I, the Villain, Want to Save Myself, But the Yandere Heroines Disagree-Chapter 21 - Limusa’s Temple (5/5)
Unlike humans, beastmen had lower intelligence but were more warlike, and their developmental cycle was shorter.
The appearance of beastmen immediately caused huge casualties among humans. Humans were ultimately forced to decide to establish a border and rule separately from beastmen.
The relationship between Limusa and Hela also broke down as a result.
Subsequently, demons invaded the continent and became the common enemy of the various races on the continent. At that time, not only Hela and Limusa, but even the Dragon God and the Elf God also united to jointly resist the demon race.
And after repelling the demon race, humans learned how to use magic from their enemies, the demons, and their allies, the elves. Their strength expanded once again.
Humans who had learned magic immediately set their sights on the beastmen. If it were purely a contest of martial prowess, beastmen could not compare to humans at all, but with the addition of magic, humans instantly suppressed the beastmen.
The war lasted for hundreds of years. In the end, the beastmen were utterly defeated and driven to the current desert and a part of the eastern region of the Empire.
Limusa, Lord of All Beasts, completely fell out with Hela as a result. However, Hela launched the attack first before Limusa could make a move, uniting with the other gods to defeat Limusa. Ultimately, Limusa fled to the desert and used his last remaining divine power to create a sandstorm barrier for his creations, the beastmen.
This also explained why beastmen and their descendants, the demi-humans, experienced less pressure when facing sandstorms, while other species would develop various illnesses when exposed to sandstorms.
At the end of the story, Limusa died. The Dragon God and the Elf God, upon seeing Hela’s actions, were also greatly disappointed. The alliance of gods disbanded. The dragons, after helping the humans of the western continent achieve unity, witnessed the humans’ degeneration and flew to the east.
As for the elves, they retreated into the forests, largely living in seclusion.
After reading all this, Orson’s mood was filled with nothing but emotion.
Gods were benevolent to their creations.
Hela punished Limusa to ensure the prosperity of humans. From a human perspective, there was nothing wrong with this.
And Limusa, for the propagation of the beastmen, created the desert sandstorm as the beastmen’s last barrier. This was also not wrong.
“It seems, Limusa truly was a great deity. For His creations, His people, Limusa sacrificed everything. It’s just a pity,” Orson sighed. In the end, He probably didn’t expect it to turn out this way.
In that era thousands of years ago, humans were undoubtedly evil, butchers, to the beastmen. To the dragons and elves who witnessed various evil deeds of humans, humans were a decadent and fallen race.
But now, thousands of years later, the situation was different.
Some humans were still decadent and fallen, but beastmen had also become bloodthirsty and savage.
Only long-lived races like elves and dragons had not changed much in their racial character.
After all, thousands of years, for humans, was the reproduction of hundreds of generations.
“Big brother Edward,” Laina came up at this moment. “I’m done praying. What about you?”
“I...” Orson was startled. Just then, Laina saw the book in Orson’s hand and glanced at it.
But seeing that it was filled with characters she couldn’t understand, Laina gave up.
“Huh, can big brother Edward read this book?”
“I can read some of it.”
“What is it about?”
“Well... simply put, it’s an ancient legend, recording the great deeds of Limusa.”
“Oh, I see...”
Laina nodded, half-understanding.
Just then, she suddenly spoke, “Here, big brother Edward, actually, you are not a demi-human, but a human, right?”
“Huh? Why do you say that?” Orson heard this and looked at Laina in confusion.
“Laina, don’t you know that the desert sandstorm is very harmful to humans?”
“That’s why you’ve been wearing this cloak all the time, big brother?”
“...” Orson looked at Laina and smiled. “You’re quite clever. Then when did you find out?”
“Well, one night when I was sleeping, I was a little curious about big brother Edward’s race, so I lifted the cloak a little, and I didn’t find any beast ears...”
“Is that so?”
“Mm, but, I won’t be afraid of you just because you’re human, big brother,” Laina said this, showing a smile. “Because big brother, you helped me. So, it doesn’t matter whether you are human or demi-human.”
“Hehe, I’ll tell big brother a secret. The reason I went into the temple before big brother was because the temple only allows people with beastman blood to enter when the door is opened. If big brother opened the door, it wouldn’t open~” Laina said this, blinking playfully.
“How is it? Was I very considerate?”
“Thank you, Laina,” Looking at the sensible Laina, Orson, for some reason, thought of Litte at home.
He had been away for a while now. He wondered how things were at home.
Just then, another beastman entered through the doorway.
Orson looked at the beastman who had just entered and frowned.
The other party’s strength, it seemed, was not to be underestimated.
Balu came to the temple, preparing to confess the crimes he had committed directly before Limusa. Unexpectedly, there were already two demi-humans in the temple.
Especially the man, his aura made him feel somewhat dangerous.
When did demi-humans become so strong?
He looked at Orson and Laina and walked towards them.
“You two, you are demi-humans, right? Have you come here to pray today?”
“Yes, we have come specifically to pray to the great Limusa, Lord of All Beasts,” Orson nodded in affirmation.
“May Limusa protect you always,” Saying this, Orson also offered Balu a blessing.
“Let’s hope so. If you are finished praying, you may leave. Limusa does not wish to be disturbed,” Balu said this, turned back to Limusa, knelt down in front of the two, and prayed and confessed with his hands clasped together.
“Big brother Edward,” At this moment, Laina stood on tiptoe and whispered in Orson’s ear, “His posture seems to be one of confession. He must have done something wrong and is seeking forgiveness.”
Orson nodded, and then temporarily led Laina out of the temple.
At the entrance of the temple, Orson saw the Shaman again.
“Great Shaman, who was the person who just entered the temple?” Orson said this, asking curiously.
“The one who just entered the temple is Chieftain Balu. Do you know him? He is the great chieftain who led the attack on the humans this time.”
“Did he do something wrong? He seemed to be confessing inside.”
“Wrongdoing?” The beastman Shaman heard this and snorted coldly. “He has done too many wrongdoings. He can’t even count them on one hand.”
“First, he led the army to attack the humans and was defeated. This alone is enough for him to kneel before Limusa for a month.”
“Then, after returning, he immediately launched a civil war, annexed other small tribes, and killed the chieftains of those tribes, fighting among his own kind!”
“If it weren’t for Limusa above, I wouldn’t even let him enter this door!”
Upon hearing the Shaman’s words, Laina covered her mouth in surprise.
“So, the war in the desert was started by him?”
