The 66-meter-high White Sea Pagoda is located in the cemetery on the outskirts of Nereides. It is not only the resting place of countless heroic souls and bones, but also the resting place of the legendary sea hero Nereides, the founder of the city.
The hero's grave cannot be found in that phantom cemetery where Cecilia flowers bloom. However, the White Tower of Sea Worship itself is his greatest monument, and the Sea Altar on the top of the tower is the mirror of the entire blue sea.
The most solemn sacrificial place, because it is not only connected with the history and legend of the mirror elves, but also to express our current thoughts to an ancient existence buried deep under the rock mountain.
Petrod, the Stone Crab of the Divine Sea, was once the mount of Nereides, and was also the closest partner. They fought together across the five seas, and worked together to kill the sea monsters who were causing trouble here, with their own hands.
The first foundation stone of the city was laid. Then the hero fell asleep and his bones were buried under the sea of flowers. Petrot of the Sea followed his last wish and became the guardian of the city for thousands of years.
He watched the descendants of the hero cultivate fields, build houses, graze livestock, and tame sea animals...
But he is already too old. Even for a long-lived deep sea monster, he is still too old to step into another mausoleum built for him and sleep together with his former master and friends.
He had no feelings about his own death, and felt that leaving here might be a good choice. However, his friends' instructions had not yet been completed, and these immature children still needed his protection. For this reason, he did not allow himself to be imprisoned prematurely.
When he called, he sealed his body, silenced his soul, and fell into a long sleep. In this way, he maintained his life until the day when his friend's descendants no longer needed him.
During the long period of time after he fell into slumber, he was awakened several times, sometimes by powerful enemies attacking fiercely, sometimes by encountering storms and waves that were difficult to resist... And the ancient stone crab god practiced himself very well.
With his mission and promise, he protected the city of Nereides safe and sound, becoming a pearl that never fades under the blue sky and sea.
During this period of Queen Amira's reign, the Mirror of the Blue Sea was basically in a calm state. There were no large-scale conflicts or events that could threaten Nereids, so the Queen had not seen the guardian with her own eyes.
True to its appearance, the obsidian mountain on which the city is located is nothing more than its carapace after its remaining heat has been extinguished.
But now she stood at the highest position of the sea altar, watching the deep-sea priests wearing white robes and holding scepters arranged in the shape of three embedded rings on the altar, and the center of the ring was
, which is also the main seat of the altar. Standing is a young man with long snow-white hair. The white robe he wears is not decorated with gorgeous patterns and dazzling gold edges like other deep-sea priests. On the contrary, it is clean and simple.
Extremely; the scepter in his hand is not inlaid with gems or pearls, it is just an ordinary wooden staff. However, even with such an ordinary appearance, it can still make people feel awe-inspiring and majestic, and they can't help but feel awe.
,difficult to look directly at.
He is another powerful demigod in Nereids City, Sandro, the chief priest of the priesthood. He is also the youngest chief priest in the history of the city. He enjoys a high reputation among the people. If we talk about love,
If Queen Mila is loved by all the people, then he has the respect of all the people.
At this time, the chief priest was standing quietly on the main altar of the altar, his eyes closed tightly, his face unsmiling, as if he would not be affected by any external objects, which would affect his mind and then affect the subsequent spirit summoning ceremony. But other people present
The expressions on the faces of the deep-sea priests who serve as assistant priests are basically carved from the same mold as him. Some people are even so nervous that the skin on their faces has become stiffer than ice cubes and they are unable to make any expressions. Awakening Lord Petrode of the Stone Crab Divine Sea is an extremely serious and solemn matter. It even requires inviting a king to watch the ceremony and a chief priest to preside over the ceremony. For these deep-sea priests, it is more likely to be a once-in-a-lifetime event.
Experience. Therefore, it is normal for them to react like this.
On the outermost side of the circular altar, there are small altars placed at regular intervals, with obsidian rocks enshrined on them, which are essentially fragments peeled off from the carapace of Petrod of the Sea, and are also the main source of Sea Flame.
Fuel. It is not impossible to make fire on the seabed. Even fire is more important to the mirror elves than to people on the ground, because they originally came from the ground. Even with the assistance of underwater breathing and deep sea adaptation techniques, they still cannot fully adapt to the deep sea environment.
.And flames can help them retrieve the warmth hidden in their memories, dispel the heavy darkness, process indigestible raw food into cooked food, and can also intimidate those underwater monsters who have never seen flames. In the history of the Mirror Elf's foothold in the deep sea,
played a vital role.
Every mirror elf city-state or country has mastered at least one kind of sea flame processing and burning technology. For the mirror elves in Nereid City, it is this "black magic" inspired by the carapace fragments of the Stone Crab God.
"Obsidian Flame". But at this time, the obsidian fragments on the altar were not ignited because the time for the spirit summoning ceremony had not yet arrived.
Petrod of the Stone Crab Divine Sea does not need complicated rituals to please himself, but the mirror elves who regard him as a god will formulate the rules and meaning of the ritual themselves, and in this way reflect their respect and worship.
.This should be the nature of civilized races. Not only the mirror elves on the seabed do this, but also the believers on the ground have it engraved into their instincts.
In the spirit-calling ceremony defined by the oldest royal court priesthood, the best time period for holding the ceremony should be during the twilight hours of the day. Converted to the human timetable on earth, it refers to the time from 0:00 a.m. to
During this period of time, the moon in the sky will sink but not sink, the remaining stars in the sky will disappear but not disappear, and everything in the sea is waiting for the moment of rebirth after death, which echoes the story of the Stone Crab God emerging from his long sleep.
The meaning of waking up and returning to the world.
Therefore, the spirit summoning ceremony has another name, which is called the ritual of the dark night.
As time goes by, although the changes in moonlight and starlight on the sea cannot be seen at the bottom of the deep sea, the mirror elves have long learned to perceive the changes in time through the rise and fall of seawater tides, and the high priest Sandro is even more
The best among them, he has perfect control of time. When the slender hands of the brass wall clock hanging on the wall in the Goblin Sleep Inn clicked together at midnight,
, he opened his eyes at the same time as the main seat of the Sea Altar, and announced lightly: "The ceremony begins."
As a result, the deep-sea priests who served as assistant priests started to move at the same moment, stepping on steps that coincided with a certain rhythm, causing the triple rings embedded inside and outside to begin to move slowly, the corners of the white priest robes fluttering, and the tangible sea water moved along the
The flow of their patrolling trajectory created one small vortex after another. When each deep-sea priest passed by the altar, he would slightly tilt the staff in his hand and aim the top of the staff at the obsidian fragments on the altar. At the same time, the origin stones on their bodies also began to glow brightly, as faintly as fireflies, and the low buzzing sound seemed to be calling for something, arousing the echo of the sea water even more turbulently, crashing like a tidal wave hitting the ancient coast.
It has echoed since the past.
That is the blood magic of the mirror elves, a talent they are proud of, and a resonance with the ocean.
The spirit summoning ceremony to awaken Master Petrode from the Stone Crab Divine Sea does not require a gorgeous ceremony, a melodious tone, or a flashy dance...it only requires resonance. Through the resonance of the origin stone, inspiration
The mind of the Great God, in tune with its spirit and rhythm of its soul, can then convey its most sincere prayers and most sincere longings.
Then, the fire began to burn.
There is a blue fire burning on every altar, getting stronger and brighter, until it swallows up all the light in the deep sea, turning into straight pillars of light, rising into the sky, as if
It wants to penetrate the momentum of the sea and penetrate into the distance beyond sight.
In the cemetery where the hero sleeps, Cecilia flowers bloom everywhere, and cold and white tombstones stand in the phantom and cold sea of flowers, as if calling for someone's soul to wake up. At the bottom of the deep sea, under the mist, the sea of flowers
In the deepest part of the illusion, the 66-meter-high White Sea Pagoda exudes a gorgeous and bright light like stars. At this moment, it shines like a hazy moon.