Prologue?

Swineherd?

Hearing these two long-lost names, Chen Jing couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then remembered that Xu Ye seemed to have said that after leaving Eternal Night City, they would go to the "Sanctuary" under the arrangement of Councilor Randolph, that is, where Professor Armitage lived.

"Speaking of Armitage's old bastard...... Something suddenly came to mind...... But I don't know if I should say it...... I feel like I'm cursing us for being unlucky......"

"What's the matter?" Seeing Chen Bofu's embarrassed look, Chen Jing couldn't help but ask curiously, "If you have something, just say it, how bad can you be if you are unlucky......

Before Chen Jing could say the last word "go", he saw Chen Bofu scratch his snow-white explosive head, and directly said a message that was even more explosive than his hairstyle.

"The main purpose of our trip to the Old Sea was to help Armitage complete his research, and according to him, beneath that sea lies a great secret of the Old Days, related to the ancient gods that the natives worshipped."

"How?" Chen Jing hurriedly asked, and had an ominous premonition in his heart.

"Good grandson, what do you think the ritual circle is?" Chen Bofu asked rhetorically.

Chen Jing thought for a moment, and then retold it according to the information in his memory.

"The ritual circle is a tool that borrows 'target energy' to achieve the purpose of execution."

"Yes, it's a tool." Chen Bofu nodded, his expression was a little uncertain when he said this, "According to Armitage's investigation records, all the known sequences of ritual arrays have something in common with those ritual arrays that have been passed down from generation to generation by the natives of the Sea of the Old Sun......

Hearing this, Chen Jing's heart moved, and he immediately listened to what the old man said.

"So Armitage suspects that the Sea of the Old Days is the origin of all ritual circles, and that the ritual circles we use today are all derived from those simplified primitive rituals." Chen Bofu said.

"But the rituals of deep space are ......" Chen Jing subconsciously wanted to refute, after all, those rituals inherited in deep space were not products of the old era, they were born when they were even older than the old era...... Ancient rituals in the truest sense of the word!

"Except for deep space." Chen Bofu pursed his lips.

As soon as the words fell, the old man saw that Chen Jing nodded with satisfaction, he was immediately unhappy, and couldn't help but raise his foot and kick Chen Jing gently.

"You're smug...... But then again, it's your kid's luck! ”

Chen Bofu originally planned to complain a few words, but after thinking about it, Chen Jing is his grandson, and he is a deep space resuscitator.

Thinking of this, the old man suddenly became proud, and his mouth was also emotional.

"The sadhanas of other sequences may be related to the Old Sea, but Deep Space is definitely not, after all, the sequence of your awakening has always been a legend that is not taken seriously......"

"Is that an exaggeration?" Chen Jing asked suspiciously.

"Nonsense, when you told me that you awakened deep space, I suspected that there was something wrong with your brain, how can there be a sequence of deep space, and it was only later that I slowly remembered it......"

As he spoke, the old man couldn't help but laugh.

"My grandson is awesome!"

“…… Let's get down to business. ”

"Ah, yes, yes! Get down to business! ”

After a brief interruption, Chen Bofu also lit a cigarette again, and his expression gradually became solemn.

"Actually, I don't really care about the origin of the sadhana or anything, what I care about is another study by Armitage."

In Chen Bofu's soft-spoken narration, Chen Jing probably understood what he was worried about, and also knew why Chen Bofu felt that these words seemed to curse his bad luck.

In contrast to other scholars who are keen on the history of the past, Armitage's research is not focused on the mainland.

In Armitage's view, the history of the continent is all pages, and the answer can be found by flipping through a few pages at will, and there are countless data and information that can be borrowed and compared and corrected, so it is not too difficult to study.

And the history of the old sea, that is the real secret.

There is not much information to refer to, and there are not many ancient ruins that can be excavated at will.

Clue information is limited.

History is blank.

This kind of research project is interesting for Armitage.

"The natives of the Old Sea call themselves the people of Dagon, but because their settlements are so scattered, and many of them are still isolated from the outside world, they ...... The natives also have different descriptions of Dagon. ”

"Different local beliefs create different images of gods? But the old gods they worship are all called Dagon, right? Chen Jing asked tentatively.

"Yes, they all believe in Dagon." Chen Bofu nodded, and then denied Chen Jing's guess in one sentence, "But according to Armitage's investigation, Dagon is just one of the ancient gods of the Old Sea. ”

"One??" Chen Jing noticed this keyword.

"That's right, it's not the only ancient god of the Old Sea."

Chen Bofu took a puff of his cigarette, and his tone of voice was also very uncertain, and he didn't seem to want to believe that what he said was true.

"During that time, Armitage visited various indigenous settlements in disguise, and also took us to some ancient ruins by the sea to play a big adventure, and finally summarized the clues and information from these searches...... He suspected that there were three ancient gods hidden in the Old Sea. ”

"Three ???" Chen Jing was stunned, and said in his heart that one is difficult enough to deal with, and now there are three of them at once?!

"First, Dagon, the ancient gods that the natives have believed in for generations...... Although 90 percent of the indigenous people believe that Dagon is an ancient god in the image of an octopus, there are also a very small number of indigenous people who believe that Dagon is not an octopus, but should be the image of a mermaid, because their ancestors saw it with their own eyes. ”

"Merfolk?" Chen Jing felt that his mind was a little confused, and hurriedly asked, "Then what is that big octopus that you have seen with your own eyes?" ”

"Tequiley."

Chen Bofu spit out a strange name, and didn't seem to know much about the information behind the name, and struggled to recall it for a while before he could barely say a few words.

"It's a name that's completely unfamiliar to the indigenous community, no one has ever heard of it, I'm sure of that."

"And how do you know?" Chen Jing asked.

"In an ancient ruin."

Chen Bofu made two gestures on the ground with his hand, and simply drew a pattern similar to an inverted goblet.

"In the deepest part of the ruins, we found the tomb of the priest who had never been set foot before, where Armitage saw the name and a complete painted fresco...... The content in the mural happens to be the big octopus we saw later. ”

"Then it's wrong to say that the Dagon totems that have been passed down from generation to generation by the natives of the Old Sea......" Chen Jing looked thoughtfully at the pattern outlined by the old man on the ground, and subconsciously asked, "The three ancient gods of the Old Sea, the first is the mermaid Dagon, and the second is the octopus Tekiri, so who is the third ancient god?" ”

"Maybe it's the one who wants to invite you to the banquet."

Chen Bofu took a puff of his cigarette, his eyebrows were full of solemnity, and the fire of the cigarette butt reflected his face flickering.

"Armitage is only sure that there are two ancient gods in the sea, but he is not sure that there is a third, because there is no record of the sighting of the third ancient god from ancient times to the present, and even the name has not been circulated, he just thinks ...... Probably yes. ”

"For from the brief accounts in the ruins, Dagon and Takiri are both servants of the Old High King, and they both serve that unspeakable ancient being in the deep sea......

(End of chapter)