Chapter 342: Mythology
Ruolin continued: "The land is fertile and there is plenty of rain. The climate is hot and sunny. What's more, the island is rich in spices, precious stones, and gold! They also kept a strange giant creature called the 'elephant'! That animal was so large that it was far superior to the lion and tiger, and its strength was even greater! I saw that there were Nanyang people who domesticated this kind of elephant, and then incorporated it into the army, and used it in battle, if they gathered a hundred and ten heads and charged...... That power is really indescribable! I'm afraid that even the most powerful cavalry will definitely not be able to resist it head-on! If we talk about weaknesses, the only thing is that the speed is a little slower, and moreover, the number cannot be popularized on a large scale. And...... It's too far away for me to ship back. This time I brought four objects, four males and four females, but unfortunately the sea is not adaptable, and now only one male and three females are left. ”
Ruolin had already stood up, walked to the desk, pointed to the island and introduced: "This island, the local Nanyang people call it 'Brahmin Island', and in the middle of the island is a place that they call the sacred mountain. Legend has it that the sacred mountain, every few hundred years, will erupt flames, flat rì, there is still a faint roaring movement, once there is movement, around the sacred mountain, the earth shakes, birds and beasts are frightened, standing unsteadily......"
Du Wei nodded, but said in his heart, what kind of sacred mountain, isn't it a volcano. As for domesticating elephants...... War elephants, although I haven't seen them in my previous life, but at least I've played "Age of Empires".
"On Brahmin Island, it is arguably the most densely populated place in the entire South Seas. In fact. According to my understanding. Almost the entire civilization of the South Seas originated from here. And. In recent years. The empire's frequent expeditions to the South Seas caused tribes close to the Roland continent to move south. As a result, the population of the interior of Brahman Island is increasing. I heard locally about the sacred mountain in the middle of Brahmin Island. It is a holy place in the hearts of these peoples. This has something to do with the legends of the gods in their land. ”
Speaking of which, here. Du Wei played the god jīng. After all. The message of the small road Fik on the bottom of the foot. It's just shocking.
"Speaking of the gods. The civilization of the Nanyang people is very different from ours, and roughly speaking, their religious genealogy is like this: at the earliest time. Legend has it that on the hill in the middle of the island of Brahman. There is a temple. According to the local Nanyang indigenous legends. In ancient times, in that temple. There are gods who live in the land of the gods, who have extraordinary powers, and who live in the temples on the hills. At the same time, it also blesses the people of that land. Whether it's a tsunami or a hurricane. Or maybe it's a disease. The gods and spirits in those temples will help mankind to get out of their predicament. Even, I looked up the legends of the Nanyang people. Discover these details. They were meticulously documented. According to their legends. Those gods are called the bodies of the earth, and they are in charge of the gods of the wind and the earth. In charge of the god of fire and earth, in charge of the god of thunder and lightning, and so on...... In their faith. It divides each god according to his different ministry. Because of your request, I have taken care of these legends. Finally found the source. Discover all the legends of the land. It all comes from the temple on that hill. So......"
Du Wei nodded, with a hint of anticipation on his face: "So you want to go up the mountain to that temple to have a look?"
"That's what I thought. But the temple is out of sight. Ruolin smiled bitterly: "Because." That temple. It doesn't exist anymore. ”
"Doesn't exist?"
Ruolin nodded: "It doesn't exist anymore." According to local legends. In ancient times. It is said that it is because of the blessing of the gods. He was so greedy that he angered the gods, and came to punish the people with calamity, causing the sacred mountain to breathe flames! The gods no longer help humanity. In the flames of the sacred mountain land. According to legend, a radius of tens of miles has been turned into scorched earth. And the legendary temple on the hill. It was also completely destroyed in the flames. So. The people of the South Seas were terrified, believing that the gods had abandoned them. Left them. ”
Speaking of which. Ruolin smiled bitterly: "I am still unwilling in my heart, so I decided to go up to the sacred mountain to have a look." The locals regard the sacred mountain as an absolute sacred place. No one is allowed to climb Mount Kinabalu, and there are even many samurai guarding it at the bottom of the mountain. But I slipped up quietly. Outcome. Sure enough, nothing was found, and there were no temples on the mountain. Originally, I even doubted that the temple really existed...... After all. Even if there are gods in the world, it is impossible to stay in the human world. However, the various legends in the local area really say that there are noses and eyes, and even if there are different tribes and worship different gods, the description of the temple and the mysterious 'Father God' is completely consistent. ”
Du Wei thought about it carefully: "Tell me about that 'Father'." ”
"Yes, my lord!" Ruolin said slowly, "If that temple is the source of all Nanyang myths and legends, then that father god is the origin of all this. According to legend, the father god was the patron saint of the Nanyang people, and it was he who built a temple on the mountain peak of the Brahmin Island, and later temples were all kinds of fire gods, water gods, thunder gods, rain gods, wind gods, etc., all of which were new gods created by him. Moreover, since the ancient time when the sacred mountain erupted with flames and the gods punished humans, God the Father and all the gods have disappeared. However, there is still a legend in Nanyang, that is, the Shenlingmen is back to the sky. However, God the Father was merciful and did not completely abandon his people, leaving behind a line, which is the so-called Father God lineage, which is the line of Little Lufik, and all of them have tattoos carved on the soles of their feet to indicate that they are walking on earth on behalf of God the Father. And the other gods also have descendants left in the Nanyang world, that is, tribes that believe in different gods...... In short, the myths and legends of the Nanyang people are very messy, especially between various gods, as if there are still contradictions, and there are still fights and messes when there is nothing to do. I carefully sorted it out, in the earliest myths and legends, it was mainly about the various miracles of the Father, but in the back, it seemed that the Father God did not show up, and the myths were rarely mentioned. I only talked about the various legends of the new land gods and lands in the future. ”
After hearing this, Du Wei lowered his head and thought about it. Then suddenly he grabbed a piece of paper. I picked up my pen and drew on it for a while.
After a moment, he suddenly asked again, "There are so many legends of the Nanyang people. So what exactly is it said. The so-called God the Father built the temple in the so-called 'ancient' of God? How many years ago? 1,000 years?
This will make it difficult for Ruolin. The female knight looked sad: "My lord." That's the question you asked. I've also looked it up. It's a pity, though. These Nanyang cultures are much more backward than our Roland Continent, and they can even be said to be ignorant. Although the tribal tribes of the upper part of the island of Brahman. It is already much more advanced and civilized than those Tu tribes in the north near our empire. But on the whole, most of them are still in a semi-barbaric state. What frustrates me the most is ...... In the entire South Seas, there is no unified calendar!" Speaking of this, Ruolin seemed to be a little crying and laughing: "There are more than 20 big tribes on that island, but each tribe calculates and records time. We're all completely different! Get used to the day. January. year. When it comes to them, it's not like that at all. Some tribes will have the sun and the moon appear once. Even if it is a day, it can ...... If you happen to have such a few days in a row, the sky is cloudy, and the sun and moon are not visible. Then they also think that the 'day' has not yet passed! until the sun and moon come out. It's the end of the day. But in this way, according to the habits of our Roland people, we don't know how many days have passed! There is no such thing as 'heaven' at all. They only count the 'generations'. This 'generation' is even more ambiguous, and they are used to it. The length of the reign of the clan chief. Counted as a 'generation'. If this patriarch died. With a new patriarch, then it will be a 'generation' of the new land. But the problem is. People are born, old, sick and die, God knows how long and how short it is, and there may be patriarchs who live for a long time, living seventy or eighty years old, and they are also counted as a 'generation'. And some patriarchs have a short lifespan, dying in a year or two, and they can be regarded as a 'generation'. There are many more bizarre ways to calculate the ground like this, and it can be regarded as a thousand strange things...... So, they themselves don't even know the length of time, and I can't tell how many years ago that temple was based on their myths and legends. Some tribes say how many generations have passed...... But God knows how many years this 'generation' is?!"
When Du Wei heard this, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly.
In this way, it is really difficult to judge.
However, a guess gradually came out of his heart.
"Du Wei, how are you?
Hmph, could it be that the so-called God of the Earth is Aragorn?
Or, look at it another way.
Up to now, the Nanyang people are still very backward in civilization. Well, I'm afraid that a thousand years ago, in the time of Aragonese, they were even more ignorant!
After Aragorn arrived in the South Seas, he ran to the volcano of the Brahmin Island and built a temple, he is the strength of the strongest man in the continent, and he is naturally powerful, and it is not surprising that he is mistaken for a god by those ignorant natives of the South Seas.
As for the new gods who were later called temple messes...... What kind of bullshit stuff like the god of wind, the god of fire, the god of rain, and the god of thunder, most of them are Aragorn's own disciples, and they are trained to be subordinates!
It's not hard to guess and it's not hard to understand. With Aragorn's ability, it was easy to teach a few magicians from various departments.
What is called the god of wind, the god of fire, the god of rain, and the god of thunder by the natives, I am afraid that it is just a magician of the wind, fire, water, and so on taught by Aragon!
In this way, the myth of Nanyang can also be explained, and the words on the soles of Lufik's feet can also be explained.
As for the later ...... Myths and legends rarely mention the "Father God" anymore, presumably where Aragorn left, or ...... He's dead. It's all possible.
And after losing this father, those apprentices trained by Aragorn naturally did not have the strength of Aragorn, and as a result, in a volcanic eruption, they all burped. It's not that the gods punish humans for abandoning them. But the volcano erupted, and the magicians in those temples couldn't resist it themselves, either they all died, or they scattered as birds and beasts...... As for being exiled to the people, it makes sense to disperse.
Even......
Du Wei's heart suddenly moved again, and even thought about it a little deeper, why did Aragon go to Nanyang to build a temple, and why did he run to bless those ignorant natives? These questions, Du Wei could not guess...... After all, although he was Aragorn, he couldn't answer these questions himself until the memories of his previous life were awakened.
As for...... That volcano erupted......
Du Wei frowned and thought about it. If there is a group of magicians in the temple, a small volcanic eruption may not be able to make all the magicians hang up. Even...... Maybe the Goddess of Light did it!
These things can be put into account later.
Du Wei put away the map, and a thought suddenly popped up in his heart: Perhaps, if he had the opportunity, he should go to the South Seas to see the Brahmin Island?
He looked at Ruolin again: "That's all for this myth and legend, tell me, how much did the United Kingdom of Nanyang pay for the ransom to ransom their little king?
Speaking of this topic, Ruolin smiled......
At this moment, her smile even resembled Du Wei a little. It's like when Du Weiping was a yīn person, he was so dangerous and cunning......
"Your Excellency. Ruolin smiled slightly: "When I went this time, I brought a total of more than 30 boats, and before I went to sea, I managed to get some more, and finally our fleet reached a full 80! In a year, we lost three boats on the way because of storms, reefs and some accidents during the voyage. This time I brought back 77 boats! This time I brought 20 boats to Dìdū, but the large army was still staying at Walker Harbor on the southeast coast of the mainland, and because the Lancang Canal was too narrow after all, all the largest ships could not sail in, so they all stopped at Walker Harbor. Because the harvest this time is too big. I really can't bring it to Dìdū once......"
Du Wei's heart began to beat violently......
"How big is the gain?"