The former Valhalla Archives was built on the edge of a wooded field across the playground from the college building. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Now, this original two-story small building-style building has long been lost in its original appearance. Ever since the Lord of Yellow Springs made a pact with the young lord of Andrarui to recreate the true pool of blood in the dark temple of Andrari, the white stone structure still serves as an archive, but it no longer bears its former name.

- Valhalla's Valhalla is the official name of the first temple in the mortal world of the Lord of Yellow Springs. Back in the days when the flame of wisdom had not spread, the Lord of the Underworld had already made an eternal pact with the three goddesses of creation, and the pact seemed to people today to be more like an eternal law that would continue for thousands of years until the end of the world.

When the wise beings pass away, their souls will go to the deceased, where they will be arranged by the gods. Those who have faith will be reincarnated under the protection of the gods or go to the kingdom of God, while those who have no true faith or are rejected by the gods will wander forever in the gray wilderness under the rule of the Lord of Yellow Springs, and will eventually disappear into invisibility or silently await the arrival of salvation.

Before that, it had never been imagined that a mortal lord could enter into a divine pact with that elusive ancient being. The role of faith in the belief of mortals, the promise of the gods to the afterlife, the city-state under the influence of the Glorious Church, the whispering forest that resembles the back garden of the goddess, and even the Van people of different shapes and customs can be closely united, and the role of faith in this is irreplaceable. True faith is not something that can be explained in a sentence or two, and it is not just the hope of an ignorant soul for the afterlife, but if a certain lord in the city-state can reach a similar "agreement" between the children of the abyss and the lord of Yellow Springs, I am afraid that the transcendent status of the Glorious Church among the city-states has been wiped out.

The vast majority of demons have never been afraid of the commonplace predators and fighting each other in the demon world, because they believe that even if they lose in this competition for survival and breakthrough, their souls will be reincarnated and reborn under the magic of the blood pool, and even the weakest and incompetent cowardly demons will one day seize the opportunity to be promoted in this endless cycle, break through the bloodline restrictions, and finally achieve the legend of the powerful upper demon race.

Elves and dwarves are friendly and advocate the equality of all beings, but they have never flinched in the face of the large-scale invasion of demons. The elves and dwarves who have grown up in a calm environment for a long time, suddenly faced the fierce demon army but never collapsed, what makes them have an indomitable will comparable to the army of a hundred battles?

It's family, it's faith, it's the promise that the soul can be reincarnated after the death of the gods. If every soldier on the battlefield fears death, then the rout will be replaced by an orderly retreat, a diversion, and even a stubborn resistance.

While believing in the goddess of the earth, the orcs believe that the souls of the brave warriors will be rewarded by the lords of the Yellow Springs in the underworld after death, and become an immortal beacon to protect their descendants; the Radiant Sanctuary also has a temple guard composed of human elites who are not afraid of death; it is precisely because of the existence of the gods and the underworld that the greedy people on the battlefield who are greedy for life and fear death only exist among those who have no faith or false believers.

Relying on otherworldly knowledge, the children of the abyss have built a network of interests that attract the participation and support of all kinds of alien races. How strong is the relationship that can be maintained by interests, and can it prompt the orcs and even the dwarves, elves, and vangarns to choose to live and die with Andrarui at a critical juncture? To be honest, Andrei was not sure at all. Valhalla's and the favor of the Lord of Yellow Springs tilted an otherwise delicate situation - with the promise of the Lord of the Underworld, souls who died in battle for the stability and development of Andrarui could choose to be reincarnated under the rule of this unique city after death. Valhalla's archives contain the household registers of all the citizens and even helpers of Andrari that the town hall has spent a great deal of effort compiling, and these records on ordinary paper have been tainted with wonderful powers because they are stored in the temple of the Lord of the Underworld. Let the Lord of the Yellow Springs be able to screen the souls that have fallen to the underworld through them, and let mortals be able to confirm the life and death of the owner of the archive through them.

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The causes of war, the reasons for starting wars can be absurd and nonsensical, but the pain caused by war is inevitably reflected in those affected by war. Throughout the war, including the first few skirmishes, the inquisitors' initial human casualties had already exceeded four figures, and as this number was constantly updated, most of the inquisitors unanimously concluded that the true battle loss figure on the human side would not be less than two thousand. Combined with the nearly 1,000 prisoners captured by the Guard in the last two battles, and the inevitable attrition of the defeated enemy on their way back through the wilderness, the enemy's attrition rate in this battle was destined to exceed a staggering figure of fifty percent.

In contrast, the casualties of the Andrarui Guards were all caused by the last two major battles. It is difficult to trace the exact circumstances of the victims of that night raid that caused confusion among the enemy, and the vast majority of casualties in the head-on battle occurred in the presumptuous actions of a few soldiers who were red-eyed and irrational. Most of the soldiers who died did not make it to the arrival of the medical team because of the fatal injuries they sustained. It is not difficult to see the shortcomings of the guards in the face of human adventurers, although Andrari's soldiers are all experienced in the way of battle formation, and they have never fallen into the ring to catch the right match, but in the chaos against a few skilled enemies, they still inevitably get caught in a fatal flaw. Among the injuries that eventually led to death, wound investigators from similar angles found many, many of which were almost identical. In order to prevent the same thing from happening again, the inquisitors, along with the fighters who had achieved excellent results in the Andrarui Ring, repeated the enemy's killing methods through the accounts of the surviving eyewitnesses and the deduction of wounds. Through communication with the non-commissioned officers, targeted response exercises, and new improvements made by the dwarven craftsmen on the unexpected shortcomings of the standard armor, in order to avoid similar casualties in possible battles and wars in the future.

The trial of the last guilty prisoner of the war has been concluded, and the matter of consoling the wounds of war has finally been put on the agenda. The bodies of the fallen soldiers had already been cremated and placed in urns made of white porcelain, which was not quite in line with Garlandia's customs, but in order to facilitate centralized burial and management, and to reduce the damage to the forest land, the otherworldly custom of the Children of the Abyss was finally voted on.

In this war, almost all the casualties occurred between orcs, demons, and dwarven soldiers, and no one can say how many of these sacrifices could have been avoided, and how many casualties these lessons could have avoided in the future. But with the exception of Andre, who was already in the human city-state, everyone in Andrarui remembered the number "sixty-three" - this is the number of Andrari's deaths in this war of self-defense.

Compared to the untold number of enemy casualties, the figure of sixty-three seemed enough to comfort all Andrari. Although the deceased can be described by such a simple number, the meaning they represent does not stop at such a simple number. Some of them have just become fathers and husbands, some have been in Andrarui for less than a year, they are full of longing for the future, and there are even lone warriors who have come to the city hall to feel a great headache and cannot even pay their pensions.

When the day of burial was set, people spontaneously organized themselves and gathered in front of Valhalla to pay their respects to the names that would be engraved on the tombstones.

Valhalla's graveyard was the mortal domain of the Lord of Yellow Springs as soon as it was tidied up, and a queue of mostly young women stood quietly in the cemetery. They are the most special group of students in Valhalla, and when they graduate, they will be the first sacrifices of the lords of the underworld in the mortal world, and they are called the war acolytes of Valhalla by the children of the abyss, the attendants who silently serve for the victory of the war.

The War Acolyte is proficient in battle formations, fighting, and fighting, and has studied the customs, theological history, psychology, and philosophy of Garandia and the Demon Realm in the Soul Academy, as well as the Intelligence Processing Major for Scouts and Inquisitors, and the Military Management Major for Guard Non-commissioned Officers. As a quasi-sacrifice, the art of praising the gods and soothing the soul of this group of "war maids" cannot be left behind, and today's funeral is an important "internship" before they graduate.

Demons are the same as orcs, and even women are equally martial. Due to various physiological reasons, it is difficult for most women to have the same strong physique as men, and except for a few lucky ones who can advance to the rank of snake demon, most succubi do not have the prerequisites to become good warriors. But this did not stop their simple yearning and persistent pursuit of force, except for a very small number of succubi who were already in important positions in Andrarui, almost all of them applied to join the Valhalla War Attendant Professional Study. In addition to succubi and orcs, many elven rangers have also chosen this specialty. And after the end of this war, the number of applications received by the head of the war attendants, Defia, also surged.

According to the original idea of the Children of the Abyss, these war acolytes would become excellent staff officers and even generals who were familiar with the psychology of soldiers and enemies. The delicate nature of women allows them to see problems and handle information from a different perspective than men, and they become an indispensable force in the military. Regardless of whether they can withstand the test of humanity and war in the future, and live up to Andre's expectations of them, the first war attendants at this time are still a group of "half-hangers" who have not yet been recognized by the Lord of Huangquan. Perhaps until they gain the authority of the Lord of the Underworld, they will not perform better than the Scouts and Non-commissioned Officers of their contemporaries.

There were no musical instruments involved, and the sound of staccato chants came from the ranks of the war attendants. The slow and low melody and the mood of the singers conveyed the mournful atmosphere to all those involved in the funeral, a piece prepared by the children of the abyss for the war opera, the lyrics of which had long since been changed to the lingua franca, and for the first time it was understood but not on the stage, in this dreary and suffocating solemn occasion.

The chanting of the waiters gathered together seemed to have a magical power that penetrated people's hearts, and the simple but heavy melody floated in people's minds, like a gentle palm soothing the scars on people's hearts.

The song tells a very simple story about a young couple who are forced to separate because of the war, and when the news of the victory in the war comes, the girl's sweetheart dies on the battlefield and never comes back.

Relying on the powerful illusion bestowed by the goddess Vantiny, Princess Emira, with the support of Livia, disguised herself as a child of the abyss, who has not yet healed from her injuries. At a time when the situation has just stabilized and people are still basking in the sadness of the aftermath of victory, only the special name of André Guesarez can quickly calm people's hearts.

"There is something extraordinary in the simplicity of the music made by His Highness...... To have such a beautiful song to mourn them, surely these brave and sacrificed warriors will also feel relieved under the Yellow Spring, right?" the mermaid princess sighed softly in the succubus's ear, and under the illusion, her blue eyes were stirring with complex and subtle thoughts.

As the story and the melody progressed to the most intense part at the same time, the waiters' singing swept over the hearts of all the listeners like a tidal wave. As the chanting calmed down, Emira, as the Son of the Abyss, laid the first bouquet of flowers in front of the tombstone that had just been covered with earth. Behind her and Livia was a spontaneous procession of soldiers and townspeople, the long queue stretching to the other end of the playground.

The song evokes sorrow, and the occasional cry is quickly drowned out in the procession that comes to pay respects.

It is truly gratifying to know that these departed souls will be reunited as new ones in this vibrant city for years to come.

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Demon Realm, at the foot of Shattered Sky Mountain, and the former Andrarui Camp

After Andre and his demons all left, this originally vibrant place began to gradually become depressed again.

In line with the principle of making the best use of things, Thornleaf Village left behind a group of druids to manage the fields and continue to study the mysteries of the blood pool. The dwarves have sent many craftsmen to brew sake on a large scale using the tools left behind by the demons. Perhaps Andrei has left the relationship of this desolate world, and the spells of the Lord of the Demon Eyes have never appeared in this land again.

I just don't know how they're doing in Garlandia......

Elune crouched in front of a newly sprouted star-moon grass, and was a little bored with her fingers wrapping around the ends of her long hair.

"Miss Elune, Mr. Marcellion has something to look for you. ”

The voice that suddenly appeared behind her startled the young Miss Druid and almost fell to the grass, and the long-haired girl behind her, who walked without a sound and scared her into a cold sweat, was a blood relative of André Gosareth.

Yes, that's right, she's Andrei's blood relative. The son of the abyss, who called His Highness "Elder Brother", had the same long black hair and eyes as His Highness. But as the object of his own research, the younger son of the abyss in front of him does not have the fascinating knowledge and whimsy of Andre. On the other hand, there is a force that makes the elderly feel uneasy.

Similar to those children of the abyss who invaded Garlandia five hundred years ago, they are powerful enough to set off a bloody storm with the power of one person. Fortunately, the child of the abyss, although he looked a little cold on the outside, was actually surprisingly humble and polite, and at first this polite friendliness seemed to stem only from her yearning for the wisdom of the "elder brother". And as she mastered more and more of the knowledge left by His Highness Andrea through the word of mouth of the elves and dwarves, she inevitably absorbed a lot of the knowledge from Garlandia. It was only then that it was finally established that the friendliness of the taciturn child of the abyss was not a disguise with a purpose, but simply a search for the unknown and a yearning for knowledge.

"Teacher, did he say something?" Elune gently patted the grass clippings on her body and smoothed the ends of her sideburns.

"The remaining abyssal bloodline in the blood pool once again emitted clear signs of soul fluctuations. "The face of the Abyss Maiden is as beautiful as the night sky of her hometown, but her eyes are deeper and calmer than the night sky.