The Beginning of Panlong: In the Name of the Father

Chapter 117 Dark Alliance (Part [-])
Dark Alliance, Principality of Seth.

The principality is not large in area.

According to the aristocratic principles on Yulan Continent.

Divided into three levels: empire, kingdom, and principality.

A province in an empire with an area and population equal to that of a kingdom.

A county in the kingdom and the area controlled by a county are equivalent to a principality.

The ruler of the principality is called the Grand Duke, which is actually a "mayor" level. Of course, it is much higher than a "town mayor" like Hogg.

However, as Hogg's master of stone carving, it was worthy of the Grand Duke's personal reception and welcome.

Surrounded by a group of guards, as the long motorcade entered Seth City, this was also the first time Hogg encountered it.

Looking at the fanatical crowd around him and the houses built with black rocks, Hogg also understood why the Dark Alliance was the area that worshiped stone sculptures the most and was the most fanatical in the Magnolia Continent.

"More than 6000 years ago, Master Proulx was born in the territory of our Dark Alliance, which is now the area of ​​the Kingdom of Erebus, and became one of the only stone carving masters in the Magnolia calendar."

Grand Duke Seth, a tall and thin man, was introducing Hogg to the side, with admiration flashing in his eyes.

Even if [-]% of this worship is deliberate pretense, there is also [-]% sincere.

Today's Dark Alliance territory is also the birthplace of the former Earth Temple.

The source of all this is the landform of this territory, which is full of hard black rocks and fertile black soil.

The fertile black soil has nurtured the human race in the vast territory.

The hard obsidian is also the most suitable material for stone carving, which makes this territory have a tradition of stone carving since before the Magnolia Calendar.

Five of the top ten legendary stone sculptures were born on this land in the territory of the Dark Alliance.Of course, it was also influenced by Master Proulx.

This master of stone carving is known as the most powerful one in history. Three of his works are among the "Top Ten Stone Sculptures".

With the destruction of the Pu'ang Empire and the demise of forces such as the Earth Temple and the Fire Temple, the owner here became the Dark Holy See.

The Dark Holy See is actually more strict than the Light Holy See in terms of governance.

after all. . .People yearn for light and warmth and hate darkness and cold.

Even in terms of practical benefits, the Holy See of Light can make the healing magic of light more popular.

For ordinary civilians, at least for the relatively wealthy civilian class, they can enjoy the treatment of light magic if necessary.

This can be regarded as a benefit that the Holy See of Light notifies the civilians in the territory.

But the Holy See is dark. . .

We can't popularize the use of curse magic, right? !

The Dark Holy See wants to reach the same level as the Light Holy See in terms of "religious rule". To promote the dark faith, it is not enough to rely on gentleness, but more of a high-pressure policy.

There was a time when the rule of the Dark Holy See covered almost all aspects, including food, clothing, housing, transportation, art and knowledge.

It can be said to be an era of silence.

However, the stone carving art of the Proulx Hall was a special case in that era and was not subject to religious suppression by the Dark Holy See.

On the contrary, Proulx Hall has used its special status to protect many literary and artistic works and talents, and it is even more widely respected today.

There are many reasons for this.

For example, the Dark Alliance area has respected the custom of stone carvings since ancient times.

For another example, the Proulx Guild also assisted in the establishment of the Dark Holy See.To this day, in fact, the Dark Alliance's suppression of art and culture is still quite serious, but the atmosphere of respect for stone sculptures in the Dark Alliance is even more fanatical.

This also leads to a very strange phenomenon.

The highest level of art in mainland China is stone sculpture, and the holy place for stone sculpture art is the Proulx Guild Hall.

The artistic atmosphere of Clear City, the largest city in the Dark Alliance, where the Proulx Guild Hall is located, is not as good as Finlay City or Magnolia Capital.

Of course, the stone carving art of the Dark Alliance also has its own unique style.

Hogg and Linna followed the planned route, passing through the Kingdom of Hodel, the Principality of Orebos, and the Principality of Apophis, and also admired many art works of the Dark Alliance.

In the Dark Alliance, in addition to the Proulx Guild Hall, there are many small and medium-sized guild halls. Many nobles even have their own stone carving exhibition rooms. Of course, they welcome a top stone carving master to visit.

If a certain piece of work is praised by a stone carving master, its value will immediately skyrocket, and its owner will be more proud.

Hogg is naturally the same as watching a candle.But he didn't care. Instead, he did his job as a master stone carver and carefully studied the stone carvings of the Dark Alliance.

The stone carvings of the Dark Alliance have changed with the times and history.

From the few stone carvings made before the first year of the Yulan calendar, especially those dating back 3 years ago, Hogg saw a strong, rough and majestic momentum. The stone carvings of this period were more freehand.

After the first year of the Yulan calendar and until the end of the Pu'ang Empire, the stone carvings of this period became exquisite and gorgeous. . .Of course, there is one exception, and that is Master Long Aotian Proulx in the stone carving world.

His works have smooth lines and look like a whole, without any flaws.

Although his stone carving skills can be regarded as being learned from Delincovothe, in reality he has already surpassed his master.

To Master Proulx, the flat sword style is just a technique for better carving of stone sculptures.He became a master of stone carving because Master Proulx had this ability, and the flat sword style was just his help.

After seeing a small work by Proulx in his later years, Hogg sighed slightly.

Master Proulx was obsessed with stone carving all his life. . .If he puts more energy into the training of warriors, he might even be able to step into the holy realm.

Although the cultivation of warriors and the study of stone carving techniques seem to be completely unrelated fields, they intersect with each other when they reach a certain height.

Only Hogg, who has the dual identity of a stone carving master and a strong man in the sanctuary, can see the "power" contained in Master Proulx's stone carvings.

After that, the Proulx era also entered the period of rule by the Dark Holy See.

The artistic style of stone carvings during this period underwent obvious changes.

After polishing, the gorgeous and exquisite obsidian stone carvings are endowed with more elements such as death, night, terror, decadence, darkness, abyss, thorns, curses and so on.

Hogg frowned frequently.

This is an art style that can be called "perverted". In the parlance of the previous earth, it can be regarded as Gothic art. . .But it digs into the "dark" side and goes far beyond that.

Hogg has to admit the intuitive beauty of this school's artistic style.

However, this is also because he does not like "beauty".

Standing in the field of stone sculpture, Hogg gives stone sculptures "life", using the rules of life, the splendor of vitality, and the passion for life to give stone sculptures special spirituality and charm.

However, the spiritual flavor contained in the stone sculptures from the Dark Holy See period, those top stone sculptures, is completely opposite to Hogg's philosophy.

The so-called abnormal artistic beauty actually refers to everything that is contrary to life and leads to "death" and "nirvana".

Twisted and cruel.

This also made Hogg think a little.

(End of this chapter)