I, the Villain, Want to Save Myself, But the Yandere Heroines Disagree-Chapter 23 - Sandstorm Subsides and Family Crisis (1/9)

On the other side, Orson was still chatting with the Shaman.

“By the way, this is my first time visiting the temple. I would like to ask, besides this main hall, are there any other branch halls in the temple?”

“No,” the beastman Shaman shook his head. “We only worship the great Limusa here.”

“Then... excuse me, are there any sacred artifacts in the temple? Or, is there any place that we absolutely cannot go?”

“If you ask about that, I can’t quite remember right now...” The beastman Shaman thought for a moment, then said, “The temple originally had a basement, but for some reason, no one could enter that basement. Gradually, it was abandoned, and we don’t know what’s in the basement.”

“Alright, I understand. Thank you very much,” Orson said this, thanking the other party, then took Laina and re-entered the temple from the side entrance.

“Eh, big brother Edward, haven’t we already prayed at the temple?” Laina asked, looking at Edward taking her back into the temple, confused.

“Mm, but I have other things to do,” Orson said this, looking into the temple again.

The book recorded that Limusa used his last divine power to turn the desert into its current state. This meant that if Limusa’s divine power dissipated, the sandstorm protecting the beastmen would also dissipate.

Therefore, the medium storing Limusa’s divine power must exist within the temple.

After learning about the basement from the Shaman, Orson took Laina and returned to the temple.

At this moment, Balu had finished his confession. He still had to go back and complete his mission of unifying the beastman tribes.

Inside the temple, only Orson and Laina remained.

“Big brother Edward, are you looking for that basement? But the Shaman already said we can’t get in...”

“He says you can’t get in, and you actually believe it? Let’s try. What if we can get in?”

“Alright,” Laina heard this and sighed.

Then the two searched throughout the temple and finally found a door on one of the walls.

An ancient script was carved on it, also in the ancient Common language. Orson could barely make out the meaning.

[To open this door, the blood of Hela’s kin is required]

Hela’s kin? Does that mean humans? frёewebηovel.cѳm

But why, in the beastmen’s sacred place, would human blood be needed to open it?

Orson was very puzzled, but he still did as it said. He cut his finger with a dagger and then smeared the oozing blood on the door.

However, the large door remained motionless.

Laina looked at Orson’s actions and immediately felt a little strange.

“Big brother Edward, you didn’t actually think you could open the door by smearing blood on it like in adventure stories, did you? Hmph, for a big brother who seems super reliable, he actually has days when he fails too,” Laina said this, smiling.

“But it says that the blood of Hela’s kin is needed to smear on it,” Orson heard this and shrugged helplessly.

“Hela’s kin? Who is Hela?” Laina asked curiously.

“The Goddess of Life worshipped by the humans.” Just as Orson finished speaking, he suddenly realized something.

He quickly cut his finger again, which had just stopped bleeding, and then drew a symbol on the door with his blood.

This symbol was the mark of the human church, an upright cross, representing the followers of the Goddess of Life.

Then, as expected, as Orson finished drawing the pattern, the blood pattern emitted light.

Afterward, with a creaking sound, the door leading to the basement opened just like that.

“Uh...” Laina looked at Orson, showing a strange expression.

“Big brother Edward, you actually guessed it right?”

“I told you, how would we know if we didn’t try,” Orson said this, smiling, then walked into the basement.

“Wait for me, big brother!” Laina quickly followed.

And not long after the two entered the basement, a dark figure appeared in the temple. Looking at the open door to the basement, he showed a thoughtful expression.

Orson and Laina walked down the dimly lit steps. Then, they arrived underground at the temple.

This place was less of a basement and more of a vast underground maze.

And as Orson and Laina’s feet completely stepped onto the floor of the underground maze, flames ignited on the walls again.

“Wow, big brother, why do I feel it’s a little... a little eerie here,” Laina said this, sticking closer to Orson.

“If you’re scared, Laina, you can go back up and wait for me.”

“No,” Laina heard this and shook her head. “I want to follow big brother. If big brother encounters any danger, I... I can at least stay here and act as a shield!”

“Pfft,” Orson heard Laina’s words and was a little amused.

“When did I ever need you to be a shield for me? I’m not that desperate, you know.”

“Ugh, well, what if there’s a mechanism that requires two people to complete, right...”

“Alright, alright,” Orson heard this and nodded helplessly.

To be honest, after coming to this vast underground maze, Orson still felt a little uncertain.

He didn’t have any prior information about the underground maze. He had even only confirmed the information about the temple from Arati when he entered the desert. What would happen here, and whether there was danger, Orson didn’t know.

He could only take it one step at a time.

Orson frankly disliked doing things without certainty.

One slight misstep could put him in danger.

Let alone the many people outside waiting for Orson to return, even if Orson were alone, he would still dislike this feeling.

But at this moment, the underground maze might hold secrets sealed for a thousand years, and it concerned the future of two races. Orson had to go in and explore.

“Speaking of which, big brother, don’t you think this situation is very strange?”

In the dimly lit maze, Orson and Laina walked side by side.

“Hmm?”

“After we came down, the torches on the walls automatically lit up. Could there be people in this underground maze...”

“No, even if there were people, according to the Shaman upstairs, so much time has passed, they should be gone. That means, there are other ‘things’?” Laina said this, unable to help but feel her hair stand on end.

“Don’t scare yourself,” Orson said, giving Laina a playful chop on the head.

“This should just be a small mechanism left by the builders when the underground chamber was constructed. Whenever someone arrives here, the torches automatically light up for illumination.”

“Ah... I see,” Laina heard this and immediately lost interest.

She had just been thinking whether there might be some strange creatures hiding in the maze, ready to scare them.

“Yes, magic is indeed that convenient,” Orson said this.

“That’s true...” Laina nodded in agreement.

While traveling and camping before, Orson’s magic had helped Laina a lot. It was very convenient for keeping warm, providing light for exploring the path, and so on.

Laina also pestered Orson to teach her magic, but along the way, despite Orson’s diligent teaching, Laina’s talent was insufficient, and she never quite grasped it.

In the end, they could only give up.