The Dance of the Sword is one of the special sacrificial rituals of the Church of the Dark Maiden Eilistraee, and it is also an alternative blessing.
Because in this ceremony, believers will smear a small amount of their own blood on the sword, and coupled with the goddess's slight divine blessing, it will not break or rust within the next three months.
Don't underestimate this.
Because it means that even ordinary iron swords and steel swords can remain basically intact in the collision with adamantine and advanced magic weapons, instead of suddenly breaking into two sections.
However, in addition to the ordinary sword dance ritual, there is also an unknown advanced sword dance within Eilistraee.
Only those heroes who are the most pious and kind, and who have helped countless fellow dark elves escape the mental control of evil Lolth in the process of practicing the teachings, will receive enlightenment on one of the most special days of the year.
Then they will go into the wild alone, stripping off all their clothes and equipment, carrying only a sword to hunt the dangerous beasts or monsters specified in the revelation.
If everything goes well, the moment the hunt is successful, the incarnation of the goddess will descend from the sky and personally teach him the art of sword dancing.
The level of swordsmanship of all those who receive this blessing will improve by leaps and bounds, and their movements will become very graceful and highly ornamental. Even if they are clearly killing, it will make people feel like they are dancing, full of blood, killing and
The dance of death.
As for the weapons, they will also be upgraded to a powerful moon sword, which is a magical weapon with at least enchantment level 3, and some will even reach enchantment level 4 or even 5.
The most important thing is that when the holder of this weapon starts to fight, his whole body will be shrouded in an invisible curtain of moonlight.
Not only will the strength, physique and agility attributes be greatly improved, but it will also have an additional acceleration effect and be immune to bad mental magic attacks. There is a high probability that the enemy's physical attacks will fail due to interference in the line of sight.
Obviously, what Zuo Si is receiving now is this kind of upgraded blessing.
At this moment, his whole body and Eilistraee were wrapped in the curtain of moonlight. A large amount of knowledge about swordsmanship and combat skills flooded into his brain, forming muscle memory at an incredible speed.
At the same time, the artifact in his hand, the Dog Killing Sword, also bloomed with a silver-white light as bright as the moonlight in the constant sword dance.
If you look closely, you will find that these faint lights all come from the sudden and exquisite patterns on the sword body and blade.
There is no doubt that these patterns are a manifestation of the dark girl's magical power and vocation.
Zuo Si thinks it should be a fusion of the four priesthoods of swordsmanship, dance, moonlight and beauty.
The most surprising thing is that these divine powers do not conflict with the power of the first-generation magic goddess, but are integrated in perfect harmony.
No wonder there are rumors that there is some unknown special relationship between the goddess of magic, the goddess of the moon and the girl of darkness.
One of them, Selun and Eilistraee, has the complete Moon Priesthood, and the other has the Moonlight Priesthood.
The goddess of magic was born from the first battle between Selun and Shar.
After the relatively neutral first-generation magic goddess fell, the second-generation magic goddess turned against Selen and Shar. She also had a very close relationship with Eilistraee, and even created a common elect - Aoi.
Dew.
From this point alone, we can see that the three goddesses obviously have many similarities in terms of divine power and priestly tendencies.
When the sword dance between the two ended, the dog-killing sword had become a little unrecognizable to its owner Zuo Si.
The original plain gauntlets were replaced by carvings of two naked dark elf girls holding the moon.
The hilt of the sword in the hand is the lower body, and the place where the tiger's mouth is pressing is the upper body...
Although I have long known that Eilistraee has always liked to pursue unrestrained freedom, especially staying naked, even the statues in the temple are no exception.
But Zuo Si always felt weird when holding this sword. No matter how he looked at himself, he looked a bit like those perverts in movies who specifically target women.
However, Eilistraee obviously didn't think so. On the contrary, she was very satisfied with her work, and asked with regret: "Why don't you take off your clothes like my followers?
If you could get rid of all restraints and complete this sword dance naked, it would definitely be a very wonderful and enjoyable thing.
By the way, your swordsmanship is very good, much better than most mortals I have met.
It seems that you have a good swordsmanship teacher, but his swordsmanship seems to be a bit too focused on efficient killing, so it is slightly lacking in aesthetics."
Zuo Si shrugged his shoulders and responded with a smile: "Sorry, with my education and habits, I'm afraid I won't be able to adapt to standing naked in front of a group of people in this life.
As for my teacher, he is a vampire planeswalker who has lived for thousands of years, so it is not surprising that swordsmanship tends to pursue efficient killing.
Moreover, my swordsmanship was not entirely taught by him. I also absorbed many local martial arts schools in Faerûn, which are mainly practical.
Luxurious things like beauty are never taken into consideration."
There is no doubt that if Zuo Si stripped naked like other followers of the Dark Maiden, he would definitely be the most conspicuous among the crowd.
After all, the skin of dark elves is mostly dark black or dark blue, and they almost blend in with the surrounding environment when they stay in dark places.
For people without dark vision, basically nothing can be seen clearly, and the innate invisibility ability is better than that of African black uncles.
But what about Zuo Si?
Due to not being exposed to the sun for a long time, those with fair skin are a bit unhealthy.
Coupled with his outstanding height, it is estimated that he can attract 90% of the attention in an instant.
He had never worked as a mannequin before, so he couldn't bear to have his bare buttocks watched by so many people. Just thinking about it made him feel extremely ashamed.
Eilistraee noticed Zuo Si's slightly embarrassed and helpless reaction, and couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth with a teasing smile: "Well, it seems that you are the type who is shy easily.
Thank you for helping to build this underground city as a base for good dark elves to return to the surface world.
And you gave them a good start, and they can even move freely between many towns on the surface without any restrictions.
Perhaps decades or even centuries later, the hatred that once lasted for thousands of years will slowly be forgotten, and everything will eventually return to its original harmonious and beautiful state."
"Yes, time is the medicine that heals everything.
Although the image of dark elves in the surface world has always been similar to that of demons, devils and other lower plane creatures.
But I believe that with enough exposure, many original prejudices and stereotypes will always be resolved.
The only thing that requires special attention is that the traditional dark elves will frequently launch attacks on villages and towns on the surface world under the command of the evil Spider Queen they serve.
Use this to destroy the process of return and ruin the reputation of you and your followers."
Zuo Si slowly put away the enhanced artifact and reminded him seriously.
He felt that it would be more appropriate for this dog-killing sword to be renamed the Demon Moon Blade.
In particular, the shining moonlight has a strong demon-breaking effect, and can cause additional magic damage to lycanthropes, alien creatures and evil camp creatures.
Hearing these words, Eilistraee's expression suddenly became serious and she nodded seriously: "You are right, this is indeed a place that requires attention and precautions.
My mother will not let so many dark elves escape her control, which will continue to tear apart the most powerful dark elf racial priesthood she has.
In addition, I suspect that the dark elf city located in the Underdark has begun to prepare to launch an unprecedented great expedition here.
So the safety of this underground city depends on you.
If there is a large-scale invasion, no one can help them except you."
"Don't worry. I will build a large mage tower and permanent portal in this city later.
If they are invaded, the entire West Coast Empire will be their strongest backing.
Tens of thousands of troops and mages will be mobilized in a very short time, relying on terrain advantages to consume the enemy's numbers.
Wait until the time is right to launch a counterattack and directly destroy several nearest dark elf cities.
As a result, they will no longer be able to launch an invasion in a short period of time."
Zuo Si raised his head slightly and tried to avoid looking where he shouldn't, giving this goddess a reassurance.
You must know that the height of the dark girl's incarnation is 2.7 meters. If you look straight at it, it will be just at the place covered by only two strands of hair, which is really embarrassing.
But Eilistraee didn't care at all. She stretched out her waist lazily like a cat, showing off her graceful body and curves, and then responded with a smile: "Listen
I feel relieved when you say that.
As long as this city near the surface remains, those dark elves who want to escape my mother's control will always have a beacon of hope pointing the way in the darkness.
No matter what pain and torture they have endured, or how great the danger they are facing, they all have the opportunity to rush to the surface world and bathe in the moonlight again.
Moreover, there is almost unlimited food and water here, which is much better than the harsh living environment in the Underdark."
After saying that, the goddess turned her attention to the believers not far away who were tired from dancing and were sitting around the long table eating, drinking various flavored alcoholic drinks, talking and laughing, and the quiet and beautiful faces appeared on their faces.
Feeling happy.
There is no doubt that the Underdark is an extremely cruel place. Even the dark elves, who are the overlords, have never received sufficient food. In the most difficult times, even slaves will be killed as a source of food.<
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Babies born with defects or disabilities, even if they are born into noble families, will be sacrificed to the Spider Goddess without mercy, just to save unnecessary food waste.
To be continued...