Ellu walked slowly on the streets of the main city.
She was wearing the robe of a great priest. The moon-white sacrificial robe had gold leaf flowers embroidered on the cuffs, and the placket on the chest had a drawing of twin grasses.
This piece of clothing was already regarded as the highest honor in the old royal court. Most elves could not enter the priesthood, let alone the high priest in charge of a palace.
According to the rules of the old royal court, one must be at least 200 years old to wear this robe, but she is only a pitiful twenty years old now.
"Everything went to hell."
she thought.
The wind in the Elf Forest seemed to never stop. The cool wind blowing in her face blew up her robe and her silver hair, completely lifting her half-blocking hood, covering her face.
The childish face of sadness and anguish is revealed.
"ah."
Ellu was startled. She quickly raised one of her hands holding the book and tried to pull down the hood. Ever since she sat in this position, she was often pointed at by others. This was really a problem for her timidity.
It was an embarrassing experience, and therefore, she always tried to avoid meeting other elves.
However, just as she was pulling up her hood, the door of a palace next to the path was suddenly pushed open.
Three handsome elves wearing armor and holding weapons came out, one man and two women.
They were holding weapons in one hand and helmets in the other, and seemed to be talking about something. The moment they saw Elu, one of the female elves couldn't help showing a look of contempt: "Isn't this the great priest Elu? Why, are you just hanging out?"
It can be seen from the marks on her armor that she is only a mid-level officer. If she had faced a great priest like this in the old royal court, she would have faced severe punishment. However, at this moment, there was no elf to stop her at all.
Another female elf sneered and said sarcastically: "Don't say that. The great priest is busy with everything, and he must be thinking about ways to fight against erosion at all times. How can we soldiers understand the priest's intentions?"
"Haha, forget it, what kind of great priest is he? He's just a low-level elf. He was lucky enough to survive, and now he's trembling behind the city wall with a title. If you ask me, I should just cancel the sacrificial hall.
There’s only one elf left, so what’s the need for it to exist?”
"That is, instead of wasting food to support a useless priest, it is better to give the soldiers on the front line a new set of armor."
"Priest Elu, do you agree? If I were you, I would have thrown away my robe and picked up my weapon and gone up to the tower."
"Forget it, do you think High Priest Elu has the courage? A little girl who faints when she sees blood? Going into battle to kill the enemy? Haha, let her guard her moon god."
"What kind of god is this? It's just a complete scam. The sacrificial hall has been domineering and prosperous for so many years. When it comes to a life-and-death crisis, what's the use? Why don't we just rely on the weapons in our hands?"
As they sang and sang, Ellu always shrank and did not make any rebuttal. She just lowered her head lower and lower, and her thin body was like an extremely inappropriate clothes hanger, which could barely hold up the moon-white robe.
The male elf probably couldn't stand it anymore, so he finally said: "Forget it, let's leave quickly. It will be bad if we delay the change of defense."
In this way, the two female elves finally shut their mouths, and the three of them left alone and walked towards the defense of the city wall.
Ellu retreated to the edge of the path. When their footsteps faded away, the twenty-year-old elf finally slowly raised his head.
Under the hood, her young face had a pair of red eyes, as if there were tears inside. She bit her lips hard, and the knuckles of her hands holding the books turned white. Her body trembled slightly, but she finally
I couldn't bear to cry.
"The great priest will not cry."
In Ellu's mind, she recalled what her mentor, the last great priest, had said to her before his death.
She raised her head and let the wind dry the moisture in the corners of her eyes. Then she no longer hesitated and walked quickly along the path.
After a while, we arrived at a somewhat remote, small palace on the highest ground in the main city.
This temple is really small, only the size of an ordinary house, but there is a plaque of the sacrificial hall hanging on it.
As the last member of the core sequence of the sacrificial hall that once stood in the royal court, this is a place that only belongs to her.
Ellu took out a magic key, unlocked the door, and quickly stepped in.
After closing the door, the house seemed to sense someone entering, and several magic lamps placed around it lit up, lighting up the dark room.
Even so, this house still looks a little dark.
Thick curtains covered most of the windows, and in the middle of the tall roof was a circular hole.
The sunlight casts a spot of light from the top of the palace and fell on the floor. There were only a few decorative patterns in the empty room, and the most conspicuous center was an altar made of stone.
This is the only place of worship in the city.
Ellu picked up a broom and cleaned the altar again. Then, she came behind the curtain and dragged out a suitcase with difficulty.
As a low-level priest who has not yet graduated, her magic skills are very poor, and her physical strength is even worse. In addition, she eats very little, and just dragging out her suitcase makes her breathless.
"Bang."
Dragging the suitcase to the altar, Ellu sighed and opened the lock. Then, in the dim hall, the contents of the suitcase were revealed.
She counted the items inside softly. After counting, she unfolded the red-covered hardcover book she had brought with her and took out a shriveled flower, or specimen.
"With the addition of the last Yuehua Essence, we finally have enough materials. Unfortunately, the area where Yuehua is produced is no longer accessible. We can only find shriveled Yuehua Essence specimens. I don't know if it is possible..."
Ellu murmured, sitting on her knees in the dark hall.
The moon-white robe, which was too large for her figure, was scattered on the ground in a messy manner, revealing her legs wearing white cotton stockings.
It was only then that Ellu's face showed a little bit of a girlish look.
She wiped the sweat from her forehead with her little dusty hands, and a sense of joy and accomplishment appeared on her delicate face.
In order to collect these materials, she has been busy for a whole month, and it took a lot of effort to find several of the materials.
For example, just to get the "Winter's Kiss", she was almost killed by the enemy. It was really only a little bit close.
However, these are all worth it.
When she saw the complete materials in front of her, Ellu's little heart was greatly satisfied.
She once again thought of the sarcasm and ridicule she had encountered on the road just now, and those voices were still ringing in her ears.
However, Elu didn't feel angry, or in other words, even if he was angry, he was not angry at the soldiers who defended his homeland, but only at himself.
She was angry that she was just a fragile low-level priest. No, considering that she did not participate in the formal awarding, she was even just a priest apprentice.
Angry that he didn't die in the destruction in the first place, so he had to take responsibility.
I'm angry that as a "great priest" I can only hide behind the city wall, but I can't do anything...
No.
At least now, she can finally contribute to her homeland.
Ellu bit her lip, with a determined look in her eyes. She flipped through the book and carefully looked at the steps of the ritual, even though she had memorized the process by heart.
This book is the holy book of the sacrificial hall. It records the complex sacrificial etiquette and is also a code that every priest must remember.
However, what Ellu is reading at the moment is only a small chapter, which is an ancient ritual.
It is said that through specific materials and rituals, the "goddess of moonlight and forest" can be summoned.
The sacrificial hall exists to worship gods.
Now that the entire royal court is in danger, the clan has to retreat to the last city, and the elves are at a critical stage of life and death.
All elves are contributing to the war.
Elu has no power.
She could only pray for the arrival of the "goddess of moonlight and forest".
Even though, most elves no longer believe in Him.
"I didn't waste food."
Ellu whispered, as if speaking to other elves.
Her thin face became extremely determined and pious at this moment.