In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil, the world tree that was eaten by Nidhogg? Or is it the tree of life in the Garden of Eden in the Bible? Could this sacred tree standing in the center be the core of the temple here?
Belief?
Judging from the architectural specifications of the main hall and the gorgeousness of the decorations inside, even if dragons in this city worship multiple gods at the same time, the status of "Tree" will never be low, and it will most likely be the highest level.
Bai Daosheng followed several hunters who poked their heads out of the manhole cover, holding their breath, for fear of attracting the attention of the dragon-faced dragons facing inward on the bronze pillars in the temple. There were many thoughts in his mind, and he thought of many things in an instant.
There is a deduced history of the Dragon Clan in Kassel Academy. This history is summarized from mythological chronicles and eliminates human imagination as much as possible to restore the "real" Dragon Clan civilization.
The Secret Party believes that there was a peaceful and glorious era in the history of the dragon clan. At that time, the Black King became the leader of the dragons as the ancestor, and the White King assisted it as the priest.
In this era of two kings co-ruling, even the violent dragons dare not easily provoke a war. The majesty radiates from the black and white throne in the north of the earth, and the dragon nobles prostrate themselves under the high pressure of power.
Theoretically speaking, the White King's status as "high priest" means that dragons often hold grand religious activities, but what can dragons worship and believe in? They themselves are almost god-like creatures, and are the basis of many later religious myths.
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In order to give a reasonable explanation for this, scholars usually believe that the dragons believe in His Majesty Nidhogg, the most virtuous and powerful. After all, to the dragon kings, the Black King is also a god-like existence.
I don't dare to mean the slightest offense.
However, the fact that the high priest responsible for worshiping the gods is almost on an equal footing with the gods themselves, and is extremely close in strength, is a point that has always been difficult to explain and contradictory to this statement.
But this shocking discovery is very likely to overturn the current mainstream views and even reveal the secrets surrounding the White King's rebellion.
The god of dragon faith and the White King presiding over the sacrifice may be the legendary "World Tree". This thought flashed through Bai Daosheng's mind, and it suddenly became clear that the battle between the Black and White King was likely to have a religious and theocratic struggle.
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The Word Spirit with the highest serial number currently known is the 121st "Oracle". It is the Word Spirit that belongs exclusively to the White King and is the only Word Spirit that can restrain the 'Emperor'. After the White King betrayed the Black King, he once treated his own
All blood descendants use the "oracle" to stop them from submitting to the "emperor" of the Black King.
The White King created the "Word Spirit? Oracle" entirely to create a rebellion against the Black King, so the "god" here can never refer to the Black King, but to other beings: not necessarily the White King himself, but it may also be the White King himself.
A being more noble than the White King, the god that all dragons believe in.
Imagine that in the dragon civilization, the black king Nidhogg symbolizes absolute imperial power and enfeoffs many ancient dragon kings, while the white king holds the religious power and is responsible for communicating and worshiping the "World Tree"
, known as the agent of the gods on earth.
Over time, the white king's prestige as the spokesperson of God increased day by day, and the direct forces she supported became stronger and stronger. She began to have ambitions, thinking that she was more qualified than the black king to represent the will of God, and summoned religious believers in the name of the oracle.
The dragons want to overthrow the rule of the Black King.
However, it is a pity that the existence of the "World Tree" is probably not an entity with powerful power, but is close to a conceptual symbol. It is unable to intervene on a large scale in the present world. Otherwise, the White King's rebellion will not fail.
After this incident, Black King Nidhogg probably managed to destroy the belief in the World Tree and banned the original religion of the dragons. Therefore, during the period of the Four Monarchs, there were no records involving dragon sacrificial activities.
Until the Black King suddenly died and the rumors were suppressed under the World Tree.
From this point of view, those who killed the Black King were probably the remnants of the World Tree Sect. They came from the successful counterattack of the old religious forces and were a continuation of the White King's rebellion in the past?
Does the so-called World Tree really exist? Could it be just an ideological tool created by the Black and White Emperors to facilitate the rule of the dragons, just like the ancient human monarchs like to promote the divine right system of kings "ordained by heaven"?
Assuming that many of the above inferences are true, will this World Tree sect, which originated from the dragon civilization, still exist today? The secret party, Kassel's logo, has always been the half-dead World Tree, which is almost the same as the full-fledged World Tree.
Maybe there is some connection with it?
Just looking at this giant bronze tree carved with countless vine patterns, Bai Daosheng had various thoughts in his heart. He couldn't help but feel that he seemed to have been guided by some secret, and he felt like he had a glimpse of the historical truth.
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At the same time, in the moonlit wasteland outside the city, the wind sounded like weeping, the grass and trees were swaying in the cold wind, and the ground seemed to be sprinkled with a thin layer of silver frost.
Lu Yongcheng lowered his body and slowly approached a group of sleeping mammoths. Holding his breath and concentrating, he carefully took out the horn bow he had made recently, put the arrow on the string, and adjusted his posture slightly, as if he was integrated with the bow and arrow.
Feel the direction and strength of the wind.
After learning the basic tools and weapon manufacturing in each article, the hunters' hands-on skills were really good, and they quickly created a batch of crude crossbows. If they were not afraid that mining and smelting would attract the attention of the dragons in the city, they would have even built blast furnaces.
Got up.
As a firearms master rated as A-level by Zhao Qing, he has actually practiced the legendary gun fighting skills. He can use alchemical bullets with tail fins to bypass obstacles and hit the target - this is actually a necessary skill for top mixed-race gunmen.
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After recent practice and consulting with some hunters who had practiced hidden weapon techniques, Lu Yongcheng successfully applied this technique to bows and arrows, and changed his profession to become an elite archer.
I saw that he had made certain adjustments to the arrow feathers, and with a slight release of his fingers, the arrow drew a graceful arc in the air, like a silver dragon flying through the darkness, silently approaching the target, and then fiercely
It plunged hard into the side of one of the elephants.
The injured mammoth woke up with a start and let out a dull roar. However, its special turning and archery skills made it completely unaware of which way to dodge and escape. Instead, its vital points were exposed, and it could only helplessly wave its proboscis and teeth, trying to escape.
Resist this fatal attack.
"Swish, swish, swish -" Several soft sounds sounded almost at the same time, and several arrows accurately hit the mammoth's neck and heart. The silver-gray metal arrow clusters went straight into the mammoth, causing it to let out a shrill scream.
Yelling, the huge body shook a few times, and then collapsed.
Although the remaining elephants were sad, they also knew that the danger was not over yet. They gently touched their fallen comrades with their trunks, looked around for a while but still could not find the hunter, and finally dispersed slowly with a whine.
When the elephants walked a hundred meters away, and some wild wolves and crows showed signs of rushing over to grab food, Lu Yongcheng got out of the grass, squatted in front of the elephant carcass, took out a water bag, and drank a few sips of water.
, to quench the thirst of long-distance tracking ambushes.
Just as he was about to rest for a while and then launch a sentry arrow to attract others, he suddenly raised his head and saw a strange moving light spot appearing on the horizon, flying rapidly towards the dragon city.
At first, the light flickered uncertainly, bright and dim, but when it got close, it became dazzling again, like a shooting star crossing the sky, and brighter and dazzling than a shooting star. The speed gradually slowed down, the height decreased, and it showed the tendency of falling.
Seeing this scene, Lu Yongcheng was horrified. Is it a UFO? The legendary flying saucer UFO? If it is said to be a giant flying dragon at high speed, it vaguely reveals an oval outline, which does not quite match the appearance.
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After thinking about it, he quickly put down the water bag and huddled behind the elephant corpse, with only half of his head exposed. His eyes were fixed on the luminous object, watching it slowly hovering at a low altitude on the outer edge of the city.
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The unidentified flying object that Lu Yongcheng saw was indeed not a giant dragon, but a strange creature that looked half metal and half biological, giving people a weird feeling that transcended the mundane world.
Observed from a close distance, it shows a wheel-like structure, with wheels within wheels, a total of four layers. Each rim is surrounded by aqua eyes, emitting a soft and deep light, as if it can penetrate the world.
All illusions, looking directly at the deepest secrets of the human heart.
This is actually the image of the angel Ofanim in the Bible, the Old Testament, and the Book of Ezekiel, which means "Chariot of God."
There is an indescribable silence lingering around it, but it reveals deep power and majesty in the silence, making people chant hymns of praise unconsciously in their hearts.
When this wheel-shaped aircraft with a diameter of 30 meters slowly descended, a faint blue light seemed to appear between the sky and the earth. Its hundreds of eyes were open or closed, and wind elements were constantly swirling and surging nearby, providing the spaceship with a perfect atmosphere.
Provides stable buoyancy.
Next, the light of the "Angel" aircraft gradually extinguished, and the spherical cabin with a radius of about ten meters in the center slowly opened. A young girl floated down lightly, looking completely human, followed by eight others.
A white-robed monk with a solemn face and an upright posture.
"Your Majesty the Envoy of God, you have finally arrived." Not far away, on the top of a metal overpass, the armored dragon that had killed two giant green-feathered vultures bowed down and bowed in respectful tone: "I wonder what the 'High Priest' has done recently.
Oral, have you agreed to this city’s request?”
"It's just a small matter that needs to be analyzed a few times, but the 'baptism ceremony' is still the most important thing." The girl replied calmly. Although she was wearing a silver mask, it still could not hide her breathtaking beauty. Her long red hair was blowing in the wind.
It dances in the air, as bright and dazzling as flames.
As she spoke, the red-haired girl had already landed on the bridge and pressed it on the railing next to her. Suddenly she looked slightly startled, as if she felt something: "Something happened to the alchemy workshop in the east of the city not long ago? This can't be hidden.
I played ‘True Ting’…how many primitive people who worked there disappeared mysteriously?”
"That's right." The armored dragon kept its head at the same height as the "God Envoy" and replied briefly: "A rare disappearance. Although the loss is very small, the possibility of enemy spies sneaking in cannot be ruled out.
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"It seems that it may affect the situation of the war starting in more than half a month." The red-haired girl nodded: "I will take over and handle this matter with full authority. During this time, I have to investigate it carefully.
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"Can you please excuse me?" The armor-bearing dragon was stunned for a moment: "Also, why are the war preparations so far in advance? Did something big happen?"
"It's said to be a few years, but actually it's only half a month."
The red-haired girl ignored the dragon's words and casually strolled to the other end of the bridge, looking back at the distant horizon: "In this world, time is not continuous, but exists in the form of jumping fragments."
"The immutable past, present, and future are really boring...but maybe it won't be long before this cycle that has lasted for thousands of years will be broken."
"...Why can't you understand something? Is this the new 'Book of Prophecy'?" The armored dragon was confused. He followed the girl and looked far into the distance, only to see an incredibly large white giant.
To be continued...