Meraxes was silent for a long time after hearing this, seeming to organize his words before speaking.
"I am not actually Meraxes."
The woman's words made Viserys frown slightly.
One moment she said she was Meraxes, and the next moment she said she was not. What was going on?
"I'm just a little bit of her regret."
"I don't know whether she is dead or alive now."
But then the other party explained happily.
It turns out that during the Doomsday Catastrophe, the Valyrian continent was torn apart, volcanoes erupted, floods, earthquakes, fire rained down from the sky, and thick smoke enveloped the entire continent. The Valyrian cities were also reduced to ruins, and people died.
Deaths and injuries, even giant dragons and descendants of the noble dragon family cannot escape the nightmare.
They boarded the dragon and tried to escape hastily, but none of them could succeed. This continent seemed to be cursed by the gods. Except for the Targaryen family on Dragonstone, all the other noble dragon-controlling families perished.
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The gods of Valyria, including Balerion, the god of death, Vhagar, the lord of lava and fire, Terex, the sun god, and Meraxes, the lord of the raging ocean waves, all have no news.
Without the gods of Valyria to come forward to save the entire world, we ultimately watched the entire continent fall and become a 'demon land' cursed by the gods.
And the woman in the statue of Meraxes in front of her is a remnant of Meraxes, the Lord of the Raging Ocean.
She feeds on people's faith, and the power of faith is also one of the most important sources of maintaining the power of the gods.
Every statue or relic of an ancient god has the remnants of that god. These remnants are used to help the god gather the power of faith and respond to the prayers of his believers.
Unless the ancient god himself has died, as time goes by, all these residual thoughts will dissipate, and the prayers of believers will lose their effect and gradually disappear from this world.
And when the Doomsday collapsed, she sensed that in the magnificent Temple of the Ancient God in Valyria, the statues of Meraxes collapsed one after another, and the remnants of the goddess attached to them were obliterated.
The sad thought in front of me was because it was too weak. Fortunately, it was not crushed by the terrifying force that enveloped the entire continent, so it escaped disaster.
Then, in order to protect itself, this remnant of Meraxes tried to prolong his lifespan and fell into a deep sleep until he was reawakened by Viserys.
But now, she can no longer sense any breath from the same origin in this world.
She could not sense the true identity of Meraxes, the Lord of the Ocean and Furious Waves, nor could she sense the remnants of the other Meraxes. She seemed to be the only existence alone.
"Is that so?"
When Viserys listened to Meraxes' lingering words, his eyes showed surprise. Everything about the ruins of Valyria seemed to be covered with a thick fog, just like the sea of smoke that enveloped the ruins.
However, this remnant of Meraxes was the witness and survivor of the apocalyptic disaster that year, and all the truth came out of her mouth as easily as running water.
Many of Viserys' previous doubts were instantly solved, but as he learned more, more puzzles emerged.
The more he listened to Meraxes' words, coupled with the dragon dream he had had before, the more he felt that Valyria's Doomsday Disaster was not a natural disaster, but a 'man-made disaster'.
Who attacked the great human empire of Valyria?
According to Meraxes, Valyria has many ancient gods, each of them powerful. Who can easily restrict or even kill them, leaving them unable to save the empire from collapse?
"Who are Valyria's enemies?"
However, Viserys couldn't help but raise the doubts in his heart, but it was a pity that Meraxes' residual thoughts could not give an answer.
She is just a remnant of the idol stored in the temple of the small castle, not Meraxes herself, and she does not know who the enemy of Valyria is, or who suppressed or killed Meraxes.
When Viserys heard this, he also knew that he had acted too hastily. It was indeed too difficult to expect the other party to explain the biggest secret of the world with a single thought.
But Viserys was not discouraged. He knew the fate between himself and the ruins of Valyria, and sooner or later he would have to explore this mysterious lost continent again.
Therefore, he made a request to Meraxes' residual mind, hoping that the other party could help answer some questions, and Meraxes' residual mind readily agreed. After all, she now has to rely on the flames in Viserys' body to survive.
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Without this golden flame, she had to choose to sleep again in order to survive for a longer period of time. However, it was even more difficult to get a chance to be awakened from her sleep this time.
After all, igniting this golden flame is something that few people have been able to do in thousands of years.
However, Meraxes also told Viserys about her remnants in advance. She didn't know much. If she could answer the question, she would try her best to help. She just needed the golden flame in Viserys' body to help her maintain her life.
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Viserys naturally nodded in agreement.
"Then what should I call you from now on?"
Viserys's question made Meraxes's remnants silent for a moment, and then he spoke with a slightly sad voice.
"Just call me Meraxes."
"I am the only one who misses her in the whole world, and I am Meraxes."
"good."
Viserys nodded slightly, then changed the subject, thinking of the request Meraxes had just made, wanting to use the golden flame in his body to extend his life.
In fact, it was in order to understand this flame that he chose to take the risk and conduct this experiment. Unexpectedly, he awakened the remnant of Meraxes from a faceless statue.
"Merasis, what is the golden flame within me?"
Now that the cooperation between the two parties has begun, Viserys asked openly.
"The Fire of Faith."
Meraxes also fulfilled his obligation to cooperate and explained without any hesitation.
"You have won the faith of your people. This is the foundation and the first step on the road to becoming a god."
"There are many gods, large and small, in this world. Most of them are leaders of nations or countries or some kind of spiritual sustenance. As long as you have faith, you can produce traits."
This is the same as Viserys's speculation about the mysterious qualities inside the idol and the white raven's skull not long ago, except that Viserys named it divinity, while Meraxes named it faith.