Mysteries

The dwarf slowed down, came to the third place in front of the stone statue and stopped, covered his face with his hands and bowed three times, then slowly knelt down, touching his forehead to the ground, muttering words.He read very lightly and couldn't hear the content clearly. He could only hear a buzzing sound in the quiet and empty stone room, which was extremely strange.

This is obviously a different temple.

As early as before the Shamanliel and Kandin empires had risen, and their lands still belonged to the ancient empire known as the "Empire of Dreams", the Society of Light, the state religion of the empire, declared the Goddess of Light as "the only God". All other gods are false gods.In order to further consolidate the status of the Goddess of Light and expand the influence of the Divine Society of Light, the ancient empire launched the "Battle of Glory", "Battle of Truth" and "War of Exorcism" based on faith.

Strictly looking at it, the turning point of the ancient empire that dominates the mainland from prosperity to decline is the time when the God of Light will start massacring in order to eliminate dissidents.At that time, the influence of the God of Light Society was far less than it is now. The Sea God Emperor, the God of Darkness, the God of Vulcan, the Goddess of Hope and other gods each had their own followers, and the conflict between the two sides was extremely fierce.Legend has it that when the founding emperor of the Kandin Empire, Kasdaron I, used the believers of Death God when he rose up.Of course, the imperial family would never admit it now.

After several turbulences, the name of the "Empire of Dreams" of the August Empire has become history, but the God of Light has been bathed in the flames of war and thrived.However, the gods who were once high above and worthy of rivaling the goddess of light have been forcibly labeled as false gods and disappeared from people's sight.

Unexpectedly, there is such a temple hidden in an unknown valley.What's more, he didn't expect that the dwarf, who was suspected to be the confidant of the eldest prince Gu Lan, was actually a believer of alien gods.

Neia and Oak stood in the hanging basket, looking up at the handle.

Ouk held the sword and lifted it up a few times, but he was always close to the distance.

Neia stared at the dwarf, saw him get up, and quickly asked Oak to withdraw his sword.

The dwarf didn't seem to know what was going on behind them, so he opened the small stone door under the statue, took out a motionless white pigeon from inside, drew out his dagger, cut its throat, and dripped blood around the statue.

Beads of blood dripped to the ground and dried up after half a circle.

The dwarf went to feel in the stone gate again, but couldn't find the second one, his face immediately turned dark, and he turned to look at Neia and Oak.

Neia's face turned pale, for fear that he would cut her and Oak's throat too, bleeding out drip-tock.

Fortunately, the dwarf just looked at it, then turned and knelt down, muttering to the stone statue.

Oak frowned and lowered his voice, "Is the white dove the messenger of the Goddess of Light?"

Langzan is located on the edge of the Dream Continent, less influenced by the God of Light Society, and less understood.

Neia, on the other hand, loved reading books since she was a child, especially the stories about the gods and the God of Light. He nodded and said: "It was mentioned in "The Chronicle of Light" that the Goddess of Light sometimes uses white doves to convey oracle to humans. And The messenger of the dark god, the black crow is facing each other."

In other words, this headless god is a dark god?

Oak frowned even tighter.

Neia also felt distraught.He went out this time to find a way to save Langzan, but he didn't expect to get into trouble one after another.First there was the civil strife in the Gulan Kingdom, and now it is the entanglement between the Light God Society and the Aliens.

After the dwarf bowed down, he walked towards the other side of the palace without looking back: "Follow me."

Oak subconsciously stopped Neia.

Neia felt a little helpless, according to the current situation, the right time, place and people were not on her side, and there was no other way to go except to follow.He came out of the hanging basket and gave Oak a hand.

Of course Oak understands this.But he understands everything, but he can't helplessly watch the little prince he guards take the initiative to go into danger.He whispered: "If you want to sacrifice later, let me go." Obviously, he regarded the dwarf as a religious fanatic who used living sacrifices.

Neia held his hand without saying a word.

Further inside the palace is the long road, with a few doors open here and there on both sides of the long road.

The dwarf said: "Find a place to live by yourself. Don't go forward." What he said was extremely simple, and he didn't explain why he didn't go in. It seemed that whether he said it or not was his business, and whether he did it or not was Neia's business. Ego has nothing to do with it.

Seeing that he turned to leave, Neia hurriedly asked, "What are your plans?"

The dwarf sneered: "You guys brought it to your door anyway."

Neia bit her lower lip, her face turned pale.He was right, the person who wanted to jump into the carriage was himself, and Oak was completely implicated by him.

The dwarf returned to the ground in a hanging basket, leaving Neia and Oak in the underground palace.

Oak said: "Let's look for it, maybe there are other ways out."

If there is another way out, the gnome will never rest assured to keep them here.Neia wanted to think about it, but she didn't say it.It was his will to kill the two who were in danger. He felt guilty for Oak, so he was naturally willing to obey him.

Oak led him to check the rooms. They were all empty stone houses. There were two gnawed bones that had been left there for an unknown number of years. There was a stench, and Oak held his nose and closed the door.I wandered through several stone houses, but found nothing.

The eyes of the two looked at the other end of the corridor at the same time, and the dwarf warned them not to go forward.

Only the first half of the corridor has night pearls, and the second half is dark. I don't know how long it is, and I don't know where it leads.The dark and gloomy road has an incomparable attraction for two desperate people.

Oak said, "I'll go find the way."

Neia held him back.

Oak said: "I'm at the third level. I can escape if something happens." Of course, this is a consolation. At his age, it is a good achievement to reach the third level of Dou Qi, but looking at the entire Dream Continent, one, two, three There are as many levels as dogs, four, five and six levels are not uncommon, and it is not helpful at critical moments.

Neia didn't let go: "Let's go together." Oak waited to persuade him, but he added firmly, "When he comes back, he won't let me go when he sees that I'm alone."

It also makes sense.With people in front of you, you can always take care of yourself.

Oak no longer objected.

The two held hands and walked forward slowly.The light of the night pearl quickly fell behind them, and there was complete darkness in front of them.Neia's heart skipped a beat twice suddenly, a little throbbing.

"Your Highness?" Oak noticed that he was unusual.

Neia bit her lower lip, feeling a little dazed.Humans love light more than darkness, which is why the Goddess of Light can finally win.But at the moment, he felt inexplicable feelings similar to peace of mind, nostalgia and nostalgia for this darkness.It seemed that there was something worth looking forward to waiting for him.

The feet stepped forward spontaneously, walking like flying in the darkness where you can't see your fingers.

"Yeah", the door opened.

There was a light ahead—maybe it wasn't a light, but he "saw" a jade tray with a black gold lip ring on it.It was obviously the first time she saw it, but Ningya knew that it was a lip ring, not an earring, nor a nose ring.

He even felt a slight tingle on his lower lip.

"Your Highness... Your Highness... Your Highness..."

Oak's calls became louder and louder, from light to heavy, from far to near. Neia suddenly came back to her senses and wanted to go back, but found that she was standing at the junction of light and darkness in the corridor.Oak's worried face magnified in front of his eyes.

"Your Highness, are you alright?"

Neia asked in a daze, "What happened just now?"

Oak said: "We walked to the end of the corridor and hit the wall, and then I pulled you back. But you seem to be in a daze?"

Neia said: "Nothing? Is there really nothing? No tray? No lips..." The voice suddenly stopped.For he found himself clenched in a fist with his left hand, and in his fist was a tiny ring.

He looked down at his palms.

A black gold lip ring was lying in his palm.

"Your Highness?" Oak also saw it, "Since when did you have such a preference?" As a close vassal of the little Prince Langzan, he knew very well that Neia's character was very simple in private, and she didn't have the hobby of dressing herself up in fancy ways.

Neia felt guilty for a while, and clenched her fists anxiously: "It's nothing."

The rollers of the hanging basket rattled.

Neia and Oak went back to the temple where the stone statue was, and found that the dwarf came down with three comatose teenagers.He threw the boy out of the hanging basket like throwing garbage, and hurried back.After that, the dwarf would come back from time to time, still bringing the boy back, but sometimes he would bring some water and food.

Living in an underground palace with no exit, resolution is a big problem.

Neia and Oak could only reduce their intake and try to solve them as little as possible.If these things can be tolerated, then the noise of the teenager crying and making a lot of noise after waking up is really unbearable.The dwarf heard it several times, and probably found it intolerable, and finally announced when he came down one time that he would take them back to the ground.