Chapter 13: The Resurrection Point Beneath the Ruins
Fang Ou felt that he was in a very strange place. There is only boundless darkness in the field of vision, there is no sense of space, the world is like only a thin layer of paper, neither up nor down, left and right, and even unaware of its own existence. He thought to himself, "Am I dead or alive?" ”
But suddenly there were dots of light in the darkness, like a flat scroll, showing a magnificent starry sky in front of him. Even though Fang Yu had never died in Aitalia, he could still recognize it as a resurrection interface.
Every little bit of starlight symbolizes a temple of resurrection. Different colors of light represent different gods. A starlight closer to him, pure white, Fang Yu recognized as the divine light of the Mirela Sanctuary in the Hidden Spring.
Mirera, the healer, the protector of the honest, the god of salvation, and the goddess of fertility, the symbol of Aitalia's life. Resurrection in her temple grants a 15% reduction in experience loss, a small perk that the gods use to win over believers.
Fang Yuan's mouth opened wide in surprise.
He can see the resurrection screen, which means something amazing - the stowaways are not restricted by the Dead Zone. It also confirms long-held suspicion that stowaways are more like indigenous people than electers.
He didn't know if he was the first to discover this fact, but there was no doubt that the secret would never be widely known.
A huge surprise instantly overflowed his heart, after all, no one wanted to die, did they? However, Fang Yu immediately found that most of the starlight on the star map was very dim and in an unselectable state.
The resurrection range of Aitaria is about 100 miles, beyond which the resurrection is commonly known as 'being picked up', as for which god to pick up the corpse, it depends on the closest distance you are to the temple. Resurrection in this way costs a lot of experience, generally an additional one percent per mile.
There are three Resurrection Temples within a hundred miles of the forest, including the Mirera Sanctuary in the Hidden Spring, a Traveler's Sanctuary and an Ameya Forest Sanctuary.
In addition to being the patron saint of commerce, Roman was also a guide to travelers, and there is a saying about this goddess in Aitalia - the road is the temple, and the path is the shrine. Although it is an exaggeration, the place where the traveler goes is where her divine power reaches, and her temples can be found all over the world, and the only temple that you can usually see in the deep mountains and forests and wild fields is the Traveler's Temple.
As for the latter, Ameya was the goddess of forests and nature, so it was not surprising that her temple appeared in such a place.
But these three temples were all locked in Fang Yuan's field of vision.
This is completely counterintuitive.
On top of a huge star map, there was only a faint blue light nearby, which was the temple of Angela, the god of knowledge and self-improver.
"How can there be a temple of knowledge?" Fang Yu paused for a moment. Knowledge spreads among the people, and Angela's temples are mostly in densely populated cities, often accompanied by large libraries, and he has never heard of such a strange thing as the temple of knowledge appearing in the wilderness.
He tried to sink his mind into the starlight, and suddenly, an irresistible suction came from the vortex.
When Fang Yu opened his eyes again, he found himself in a strange temple. The temple was very different from the temples he had seen in Kapka and Rodell, with no open and bright vestibules, tall and beautiful rose arched windows, no spacious and comfortable side aisles, and no sacred pulpits, all of which began with the Reformation of the New Age.
And before that, like the temple in front of me, a tall rotunda, solemn and silent, pale light cast from the vault, from the faintly glowing light quartz above.
Between the pillars are statues of religious intentions, mostly legendary heroes who are the devout followers and electors of Anjina. Fang Plover could only recognize some of them, such as Charles the Shrewd, Bock the Sage, and Eddard the Creator, the greatest alchemist of all time, the creator of the Holy Crystal, and the source of his ID.
In the center is a huge stone statue of Angie – no different from today, the chronicler of history still holding a quill in one hand and a long sheepskin scroll hanging down to the ground in the other.
Angela is a serious middle-aged man with a sheep's horn beard, meticulously groomed hair, and a robe made in the shape of an alchemist, which is in fact considered by some to be the alchemist's patron.
The chill in the temple was chilling.
Fang Yu couldn't help but shudder, he checked the things on his body, and then remembered that he was destitute, and there was nothing good to lose after the three clockwork goblins were damaged.
Silk Cape's glowstone was still in his jacket pocket, and he gently placed his hand there, as if he could still feel the glowstone's temperature.
It had only been a day before and after the Dawn Star had fallen to this point, and the familiar faces of the past were no longer seen in this world, and even he himself had been resurrected to this strange place.
"I wonder how Miss Scarpe and Mr. Quelod are doing, have they returned to Starport?" He thought to himself.
Fang Ou had heard that many of the people who had just returned from Aitalia would have a lot of unaccustomed to life in the real world—just as they had when they first stepped into the world behind the door.
But sometimes it's a little more serious, because they come here knowing that they will return to Earth one day, but leaving means a real goodbye.
Many people have met many different people in this world, and some have had their own lives here, and some even have Aboriginal friendships – and when they leave, they are destined to never see it again.
Therefore, it is understandable to see leaving as a real death, and it may be difficult for others to grasp this feeling, but in fact many people are no longer able to adjust to their past lives. Most of the electees will have some kind of mental illness after leaving the army - suffering from depression or something else, and there are not a few who commit suicide as a result.
Therefore, Fang Yuan is a little worried, although the industry is gradually standardized in this era, and there is a long period of psychological counseling for retired callers, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no accidents.
He sighed faintly.
I couldn't help but raise my hand and looked at the back of my hand, and the emblem of the half of the crown was still in that place. When he saw the emblem, he remembered the beautiful face and the calm eyes of the girl.
What was the last thing she said to herself?
Fang Yu felt a faint pain in his heart.
Although she knew that she didn't really want to kill herself, if she didn't have that dagger, would she still do it? Fang Yu had a vague answer in his heart, but he didn't want to believe it.
He looked at the emblem and couldn't help but wipe it with his hand, but it didn't work. "What the hell is this emblem?" Fang Yu didn't quite understand what Miya wanted the crown for, just as he didn't understand what the emblem was for.
He wondered if he should put blood on it, but he was afraid of pain, so he had to give up.
After standing there for a while, he realized that there were no monks to receive him for half a day.
"Weird?" Fang hated and thought to himself, no matter how cold Anjina's followers were, they would not even preach the gospel of the gods.
He looked around and realized that the temple was strange—there was no one inside, neither the resurrected elect nor the staff, and it was empty.
He was the only one in the great hall.
"An abandoned temple?" Fang Yu looked around with some confusion. "But how can there be divine power in the abandoned temple?"
He walked forward slowly, his footsteps loud in the open air, and after walking around the hall, he found another, even stranger—the temple had no exit.
The indigenous people of Aitaria considered the south to be sacred, so most of the buildings were located north and south, and religious buildings such as temples should be strictly adhered to. But there was only one side hall on the south side of the temple, and Fang Yu was a little surprised to go in and find that there was a lonely statue inside.
A tall elven statue.
Its shape and size are largely the same as those of the mortal followers outside. is also wearing a robe, with a book in his hand, and a bookish air, which is not surprising, and most of the believers in Anjina are like this.
But Fang Yu was still a little confused. "How could it be placed here alone?" He walked over and looked at the open stone book at the foot of the statue, the pages of which were inadherently engraved with a biography of the man. The text on the pages is Elven and Osyrian—those who enter the world are born with a native language, and Fang Yu learned the official language of Cowlin-Iherian, which is cognate with the imperial Chinese, so he can barely read the words on the stone tablet.
The first sentence on the stele surprised him.
'The most illustrious pupil of Rollin Eide, Hain Plumm, 779-921. ’
Lorraine Ed is the Great Alchemist Eddard, the most outstanding alchemist of all time, and one of the founders of alchemists. He was born in the age of magic, which means that the owner of the statue may also be from that era, and the date on the page is likely to refer to the years 779 to 921 of the age of magic.
It was almost a thousand years ago, and Fang Yu couldn't help but gasp.
It immediately occurred to him that wasn't that the time when the Noumerin Elven Empire existed. "Could it be that this temple has something to do with the ruins outside?" Fang Yu suddenly thought of a huge possibility, the dead silence area in the ruins outside might be to cover up this mysterious temple resurrection point.
And if no native people have been here in the millennia since the Noumerin elves left, it is likely that he was the first to discover the temple.
For it is impossible for the Chosen One to reach this place.
His heart pounded suddenly.
Unknown means harvest – this is one of the iron rules of Aitalia. And is it possible that the Noumerin elves have hidden this place so deeply, saying that there is only such an empty temple here?
Thinking of this, Fang Yu resisted the urge to find the treasure in his heart and continued to read.
But as he read it, he suddenly cried out with an 'ah'.
The sound echoed through the hall and amplified it, startling even himself.
He wiped a handful of cold sweat, but his heart was pounding, and his hands were a little trembling. But the trembling was not due to fear and fear, but to excitement and excitement, and the stone page was written about the life of Hayne-Sailm, who had explored the achievements of his teacher in an attempt to further promote alchemy.
The greatest achievement of alchemist Rollin Eddard in his life was the invention of the artificial Holy Crystal and the magic furnace, the former which led to the birth of the Dragon Knight, the first time that the artificial knight appeared in the history of Aitalia, breaking the monopoly of the natural dragon soul contractor (the Sky Knight) on the upper power.
And the latter is a symbol of the popularization of alchemy and magical power, making alchemical civilization truly possible.
Of course, all this was not achieved overnight, Lorraine Ed had only completed the initial design, and the conditions for the use of the first generation of Holy Crystals and Magic Furnaces were far more stringent than today's, and they were far from being civilian. But it is precisely because there are generations of successors who continue to blaze new trails on this path that Aitalia's alchemical civilization has the scale it has today.
Among them are pioneers like Henn Fenm.
And what is written on the page is about the achievement of Hain Sailm - it is that he created a unique crystal 'zero', and zero is a non-attribute crystal. There was one sentence about this crystal that made Fang Yuan's heart flutter, and that was that Hain-Sail had created a true Attributeless Holy Crystal.
Attributeless Holy Crystal.
Fang Yu almost couldn't believe his eyes when he saw this sentence, and read it three times before he confirmed that he had not mispronounced the words.
The so-called holy crystal is the carrier of the dragon soul. Divided into two types: naturally formed and artificially made, the naturally formed Holy Crystal is the crystallization left behind by the death of a true dragon creature, and under special conditions, humans can resonate with it and become an empty knight.
The artificially created holy crystal carries the artificial dragon soul, and the person who signs a contract with it is the dragon knight.
The biggest difference between the two is that the former is influenced by the powerful memory and inheritance of dragon creatures, and the main idea is generally to strengthen their own ontological combat. And because the latter does not have a real dragon attribute inheritance, it takes a different approach - comparing the artificial dragon soul to an intelligent AI, and using it to control the dragon knight construct to assist in the battle, so as to make up for the power gap with the empty knight.
Therefore, the dragon knight is a trinity, and the dragon soul, the manipulator itself, and the dragon knight construct are all indispensable.
Of course, there are also Summoners who think that the Sky Knight is the direction of physical development, and the Dragon Knight is more suitable for the development of intelligence, summoning and law system, but the natural holy crystal is hard to find, so in fact, there are many top physical Summoners who also choose the path of Dragon Knight.
But no matter which path it takes, the Holy Crystal is a sign of fighting towards a profession.
This is because the Holy Crystal must first be an attribute crystal, and this is because the non-attribute crystal cannot carry the powerful power of the Dragon Soul, which is almost an established fact.
Today, however, this established fact no longer seems to hold water.
As long as the words written on the stone pages are true.
This means a lot to Fang Yuan, because the attributeless Holy Crystal means that someone without magical adaptive can also become a Dragon Knight. Even though the page says that Hain-Sailm only designed the Holy Crystal, and did not make the corresponding Dragon Knight Structure.
That's okay too.
Anyway, with his level of mental power, he can't control the dragon knight construction, which is something that only twenty or thirty levels will think about. And an artificial dragon soul alone is enough to benefit him immensely - don't forget that he is an alchemist, and the combat craftsman is known as a secondary dragon knight.
This is because the craftsman has the ability to manipulate multiple flexible builds.
The Dragon Knight Build, on the other hand, is essentially just a top-notch flexible build.
What's more, the Dragon Soul also brings a very powerful ability - the Knight System, or the Dragon Knight System - which is actually the original Drafter system.
In fact, the human glow device is based on the dragon knight system. It is a well-known fact that the first generation of Electors entered the Stargate directly, and the Electors at that time were no different from the current Fang Yuan.
They are the outstanding soldiers and scientists chosen by the governments of the world, who have opened up humanity's understanding of Aitalia, and who have used glowstone and human electronic information technology to reproduce the dragon knight system, the Elector system.
This system opens a new chapter in the Stargate Age, and after quantifying the data, people can explore new worlds as if they were playing games, greatly lowering the barrier to entry. In fact, since then, the electors have gradually become popular and accepted by the general public.
The initial government and military gradually moved from the front of the stage to the background after that, making the exploration of the New World gradually become a stage for commercialization and entertainment.
Although he didn't care about it verbally, in fact, Fang Yu dreamed of a Drafter system.
Especially after this experience, even more so.
And now, this dream seems to be close at hand, within reach. And it's also the upper-level version of the Summoner system, something that the top Callers can only access in the second world.
Dragon Knight System.
At that moment, Fang Yu felt that he had been struck by great happiness, and he couldn't help but secretly pray in his heart that the Holy Crystal of the venerable Mr. Hain-Sailm must be nearby.
It was very likely, he had a hunch that the temple had a very deep connection with this elf named Hain-Sailm, otherwise they would not have been alone in his own image.
He even had a feeling that this temple was the real secret hidden beneath the ruins.
Although the Helin Crown is precious, it is not quite right in terms of time. The Kaurin-Ishurian alliance has only been around for more than 700 years, and the Helin Crown may have been cast earlier, but it would not be older than the history of the existence of the Noumerin Elven Empire.
It is impossible for the Noumerin Elves to create the giant structure called 'Kerta' in order to protect a crown that will only appear in the future, so the only real target for its protection is to be located deeper in the ruins.
That's the temple—
Fang Yu quickly sorted out his thoughts, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that his guess was correct, and he couldn't bear the excitement in his heart and read the last sentence on the stone page, and found no more clues before raising his head and looking around.
The side hall was empty.
But he immediately noticed that something was wrong, the light in the hall outside came from the light quartz pasted on the vault, so how could there be light in this side hall?
He subconsciously raised his head, and sure enough, he saw a colorless translucent crystal, suspended above the stone statue's head.
The form, the soft light, the dragon soul mark and the alchemy mark on the crystal.
There is no doubt that -
It's a holy crystal without a doubt.
Fang Yu felt that his mouth was dry, his heart seemed to stop beating, and what he saw was no longer a holy crystal, but his future path.
A door that can be pushed open.
Behind that, there will be another and wider world.
He reached out in that direction with some longing, as if he could hold it directly in his hand, but suddenly froze—wait a minute, the dragon soul inscription of the Holy Crystal was transparent.
No Dragon Soul?
Empty crystals?
……