Some distance away from them, Kormit reached under his cloak and grasped his hammer, and let go silently, his heart full of helplessness.

-- Don't be conspicuous until the time comes.

As he left the cave, he had reminded Kellian one last time, and the young man nodded without hesitation, a little impatient. He certainly understood that it was necessary...... But for a dragon who has always done things on his own, it may be too difficult to disguise his true nature.

"From the city of Visa. ”

While Kormit was still thinking about how to remedy it, Kellian had already replied coldly, not even bothering to hide his annoyance.

"That's really...... Far away. The young knight on the horse spoke hesitantly, looking a little confused. Kelion's answer and reaction were probably completely unexpected, but he was overwhelmed.

They stared at each other in silence, beside them a group of people who were gradually becoming restless in the dazedness, and even the horses seemed to feel the awkward and strange atmosphere, snorting irritably, and shaking their heads back and forth.

"Rest assured. "I don't believe in your gods, but I don't intend to ruin your celebration, I'm just here to find my brother and see what makes him so crazy that he even wants his family to come here." ”

Kurmit raised an eyebrow in surprise, almost applauding the half-truth, impeccable explanation.

"Oh, you'll understand. ”

Before the knight could speak, a slightly chubby middle-aged man beside Kailian nodded in understanding.

"I left my business to come here, and my wife was still crying when I went out. He sighed and complained to the people around him. "She didn't understand at all...... To make matters worse, she didn't want to understand at all. ”

"Maybe you should take her with you. Kormit threw this sentence from afar.

More people began to nod their heads, agreeing.

"Let him come with us. Don't embarrass him, my lord. Someone shouted, "We'll take care of him!"

Kormit couldn't help but laugh and twisted his head to the side, feeling a little complicated.

The people around him were pious and welcoming, and that, once he had hoped for, was now what he feared.

Faith is a powerful force. But if it all goes in the wrong direction......

"Of course. The young knight raised a hand in awkwardness in compromise, "No one has ever said that you can't participate in the celebration if you are not a believer, and everyone is welcome." ”

He nodded hurriedly to Kellian. Riding away.

Kormit watched in the direction of his disappearance amid a tumultuous commotion of triumph - the knight was not heading for the temple, probably because he felt that there was no need to report this small accident.

The remaining journey was less than half a day, and Kellian was surrounded by people's enthusiasm at his own peril, but he also maintained a rare patience. Until they reached the front of the temple, the square did not erupt as Kurmit feared.

The square is circular. Surrounded by erected statues, under each statue stood a knight in full armor, the shining armor was smooth and not decorated, and looked very light, and the top of the helmet that exposed the entire face was decorated with flaming feathers dyed red.

Kormit looked away, and couldn't help but smile wryly—it was the armor he had designed.

But they don't have that many paladins...... In fact. As far as he knew, none of them were a real paladin.

The square was already crowded. But there was no confusion, and as Kormit listened to everyone excitedly invoking their names as they entered the square, he suddenly had some suspicion of what was really being done.

But he didn't have time to think about it—a young man in a white robe with no sign on his chest was already smiling at him.

"What's your name?" he asked.

“...... Comit Ansel, from Estuary. The priest smiled back, calmly freeing himself from his heavy cloak, his white robes dyed golden red in the setting sun.

In the silence of a moment, he saw surprise and panic in the young man's dull face.

After coming back to his senses, the young cultivator's first reaction was to take a step back and look at the nearest paladin. They quickly exchanged glances, and the paladin took a few steps forward, only to stop hesitantly when he suddenly noticed a priest cheering and rushing up around him, slowly retreating back to his original position.

- They know who he is...... They also get certain messages, or certain commands.

Kurmit sighed to himself, the chill condensing in his heart into a suffocating mass.

But as he had predicted, they could do nothing to him in the present situation—it would cause panic and confusion beyond their control.

"Pastor...... ......The young man with the pen and paper finally bowed respectfully and let him enter the square, without writing down his name on the paper.

Kormit threw down his cloak and walked forward. The crowd parted in front of him, reaching out and touching his white robe as they bent down, whispering a blessing...... But today, he has no God-given blessings to give to anyone.

He stepped out of the crowd and stood still at the foot of the temple's steps, looking at familiar and unfamiliar faces. The "companions", also dressed in white robes, had arrived before him, some smiling and nodding at him, some with surprise, and some just glancing at him indifferently...... Enoch wasn't here, neither were the two young priests who had taken him from the basement of Travis's house, and Copas Fenton stood on the slightly higher steps, smiling politely as usual, as if nothing had happened.

"You're a little late, my brother. He said.

"It's better to be late than never. Kormit replied with an equal smile.

"It's not too late. Soland, the most enthusiastic and outspoken of the priests, spoke briskly, "It's just the beginning!"

"Yes. Copas' smile deepened and he nodded to everyone, "Let's get started." ”

He made a gesture, and the loud sound of the horn echoed for a long time over the wilderness that was gradually covered with night.

When the horn sounded, Kellian was dodging behind a stone pillar.

Suddenly revealed, Kormit caused a moment of confusion that allowed him to disappear into the crowd. But there was only one entrance to the temple, the main entrance—though it was large enough for him to fly into, and he couldn't have swaggered past the priests and paladins guarding the doorway in plain sight.

After circumnavigating the temple around the temple without the eyes and ears of the guards, he had to climb over the high wall, fortunately not alarming anyone when he jumped into the courtyard.

As Kormit had said, there weren't enough people to keep order at such a large celebration, and most of the guards were kept outside, with only a handful of people patrolling the temple - they probably didn't expect anyone to sneak in at such a time.

Kellian wasn't used to "sneaking in", and he could have had access in a more straightforward way, but he doubted that he could see much of what he wanted to see that way.

Again...... He was willing to convince Kormit that he needed his cooperation, despite the fact that he didn't.

Time was running out, and Kellian didn't hesitate to head straight to the hall. He had a strange feeling the last time he was here, but then all his attention was drawn to Ed's fool who was always causing trouble, and he wasn't distracted to care about anything more...... That may be a mistake.

There were people in the hall - this was expected by him, but in addition to the guards and the two practitioners who were in charge of preparing the rituals, there was also a person standing alone in the middle of the hall.

Kellian quickly hid, his heart beating involuntarily quickening. He didn't want to be discovered at a time like this...... Although I was a little curious if the man could recognize who he was.

That's Scott...... He should have guessed he would be here.

Copass's calm and powerful voice came from outside the temple door, but Scott kept his back to the door, looking up at the huge idol in front of him, as if he was not interested in what was outside.

Kellian stole a few glances, scoffing at the statue's Scott-like face.

He didn't know whose idea it was, and he didn't think Scott would like it...... But Scott didn't stop either.

What the hell was he thinking?

Sneaking a second look, Kellian realized that Scott hadn't looked at the temple again—he looked up at the dome.

Ed had mentioned the dome that was decorated with "glass" as a starry sky, and looked so bright. At this point, Kellian was sure that his suspicions were correct—it wasn't "carefully fired glass" at all, it was pure gems.

Natural gemstones contain power that is impossible for man-made objects to have, when they come together in this way......

Kailian frowned, carefully examining the "starry sky". All the gemstones correspond to the position of the stars, and even the size, color, and brightness are vaguely similar, shimmering in the bright light of the fire...... But that's not the starry sky now.

Kelion's eyes widened in surprise, and he almost leaned out.

Humans with short lives would think that the stars are eternal, but the dragon knows that this is not the case. No creature knows the stars better than the flying and intelligent dragons, who know every star well, watching them move slowly for long periods of time, watching countless stars appear and disappear that would not be visible to human eyes, and judging the patterns of them.

The jewel-encrusted starry sky on the dome seems to be inaccurate at first glance, but if it is only used as a "decoration", it is far enough...... When they correspond precisely to thousands of years of starry sky, it is by no means impossible to be just "decorative".

Following Scott's gaze, Kelion's gaze lingered on the west side of the dome, near Angelo, the bright, reddish star that represented the sparks splattering from the furnace of the god of forges in dwarven legends, and to the east of it, embedded with a larger red gem, which was somewhat dim but not very conspicuous.

Kellian was sure, whether it was thousands of years ago or now, thousands of years from now...... That's all a star that doesn't exist.

(To be continued......)