Chapter 1: The Twelve Gods in the War of Light and Darkness
Unconsciously, I have come to the second volume, "The Legend of Destiny: The Shadow Knight" does sometimes seem to have a slow pace, and I am sometimes in a hurry, all of which are more than 100,000 or 200,000 words, how the protagonist is still more than one, why has he not yet held high the big sword of victory and began to shock the heroes, I thought about it carefully later, it may be that the article is written for a long time, and sometimes it is inevitable that it is a little confused. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The basis of the fast pace is that the style is consistent, and the protagonist accelerates along the inherent style, such as Luffy and the fish-man Aaron are positive, and Lao Sha is also positive, Naruto and Nagato are open-mouthed, and Obito is also open-mouthed, so it is easy to maintain coherence and consistency in writing. I can't say whether it's an advantage or a disadvantage, it's that the style is easy to change, especially easy to be affected by the works I watch, plus I have published eight books, basically different styles, there are campus comedies, Marvel-style superhero stories, there are magic stories, and even princess first-person martial arts stories have been written, so when writing this book, it can have the same color.
For example, when I wrote the first few chapters, I was mainly watching pirates, so Teacher Qiao Luya has a face fruit, and basically people all over the world have received the favor of this strange sister.
When I wrote the chapter on the elven civil strife, I watched a few episodes of "Splendid Weiyang" with my sister, good guy, I have to think, maybe the palace conspiracy is still a bit interesting? and then meditated on how to make the story of a hot-blooded teenager have a little more sense of strategy and political struggle, and reflected, this is not a fierce battle, will it drag the rhythm again, and will it burn the brain. I have to try to believe that the readers are smarter than me, and the plot I came up with is not bad if everyone doesn't think it's childish, and it won't be nerve-wracking.
When I wrote about the Dark Moon Witch disrupting the court, I read "The Legend of the Sword Wind" in order to study the medieval style, good guy, this is a very dark youth manga, how bloody and violent it is, how to hunt for curiosity, so I thought again, the Dark Moon Witch can't be weaker than the hand of God, it must be the embodiment of more evil and darkness, and it can't shine halfway, so I tried to create a god-level extremely strong person who can control dreams and desires, and play with the two kingdoms of the elf race.
Later, I watched "Suicide Squad" again, and I felt that the character of Harley Quinn was very charming, the initial evil without purpose, and was a representative of the chaotic evil faction, such a villain is not in my story, if there can be such an unpredictable but powerful guy blocking the protagonist's road, it will be more in the way than those who seriously do bad things.
In short, these examples are meant to tell readers that although the story is sometimes not fast-paced, the author is not maliciously dragging the pace, but has been thinking about and trying to integrate various elements he likes to make this novel more rich and varied.
Soon, however, the day will come when Yuri and his companions will hold high the knight's banner and become a force to be reckoned with on the continent.
Soon the Knights will face enemies that seem ridiculously strong now, but with new allies and the development of new tactics, it will not be very empty.
One day, Yuri and Virgil will shake a kingdom and even get their own country.
There will also be a lot of girls who like Ulysses.
It's just that I can't give up my focus on other characters just because Yuri has a great future.
I also like the Moon Elf Prince, who calls himself the "Prince of the Moon".
I also like R-class adventurer vampire girls.
He also sympathizes with the regent who has fallen into darkness.
So maybe I didn't allocate the strength and wrote them all in too much detail.
We hope that readers will understand.
But if you look at this book on the good side, you must feel that although the pace is slow compared to other big ones, this special narration should also tell a good story with a lot of variety.
Thank you. I'll continue to code words~
Why the people of the Caderian continent have such a devout belief in the god of light, Faruna, and why the Holy Order of Light has such a high degree of promotion in the continent, everything has to start from the legend of the twelve gods.
This world is made up of twelve gods.
The first is the Three Pillared Gods, who make up the most basic appearance of the world, namely "Atyael, the god of the sky", "Veya, the goddess of the earth", and "Saroon, the god of the sea".
In the world constructed by the Three Pillars, life was born and became rich and colorful over the course of a long period of time.
The remaining nine gods, in their own ways, bring the opportunity of civilization and progress to the various species living in this world.
Igniz, the god of fire, lit the fire for the progress of human civilization, and people knew how to use fire before they could create tools that could change the face of the world.
Kane, the god of war, is the strongest warrior who not only guards the flame of civilization from being invaded by powerful evils, but also teaches people combat skills to make them more courageous against the sinister nature.
Eluki, the god of storms, shelters curious adventurers and escorts them to set sail to explore the wider world.
Hagel, the god of thunder, inspires the strong who constantly challenge themselves to become heroes, and inspires heroes to continue to inject vitality into the world with thunderous courage and strength.
Voro quietly balances life and death, and rules the place of soul reincarnation, preventing the world from falling into dead silence and overblooming the earth.
Atima, the goddess of fate, writes quietly about the past, present and future of this world and every living being in this world.
Raitala, the goddess of wisdom, is the patron saint of truth-seekers, blessed by scholars, artists, and magicians, who makes people accept reason and avoid ignorance, and selflessly shares the truth she has learned with the world, and is the creator of the rules of magic.
Feluna, the god of light, represents hope and love, maintaining peace in the world with selflessness, giving relief to the suffering, warmth to the desolate, and helping those who have achieved happiness with sincere efforts and kindness to live a truly happy life.
The god of darkness, Nox, originally represented an absolutely just verdict, using the power of the world's hidden Harmony to cast a verdict on those who dare to disrupt the world order.
The gods have a profound influence on this world, first of all, the gods will give various mandates to people with special missions, such as Joluya Teacher and Yuri, the "shadowing" destiny belongs to Knox, and Virgi's "pre-writing" of seeing through all strategies with his left eye belongs to the goddess of wisdom, Laytala. Those who hold the Mandate of Heaven can use this talent to create miracles that ordinary people cannot, and the trajectory of history is often rewritten by the holder of the Mandate of Heaven.
Second, the gods will respond to people's prayers in certain situations. For example, the goddess of thorns, who was originally just an ordinary girl, finally made the loving earth goddess Via, through pious prayer, perform a miracle and strangled the dark creatures that devoured and killed with sacred thorns, so that the civilization of the human kingdom could survive. The process by which God Himself performs miracles to change the world is called a "miracle."
Finally, there are countless legendary objects that were used by the gods in ancient times, all of which had various magical functions, and later wandered to all corners of the continent, if people were lucky enough to obtain them, and master how to use them, they could do things that ordinary people could not do to some extent. These lost objects are called "artifacts", such as the Mirror of Shadows.
Although people have not seen the twelve gods with their own eyes, the twelve gods continue to leave the imprint of their existence in this world in the form of "Mandate of Heaven", "miracles" and "artifacts", so people's belief in the twelve gods has never wavered. According to their own cultural preferences, various civilizations choose one of the gods as the main object of worship and worship them sincerely. For example, the mages are all big worshippers of Letala, while the centaur nomads who come and go like the wind in the grasslands pray to the storm god Eruch for spring and the wind to blow away the cold winter ice. The people of the City of Artisans and the Dwarves skilled in forging are devout followers of Ignis, the god of fire.
The original world will continue forever under this perfect order.
And this seemingly perfect order came to an end because of the "war of light and darkness" that broke out thousands of years ago.
Knox, who was originally in charge of the power of the Hongmeng wilderness and was responsible for adjudicating evil, gradually degenerated his soul because he was in the closest place to sin over the long years. Most of the other gods bring people blessings, and they are the objects of admiration and yearning, but only himself, the dark god, has always appeared with an iron-faced and selfless face, and in the eyes of people, as long as they hear their own voice, nothing good will happen. Although people are also afraid of death, death appears in the name of "natural law", and all life is inevitable, and people can still accept it with pleasure. However, sin is not a natural law, nor is it the inevitable fate of all life, so when people are innocent, they are afraid to meet this god who represents crime and punishment, and after they are guilty, they cannot accept the verdict and bear their sins, so in a word, there is no one in this world who likes Knox.
Sin is like an endless deep pool, gradually submerging Knox.
Originally, Knox's way of eradicating evil was like this, he walked in the dark night, through the "mirror of sin", in people's dreams, to see if there was evil hidden in the depths of people's souls, and if so, he sent down divine punishment in a precautionary manner, and the process was so quiet that good people were immersed in sweet dreams without being disturbed in the slightest.
However, people are not aware of the tremendous effort put in by Knox, only that someone died in fear last night, and that they have avoided many of the abuses they have avoided. Knox was unable to gain people's gratitude for this, which finally made him unhappy and angry, and he smashed the "mirror of sin", causing all kinds of sins to flow from the mirror to the world, and from then on, pure human beings began to learn all kinds of evil deeds such as disrespect to gods, mutual harm, deception, and deceit.
"I will let you see the true sin, and you will know the value of the God who removes it. ”
-- The Book of Remembrance of Sins, Volume 4, Chapter 6, Subsection 6
Knox wanted people to live in hell on earth, and then realized the importance of the dark god, but his wish backfired. The innocent hated the slack of the dark god, while the guilty thought that Knox was nothing great, and that he had escaped the verdict, and therefore despised his majesty.
The closest thing to prayer and worship is the sweet words of the sinners who are imprisoned in a dark prison to lure Knox to set himself free.
"If I promise to set you free, then preach my virtues and my sorrows among men. ”
-- The Book of Remembrance of Sins in the Holy Book of Light, Volume 10, Chapter 3, Subsection 2
So the first believers in Knox were sinners.
The sinner was indeed set free, spreading the greatness of Knox on earth as promised. However, it is not love and kindness that tempt people to believe in Knox, but lust and despair.
The so-called desire is the negative emotion that people do not put in sincere efforts, but vainly try to reap more benefits. Lust gives birth to seven deadly sins, which are pride, jealousy, anger, laziness, greed, lust, and gluttony. Whatever other gods would easily reject, Knox would give as long as he swore to Knox.
The so-called despair is the people who are burdened with crimes, even if they have escaped the punishment of Knox before, but can no longer receive any divine grace, they can only suffer in loneliness and pain, as long as they swear to believe in Knox, Knox will let them out of the sea of suffering.
In this way, the meaning of darkness changed from "a silent night that makes people sleep" to "an evil abyss that hides sinners", and darkness also degenerated into a color that represents evil, and this darkness swept the continent in an instant, like a plague that broke out, turning the originally peaceful and peaceful world into a purgatory for the good and a paradise for the evil.
Originally, the twelve gods rarely intervened in the process of human civilization in person, but this time civilization was facing annihilation, and the first god to stand up with the banner of righteousness was the god of light, Faruna.
Illuminated by the light of Faruna, the Order of Light and the Knights are engaged in an unrelenting struggle against the evil forces that have made a pact with Knox and gained access to the powerful forces of darkness. After all, the gentle light is not a cruel opponent of darkness, the resistance is extremely suppressed, Faruna is seriously wounded, and when Knox asks her whether she will choose to fight in the end or share the world, Faruna resolutely refuses Knox's arrogant request and is sealed in the abyss of eternal night.
Under the plan of the goddess of wisdom, the god of storms and the god of war went deep into the abyss to rescue Faruna, and finally formed a coalition of human kingdoms, centaurs, dwarves, and dragons to fight a decisive battle in the Plains of Ainrut against the Knox legions who were corrupted by dark evil forces and turned into vampires, werewolves, dark dragons, lizardmen, crocodile people and other dark creatures.
In the end, under the battle of gods and heroes, the coalition forces won the final victory.
The war was so protracted that it almost scorched the whole world, and it was not until this moment that it finally officially ended.
Because the god who was the first to raise the banner of rebellion, ask for the lives of the people, and liberate the innocent and weak people from the fate of being enslaved by the servants of darkness was Faruna, the god of light, and after the war, it was also the god of light, Faruna, who spared no effort to help the people of all tribes rebuild their homes and heal the scars of war with peace and hope, so people joined the Order out of gratitude, so to this day, the Holy Light Order has the widest range of supporters in this land.
Except for Knox's body being wiped out and his soul sealed in the Dark Crystal, the remaining eleven gods can finally return to their god's realm with peace of mind after helping everyone restore life and vitality to the earth, and to calm the pain and fatigue caused by the fierce battle. There is no such thing as a god who punishes crimes, and from now on human beings can only make laws and protect justice on their own, inspired by the gods of wisdom and light.
This is the legend of the war of light and darkness and the twelve gods.