It wasn't until midnight that the city of Fort of Swords fell silent, and the thugs attached to the Brotherhood finally realized that no matter how hard they tried, they could not stand up to the regular army of Istalenfa, so they finally chose to give up. Some may question the prestige of the Brotherhood, but that is something that the prophet needs to worry about.

Under the watchful eye of a closely guarded sentry, the leader of Isttalon sneaked out of the camp. What is different from last night is that the person in charge of the security work has also joined the ranks of those who have left their posts without permission.

Although she said something like "Didn't you have enough fun yesterday?", Lolana eventually followed, and Tiana's new method aroused the girl's curiosity, and the eldest lady resolutely abandoned her duties as the temporary head of the camp under the belief of learning knowledge.

Speaking of which, this should be the first time that Lolana has traveled alone with Eltiana, and she couldn't help but sigh when she saw the two of them cooperating with each other's tacit action patterns.

"It's worthy of the confidence that you can come and go freely in the enemy camp, this method is really unguardable. Seeing the cooperation of these two people, Lolana knew that her arrangement in the camp was meaningless, how could an ordinary soldier see through the illusion of light and shadow?

"Unfortunately it didn't work out last night, that prophet is really evil, and I don't know how he found out about us. El shook his head and said suspiciously.

"Maybe the problem is with the crow, my method of hiding its tracks is only suitable for deceiving the human senses, and it is not so effective for some animals with natural sensibilities. Tiana said with some uncertainty.

"Legend has it that the raven is the guide of Hades, and its eyes can see through the worlds of life and death. Of course, the legend is actually about the Three-Eyed Raven on the River Styx, and it is possible for specially trained pets to do the same......" Lolana never forgot to show her erudition, she looked left and right, and suddenly asked, "Where the hell are we going?"

While they were gossiping, the three of them had already left the city gate and came to the refugee settlement outside the city. Although it was the same place as yesterday, the environment was very different, and it became an empty dead field just overnight. The refugees have long since exhausted all the resources in this land, not even a single grassroots, and after the Brotherhood captured the Sword Castle, they flocked to the city, and no fool remained here to die. The Isttalens followed suit and completely erased the traces left by the refugees, and now there is nothing left here.

But if you look at it from another angle, it's really a secluded place.

"It's right here, it's a good place. Tiana stopped, looked around, nodded and whispered. Although this journey is not long, she is injured after all, and her face is a little pale along the way, and beads of sweat ooze slightly on her forehead.

"Why don't we get some rest?" El couldn't help but say.

"There's more important work tomorrow, so let's hurry up. Tiana brushed her loose hair and gasped slightly. Although he has been healed by the sacrifice, the physical strength consumed by this is also very considerable, but it is better than no treatment, and a little fatigue is not a problem for a girl who has experienced a big scene. What's more, the mess made by Lolana is still waiting for her to clean up, and this kind of trivial matter in front of her is relatively nothing.

"This place...... Interestingly, the prophet was not a simple person. Lolana took out an alchemy device from her cuff that she didn't know what to do, turned it around twice in front of her eyes, narrowed her eyes and chuckled.

"There is a magic node under this land, which is much smaller than the magic node under the sword tomb, and it is well hidden, I suspect that the Beifeng family may not know that there is such a treasure at their doorstep. Tiana took out her staff, drew a circle where she stood, and said to El, "Go find eight stones of similar size, and surround them according to the circle under my feet." Put the firewood and wine I asked you to bring here, we need a bowl ......"

"No problem finding stones. El blinked and asked, confused, "But what are we going to do?

"We're going to make sacrifices. Tiana said.

Collecting stones in the middle of the night is no easy task, especially in a place as clean as a plate licked by a wild dog. El opened the Eye of True Vision and looked around, was silent for a moment, then crouched down and slammed his fist into the ground. The first time the rune word "Dragon's Roar" appeared in the real world, it was actually used to dig earth, which can not but be said to be sad, but it is also the most convenient and quick way, because there is a half-human-sized rock buried under his feet.

After smashing the rock with a single punch, El picked out the right stone as if nothing had happened under the silent gaze of the girls, and placed it at Tiana's feet, barely forming a circle. To be honest, he really didn't think it would have any special functions other than igniting, but looking at Tiana's face, it obviously didn't seem to be fake.

"Oh, oh, oh, is this the legendary sacrifice of the ancestors?" The eldest lady was obviously a knowledgeable person, her eyes were full of excitement, she squatted down next to El and pointed a stone with her finger, and asked curiously: "When we were children, we all liked to play with this, and later I even looked up the relevant records. It is said that as early as ancient times, human beings learned to sacrifice, at that time there were no gods now, and ancient people almost saw what to worship, and there was no belief at all, just the worship of powerful beings. ”

"Even in the era when the gods walked on the earth and spread their faith, this most primitive form of sacrifice was never abandoned, but gradually became a symbolic existence because it lost its existential value, and now it has become a game that children can only play at home...... Sure enough, ancient sacrifices are completely different, right?"

"No, it's the same. Tiana shook her head, mercilessly shattering Lorana's illusions about the wisdom of the ancients. She took a step back, jumped out of the stone circle, and also squatted down and whispered: "The Church of the Gods, in the name of prohibiting the worship of evil gods, does not allow private sacrifices by the people, which shows that the sacrifices are still valid. The sacrifices of ancient times were actually very simple, and aside from those inconsequential things, there were actually only three basic elements. ”

The girl stretched out her hand, lit a flame from between her fingers, lit the firewood in her hand, and gently placed it in the firewood, and the bonfire burned slowly. The girl's face looked inexplicably sacred in the light of the fire.

"First of all, the altar, the basic elements that make up the altar are rock and fire. The eight rocks are arranged in a direction to symbolize the earth, the firewood symbolizes life, and the firewood flame symbolizes civilization. There is nothing special about the altar itself, what matters is the location, and you have to choose the 'base point' of a world, and the Mana Node is one of them. Only by placing the altar on the basis can it have an impact on this world. ”

"I see, it's not mentioned in the book at all. Lolana nodded repeatedly.

"Then there are the sacrificers. Tiana stretched out her hand and swiped over the bonfire, and the flames suddenly more than doubled out of thin air. It's not an action with a special meaning, it's just that the girl activated the sleeping magic node, and the active magic factor accelerated the burning of the flames.

"The identity of the priest must be a pure-blooded human, which is the reason for the decline of ancient sacrifices. Tiana stretched out her finger, and with a flash of edge, she slashed her fingertips open, squeezing out three drops of blood and falling into the flames. The moment the blood melted into the flames, El suddenly felt that the bonfire in front of him seemed to change, it was a change that could not be described in words, but it felt very clear, like a red-hot soldering iron suddenly immersed in cold water, completing the transformation from cast iron to weapon.

"The last element, apart from the altar and the sacrificer, is the sacrifice. The value of the sacrifice depends on the concept of the sacrificer. Ancient humans usually sacrificed the preyed beasts they hunted, but that was only a trick. The truly effective way is to sacrifice a part of one's body, after all, there is nothing more important to oneself than 'oneself'. ”

Tiana cut off a strand of her hair, put it in the palm of her hand and whispered, "Compared to other ancient people, Angela people have an advantage in sacrifice, because we can use hair as a sacrifice. This unique hair color is a hallmark of Angela as a descendant of the gods, and although it does not have any divine powers, it is inherently more valuable than other body parts. ”

Tiana threw the moon-white hair in her hand into the flames, and the already raging flames grew brighter and brighter. El saw through the True Eye that the strand of hair quietly transformed into a smoky substance in the flames, slowly rising with the tumbling heat.

In the void, there seemed to be some kind of undercurrent surging, and El felt the wind marks on his waist tremble slightly, as if to warn. He watched the smoke disappear into the void, and a moment later, a thread of transparent silk that was imperceptible to the naked eye fell from the void and returned to Tiana's body.

The girl opened her palm, and a silver-white light flickered on her hand.

"Is this ...... Aether?" Lolana asked subconsciously, her eyes widened.

"The harvest of the sacrifice depends on your own heart, and I am just giving you an example now. Tiana nodded to Lorana, withdrew her hand and said to El, "Now it's your turn." ”

Source of the novel: Ran Book Library (Jiangsu Net)