rune hunter

Chapter 336 Ancient Sacrifice
It wasn't until midnight that the urban area of ​​Sword Castle completely quieted down. The thugs attached to the Brotherhood finally found that no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't counteract the regular army of Istaren, so they finally chose to die down.Some might question the Brotherhood's prestige, but that's something the Prophet needs to worry about.

Under the watchful eyes of the guards, Istaron's leader sneaked out of the camp.What is different from last night is that the person in charge of the security work has also joined the ranks of AWOL.

Although she said, "Didn't you have fun enough yesterday?", Laurana finally followed. The new method proposed by Tiana aroused the girl's curiosity. , the eldest lady resolutely abandoned her duties as the temporary head of the camp.

Speaking of which, this should be the first time that Laurana and Eltiana traveled alone. When she saw the tacit cooperation between the two, she couldn't help but sighed.

"As expected, you have the confidence to come and go freely in the enemy camp. This kind of method is really hard to defend against." Seeing the cooperation of these two people, Laurana knew that her arrangement in the camp was meaningless. Ordinary soldiers How could it be possible to see through the illusion of light and shadow?It is absolutely impossible to escape El's perception detection.

"It's a pity that it didn't work last night. That prophet is really evil, and I don't know how he found us." El shook his head and said doubtfully.

"Maybe the problem lies with the crow. My method of hiding is only suitable for deceiving human senses, and it doesn't work so well for some animals that are naturally sensitive." Tiana was a little uncertain Say.

"It is said that crows are the guides of the underworld. Its eyes can see through the two worlds of life and death. Of course, this legend actually refers to the three-eyed raven on the river Styx. It is also possible for specially trained magic pets to do this..." Laura Na never forgot to show her extensive knowledge. She looked around and suddenly asked, "Where are we going? Do you want to play the midnight parade again?"

While chatting, the three of them had already left the city gate and arrived at the refugee settlement outside the city.Although it was the same place as yesterday, the environment was quite different, and it became an empty dead zone just overnight.The refugees had already exhausted all the resources in this land, not even a grass root was spared. After the Brotherhood captured Sword Castle, they swarmed into the city, and no fool stayed here to die.And the people of Istaren followed closely behind, completely stamping out the traces left by the refugees, and now there is nothing left here.

But if you look at it from another angle, this place is indeed a secluded place.

"Just here, this place is very suitable." Tiana stopped, looked around, nodded and said in a low voice.Although the journey was not too long, she was injured after all, and her face turned pale during the journey, with beads of sweat dripping from her forehead.

"Why don't we take a break first?" El couldn't help but said.

"There is more important work tomorrow, let's hurry up." Tiana combed her messy hair, panting slightly.Although she has already been treated by the priest, the physical strength consumed by it is also very considerable, but it is better than no treatment. A little fatigue is not a problem for the girl who has experienced big scenes.What's more, the mess that Laurana made is still waiting for her to clean up. Relatively speaking, this kind of trivial matter is nothing.

"This place... is very interesting. That prophet is really not a simple person." Laurana took out an alchemy equipment of unknown purpose from her cuff, held it in front of her eyes and turned it around twice, narrowing her eyes. chuckled lightly.

"There is a magic power node under this land. Compared with the magic power node under the sword tomb, it is much smaller, and it is well hidden. I doubt that the Beifeng family may not know that there is such a treasure in front of their house. " Tiana took out her staff, drew a circle where she was standing, and said to El: "Find eight stones of the same size and surround them according to the circle under my feet. Bring me here Put the firewood and wine here, and we need a bowl..."

"Finding stones is no problem." El blinked his eyes and asked a little confused: "But what are we going to do? Have a bonfire party?"

"We're going to perform a sacrifice," Tiana said.

It's no easy job collecting stones in the middle of the night, especially in a place as clean as a plate licked by a wild dog.El opened the Eye of True Sight and looked around, was silent for a moment, then squatted down and punched the ground.The rune language "Dragon Roar" appeared in the real world for the first time, and it was actually used to dig soil. This is a kind of sadness, but it is also the most convenient and quickest method, because there is a half-human-sized piece buried under his feet. rock.

After crushing the rock with one punch, El, under the speechless eyes of the girls, pretended to be nonchalant and picked out a suitable rock, and placed it at Tiana's feet, barely forming a circle.To be honest, he really didn't think it could have any special function besides lighting the fire, but looking at Tiana's face, it obviously didn't look like a fake.

"Oh oh oh! Is this the sacrificial offering of the ancestors in the legend?" The eldest lady was obviously knowledgeable, her eyes were full of excitement, she squatted beside El and pointed at the stone with her finger, and asked curiously: "When we were young, we all liked to play this game. Later, I searched for relevant records. It is said that as early as in ancient times, human beings learned to sacrifice. At that time, there were no gods today. It’s not about faith, it’s just the worship of a powerful existence.”

"Even in the era when the gods walked on the earth and spread beliefs, this most primitive way of sacrifice has never been abandoned. It has gradually become a symbolic existence because it has lost its existence value, and now it has become a small It's a game that children only play when they play house... Sure enough, the ancient sacrifices are completely different, right?"

"No, it's actually the same." Tiana shook her head, ruthlessly shattering Laurana's illusion about the wisdom of the ancients.She took a step back, jumped out of the stone circle, squatted down and said in a low voice: "The Church of the Gods, in the name of prohibiting the worship of evil gods, does not allow private sacrifices among the people, which shows that the sacrifices are still valid. The sacrifices of ancient times It's actually very simple, leaving aside those irrelevant things, the most basic elements are actually only three points."

The girl stretched out her hand, lit a flame from between her fingers, lit the firewood in her hand, and gently placed it in the pile of firewood, and the bonfire slowly burned.Under the reflection of the firelight, the girl's face looked inexplicably sacred.

"The first is the altar. The basic elements of the altar are rocks and flames. The eight rocks are arranged according to the direction, symbolizing the earth, the firewood symbolizes life, and the flame of burning wood symbolizes civilization. There is nothing special about the altar itself. The important thing is the location. It is necessary to choose the 'basic point' of a world, and the magic node is one of them. Only by placing the altar on the basic point can it have an impact on the world."

"So that's the case, it's not mentioned in the book at all." Laurana nodded repeatedly.

"Then there are the priests." Tiana stretched out her hand and stroked the bonfire, and the flames suddenly doubled out of thin air.This is not an action with any special meaning, it's just that the girl activated the sleeping magic power node, and the active magic power factor accelerated the burning of the flame.

"The identity of the priest must be a pure-blooded human being. This is the reason why the ancient priests declined." Tiana stretched out her finger, and with a flash of sharpness, she cut her fingertips and squeezed out three drops of blood. in flames.The moment the blood melted into the flames, El suddenly felt that the bonfire in front of him seemed to have changed. It was a change that could not be described in words, but it felt very clear, like a red-hot soldering iron suddenly submerged in cold water , completed the conversion from cast iron to weapons.

"In addition to the altar and the priest, the last element is the sacrifice. The value of the sacrifice depends on the concept of the sacrifice. Ancient humans usually used hunted beasts as sacrifices, but that was just a trick. It is really real. An effective method is to use a part of one's own body as a sacrifice, after all, nothing is more important to oneself than 'self'."

Tiana cut off a lock of hair, put it in the palm of her hand and said softly: "Compared with other ancient people, the Angela people have more advantages in terms of sacrifices, because we can use hair as sacrifices. This unique hair color It is the symbol of the Angela people as the descendants of the gods, although they do not have any divine power, they are essentially more valuable than other body parts."

Tiana threw the moon-white hair in her hand into the flames, and the already raging flames became brighter and brighter.El saw through the Eye of True Sight that the strand of hair was quietly transformed into a smoky substance in the flames, rising slowly with the tumbling hot air.

In the void, there seemed to be some kind of undercurrent turbulent, and El felt the wind marks on his waist tremble slightly, as if sending out a warning.He saw the smoke disappear into the void, and a moment later, a strand of transparent silk that was imperceptible to the naked eye quietly floated down from the void and returned to Tiana's body.

The girl opened her palms, and a group of silver-white light flickered slightly in her hands.

"Could this be...ether matter?" Laurana opened her eyes and asked subconsciously.

"The harvest of the sacrifice depends on one's own will. I'm just giving you a demonstration." Tiana nodded to Laurana, retracted her hand and said to El: "Now it's your turn."

(End of this chapter)