The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing

#201 - Temple in the Lake

In the past few days, Kazuma and the others had been dealing with the problems left behind by Hans, and to be honest, that kind of work was truly tedious and boring.

Especially for Aqua.

She was the main force in purifying the hot spring source this time, and after working for a week in a row, she finally started to throw a tantrum and demand a rest and relaxation.

Kazuma and the others were planning to finish quickly and leave this town, but they couldn't resist the idiot goddess's request for a rest, so the group decided to satisfy her needs and rest for a day.

"Listen carefully, Aqua, you are absolutely not allowed to say you are a goddess in the street, absolutely not!"

"I know, I know! You don't need to repeat it over and over again, Kazuma!"

Aqua complained impatiently.

In fact, she also knew that she couldn't say she was a goddess, after all, the two times she was almost thrown into the hot spring in a pig cage had left her with a great psychological shadow. So this time out, it was just to relax.

However… …

"Hey, hey! The Axis Church is going to create miracles with that power again!"

A person on the side of the street suppressed his excitement, attracting the attention of Kazuma and the others, and another man talking to him was also slightly excited.

"Really! This has been going on for several days now!"

"I remember it's the fifth time! To be honest, I've always thought the Axis Church was suspicious, but seeing that scene has changed my opinion."

"Ah, I didn't expect that we could really use the power of the goddess Aqua… …"

Huh? ? ?

Kazuma had a black question mark face.

What was going on with the power of the goddess Aqua?

He turned his head to look at the idiot goddess beside him, who also had clear stupidity in her eyes. Could this guy have done something terrible again without them noticing?

"Look, it's about to start, go and see!"

"Let's go, let's go!"

The two ran towards the other side of the street.

"… … What was that conversation just now?" Kazuma also turned his head unconsciously, "I said, Aqua, did you do something stupid again?"

"Wa-wait! Don't put all the blame on my head, I didn't do anything! What kind of eyes are you giving me, Kazuma? I'm telling the truth, I've been working hard to purify the hot spring these past few days, I haven't had time to come out at all!" Aqua shouted at him unhappily.

Indeed, it was because the idiot goddess had been working so hard these past few days that they agreed to take her out to play today, so she shouldn't have had the chance to do anything strange.

Kazuma was also curious.

"Kazuma, do you want to go and see?"

"… … I really don't want to go, but 'the power of the goddess Aqua' makes me very concerned, forget it, let's go and take a look."

So the group walked towards the place where the crowd was gathering.

Kazuma was also very familiar with this place.

It was the main canal where he and Cecily had saved the little girl who fell into the water before, and this canal was also connected to the hot spring source in the back mountain.

Arriving here, they found a middle-aged Axis Church member standing on a box, spreading his arms to greet the gathered people in the manner of a priest.

"Come on, come on, everyone gather around."

Seeing many people gathering, he nodded in satisfaction.

"Next, I will show everyone the power bestowed by the goddess Aqua because of our usual faith… … the power of the water goddess!"

"Hey, hey, there are so many people here."

The scene was filled with cheers, the liveliness was comparable to Aqua performing talents here, which was quite an affirmation.

"I said, is he going to perform some talent next second? I'm really going to punch him hard."

"Alright, alright, Kazuma, don't be impatient, let's see what he's going to do first."

Darkness comforted him.

Then the man standing on the box shouted in front of everyone: "Look, everyone. This is the power of Lady Aqua, the power of devout Axis Church members… …!"

After saying that, he turned around.

"Haaaaaa——————! Lake, be separated!"

He joined his hands together and spread them outwards, like opening a door. A slight vibration came from under his feet, and at the same time, the lake water in the canal was completely separated, forming a transparent water channel, revealing the damp stone slab road inside.

And the most incredible thing was that at the end of the stone slab road was a huge temple almost the same size as the headquarters of the church, giving people a sense of long history!

The white walls and the blue dome looked beautiful and grand.

I don't know how many years it had been submerged in the bottom of the lake, but it was not as dilapidated as imagined, but rather added a lot of historical weight due to the long time.

"Oh oh oh——————!"

This time, not only the onlookers, but even Kazuma and the others couldn't help but exclaim.

"Are you kidding me? The lake water really separated! ?"

"And something like a temple appeared at the bottom of the lake!"

"Wh-what is this? Magic? Did he use magic?"

Everyone watched everything in disbelief.

Kazuma also kept recalling his new and old memories, looking for relevant clues, because he really didn't know that Arcanretia was hiding such a building!

Stare————

Kazuma stared at Aqua intently.

"E-even if you look at me with that kind of eyes, I didn't do anything!"

"Really?"

"Really!"

Let's believe her for once.

Kazuma looked at the Crimson Demon clan fortune teller beside him, who was also surprised and lost in thought.

"Kazuma, what do you think?"

"I'm standing and watching."

Kazuma tapped his brow and sighed: "This kind of unreasonable and unexpected situation is really too Axis Church style."

"Yes, that's what I think too. But the current problem is… …"

"We have to investigate."

He continued Kazuma's words.

You must know that the Demon King Army executive Hans came here to cause destruction a few days ago. Although he was stopped by everyone, it also caused huge damage. This inexplicably appearing temple may also be the work of the Demon King Army.

Especially when Kazuma no longer has the innate advantage, it makes people feel uneasy.

Darkness said with a slight worry: "But, the temple seems to have appeared only after the lake water separated. How long will that state last?"

"It depends on the efforts of that Axis Church member… … probably."

"Probably?"

"After all, I don't know what's going on."

Kazuma spat out a complaint.

But there shouldn't be any problems, even if the lake water gathers again, with Aqua's water control ability, they will probably be safe… … probably.

"A water temple sleeping at the bottom of the lake… …"

"It's getting absurd again."

"I smell an opportunity, I always feel that there is something waiting for me in that temple!"

"Megumin, don't set a flag."

The team seemed to be planning to explore.

Kazuma grabbed the idiot goddess's arm and confirmed again: "I said, Aqua. I'll ask you one more time, is it really nothing to do with you?"

"Separated lake water? Hmm, I don't know anything."

"But, if it has nothing to do with Aqua, why can an Axis Church member separate the lake?"

"Didn't he say it himself! Because of my devout faith in me, I awakened my power! Hehe, I'm so proud~!"

Aqua said smugly.

I really want to punch her.

Is this guy serious?

It is because of the excessive devout faith in her that so many strange things have happened. If she restrained herself a little, the reputation of the Axis Church could be much better.

The most important thing is that Kazuma's memory does not have this kind of thing happening!

No matter what, it's too unreasonable!

Huh?

Just as Kazuma was about to spray her, there were two Axis Church female followers behind them, whispering there.

"… … Is that guy performing on the street again?"

"It seems so. The lake water will automatically separate as soon as the time comes, and he insists that it is his power."

"It would be good if this could attract believers. By the way, what is that all about?"

"Who knows? But I heard people say that the Demon King Army executives attacked some time ago, and someone summoned water to change the direction of the water flow, causing the lake water to separate at this time every day, and the lake water will gather again at sunset… … Of course, I don't know the specifics, but it's okay to use it, right?"

"Yes, we have to persuade believers as much as possible."

The two left while talking.

Everyone unconsciously turned their attention to the idiot goddess whose body was stiff.

"I said, Aqua."

"What's the matter, Mr. Kazuma? Let's go, we should explore, there's no time to dawdle here."

"Wait a minute. You heard what the believers said just now!"

"Ah————Ah————! I didn't hear anything!"

Afraid of being blamed, Aqua quickly covered her ears and pretended not to hear, and turned to run towards the lake temple.

This guy… …!

As expected, is this the trouble she caused?

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Arriving at the bottom of the lake.

The others were afraid that danger would happen, so they didn't dare to get too close. Of course, the Axis Church people didn't allow others to get close either. If Kazuma and the others weren't Crimson Demons, and were the heroes who saved the town, they probably wouldn't be allowed to get close.

Stepping on the stone slabs that were soaked and a little soft, they came to the gate of the temple.

"Then let's go in quickly! … … Ah?"

"What's wrong, Megumin? Are you not going to continue forward?"

"No, I wanted to go in directly… … What is this, it seems like there is a barrier."

Megumin, who took the lead and wanted to venture in first, was suddenly stopped, and her hand kept groping in the air without making any progress. It looked like she was touching a wall of air.

"Barrier… …"

"Leave this to me."

Kazuma took out a small gadget from his pocket.

"Tada————! Barrier Breaker!"

This was the second one Kazuma made. He sold the last one to Eris, because this one was very useful, so he always kept it on hand.

After fiddling with the barrier for a while, with a crisp breaking sound, the barrier was completely destroyed.

"Okay, let's go!"

"Oh!" x N

The adventure spirit of everyone was burning fiercely.