Chapter 178: The Altar
As a knight-level warrior who has developed his body to the limit, his body is very sensitive to the outside world, and Gehr is the best among them, almost as soon as Booms looks at him, he gets it.
Gehr looked at Booms's gaze, smiled calmly, and then noticed that something seemed to be flashing, and his eyes moved, and immediately he found the location of the flash, which was Booms's right handβit could no longer be called a hand, and the part that should have been an arm, wrist, and palm was now transformed into a sword, a sword of steel that shone with a sharp cold light.
It turned out that Booms had simply loaded an iron sword after losing his right elbow below Gehr's sword.
Gell smiled at this, in exchange for a more vicious gaze from Booms.
Gehr withdrew his gaze absently, he didn't care about this kind of resentment of his subordinates' defeats at all. It's like facing a dog that only knows how to bark, it sounds annoying, but in fact there is no threat, if it really dares to bite it, it can be killed with a punch, even if there are chains on his hands and feet, but Gell still has enough confidence to kill this crippled assassin.
At this moment, Gehr suddenly sensed an unkind gaze from another direction, which contained no less resentment than Booms, who had his right hand cut off by Gehr.
Gehr looked like a young man who looked a little thin, with handsome facial features, but the overall was a little gloomy, and although most of the resentment in his eyes was given to Gehr, some of it was placed on Camerita who was standing side by side with Gehr, which made Gehr a little strange.
"He's Bertalmann. The goddess said calmly: "The person who was with Gudar last time was led by him. β
"Oh. Gehr nodded in understanding.
Then turn your head and look around. The rest of the people on the platform were all dressed as soldiers, and many of them had familiar faces. I think I saw it when I was on the ship, but none of the slaves appeared. Even more strange are the edges of the platform with several large cages covered with black cloth, under which are mounted four wheels that can move around at will, like carts, and some of which are wagons for loading, and the horses stand quietly in place, sneezing from time to time.
I don't know what he wanted to do when he got the horses and carriages onto the platform of this building.
"This way. Natalia beckoned Gell and Camerita and walked towards Belif and Goodard.
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β...... You can't be in the wrong position this time, right?"
"After many calculations, it has been able to determine. β
"Hmph, I hope you get it right this time. I've made it wrong four times, and the resources in the church can't support it anymore, and if it doesn't succeed, then there will be no next time. β
"You can rest assured. In the face of Goodard's rather unkind words, Belif replied easily.
After a few moments, he began to pray in a low voice: "O High God, your will is done as in heaven." β
Ger and Camerita followed Natalia to Goodard and Belif who were talking, and the leaders of the two churches just gave Ger and the goddess a casual look. Then they continued their conversation.
Seeing that they ignored him, Gehr simply walked around, looking around for the environment.
The floor of the platform is the same as that of this building, and it is made of the same black stone. The stone is very dense and solid, and it is carved with all kinds of strange symbols, and the circular grooves spread out from the middle to the four sides.
In the middle of the platform is a large stone compass. One side is lifted from the ground to the other, supported by three stone pillars.
The diameter of the stone compass is about three meters. The overall stone is golden yellow, and the whole body is crystal clear. Brilliant in the light of the fire, like a whole piece of topaz.
The front of the compass is also depicted with strange symbols and scales, and another pointer with a length of more than one meter hangs on it, leaving a faint shadow on the surface of the compass, and in the middle of the compass there is a composite triangular emblem. This emblem Gel has seen, and it is the emblem that represents the Greaves dynasty.
Gehr walked over to the compass and took a closer look at what was a work of art.
Kind of familiar.
This was Gehr's first image, and he remembered that when he was on the boat, he had seen Belif take out a compass in the same form as this one, but much smaller in size.
"This is the Gate of Fladanas, and in the ancient books, if you turn this pointer at the right time and place, then whoever owns this door will own the entire world. Carmelita on the side said lightly.
"Door?" Gehr looked at the compass and couldn't tell that there was a door.
"Well, the Gate of Fladhanas is a treasure that will only be taken out at the important sacrifices of the royal family during the Greaves Dynasty, and it can be said that it is the most precious treasure of the entire Greaves Dynasty, symbolizing the supreme royal power of the rulers of the Greaves Dynasty, but after the fall of the Greaves Dynasty, the Gate of Vladhanas disappeared, if there were not some imitations, it is estimated that no one would know that there was such a treasure in the Dao. β
Gehr squatted down and touched the edge of the stone compass, which was smooth and not gross. "Interesting, do you have any other information?"
"Yes, because the Gate of Fladhanas is mentioned in many books that have been handed down, many scholars have taken interest in it and studied it, leaving a lot of research records about the Gate of Fladanas. "There is a theory that the Gate of Fladhanas is an important ritual vessel that converts energy and supplies energy for the entire memorial ceremony. It is important to know that the memorial ceremonies of the ancient dynasty of Ludao have their own mysteries, and this special feature can still be found in the ruins of the Tigana dynasty.
There is also a theory that in fact the Gate of Fladhanas is only symbolic and has no practical use, but because it is associated with the royal authority of the Greaves dynasty, its value is mythologized.
The two factions have quarreled over this, but none of them have been recognized as correct due to the lack of a matter to study at the Gate of Vladanas.
However, legend has it that the Gate of Fladhanas is golden and transparent. As if carved out of a single yellow gemstone, this one here is almost exactly what the legend says. I wonder if this is really the real Fladhanas Gate. β
"Hmm. Gehr stood up, "So which one do you think is reliable?" β
"I'm not on either side. Because there is no corresponding real information, these quarrels are completely meaningless. Carmerita replied "proudly".
"Then I can tell you that the first statement is correct. A voice interjected abruptly, and Gehr saw that it was Belif who had come over at some point.
"This is the authentic product from the Greaves dynasty. β
"And you caught me and Camerita and have something to do with that?" asked Gere.
"To a certain extent, I guess so. Belif shook the staff of civilization in his hand and smiled like a gentleman, "You are the protagonist today. β
"Thank you for the reminder. Gehr replied indifferently, "What about the slaves? And what is this building? You have traveled so far and worked so hard to build this." β
"Don't underestimate it, it's a replica of the Greaves ritual altar in the same proportions. "Belriff put aside the reasons for the disappearance of the slaves. cleverly bypassed the topic.
"Alright, you two don't mess around, the ceremony is about to begin, so you can follow me. β
Gehr and Camerita looked at the total of eight soldiers gathered around them, and there was no way not to follow him, and Gehr secretly accused him of hypocrisy.
Belif left the Gate of Vladhanas with Gehr and Camerita and returned to the crowd.
Time passed little by little, and the atmosphere became more and more solemn, and no one dared to speak for a while.
"That's it. Belif, let's get started. Gudal broke the silence.
At the moment when Gudar opened his mouth, the blood moon in the sky suddenly shone brightly, as if all the light had converged on this valley. Everything is bright red.
"Go!" Belif said loudly.
Bang!
The two-sided one-man high gong vibrated under the striking of the two strong men, making a crisp and melodious sound.
The sound of the gong began to spread, centering on this place and spreading in all directions.
Airplanes!!
A violent shaking suddenly came from the bottom of the entire island. It was as if the whole earth was shaking violently. Even this altar is shaking.
The people on the platform seem to have been prepared, and everything has already been fixed. The horses were also tethered to fixtures, and those who were almost strong clung to the fixtures around them. If you pay attention to your strength, you can stabilize your body.
Gehr was staggered by the sudden shaking, but immediately stood on his feet, and by the way, he held on to Camerita, who was almost out of balance.
Bang Bang Bang Bang ......
The sound of running water sounded beneath his feet, and Gell looked down to see a dark liquid flowing rapidly in the recesses on the floor between them, filling every part of the recess.
It's blood!
After smelling the fresh and pungent smell of blood, Geer knew what the liquid under his feet was, and where the large amount of fresh blood came from, it was no longer necessary to guess.
The blood spread along the groove around the platform, and then down the groove on the altar's outer wall, circling the altar.
The entire altar actually began to emit a bright red mist, like water vapor, from the bottom of the altar all the way up and down.
At this point, the shaking slowly stopped.
A burst of prayer came out of nowhere, solemn, heavy, solemn, like the bells of an auditorium constantly hitting and bouncing in a small space.
It was a strange language, Gehr had never heard of it, but he could feel it very clearly.
"Accept our sacrifices, O Eternal Lord, for the sky is blood-red, the earth is cracked, and your power is everywhere......"
The sound of this prayer came and went, and it was impossible to find the direction.
But the prayer was short, and after a while it began to be repeated, and each time it was repeated, it would be lower, then lower and lower, and eventually it would disappear.
As the prayer sounded, the Gate of Fladhanas began to glow, golden, brighter and brighter, like a searchlight enlarged to full power, and in an instant everyone on the platform went into a state of blindness.
As the prayer ended, the light from the Gate of Vladhanas suddenly focused to one point, shooting towards the Blood Moon, as if it were bombarding it.
In the eyes of the people on the platform, the light stabbed the blood moon like a sharp sword, and then suddenly turned around, shooting in the opposite direction towards the altar platform.
Airplanes!!!
A large gate emerges in front of the Gate of Vladhanas and slowly opens...... (To be continued......)