Chapter 19: Ruins
In the dark and gloomy cavern, José saw a scene that surprised him by the faint light of the lighter: where they were, it seemed to be a large empty cavern, and in the light of the fire, there were some ...... on the surrounding stone walls Mural?!
José rubbed his eyes vigorously, and when he entered, he was surprised to find that the stone walls of the cave were indeed some patterns similar to murals! The picture seemed to be painted with some kind of paint similar to oil paint, but it was slightly peeling and fading, and in some places only the dots could be seen, I am afraid that it was some years old. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Qiao Se swallowed a mouthful of saliva and tried to calm himself down, before he looked at Su Ya, who was also stunned, and said, "There are murals here, it seems that there should have been traces of human activities here a long time ago." It's just that this Scorpion King's cave was dug by humans?"
Su Ya listened to Jose's words, and looked at the patterns on the cave with some doubts, each pattern is very vivid and delicate, and the composition and color matching are also a little simple and concise.
"It seems to be some kind of writing here," Su Ya pointed to a few lines of crooked symbols under the pattern, and looked at it for a long time before she said with some doubts: "This doesn't seem to be human writing, but a bit like elven writing." ”
Hearing this, Joseph was slightly surprised, as we all know, the elf race is a very conservative and mysterious race, their tribes are concentrated in the vast demonic beast forest in the south of the continent, only a few live on the southwest seaside, as for the interior of the continent, I have never heard of the existence of any elf tribe.
So Joseph was also a little curious, and couldn't help but ask Su Ya: "Then can you recognize these words?"
Su Ya frowned, and said softly: "I have read a few elven magic spells in the teacher's magic notes, so I have also roughly learned some elven characters, but the words here are only a few similarities with elven words, I can barely recognize some, as for the whole content, I don't know many words." ”
José carefully observed the pattern on the cave wall, and the image in the pattern became more and more mysterious under the faint light of the fire. José touched the pattern of the picture before he said thoughtfully: "These seem to be murals depicting certain stories, you see, there are many images of people, animals, and war scenes that resemble people holding weapons. ”
Su Ya's face was a little unsightly, she pointed to the strange symbol on the pattern and said: "Found it, here is a sentence, here seems to describe the scene of the ...... 'Battle of Santa Cruza'......"
"Battle of Santa Cruza?" José frowned and looked at Su Ya suspiciously, but Su Ya just smiled bitterly and said, "This is the name of the elves, and the humans call this battle 'Ragnarok'......"
Ragnarok?
José had heard of this famous war in the mythical era from Suya, and according to legend, after the creation of the world, the gods left this position, and the gods had fought countless wars for power on the continent, and the most famous was the final battle known as "Ragnarok".
According to the records of the temple, this battle lasted for more than a hundred years, and the various races on the continent attacked each other, killing and wounding countless people. The gods also fell one after another, and in the end only the demon god and the goddess of light remained, in the early days of the war, the goddess camp was once suppressed by the demon god, and finally the goddess of light was inspired by the god of creation, obtained the divine power left by the god of creation, and finally defeated the demon god in one fell swoop, and sealed it on the overseas Alcatraz Island.
Since then, the goddess of light has become the only god on the mainland, and has mercy and blessing the world, becoming the only faith in the human world, and the temple of light is the spokesperson of the goddess of light in the world, and has become the largest religious belief in the human world.
It is not uncommon for such stories to be recorded in this place, after all, many ancient legends on the mainland have more or less mentioned this battle of the gods, but the versions are different between different races. For example, in the legends of the orcs and dwarves, the beast gods and dwarf gods were tired of war and left this world with the creation god, but left behind the orcs and dwarves and their own beliefs.
At this time, Qiao Se found that Su Ya's face seemed to be a little ugly when she read these words, so Qiao Se asked suspiciously, "What's wrong, is there something wrong?"
Su Ya withdrew her gaze from the stone wall, and then reluctantly smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just that the Elven inscription on this stone wall describes the Battle of Santa Cruz and the legend of the Elven Clan seems to be a little ...... Different. ”
Seeing that Su Ya's demeanor was different, Joseph's heart moved, and he couldn't help but ask with some curiosity: "Then, what is the battle of the gods at dusk described in this mural?"
Su Ya's face was a little pale, pointing to the strange runes on the mural, and slowly recited: "In the 1,300th year of the century, the gods were based on Ceylon, and they all led the strings to fight in order to seize the power of the living people. ”
Joseph smiled and said, "Although the account is a bit straightforward, and it is somewhat inconsistent with the style of the elven literature that is known for its ornate and elegant words, there is nothing wrong with the background of the account. ”
Su Ya shook her head, and then read, "Look, it is written here...... Where more than 100 battles, in the middle of next year, the calendar is more than that, and the bureau is initially decided'. If, according to the accounts here, the war lasted only a year and a half, and ended by the end of the following year. However, in the legends of all races, this god has a common characteristic, that is, it lasts for a long time, and there is no clear time for this 'Genesis 1,300 A.D.'. ”
Su Ya paused, and then said: "This era does not belong to any race on the continent now, that is to say, this may be a unit of time calculation for an ancient civilization, and according to the duration of the battle of the gods recorded in the temple, this year and a half is almost equivalent to about a hundred years. ”
"Another ancient civilization?" José looked thoughtfully at the murals on the cave, and then said: "In this case, this Genesis is 1,300 years, which is almost equal to seven or eight thousand years, although I don't know when this mural was created, but such a large historical span seems to only coincide with the mythological era described by various ethnic groups." ”
Su Ya nodded and said: "Yes, whether it is human beings or other races, the ancient civilization with a history can only be traced back to thousands of years ago, as far as I know, even the elven race with the longest recorded history is only four or five thousand years, but the 'Genesis Yuan' mentioned here has lasted for at least seven or eight thousand years, or even longer, it seems that this should be the remains of a prehistoric civilization." ”
Joseph thought about Su Ya's words, but his heart moved: One and a half years of Genesis is almost equal to one hundred years, and the so-called "Creation Year" is not equivalent to about sixty years?
This is in line with a Jiazi year in my country's calendar......
Joseph suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart, this civilization may have some connection with the world he knows, but he can't say what the connection is, so he frowned and looked at the mural carefully, hoping to get some inspiration from it.
Seeing Joseph's thoughtful look, Su Ya couldn't help asking, "Joseph, what's wrong with you, did you think of something?"
Joseph came back to his senses, so he shook his head and said, "It's nothing, I just think that the name of this 'Genesis Yuan' may have some clues, will it mean that this year is the first year of the era after the creation of the world by the Creation God?"
Su Ya motioned for Joseph to move the lighter to the next mural, and then said slowly: "I thought so at first, but it is the first year of the creation of the world by the creator god...... I'm sorry, I really can't believe that even on the current continent, there has never been such an ancient civilization, not even a little recorded, after all, it was a mythological age, too long ago today. ”
Joseph nodded, he knew that this world was still in the era of cold weapons, and when converted into the development history of his own world, it was only roughly equivalent to ancient China, or similar to the Middle Ages in Europe, just in the period of feudal civilization, and the scientific understanding of ancient civilization was almost blank.
It's like asking you to talk to an ancient person about the Ice Age, talking about the Jurassic, these are obviously incomprehensible to them, they only know that Jesus created the world, only know that Pangu opened the world, but for the longer history, they don't have so much courage to think and scientific imagination.
But at this time, Joseph's heart was a little shaken...... In this world of magic and vindictiveness, scientific explanations seem to be somewhat contradictory, is it... Maybe... Is there really a so-called "god" in this world?
Jose didn't know the answer, he could only take one step at a time, although this was very passive, but in such a dangerous world, being able to survive and get out of here is the most important thing to consider now.
Jose shook his head vigorously, suppressed the complicated thoughts in his heart, and followed Su Ya's guidance to move the lighter in front of the second mural next to him.
The second painting is relatively well preserved, with two men standing in the center, one who seems to be holding a spear in his hand and the other a shield. Their gender is not visible from the picture, but there are many villains drawn at the bottom of the picture, all kneeling at their feet, and it seems that these two people should have a higher status.
Su Ya carefully identified the elven characters under the pattern, and then the girl's face suddenly changed dramatically, her eyes stared at the text below, and she couldn't help but exclaim: "God, the goddess is above, this, this is simply ridiculous!"
"What's wrong?" Su Ya's reaction made Qiao Se slightly surprised, this iceberg girl is rarely overjoyed, seeing her so surprised at the moment, she couldn't help but ask with some curiosity: "This, what is it talking about?"
Su Ya seemed to have just come back to her senses, looked at the words on the mural with some solemnity, and said slowly with an ugly face: "The meaning of this passage is '...... The war rested, the various ethnic groups gathered separately, the sinners of the defeated army either chased south to the west of the sea, or returned to the wilderness, only the two races of humans and demons guarded the land of fertile rivers alone, and the goddess of light and ...... The demon gods defeated the gods, and they were respected by the demons and the world......"
José was a little shocked when he heard this, listening to the meaning of this sentence, it seems that the result of the battle of the gods was because of the union of the demon god and the goddess of light, and the gods were defeated and the ruler of the continent was seized. Moreover, it is still the two races of humans and demons who divide the continent together, and the goddess of light and the demon god have become the two highest gods!
However, the official record of the Temple of Light is not like this, and it is clearly recorded in the "Divine Book of Light" compiled by the temple that the goddess of light was in the same camp with the gods at that time, fighting against the reign of terror of the demon god, and finally the gods were bewitched by the demon god, attacked each other and fell one after another, and the goddess had compassion for the world, so she started the final war with the demon god.
According to this statement, the goddess of light is not the image of a selfless liberator, but a victor who united with the demon gods to defeat the gods and finally defeat the demon gods, and once united with the devil, which obviously makes the goddess's divine color disappear.
No wonder Su Ya was so shocked, you must know that in the current human world, the country that most believes in the goddess of light is the Empire of Light, where not only is the temple of light spread and praised, but also in each province there are cardinals sent by the temple to preside over regional religious affairs.
Whether it is secular or spiritual, the status of the Temple of Light is extremely high, but if what is recorded here is true, the goddess of light once united with the evil demon god to defeat the gods, and the human race once divided the world with the terrifying demons...... I'm afraid that the faith of the whole continent will be hit by a huge blow, and how can people believe in gods who are in the company of the devil?
And if anyone dared to say this in the Empire of Light, I am afraid that they would have been burned at the stake long ago by the angry believers and the Inquisition of the Temple.
Although Su Ya is not a very loyal temple believer, after all, she has been influenced by the belief of the goddess of light in the Empire of Light since she was a child, and she is of course subconsciously shocked and incredible about these almost ridiculous accounts.
Joseph was much calmer at the moment, because he had a faint feeling that there might be more secrets hidden in the ruins of this cave.
(When I coded words today, I found that there was an extra collection, and I just screamed excitedly, and I couldn't help but scold myself: "It's really unproductive!")
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