After the news about the kingdom of gods deep in the Thunder Swamp reached Suinhor, the king of gods of this generation invited one of the ship passengers who had witnessed the city above the clouds to the Fire Guard City.
This being with the dual identities of king and god's favored person seems to be very curious about the country floating on the sea of clouds.
There were merchants, servant alchemists, and a scholar traveling to the City of Lights on board that ship.
The person who came to the Fire Protection City this time was the traveling scholar.
The scholar was examined and walked into the palace garden with a pair of boxes.
Because we were not receiving any foreign envoys or high-ranking nobles, we didn't pay that much attention to etiquette.
In the garden, the king of gods is wearing armor, holding a bow and arrow, and shooting at the target.
The scholar came behind the King of Gods.
"The great King of Suinhor, the favored one of the First Ancestor of Blood."
"Please accept my high respect for you and the Alpans bloodline."
The king of the gods put down his bow and arrows and asked the scholar to sit down.
The king of gods is very polite to scholars.
This is a tradition inherited from King Alpanz, and Suinhor has special respect for scholars.
The king's voice was rough, while the scholar's sounded a little cautious.
"I heard that you have seen the kingdom of gods?"
"is this real?"
The scholar was still very excited when he recalled the scene.
He told how he traveled to the King's Court of Ten Thousand Snakes, descended from the Mountain of Origin of Life, and arrived at Thunder Swamp; by chance, he saw such a scene that no mortal could ever see.
The scholar danced with joy, but still felt that it was difficult for him to describe in words only one ten thousandth of the scene.
"I can confirm that it must be the city of gods."
"I have seen some relics left by the gods. The style is very similar to that city."
The so-called relics left by the gods are just what the snake people on the giant island of Ruhe call them.
Actually.
They are various props left over from the previous era.
Finally, he took out the box in his hand.
"This is the painting I drew that day after I left Thunder Swamp."
"Although it is still difficult to describe the sanctity and majesty of that city, if Wang is really interested in that city, he can take a look."
"It can reveal the beauty of the kingdom of gods."
The King of the Gods had heard about this a long time ago and invited him here just for this painting.
Rumors can be faked, but if you haven't actually seen the real thing, you can't imagine it out of thin air.
King of the Gods: "I am willing to pay for it!"
The scholar's eyes clearly showed some reluctance, and the King of Divine Favorites could see it.
He knows better.
What scholars value is not money, but fame.
So the King of Gods continued: "I can also promise you that I will invite you and Master Briman to redraw it."
"In the Fire Protector Temple."
"When the time comes, you will be recorded in history along with this painting."
The scholar was at a loss: "Ah!"
Although he firmly believed that it was a kingdom of gods, scholars did not know which god's kingdom it was.
He is just a mortal, how can he know how many gods there are in the world.
The kingdom of such an unknown god is mapped in the temple dedicated to the Mother of Life and the First Ancestor of Blood.
Is there really no problem?
The King of the Gods said: "If my guess is correct, then the city above the clouds is the place where the first ancestor of blood once lived."
The scholar was very excited: "Is that so?"
The scholar no longer had any questions and opened his painting happily.
The scholar's painting is not very clever, but it still vividly represents the scene at that time.
Jungle on the water, misty mist.
And the clouds and mountains that connect heaven and earth.
A gap appeared at the height of Yunshan, revealing the scene behind it. It was an ancient and mysterious city.
It is an obvious Trefoil style building, a city built entirely of stone.
Tall, grand, majestic.
Unlike the City of Life, which lacks the smoke and smoke of mortals, it has heavy historical marks and signs that the Sanye people have lived there.
The king of gods stood up and nodded.
"very good."
"As expected."
Although the scholar was very curious, he did not dare to ask.
Before he left, he asked: "Is it really Master Breman? Do you want to collaborate with me on mural painting in the temple?"
The King of God's Favorites was in a good mood and burst into laughter: "It's true!"
"You can go back and prepare to add another mural to the temple that will show miracles for everyone."
"I am looking forward!"
"That must be a masterpiece that will be handed down from generation to generation."
The King of Gods sent the scholar away, and then immediately changed into a set of clothes.
He came to the temple and prayed devoutly to the gods he believed in.
"The Red Witch, the ruler of the kingdom of blood in the deep sea, the great ancestor of blood, the king of the most ancient race."
"I followed your oracle and got it."
In the temple.
One after another, illusive and dazzling blood-colored flowers bloomed and took away the painting from the hand of the King of Gods.
The painting disappeared with the blood mist and fell into the deep sea.
Came to the Kingdom of Blood.
Today, there are more people in the Kingdom of Blood. In addition to Vivien, Alpanz, and Smerkel, there are also many new three-leaf symbionts.
Although their forms are completely different from before, they have changed from wisdom and power to life power.
But they were all once the most elite and powerful group of people among the Sanye people.
These people gathered in the Temple of Truth, looking up at the red-haired demigod sitting on the throne of flesh and blood.
The red-haired demigod waved his hand, and the painting unfolded in the Temple of Truth.
"It's really it!" Many three-leaf symbionts became excited.
"It's really the city where the gods descended." No one present was unfamiliar with this city.
"The place where the God Insai and the King of Wisdom and the Mother of Life descended, the place of origin that King Jeser searched for for King Lederiki, and the place where everything began." They were able to tell in detail those stories about the coming of God.
The city’s past and stories.
All the three-leaf symbionts raised their heads and looked at the ancient city on the painting.
Even they felt dizzy, as if they had really seen the clouds, mountains and fog.
Saw the beginning and origin of everything.
Vivien looked at the painting quietly.
Compared to the City of God's Servants, she is much more familiar with the City of God's Descendance.
Although she has lost a lot of memories, among the remaining memories, she also has the most memories about the City of God's Descendance.
In Vivien's life, the places that influenced her the most were the Cross City, the Temple of Truth, the City of God's Descendation, and the Temple of the Sky.
She grew up in Cross City as a teenager, studied in the Isle of Mist as a youth, and spent most of her subsequent life in the City of Gods.
The City of Servants of God and the Sky Temple are the goals she has been striving for throughout her life.
It took several generations of sacrifices and the death of countless companions before we finally regained this place.
Therefore, the City of Servants of God and the Temple of the Sky are beliefs to her, but the City of God's Descendence is more like her home when she becomes an adult.
Smerkel asked the First Ancestor of Blood: "Lord Vivien, do you want to take a look?"
Alpanz: "Besides that city, there is probably nothing left!"
The demigod on the throne of flesh put away the painting: "We know it's still there!"
"That's enough."
Vivien stood up: "Holy Mountain, City of God's Servants, Temple of Tao, City of God's Descendants."
"The servants of the Lord of Life have left behind many things from the previous era!"
Vivien could guess whether there was something reserved in other forbidden areas.
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It's dozens of miles outside the Fire Guard City.
Yoan Town.
This is a very difficult name for snake people.
There is an ancient family in the town. It is said that during the time of Arsini, the ancestor of the city-state, this family named Shana followed Arsini and migrated here.
This family specializes in collecting all kinds of "relics left by the gods", and they also possess strange powers.
Therefore, he is feared by the people in the town.
Or, it can also be called fear.
The Shaner family's castle was built by the lake. It is located on the edge of the town and ordinary people are not willing to approach it.
Because there are rumors in the town that there is a monster in the lake.
"Ouch!"
"ha!"
A young man of about twenty years old was practicing swordsmanship by the lake, honing his body and combat skills.
This is the inheritance and habit of most noble families.
But after the young man refined his swordsmanship to a certain level, he suddenly burst out with extraordinary power; the sword in his hand stirred up the water in the lake, turning into a tornado and swirling around him.
He even stepped forward on the water and started running in the lake.
There is an incomplete mark on the back of his right hand. It is this mark that makes him have no power, but he can easily mobilize the extraordinary power in the props.
The young man is called Shana.
Although there is a number of generations behind his name on the family stone monument, usually everyone just calls him Xiao Shana.
This is not uncommon. Many illiterate farmers, blacksmiths, and carpenters in the town have the same name for three generations.
He is the heir of this generation of the family.
It's also the only one.
Shana also has a father and grandfather, but he has been with his grandfather since he was a child and rarely sees his father.
This is very rare, it refers to the fact that he seemed to have seen his father come back when he was very young.
But he couldn't remember exactly what it looked like.
Grandfather told Shaner that his father was out on his own mission.
He will do the same when he becomes an adult.
This has been their family's mission for generations.
And he will reach adulthood the day after tomorrow, and his coming-of-age ceremony will be held then.
At that time.
He will also leave the family and travel outside.
After Shana finished practicing by the lake, he returned to the family castle. There was a painting hanging on the outside of the castle, colorful murals on the inside, and exquisite wall carvings in the deepest part.
Some of these wall carvings date back to the Alsine era thousands of years ago.
Shana stopped in front of the first wall carving.
It was a sea of flowers, and there was something vaguely hidden in the sea of flowers, but because the wall carving was not large, I couldn't see it clearly.
There are two lines of words on the wall carving.
He didn't know what the word was, but his grandfather once told him what it meant.
"When the Creator returns, it will be the day when the gods awaken."
"Who is the Creator? Is he the Mother of Life?" Shana asked as a child.
"You can't know yet," his grandfather told him.
"Then when will I know?" Shana asked as a child.
"You will definitely know it in the future." Grandfather's words were on point.
Shana stood in front of the wall carving and thought of this conversation again.
At this time, my grandfather also came out. He walked out of the room and came to the lobby outside.
Behind him was a man who looked very similar to Shana.
"Xiao Shana!"
"Your father is back."
Shana instantly looked away from the wall carving and raised his head to look excitedly at the middle-aged man with a face full of vicissitudes of life and fatigue.
He could feel the aura of blood connection, although the other party looked a little downcast and different from the tall and heroic figure he imagined.
This is conceivable.
A man who has been running around outside for many years should look like this.
He called to the other party: "Father!"
The father looked at Xia Na with a puzzled look, then looked back at Xia Na's grandfather.
"wrong……"
"Why did he..."
Before my father finished speaking, his grandfather interrupted him.
"He will be an adult soon, and he will take over your mission."
The father did not speak, only obeyed.
Xia Na found that his father was not very warm to him, and there was no excitement and joy between the two of them like the reunion between father and son after a long separation.
He stood in the lobby of the castle and looked at his father, thinking that his father didn't like him.
He was a little lost.
It's just dark, and Xia Na likes to go for a walk by the lake at this time.
At this time, the scenery by the lake was beautiful, and the whole world was so quiet as if he was the only one left.
Suddenly, a voice came from behind Shana.
"Are there still rumors in the town that there is a monster in the lake?"
Shana turned around and saw his father, who nodded with some enthusiasm.
"It's still the same."
However, Xia Na did not believe the rumors about the lake at all, because he had grown up by this lake since he was a child, and he knew everything about the lake.
There is nothing at the bottom of the lake except fish.
The two of them walked around the lake for a while, and Xia Na felt that the atmosphere seemed to have become better.
He asked his father: "Have you found it?"
What he asked was whether his father had completed the family's mission after being away from the family for so many years.
Father seemed to understand what Shana was asking: "I found it, but I didn't find it either."
Shana didn't understand.
Either it's found, or it's not found.
What's with this ambiguous answer?
The father said: "I found the secret I once wanted to find, but I failed to complete my mission."
Shana was a little happy: "So, it's my turn next?"
He climbed up a rock, stood on it and said, "I will definitely find what you can't find and complete all missions successfully."
My father was under the stone, staring blankly at Shana's heroic words.
He couldn't help but laugh: "Do you know what your mission is?"
Shana shook his head: "But I know that I will definitely finish him."
My father didn't speak, as if he was lost in thought and memories.
Summer is hot.
Shana suddenly took off his clothes and jumped into the lake.
He swam in the lake excitedly, and his mood became very good for some reason.
Suddenly there was a clanging sound from the shore, and a cold light flashed under the moon.
Shana turned back and looked towards the shore, and saw his father holding his sword and pondering it in the moonlight.
He washed his body and climbed up again.
It's much cooler.
After he got dressed, his father asked him at this time.
"The sword is good."
"Can you fight?"
Shana replied: "I have learned."
His father threw the sword to him: "Go on!"
There was a confrontation between the two, with Shana holding a sword and his father empty-handed.
But Shana was no match for him. His father could easily predict his every move and fool him around.
The only sword in Shana's hand was a relic left by the gods, while his father had many magical props all over his body, and those magical props seemed to be integrated with his father.
He maximized the power of each prop after another.
Simply unbelievable.
In the end, Shana tried his best, but could not touch the corner of his father's clothes.
The father took off a ring from his hand: "I gave it to you."
"Its name is the Ring of Steel. Ordinary people can only use it to send out steel needles."
"But after you perform the coming-of-age ceremony, activating and fusing it will allow you to form a skin of steel. Ordinary weapons will have no effect on you."
This is the special ability of the Shana family. They do not have any extraordinary abilities.
But they can fuse the things left by the gods and gain power from these items.
Shana picked up the ring: "Is this the relic of the gods that you found outside?"
His father told him: "They are not called relics of gods, they are called magical props."
Shana didn't understand the meaning of this word and kept mumbling.
"Magic props!"
But Xia Na was very happy. It was the first time he talked to his father so much.
especially.
His father also gave him a gift.
For a child who has lacked care since childhood, this is something that makes him so excited that he can't sleep when he recalls it.
That night, he tossed and turned while clutching the ring of steel given to him by his father.
he thought.
My father has been away from home for so many years and has not been able to complete the family mission.
He wanted to make some achievements to show to his father and grandfather.
The coming-of-age ceremony day.
The servants at home prepared everything, and then everyone left.
The whole castle was brightly lit, with candles burning from top to bottom.
Grandfather, father, and Shana stood under an ancient stone carving. The three of them prostrated on the ground together, and then shouted out the motto that has been passed down from generation to generation.
"When the Creator returns, it will be the day when the gods awaken."
Three people, old, middle and young, said this sentence in different tones.
Everyone has different emotions.
Young people are curious, middle-aged people are confused, and old people are vicissitudes of life.
Grandfather stood up and looked at the moon rising outside.
He put his hand on Shana's head, with hope in his eyes.
"The time has come."
Shana suddenly asked his grandfather: "What am I going to find?"
He felt that at this time, he should tell himself.
Grandfather replied: "God will guide you!"
Shana asked again: "How should I find it?"
Grandfather replied: "God will guide you!"
Xia Na's face was full of doubts, and it was difficult for him to understand that this was the mission and task he had to shoulder.
He raised his head and met his grandfather's eyes.
"Shaina!"
"You'll do it, right?"
Shana nodded: "I will definitely do it."
He saw endless expectations in his grandfather's eyes.
There is also desire.
There is unspeakable fatigue in the anticipation, and the desire is more violent than the monsters in the abyss.
This made Shana's young heart a little restless.
He is also extremely eager to complete the tasks and missions of his family for generations.
But Shana looked into his grandfather's eyes and suddenly felt that although his grandfather was talking to him, it seemed that he was not the one he was asking about.
Midnight has arrived.
A powerful force was transmitted from grandfather's hand to Shana's body, and the half-mark on the back of Shana's hand slowly became complete.
He has gained complete family power and can leave the family and go out to explore.
It's still dark.
Xia Na couldn't wait to get ready, took his things and set off with the rising sun.
This is the first time he has left home, and he feels that the distance is hope and the future.
His steps were cheerful, and he took a few steps at first and then turned around.
later.
It disappeared in a flash of smoke.
Shana left the town of Yoan, and his father and grandfather stood by the lake and watched him from a distance.
Shana's father: "Can he do it?"
The father turned his head and looked at his grandfather: "Does everything we do really mean anything?"
Grandfather replied: "What's the meaning?"
The father shouted loudly: "Then why do we exist?"
Shana's grandfather: "God will find us."
"if……"
"If He has woken up!"
Father: "What if He never wakes up?"
Grandfather said nothing and stared at father with his eyes that could not feel the slightest warmth.
Then he said: "How long have you been waiting?"
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The vast sea.
A group of small silver-winged flying dragons crossed the sea of storms, like a flock of migrating seabirds.
Although in this era, even creatures like birds were not born.
At the beginning, some nests of winged demons could still be seen on the periphery of the Sea of Storms, but in the core area, even such terrifying creatures no longer existed.
All that was left was overwhelming black.
It feels like being dragged into an abstract world.
The entire world is filled with black lines painted by crazy painters with black charcoal, layer after layer, covering the entire world.
This is scarier than real darkness.
It makes people feel like the sky and the sea are spinning, and the terrifying sound pierces the ears, giving rise to terrifying thoughts.
fortunately.
The silver-winged dragon is not a human being.
The silver-winged flying dragon hovered in the terrifying storm, constantly rushing towards heights.
It thought it could escape the storm by flying higher.
But even though the storm subsided at that high place, the black corrosive force still existed.
Even more intense.
"call!"
The spiritual power integrated into the bodies of the silver-winged flying dragons was instantly destroyed and disintegrated.
Even among the dark clouds at high altitudes, some unimaginable and terrifying things can be seen moving and squirming.
Twisted in the sky.
Those are the dependents born from the breath of the Luhe giant monster.
They are restrained by the Ruch Troll and the will of the Mother of Life, and cannot leave the range of the Ruch Troll's power.
But if someone dares to break into the power of the Ruch giant monster regardless of life or death, then they will let these guys know what true terror and despair are.
This terrifying sight forced the silver-winged flying dragon to fall down again.
Only then did they realize that the purgatory-like world below was actually safer.
Swarms of silver-winged flying dragons flew across the sea of storms, one after another being completely damaged like consumables.
"Woo!"
They crowded together and vibrated their wings to form a barrier, blocking the eroding power.
The Silver Winged Flying Dragon wants to use this method to protect the Silver Winged Flying Dragon inside from erosion and preserve the last seeds.
They made a buzzing sound as they flew rapidly, but were instantly drowned out by the sound of the storm.
I don't know how long it took.
The last remaining silver-winged flying dragon passed through the darkness and reached the end of the storm.
The sky finally cleared.
The other end is not some purgatory abyss, but the same as the outer layer.
It is a sunny world,
The silver-winged dragon continued to fly forward, but it had not yet reached its real destination.
It saw the ship and the debris floating on the sea.
finally.
It saw the mainland.
Ruhe Island.
That is what Duma said, the place where the gods are!