Chapter 35: The Pathetic Deity
The sudden appearance of the tall pyramid came just right at a time when Bahrain's mood was beginning to be unstable, and if it lasted a little longer, it might disappoint Nazanin, who had just developed feelings for the wizard. I have to say that this pyramid has caused a huge impact on the two on the other hand, and on the other hand, it has also saved a budding relationship.
The shock caused Bahrain, which had already begun to be emotionally unstable, to immediately re-stabilize. Curiosity about the unknown triumphed over despair, and Bahrain's well-developed brain immediately jumped up to several questions that Bahrain couldn't wait to answer: "One, who built it, two, why it was built here, three, what is the use of this building, and fourth, whether it can find an exit through it." ”
The order in which these four questions arise in Bahrain can also be seen in his near-perfect wizarding qualities.
The first thing that comes to mind is not your own safety, but who built the building. The architect also represents the entire social system and culture behind the builder, which is the most interesting topic of all the issues.
Yes, the most perfect wizard is never the one who is a pragmatist, but one who puts fun first, and whose desire to explore the unknown trumps all desires.
As for the last two questions, they are an extension of the essence, and the last question is the practical application.
And if the wizards who are standing here at this time are generated by the competitive mechanism, the order of the questions will inevitably be reversed. Consider the actual use first, and only after determining the actual use will you have the mind to explore the unknowns that will not affect the actual use.
While Nazanin's brain was still in a state of failure, Bahrain's mind was already running at breakneck speed. The original negative emotions such as fear and despair are drowned out by the strong desire to learn brought about by unknown objects. Slightly excited, Bahrain took Nazanin's hand and walked quickly to the pyramid.
"Wait, let's see if there's any danger!" Nazanin reminded him later.
At this time, where can Bahrain still care about danger or not, if he can't understand the secret of this pyramid, he can't even die.
I randomly found a plausible reason: "This place probably contains the secret of this cave, and I think the information about the way out should be in it." Moreover, the whole environment of the cave is full of unknowns for us, and it is the same everywhere, and the longer it drags on, the more unpredictable dangers may arise. ”
Nazanin's feminine thinking made her lose her reason in an instant under the huge shock, and she was instinctively confused by a sense of security caused by Bahrain's categorical tone, and she felt that Bahrain's language made sense in a daze. So inexplicably, they were also in a surging mood, as if there was really a sunny avenue in the pyramid waiting for them to embark on the journey home.
The two came to the pyramid step by step with a completely different mood. In front of the gates of the pyramid stand two rock giants with a rough structure. The perennial Graceful Rock Giant has mostly collapsed, and can only construct its former appearance in the brain through parts scattered on the ground. Dots of dark green stars dot the cross-section of the rock. It is evident that these two stone giants are composed of two very different materials, inside and outside.
The closer you get to the giant's ruins, the brighter the wizard's shield becomes. It's clear that this is where the radiation comes from.
Bahrain used a wand to roughly measure the hollow area inside the wizard's shield, carefully avoiding the material containing the radiation source from directly entering the core area of the wizard's shield, so as to avoid direct erosion of the body by radiation.
The two of them kept changing directions, but fortunately the two stone statues were separated by a long distance, leaving a clean passage in the middle that was large enough for the two of them to pass through.
Beyond the ruined stone statue, the two finally approached the gate. Suddenly, the light of the wizard's shield near the gate quickly dimmed. The rapidly leveling off of the violently fluctuating electromagnetic field.
As the two of them continued to go deeper, the wizard's shield finally lost its light completely.
"The radiation is gone?!" Nazanin asked in surprise after standing completely inside the gate of the pyramid, looking at the wizard's shield that had lost its light.
"Yes!" In the darkness where he couldn't see his fingers, he could only hear the other person's voice.
Bahrain immediately raised his wand, and the tip of it burned with a sorcery glow. A burst of extremely cold and biting chill hit, and the two of them who were thinly dressed shivered in unison. Having lost intense radiation, the gloomy underground cavern immediately regained its extreme cold.
Nazanin hurriedly approached Bahrain's arms and warmed each other. Balin held a witch staff as a torch in one hand and Nazanin in the other, carefully searching for the walls of the pyramid.
In the unknown architecture, it is the most instinctive human behavior to look for walls as a reference for directions.
In the silent building, there is no obvious echo of footsteps, which shows that the space here is very large.
The two of them walked towards their left-hand side, and gradually there was a slight echo that the wall was getting closer. Neither of them saw a single pillar along the way, and they really couldn't understand how such a huge enclosed building could be stable without internal supports.
Finally, in the light of witchcraft, a wall depicting colorful patterns came into view. Approaching the wall, the two looked up to observe the mural with the help of the magic glow.
The frescoes are evident in the primitive religious worship colors, with a huge, shadowy figure shrouded in green flames being worshipped by some strange-looking devotees.
The faces of those believers are painted beautifully, solemnly and religiously. However, this is not a known organism in the knowledge systems of Bahrain and Nazanin. The two of them continued to walk along the walls, each mural depicting the figure of a vague deity in the flames of various biological worship.
There are more and more types of believers, and there are many strange things. The number of believers increased, and the majesty of the gods was depicted more and more immensely. The figure of the god is also getting bigger and bigger, with the starry sky above his head and the sun and moon in his hands, as if the entire universe is under its control.
Then the style of the painting changed, and the weak believers began to pray for the power of the gods, and the gods seemed to respond mercifully. Some of the believers gained the power of the gods and their bodies burned with green flames. They began to travel to various parts of the universe to preach the gospel of the gods and bring hope to the local natives.
The frescoes at the back begin to depict the rest of the world bathed in the glory of the gods, and the devotees follow the sacrificial prayers burning with green flames with great serenity. It was as if all living beings had given up their desires and devoted themselves to loving each other in the glory of the gods.
Suddenly, the style of painting changed again, and a hideous black shadow appeared behind the prayers of the believers, and the picture did its best to depict this black shadow as extremely filthy and evil. It seems that any intelligent life can feel a heartfelt disgust and hatred at the first sight of it.
In the next painting, a large black vortex appears in the sky of the world of believers. An evil creature descends from the whirlpool with thunder and lightning under the shadow of sin.
Armed with a staff, these creatures unleash a powerful devastating calamity that befalls the faithful and takes away lives. The believers wailed helplessly, and the priests, with their glorious smiles, rushed to the minions of the evil Shadow, fighting them or dying with them.
"Wizard!" Barin and Bahrain looked at each other, both crying out in laughter.
It turned out to be some world conquered by wizards. The evil minions were a wizard with a wand, and the black figure was supposed to be some unknown wizard lord. Perhaps these conquered worlds have long since been developed and transformed into more prosperous worlds by wizards, or have become some kind of gathering place for scarce resources, or have long been abandoned.
As expected, the author of the fresco extols the mercy of the gods, the fearlessness of the priests, the pain and despair of the faithful, and the cruelty and tyranny of the shamans by all means at his disposal. It seems that the deity, in order to save its followers, has injected its own power into the bodies of the believers and the sacrifices, while itself has fallen into weakness.
However, the sorcerers were too wicked and filthy, and eventually the sorcerers enslaved the lowly believers and began to suppress the torture of heroic sacrifices.
Finally, the Black Wizard Lord Phantom extended its claws to the weakened gods.
In the final scene, the god shatters his body with great compassion and abandons most of his power.
The greedy and stupid Wizard Lord Phantom pursues the power core of the gods, while a small flame containing the true spirit of the gods takes the opportunity to escape into the black vortex.
Although there is no mural description behind the escape into the Vortex Realm Gate, it is not difficult for the two to guess. This pyramid must have been built by some means of that deity. The source of radiation including this one must have originated from this deity.
It's just that I don't know if the gods who have lost all their power now have completely fallen or are silently regaining their strength?
Although the wizards depicted on these murals are greedy and stupid, Bahrain as a wizard would not think so. This is just a means for a loser to maliciously slander the conqueror in private, how could a wizard lord who can recruit and lead a wizard legion to invade another world be deceived so easily by this god's petty tricks?
Even if the wizard lord is deceived, the Wizard Prince of the Rainbow Bridge, the Guardian of the Rainbow Bridge, the Continental Patrol Committee that manages the Realm Gate, will not be deceived.
It can only be said that the gods who have lost the core of their power have completely lost their threat. It is estimated that it is also a ** specimen deliberately released by wizards in order to protect the ecological diversity of the universe.
"Ah, what a pathetic and pitiful god!" said Balin with a sudden sigh.