Chapter 9: The Blood of the Saints
Rosanders's tree nest was built under a lush tree more than 20 meters high, looking up, countless knotted vines and dense leaves covered it out so that it was imperceptible, the green full of life was covered by the sunlight as colorful points of light, the flexible branches and vines hung down as a curtain, and there were still remnants of this green young leaves that had not been removed, full of vitality, gently swaying with the breeze, and the ancient chant of the air flowing through the elven horn flute could be faintly heard. γFengyun Reading Network.γ
Normally, Flosanders would come and go in the form of an owl, but when the guest came today, he slowly lowered a soft ladder made of vines.
For the sake of etiquette, after Devany climbed up, it should have been Xijiesi's turn to go up, but she stubbornly stood under the root of the tree, saying that Luo Lan would go first.
Luo Lan was very surprised by her actions, and Florsanders suddenly poked his head out from above, and said loudly: "She is afraid that I will cut off the soft ladder if you climb halfway, and she will pick you up below." β
Cialis snorted heavily, and there was a cold look on her pretty face, obviously being told by Flosanders.
Luo Lan felt a little surprised and a little moved at the same time, he had never asked about Xijiesi's origins, but since she came to his side, he had not deviated from his duties as a paladin for a moment
He took a deep look at Cejess and climbed the soft ladder, and he could feel a pair of warm eyes fall on his back.
When all three of them climbed the tree nest, they found that the interior was very spacious, and it could probably accommodate five or six people at the same time to move around without feeling crowded.
Florsanders took out a red fruit and stuffed it into his mouth without a look. He rummaged left and right, and finally found a dusty parchment book from a corner, and threw it at random on the round table in the room, and suddenly choking up the flying ash.
"Well, that's it, this is a member of the Council of the Dying, who gave me that he said that there are believers in the priesthood of Sedaon, and I've read this book, it's too boring. I don't know what this means after reading it for a long time, and I'm really not interested in learning. He shamelessly threw away all the fame and nobility that matched the elves, and threw them all into the stinking ditch.
Devany gently picked up the book and took out a handkerchief and carefully wiped it on it. The "Skull Sacred Sword" ground pattern emblem was gradually revealed. She flipped a page, her slender finger pointing to a somewhat blurred line of text.
A few people slowly gathered around the table, and Daphne read it out word for word.
"Slit your blocked throat and let your breath free from the entanglement of blood......"
"Untie your frozen breath. Let you break free from the shackles of death from your soul......"
"Tear your eyes open and let your gaze escape the darkness......
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After the first three sentences, the second page of the book is a pair of eerie patterns depicted in blood and black ink, and the creators of these paintings have taken a special angle. When you see the picture, it is as if you are standing at the edge of the dungeon and looking down, and most of the scenes are depicted as a skeleton looking into the sky with empty eyes. Two blood-stained bone hands stretched out. There is even a painting with a bony finger that is placed outside the frame of the frame. The realism of that perspective is extremely strong, and the chill of Sensen hits the nose directly. It was as if the skeleton had put its hand on the viewer's cheek and was about to crawl out the next moment.
When reading this book, everyone felt depressed, as if something was pressing on their chests and making people breathless.
It seems to have a special magical power that can affect people's minds and wills.
Xi Jiesi's cold face was a little pale, she clutched the saber tightly, and said with a short breath, "We should destroy this evil book completely!"
"But there's a clue to the Council of the Dead. Devine slowly lowered the book and clung to it, as if afraid that Hyjess would destroy it on an impulse.
"I didn't see anything except a few inexplicable words. Taking a step, she seemed to look a little excited, her fingers were trembling slightly, she raised her voice, and said, "They are all sins and abuses, and they should not exist in the world......"
Her voice was getting higher and higher, getting closer and closer to Daphne, at this time, a broad hand grabbed her arm, she subconsciously struggled, but did not break free, and then she suddenly came to her senses, turned her head and saw Luo Lan's calm gaze, and bowed her head apologetically: "My lord, please forgive me, I lost my temper." β
Luo Lan looked at Xi Jiesi, and couldn't help but be a little surprised in his heart, the latter has always been calm and silent, and his current behavior can't help but be a little abnormal.
"There's definitely a clue, I can feel it. At some point, Flosanders lay down in a suspended net bed made of vines, and was comfortable
, while puffing out his cheeks and chewing on something in his mouth, making a blurred sound
Luo Lan stretched out his hand and said, "Your Excellency the priest, can you let me take a look?"
"Of course," Devany gently handed the book in her hand to Luo Lan, and said with a smile: "Pastor Lanton, you can call Devany directly in the future." β
Luo Lan smiled in response, he took the book, and then turned the pages one by one, and said: "Before I became a clergyman, my butler used to be an ancient book connoisseur, and when I was a child, I often went to the stacks under his cellar to rummage through books, and I knew how to hide some special contents. β
Devany looked concerned, obviously expecting Luo Lan's result.
Luo Lan flipped it a few times, he frowned, and finally raised his head to meet Daphne's expectant eyes, but sighed helplessly, and said: "In addition to seeing that this book is at least a hundred years old, I don't see anything hidden, maybe there are other secrets, maybe my level is not enough." β
Devany shook her head and said, "No, Mr. Lanton, we trust you, it seems that we can only infer clues from these three sentences." β
Flor Sanders looked lethargic and listless, and as if unconsciously, he interjected, "Dangerous man, should Daphne believe you?"
This is the second time he has made Luo Lan murderous.
Because the pages of that parchment book are particularly thick, it is indeed manipulative, of course, this can only be seen in the eyes of experts like Luo Lan, but he did not say it out of his own selfishness.
Florasanders' words are like sharp arrows, which always pierce the truest side through that perfect disguise.
However, no one may believe it.
If he changes his frivolous and cynical personality, maybe some people will still be skeptical.
Luo Lan felt that those three poetic words were indeed hidden clues, because they would not appear in this seemingly very important book for no reason, he pondered for a moment, and said, "I don't know if everyone has noticed, these words are all said in the tone of a bystander." β
"Yes," Daphne agreed, her eyes lit up, "as if the man who wrote these words was facing a man he needed to rescue." She pondered again and corrected, "No, if it's the Council of the Dead, it shouldn't be a rescue, it should be some kind of ritual, or something ...... summoning."
"Okay, let's just think that this unknown person is summoning or performing some ritual, then ......" Luo Lan pointed to the last few words, and said: "There are a few key words here, 'blood entanglement', 'death shackles', 'dark bondage', that is to say, this is a prerequisite for rituals or summoning, if we can figure out what these each means, we can know what they want to do!"
Devany muttered the words in her mouth, her eyebrows locked deeply.
There was silence in the nest, the quiet wind passed by, the leaves swayed, and a few birds perched on the trees turned their heads nimbly, looking curiously at the few men who were silent in thought.
Flosanders lazily rolled over and muttered indistinctly, "Isn't it blood, shackles and darkness......?"
"Blood, shackles, and darkness...... Blood ......" Devany muttered a few times in her mouth, and a bright light seemed to flash in front of her eyes, and all the gloom seemed to be cleared in an instant, and she opened her beautiful eyes and exclaimed, "Blood, does it mean the blood of saints?"
"Blood of the saints?" Luo Lan seemed to have vaguely heard the name.
"My lord," reminded him, "My lord, St. Jon, the great disciple of the first Pope, has legend said that he killed the disembodied devil with his blood, and his blood is said to be golden, and from then on, all believers who sincerely believe in the god of light, as long as they have this blood flowing in their bodies, are called saints, and their blood is called this name. She shook her head and said, "But I don't see how the blood of the saints has anything to do with it." β
"No! "In order to establish a diocese in Sedaon, there must be a holy relic as a sacred artifact of the new diocese, which was escorted here by the paladins, but the Holy See was defeated in the war, and this holy relic has remained in the temple. This also explains why that necromancer was mixed up with the clergy...... He's just trying to steal it!"
Devine paused, she took a deep breath, and said word by word: "This holy relic is the blood of the saints!"
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