Chaos Crown

Chapter 4, Miracles
As one of the two oldest goddesses of origin in the country, the belief of Our Lady of Silver has branches all over the continent, although because of the eternal war of origin that continues to this day, Our Lady of Silver is fighting with her twin sister, Lady Evernight. During the battle, he lost most of his clergy, which led to a great decline in strength. He was once forced to seek the protection of other gods and became a follower of others. His influence has not faded. The believers of Our Lady of Silver are not the strongest in the country. The batch, not the one with the most, has a lot of influence.

Aaron followed behind Miss Pastor, his footsteps were still very flimsy, and his physical condition was very poor.

This large open-air altar in Shenhai Town is the belief center of the Church of Our Lady of Silver in this country. As the two stepped out of the ward, Aaron saw more people.

Under the bright sky, in the dense shade of the forest, by the clear pond, the holy warrior guards and priests of the Virgin of Silver are treating several wounded lycanthropist adventurers, one of whom has a pair of furry cat ears, with two hands It is also a round cat's paw, covering her head to receive treatment from a female paladin.

Beast ear girl!Aaron couldn't help but look a few more times.

so cute.

The lycanthropy disease is an extremely terrifying infectious disease in the country. This sudden disease will gradually turn the infected person into a lycanthropy controlled by appetite and bloodlust, and there is almost no way to cure it. The only hope is the salvation of the Silver Virgin. Almost all good and neutral lycanthropes believe in this god, while most of the evil lycanthropes are followers of Mara, the god of hunting.

The lady pastor who was leading the way noticed Aaron's movements. She walked a little slower and spoke harshly: "What are you thinking?"

"Huh?" Aaron froze for a moment, and then he realized that Miss Priest had a wrong idea.

Am I that bad?
"In the past, you never looked at them twice." Miss Pastor turned around, her robe embroidered with silver trim danced in the air with her movements, and the thick ponytail swayed, bringing bursts of bellflowers. The Fragrance of Flowers: "They are unwelcome and cursed by humans, aren't they?"

"You're right." Aaron nodded slightly, and the young viscount turned his attention to the guard not far from the entrance of the altar: "I was just thinking, what is the so-called justice? The lycanthropes we treat are also lycanthropes, and those who have caused countless disasters to the kingdom and even the entire country are also lycanthropes, I should hate them, but I just think they are cute."

"This shows that human beings are emotional animals, and they like to judge people based on their appearance. Secondly, it shows that after experiencing life and death, even a noble child like you has grown up." Miss Priest stared at him with her eyes behind the mask, Aaron gave her a feeling of familiarity and strangeness.

"Hey, isn't it you half-elves who care about your appearance the most?" Aaron immediately complained: "The law of Suzall stipulates that as long as the conditions are met, you can enter the city, but I really saw the gathering places of your half-elves." As long as they are ugly and short, they will be refused to enter!"

"They're half-elves! And I'm Eleanor!" Miss Priest seemed to have been stabbed by a needle, and her attitude changed into a little irritated, "Don't confuse me with them!"

"Yes, you are not a half-elf, you are Eleanor." Aaron said calmly, "And I am Aaron, a human being, or Lord Viscount, right?"

"...Sorry, I have some stereotypes." Miss Priest's face was dyed red by Aaron's words, and her delicate pink face was flushed with shame, and her tone gradually softened : "I apologize to you."

"I accept." Aaron had no intention of arguing with her, he just wanted to hurry up.

Otherwise, that ogre Gurke getting bigger would be the end of Aaron.

Doubts arose in Eleanor's mind.

She always felt that the man in front of her was not quite like the Aaron Salian in her impression. They had met each other many times. Every year, Aaron would appear with his family on the festival of Our Lady of Silver, at Eleanor's In my impression, Aaron is a mediocre son of a nobleman, cautious and prudent, with a lot of aristocratic arrogance and self-conscious superiority, but good family education and discipline make him carefully cover up himself.

Just like this group of lycanthropes, when Aaron used to come to the festival, Eleanor could clearly feel that he was afraid that the curse of lycanthropy would infect him and always kept a distance, but often pretended to try his best Express friendship without discrimination, shake hands with lycanthropes with gloves on, and give them gifts.

There was a private joke among priests and paladins, saying that the greatest advantage of the last Viscount Salian was that he had no shortcomings, and the biggest disadvantage was that he had no advantages.

Eleanor used to think so, to this day.

"You saved my life, Miss Eleanor, you are my benefactor, and I am the one who should thank you." Aaron said quite seriously: "For the grace of saving my life, I can swear to the Silver Virgin , I will definitely repay.”

"If saving people's lives is just to ask for rewards, then what is the difference between us and those cunning believers of Lady Evernight?" Eleanor shook her head: "True kindness should not be based on rewarded kindness, when you expect If you can get paid to save people, then maybe the Silver Virgin is not suitable for you."

"I've been taught." Aaron pondered for a few seconds, and respectfully gave the aristocratic etiquette to the pastor: "Miss Eleanor's words have given me something."

Is this man really Aaron Salian?The pastor couldn't help but looked at him a few more times.

It seems that I was wrong before, this is a person with dragon scales in his belly (referring to Neixiu), he is not as simple as he looked before.

Thinking of his background, Miss Pastor sighed softly.

Neither of them spoke again.

Aaron turned his attention to the altar.

Su Lun is a goddess of the chaotic and good camp. Unlike the order camp, she has almost no requirements for her temple. Her temple can sometimes be a few stones randomly erected in the barren mountains to delineate the boundary, and put a stone in the center. A silver moon shrine is enough, or it can be a magnificent and magnificent palace, this goddess doesn't care about it.

Only a shimmering pond and a garden that reflects the goddess' light in the moonlight are indispensable.

As Aaron gradually stepped into the core area of ​​the open-air altar, he could feel the divine power of Our Lady of Silver filling every corner of the center of the altar. During the day, the surface of the building here is also covered with a layer of moonlight. Underneath, layers of moonlight flowed along the walls of the temple like tides, and the battle between the Silver Virgin and the Lady of the Night was engraved on the walls—from the beginning to the present, the struggle between them has never stopped.

Most of the people who come and go are women, ranging from girls who are only seven or eight years old to gray-haired old women. Unlike some gods who require uniform dress, the Church of Our Lady of Silver does not have too many requirements for dress. There are aristocratic women with precious gemstones in their hands and flower crowns on their heads, and there are also old women in brown linen robes, dressed in simple to shabby clothes, holding a basin with sweat on their foreheads.

Eleanor brought Aaron to the center of the temple. A six-meter-high silver statue of the Virgin Mary stood here holding a silver moon in both hands, looking down at all living beings with a sad face. Miss Priest asked Aaron to wait here, and she went in to report .

Aaron stood there without moving.

In the kingdom, the temple is actually a dangerous place, because the temples of the gods often also serve as fortresses and refuges. Here, the power of the gods is attached to the shrines, sculptures, holy objects, books, murals and other markers. , as long as the divine power of the gods is not exhausted, this place will not easily fall.

Therefore, in many siege battles, the temple is often the last battlefield.

He felt that the moonlight seemed to have noticed him, and the flowing light gradually gathered around him.

"Salian, what do you need for help from the great Silver Virgin?"

A lady in a luxurious silk dress stepped out of the temple. She was plump and gorgeously dressed, her hands were full of jewelry, her cuffs and neckline were inlaid with pearls, and she stepped on a pair of high-heeled deerskin boots , two silver chains swayed gently with her steps, vines and moon patterns were embroidered on her clothes, and her long hair was tied into a lady's hairstyle by a delicate moon crown.

Of course, what caught Aaron's attention was the low cut of her gorgeous gown.

Her child, at least one and a half years old, right?
She is the chief high priest of this open-air altar, Lady Silver Star.

He couldn't help but take a second look, cleared his throat, and changed his tone into a humble tone: "Yes, I have encountered some troubles, and I must ask for the grace of Our Lady of Silver, only He can save me."

Ms. Silver Star looked surprised, with moonlight shining in her eyes, staring at Aaron: "You can't even perform regeneration?"

Ms. Silver Star is a master priest, a quasi-legendary powerhouse.

As long as she is willing, not to mention all the wounds have healed, even if there is only one head left, as long as she is not completely dead, she can create another living person!
"I don't know, I was hit by a spell, which caused devastating damage to my body and my soul." Aaron pleaded sincerely: "The energy of this spell is still in my body."

Ms. Yinxing was even more surprised. She opened her eyes wide, and her fair face was full of incredible expressions: "Then you are still alive??!!"

Aaron nodded embarrassingly: "I don't know how I survived. I was hit by the spell released by the old ruler of the warlock."

Yes, there are situations where the regeneration technique cannot be recovered, that is, there are negative energies such as curses and continuous magic (which cannot be dispelled) on the injured person. In this case, the regeneration technique can only help the recipient recover. Negative effects will persist.

"You are such a boy who survived a catastrophe, the last Salian." Ms. Silver Star's surprised expression has not recovered, she has really never seen such a situation.

The negative energy spells of this continuous curse are all high-ring magic and high-ring magic. If she gets hit by herself, she is not [-]% sure that she can survive the spell, and this viscount only has the strength of a first-order apprentice , he is not dead, he can still move and talk!
By the Holy Mother of Silver, this is nothing short of a miracle!
The Miss Priest who was standing by was also surprised. She opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't say anything.

She believed that the great Silver Lady would make a just decision.

The words that Ms. Silver Star originally wanted to refuse stopped at the corner of her mouth. She stretched out her hand to hold Aaron's head, and the holy moonlight shrouded the boy kneeling on one knee: "Yes, there is indeed a negative energy in your body. It's eating you up."

After she finished speaking, she didn't make any bigger moves, but remained silent here.

"Father, gods don't live on earth, so why do they need temples?

Silly boy, the temple is where gods do business with mortals. "

———National Joke

This joke clearly illustrates the relationship between mortals and gods, and the role of temples in it.

The regeneration technique is the seven-ring magic technique and the strongest magic technique Ms. Silver Star can release at present. Releasing it is a huge burden for Ms. Silver Star. She needs to pay a huge price and be weak for a long time.

If the regeneration technique could not heal the young man in front of her, she had only one choice left—use the divine power stored in the open-air altar to release the nine-ring miracle technique, and seek the help of the Silver Virgin Su Lun.

This meant that she would have to pay for the accumulation of tens of hundreds of years of divine power stored in this altar, and she would need to consume the long accumulation for this young man, all her efforts since she became the Chief High Priest.

These costs can hardly be measured in money.

Aaron sensed the other party's hesitation, and the young viscount immediately said: "Ms. Silver Star! I am willing to pay the price, but I don't have so much money at hand right now. I can only swear that I will repay what the Silver Virgin has done for me. I can sell my mansion in Suzar, I am the Viscount Salian, the royal family gives me 800 golden lion coins a year, and I can donate 500...no, 600 to the church!"

Aaron was categorical when he said these words. He was very clear about his situation. Seeing that Ms. Silver Star was still hesitating, he gritted his teeth and continued: "Besides, there are some relics and antiques left by my parents at home. , Souvenirs, weapons, jewelry, please give me some time to sell them, and I will definitely repay them!"

"Not enough." Ms. Silver Star shook her head slightly. She looked at Aaron's firm look, and there were strong memories in her eyes.

Aaron's face turned pale, he took a few deep breaths, thought for a while and then said: "The Salian family has worshiped the Silver Virgin for generations. Since the ancestor Liudolf, the family has passed it down for 700 years..."

"I still remember how you came here to participate in the festival with Manuel when you were a child." Ms. Silver Star interrupted Aaron, with a look of reminiscence on her plump face: "I feel sorry for you. Unfortunately, this is not fair to you."

"The world is so impermanent. In the face of sudden disasters, we can only accept it." Aaron seemed a little disappointed. He spread his hands and wanted to get up: "In this case, excuse me."

It seems that we can only try our luck in another place.

That's it, that's all?
"Follow me." Ms. Silver Star beckoned him to follow her.

"The release of the miracle technique requires a long preparation time. Whether you can get the help of the Silver Virgin depends on Him. I can only wish you good luck, the last Salian."

"Ah... yes!" Aaron nodded in disappointment at first, and then an ecstatic look appeared on his face.

This is his chance.

His only chance to break the game!
————I am the dividing line of the only chance———

In the secret room inside the altar, Aaron took off all his clothes and sat cross-legged naked in the center of the secret room.

With the chanting of Ms. Silver Star, the murals on all sides of the secret room glowed with the light of the silver moon at the same time, and the statues of the four goddesses lit up at the same time. The statues seemed to come alive under the flowing moonlight, and they reflected the white moonlight at the same time. Reflected on Aaron from four directions together.

Aaron only felt a cold comfort rising from his body, and he felt as if he had entered an illusory space, with a strong milky smell coming from his mouth and nose, and he opened his arms to show that he had no malice.

There is a being who accepts him.

Aaron felt that his soul continued to ascend, ascending along the brilliance of the moon, his body became lighter and lighter, he seemed to have returned to the age when babies were babbling, he tried to speak, but what came out of his mouth was indistinct milk Yin, a pair of gentle big hands hugged him in his arms, and in a trance, he seemed to see a woman full of love, looking at him with gentle eyes.

He went up until the moon was close in sight, until he alighted on the moon.

Under the moonlight, among the two holy white trees, stood a slender beauty under the moon.

"You are welcome, my child."

Facing Aaron, she spread her hands, and two long transparent silver tulle sleeves fell to the ground following her movements, and the light of motherhood was as soft as water on her body.

"I heard that you need my help? My child? Have you encountered any problems? Tell me, and I will help you solve it."

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