"Bang", Catherine slapped Vivien a few more times, before letting go of her hand and letting her escape from her clutches smoothly, and said to Lina: "I want to thank Lord Denia for the gift in advance, and when we return to the Holy Capital this time, we will go to the temple of the Lord to pay homage together, only in this way can we express our gratitude in our hearts." ”

In the world of Yara, most people in the Third and Fourth Ages would believe in a certain god, and for the lives of these two ages, souls without faith are not healthy, and such souls cannot be put to sleep even after death, so everyone will choose a certain god to believe, even if it is only a pan-believer.

Just like in Nelly's adventure party, Catherine believes in the god of justice, although the original god of justice has fallen at the end of the Tertiary Age, this does not affect some people's firm belief in him, and the belief in the fallen gods is also a kind of faith. Freya and Vivien believe in the god of wisdom, Veston, and although they are only pan-believers, most mages and scholars are also only pan-believers, and the more powerful the mages, the more so, which does not prevent these people from being inspired by the gods to enter the realm of the gods after death. Pannis's belief is even rarer, he directly believes in the creator god Yara, such people are rare, most of them are some extremely powerful and conceited professionals, they are confident that they will stand at the apex of life, so they will only show respect for the gods, and only in the face of Yara-sama, will they offer their faith and worship. Even so, such people can be seen as having their own beliefs and can also get a good night's sleep after death. Among all the people, only Eva's situation is more special, because she was directly created by Sigern's blood, and theoretically belongs to Sigern's children, and Sigern is the strongest among the gods before accepting the priesthood, so Eva can also be regarded as one of the gods, and at the same time belongs to the sons of God by blood, such people will be branded as blood relatives even if they don't have any faith. Not to mention that she has the characteristics of eternal life of the gods, even if she really dies, her soul does not need to sleep in peace, and will return directly to the kingdom of the mother goddess.

But. It is precisely because everyone has their own beliefs that although there are no clear rules, most people do not visit the shrines of other gods, even if they believe in several different gods at the same time, they do not visit the shrines of gods other than their own beliefs. Otherwise, it will be a sign of disrespect for both the person being worshiped and the gods you believe in. However, there is an exception to the rule of hand, when it is necessary to express gratitude for the great favor of a deity or his human agent, and it is necessary to prepare a donation as it deems appropriate, pay homage to the temple in formal attire, and personally offer one's gratitude to the deity in front of the statue representing the deity in the temple. Such an act would not be mistaken for a change of faith, nor would it be seen as disrespectful to the gods. But this ritual is generally used only by true gifts, because it would be an awkward situation if such an offer was not answered.

"Okay, I see, when I go back, I'll ask the priest Ankawa to preside over the ceremony himself. Lina nodded and said, "As a member of the adventure group, I also want to participate, so I can't preside over it myself, I hope Uncle Ankawa's body can still support it." ”

"Now that you're done. Vral's soft voice interrupted the conversation between the two ladies: "If it weren't for my business, I would go back." Although they had informed the Council of Elders when they left the royal court, if it dragged on for too long, they would talk about it endlessly, so it was better to go back earlier. ”

"No kidding. Pannis sat down on the sidelines. The operation didn't take long, but the heavy psychological pressure made him as tired as if he had experienced a long and hard battle, and Eva unexpectedly moved from Freya to Pannis's legs, and without saying a word, she shoved her long hair into Pannis's hands, as if for her, even without a comb. Being able to stroke your hair a few times is also a very comfortable treat. The smile on Pannis's face couldn't tell whether it was helpless or satisfied, and he opened his five fingers to comb her long hair and said, "Your Majesty, are you going to leave now, are you going to wear these shoes all the way through the snowfield of nearly a thousand kilometers?"

"You don't need me now, do you? Vral looked at Pannis with a resentful look: "Even the title has changed back?"

"Okay, okay, I was wrong, Vral. Pannis smiled bitterly and raised his hands, admitting defeat: "It's just that the previous habits haven't been changed just now, I hope you forgive me." But I really don't recommend you leave now, the nearly 1,000-kilometer snowfield is not so easy to traverse, and the last time we came here together, did you forget the hard work?"

"Then what do you say?" said Flar, frowning slightly, and said in distress, "Do you want to trouble Mina to take me back again? ”

"I'm fine. As soon as Mina spoke, there seemed to be a thunderclap in the cave, and the huge sound reflected through the cave walls shook everyone's ears, but Mina herself was very used to this kind of volume, opened her eyes and said: "Anyway, in a few days, I will definitely have to go around in a big circle, and it will be nothing to give you a ride by the way." ”

"Are you awake?" said Vral curtsied, "thank you, merciful Guardian, for bringing me here at all costs." ”

"It's my honor, comrade-in-arms. Although the dragon clan does not pay attention to etiquette, but they have fought life and death side by side together, they can be regarded as the best partners, so Mina still replied solemnly to the etiquette of Flor: "We have destroyed countless undead together, and we have already formed an unshakable friendship in the battle, today I only helped so little, I don't need such a solemn thank." I've heard all your troubles just now, don't worry, I'll definitely send you back. ”

"yes, we've already made up our minds with Mina. "We needed to find an autotherapy machine, and she told us a few possible locations. We said that she would take us from a high altitude to get close to the approximate location, and Eva would sense on her back if there were any ruins of the research center underneath the ground, and if so, determine if it was the one we wanted to find, and when everything was confirmed, she would put us near the ruins before returning here. So if you want to go back, you can wait a day or two, and when Mina is rested, put you near the Elven Forest or in one of the big cities you pass by, and you can find your own horse and return to the royal court in no time. ”

"It's not impossible. Vral thought for a moment and seemed a little embarrassed, but nodded anyway: "Then I'll wait a few more days, it's not a particularly important meeting anyway." ”

"Don't wait that long. Mina objected: "I know that you are worried that I will be too tired from continuous long-distance flights, but you also underestimate the system of the dragon clan, it is indeed tiring to fly at full speed for a day, but it is not to the point of bed rest, in fact, we will sleep for one night today, and we can set off during the day tomorrow." ”

"There's no need to rush, Mina. Pannis persuaded: "It won't be a big problem to delay for a day or two, although she has a headache on Vral's side, she is actually only complained about by the Council of Elders." ”

"It's not just for you. Mina objected, "Don't forget that there are other things, I will come back as soon as I am done to send you, and ask Vahn to come forward and convene the Council of Elders, inform me of what you told me, and then obtain authorization to assist you in your investigation." Of course, it doesn't mean that you can't do it without authorization, and even if you can't get authorization, I'll help you investigate, but if you can get authorization, won't it save you a lot of trouble?"

"Reconnaissance?" Vral asked suspiciously, "Why is it involved in reconnaissance again, where is the investigation?"

"Forest of Death. Pannis said: "This is a bit troublesome to explain, and I will explain it to you in detail in private later, in short, there may be something wrong in the Forest of Death." ”

"Do you think there might be something wrong in the Forest of Death?" said Vral in surprise, "It's a coincidence, we think so too, and the meeting I said I was going to attend when I went back just now happened to be discussing this issue." ”

"Oh?" Not only Pannis, but also several girls from the party were also interested, and Pannis asked, "Is there something strange that has happened in the Forest of Death?

"Do you remember that two months ago, Maya and Taya asked everyone to go to the Feather People Mountains to help?" Vral explained: "After that demigod monster's abnormal movement, the aftermath has not subsided, and there are often lone demigod beasts running out from the depths of the Death Forest to destroy, and these monsters are as irrational as crazy, so we all think that there may be something wrong in the depths of the forest that makes these monsters very abnormal." ”

"Is it frequent?" Several people from the adventure group exchanged a few glances, and their hearts were a little shocked, and Pannis asked, "How many incidents have happened so far?

"There are about seven or eight running to our side, about five on the Feather People Mountain Range, the sea in the north, the demonic beasts can't get through, and the east is the permafrost ice field, they may freeze to death in the past, so it should be these twelve or thirteen. "As for the other anomalies, they weren't, maybe we didn't find them?" No, unlikely, they had been examined very closely. ”

"I see. Pannis nodded, "It seems that there is something that must be told to you in advance, about the conjecture inside our team's Death Forest." (To be continued.) )