old dream

Chapter 28 The Unspoken

After learning about the history of the world under the teaching of his "father" in this life at a young age, Colin knew that the sincilians' wariness against rulers and supernatural beings was not due to their personality, but rather a certain historical fate.

Nale is located in the middle of the middle continent, surrounded by enemies.On the other hand, the Sindhiri Peninsula, which is located in the south of Senal, on the north shore of the Narrow Sea, has experienced countless powerful powers for thousands of years due to geographical problems.

Since the beginning of the old calendar, the original owner of Xinxili was the Urju dynasty of the demons.After that, Gloria, the slave king who succeeded in the uprising, was taken into asylum.It was also at that time that the Sindhiri Peninsula was incorporated into a broader geographical concept: "Narele".

As the glory of the First Naleth Empire dimmed, the jewel-like peninsula was seized by Otu, which crossed the Narrow Sea in the north, and became the springboard and fulcrum for the desert peoples of the southern land to invade the middle mainland. .

They experienced 300 years of suppression and assimilation by the Otu Empire.Then, the Udyr tribes who migrated from the north ravaged the land again.Cincilia then entered a dark age of chronological interruption, and the exact length of that period is still uncertain.

The new calendar kicked off with the coronation of the first holy king of the Anhe people.

In the 217th year of the new calendar, the Ankh Alliance from the eastern part of the mainland conquered the whole territory of Nare, so Cinthiri welcomed her new master.

But eight years ago today, in May of 623 in the new calendar, the Alliance officially recognized the independence of the Kingdom of Senal, and the Sincili Peninsula was also separated from the rule of the Ankhs, at least in name.

The conquerors who came and went like clouds and mist made the Sincilians extremely indifferent to the government, forming a tradition of relying on family cohesion to seek the continuation of the ethnic group.At the same time, these invasions brought with them distinct systems of witchcraft, images of gods, and cosmology in each cultural circle.

In this way, they also directly and clearly perceive an absurd fact like the Ulju dynasty of demons who initially ruled the Middle Continent:

"The descriptions of gods and the nature of the world by civilizations are contradictory."

On the regular and level flagstone streets, the gas streetlights gently erased every shadow.Mr. No. [-] seems to be reciting some ancient proverb, narrating the world in the eyes of the Cynthili without any disturbance.

Today, those pagan gods and philosophical concepts have become some kind of fables and fairy tales, permeating every aspect of ordinary people's lives. Most of the Allies grew up listening to those stories.

On the earth in the previous life, this situation was very common.So before Mr. One mentioned it, Colin didn't even realize how weird this situation was.

If you think about it, it is not like the earth, but a world where those extraordinary things actually exist.So what does the existence of these contradictions mean?
"The Sindhi people's understanding of this phenomenon is simple and hazy, because only the Anhe League today has the ability to make statistics and sort out the mythological records located around the world. The lighthouse library in my hometown is also Carefully collected the results obtained by Anhe scholars."

"As of 50 years ago, the Anhe people compiled 67 god lineages and universe models based on the collection of known ancient civilizations. Among them, there are only 41 different versions of the records about the birth of the world."

"About the Birth of Man, 25 Versions;"

"On the origin of fire, 24 editions;"

"A depiction of the end of the world, 61 editions."

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If this kind of thing happened on earth, it would be very common.After all, people in different places have different imaginations and ideas. After fantasizing about something that does not exist, it is natural that the results will be different.

But for a world of real supernatural beings and gods, myths should be facts that actually happened in the past like history.That being the case, how could there be so many contradictory statements... As Colin thought about it, he vaguely guessed what the lamp keeper was going to say next.

"No matter how incompatible they may be, most of the witchcraft and magic based on these pantheon and philosophical models work, which means they are all verifiable. That is, there are truths in different myths. components. Only, they coexist in a paradoxical way…”

"This discovery directly reveals a certain fact: everything related to the unseen transcendence is actually a disordered chaos."

Therefore, the Cynthili people, like the original Ulju dynasty of demons, sensed the meaningless and unknowable chaotic squirming behind the material world.

But unlike the latter who unconditionally worshipped that existence, the Cynthili chose to be wary of all things transcendent.

"Before Anhe's Holy King was crowned, the entire Middle Continent was more or less trapped in the chaotic belief, an unsolvable puzzle, and a strange circle that was difficult to break free from." The lamp keeper said:
"The rest of the people are either trapped in a corner and unable to understand the world of other civilizations; or they bury their heads in the sand and give up all speculation and proof, they firmly believe that only their own concepts are correct, and denounce the theories of other civilizations as heresy."

"So, for those who lived in that era, there were only two paths in front of him: choose the absurd, or choose the ignorance."

"And the first holy king of the Ankh people provided people with a third choice." The lampkeeper said quietly:

"So even if the Sincilians don't recognize his doctrine, they still can't deny his greatness. Although, this choice was largely diffused with the Ankh's 500-year expansion."

Thinking about the current situation where various religious groups in the alliance are rampant, maybe the Holy King invented some kind of new religion or something?Colin thought.

"Like...he received the revelation of the god of the three essences of 'light', 'life' and 'spirit'?" Colin asked.

Since coming to Stade, he has heard the words written in the Teachings and Allegations countless times.It cannot be said that the third option proposed by the first holy king is the doctrine that the supreme god has three-phase nature.

"Those statements are just a misunderstanding of later generations. The reason why the religious groups interpret his doctrines to the world in this way is also because ordinary people are unlikely to accept the concepts he proposed."

"It's also difficult to really understand and worship the god he assumed."

The corner of the lampkeeper's mouth twitched, and he read out the name with an awkward expression:
"The Unspeakable."

(End of this chapter)