Sawyer took the small book, counted all kinds of materials and equipment, and then put the pile of gems up and weighed them, and then put them all into one of Serana's space bracelets, turned his head and saw the slightly frustrated Gellerb, thought about it, took out a long sword and handed it over: "Take it." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"This ......"

Galb paused for a moment before reaching out to take the long sword, caressing the familiar lines on the long sword, turning his hand to put away the long sword, and bowing to Sawyer: "Thank you!" ”

"You're welcome, this is originally your family's thing, and I'm just returning it to its original owner."

Sawyer waved his hand, this long sword is the same as the armor on Geleb's body in terms of style and pattern, it is obviously the weapon of the Ice Elf clan in the past, not to mention that from Galeb's expression, he must recognize this sword, rather than waiting to leave this world and redistribute it, it is better to give it to Gelleb, not only can it be a favor, but also make the strength of the entire team better.

After packing up the collection of the two dragons, Sawyer walked around the area where the dragon broke through the ice, but he couldn't find the dragon language wall engraved with the dragon runes, so he had no choice but to give up for the time being, and set out with the others, and under the leadership of Gelleb, embarked on the road to the Altar of Determination.

After verifying everyone's identities and opening the Altar of Determination for everyone, if he hadn't been stopped by Gelleb, he might have left directly.

"Paladin, do you have any other orders?"

Priest Nireel looked at Galleb with a blank face, and although he was asking a question, he did not feel any emotion at all.

Looking at Nireel's stiff and even somewhat sluggish expression, Galeb sighed slightly and opened his mouth, still not telling the truth about the invasion of the twisted snow elves a hundred years ago, just waved his hand and said, "It's okay, Priest Nireel...... Rest well. ”

Hearing this, Priest Nireel did not speak, but bowed slightly to Gelleb before disappearing.

"What is this?" Looking at Galleb's lonely expression, Sawyer asked puzzled.

"Priest Nireel, he's too old."

Galeb sighed, looked at Sawyer's still puzzled expression, and explained with a wry smile: "You should be able to see that these priests who guard the altars are actually the souls of the deceased Snow Elf Elders, and they were all high-ranking priests of the Order during their lifetimes, second only to the Archbishop, me and several bishops, in order to repay their piety, the Order gave them the task of guarding these altars. ”

"You may not understand, but this kind of task represents a great honor in the Order, but in order to obtain this glory, these old and dying priests have to go through an extremely cruel ritual to make their souls retain their sanity and refuse the call of the Soul Shrine."

"When our Order moved into this canyon, Priest Nireel was running out of life, and he was the first priest to become the Guardian of the Altar, guarding the Altar of Determination for almost as long as the Order had been stationed in this canyon."

However, this is not a soul mound after all, even after a special ritual, the souls of these guardians will gradually weaken, in order to allow the souls of the priests to "live" forever, every hundred years Aureel will send down divine power to repair the damage caused by time to the souls of the priests. ”

"And those twisted ...... When those snow elves who were distorted by their minds attacked, it happened to be more than ninety years since the last time Aureel descended their divine powers, whether it was the guardian of the altar or the guardian power of the castle, it was the weakest, and after this canyon was occupied by those distorted snow elves, I never felt Aureel's existence again, perhaps, we have been abandoned......"

Speaking of this, Galeb's voice gradually deepened, and Sawyer stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, comforting: "No, your gods can't locate here because this world is blocked, and when this world returns to the main world, you will naturally be able to feel the presence of Aureel." ”

Saying that, Sawa also sighed, after all, Aureel is only the elf side of the god of time Acre (just like Akatosh, but Akatosh was created by the Alessia Order, representing Acre's inclination towards the human side), so his own strength must also be lacking, so he can't perceive this small world hidden in the tributary of time like Aka, the god of time, and naturally can't send divine power here.

Moreover, thousands of years have passed in the Overworld, and it is still two to say whether that Ice Elf Oriel exists now.

After all, both Akatosh and Aureel are essentially just "mortal gods" of the god of time, Acre, and if there are not enough believers to provide the power of faith, then Aureel, as a mortal god, will collapse. （①）

However, Sawyer's comfort still had a certain effect, and Galeb smiled reluctantly and continued: "It has been nearly two hundred years since the last divine power came, and Priest Nireel is the "oldest" of the many guardians, although after the invasion of the twisted snow elves, the guardians are in a state of sleep, but they have not been nourished by divine power for nearly two hundred years, and Priest Nireel's soul is still gradually weakening. ”

Now, Priest Nireel's emotions are about to be exhausted, and after that, his memory will gradually be consumed, and when Priest Nireel's memory is completely erased by time, then ...... Then the priest of Nireel was completely dead. ”

"Don't be sad," Sawyer patted him on the shoulder, "When this world returns to the Overworld, Aureel will naturally drop his divine power, and the soul that Nireel has lost in time will be refilled." ”

"I hope."

Gelleb nodded, but his mood didn't improve much, compared to what Sawyer thought, thousands of years have passed, is their main god Aureel still there?

(1) After the creation of the world, except for Magnus and other primordial spirits who broke through the world of Nayn and fled, the remaining primordial spirits all fell into a deep sleep, the weak ones incarnated into rules or evolved sentient beings, and the strong ones incarnated as planets (the realm of the Holy Spirit, corresponding to the realm of the demon gods) after stabilizing the world, guarding the world of Nain. (See Chapter 158 for details)

But whether it is Acre or several other incarnation planets of the primordial spirits, their own consciousness is in a sleeping state, the holy spirit believed in by the major races, in essence, is only a "mortal god" condensed through the power of faith, only representing a certain aspect of the primordial spirit, and the consciousness of these mortal gods is also given by believers, such as Akatosh and Aureel, who are also mortal gods of Acre, the former prefers humans, while the latter loves elves alone, and considers himself to be the soul of Anui, But Acre itself does not have this awareness.

These mortal gods, as a face of the primordial spirit, themselves have one or several abilities of the primordial spirit, but their power comes from the faith of the believers, once the number of believers is too small, these mortal gods will also weaken and fall into a deep sleep, if they do not have enough faith for a long time, these mortal gods will also disappear.