Chapter Twenty-Three: The Old Gods
"It's not surprising that you think so."
"However, you must know that in fact, among the Night's Watch legions, including Blackrock Fort, except for a few, that is, the earliest group of members whose ancestors have been members of the Night's Watch for generations, and whose sons inherit their father's business. Most of the other night watchmen are actually some ** criminals, thieves, and bandits, who were captured by the local security forces before being sent to the lifelong night watch legion, and were forced to add this high-risk profession that specializes in fighting dark and chaotic creatures. Do you think it would be safer to bring the four of you helpless girls into such a group? ”
For Ye Qi's explanation, he recalled that since he and the others entered the city, many pedestrians along the way, Zhao Renying, who took off his hat or bent down to salute the former to show respect, couldn't help but ask a little incomprehensibly: "But, those pedestrians on this road ......?"
Obviously, Ye Qi, who understood what she was trying to say, replied like this: "That's because both the official night watchman and the reserve have made sacrifices to a greater or lesser extent. In every winter, he is fighting on the front line of the human race against ghouls, and he has no regrets. Not to mention their contribution to the entire human race, just for generations, in each cold winter, how many people have they saved? Can it be disrespected? ”
"But, what does this have to do with their ** problem?"
Su Ruoxuan, who was in the middle of the team, was a little anxious at this time and asked, "But, isn't there still Ye Qi?" If, when that time comes, won't you be able to protect us? ”
In this regard, Ye Qi, who just shook his head helplessly, replied like this: "I can't stay by your side all the time. Moreover, my strength at this stage is not in the middle of the night watch. Therefore, if you want to live well in this world of Aya, you can only rely on yourselves. ”
In the middle of the sound, with Ye Qi and a few people who were silent, he came to a small courtyard, and after a pause, he stepped forward to open the door of the small courtyard and walked into this small courtyard, although it was slightly dilapidated, but absolutely spacious: "I just rented it yesterday, and you can clean it yourself." In addition to the kitchen and toilets, there are five rooms to be allocated by yourself. ”
Then, in front of everyone, he took out more than a dozen silver Mutons from his savings space and handed them over to Zhao Renying. Remind them that if they want to go out to buy something, try to get their fellow men out.
At the same time, it reminded them that if they encountered something that they couldn't handle, they could go through the noble cemetery just now and come to Black Rock Fort to find themselves. Ye Qi, who felt that there was nothing to explain, just looked at Wang Anyi and Chen Dayuan, who had been standing at the gate of the small courtyard and did not look at the other people who entered the house during the period, and said, "Let's go." ”
"As if you knew that we would go with you to the Night's Watch."
Facing Chen Dayuan's muttering on the side, Ye Qi just said, "Isn't this obvious?" ”
"Obviously?"
Faced with Chen Dayuan's doubts, Wang Anyi, who nodded, echoed: "It's obvious." ”
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For the situation of Chen Dayuan and Wang Anyi, who volunteered to join the night watch.
Although, in the position of Fort Black Rock was the squadron leader of the 3rd Squadron of the Night's Watch. However, the main work also includes the man with facial paralysis who is in charge of everything in the reserves, which is naturally welcomed with both hands.
You know, in the Quirding region, it's been three years, and no one has volunteered to join the Night's Watch.
As for the reason, although the rules among the night watchmen made some people retreat. However, the main thing is that after three days, the strength has reached the standard of an official night watchman, that is, the oath that Ye Qi of the Black Iron Class took in front of the Divine Tree, and the oath that needs to be kept!
After all, this kind of oath that will be kept for the rest of their lives is too heavy for the aborigines who generally "keep their vows".
Three days later, on the night, Ye Qi, who had been notified in advance, with the help of Jim, put on a full set of inlaid armor that could only be worn by the official vigil, and the protective ability was obviously better than that of the reserve leather armor.
and hung a black cloak on the buckle specially reserved for the shoulders of the half-body armor.
Ye Qi, who reached out and pressed the hilt of the Thors steel sword on his waist, smiled at Jim, who was staring at him with envy, and then took a few steps forward and pushed open the door.
Under the leadership of the man with facial paralysis, Ye Qi, who walked through the silent and unmanned training ground, and finally walked into the residential area of the night watchman's family, which was a forbidden area for the reservists, couldn't help but look around curiously.
However, because it was more than nine o'clock in the evening at this time, at this time, the aborigines were often resting, except for the wooden houses on both sides of the road, Ye Qi naturally couldn't see anything else.
"Captain Ford, I've heard Jim say that as long as you take an oath in front of the sacred tree and become an official night watchman, you can bring people into this housing complex, right?"
Facing the question raised by Ye Qi behind him at this time, Stanley Ford, who was walking towards his destination, replied without stopping: "You will have six places." ”
"It's only six, can it be increased?"
"As long as you make a great contribution to the Night's Watch."
Although I don't understand why the man with facial paralysis in front of him instantly turns into a qualified businessman when he meets to talk about business. And in normal times, no matter who it is, it is cold and indifferent. However, Ye Qi, who was obviously not interested in caring about other people's past, had already gotten the information he wanted to know, so he let out an "oh".
The two of them walking on the lonely mountain road fell silent.
followed the footsteps of the man with facial paralysis and walked for about ten minutes, and under the bright moonlight, a towering tree located on the edge of the cliff attracted Ye Qi's eyes.
The pale trunk of the tree exudes a faint glow.
The flaming red leaves, swaying with the wind, looked more like a large flaming flame.
And it is where the night watchmen believe, and the object of each night watchman's oath, the tree of divine words.
Abbreviation: Sacred Tree.
And by the time Ye Qi and the two arrived, except for a Xinpu night watchman in front of the Divine Tree, all the official night watchman brothers in the Black Rock Fort had already arrived.
Under the gesture of the facial paralysis man's eyes, Ye Qi, who came forward to the Divine Tree, smiled and nodded with the Xinpu night watchman named Simon, who had met him several times next to him.
Half a sound, looked at Ye Qi and Simon standing in front of a thick root system exposed on the surface of the sacred tree, and turned his head to look at Master Billy and Commander Kress on the side, and after getting the nod from the two of them, the man with facial paralysis, who had been sworn in as a reserve, said to Ye Qi and the two: "Let's start." ”
Ye Qi and the two, who had been informed in advance, knelt down on one knee in front of the sacred tree, and after glancing at each other, they swore loudly: "The cold winter is coming, I will start watching from now on, and I ......will rest until I die."
As the declaration of the two of them, which was not very neat at first, became more and more neat, and the ancient oath continued to be recited, a faint light gradually appeared on their shoulders.
"I will not wear a crown, and I will not compete for honor. I will do my duty and die in my life. I am the sword in the darkness, the guardian of the Terrans. I am the flame against the cold, the light at dawn, the horn that awakens the sleeper, the shield that guards the people. I give my life and glory to the night watch, tonight, night and night. ”
With the last note of this ancient oath, it spit out from the mouths of Ye Qi and the others.
Ye Qi's long-awaited prompt sound sounded in his mind.
"Successful Inauguration of the Main Profession: Night Watchman."
For a long time, Ye Qi, who had thought that he was afraid that he would find a way to find other careers, heard the short, but excited information in his mind, and muttered in his heart: "Sure enough." ”
"Alright, you can get up......
stepped forward and first stretched out his hand to help Simon's facial paralyzed man, and then came to Ye Qi, he was about to stretch out his hand, but he looked at the bright light on the former's shoulders that had not dissipated for a long time, and was stunned.
In the next moment, all the other night watchmen present who had witnessed the oath of the night watchman several times also realized that something was wrong.
However, although the night watchmen present all noticed that something was wrong. However, it obviously does not mean that they have never seen this kind of "blessing of the divine tree", and they will last so long that they know how to solve such a problem.
And although his own consciousness is still there, but he has not been able to stand up, or even to move a finger, Ye Qi, who was obviously frightened by this situation, was a little nervous and asked the man with facial paralysis in front of him for help: "That, Captain Ford, I can't seem to stand up." Jim didn't have this one in the script I told me before. ”
Without waiting for the night watchmen to think more or make more movements in the face of this anomaly, a very old word sounded from the tree of divine language that was more prosperous: "Child, don't be alarmed, I just use your body as a bridge to connect with the mortal world, and I have some words to say to you." ”
With the sound of the above old words, he found that everything around him was forbidden, and the dozens of night watchmen around him who were watching the ceremony were all Ye Qi, who had become motionless, combined with the various materials he had seen in the Black Rock Fort Library during this time, he couldn't help but guess in his heart: "Could it be a legendary spell: time forbidden?!" ”
Ye Qi, who guessed it in his heart, stood up when he found that his body had become active again.
As for whether this is the Thirteen Rings Legendary Spell: Time Forbidden.
Seriously, it's been a month since I came to this world, and I still haven't seen a mysterious anomaly, and Ye Qi is really not sure about the caster's profession. However, no matter what, the current self must have encountered an amazing existence, that's right.
In a short moment, Ye Qi, who thought of it like this, opened his mouth and asked, "Who are you?" What are you looking for me? ”
"Me? As you see, I am but a tree of divine words. ”
Faced with this old voice's answer, Ye Qi could only complain in his heart: "Are you kidding me?" You say that you are a tree, so why don't you speak through this tree, and you have to borrow my body temporarily. ”
"The Holocaust is coming, and you and other strangers may not keep the oath of the Night's Watch. However, I hope that you will fight to the last moment for the continuation of your race. We hope that when the passage to the mortal world is opened, what we will see will not be chaos. ”
Listening to such a passage, Ye Qi inexplicably thought of a possibility in his mind, but he opened his mouth in surprise and asked, "You are the ancient god Stuart?!" ”
Yes, only those "gods" who are to some extent, omniscient and omnipotent, and those elemental ancient gods, the ancient god Stuart, who is conceived by Zoe, the mother of the gods, who is in charge of all life on the earth and whose essence is a tree of divine words, can recognize his identity as a stranger when they meet for the first time!