Chapter 51: The Golden Leaf
The piled up of Faceless Skulls began to dissolve in the golden green light that represented Shiloh's divine power. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 The original dirty and bloody monster head was purified into a star of light out of thin air, blending into that green glow.
The whole process lasted only a few minutes, and by the time the green light returned to the four pillars of the altar, the four hundred monster heads were completely gone, not even the slightest trace remained.
Truth be told, the most important part of the whole sacrifice ceremony - at least the most important part for Dane - has been completed, and the rest is just Eslor taking advantage of this religious ceremony to brainwash the believers below. This has nothing to do with Dane, he is more concerned with the reward from Shiloh after the sacrifice ceremony.
For the rest of the ceremony, Dane spent most of the time in a drowsy state, and it wasn't until the night had completely fallen and the crowd had dispersed that he 'woke up'.
Seeing Eslor return to the depths of the temple, he hurried up and soon found the priestess in the temple's prayer room.
"That...... Ms. Eslor, when will the reward from the gods you said arrive? ”
Dane behaved so bluntly that Eslor couldn't even make any tricks, so he could only say bluntly: "The gods have sent down a blessing, as long as you wait at the port of Ghost Knife Harbor tomorrow night, you will know what the reward you have received is." ”
This reply is also very straightforward, but Dane is still scratching his ears and cheeks a little. He said, "What's that...... Ms. Eslor, can you tell us ahead of time what exactly the reward will be? ”
Eslor shook his head and said, "That's what the gods will, more, if you ask me, I don't know." Why is the lord so anxious? But it's just tomorrow night. ”
Unable to ask anything from this woman's mouth, Dane could only give up.
By the time he left the temple in Orinedus, it was already late, but Dain still couldn't hold back his restless mind and rushed back to Ghost Knife Harbor overnight.
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Late at night, on the deck of the Golden Leaf.
The Golden Leaf is a typical elven cruiser, with a slender golden-purple hull, and elegant, artistic carvings and design elements pervade the entire ship, making it look less like a ship floating on the sea, more like an elegant work of art.
At this time, the elven ranger general Pexinsi, who was wearing traditional High Elf armor and had a slender figure, stood on the deck of the Golden Leaf, facing the sea breeze in the empty moonlight. Her hair, which should have been blonde, was moved by the night wind, and looked inexplicably melancholy in the moonlight. On the beautiful face, the stunned look can't be erased.
There was a sound of footsteps behind her, and Perkins turned her head to see her lieutenant, another high-ranking ranger, hurrying in. She sighed and said, "Pearl, what's going on again?" I know that there is not enough fresh water, and I know that there is not enough food, so what bad news are you going to tell me now? ”
"No bad news, good news!" With a hint of excitement on her face, the Ranger Pearl continued, "Priest Cecilia received a divine revelation in the prayer just now! ”
Hearing Pearl's words, Pexins's face glowed, and she asked in disbelief, "Really?" ”
"It's true! The great Shiloh did not abandon his people! We really received the revelation! ”
Pehin wept with joy as she said, "Shiloh bless...... Let's go, let's take a look! ”
For three months, Pehin and the elves under her men's protection prayed to the gods, but never received a response. Now, they were almost in despair, and how could they not be ecstatic when they suddenly said that the great elven father had given a divine revelation?
Pexins is an elven ranger general, and of course, the word 'former' should be added at this time. Two years ago, she was a general in Nancy's Elven Ranger Force, a year ago she was suspended from her position, and three months ago, she was directly banished by Nancy's Elven Court.
In the intervening two years, in the middle of the dark forests of the central mountain range northwest of Hindlaire and on the border of the Duchy of Florence, the court of the Nancy Elves was undergoing upheaval.
Two years ago, in the territory of the Nancy Elves, when Pehin was patrolling with her own troops, she found that on the territory of the Nancy Elf Kingdom, a mage tower belonging to humans appeared. It was as if the mage tower had suddenly appeared overnight, otherwise, how could Pehinth never find out during her past patrols?
This is undoubtedly a major provocation for the elves. Although mages are revered in this world, even among the elves, mages are revered. But this does not mean that the elves can tolerate human mages building mages in their kingdom without permission.
Pehin realized the seriousness of the problem at that time, and on the one hand, she arranged for men to surround the pale mage tower that suddenly appeared, and on the other hand, she also urgently sent a report back to the royal court and asked for support. A mage tower is not so easy to break, especially if a group of rangers are not supported by their own mage.
According to the temper of the arrogant elves, when faced with such a situation, if they are in a good mood, they usually choose to directly drive out the ignorant mage; If you're in a bad mood, you might just kill it.
But neither of these things happened, and King Nancy, after sending an emissary to communicate with the owner of the mysterious mage tower that seemed to have been built overnight, actually strangely tolerated the mage's existence. Even, King Nancy personally ordered that a large area of forest centered on the Mage Tower was designated as a forbidden place, and the elves were forbidden to approach.
It was a strange order, but as a ranger general, Pehin had to obey it. Since then, for a year, none of the rangers she led has passed near the Forbidden Land.
Until, frequent reports from her troops that traces of the undead had been found in the forest.
The Dark Forest is not a peaceful place, in the vast central mountains, in the ancient forests, occasionally, some humans, elves, or other races who die in the forest for unknown reasons will turn into undead for various reasons. When it comes to undead creatures, elves usually have only one attitude: wipe them out! However, in just one month, Pexinsi, who was in charge of external patrols, received dozens of reports of her subordinates encountering the undead, and even found hordes of undead, which made her realize that something was wrong.
The first thing that came to her mind was the pale mage tower that stood beneath her nose.