Unparalleled Beast Soul

Chapter 48 Visit

In the morning, the rising sun cleared the mists that hung over Tormund, and the great city awoke from its sleep. 【】

A new day begins.

Leon, Rock Hammer and the others quietly left the hotel, and led by Piccolo to the Divine Splendor Plaza in Tormund.

This time it was replaced by Aklan staying in the hotel. After all, as a magician of the human race, it is not suitable to go to the beast god.

Every year, tens of thousands of orcs come to Tormund for pilgrimage from all over the world. However, except for special pilgrimage days, the temple is usually closed to ordinary people.

However, the temple will not forget these believers who came on the day of worshiping the gods. There are special priests who accept offerings from the pilgrims in the Shenhui Grand Square and give blessings to the devotees.

As Leon and others, they don't even have the qualifications to enter the temple, let alone offer tribute in the hall of the temple. Shenhui Grand Plaza is an inevitable choice.

Shenhui Grand Plaza is located in the east of the city, covering an area of ​​hundreds of acres. The ground is completely paved with seven-foot-square stone slabs, which is extremely flat and solid.

Perhaps because they came earlier, there were not many people in the Shenhui Plaza.

"Every year on God's Day, there are so many people here that I can't squeeze in. I came here once and was almost trampled to death!" Mouse Boy Piccolo patted his chest and said with lingering fear: "Later my mother told As long as I have reverence in my heart, I don't necessarily have to go to the temple every year to meet Lord Beast God."

"Your mother is right..." Leon smiled: "Faith is belief rather than form."

At the west end of the square, stands the tens of meters high statue of the beast god Opa.

Coming from the plain from east to west, this huge stone statue is the most eye-catching landmark of Tormund City. It stands proudly at the foot of the mountain and has never faded after thousands of years of wind and frost.

The appearance of the beast god Opa combines the characteristics of many orcs, such as tiger body, lion head, wolf eyes, fox tail, eagle wings... holding a battle ax is extremely powerful, and the armor is full of scars, which symbolizes the bravery of the orcs. The spirit of never giving up.

Behind the statue, there is a wide stone step leading directly to the temple on the top of the mountain. The entrance of the step is guarded by heavily armed temple knights.

Leon had seen bigger and taller god statues in his original world, but standing in front of the giant stone statue of the beast god, he still felt a great shock. The soul trembled for it.

God mighty!In this world where gods exist, a statue of a god can also reflect the majestic authority of theocracy.

Rock Hammer and the others knelt down directly on the ground, paying their highest respect to the Beast God.

For many orcs, being able to pray for blessings before the gods in the temple is the most important dream in their entire life.

Leon knelt down on one knee and saluted. If he wanted to become a beast soul warrior, he must have faith in the beast god.

In the original world, he did not believe in gods and Buddhas, but in this world, belief often represents power.

He longed for power, and he did not reject belief. Leon had heard many legends about the beast god Opa from Elder Monstein, and he had enough respect for this brave, upright, and kind god.

But when Leon's knee touched the icy ground, a strange thing happened suddenly!

The tiger head tattoo on his chest suddenly became blazing hot, and the traces of heat that flowed out and spread throughout his body changed from a gurgling stream to a raging river between breaths.

This manic force roared and struggled in his body, as if it wanted to tear his flesh and bones into pieces, the great pain made Leon almost unable to breathe, sweat the size of a bean oozes from his face, The place of residence dripped on the ground.

Such a situation was completely unexpected to him, but there seemed to be a voice telling Leon not to do anything but pray.

Leon followed his intuition.

Great Oppa, if you really exist, please grant me great strength, let me guard everything I guard!

Suppressing the burning pain in his chest, Leon silently prayed in his heart.

The power in his body that made him almost explode suddenly became peaceful, as if some divine spirit had sensed his sincere belief, and the tiger head tattoo slowly returned to its original state.

Although the heat spreading all over the body still exists, it is already within the range that Leon can bear.

Leon took a long breath, wiped his sweat and stood up from the ground.

He didn't understand what was going on, the tiger head tattoo on his chest seemed to hide some huge secret, at least for now Leon could only passively bear its possible sudden attack.

Fortunately, this is not a bad thing... Leon can only comfort himself in this way.

"Okay, let's go and offer the tribute together!"

Next to the giant stone statue, there is a tent dedicated to receiving tribute, and two gray-robed priests receive pilgrims inside.

When Leon and others came in, the two priests greeted them with smiles: "Brothers from afar, welcome to come, may the great beast god protect you!"

According to the teachings of the Beast God Temple, all orcs are brothers and sisters regardless of ethnicity. Although in fact, a noble priest would never treat a low-level orc of a vassal clan as a relative, but he was only receiving a pilgrimage The customary name of the person.

On the way here, Leon listened to Piccolo's introduction about the pilgrimage, so he just smiled and bowed to him: "Respected priest, please allow us to represent the Kuanghammer tribe of the Howling Forest, to the great beast god and the temple. , offer a sincere tribute!"

"Of course, Lord Beast God will never reject the piety of his people!"

The smile on the priest's face grew stronger, especially when Leon presented a heavy money bag with both hands.

There is no limit to the tribute of the pilgrims, as long as it represents their respect and admiration for the beast god and the temple, then the temple must accept whatever it is.

Many believers donate all their life savings to the temple. It is said that a long time ago, they would send cattle, sheep, prey, and even their own children.

But when the two priests heard that Leon and the others came from the Howling Forest, expressions of surprise appeared on their faces involuntarily.

Since the bridge connecting the two banks of the Nucang River was broken, the temple has not received believers from the Howling Forest, and Leon is still the first batch of pilgrims in ten years.

"I believe your journey must be very difficult..." The Nian priest who took the money bag spoke with a little more sincere admiration: "The great beast god will remember your devotion, may God bless the Kuanghammer tribe! "

When Ben came here, the whole process of paying tribute to the audience was over, but Leon didn’t just come for the pilgrimage.

"My lord priest, we came from the Howling Forest. Besides the pilgrimage to the Beast God, I also want to participate in the promotion and soul-casting ceremony. I don't know how to do it. Please give me some instructions." Leon asked.

"Soul Casting Ceremony? Do you want to be promoted to Beast Soul Warrior?" Nian Priest smiled and said, "It's actually very simple. After a week, just come here and sign up. Our temple will screen and test all applicants , as long as you pass it, you can participate in the final soul-casting ceremony."

After a short pause, he asked, "Do you know any priests in the temple?"

This sentence has connotations. If Leon hadn't just given out a large sum of money as a tribute, I'm afraid this question would have disappeared.

What kind of person Leon is, he understood immediately after hearing it, and immediately took out the letter written by Elder Monstein from his pocket: "I have a letter that I want to give to Priest Roget."

Priest Roget was an old friend of Elder Monstein. Ten years ago, he was still the white-cloaked priest of the Tormund Temple, but the connection between them was broken with the annihilation of the giant wooden overpass.

The two gray-robed priests looked at each other, and the young priest shook his head and said, "Priest Roget returned to the embrace of Lord Beast God a few years ago."

died?Leon's heart sank slightly, the only relationship at this level was gone.

After thinking about it, he took out the name tattoo given to him by the fox-born girl last night: "I also want to see Priest Dotley."

"Master Priest Dotli..." Priest Nian's face changed, and his gaze on Leon became a little different.

He took the name crest handed over by Leon, carefully examined the words on the emblem, and looked up at Leon as if he had made some kind of determination: "So you have a reference from the Fox family, so please come with me, and I will take you there." Go to see Lord Priest Dotley."

This name pattern is really useful, Leon secretly heaved a sigh of relief, the attitude of the other party, this priest of Dotli must be an unusual person.

Leon didn't really want to find a relationship in the temple, but he knew almost nothing about the important links of being promoted to a beast soul warrior, and what Elder Monstein knew was only a few decades ago. what changes.

Under such circumstances, it would undoubtedly be of great help if one could get the guidance and even care of a temple priest who was familiar with the situation in advance.

This time when he came to Tormund, Leon made up his mind that he only needed to succeed and not fail, so he didn't care about using some flexible means.

Rock Hammer and the others stayed in the square, and Priest Nian led Leon up the stone steps leading to the temple on the top of the mountain.

However, he did not lead Leon up to the highest temple, but left the stairs halfway up the mountain and turned into a tree-lined path.

Regarding Leon's doubts, Priest Nian explained: "Priest Dotri is a distinguished priest with a scepter and has an independent residence. He should be at home at this time."

Privilege, as expected, is everywhere!Leon nodded.

He didn't feel much joy about getting acquainted with a high-ranking person in the temple because of this, but he felt a little more heavy.

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