In the corner of Ford Town, there is a small church covered with vines. Few townspeople go to worship in it. There is no preaching pastor or bishop, and there are just a few rows of benches for homeless people to sleep.
and a bust of a god. Arthur and Little Ford followed the vendors selling food on the roadside and walked to the church. There were no stairs at the entrance of the church, and even the two-person high wooden door was dilapidated. The whole church could be seen.
.
When Arthur came to Ford Town several times before, he went inside alone to have a little adventure, but soon came out. A dilapidated church would not have toys that children are interested in. Standing in the front of the church
At the door, Arthur looked past the two sloppy men lying on the church benches, and looked at the half-cut statue of the god. The statue only had the lower body, bare feet, and was wrapped in a robe down to the knees.
"Who is that?" Arthur turned his head and looked at Little Ford. He had never taken a good look at this statue before, and now that he was leaving the area, Arthur wanted to hear this person as a story or fable.
"That should be the god who symbolizes the harvest, the earth goddess Gaia." The person who answered Arthur was not the little Ford who was about to speak, but the leader of the penguin law enforcement team, Dodge, who had arrived near the church at some time. Dodge nodded and said goodbye.
He looked at the little Ford, looked deeply at the half of the statue of Gaia, and continued,
"About six hundred years ago, I heard that there were still many gods walking on our land, such as the Gaia you saw. They walked the continent, benefiting all races and answering their prayers. Some believe in various gods.
Humans, elves, goblins and dwarves have established many such churches and churches to pray for the creatures of various races in need."
"But my father said the gods were gone."
"Yes, the gods are no longer there," Dodge glanced at the sky inadvertently and glanced at the noon sun. "That's what happened in the last year of the old calendar. The creatures on the earth united together to fight against the high gods, and
The result is naturally what you see now. The gods have gone, and history is called the fall of the gods."
When he finished speaking this word, Arthur seemed to hear a bell ringing in his mind, the collision of shields and spears, the sound of longbows and rockets, the shouts of countless people, and the disappearance of countless creatures. Arthur seemed to be at a loss for words.
In the center of the battlefield, some broken pictures emerged, the dusky earth, several angels with wings falling, several figures pointed their fingers at Arthur at the same time...
Ya...ya...Arthur, the constant shouting gradually brought Arthur back to reality. Arthur felt a sharp pain in his head. He quickly pressed his temples with his hands and rubbed them slowly.
"Arthur, are you okay? You seemed a little distracted just now." After receiving a positive reply from Arthur, Dodge continued, "The main reason why the gods fell is that the creatures on the earth have learned how to communicate with each other.
Although there is only a small amount of natural communication, the power they obtain from nature is enough to compete with some gods."
"But isn't this a good thing? Why do we have to fight gods after we have the ability to communicate with nature?"
"You are still young, Arthur. When you reach a certain height, you will find that taller people will become your obstacles, and you will only want to remove them, or them, from a place higher than you.
Pull it down, and then you will become the master of everything." Dodge gradually withdrew his gaze, and a breeze blew from the back of the church, blowing towards Arthur, and there was an indescribable smell in the wind.
Arthur re-examined half of the statue. As Dodge said, he was still young and didn't quite understand why there was a war between gods and living beings. He only remembered one key point in what Dodge just said, that living beings can communicate with nature.
, this reminded Arthur of the fire in Green Village. Can fire communicate? Can the flames return the villagers?
"Since the New Calendar, there have been no gods." Dodge murmured softly, "Arthur, these historical things are now necessary in education courses. After we take you to Brighton City,
We will send you to a welfare institution, and you will receive a good education in school." Dodge smiled friendly at Arthur, and the voice of Deputy Captain Josh came from the distance, and he had already brought two brown-maned horses.
horse.
"Let's go, sir, if we leave now, we can reach Brighton City before the moon and earth are in the sky tonight, that is, before twelve o'clock." Dodge took the lead and took a long step towards Josh.
Arthur glanced at the bust of Gaia again, turned around and quickly chased after Dodge.
"Captain Dodge, what is school? What does twelve o'clock mean, what is Earth Moon, and what are welfare institutions..." The voice gradually faded away.
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Brighton City, one of the five major human cities, is located in the upper left plate of the Southern Continent. It is one of the cities with the most advanced human technology. In Brighton City, the streets are paved with bluestones, and the streets are criss-crossed.
There are kerosene lamps at every intersection, and the surrounding houses have their own signs, cafes, flower gardens, restaurants, clothing stores, and even places dedicated to saving money for the rich. In the streets and alleys of Brighton,
Besides humans, the most common races are elves and goblins. They wear the same shirts, the same formal suits, and do the same various jobs.
Brighton's main street, Clee Street, is filled with people of all kinds. A few newsboys are running quickly, putting a midday newspaper into the hands of hurried passers-by, and then asking for a piece of paper with the current Empire of Humanity printed on it.
The ruler, Emperor Ellington II, has a certain amount of banknotes. Banknotes are the main economic currency jointly stipulated by the human empire in the southern continent. Unlike the barter in Ford Town, in major human cities, banknotes are the measure of all commodities.
substance.
An elegant elf girl wearing an exquisite female suit, a bow tie, black-rimmed glasses, waist-length blond hair, purple skin and yellow eyes took the newspaper handed over by a newspaper boy who shouted to sell newspapers, and roughly browsed through it.
After reading the contents of the newspaper, she gave the newsboy a banknote. Holding the newspaper, she skillfully followed the crowd through the streets and entered a five-story building.
Arriving at the third floor, several teammates wearing law enforcement uniforms just went out, "Good afternoon, Livlan," the elf named Livlan nodded, opened the door and entered the place where the law enforcers work, law enforcement
Hall, "Black tea, Amy, by the way, is our captain back?" Livlan walked through the rows of desks, came to a red-haired and freckled human girl, and opened the newspaper she just bought.
"Captain Dodge is going to Ford Town. The journey is about ten hours. We should be able to get there tonight."
"It seems I'm on duty tonight, right? I'm really tired of sleeping at night, which is the secret to maintaining beautiful skin." Wrinkling her beautiful nose, Livlan thought of Captain Dodge in a penguin uniform.
"But you are only twenty-five years old this year. In terms of our human age, you are only five years old. You don't need to keep your skin tight." Amy pointed out Livlan's ideological error without hesitation.
"Beauty knows no age. By the way, what did Captain Dodge do?"
"This is a secret, Livlan. When the superiors assigned the task, they classified this task as the highest level of confidentiality. I wonder if you still remember the old Captain Ford. He is now the mayor of Ford Town. The former Ford After the mayor died, old Captain Ford also resigned, right? He went back to inherit the town."
Livlan recalled the Iron-Blooded Captain who was famous for his sternness. She was only three years old at that time, of course, she was three years old as a human being.
Secrets, this is not very interesting. Livlan used the cover of the newspaper to secretly look at Amy's desk. On the desk of the receptionist at the Law Enforcement Hall, details of various tasks were placed, although the specific details of the tasks could not be seen. content, but Livran could see the approximate handover location of the mission.
Bikeli...Bikeli Charity? What mission should be completed by this nearby charity organization? Livlan pushed up her glasses. Since she didn’t know what the captain’s mission was, she should go and see for herself. Looking for fun, Livlan took a look at the mechanical clock hanging at the entrance of the Law Enforcement Hall, and leisurely sat down at her desk. She had not had any tasks for four days.