Chapter 22: The Temple
A lilac-skinned, green-haired figure let out an exclamation and ran quickly to the unconscious Claudia, who did not dare touch the badly injured girl after checking on Claudia's injuries, but instead stood up and let out a kingfisher-like chirp, followed by another birdsong in the surrounding forest.
Claudia's white horse was much more stable after the appearance of the green-haired figure, as if this figure had a power that could reassure it, it rubbed its head against the green-haired figure, and the green-haired figure gently stroked the horse's neck with his hand, and said, "Take it easy, child, we will try our best to treat her." β
Soon, several lilac-skinned figures riding a moonbladed leopard quickly appeared, and the green-haired figure hurriedly led a woman riding a white moonblade leopard in the middle and wearing a gorgeous robe to Claudia's side: "Lord Tyrande, she used the power of the goddess just now, and I suspect that the priest among the outsiders mentioned by Daria yesterday is also her." But why is her glow golden? β
"Firinsa, the power of the goddess has many manifestations, and she only uses part of the power of the goddess...... Goddess, how could she be so badly injured! β
Tyrande also gasped after looking down at the injury, and didn't care about continuing to talk to Firinsa, but prayed intently, and soon a silvery-white soft light enveloped the girl, and after several consecutive times, most of the shadow power in the girl's body was dispelled, leaving only a small part of the remnants in the depths that were difficult to deal with for a while, and the injuries on the surface of the body had also been healed.
Tyrande stood up, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said to Firinsa: "The injuries in her body are no longer in the way, but it is estimated that she will have to recuperate for a while, you send her back to the rear temple first, the information that Daria brought back yesterday is very important, I must personally go to the front line to check the scale of this Burning Legion invasion." β
Tyrande then handed over a pair of bracelets: "Put this one on for her in addition." β
After recognizing the effect of the bracelet, Firinsa asked suspiciously, "My lord, isn't she a priest?" β
"We don't know her yet, the necessary precautions are always to be taken, you take her back first, give her the same treatment as a normal priestess, notify me if she wakes up, and give her Elune's books to study, and then deal with them when I go back and ask her personally."
When Claudia awoke, she found herself lying on a soft bed, still softening, and it took her a while to sit up and realize that her clothes had been changed.
Who saved me?
A faint doubt lingered in Claudia's heart, but soon with the sound of footsteps, a female elf with long pointed elf ears, long silver hair, and somewhat dark skin appeared in front of Claudia, unlike the high elves Claudia had seen, her body was taller and stronger, and her eyes had been emitting a faint white light.
When the female elf saw the girl who had woken up, she quickly walked up to Claudia and said, "You can lie down and rest first, you have been in a coma for several days, so you will be weaker." β
The language spoken by the elf was very similar to Salas, but slightly different, so Claudia also replied in Salas after lying down:
"Thank you for saving me, who are you? You don't look like any elves I've ever seen before. β
After a moment's thought, the elf replied, "Other elves? I don't know if you're talking about ChadorΓ© or Quettore. I'm Drays? Crescent, an ordinary priestess in this temple. β
"It was Lord Tyrande who saved you and asked me to take care of you, she is out of business now, she will meet you personally when she returns, you should be hungry after not eating properly these days, I will go and get you some fruit syrup that you can eat now and water from the well of the Moon Well."
Drass quickly went to fetch some food and fed it to Claudia, the sweet and sour cherry red fruit syrup tasted good, but the more effective thing was the starry well water, the power contained in the well water quickly nourished her weak body, the girl quickly had a little more blood on her face after eating, and she then thanked Dras:
"Draz, thank you."
"You're welcome, it's my duty to take care of you, get some more sleep, my sister." Then a soft white light flashed on Drayass's hand, caressing Claudia's forehead.
Sisters? Tranquilization? The light on her hand is also holy light, but why is her holy light so soft?
Claudia had a lot of doubts in her mind, but she quickly fell asleep under the influence of the spell.
A few days later, Claudia was sitting on the grass reading a book in a priestess robe made of mooncloth, with a silver bracelet on each wrist and a plate next to her with nuts and fruits. These days, under Drassy's careful care, her body has basically recovered, and she has also learned a lot of information from her conversations with Drasy.
The elves of the Eastern Continent and Claudia had the same ancestor, but later due to disagreements, the two groups of elves parted ways, and the elves who established the Kingdom of Quel'Salas in the Eastern Continent called themselves Queldore, and this group of elves from the Western Continent called themselves Kadore.
Dras, who takes care of Claudia, is a priestess of Elune, and in Claudia's opinion, although Drass insists that the power she uses comes from Elune's gifts, this power is still the Holy Light in essence, the difference is that the Holy Light of the Holy Light Church is more domineering, while the Holy Light used by Drass is softer and more inclusive, which makes the girl have a strong interest in this Holy Light.
The books Claudia was reading at this time were the books of the Elune Church, and in fact she had nothing else to do but read the books that had been delivered with the sacrificial robes, and the warriors at the temple gates, though polite to her, would never allow her to leave the temple, let alone untie the silver bracelet for the maiden to regain her ability to use the Light.
Yes, although the two silver bracelets on Claudia's wrist look ordinary, they are actually full of dense elven magic patterns on the surface, so that she has no sense of holy light, but she can't condense and control the holy light, so the maximum limit that the girl can do with the holy light at this moment is to turn herself into a shining golden bulb after calling for the help of the holy light.
According to the texts before her, Elune is the goddess of the moon, an ancient god who protects all living things and allows them to multiply, and uses her serene songs to appease all anger and hatred, she loves all living beings in the world, and is a spokesperson for healing, peace, and tranquility.
In addition to the above and the various praises of the goddess, the teachings of the goddess and how to communicate with the goddess are also recorded in the texts, which Claudia considers to be very similar to the method of communicating with the Light that she learned in the Church of Light, except that the means of prayer and the object of prayer are slightly different.
Claudia felt that these Elune priests and the priests of the Church of Light also had many similarities, in addition to the different objects of prayer, they also needed to communicate with the objects of prayer regularly every day, and they would also become closer to the body and soul and the Light in the communication.
Perhaps Elune is a Holy Light being who is so powerful that he is a true god? Maybe she is the Light itself? Why is the Light used after communicating with her so soft? Thanks to the blessing of half of the soul of the traverser, Claudia, with a faint doubt, decided to take a step that most members of the Brotherhood of Light would never take tonight, and use the means recorded in the scriptures to communicate with Elune.
Claudia's thoughts were interrupted by a gentle touch on her legs, and a squirrel had eaten a lot of dried fruit from her right plate while she was reading, and was now contentedly leaning on the girl's thigh and using the girl as a pillow, and two little paws were still holding a nut in her mouth.
The girl couldn't help but laugh, put the book aside, took a few dried fruits to its mouth, and concentrated on teasing the squirrel, where all kinds of small animals got along very well with the elf, and the squirrel and the colorful birds were frequent visitors to the temple, and they would often come to ask the priestesses and apprentices for food and play with them, and during the time she was under house arrest in the temple, except for Dras, who was in charge of her care, she would chat with her.
Claudia gently stroked the soft fur of the squirrel with one hand, and tasted the juice with the other, the juice made from this unknown fruit was sweet and delicious, and the girl liked it very much. During these days in the temple, she had no shortage of material treatment, but no freedom.
After so many days of idleness, her body is about to rust, and I don't know how Gianna and them are doing now, she must be in a hurry after her disappearance, right? And what is the situation on the front line? Where have the legions of the undead and demons been defeated?
Claudia put down her glass, shook her head and didn't think about it anymore, this is not something she can change, it is better to hurry up and study the Titan Word, after reading Elune's book and the holy light used by Drayass, she already has a faint sense of understanding of that syllable, maybe she will be able to pronounce that syllable after communicating with Elune tonight.
While she was thinking, Drass also walked over to Claudia and sat down, picked up a fruit and took a bite of it, and asked, "What are you thinking, my lost sister?"
"I'm thinking about my companions."
After Claudia replied, she raised her wrist with some grievance: "Sister Drays, when can you untie these two bracelets for me and let me return to my companion." β
Drass shrugged and made a helpless expression, "No one can take this forbidden bracelet off except Lord Tyrande, but she should be back in the next two days, and when she sees you, you just have to give up your wrong ideas and she should help you unravel." β
The girl shook her head, "I'll try to communicate with the goddess tonight, but that doesn't mean I think my opinion is wrong." β
"Great." Drass had a satisfied look on her face, "Tonight, when you communicate, go directly to the idol of Elune and pray, it is the easiest place to communicate with the goddess." β
"Okay." The girl agreed.