dark moon

Chapter 121 The Temple
The dark square tower is nearly 300 meters high, which can be regarded as the tallest building that shadow chasers have ever seen.The underground city that Zhuying encountered last time had a total of eight floors, which was only about 400 meters. You can imagine how amazing the height of the square tower was.

We slowly approached the square tower in a vigilant formation. The closer we got to the square tower, the smaller we felt. Especially when we walked under the square tower and looked up at the tower standing straight into the night sky, we felt a strong sense of oppression. Compared with the tall tower, our group felt smaller. People are like a team of ants who overestimate their capabilities, and it is difficult not to have the urge to worship.

Thinking about the small village they saw in the previous vision, the disheveled lizard people who still used the most primitive stone tools, it was difficult for the shadow chasers to understand how this group of creatures from another world could build such a majestic and even It is a huge thing that even the Parvatiga people cannot build now.

"Sure, is there such a tall building in your hometown?" Looking up at the tower, even though she was born in the mountains and was used to seeing towering mountains, the elf mage Mia couldn't hide her wonder.

"I've never seen it, but I've heard of it." Shuer sighed. "Legend has it that in the last era of my home world, there was a huge thing built of stone and metal on another road, about 380 meters high. , similar to this one. But the building in my hometown is more difficult than this square tower, because it goes straight up and down."

"Of course, the legendary era has been extinct for who knows how many thousands of years. There are not even a few ruins left. People can only infer from the excavated records." Shuer obviously didn't want to mention the story of his hometown and quickly changed it. Topic, "Macajron, get ready to open the door."

Since the square tower is exposed above the sand layer, it is finally possible to go through the door this time without having to climb to the top of the tower. Thinking about the terrifying slope of hundreds of meters, it is better to go through the main door.

However, the halfling didn't think so. Macajron wailed with a mournful face: "Boss, can you do it for me? Let me open this door. You'd better hit me to death with a hammer."

No wonder he protested. Of course, the door of a huge square tower cannot be smaller, but in any case, the door with a height of more than 40 meters is a bit too exaggerated, especially the door is made of the same black stone, and the weight is simply unbearable. To think.

Looking at the halfling's height of a little over one meter, and the 40-meter-high stone door, it seems that it is really difficult for him to open the door.

"It seems it's time to show you a miracle." Without any further trouble for the halfling, Shuer walked to the door and placed his hands on both sides of the door. "I said I can open them easily. Do you believe it?" ?”

Who would believe such an exaggerated thing? However, none of the Shadow Chasers expressed doubts.

Everyone knows the captain's character. As long as he doesn't talk about money, he is quite reliable. There is no doubt that what he says he can do can be done, but the method is more unexpected.

Xiure's method is indeed surprisingly simple, with only one action, push.

Seeing that he didn't use much effort, he just pushed the door gently, and the door opened easily. It was as if the huge stone door had no weight at all. After the stone door, the black stone corridor extended into the depths of darkness, and a warm wind flowed from the square tower. It was blowing from within. It had been buried under the sand for who knows how many years, but the air in the wind was still refreshing, and the quality was even better than in the empty desert.

"This, this, this..." The halfling's expression was almost distorted, and he said incoherently, "Boss, what's going on?"

"You can push it open even if you push it. I wanted to give you the honor of opening the door, but you didn't accept it." Saying the sarcastic words that made the halfling regret it, Shuer continued to use force to make the door completely open. Explained, "The sudden appearance of this city is an invitation to us, so as a hospitable host, why would he use two doors to keep us out?"

"Everyone, please come in." Taking two steps back into the dark corridor, Shuer opened his arms and said to the Shadow Chasers as if welcoming believers at the entrance of the Dark Moon Temple, "Welcome to the temple of gods from another world. , don’t be afraid of darkness, the gods say, let there be light.”

So there was light.

Lamps suddenly lit up on both sides of the corridor built with black stone. Pairs of oil lamps moved forward along the corridor, completely illuminating the dark interior of the building.Now you can see clearly that the walls of the corridor are made of black stone. Each wall is engraved with a large number of murals. Under the beating lights, the vivid picture lines are shaking, making everything in the murals look like they are alive. Same.

"Eh? So you thought this was a temple a long time ago?" The restless forest elf curiously dug at the mural for a long time, but soon lost interest in it, "I thought it belonged to a certain lizardman king. Where is the palace?"

"I thought so at first, but when I think about it carefully, there seems to be no contradiction between the palace and the temple. In the vision the day before yesterday, we saw that the leader of the villagers was the lizard man who presided over the sacrificial ceremony."

"The integration of politics and religion?" Safu poked her head out from behind Xiuer, obviously surprised.

No wonder, in Parvatiga, the era of the integration of politics and religion has passed for several epochs.The combination of royal power and divine power may be a temporary gain for the gods, but it has too many disadvantages for the mortal world. In order to seek long-term development, the gods have already personally promoted the separation of the two. "Well, so the largest and most luxurious building is the temple. The lizardman priests are not only the highest nobles, but also the lords of the territory." Shuer nodded, knocked on the wall next to him and said, "Look at this painting. It basically says it all.”

On the mural that Xiuer pointed to, a humanoid creature with a crown on his head, a stone mask on his face, and his whole body wrapped in a robe stood on the top of the square tower with the top cover open, with his hands raised to the sky, as if he was praying for something. Only a few similarly dressed people stood behind him bent over.Below the square tower, a large number of lizardmen are prostrate on the ground with simple lines. Obviously, the one above is both their spiritual leader and their king.

"Okay, since everyone has taken the initiative to light up the lights, don't keep the hospitable host waiting." Shuer said with a half-smile, "It's time to go in, just maintain the second level of alert."

The Shadow Chasers looked at Xiul in surprise, wondering why the alert level was so low this time. You must know that in the past, when entering the interior of such a strange large building to explore, it was at least level seven, which is the highest level of alert. , this is the first time like this.

However, no one said any more nonsense and followed Shuer into the door. When Moria walked in last, the black stone door slowly closed, completely isolating the inside and outside.

It stands to reason that when walking through a corridor, you will inevitably feel that the environment is cramped, but this is a special case, because this corridor cannot be understood as a corridor at all, it is too big.

It is the same height as the gate. If you raise your head, you can't see the top clearly if you have poor eyesight. It is also more than ten meters wide, which is wider than the street outside and can fully accommodate the passage of vehicles.I don’t know what kind of fuel the oil lamp on the wall uses. The light is extremely bright, and it can illuminate such a spacious environment clearly.

Of course, the most eye-catching ones are the murals.Unsurprisingly, the murals engraved in the temple naturally contain stories about kingship and divine power. Walking along the corridor, the shadow chasers felt as if they had read the history of this world.

This world is also spherical, and most of the surface is covered by desert. Under the protection of the four gods, the strong lizard people live hard in the desert world.Although they have to fight against the harsh natural environment and ferocious beasts in the sand sea every day, the lizard people have grown up smoothly. From a small tribe of a few dozen people at the beginning, it has gradually developed into thousands of cities, covering more than half of the world. A huge race, of course, the total population has never been large.

It can be seen from the murals that the relationship between lizards and gods is very harmonious. Even in a world like Parvatiga, there are still some examples of individuals betraying gods and even proclaiming themselves false gods. But in this world, the two There was no disobedience or conflict from beginning to end.

"Shuer, what is painted here is... a sandstorm?" As a believer of the God of Knowledge, Saf focused more than anyone on her eyes, so she was the first to discover the special features of the mural, "Look at these lines, it doesn't look like It’s an ordinary wind.”

"Well, it should be a sandstorm, huh? There are still things in the sandstorm. It doesn't mean the undead."

Indeed, in the sandstorm depicted in the mural, there are many strange 'creatures' looming, and they are floating in the air off the ground. The only ones that everyone can think of are the undead flying on the wind.

"Shur, this is not the point." Saff pointed to several places on the mural and said, "Look here, it is too small to see the specific content, but judging from the body shape, these should be the undead lizard people. "

"Stop moving forward." Shuer suddenly ordered, frowning and thinking for a moment, "Something's not quite right, something's not quite right, Saff, follow me, and the others will stay on guard."

Still adhering to the principle that two or more people must travel together in a team, Xiuer quickly returned to the original route and studied the mural carefully against the wall. After running back and forth several times, he finally stopped and called his teammates loudly: "Come here, everyone." , found something interesting.”

"Look, starting from here, the mural tells a short story. No, it can't be counted as a story. It should describe a ritual."

"This is their idol. Everyone is prostrating around it, obviously making sacrifices." Shuer's fingers slid over the pictures on the murals. "After the sacrifices were completed, a large gathering was held at noon, and then a large number of The civilians moved a lot of things from their homes, and look here, they are all holding things in their hands."

"These things were piled up in the square, and they were not placed randomly. They were arranged very neatly." Mia also saw the problem. "Obviously they did this intentionally, just like we were stacking goods."

"That's right, then... the sandstorm came, and there were things that seemed to be undead in the sandstorm." Shuer sighed, "Look at the next picture, the goods are all gone."

(End of this chapter)