gods will respond to the prayers of their believers.

If that's the case, then why have the people of Yuecheng persisted for thousands of years?

Why has our Lord not responded to us for so long?

Moreover, people outside call this place the God-forsaken Land - a land abandoned by the gods. So are we the people abandoned by the gods?

Bernadette looked down at the flickering campfire and did not interrupt.

The captain had a complicated expression. In the past thousands of years, the people of Yuecheng had always believed that they were the only ones struggling to survive on this land.

Unexpectedly, in just such a short while, they learned that not only were there many humans living normally outside this land, but it seemed that even here there were not only people from Yuecheng.

"Do you know how many people there are in this land besides our Moon City?"

After a while the captain asked.

Edward replied, "As far as I know, there is another Silver City that believes in the Ancient Sun God just like you. Thousands of people live there. In addition, there should be a very small number of saints or angels in the Giant King's Court. I don't know about the others."

"Silver City...Giant King's Court..."

Compared to Silver City, which has been exploring outward for thousands of years and has never given up looking for a way to survive, the people of Moon City have always stayed in Moon City because they were sent to guard a gray fog, or a barrier, which is suspected to be the entrance to the Western Continent when the ancient Sun God was still alive.

Seeing his companions' mood getting lower and lower, the captain knew he couldn't remain silent any longer: "So, why did you come here?"

At this time, several huge flashes of lightning streaked across the sky, bringing a brief and rapid light to the dark earth.

The captain knew that they should return to Moon City.

But he hesitated for a moment, not knowing how to deal with the two people from outside: take them back to Yuecheng to see the high priest? Or let them stay here and wait for him to go back and call the high priest - but would they be willing to wait here?

So the captain repeated again: "Why are you here?"

Edward answered truthfully: "Actually, it was just an accident."

After a pause, he continued, "But now that I'm here, I hope to bring some changes to the people living here."

The captain's eyes flickered: "Why?"

Why?

Edward thought for a few seconds and gave a similar answer to what Klein gave when he arrived in the original novel: "I came here hoping to spread the glory of my Lord, bring light and warmth, and leave my mark here, bringing new knowledge and hope to the people here."

The first half of his words were of course nonsense, but the reason why he raised the banner of spreading glory to the "gods" was to gain the trust of the people of Yuecheng so that he could perform the following role.

A passing traveler and a messenger of a god have different meanings in this world of gods, especially in a place like Moon City that has been disconnected from the ancient sun god for thousands of years.

"I know that a few words will not dispel your vigilance and suspicion of me. You can go back to see your leader and let him judge whether what I said is credible. He can decide whether Yuecheng is willing to accept my preaching and whether Yuecheng accepts the kindness of me and my Lord."

Edward continued, "While you are going back, we will go around and then go to Moon City on our own."

The captain immediately understood what Edward meant: if they really wanted to harm Yuecheng, they could find where Yuecheng was. He asked them to go back and report first in order to dispel their vigilance.

The captain immediately said, "Okay, we will go back and report to the high priest."

After saying that, he waved his hand and led the people from Yuecheng away quickly without any delay.

Lilith whispered, "Edward, where should we go?" Her face was full of worry. "Miss Lilith doesn't feel safe anywhere."

"So he had no intention of actually moving around."

A ball of yarn appeared in front of Bernadette. This was the mysterious reappearance of Ariadne's thread, which could create a ball of yarn that could guide the direction.

"Let's go."

Chapter 348 Open Class

Several lanterns floated up and began to circle around them.

Half an hour later.

In the depths of the darkness in the distance, a little fire light lit up and quickly spread from far to near.

Edward knew that it must be the high priest of Moon City who came here on his own initiative.

Soon, more than a dozen figures approached, led by an old man wearing dark brown animal skins. He had gray hair that hung down in a messy pattern, and real wrinkles on his face.

Everyone following the old man had a calm aura, and they were obviously high-sequence masters. Unfortunately, even these high-sequence masters had many deformities, some were missing noses, eyes, ears, or had tumors on their bodies.

They dispersed immediately and quickly placed the torches in their hands around to form a bright area.

Then the old man walked to the front of the team, looked at Edward and Bernadette, crossed his arms, and saluted:

"Dear guests, I am Nim, the High Priest of Moon City."