Chapter 3: Divine Selection
Jerry was startled, seeing the tarot card falling, he subconsciously reached out and grabbed it.
If an ordinary teenager encounters this kind of thing, he is afraid that he will be surprised or stupid, and then quickly find someone. But Jerry's reaction was completely different, and after he grabbed the tarot card in his hand, he didn't immediately look for anything strange on it, he turned around and ran along a route that was barely a road but had some faint traces of it.
Those marks were the ones he had left many times before. At the same time, because he had been to the foot of the mountain too many times before, the guards who had been stationed here all year round were also familiar with him.
However, Jerry, who left in a hurry, didn't know that the foot of the holy mountain was almost chaotic at this time. Both those who were already in the Place of Light and those who were still moving slowly along the path, including the guards who maintained order, all fell to their knees, and bowed deeply to the Holy Mountain with excitement and miracles.
But even these people don't know that the miracles in their eyes are not limited to the foot of the holy mountain. That dazzling light radiated like a wave to the depths of the continent, and the strange fluctuations or powers that made them lose their minds also followed closely with the wave of light.
In an instant, the light wave swept past Edel and swept across the entire Mara continent until it rushed into the ocean and finally disappeared into the shadows of the depths of the world.
In the process, only a few people in the Mara Continent were able to stay awake when the light wave arrived. Outside of them, whether it was a powerful paladin or a holy bishop, all of them were in a trance. And it took them even longer to wake up than Jerry!
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Since the end of the chaotic war two hundred and sixty years ago, that is, the beginning of the Edel era, although there have been small frictions between the five kingdoms, the world has been in a state of calm development on the whole.
In this case, the appearance of the miracle of Edel's Holy Mountain is like cramming a stunning beauty with no clothes in a group of old perverts who have taken medicine...... The analogy was obviously not good, but that's all Jerry could think of at the time...... Not to mention how vigorously the flames burned.
There is no other topic in the entire Mara continent that can be compared with miracles, and even the "divine selection", which was originally the most concerned by people and only once every ten years, has undoubtedly been compared.
Behind the crowd of ordinary people who cheered the miracle with great emotion, there were also those who saw the undercurrent beneath the surface.
It had nothing to do with Jerry, ten days had passed, and he was sitting in the trunk of a large carriage, along with seven or eight other boys and girls.
They were all from the same village of Blue as he was, and they were all about the same age, most of them a year or two older than Jerry. A group of peers sitting together is obviously very topical. But it wasn't about the recent miracle of the Holy Mountain, but about the city of Nick, which they were about to arrive at, the closest city to the village of Blue, with the qualifications of the Holy Selection.
"Hey, Jerry, you know?"
A fat boy sitting next to Jerry poked him in the arm and asked excitedly.
Jerry looked at him a little speechless, although he had known him for many years, as soon as he saw this guy, he always had a feeling that he was not very real.
Because the fat man's name was Tom, the name always reminded him of memories that were so long ago that he felt he should have forgotten them.
"You didn't say anything, what do I know?" Jerry asked casually, his tone very relaxed.
It may be that Old Harry's education has played a role, or it may be that Jerry's smile is really infectious, although the boys and girls in the village are not less teased by him, but everyone has a good relationship with him.
Especially the two who are sitting with Jerry now, Fat Tom, and Robben, who is always quiet but serious, even Jerry admires.
Tom rubbed his hands, and anyone could tell that the most important thing he should have done now was actually his mouth, because his saliva was dripping down.
"Starlight Tavern! I heard that it is the oldest and largest tavern in the Mara Continent, covering an area larger than our Blue Village. Especially the most famous black pearl wine, tsk, think about it. ”
Suddenly, Tom sucked back the saliva that was about to fall. Jerry asked himself if he couldn't do it, because he would never let himself drool in public......
The boys and girls were all laughing, everyone knew that Tom was not only a rice bucket, the amount of food in a meal was more than three others, and at the same time he was also an alcoholic, because he was beaten by his father for stealing wine and drinking.
Someone coaxed: "Ha, fat man, you still think about black pearls, but with the little money you brought, I'm afraid I can't afford it." ”
Tom wilted suddenly, his face bitter melon-colored. Not to mention that he can't afford this little money, even if all the property of their family is combined, I'm afraid it won't be enough to buy a cup of black pearls.
Jerry smiled, Tom was not afraid of this blow, he didn't need the famous black pearl at all, and giving him a glass of the coarsest old ale could also rejuvenate this guy in the most lost situation.
Jerry was thinking about something else right now, the golden tarot card that was hiding close to him.
That day in the holy mountain, he remembered the great theory that if you don't have the strength, don't get into trouble, and ran directly back to his home in the village of Blue. But when he rushed into the bedroom in a panic and shouted but no one answered, he remembered that he was the only one left in the house.
Although he had exhausted all his knowledge to study the tarot card, he had no way of seeing anything special about it other than its color.
Of course, in his heart, there is no such thought, although it is ridiculous, it can withstand scrutiny, and this tarot card should also be something left to him by old Harry.
Old Harry had shown him a pendant with a very clever structure, and a whole set of clothes was hidden in a small mechanism.
In the words of Harry Sr., although this thing is disposable, it is enough for some special moments, such as someone stealing clothes while taking a shower...... Jerry really didn't know what old Harry had been through, but since he could stuff his clothes into such a small pendant, it was not impossible to get a tarot card out of thin air.
It's just that guesswork alone can't solve all problems, just like the unbelievably strong Cheng dù of this tarot card......
Seeing that Jerry seemed a little absent-minded, Tom scratched his head and asked in a rare whisper, "Are you really going to participate in the selection of the priests?"
The conversation of the others, which was still lively, immediately stopped, and everyone was looking at Jerry.
The decennial divine selection is not just to discern whether the teenagers have the potential to become priests, this kind of selection is all-round or all-professional, the warrior department, the believer department, and the recruit department are all included, and the priest selection is only one of them, that is, the believer department.
But there is no doubt that the selection of priests is the most special one of them.
For a well-known reason, once someone conducts the selection assessment of the priesthood department, then he will almost automatically lose the opportunity to participate in other assessments.
Tom's goal is to become a glorious warrior, but even if he doesn't pass the guò warrior exam, he has the opportunity to pass other exams, such as becoming a recruit who claims to conquer the world with courage.
But the selection of priests is different, if Jerry really participates and has not been able to pass the guò assessment, he basically has no possibility of taking another path. Because that assessment is very special, so special that the assessment itself will cause harm to the loser, even fatal injury.
If you are injured and in poor condition, the possibility of passing guò is naturally extremely low - this is also a well-known reason!
Of course, Jerry knew why everyone looked at him like this, and that kind of caring gaze warmed his heart, but his face smiled more naturally, and he waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, I am destined to become the most powerful priest, how could such a thing happen to me if I fail." ”
These words are easy and natural, I have been saying them since many years ago, and I have said them eighteen thousand times, can it not be natural.
In the face of such Jerry, what can others do, they themselves have something to be nervous about and worry about, after all, not everyone dares to be so optimistic and confident, and not everyone can be as eternal as the other.
This other, of course, is Robben, a teenager who was born in the village of Blue but grew up outside, and only returned to the village at about the same time as Jerry a few years ago.
Everyone knew that Jerry was going to be a priest and that Tom wanted to be a warrior, but Robben had never mentioned what his goals were in the previous years.
Tom shook his head, he knew he couldn't persuade Jerry, although in his opinion, if Jerry went to the warrior audition, he would definitely be able to pass Guò. After all, among these teenagers in Blue Village, when it comes to the ability to fight, he only serves Jerry.
"Robben, you're about to get there, you should tell us, right?" asked Tom to Robben.
"Priest. ”
Robben's words lightly made everyone else stunned, and no one expected that Robben, who had been silent all the way, would really say his goal, and his goal was the same as Jerry's, and he also had to participate in the selection of priests.
"You...... Isn't it?"
Tom exclaimed, but soon all that was left was his grinning self and grimacing.
If Jerry could still listen to advice on small matters, Robben was a natural tendon, and once he made a decision, no one could make him change his mind.
Jerry was probably the only one who wasn't so surprised, and who knows what the future holds.
He smiled and stretched out his hand and said, "Come on, great priests, warriors, and our Blue!"
"Okay, let's do it together!"
Tom pouted and pressed his palms up, Robben didn't show any expression, but the young man's palms were already clenched together.
The speed of the carriage slowed down significantly, and the majestic city, which was covered in fog like a high mountain, became clearer and clearer.
Nick City, here.