"In their myths and legends, there were two forces at the beginning of creation, one called Anu, which symbolizes possibility and potential, and the other is called Pachem, which symbolizes occurrence and existence. It is said that the Bethesda plane woke up from chaos because of the birth of these two forces. "However, after the initial formation of the plane, the two forces seem to have different paths for the continued evolution of this world, so there is a conflict and differentiation, in which the part belonging to the Anu realm was lost too much in the creation of the world to condense the body, and fell like dust to the material world, and promoted the birth of mortal beings, and the remaining part of the decline was sublimated into the gods of the Aedra system, that is, the eight holy spirits enshrined in the First Empire of the human race." ”

"But in my book, it says that it is the Nine Holy Spirits. Rand raised the book in his hand, and the two of them looked at it together, and then noticed the difference.

It turns out that there is an extra god in the book in Rand's hand, referring to the founding emperor of the Second Empire Septine, Tyber Saiputin, if you can understand the perspective of Keos, this experience is very similar to Asturias's god of war Padarik, belonging to the flesh sanctification type.

"It turns out that he is the one who endured the blood of the dragon god of time, Akatosh, and did not die, so in the end he was not ostracized, but received. Solomon said thoughtfully.

"Repulsion, you mean the gods, what do they reject?" Rand said a little puzzled.

Solomon did not answer, but continued: "Since the elves themselves are descendants of the power of Anu who have fallen into the mortal world, it is strange that they regard the Eight Holy Spirits as "distant cousins of the ancestors." Say that the relationship is not close. And the ancestors of the First Empire, who later overthrew the Elven Dynasty, were also infused with the blood of Akatosh, the head of the Eight Holy Spirits. This patriarch is not blessed. And caused the successive generations of descendants to be short-lived, but their descendants thinned out after a few generations, and finally someone awakened their power, and finally reached the point of a legendary powerhouse, thus defeating the elven dynasty and establishing the First Empire, and officially worshipping the Eight Holy Spirits, rather than just being regarded as "distant cousins of the ancestors", well. So to speak, the establishment of the Terran Empire was supported by Akatosh. “

"In addition to the god of Adra, there is also the existence of Didra, they are actually similar to Adra, but they are born from the power left by the part of Pachem, there are as many as seventeen, and the world knows that there are sixteen, and the seventeenth, these books only vaguely mention his existence, but there is no detailed description. Solomon said.

"Well, I have that here too. Rand said. "At the head is the goddess of twilight, Azura, also known as the goddess of dawn and dusk. She has also appeared in three different incarnations, Moon Shadow, Queen of the Night Sky, and Our Lady of the Rose, but the most feared of the seventeen Pachem gods is not her, because her position is actually neutral, and the most terrifying thing is this. ”

Rand flipped to a page and stopped, pointing to the name, "Dagon, Morans * Dagon, represents the god of destruction and change, but these seventeen don't seem to have a good reputation, and they are directly called evil gods in this mythological book. ”

"Yes, I don't have any good words for the gods of the Pachem lineage, but I praise the eight holy spirits, believing that they are the guardians of the world. Solomon said, "The eight Holy Spirits, even with the addition of Saiputin, who later became a god, and the Nine Holy Spirits have gained the worship of the mortal world, established faith, and expelled the influence of the Pachem gods, and this plane is their arena. ”

"The gods dwell high in the different realms of annihilation, which are the realms of the world, looking down on all beings. The difference is that Akatosh and the other eight Holy Spirits are lovingly watching over the beings, while the evil gods, most of whom are ill-intentioned, want to change the world again according to their ideals, and Gon does not want to return to the earth all the time, destroying the mortal world like destroying the Citadel of Sorrows, and merging with his realm of annihilation. Rand continued to read a passage that tells the story of the destruction of Fort Sorrow, the capital of Morrowind, by Amalaikosia and Sosa Hill with the support of Akatosh. Well, these two should also be legendary powerhouses among them, among which Amalaikosia was the wife of the Dark Elf King at that time.

"Alright, let's not look at it for a moment, and discuss, Mr. Aglavin, you came here with an inspiring idea, may I ask what you see in these myths?" Rand closed the book.

"These myths are the history of the mortal world based on some of the facts that they know, and about the history of this plane, I think. Solomon laughed, "These gods, good or evil, should exist." ”

"So, those legendary powerhouses of this plane you mentioned before seem to be suppressed, and you mentioned rejection just now, do you think it is the gods here who are actively suppressing them?"

"That's pretty much it. Solomon nodded, "But before I say my judgment, I have to mention a strange phenomenon that you may not have noticed, and that is that none of these myths mention the existence of the will of the plane. ”

Rand was stunned for a moment and nodded, "Yes." ”

Plane knowledge and some knowledge about the will of the plane, in Keos, in the past, it was almost only knowledge that high-level mages and some of their close disciples could know, but with the popularization of magic research and education on the Azure Continent, the knowledge about the order of the plane and the will of the plane is no longer a mystery.

Although it has not yet been popularized enough that even ordinary magic schools need to master this kind of knowledge, there are already special elective courses taught by high-level mages in magic universities, and the evolution of the birth process of the virtual simulation plane has been made with the magic brain, of course, this evolution is only a speculation of magicians, and in fact, the evolution process is not exactly the same in different planes.

The further integration of magicians with the world brings not only benefits to ordinary people, but also a kind of promotion for themselves, such as dimensional knowledge, magicians who were trapped in feudal society before cherished their own knowledge, but in fact, the plane knowledge they mastered was blind people touching elephants, even the most profound of them were one-sided.

And in the process of merging with the world, the knowledge of the magicians is also fused. Although it is possible that the whole elephant has not been touched. But at least the puzzle is getting more and more complete.

It's a step forward. And for the mages who pursue knowledge, although there are many selfish ones, most of the mages realize that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

For example, the study of the will of the plane roughly concludes that it is the development of a plane at a high level, and after the order and law of the plane reach a certain height, a kind of pan-consciousness aggregate similar to biological instinct will sprout, which is the order and law of the plane to adjust itself. Avoid the instinct to be overly altered.

This kind of pan-consciousness cannot be viewed by secular moral or good and evil standards, because it is usually passive, and if it is "favored" to a certain creature or a certain creature, it usually senses the threat of the outside world, and tries to use a representative to fight or crack, and these people or things that he likes are often the legendary heroes of the plane or the legendary favored race, such as the ancient High Elves to the Koos plane, the Khorin the Great on the continent of Falmari.

But it's important to note that it's usually passive, only when the perceived threat is greater. will deal with the upgrade, so the Azure Continent dares to lift the floating city into the air. It has been evaluated that the further expansion of the Arcane Skynet may cause a reaction from the Plane Will, because from a certain point of view, the establishment of the Arcane Skynet will cause the distortion and change of the plane order, and if the Plane Will is regarded as a normal creature, then the establishment of the Arcane Skynet is like a veil over his vision, and there will be a situation under the veil that he cannot fully control. Therefore, after the floating city lifts off, the will of the plane will react, but after the reaction, it will slowly 'get used to' until the next greater stimulus appears, or until there is a stimulus that he feels too threatening to bear, which in the history of Keos can only be called when purgatory and celestial invade, while the arcane Skynet is carried out in a cannibalizing way.

And the most important point is that in the "perception" of the will of the plane, although the arcane Skynet makes him not "comfortable", but it is created by the aboriginal human race, although the High Elves are more "favored", but it is only because the High Elves are more friendly to the plane order, but other creatures are also one of the sources of vitality of the plane will.

Therefore, the way of encroachment on the arcane skynet is like people who think they have a cold, and it is uncomfortable to be uncomfortable, but you can't not have a shoulder because of a sore shoulder, right, the destruction of your own people, and it is cunning in a step-by-step way, and the reaction that the will of the plane can make is that it was fierce when the floating city lifted off.

This is far away, but the basic knowledge of the plane order and the will of the plane is not unfamiliar to Rand, and he is also very curious about Solomon's current identity, Agravin, because the famous playwright, The novelist is what he has liked very much since he was a child, he originally thought that the other party should be an old grandfather, because when he met Lizi, Lizihua was very old, and he subconsciously thought that Agraven should also be an old man, but after meeting, he was so young, he suddenly realized that there is no lack of knowledge of magic research in the other party's works for many years, and it is not strange to be an archmage, but I don't know if it is a high-level mage or a more powerful legendary mage.

As for the Mr. Cumminnathan he met in the arcane Skynet, he also thought that he was a great mage, because some of the spell applications instructed by the other party gave him the confidence to defeat a mage of a higher rank than him in actual combat, and now he met an equally mysterious and powerful Aglavin, who was also a writer who had written many masterpieces, and he felt that some of the things he discussed with Cumminnathan might be able to find an opportunity to discuss with him.

Okay, let's get back to the point, the strange thing Solomon pointed out is that there is basically no description of the consciousness of the plane in the myths and legends of this Bethesda plane, only gods, unlike the clear description of the will of the plane in the myth of Koos, which is the World Tree.

"Because I think that the will of this plane has disappeared, or the will of the plane no longer exists, but has split into eight spirits plus a dozen evil gods, and one of these more than ten evil gods Magnus is similar to Septin, not counted. Solomon voiced his guess, "The suppression of the legendary powerhouses comes from them, whether it is the Eight Holy Spirits or the evil gods. (To be continued.) )

PS: This copy uses part of the background of The Elder Scrolls, but for the sake of the novel, there are some things in it that are not from the official background, such as the Cardinal Guard, I changed to Yokuda, who was persecuted by the old dynasty and went away and found it, readers who are familiar with The Elder Scrolls don't have to be serious with me.