Chapter 375, Shar's Carnival Celebration
Later that day, an abandoned mansion near the Tower of Moonrise was the agreed meeting place.
Charlotte and Eleanor, dressed in black robes, selected twelve crates of the winery and delivered them to the agreed place.
The eldest lady can be described as quite chic in doing this, Charlotte doesn't care about the operation of the Wanyue Distillery at all, she picks all the good ones and takes them, and she doesn't know what the director of the distillery will look like when she wakes up with a hangover and sees that she has been ransacked.
At this time, a moment before the appointed time, Charlotte and Eleanor sat down in the abandoned mansion and chatted about the Shar believers.
"Now, Eleanor, tell me, why does the Night Lady need so much good wine for her ceremony?" Charlotte's golden eyes shone brightly, and she took the initiative to take Eleanor's hand and grinned, as if the conflict between the two had disappeared.
This made Eleanor a little uncomfortable, but Miss Pastor knew that the eldest lady was in this character, and she thought for a while, sorted out her language, and told her understanding of the Night Lady's church.
The major events of the Shar church are often like this: an Official Prayer, a dance, an accusation or some encouraging words from the Goddess in the mouth of a clergyman or a black-haired female worshipper, and a carnival celebration consisting of eating, drinking, and dancing.
Each devotee eats and drinks at the celebration and tells about a recent evil deed (which can be a major sin or an inconsequential matter such as stealing Suren tribute), and due to Shar's love of secrecy, devotees generally do not reveal their identity.
Depraved, indulgent, yet restrained carnivals may attract the presence of Shar, who will appear as a dancer or singer in the assembly, singing along with the crowd, chanting sad ballads from her mouth, or "persuading" mortals to worship her with seductive language and teasing.
Due to the anonymity of the congregation, Shar believers are rarely sure if their goddess has descended, so they always try to make the gathering as grand as possible, and let the carnival be filled with delicacies to express their respect for Shar and attract the goddess's attention.
"Oh~ I see." Charlotte pointed her finger at her face, and the eldest lady said with a smile: "So the believers of the Night Lady need wine, and they need good wine~ With good wine, they can get the favor of the goddess~"
"Almost, that's right." Eleanor nodded.
"There it is!" Charlotte clapped her hands, "Why don't we also participate in a carnival celebration of the Lady of the Night!" ”
"Huh?" Miss Priest was stunned by the whims of Miss Warlock.
"If you want to defeat your opponent, you must understand your opponent~" Charlotte clenched her hands into fists and stretched out an arm: "Okay, it's decided so happily, don't be afraid, my sister will take you fly!" ”
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After about half an hour, a group of black-robed men arrived at the agreed place, uniformly dressed in black cloaks or soft and silent dark uniforms with purple trim, trim or ornaments, each wearing a golden mask on his face, and because the uniform was generally broad, it was difficult to see any difference other than height, the leader was wearing a black velvet shirt and a hat with the Shar emblem on his head.
Even if the payment was in arrears, even if the agreed time had passed, this group of black-robed people was still extremely arrogant, and the leader glanced at the box on the ground in an extremely arrogant tone: "That's all? ”
"Yes, this is what Mr. Sissobod has entrusted us to deliver to you." Charlotte replied generously, like the Shar believers, the eldest lady and the priest were also wearing black robes 3D printed with a Karthus magic box, and their whole bodies were tightly covered.
The Shar believers love secret and shady transactions, the leader didn't say much, he just glanced at a few believers next to him, and the Shar believers immediately pulled out their scimitars, stuck the blade into the gap in the crate, pried open the wooden board, grabbed out the glass bottle, and bit the mouth of the bottle with his teeth.
"Hey!" Eleanor was angered by the actions of the Shar believers, or the priest Miss was already looking at the Shar believers unpleasantly, very, very unpleasantly.
"Thou shalt treat all the creatures of the kingdom equally, but the followers of Shar may be at the bottom of the list."
- Oracle of the Lady of Silver, Suren
The Shar believers were coaxing, completely ignoring Eleanor's anger, and after tasting it, they excitedly said, "Your Excellency, it's good wine!" ”
"It is indeed a good wine, a good wine of the waning moon!"
"The Thor family is finally willing to use their good wine for our lord's celebrations...... Oh, I hope they don't repent too late. ”
"It's a rare time for Sissobod-Somme to clear his mind." The leader of the Shar believers finally nodded, still arrogant: "Okay, we have received the things, in the name of the Night Lady, we will pay for the goods later." ”
If only you could still get it.
With the goods in hand, the Shar believers hurried away, and they didn't even notice that after just turning a street corner, there were two more people in the group, dressed exactly the same as them, and they walked quickly in the dark night.
But probably even if they realize that there are too many people, the Shar believers will not care, because of secrecy and the preferences of the goddess, the Shar believers maintain a very weak relationship with each other, they often use code names, and they don't know who each other is, how many people are in each other's group, and they don't know what the tasks on each other are.
Each independent Secret Order is governed by a powerful dictatorial leader. However, even as a member of the Order, few people know the names of the other members, and the true identity of the Order's leaders is a mystery.
In areas where the Shar Church has a large presence, religious warfare operations (usually assassinations) against the Suren Church are arguably commonplace. Since many of the faithful died in these actions (either killed on the spot or later executed by the authorities), the size of the Church has been cleverly maintained (and more easily hidden).
Although the appearance of the temples of the Shar varies from place to place, it is common to separate the living quarters from the things in order to facilitate concealment. A common feature of these temples is that they have a secret chamber (used for religious ceremonies and sacrifices) where the dark arts are cast.
The structure of the Shar church determines that their influence in the kingdom is very weak, because the Night Lady does not like to operate in the light, but this structure also determines that they are difficult to uproot, and the members of the church know almost nothing about the other members except for the regional leader, so that the Shar church is able to carry out many major conspiracies in the shadows.
Shar is very smart, the Night Lady has always known that his incompetent sister of the waste snack has declined, but the sister of the waste snack relies on his head-scratching Madonna style and boring sense of justice, and there are many gods who are mothers in the de facto sense (many gods were born in the battle of heaven, such as Zendia, the first goddess of magic, Mystra, the goddess of love and beauty, Shanny, the king of war, Tampas, etc., etc., they all recognize Suren and do not recognize Shar), and have many, many allies, So the Shar church is, at least superficially anti-Suren, not against other gods.
In recent years, the power of the Church of Suren has been greatly increased due to the emergence of Aaron, while the power of the Church of Shar has gradually declined and has been forced to move deeper underground.
Along the way, the Shar believers talked about it without saying a word, and many expressed concern about the future, while Eleanor, who was at the end of the line, listened with a deep heart.
Soon, you're going to be finished! Miss Reverend thought so.
What needs to be done now is to uncover the true face of Kathrik Som.
Even though they were prepared, the eldest lady and Eleanor were still shocked by the secret meeting place of the Shar church, chanted three slogans, turned on four switches, and under a 100-meter-long staircase, the magnificent giant temple appeared in front of Charlotte and Eleanor, the towering wooden gate was embedded in the rock wall, and behind the gate was a complex complex as a palace, and two statues of the god Shar were holding two knives, with their chins tilted up and wearing masks on both sides of the gate. The brazier glowed with an eerie purple glow, burning with a pale flame of illumination.
The temple complex made of huge stones, Shar's favorite dimly lit environment, the characteristic purple and black decoration style, cold tones, and the black robes and masks of all the worshippers, a carnival feast is taking place.
About thirty or forty Shar believers sat at a large long table, feasting on large pieces of food on silver cups, plates, bowls, and spoons, and the people completely revealed their true nature under disguise.
"In the name of the Night Lady, we offer this feast to Him!"
"In the name of the Night Lady, He keeps all our secrets!"
"In the name of the Night Lady, we graciously invite her to join us in the ceremony."
"Darkness, shadows, eternal night, when the clock of midnight rings, we faithfully pray, and the lady of the night walks among us!"
"Derek, you're late!" By the time Charlotte and the others arrived, it was clear that the carnival had been going on for some time.
"It's coming, Catherrick Somme, an idiot, finally willing to bring out the really good wine!"
The crate opens again, and the celebration is brought to its peak with the addition of fine wine, where the smell of food, the aroma of wine and the smell of the human body mingle to interpret Share's will.
"Today, we will have a promotion ceremony at the highest level!" The High Priest of the Temple, clad in the studded armor of the Night Judge, with a hood and a mask covering his face, said solemnly: "Our master, the Lady of the Night, is pleased with this revelry celebration of ours, and therefore He will elect a true elect among us!" ”
"There is only one of you who can become a true judge of the night, just like me! Become the wielder of the Night's Power. ”
"Now, the believers I have chosen, come out!"
Eleanor in the crowd subconsciously took a step back, and Miss Pastor was about to say something to Charlotte, but saw the Night Judge's finger pointing at Charlotte's body!
"You, yes, that's you, out of the ranks!"
"Here!" Charlotte clutched the Carlsas box, and the eldest lady stepped forward to announce her participation in the selection competition.
"Charlotte, are you crazy?" Eleanor hurriedly grabbed Charlotte: "Are you really going to be the Judge of the Night?" ”
"Isn't that interesting?" Charlotte controls the power of the magic box, and the eldest lady is still so confident.
Damn, I shouldn't have come with you!
Eleanor's silver teeth clenched, Miss Priest was really defeated by the eldest lady's freewheeling style and logic of following her feelings.
But at this time, it was too late to persuade again, and in the sight of the Shar believers, the eldest lady joined the queue without hesitation.
The Dark Night Judge assessment is divided into four parts, namely: Steady Trial, Leap of Faith, Trial with Me, and Silent Library.
Before the trial, every believer comes to the statue of the god Shar and slashes his arm with a dagger and drip blood into the stone basin.
The first five challengers all failed, they lost cleanly, one unlucky guy even lost his life and was impaled by a spike, and the other unlucky ones were declared unworthy of the favor of the Night Lady, at least this time, they had no chance of becoming the Night Judge, Share's voters.
Thankfully, due to the high degree of anonymity, no one knew who was who, and Eleanor saw the loser in the crowd retreating into the crowd and disappearing out of the main hall.
The sixth picker, Charlotte's turn.
The eldest lady hesitated for a moment, then also took out the dagger and swiped it lightly in her palm.
A faint hint of golden blood dripped into the stone basin held by the statue of Shar.
Eleanor suddenly felt something.
In the ancient temple, in the silent air, the scattered divine power wandering in the temple suddenly had a slight throbbing, as if it was activated by Charlotte's blood with the power of the gods, and was welcoming her in its own way.
Wrong!
Something is completely wrong!
While Eleanor struggled to probe the Divine Powers' attempts, Charlotte had already entered.
The Trial of the Judges of the Night, begins!
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Just as the eldest lady was dripping her divine blood with divine power into the stone basin, in the underground Sha'er assembly hall that was only a hundred meters away from them, a touching bewitching smile gradually appeared on the face of the princess of Yin Soul City.
"Your smile is sudden, Sister Missy." Aaron held one of Missy's ankles and kneaded them gently, noticing Misty's micro-expression: "I can imagine how many evil thoughts flashed through your heart in a moment just now. ”
"Giggles, I'm evil, do you think I'm good?" The purple-haired enchantress hooked Aaron's chin with her slender fingers: "The cooperation plan I proposed, you should think about it carefully." ”
"In the matter of Tucker, only I, only I can uncover his shadow and reveal his true colors at the right time."
"You need me, Aaron, and I need you!"
The princess of Ghost City floated away, leaving only the scent of night orchids in the air.
In the temple of Share, the assessment of the eldest lady had just begun, and Eleanor was standing in the crowd anxiously waiting.
Suddenly, Miss Priest felt herself being hugged from behind, and the stunning Enchantress with purple nail polish wrapped her arms around Eleanor's waist from behind, and gagged her mouth with her other hand!
"Hmm! Woo woo woo woo ~ " Miss Priest wanted to struggle, but she found that the divine connection between herself and Suren had been broken! Even the power is no match for the people who come.
"Eleanor of Aquitaine, I've got you! Giggle~" The purple-haired stunning enchantress firmly controlled Eleanor from behind, and the chains of shadows gradually spread to Eleanor's body: "It's worth letting my brother build a palace for you, sister, I'm jealous~"
Oops!
"Woo woo woo ~ "
The palace was filled with Eleanor's desperate cries.
However, none of the surrounding Shar believers heard, not a single one noticed, and they all seemed to be blind and deaf, oblivious to Eleanor's desperate situation.
"Giggles, you actually sent it to the door, then I'm welcome~"
"My brother's wish, let me help him achieve it~"
Updated, ask for a ticket duck~
(End of chapter)