Another day passed. Early in the morning, Kanna wakes up from a coma. She struggled to sit up, looked around, and whispered to Garcia beside her, "What about Julia?" ”

Garcia buried his head and recounted in detail what happened after Kanna fell unconscious. How Edward immediately stood in front of her with a shield, and how Julia stood in front of Edward, using her body to withstand the first wave of magic trap explosion damage. and the magic that Julia cast before her death, summoning countless huge crops to withstand the subsequent rounds of magical explosions, while also supporting the cliffs on both sides to prevent them from collapsing and burying them due to the violent impact, and so on.

Kanna felt very uncomfortable, covered her face with her hands, and was speechless for a while.

After a long silence, Garcia asked, "Could the killer be someone from the undead forces?" ”

Kanna took a deep breath and said, "Probably not. Before I lost consciousness, I saw a small tattoo on the neck of the person who shot the arrow. The exposed part is the head of a wild beast, which is so special that it is easy to identify. ”

"What is it?"

"Hydra."

"I haven't heard of this beast."

"This beast exists only in one place, the Dark Abyss. It was home to a part of the Dark Elves' underground. ”

"So the killer is the Dark Elf!"

"Yes. According to the way the Dark Elves acted, if the undead who attacked the Trade Nation were to join them in this attack, they would definitely send an army. So these killers have nothing to do with the forces of the undead. ”

"Could it be that we were hired by an enemy we offended on our previous expeditions?"

"If it's an ordinary Dark Elf Slayer, it's possible. But this time, it's not just an ordinary dark elf. Most of the dark elves have tattoos, but they have very strict rules about tattoos, and they can only tattoo creatures that represent family symbols. Therefore, each different family has a completely different animal tattoo on its body. ”

"Which family does the hydra lizard represent?"

"The hydra lizard is the most powerful creature of the Dark Abyss. The one who can tattoo this is naturally the Pottermos family, the 'first family' of the dark elves. ”

"The First Family? When did we mess with them? ”

"Brigitte, the matriarch of the First Family, is the Pope of Mina, the goddess of sin. I'm Jessica's voter. Mina and Jessica are bitter rivals......"

Garcia clenched his hands into fists and said viciously, "Now, Kanna. Let's go back and declare war on the dark elves. ”

"There is no evidence. We have no evidence that the dark elves assassinated me. Moreover, in order for our army to reach the Dark Forest, it needs to cross two countries: the Kingdom of Knights and the Kingdom of Trade. Not to mention that the country of trade is now a battlefield, and it is not said that it is a very complicated diplomatic problem for the army to use the knight kingdom, not to mention that sending troops to attack the dark elves without helping to solve the threat of the undead is a more complicated diplomatic problem. It is simply impossible to provide such a high mountain and a long way of logistical supply without the support of neighboring countries. Finding the dark elves to settle accounts still needs to be considered in the long run, so let's put it aside for a while. ”

There was silence for a few more moments.

"Stop." Kanna suddenly said, "Julia's body can't be brought back. Cremate on the spot. ”

It's autumn, and the corpses will soon be decomposing. Julia's Elven Expedition Dimension Bag has an embalming function. But if she put the bloody body in the bag she used to store the seeds and food she regarded as treasures, Julia's spirit in heaven would be angry. Kanna must have thought of this layer before making the decision to cremate on the spot.

Edward parked the car, picked up his sword, and walked towards the nearby forest without saying a word. Garcia pulled a spare longsword out of his bag and followed Edward. Canna struggled to her feet, crutches and followed closely behind Garcia.

Few of the regular army of the warrior kingdom used axes. As a result, Kanna's team never carried an axe-type weapon with them. The two boys cut down the tree with their swords, and it took a lot of time. By the time the crematorium was erected, it was already afternoon.

Edward placed Julia's body piece by piece on the stage.

"She doesn't believe in the god of beauty, and I can't recite prayers for her," Garcia said. ”

"It doesn't matter. The love of the harvest god for her will guide her to her side. With that, Kanna slowly set the wood on fire with Ashley, who had been enchanted with the fire elemental.

Everyone bowed their heads and remembered for a long time, until the raging flames completely engulfed the body. Edward turned and walked in the direction of the carriage. Garcia was a little worried and was about to catch up with him when he was stopped by Canna.

"Let him be quiet." Kanna said.

Kanna asked Garcia for a dagger and sat down, making a rudimentary wooden box out of the extra wood.

"Kanna. Did you say Julia saw the god of harvest at this time? Garcia said sadly.

"Of course." Without hesitation, Kanna replied, "All the gods of faith decide where their souls go after their deaths, unless their souls are scattered or sold to demons. There is a high probability that they will meet the previous one. Believers who have become high priests will not only meet with the gods of faith, but also stay with the gods for some time. ”

"Will Julia's soul always be with the God of the Harvest?"

"I don't know. If a god wants a person to stay by his side for a long time, he will turn his dead soul into an angel. However, the creation of angels consumes a lot of divine power, and it requires the use of the twentieth order divine skill [Ascending Angel Technique]. However, as the god of harvest is a god with weak divine power, this divine skill is extremely depleting to him. It may take years to use up the power of faith that has been gathered from believers. If He really did anything to turn Julia into an angel. That means He really loves Julia. ”

In the world of Xenowo, the fate of the souls of living beings after death is as follows. After the real death of a mortal, under normal circumstances, the soul will go to heaven. If they have faith during their lifetime, the god of faith will arrange whether to meet them in person, and if they don't, they will go directly to the goddess of death. If they are God's chosen people, high priests of the sect, or have special contributions, they will surely reach the temple of the God of faith and be with God for some time. If the god of faith loves him very much, he will consider turning him into an angel and staying by his side forever. For those who have no believers in their lifetime, their souls will go directly to the goddess of death and be judged with those who have said goodbye to the god of faith. The result of the judgment is "mortal normality", and the soul goes to the backyard of the god of death to wait for the dead; The judgment was "unforgivable" and the soul was thrown to hell.

At the time of creation, AZ created the first souls. After that, the soul affairs were left to the original god, the mysterious god. If there are fewer souls waiting to be reborn than new ones, the mystical god may consider making new souls. Sometimes, the mystical gods will also make changes to some of the information about the soul binding. But these jobs are very consuming of divine power, and the mysterious gods will never do these things easily.

Theoretically, there is a one-to-one correspondence between the newborn life and the deceased soul. However, there are exceptions to the case where a newborn life is not assigned a soul for various reasons, and there is a high probability that it will be stillborn or be as intelligent as the walking dead.

In addition, if a mortal is extremely depraved by the temptation of demons in life, the soul will bypass the rules of the gods and go directly to hell after death. If you make a contract with a demon during your lifetime, your soul will also cross the rules after death. The demon is alive, and the soul will go to its hands; The demon is gone, and its soul is heading straight to hell. Demons cannot gain the power of faith through believers like gods, but demons with many souls will increase their power just like gods with many believers.

Souls that go to Hell will be crafted into new demons by the Hell Lord. The method of making it is not a one-to-one correspondence, but it is kneaded together like raw materials, torn into small pieces at will, and then given to the flesh with substances from hell. This process has destroyed the soul beyond recognition, so the demon doesn't really have a soul. Generally, demons made with more soul materials will be more powerful.

Garcia lowered his head, as if he wanted to say something.

Kanna understood what Garcia was thinking, and said, "The next time I see Jessica, I'll ask him to ask him about the fate of Julia's soul." ”

Garcia nodded with relief.

Afterward, Garcia watched quietly as Kanna built the wooden box. Suddenly thinking of something, he asked, "You just mentioned the twentieth-order divine technique. Why haven't I heard of divine arts higher than the tenth order? ”

"It's normal not to hear of it." Kanna patiently replied, "Because the upper limit of the spells that mortals can use is the highest tenth. On the one hand, it is difficult for mortal powers to control higher spells. On the other hand, the gods have also made limits on this matter. In addition, whether it is the level of so-called spells, or the level of people's professions, you can say that it exists or it does not exist. This is just a definition used by the gods to facilitate the making of the rules of the world and to describe those rules. If you don't use the definition of a spell level, it will be difficult for others to understand the strength of this spell except for those who have used it. The same is true of professional hierarchies. It's like most books have numbered pages for easy reference. If there are no page markings, it doesn't mean that the content of the book is still in the same place, but I can't simply tell you where the content you are looking for is. Just as high-level classes and their ranks are mortally defined, easy to categorize and describe. If you don't define, the content and strengths of these professions are still there. Ordinary professions and their rank are defined by the gods, so they become the rule. But if the gods don't define it, the content and strengths of these classes will still exist. ”

"I see. The so-called grade is simply the page number of the book. Garcia said thoughtfully. After a while, he raised another question: "In the history of mortals, has anyone ever broken the rules and used spells above the tenth order?" ”

"Garcia, you're dangerous. Especially your current status as a pastor of the beauty god. Kanna's words were clearly a good-natured admonition to the rank and file clergy as a godly chosen person.

"I'm sorry! I just ......" Garcia recognized that he had made a serious gaffe.

"I know you're just curious. I can also tell you the answer to this question. Kanna looked at him with a gentle look and motioned for him not to be so nervous, "No. Not once in recorded history. Let's start with divine magic, which is the ability that God gives believers to use God's own power. If the deity is unable to use certain magic due to the scope of his duties and the maximum amount of power, then his followers will naturally not be able to use these magic skills, which is why priests of different faiths have different special magic skills. If God can use the magic himself, He allows you to use it, and you can use it. If God doesn't allow it, even if you are a level 100 priest, you won't be able to use first-order divine arts. This is also the reason why you, who have no experience in spellcasting, can successfully perform the fourth-order magic the moment you get the priest profession. Divine techniques above the tenth order consume the normal divine power of the gods themselves, so naturally they cannot be used by countless believers at will. ”

"I see." Garcia nodded earnestly.

Kanna continued, "The case of magic is different from that of magic, and it is not the power that the god of magic gives directly to the believer. Magic is the use of special means, such as chanting, the use of spell casting materials, the arrangement of magic arrays, etc., to extract energy from the magical energy space that the god of magic has constructed since ancient times. This space will constantly absorb cosmic energy to replenish itself, so it is inexhaustible, and it is not completely limited by the power of the god of magic itself. Purely theoretically, the rule boundaries for using magic beyond the tenth order were far less stringent than those for divine magic. Because as long as God does not have permission, it is absolutely impossible for mortals to forcibly extract power from Him to perform divine magic above the tenth order. But there is indeed a slight possibility, bypassing the rules to steal some excess energy from the magical energy space, and constructing magic that is more powerful than the tenth order. ”

"Your incredible magical talent has already spied on this possibility?" Garcia asked nervously in a very small voice.

"When I discovered this possibility, I cut it off in my head. Magic above the tenth order has a great load on the magic energy space, which will make the space unstable. In severe cases, it may even cause the entire magical energy space to collapse. If you do such a thing, the god of magic will know about it. The consequence must be his unending wrath. At the least, he was deprived of the right to use magic and hunted down by his followers. At worst, he was punished by the god of magic himself, and his soul was thrown to hell by the goddess of death. As a member of the Chosen Beauty, I can't do anything to embarrass Jessica. ”

Garcia found that he seemed to know something terrible, and was speechless in shock.

"Hey. Every time I am alone with you, I feel inexplicably relaxed and at ease. And then they will always tell you a lot of secrets that you may not be told. Kanna sighed.

"I swear ......"

Kanna interrupted Garcia: "Don't swear. As soon as you swear, Jessica will hear. She's already busy, so don't bother her with these little things. ”

Then, Kanna looked at Garcia and smiled, "I believe in you." ”

Garcia buried his head and nodded slightly.

As night falls, the fire slowly goes out. After waiting for several more hours for the embers to cool completely, Canna placed two linen towels in a poorly made wooden box to prevent leakage before carefully packing Julia's ashes into the box. He whispered, "Julia, thank you so much for coming all the way." ”

A voice in the sky seemed to respond softly, "Thank you too." It's been a real pleasure all the way. ”

Kanna and Garcia came out of the woods, got into the carriage, and put the wooden boxes in their bags. Edward, who had been waiting at the carriage, drove the carriage on.