Chapter 10: The World Tree
Leon subconsciously flipped through Leon's memories, the despair he had tried so hard to avoid.
Accompanied by a high fever, headache, heart-rending cough, a painful wail sounded.
The former handsome young knight huddled in a damp, cold corner, shivering and praying over and over again, and then despaired to find his body with growing pus, and darkening skin, like a corpse in the gutter waiting to be eaten by rats.
The day before he died, he said, "Is it because God doesn't love me because I'm not religious?"
"My world is dark......"
Leon shook his head and pulled his thoughts back from the abyss: "That's a terrible memory. ”
"Sorry for mentioning this. ”
Ragaia whispered comfortingly.
Leon wanted to say "It's okay", but in the end he couldn't speak, and the extreme despair was not an understatement.
He barely pulled out a smile and changed the subject very stiffly, "This is the witch's house?"
"No, you have to cross this mountain to get there. We call the mountain at our feet the Boundary Mountain, and although this secret realm is called the Witch's Secret Realm, only the territory north of the Boundary Mountain belongs to us completely, and the rest of the territory is freely divided by the legendary creatures. ”
"But the legendary creatures respect the teacher because she's the guardian of the entire realm. ”
"Is Ms. Angelina so powerful?"
"She is one of the greatest witches, without one. ”
Leon couldn't understand what the concept of "the greatest witch" was, but he didn't ask deeply, just nodded with an expression of amazement.
If you still ask "where is greatness" at this time, your emotional intelligence is a bit low.
When you climb over this hill called "Boundary Mountain", you can see a blue ripple of the lake that connects the sky and the earth, like a slanting sea.
"This is the Forbidden Sky Circle, and no one but me and the teacher can pass through it. I'll take you in. ”
Passing through the forbidden circle, there is still a forest behind it, but in the center of the forest, there stands an incomparably tall ancient tree, its huge canopy is like a floating castle, covering the sky and the sun.
If the previous "towering giant tree" was just an exaggerated adjective, then this "towering giant tree" is completely deserved.
"Oh my God. ”
Leon was so shocked that he was completely speechless.
Lagaia proudly introduced Leon: "This is the giant tree of Tyrion and our dwelling, and Mother said that it grew from a branch of the world tree of Norse mythology, Euctlasil, so it grows without boundaries, and every year it grows taller. ”
"Every night, there will be countless elves surrounding it, and there will be a firefly party on it, which will definitely be a novelty for you. ”
World Tree Yuktra Hill!
Isn't that something that only exists in mythology?
Yes, he knew from the beginning that there was a transcendent power in this world, but such a "transcendental" was still far beyond his expectations.
He thought it should be the Low Demon World.
Leon shook his head: "What I saw today is shocking enough, it's hard to imagine what kind of scene you described. ”
"It's okay, soon you'll be able to see it for yourself. ”
"Is this giant tree of Tyrion inhabited only by you two witches?"
"Of course. On the Tyrion Tree is the castle that the elves have built for us, which is what I call the House of the Witches. ”
"I thought there should be a lot of witches in the 'House of Witches'. ”
"Witches are just a very broad term, in fact, witches are not a relationship of 'witches from all over the world unite as a family', there are factions in this, and we have nothing to do with other witches in the strict sense of the word. ”
"Secular witches are generally wild witches, that is, women who have acquired extraordinary abilities by chance, they have no teacher system to teach, and they are hunted down by the church and secular nobles, either to die of hunting, or to die of magic backlash, and there is no opportunity to slowly increase their magic power and study witchcraft. ”
"As for the witches with systematic factions, they either take refuge in a powerful lord, or establish a witch sect in a secret place and systematically cultivate young witches. ”
"The more famous ones are the 'Laclouvins', they are used to wearing pointed wizard hats and long noses, and are keen to use magic brooms as mounts, among the witch schools, they are the most numerous, the most comprehensive strength, and they are also the only witch sect that lives in a small secret realm except for teachers. ”
"Since the power of the witches is so strong, why not control some lords and nations, control more secular powers, and even replace the supremacy of the church now?"
"It's not that no one has done this, but those who have done it have been destroyed by the church. ”
"Although our mother is one of the strongest witches in the world, the power of the church is like a towering tree, deep-rooted, we will not try to challenge or overthrow all this, the earthly return to the lord and the church, we only need this quiet and peaceful paradise under our feet. ”
The church has this kind of ...... Extraordinary power?"
Leon's head automatically depicted a figure holding a holy sword, shouting "The Holy Light will punish you", while the golden light on his body shone like a large light bulb.
Almost all fantasy novels depict church clergy who are adept at things like "light."
This is actually understandable, the glittering appearance of the clergy is definitely much better than the flamboyant appearance, and it is more attractive to the believers.
Lagaia laughed a little, "If there is no supernatural power, how could the power of the church have swelled to this point?"
Leon scratched his head, wondering if he should memorize the root cause of the rise of Catholicism that he had learned in history class, and the reason why any sect flourished could only be to cater to the needs of the rulers, not that they were good enough to fight.
Your statement is not in line with our historical materialism.
"But probably in the beginning, the church didn't have supernatural powers, and I don't know why, I didn't really deal with the church, and that's what my mother said. ”
"She told me that the Church had the greatest wealth in the world, that its adherents were all over Europe, that almost every aristocratic territory would build churches and send cymbals, and that fighting against the Church was tantamount to being the enemy of the whole world. ”
"Although secular kings often fight with the Pope for various interests, it is still their internal strife, and as soon as people like us intervene, they will immediately stop the infighting and turn their guns on us, even the witches who take refuge in the command of the high lord are also very secretive, and are more like mercenaries to the lord than their own people. ”
"Lagaia......
"What's wrong with me?"
Leon shook his head, can I say that I am amazed that you, who thought you were illiterate, could say such wise words?
Aren't most women in this era sneering at knowledge and wisdom?
It seems that witches are really the vanguard of women's liberation in their time.
LaGaia added: "There is a magic well left over from ancient times, it is because of it that the Tyrion giant tree can withhold wood in spring, the magic well is surrounded by the most suitable environment for wizards to practice, I am the same age as you this year, but the magic has surpassed many witches who are hundreds of years old, and this is due in large part to this magic well." ”
Leon was a little greedy: "Can I also become a wizard?"
She shook her head and said, "The teacher said that you were tested when you were born, and that you don't have the talent to be a wizard - if you are really my half-brother." ”
"It's very common for wizards with casting talent to be very rare, and the vast majority of wizards have low magical talents, which is why the Church has set up witch hunts instead of witch hunts. ”
"But it's not a bad thing, it's good to be a baron, the human world is far more colorful than living in the secluded forest with beasts and elves, it's beautiful here, and after watching it for a long time, you will get tired of it. ”
If you don't have talent, isn't that a Muggle?
Li Ang sighed secretly, but he was not too disappointed, he had a demon hunting hand, and he would never be just an ordinary person in the future, and the extraordinary world had always been open to him from beginning to end.
It's just that what he lacks now is like the start-up capital for doing business, with his current strength, if he really starts with a tough face, I'm afraid he can't even beat the dwarf devils, let alone hunt other demons, at least he has to have the principal to make a profit.
And demons are also not common, so where to find them is also a problem.