Only God-Chapter 531 - 457 The Mysteries of Ancient Language

Half-covered in blood, Kagu slowly walked back to his home in the slums.

His gaze was blurry and chaotic.

Kagu advanced along the familiar road, and when he reached his doorstep, he looked up to see two swaying dark figures fluttering in the moonlight, realizing there were two dead bodies hanging at the entrance.

The dead were a man and a woman, his parents.

Such a ghastly scene could have caused anyone to panic, yet Kagu remained utterly composed as he leisurely pushed open the door and returned inside.

The cramped room reeked strongly of foul odor.

Looking up, it turned out that a dozen bodies were hung above him, each face twisted strangely, clearly having suffered greatly before death.

Kagu let out a heavy sigh.

Even with corpses hanging all around, he still showed little reaction.

This was because...

The world he saw,

Was not the same as the one others saw.

Everything began when his parents went hunting in the mountains and casually killed a troop of monkeys.

Each monkey bore a human face, with fierce expressions.

Kagu’s clan was lowly, relying on hunting and mining for survival, and his parents were hunters of the clan, providing food for all.

Kagu still remembered that day’s scene. His parents brought back those monkeys, and the clansmen divided the monkeys’ limbs and viscera; they first ate the monkey meat, but still being hungry, they ate the monkey buttocks, still hungry, they ate the intestines, still hungry, they continued eating other organs.

The clansmen became hungrier the more they ate, not even waiting for the food to be cooked. Eventually, they ate the monkey brains raw, eating and jumping, calling out to themselves: eat, eat, eating will stave off the hunger.

The next day, the entire clan died in a mine disaster.

Kagu, being the only one who did not eat the monkeys, survived.

From that time on, the world in his eyes changed.

The day after the mine disaster, Kagu saw in his home his parents holding each other’s heads, sitting on the ground, smiling at him.

Every time he recalled that scene, Kagu would break out in a cold sweat.

At that moment he saw, the shadows of his parents intersecting, and from within emerged a figure.

This person claimed to be the offspring of the Dream God, named Shangla’er. He told Kagu that since his clansmen had killed the humanoid monkeys he nurtured, he bestowed upon them the deaths they deserved.

He would not kill Kagu, not just because Kagu did not eat the humanoid monkeys, but also to curse Kagu, showcasing his clan’s sins.

Sores on the back, hanging corpses, obstruction in the throat... these were all parts of the curse.

Kagu had borne the curse for many years, often unable to differentiate whether he lived in reality or in a dream.

His clansmen had unwittingly enraged a demigod, resulting in their deaths in the mine disaster, and Kagu survived, merely surviving.

Sometimes, Kagu could sense that the offspring of the Dream God, the demigod Shangla’er, would occasionally gaze at him, as if appreciating a masterpiece.

To this day, Kagu lived in humiliation.

Facing the offspring of the Dream God, he had raged, questioned, cursed, but Shangla’er appeared indifferent, as if watching an ant struggle vainly.

Kagu once asked him why he was not afraid of the Law and the judgment of the Netherworld.

The latter mockingly told Kagu, whether it be either, it was all a matter after death.

Since life happens only once, why not indulge oneself? Whether doing good or evil, one should follow their desires. If one does not indulge, then they belittle the divine bloodline within them, betraying their own fortunate destiny as a demigod.

Sitting on the bed, Kagu lifted his face, looking at the clusters of corpses in the room.

Those faces, they were all his clansmen.

He swallowed his anger, burying hatred deep within his heart.

Kagu delved into Ancient Language Studies, solely because he saw that within the ancient languages lied powers akin to the Divine.

However, the quest of ancient languages was fraught with enormous challenges; even his teacher Belvan, after researching for over a decade, had found nothing.

He had thought that it was all a futile struggle...

Yet now, it seemed a path was slowly unfolding before him.

...............

Belvan finally made some research breakthroughs.

Leaning on the Nameless Book, he spent a year delving into the mysteries of the ancient languages, whose descriptions were not only vivid but seemed to conceal celestial secrets with each sentence.

After prolonged research, comparison, and experiments, Belvan discovered a major characteristic of the ancient languages.

"Generally speaking, most people comprehend only one or two ancient languages in their lifetime, whereas Prophet Noen from the True Religion took nine years to master three ancient languages.

This shows that very few can master more than three ancient languages, which is common knowledge.

But, but... I’ve found combining records from the book that if a person fully understands themselves, recognizes their true self, and perceives their soul, they can find the most suitable ancient language.

Moreover, if one employs certain rituals, soul-explored rituals, this can speed up the alignment with the ancient languages, achieving... Ascension."

"Ascension?"

Prince Mura asked, somewhat startled.

"I’ve named it ’Ascension,’" you know, ancient languages are essentially languages, so they interconnect with each other.

If a person knows several meanings of similar or connected ancient languages, then conducting a soul-explored ritual, those ancient languages will blend, eventually forming a magical path, thereby completing the Ascension."

Belvan excitedly demonstrated his findings before his students, having already chosen a series of interconnected ancient languages, waiting for a risky experiment.

"Think about it, one Ascension Ceremony transforming into a path, then countless Ascension Ceremonies, countless paths put together, where might they lead?!

Mura, I aim to construct a system, a complete system! I will elucidate the mysteries of the ancient languages to everyone, depicting the patterns of the stars, I guarantee, this is unprecedented and unrivaled!"

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