Chapter 677 The True Image of the Nine Pillars God
The twenty-first circle is the end of the endless corridor. It is a sacred and glorious rotunda like a cathedral.
After entering the door, the first thing Aiwass saw was this scene——
The wooden floor was red, and the ceiling was dark red. It looked like it was in the heart of some huge monster.
Thousands of white candles of different heights were burning in the room, and the room was filled with light, sacred incense.
The statues of the Nine Pillar Gods are surrounded by fans in order and embedded in their respective square shrines. They look like huge paintings, but these paintings are sunk into the wall, and "
The nine-pillar sacred statues in the "painting" maintain different postures and appear in boxes of different colors.
In the left and right corners of each "picture frame", there are different sacrifices placed. Basically, they are different flowers, different gems, and candles of different colors, placed in different orders of quantity.
From left to right, the Nine Pillars are arranged according to their sacred numbers.
As we all know, the Nine Pillars God has different incarnations. However, the Theocracy has a unique definition of the "official image" of the Nine Pillars God.
Although there will be religious paintings in churches in other countries, they will not have complete statues, nor will any form of painting without permission be allowed - this is the "right of permission" and "right of discourse" controlled by the Theocracy.
". Only a few temples that honor a certain pillar god will enshrine icons.
Generally speaking, only here can you see the highest level icon of the Nine Pillars God at the same time.
——Hengga on the far left looks like a plump young girl.
She knelt on the ground, facing the lake, with her hands crossed on her chest or shoulders. She had almost no clothing on her body, only translucent black crystals shaped into the shape of tentacles, binding her tightly from behind, and at the same time
Key parts are covered.
She had extremely long black straight hair, and her face could not be seen clearly because she lowered her head. The long hair hung down to the ground, mixed with her calves and feet. But the hair that touched the ground turned into a
A black snake.
And the tentacles that surged out from the depths of darkness like vines spread all the way to the crimson vortex behind her. The tentacles were blood red near the vortex, and there were dark gold vertical pupils like wolves emerging from the vortex.
Faintly emerged in the middle.
To the right of the eternal self is the twin mirror.
But the image of the twin mirror is not a mirror.
He looked like a beautiful woman sitting on a chair.
Two people who looked almost identical, with the same light blond hair, were sitting back to back on high-rise cake-like chairs. They looked like butterflies replicated horizontally by a mirror.
They have the same shawl hair, the same green eyes, and the same beautiful appearance. But from the details of their expressions, you can see that the one on the left is a male and the one on the right is a female.
The man curled up his left leg on the chair and relaxed his right leg downward. His left fist supported his cheek, looking relaxed and lazy, with his head and eyes lowered.
The female twin mirror is just the opposite. She curls up her right leg, kicks her left leg forward playfully, raises her head slightly, puts the index and middle finger tips of her left hand against her chin, and holds her head high. They both face the picture.
Looking sideways from outside, the smile on his face seemed friendly, but also seemed to be a little playful.
Even the offerings placed on the left and right corners of the shrine are completely symmetrical.
It was the first time Aiwass had seen the images of these two pillar gods. Therefore, he looked at them carefully and remembered them in his heart.
And one more place to the right is the most common Si Zhu.
Si Zhu is a huge red crystal stag with bifurcated antlers on its head. And each antler is burning with a white candle - this is no different.
Weizhe is a stooped old man. He wears a hooded robe, and his eyes are deeply sunken. One of his eyes is pure white, but his other dark blue eye is extremely deep, like a bottomless eye.
Ice lake.
His mouth was as shriveled as an old man's, and seemed to be sewn shut with black thread. The old man's right hand hung low, as if hiding something in his cuff. And his raised left hand held up a slate. The slate
Ancient words like lightning were dancing on the top. From his raised left arm, you could see the muscles hidden under the robe.
Sand Timepiece is also an old man, but he looks much more energetic.
He was dressed in a yellow robe, had a white beard and white hair, and his slightly long and thin old face looked extremely serious. Behind him was a huge hourglass that was constantly flowing sand, and his hands were in the cuffs of his sleeves in front of him.
The sixth Lord of Scales and Feathers showed a different appearance from what Aiwass knew.
His whole body was hidden in the shadows, and all he could vaguely see were the swaying green feathers and dark blue scales. His image seemed to be constantly changing, one moment it was green, and the next it was green.
Blue. But because of the large group of shadows, only a little bit of the exposed features can be seen.
The Silver Crowned Dragon is a sleeping white dragon sitting on top of an iceberg. He wears a majestic and sacred silver crown on his head, and his wings are also a brilliant silvery gray. The cold air visible to the naked eye is like dry ice melting at room temperature.
The same, still flowing outward from the shrine...
Aiwass quickly passed over the pillar gods such as the Silver Crowned Dragon and the Snake Father that he had seen, and looked at the last one, Amber.
——Judging from the several pillar gods Aiwass has seen, at least the gap should not be particularly big. The most different among them is the boss... But considering that the boss is also the god of concealment and change, he displays special characteristics to the outside world.
The image is also apparently normal.
The pillar god "Amber" who only saw the twilight path is actually a white-haired girl wrapped in twilight-colored crystals.
She didn't have any accessories or clothes on her body. She looked like she was sealed and buried here.
She curled up like a baby, and seemed to be trying to hold something in her arms. The long snow-white hair naturally curved, as if it was about to wind up into a cocoon, vaguely wrapping her in it. But the crystal did not seem to be a crystal.
, because the long hair in the crystal can actually float slightly, as if floating in the amniotic fluid.
Aiwass also saw with sharp eyes a pair of small pure white wings extending from the position of Amber's ears. Two large pure white wings extended from her back, overlapping forward, blocking her
The body with long hair can hardly be blocked by anything. On the sides of the feet that cannot be covered by the wings, there is a pair of wings about the same size as the sides of the ears.
The girl's body is so white that it is almost transparent... In other words, what the sculptor wants to express is this kind of looming "transparency". Compared with her body, the three pairs of pure white wings are more eye-catching.
"...Is this what Amber is like?"
Aiwass murmured: "Amber turns out to be a harpy..."
This was the first time Aiwass saw Amber - there were no icons or sacred paintings enshrining Amber in the Candlestick Cathedral of Avalon. He didn't even know whether Amber was a boy or a girl, or what race he was...
Considering that Kohaku became the Pillar God in the "Cicada Slough" incident, then he should be divided into genders.
Aiwass didn't know how long the harpies lived, or whether they looked younger or older.
But judging from Amber's facial features, it seems that she can still see a childish feeling. From a human point of view, she looks about fifteen or sixteen years old at most.
This gave Aiwass some hesitation.
Amber... As the "god of the highest peak, the god of perfection and eternity", why does he look so young?
He still remembered that Amber had been the strongest pillar god ever since the cicada incident.
The image of the Pillar God should be closer to that when they came to power - of course, there is no evidence for this, it is just a conclusion that Aiwass inferred based on experience and intuition. But if you say so, then Amber is too young...
In front of these nine holy statues, there is an extra long table than usual.
At this moment, the Pure White Saint did not kneel in front of the Nine Pillars God as usual, but sat in the middle of the long table, facing Aiwass and his group who were walking towards the holy statue.
She was closing her eyes slightly and singing a melodious hymn in a low voice. It was sacred music that was enough to cleanse the soul. Just listening to it would make you feel healed - this is not an exaggeration. People who have the disease can just listen to it.
Maybe this song will really heal me.
The saint's position is sitting in front of the sand clock and in the middle of the entire circular room.
There are only three seats on the other side of the long table. The seat to the right of the saint is empty.
The person on the left side of the Saint is none other than Master Yanis who looked at Isabel in surprise.
"...Why are you here?"
Yanis said softly.
Isabel raised the corners of her mouth, put a finger in front of her lips, and replied silently: "This is a secret."
Although she was responding to Yannis, Isabel's eyes were almost uncontrollably attracted to the pure white saint.
To be precise, he was attracted by the chest of the pure white saint that was placed on the table.
At this moment, the index fingers, middle fingers and ring fingers of the pure white saint's hands were pressed together, forming a pyramid shape on the table. But this was not a false pyramid... rather, she was placing her arms on the table.
Rest on your chest.
Isabelle:???
Okay, so big...
The young half-elf queen opened her eyes wide and exclaimed silently.
——Is it really reasonable to be so big?
She puffed up her cheeks and silently questioned nature.
She quietly turned her head to look at Aiwass, and found that Aiwass was not staring at the pure white saint, but looking sideways at the Pillar God Amber, and then secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
After seeing Aiwass, the pure white saint nodded slightly to her left side and motioned Aiwass to go this way: "In front of the Lord of Scales and Feathers."
"I understand, Your Highness."
Aiwass said, pulling Isabel to the side.
Soon, Aiwass found his position directly in front of the Lord of Scale Feathers.
On the back of the huge chair, like one used in a promotion ceremony, "Aiwass" was written in elven cursive script. There were also small chairs on the left and right sides.
When the three Aiwass sat down, several little elf girls also wearing nun uniforms soon came over to serve them drinks.
It was a crystal clear liquid like ruby.
Aiwass sniffed.
——This is Holy Tree No. 1.
He judged the taste of this wine just by its aroma.
After the little girl with long gray hair poured three glasses of wine attentively, Aiwass smiled and whispered to her: "Thank you."
The girl was slightly startled, and then looked at Aiwass with a smile on his face. Only then did she finally see the young cardinal's face clearly.
"…Human, human?"
The girl's originally expressionless, doll-like face now subconsciously showed a trace of surprise and joy. Her eyes revealed a strong desire of "I want to touch him." But she subconsciously glanced at the door of the room.
The photographer finally restrained his desire.
"You're so cute."
The girl whispered: "Your Majesty Cardinal."
Then, the girl bowed her head slightly and saluted. Then she turned around and left with a slight smile on her face.
After the girl left, Isabel asked in a low voice: "Who is she? Is she the Pope's maid?"
"No," Aiwass said softly, "If it weren't for us...she would be this generation's candidate saint."
"...Such a young child?"
"Even though she is young, she should be close to it even if she is not over 100."
Aiwass said casually, then raised his head and looked around.
From here you can hear Her Majesty the Holy Lady singing at a close distance. And the drink is the best wine in the world, Holy Tree No. 1 brewed with the blood of the apostles... I have to say, it is really refreshing.
He arrived early, so there were not many people around Aiwass yet. Only the section between Eternal Self and Twin Mirror had more people, and he was the first to arrive at this end.
Suddenly, Aiwass felt someone push his shoulder gently from behind.
He turned his head with his right side and saw that Lily had turned back and was looking at him.
The young man behind was smiling and waving to Aiwass.
He put on pure white robes, so that Aiwass didn't recognize him for a while. Later, looking at his bright smile, he realized that this was the cardinal, Siegfried, codenamed "Topa"
.
Next to him was a woman with long silver hair and a strong man with brown hair. Both were pure-blood elves.
"My wife, Kriemhild."
Siegfried smiled and said, putting his arm around the man's shoulders: "This is my brother. Which one is your wife?"
"this."
Aiwass chuckled and said, pulling Isabel's hand: "Her name is Isabel."
"Half-elf..."
Siegfried looked at Isabel thoughtfully and said, "She seems familiar to me."
Humans have the same cuteness bonus as cats and dogs for elves - but if they are half-elves, they will immediately lose this special allure.
Although in human aesthetics, half-elves may even be cuter than pure-blood elves. Because they have the noble and exquisite appearance of elves, as well as the round cheek contours of humans. But in the aesthetics of elves...half-elves are probably equivalent to
A kind of Fu Rui. Among extreme elf sects, it may even feel weird to the point of nausea.
Only a few elves are particularly fond of half-elves, and Siegfried is obviously not among them.
This is actually the reason why it is difficult for half-elves to gain a high status in the Theocracy - even elves also like to look at their faces. It's just that their aesthetics are different.
"Do you always bring your wife here?"
Avas suddenly felt confident.
Originally, when he brought Isabel here, he was worried that it would break the rules.
