readx;? Elaine sat alone in the living room, rubbing her forehead gently, her eyes falling on the calendar on the table, and suddenly she saw a striking mark. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIn ten days, it will be Richard's tenth birthday. Ten years old is the dividing line between boys and teenagers, and thirteen or fourteen years old can barely be regarded as adults.

Before you know it, ten years have passed?

Elaine stared in amazement at the light jumping in the magic lamp, and the brass body was polished brightly, reflecting a fairly standard face. In fact, this is not her natural appearance, compared with the original face that captivated the city and the country, her current appearance is too ordinary. Before that incident, Elaine could never have imagined that she would live such a hard and simple life, and it would be ten years at a time. However, watching Richard grow up day by day, her heart is so full.

Elaine walked into the study and said to Richard with a smile: "My Richard will soon be ten years old, and my mother has prepared a special ceremony for you to celebrate my Richard growing up. ”

"yes, will there be a gift?" Richard jumped, only then showing that he was still a child.

"Yes, and it will be a gift that will follow you for a lifetime. But you're going to have a good rest these days, you know? It's getting late, it's time to go to bed. ”

Richard nodded vigorously and ran back to his room. But looking at his excited appearance, most of the time he couldn't sleep tonight. Elaine shook her head with a smile and, with the magic lamp, climbed up to the attic.

The attic is where the clutter is usually piled up, but it is also very clean. Elaine removed a chest, revealing an altar. It is a stone altar, and the base part has been drawn with delicate and precise brushwork to create an intricate magic circle. However, the place where the idol should have been placed was blank.

Elaine carefully cleaned the altar until it was spotlessly clean, and then stood up. Her gaze fell on the box next to her, where there was a thick book, the bronze cover shining brightly, even if no one wiped it, and it was evident that someone was often flipping through it. Elaine was stunned, she hadn't touched it in a long time, so it was obviously Richard reading. I just didn't expect that little guy to read it so often.

The cover of the book is cast in real bronze, thick and cold, exuding the heaviness of the years. Elaine knew that in the bronze, hundreds of crystal particles were scattered like stars, and when they were activated at the same time, they formed a miniature altar through which the user could even listen to the voice of the moon god Elucia, when the user was pious and powerful enough.

Elaine flipped through the bronze book, the textured pages running between her fingers like flowing water, with large passages of beautiful ancient Elves or vivid illustrations. Unlike the canons of mankind, only a small part of this book is about the teachings of the moon god, and the rest is all about the deeds of Elothea before she became a god, and in addition to Norland, there are many other continental, even extraterrestrial things, which make little Richard look at it with relish.

This small and unremarkable book is actually the most precious treasure of the Elven Court, the sacred book of the Moon Goddess Elucia.

In addition to the teachings and deeds of the moon god, the sacred scriptures also recorded seven divine arts that belonged to the moon god alone, and only those approved by the goddess could see them, and she could use five of them back then. In addition to the Grand Druid of the royal court, she is the priest who has the most comprehension of divine arts, which is both a manifestation of strength and a proof of divine favor. However, now, even at a huge cost, she could only activate one divine spell, and with the help of the power of the holy book itself.

"The Fate of Elucia" Divine Technique: Enlightenment;

"Elucia's Favor" Divine Technique: Healing;

"Elucia's Wrath" Divine Technique: Sanction;

"Elucia's Sword" Divine Technique: Armed with the Silver Moon;

"Elucia's Will" Divine Technique: Judgment;

"Elothea's Heart" Magic: Foresight;

"Elucia's Confusion" Magic: The Dark Side of the Moon.

Seven divine techniques swept through Elaine's heart like flowing water, and she placed her hand on the holy text, quietly feeling the trace of divine aura remaining inside.

At this moment, the moon of the fifth string was suspended in the sky, and the cold moonlight shone in through the skylight, which happened to shine on her. A hint of divine power hidden in the moonlight quietly seeped into her body, accumulating for the ritual ten days later.

Divine Magic: Enlightenment, is a gift for Richard's tenth birthday.

Half a month later, Richard Jr.'s birthday came as scheduled.

In the middle of the night, Elaine woke up little Richard, took him to the attic, and made him kneel before the altar. The holy text had been turned to a specific page, and a few lines of prayer appeared on it, although they were all things that Richard had never seen, but he had already mastered the ancient elven language as well as the lingua franca, so he quickly understood the content of the prayer, and recited it silently in his heart.

After a few moments, Richard suddenly felt something enter his body and spread throughout his body.

"My Richard, you will soon enter the temple of the goddess Elucia and be enlightened by fate. You may have two or three choices, and if so, you can choose ......" Speaking of this, Elaine shook her head and changed her words: "My Richard, choose whatever you want, listen to the voice of the goddess, and then follow your heart's choice." ”

Richard nodded in confusion. Elaine's chant rang out behind him, and his consciousness gradually blurred, as if he was about to detach himself from the world in front of him.

What Richard encountered in the spirit world, Elaine had no way of knowing, she suddenly felt a cold power flowing into her body, and then her face turned pale, and a wisp of blood flowed from her mouth. Elaine didn't care about herself at all, just frantically examined Richard's body, and only relieved herself when she was sure that he was not injured.

However, a shadow gradually appeared on Richard's eyebrows, which raised Elaine's heart that had just been put down.

There were lights and moonlight in the attic, and Richard was lying on his back, and no light source would leave a shadow at the center of his brow. That small shadow was like mist and smoke, swimming slowly, but not dissipating. Ordinary people couldn't tell the shadow, but Elaine still had the power of the fifth moon in her body, so she could see it. Elaine shuddered and reached out to touch it, a faint coldness and tingling sensation coming from her fingertips, the feeling of the clash of shadow energy and Elucia's divine power.

"Shadow creatures?!" Elaine cried out. She gritted her teeth and once again probed her finger into the shadow that had entrenched in the center of Richard's brow, silently reciting the prayer that had long since become unfamiliar.

Magic: Foresight. It's a technique she hadn't mastered in her heyday, but she can't care about it that much now. Elaine was already in turmoil, and she had the impression that this was the only magic that could reveal the origin of that shadow, and she had to try it no matter how little hope it was.

However, the desperate operation was unexpectedly successful.

A picture scroll appeared in front of Elaine's eyes, chaotic energy filled the void, huge shadows slowly swam, and the seemingly chaotic trajectory finally converged into a track, pointing directly at little Richard.

The scroll flickered, and the brief foresight not only drained Elaine's strength, but also plunged her deeper into despair.

Shadow is different from darkness, it is a special energy, and it naturally has spatial attributes. There are countless species of shadow creatures, and they often wander between planes, feeding on the chaotic energy of the Void. These dangerous creatures are loved by the mages, but they are also feared by them. The spell of Shadow Summoning has developed to a fairly mature stage in Norland, but there is still a certain chance that it will fail, so there are several accidents on the continent every year where summoners are devoured by shadow creatures.

The shadow that hovers over Richard's brow has living features, but it is not a complete living being. The shadow energy it contains is not so powerful that an ordinary priest can purify it. It was like a lighthouse, marking a location in the endless universe for shadow creatures to find, and Elaine saw a large crowd of shadow creatures pouring into the Norland plane. It's too late to erase the shadow from Richard's head, the terrifying shadow beings have already been coordinated, and are heading here, and when they hit the plane, little Richard is likely to be destroyed by a violent energy conflict, or possessed by the most powerful shadow creatures and become puppets of the other party.

No one knows when these shadow creatures will arrive, whether it be next month or hundreds of years from now.

"How can this be......" Elaine muttered to herself with tears in her arms and Richard.

After a while, she looked up at the window, and happened to see a blood-like trail on the dyed pansy moon in the sky, which turned out to be a change in the power of the string moon, causing the result of the enlightenment ritual to be different from expected.

Is this Elothea's punishment?

Elaine thought bitterly that if she was still the high priest of the moon god, she might be able to detect these changes in time.

After carrying little Richard to the bed, Elaine sighed softly, kissed him on the head, and then left the room and sat down alone in the living room, gazing at the night sky.

Scenes of the past flowed through her heart, it was the love and hate hidden in the deepest part of her soul, and now she had to think about it.

When the light of the seventh moon finally poured into the window, Elaine's face was much haggard, but much more beautiful, and in the mirror on the wall there was a figure of remarkable grace, which was what she was.

Elaine stood up, carefully took out a piece of star-patterned paper, spread it out on the table, and then took out a magic pen made of griffon's tail feathers and examined it. Luckily, the ink inside hadn't expired, and although there were only a few drops left, the letter she had to write wasn't long, just enough.

However, the originally light quill weighed tens of millions of pounds in her hand, and she couldn't even write a word after lifting it for a long time. It wasn't until the first ray of sunlight shone through the window that she smiled and said to herself: "The person who can destroy the Elven Royal Court should be able to deal with the shadow creatures, not to mention that ten years have passed......

She drew an elaborate magic circle on the top of the star-patterned paper, and then wrote a long name:

Gordon, Isaiah, Setanistolia, Acmund......

When the last stroke fell, the name glowed a faint red and looked like it was burning. When the light dissipated, there was only one line of imprints left on the long string of names, which were almost invisible, but they were deeply seared on the paper, and it would not disappear as long as the paper existed.

As a former high priestess, Elaine knew far more about bloodlines than ordinary people, and the appearance of the red light meant that the name she had just written had touched the law, and would cross the barriers of space and time to reach the owner of the name directly.

The magic pen stopped in the air again, and the hand holding the pen trembled slightly. The phenomenon also illustrates the fact that this is indeed Gordon's real name. Although she never doubted it, it was also confirmed for the first time. With the advantage of mastering her real name, she can cast the most vicious curse on Gordon with very little magic power, and even if he is now a legendary powerhouse, he is powerless to resist. The real name is originally the most important secret of some bloodlines.

(That guy would casually tell someone his real name...... ）

The next moment, these emotions were drowned out by the fire that poured out of her memory, Elaine's hands became cold, but she did not tremble anymore, she expressed what she wanted to say in concise language, and when it came time to sign, Elaine hesitated, and finally wrote her real name:

Ilani Moon Song.

The star-patterned paper burned violently and turned to ashes in the blink of an eye, and the information recorded on the paper was transmitted to distant places through ancient and mysterious laws.

When she put down the magic pen, Elani let go of all the pressure. If there was anyone else in this world who could give her a sense of security, it would be Gordon.

Little Richard slept for seven days before he opened his eyes. The first thing he did when he woke up was to rush out of the bedroom to find his mother. When he saw Illani in the study, Richard immediately pounced, "Mom, guess what I got in the temple of the Goddess of the Moon?"

Illani turned around, gently touched Richard's head, and said, "Let mom guess, my Richard has always wanted to be a magician, so you must have gotten 'elemental affinity', didn't you?"

Richard froze, for it was a woman he had never seen before. However, he had his own way of identifying it, sniffed hard, and smelled an extremely familiar and friendly atmosphere, so he asked hesitantly, "Are you...... Mom?"

"My Richard, that's what mom is all about. Is Mommy good-looking?" asked Illani, smiling.

Richard nodded vigorously and said, "Mom is the best-looking!" In his mind, Mom has always been the most beautiful.

A boy's patience is always limited, and the boy's patience doesn't increase much, so little Richard didn't wait for Illani to guess twice more before he couldn't wait to say, "Mom, I've got wisdom and truth!"

"True?" Illani was surprised, she knew wisdom, but she had never heard of such a power as truth in enlightenment.

Richard Jr. frowned and explained, "The truth is...... Well, an ability that can give me a clearer picture of the world. It seems to be upliftable, and it's not very useful now, but it just allows me to see farther and hear better. ”

Illani hummed, put her arm around Richard's shoulder, and told him to cherish the abilities he had gained from enlightenment, and to remember the teachings she had given him. Her instructions were a little long-winded, and it took more than an hour to finish them, and so many words were repeated repeatedly, so that little Richard was secretly grimacing in protest. Little Richard was already very smart, with an excellent memory, and he improved his intelligence, and these things didn't need to be said a second time.

Elani also noticed that she was a little verbose, so she smiled and asked, "My Richard, do you want to meet your father?"

Richard frowned, trying to think, but couldn't think of an answer.

Before he could think clearly, Elani added, "You'll be able to see your father soon, and the people he sent should be almost there, and they'll take you to him." You're going to be obedient on the way, remember?"

"Huh?" This was very unexpected news, Richard didn't know how to react at all, he nodded in confusion, and then remembered something, and asked, "What about Mom, do you want to go with you?"

"No, mom isn't going. ”

"Then I'm not going either!" said Richard in desperation.

Irani smiled and said, "My Richard is going, because my mother still has a wish that you need to help me fulfill!"

Richard puffed up his chest and said, "Don't worry, Mom! I've grown up, and I'll do it!" Oh, what is my wish?"

Illani looked at Richard deeply and said slowly: "If one day in the future, my Richard becomes a real big man, then bury my mother in Dad's family cemetery, the highest level!"

Little Richard nodded vigorously, still he didn't understand the real meaning behind this wish and the difficulty of realizing it. Of course, he wouldn't back down even if he knew.

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Early that morning, the tranquility of the village of Russelan was shattered by a violent tremor. People walked out of their homes one after another, standing in the open space at the entrance of the village, looking into the distance.

A puff of smoke rolls in the forest, and from time to time trees fall with a roar, and the flocks of birds that inhabit it have already flown up, and they don't even dare to linger on their nests, but fly straight into the mountains.

The next moment, a demonic heavily armored knight rushed out of the forest!

The dark black heavy armor has more than a dozen steel thorns, and the chest is a hideous devil's head, which looks like the great demon king in a fantasy novel.

Behind the knight appeared a group of twenty heavy cavalry, and then nearly a hundred light cavalry, these people were extremely well equipped and even had quite a few magic weapons. And now, the army that is strong enough to capture Baron Tucker's castle is rushing towards the village of Russelan!

The villagers' faces turned pale, and even the most powerful hunters could not defeat any of the knights in this army, and the knight's horse, led by the village chief, saw unusual signs. His military experience had taught him that only a knight in costume would be equipped with such a tall warhorse!

The knight rushed into the village of Rutherland, and with a hard pull on his horse, the huge horseman stood up, his front hooves falling heavily, and two shallow pits in the ground. When the war horse stopped, the hot air from his nose had already sprayed into the chest of the village chief. The knight lifted the shield of his helmet, revealing a face full of majesty. He glanced coldly at the villagers and asked, "Who knows where Elani lives?"

The villagers looked at each other, Ruthran didn't have a woman named Irani, the blacksmith and the village chief seemed to think of something, but they didn't speak. The knight's face became even more gloomy, and he was just about to speak, when the door of the apothecary not far away suddenly opened, and Illani walked out of it and asked lightly, "Did Gordon send you?"

The knight stared at Illani, then jumped off his horse and landed in front of her.

"I'm Mordred, the former knight of Lord Gordon's throne, and I've come to pick up Madame back at the behest of my lord!" said the knight, taking off his helmet and bowing his head.

Elani nodded and said, "I'm relieved to have you there." ”

Mordred grinned and said, "Thank you, Madame, for the compliment." ”

Elani pulled Richard behind her, put his little hand in the palm of Mordred's hand, and said, "He's the one Gordon wants the most." His name is Richard......" She paused before continuing, "Richard, Akmund." ”

Mordred looked at little Richard carefully, then closed his hand, shook it gently, and said with a smile: "Mordred is willing to serve you!"

The knight looked up at Illani again and said, "Dear lady, your things have been packed, let's set off now." Lord Gordon must be eager to see you soon!"

"Wait, I've got something important. With that, Ilani walked into the magic potion shop and closed the door.

Little Richard looked at Mordred, and the lion-like knight was also looking at him, and the two looked at each other, staring at each other with big eyes, and after a while, Mordred grinned again, not knowing what it was for.

However, his smile quickly froze.

Flames suddenly erupted from the window of the pharmacy, and the roof was lifted up at the first time, rushing into the air more than ten meters high! The flames came so suddenly that even Mordred didn't notice it.

The knight roared and crashed into the apothecary, the walls of bluestone no different from cheese in front of him, and the scorching flames could not inflict even the slightest damage on him. When he rushed into the apothecary, he happened to see Illani sitting gracefully, as if she were the goddess of fire. Mordred was stunned, he wanted to save Illani, but he didn't expect all the flames to erupt from her, she was simply burning herself!

Seeing Mordred rushing into the flames, Illani smiled at him, and then turned into flames, leaving no trace in this world.

Mordred stood silently, letting the fire lick her body. Elani's last smile was deeply etched in his mind, a smile so beautiful, so graceful, so complex......

Little Richard screamed frantically, kicked and beat the knight who hugged him, and tried to rush into the fire, but all his efforts were in vain, and the flames were so fierce that in the blink of an eye, the entire pharmacy collapsed!

Mordred slowly walked out of the rubble, looked at little Richard who was crying hysterically, and was silent for a while before saying, "You have a good mother." Go, I'll take you to your father. ”

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