148. Southwest Subcontinent

If you spread out the Ilibu continent into a flat map, you will find that in the center of the continent is the Empire of the Holy Order, west of the Empire of the Holy Order is the Kingdom of Pahlavi, and to the southwest is the Tethys Plateau, which has the largest area and the highest altitude in the entire main material plane, and is known as the third pole.

On the southern edge of this inaccessible and perennial snow-covered plateau, stands the world's highest mountain range, the Arbus Mountains, which are arc-shaped and run northwest-southeast as a whole, and are a natural boundary mountain.

The steep topography of the Partian Plateau, the harsh environment and the barrier of the Arbus Mountains have separated a large peninsula-shaped land in the southwest of the Ilib continent from the continent to form a relatively independent geographical unit, which is the southwest subcontinent where the Elven Court is located.

The elves live here and worship nine weak gods, including the goddess of the moon, including the goddess of the forest, the goddess of springs, the goddess of hunting, the goddess of spring, the goddess of unicorns, and the goddess of love.

Telinda is the chief priest of the White Wind Moon Temple, to be precise, the chief priest from February 22 to April of the following year, and in other months, she appears as the chief priest of the White Wind Moon Temple, and does not have the authority to rule the entire Moon Temple, this special situation is determined by the traditions of the elves.

While the elves still dominated at least a quarter of the continent of Ilibu, they changed the location of the Moon Temple's headquarters on the spring and autumn equinoxes and the summer and winter solstices each year, according to the seasons, and the Moon Temple had four headquarters, corresponding to the four seasons, along with the chief priests, until they migrated into the geographically unique southwest subcontinent.

The southwest subcontinent is surrounded by the Partish Plateau and the Arbus Mountains to the north to block the cold air from the northern plateau to the south, and to the south is warm and humid air currents from the Western Ocean, which is a typical monsoon climate, with only three seasons a year, hot, rainy and cool.

After some heated discussions, the elves built three extraordinarily magnificent moon temples in the southwest and western continents, named after the golden sun, the new green, and the white wind, each guarding a tree of life.

During the hot season from May to December, the chief priest of the Golden Sun Moon Temple is the chief priest, and during the rainy season from March to 21, the position of chief priest is transferred to the New Green Moon Temple, along with the center of power, and when the cool season comes, the position of chief priest is transferred again, and so on.

Telinda is a typical Moon Elf, a member of the High Elves, tall and slender, with long silver-white hair, signature green pupils with slight silver spots, long pointed ears, and extremely smooth skin for both men and women.

- Aside from hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes, elves have little other body hair, and beards are rarely seen on male elves.

Sitting on a stone throne like a work of art, she instructed the other priestesses, sword dancers (equivalent to Bloodline Knights), and Forest Hunters (equivalent to Bloodline Warlocks) to prepare for the celebration in 12 days.

On the 15th and 45th of each month, when the moon appears in the sky, the elves will hold a grand celebration, which is not only a ritual to worship the goddess of the moon, but also a celebratory entertainment for the whole family.

While the Moon Elves were looking forward to the upcoming celebrations, they routinely felt sorry for the other races that had no faith.

In Telinda's view, it is an extremely privileged thing to place faith in the natural gods headed by the goddess of the moon, who have never preached some vague or false babbling fallacies, but truth, a language of God, an eternal and fundamental wisdom.

However, they are not understood and accepted.

Faith can be a beacon that drives out darkness and suffering, guides the direction of life, or it can be a key to untie the knots and confusion in the heart, open the door to the heavenly kingdom, so that believers' hearts can be calm, their souls can be liberated, and their lives can be sublimated, so that they can be with God, no longer small, and gain the fundamental meaning of existence in the world.

"It's so sad that without faith, they never know what they're missing!"

Suddenly, the inside of the temple darkened, and time seemed to come to night all at once, and it returned to normal in less than a second.

The clergy inside the White Wind Moon Temple are all central figures, and it is natural to tell that the light source of the temple has changed from the sun to the statue of the moon goddess, and the statue is blooming with a moonlight like a pure light.

This vision is the arrival of the gods.

"My lord!"

When the chief priest Telinda fell to her knees, she heard a whisper that seemed to be in her ears, and it seemed to ring in her heart, mixed with the chaotic sounds of birds and animal roars.

Oracle!

Realizing this, Telinda hurriedly concentrated all her attention and listened carefully, and gradually, the chaotic and vague sound gradually became clear, and became an extremely soft sound, smoother than silk, and more crisp than the tinkling of spring water in the depths of the valley.

It was the voice of the Moon Goddess.

A minute later, all the visions inside the White Wind Moon Temple were gone, and the other clerics looked at Telinda with excitement, listening to the oracle, which was a great honor, and some of the chief priests never saw the oracle once in their lives.

Moreover, as members of the White Wind Moon Temple, they are very likely to get a chance to participate in it!

"As you can see, I have just heard the oracle. Telinda stood up and announced to the other elves, "The Goddess needs us to capture a Tidal Naga named Talos Nepton. ”

Talos Nepton, the name is not unfamiliar, isn't that the son of Sandra I, the former lord of the Black Sea, the current queen of the Naga Kingdom, and the future Empress Sandra I of the Naga Empire?

He and Dolores, the daughter of the Ice Witch, had just had a lavish wedding at the Temple of the Snowy Mountains four months earlier.

The elves looked at each other, not understanding why the goddess wanted to capture Talos, but as the goddess's faithful servant, this doubt only took a slight turn in his mind and disappeared without a trace.

That doesn't matter, does it?

Telinda continued, "Listen to me, this is the Goddess's message of purpose, and you should pay attention-"

"Name: Talos Nepton. ”

"Gender: Male. ”

"Age: 17. ”

"Race: Tidal Naga, four-armed. ”

"Class: Bloodline Knight. ”

Some elves frowned, this information did not match what they knew, it was known that the Nepton family was a long-established magical nobleman of the Naga Kingdom before becoming a royal family, and as the son of the Lord of the Black Sea, Talos was also a gifted mage, not some bloodline knight.

The caster, the bloodliner, these are two very different paths that cannot be confused.

And, until now, they had not received any information that Talos had grown his lower arm to become a four-armed naga.

"Strength: Fourth-order, with the bloodline of the ancient whale. ”

"Habitual weapon: a set of froststeel scimitars. ”

After the elves in the temple had digested the above information for a while, Telinda added, "The oracle Talos has the same appearance and similar body shape as the Talos of the Black Sea, but they are not the same person. Now, unleash all the power of the Moon Temple and find this Talos for the goddess in the shortest possible time. ”

"Remember, be alive"