webnovel

Chapter 182: Making a Covenant_2

```

He didn't know how long had passed, so long that it seemed like an epoch had gone by. At a certain moment, the pressure finally receded like the tide. The voice of the god resounded once more, but this time, Messe no longer felt the warmth within it.

"If this is what you want, then return to your people. Go and endure the hardships with them, and do not come back."

"You will forsake the future, forsake eternal life, forsake everything you have, and endure the calamity bestowed by their god alongside your kin. Those who do not believe in me will all perish, and even the faithful must endure disaster."

"Of the strong ones, three out of ten will die. Of women and children, five out of ten will die. Of the old and sick, seven out of ten will die... This world does not belong to you, and you must go to the place that belongs to you. You must leave here and go to the end of the sea... Even so, do you insist on your opinion?"