Chapter XVIII Indigenous Deities
"What is this thing. Mobuck patted his body hard and shouted loudly, "It's amazing, hahaha, it's so fun." ”
"Mia. With no one paying any attention to him, Shul slammed to his feet, not even bothering to tip over his chair, "You can keep up." ”
"Of course. Without even hesitating, the mountain elf rushed down the stairs to the bottom of the stairs, "Follow me." ”
"You stay in place, there is no danger, you don't have to come, Macageren, you come with us. Before the sound dissipated, Shuer's figure carrying the halfling disappeared down the stairs, and only the aftermath could be heard.
"What did the captain find?" the dwarf asked, surprised, "I didn't notice anything. ”
"So the old virgin is an energy expert, and you're not. Miridy pursed her lips with a look of disdain, "She found the source, hmph, and she can show it in this regard, hmph." ”
Obviously, Miridy, who is also a mage, failed to find the same anomaly as Mia, so she has this attitude.
"Hey, hey, what the hell have you discovered?" Mobuck was not satisfied, what energy changes, what sources, they were all heretics, only axes and flames were the truth.
"What do you think it was?" asked Miriday.
"Illusion?" Mobuck said uncertainly, geasing his head, "or a mirage?"
"It's so real, I'm more inclined to be a re-enactment of a moment in the past. The necromancer shook his head and said, "But no matter what it is, such a big scene can't appear out of thin air, there must always be a source." If you look backwards in the direction of the energy change, you can find the source that induces everything, but the energy change just now is too messy, and there are false energy changes in the vision that are interfering, and it is too difficult to find the source. Flat-chested can be found, it's really ...... Tut. ”
"Hey, you actually admire Mia. Moria, flicking her short tail, teased, "That's rare." ”
"Stupid deer, you can stop talking. Miridy was not interested in arguing with the fawn, rolled her eyes and said, "A flat-chested one can only be seen with this small advantage, and everything else is simply useless." ”
"It's not frank, hey, hey. "Mia is much more frank than you, she once told us that you ...... Oops, I'm hiding. ”
"Mouthy tree, go out in the sun. ”
The speed of the three was quite fast, and they came back in less than two minutes, and as soon as they returned, they heard Moria teasing Miridy, who said that he had heard their footsteps coming back, and was deliberately teasing Mia and Miridy. So, an empty medicine bottle flew over Moria's head, smashing into the wall.
"Hehe, I came back so fast, what did I find?"
"The sacramental thing. Behind the mountain elves, Shure and Macajeren climbed the stairs and carefully laid out what they had found on the table.
You've just seen this thing, and you're very impressed.
It was a golden-yellow stone axe, of course, now black. In the vision, this stone axe was held in the hands of the lizardman led by him, and the head of the herbivorous lizard was cut off, and if the scene at that time was regarded as an anomalous sacrifice, the herbivorous lizard was a sacrifice to the gods, and the stone axe was a ritual prop, which could indeed be regarded as a sacrament.
"Is it a real sacrament or a fake?" Moria's question may seem strange, but it's actually crucial.
Shuer's fingers tapped on his thighs, and he stared at the stone axe for a long time before he smiled bitterly: "It's a pity, it's true." ”
Of course, the so-called truth does not mean that the axe is true or false, that is a meaningless question, and the truth that the fawn asks refers to whether the object of the sacrifice, that is, the god behind the sacrifice, is true or false.
In the world of Pavatiga, there is no religion of false gods anymore, and all churches worship the true God. However, in the age of mythology, especially in the ancient mythological era when a large number of gods were personified one after another, the world was still full of a large number of false gods.
Most of them are very small groups, they are still in a very primitive stage, worshipping some gods that do not exist, because the scale is too small, the power of faith cannot support the birth of gods, but they have always stubbornly believed in the existence of gods they believe in. Most churches ignore this kind of false god worship because they are too few and too stubborn to absorb, and they can't get a response from the gods anyway, so they might as well leave them to fend for themselves.
This is true of Parvatiga, and it is likely that other worlds will have a similar situation. It doesn't matter if the object of the sacrifice is only a false god, but if it is a true god, the hidden message behind it is worth playing.
"Definitely a sacramental thing of the true God, and there is more than one. "This is something that only the priest Shur can judge, and no one else has this ability. However, Shuer's eyes were very strange when he looked at the stone axe, "I sensed four marks on it, hehe, what did you think of?"
What else can I think of? Of course, it's the three in the illusion, no, it's four stone statues, so conspicuous that you can't ignore it.
"All four are true gods?" Saf asked, shrinking and whispering.
"That's right, all four. After a moment's hesitation, Shul added, "At least then." ”
No one spoke, everyone stared at the stone axe, not knowing what they were thinking.
"Now let's go through the information. Shul glanced at Kelly meaningfully, "In the recorded shadow-chasing activities, there are not many worlds where true gods exist, and it is even rarer to find a temple or god statue 'justly', as for the sacraments, most shadow-chasers have never seen them in their lives, we should be considered lucky, hehehe." ”
"If I'm right, those lizardmen should have believed in a group of gods, and in the case of Pavatiga, they would worship the temple of gods, not a single god. Well, it's hard to understand the behavior, but it may have something to do with the fact that they don't have a real god. ”
"First of all, the golden one must be the sun god, and from the imprint of the sacrificial axe, I sense light, heat, fire, destruction, and many more faint powers. Moreover, in the image of a strong man, it is likely that he also holds theocracy such as war and sanctions. ”
"Then there is the cyan one, which is the symbol of the wind, and in addition to that, the power of plants. These are all relatively easy to understand, the only thing that makes it difficult for me to understand is that he still holds part of the power of death, I don't know if it is because the sandstorm will bring about the cause of death. ”
"The third is black, she should be our kindest deity. Knocking on the walls of the building, Shure continued, "This is it, she symbolizes the earth, and at the same time guards and cares, and by the way, she controls the other part of the power of death, which should be the characteristic of the sand of the soul." Her idol is most likely made of this particular stone, and I'd love to dig it up tonight and see why it stays black in the sun. However, there are the words of the true god behind it, so in order to avoid the divine punishment brought by blasphemy, forget it. ”
"The rest is the most crucial one, the blue baby, which is the god of water. ”
"Why baby, Captain. Mobuck said in a rough voice, "Is it because she is a newly born god?" ha, or is this world good, the water god is actually a ......"
"Mia. ”
"Silence. ”
"It is true that she was born last, and not long ago, but that is not the reason why she is a baby figure, just as in Pavatiga, in the age of mythology, there is no god who was born in the form of a baby, and that is stupid. She was conceived from the earth, so she is a child of the earth, she symbolizes new life and hope, so she is the image of a baby, and that is the real reason. ”
"Although she was born last, she is also a full-fledged deity, well, as complete as the other three deities. ”
"So, now the problem is. Shure's gaze turned to a calm Kelly, "Aren't you going to say something?"
Kelly remained silent, not saying a word.
"You said there was a heart of water here, and you wanted us to get it, so we came. Shur squinted his eyes and said in a deep voice, "But is there really a Heart of Water here? I don't think that a god who has been born completely will degenerate into the state of the Heart of Water. ”
"Only the gods who have not yet been born can be condensed into a divine heart, once the gods are born and the godhead is formed, even if they lose their faith and fall into a deep sleep, they will only return to the weak godhead without protection, and even if the gods fall, they will completely dissipate without leaving a trace, and in any case they will not form a divine heart. ”
"So, you, no, I should say, what did Wendy-sama want to do when she tricked us into this otherworldly projection?"
"Since last night, I have felt that something is wrong, can the power of the Divine Heart alone, and the Divine Heart without active consciousness, really support such a big world, I have reservations. It was Lord Wendy who swore to my lord with her divinity that she would have no ill will towards us, and we agreed to your accession. Now the world is propped up, once the source of support is taken away, the world is likely to collapse, and everyone will be annihilated in the void, I don't believe that Lord Wendy doesn't know, but she still made that oath to my lord, why? What do you want to do?"
"Except for the difference in the mission objectives, haven't you already guessed the rest?" Kelly said calmly, "After completing the mission, you can all return smoothly, without any accidents, and my lord will not break his oath, so you don't need to worry about it." ”
"yes, because you're a living sacrifice, aren't you? Shur scoffed, with a bit of mockery, "What a great deity." ”
"It was my voluntary choice, and I lived to wait for this day to come. ”
"Tell me what you're hiding from us. ”