Chapter 30: The Legend of the Rolanders
It is said that the underground world is made up of two huge spaces, with two passages in between, north and south, for passage, as if someone had deliberately built them. When the Roland people first discovered this world, they called the two worlds the land of God and the place of divine pastoralism.
After the collapse of the Roland Empire, some of the Roland people, who were tired of fighting, fled to the underworld under the leadership of the ten great priests, and were the first to establish their own settlements in the God-given land.
After the war, the Roland people lived peacefully in the underground world for more than ten years, during which time they reorganized the things passed down from their ancestors little by little, and soon built a prosperous and harmonious city. Until one day, a terrifying monster attacked their city, and the original Roland people regarded the disaster as a punishment for them by the gods, so they kept the monsters secret, and did not even record their appearance, but only recorded a short sentence "The great being sent down the divine punishment, and countless sons of Reye swarmed and destroyed our walls and civilization".
They referred to those monsters as the sons of Leiye, who, in Roland legend, was the messenger of the gods, inflicting punishment on sinners on behalf of the gods.
The ten heroes worshipped by the Rolanders wielded powerful divine words, but they were only ten people after all, and they could not protect many Rolanders from harm at the same time. Now that the walls had been destroyed, the Rolanders had no choice but to sadly lead their people out of the old land and through the southern passage to the place of the priest.
The Rolanders thought that sincere atonement would be forgiven by the gods, and they did not even dare to harm the sons of Raye. Soon, however, they discover a massive monster in the Divine Pastor's Place, the king who controls the sons of Raye. No one knows where Leyer came from, but it seems to be the source of the disaster. For the sake of their people, the Ten Heroes declared that this Leyer had betrayed the gods and thrown himself into the arms of the evil gods. They fought a devastating battle with the evil Reye, and in the end, although they killed the monster, they also paid a terrible price.
The death of Leyer has indeed plunged the sons of Leyer into an endless madness, and they have attacked the Rolands in a fearless madness, killing and wounding countless survivors of these wars. It wasn't until later that the Rolands discovered a place that the sons of Reyer could not approach anyway, and that was where Leye once laid.
So the Roland people built their new city on that hill.
The four remaining priests of the Ten Heroes had been mortally wounded in the battle with Leyer, and knowing that their time was short, they secretly devised a plan. Using themselves as bait, they lured all of the sons of Reye to another dimension, and used Reye's corpse to build a seal mixed with runes in both passages at the same time.
Since then, the Roland people have been at peace and thriving in the underworld. In order to remember the efforts of their ancestors, the Roland people built the Temple of Ten Heroes on the top of the hill and named the city the "Eye of Leiye".
"Due to the passing of the hero who truly understood the runes, and the fact that a large amount of information was left behind in the God-given land during the migration, the temple in the Eye of Leyer is just a carving restored by other sacrifices based on their own memories, and whether it is the same as the original sculpture is impossible to verify. For countless years, no one has been able to unlock the runes in the passage, and no one has dared to touch that dusty history. Di Ye said hoarsely, "Even the bones of the ancestors who sacrificed their lives to seal the passage back then have not been brought back to the Ten Heroes Temple for burial. But I think if it's an adult, you can do it. It's just that...... It's just that...... No one knows what's going on on the other side of the tunnel, maybe the monsters are dead, or maybe they're still alive......"
"That is, it is possible that we can find more relics left by the ancient Roland people there? However, it is also possible to encounter a large number of mysterious monsters called the sons of Reye? Duqi finally concluded.
"Yes!"
"What do you think?"
"I think we should take a trip." Yuan Ya said impatiently. He hadn't seen the sculptures in the temple before he had already come up with the idea of something else.
"Those monsters are really not much of a threat to us, and in the worst-case scenario, we can also leave through the teleportation array. But have you ever considered what would happen to the surviving Rolanders if we accidentally released the sons of Reye? They can't manipulate runes, and they can't use teleportation arrays. So, I don't think we should think about developing that area for the time being. Empress Min, on the other hand, expressed strong opposition to this.
"This ...... I was in favor of that, but what Empress Min's said also makes sense. Though...... This ...... Ahem, it's attractive. Qi Xin said after pondering for a moment.
In addition to the need for research, another reason for attracting people is that this one is judged to be a commission for a task.
"At the very least, we need to be prepared." Xiao Fu said coldly, "With our current manpower, it is indeed not easy to handle. Don't forget, we don't have much time, the monster's threat to Eagle City hasn't been completely lifted, and it won't be long before the last migrating monsters arrive, and we can't stay in the underworld for long. ”
"Then, it will be included in the next step plan for the time being, and the detailed arrangements will be made after discussing with Yuemin and them. Yes! Front...... We're almost there. ”
There are many temples within the Eye of Leyer, but each has a very different theme. The temple that Duqi first discovered was located in the lower city, but it was not far from the intersection of the middle and lower cities, and although there were still a few monsters wandering nearby, it was not a threat to Duqi and the others.
"That sculpture ......" Yuan Ya had just stepped into the temple when his eyes were drawn to a sculpture on the left side of the temple's main hall. He ran over in a daze, and didn't even have time to explain to the others.
Xiao Fu and Li Xi's reaction was not as fierce as Yuan Ya, but after viewing more than ten sculptures, they also fell into deep thought. Obviously, these sculptures that bring inspiration to Duqi do have some kind of magical power. Even the imitations were so amazing that Duzi couldn't help but wonder what the real thing would look like.
In comparison, Kui Qu and the others Zeyang looked much dazed, and after walking around the temple a few times, they returned to Di Ye with a puzzled expression. "Sir, is there any historical record of these sculptures?" Instead, they began to inquire about the dusty history.
"These ...... There are not many records of them in the Great Library, and I only know that they seem to be the mysterious dances of the Roland nobles during their sacrifices. You know that, adult...... Most of the Roland people who fled were civilians, and many ancient books were lost during the migration. Therefore, I also serve as a sacrifice...... But not much is really known. The current Roland people only worship them as the embodiment of the gods, and as for what they represent, sorry......"
"By the way, I've always had a question!" Xia Ying suddenly asked, "I've heard Du Qi mention that a person on the surface once came to the underworld, and it seems that he was also entertained by the Roland people. What's going on? She has always had a keen interest in the legends of this world.
"Surface people? This...... Oh, I want to go...... I didn't expect the adults to know about that traitor. That was a long time ago. In fact, there is also a tradition of the Roland people, if we meet a young man who is extremely intelligent by nature, we will cultivate him as a sacrifice from an early age, and send him to the surface to experience when he becomes an adult, hoping that they can find a way for the Roland people to lose the protection of the gods. Your Excellency, you also know that although we have the rune stone manipulation formation left by our ancestors, after all, we use one piece less than one piece, so such a situation rarely happens. It was also a coincidence that a surface man entered the underworld before the passage we opened was closed. ”
"I heard from the story that he wanted to leave later?"
"Yes! He accepted the hospitality of the Roland people, married and had children in the Underworld, but wanted to leave after accepting the favor. The Roland people obey the ancestral precepts and must never return to the surface, and our secrets must not be discovered by others. So, our ancestors, after persuasion to no avail, used a special potion to put the surface man into a deep sleep, and sent him out of the underworld a few years later when the young man who had been trained returned. That agent is harmless to the human body, but it can affect the person's memory to a certain extent. No one could have imagined that he would be able to leave a story related to the Roland people on the surface with his vague memory.
"But perhaps we should be thankful to him. If it weren't for his story, the adults wouldn't have come into this world to save the Roland people from fire and water. ”