It is impossible for the girl to find the evil god in the textbook

"No, this seems even more shabby. I remember Wendel's court mage had both hands full of rings."

This is again contrary to Ella's cognition. Generally, no wizard is willing to carry multiple alchemy props. The side effect of just one is enough to cause headaches. If there are more than ten, it may be difficult to even live a normal life.

This made her a little concerned, but it was also a good way to learn more about the Snow Country.

Just before Ella was about to speak, the street lights in Carlodine Town went out, and it was almost midnight.

"It's getting late, let's go to bed early, we have to go on the road tomorrow."

Ashley urged, because it was half a day later than the expected schedule, and time became more pressing. They needed to experience the winter city of Wendel within five days.

Ella decided to save the question for tomorrow.

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The next morning, after leaving the mountains, the road became much wider.Although the sun is still invisible, the time for snowfall is mostly concentrated at night and early morning.

"Lily, can you tell me something about Snow Country?"

Ella and Lily were sitting side by side on one side of the carriage, while Ashley was lying on the other side to rest. She had used up a lot of energy after using the medicine in the morning.

"Yes, yes, but what exactly do you want to know?"

"Um...history, religion, customs or something?"

Lily thought for a while, and then began to organize her words,

"Then let's start from the beginning. The Kingdom of Snow has been established for more than 700 years. We are the largest country located in the center of the Northland. The king has always been the great Snow King His Majesty—"

"and many more."

Ella interrupted her,

"From the beginning to the end, it means... His Majesty the Snow King is over 700 years old?"

"Of course, His Majesty is a long-lived species, there is nothing surprising about that."

Longevity species?It's not that Ella has never heard of this term. According to Kraft's records, there were indeed extremely long-lived races in the world.

For example, the high elves, the founders of the Elvish language, some special dangerous creatures or dirty blood species that are considered taboo.But most of them have been annihilated in the long river of history, and even the relatively active dirty blood species should have no corresponding records for nearly a hundred years.

Lily and Ashley are undoubtedly humans. In that case, the Kingdom of Snow is a human kingdom established by a non-human race?Or are there other intelligent races living in large cities?

Lily looked at Ella strangely, then continued,

"Like most countries in the world, we believe in the great god Nodens, who is the omnipotent father, the eternal king of the abyss, and the creator who lives on the moon. On the birthday of His Majesty the Snow King, he will also send Messenger came to send blessings..."

"What does that mean, some sort of symbolic ceremony?"

"Why do you ask? Of course the messenger came from the palace of Lord Nodens and sent congratulatory gifts and blessings from the gods——"

The overly shocking shock made her stumble.

The gods will send messengers to send blessings for the Snow King's birthday.

That is to say, there are gods in this world, and they are not abstract concepts or symbols of belief. In Lily's description, He is a god who really walks on land.

"Almighty Father,

Eternal Lord of the Abyss,

Creator who dwells on the moon. "

This three-part description of the honorable name undoubtedly points to a certain deity.

What is a god?This is inconclusive in the occult, and Kleist never gave a definite answer in his theology classes.

In a few years, he just let students understand various mainstream views that contradict each other, and asked them to write papers based on their own understanding.

In the process of using magical rituals, every wizard can vaguely perceive a huge existence, but that is just an unconscious power mass.

According to the description of the last days in mythology, some theologians once put forward this point of view:

The so-called gods of modern magicians are nothing more than a little power left over from the age of the gods. The essence of this view is that the gods are dead.

Apart from evil gods, there are no real gods in the world anymore.

And the evil gods are in a certain predicament, dangerous creatures and even god sons are their tentacles to erode the real world.

Ella's point of view is similar to that. Having had close contact with the heirs of evil gods, she has clearly felt the decisive difference between them and ordinary prayer objects.

Like the Sons of Abhoth, the Nameless Son of the Crater, and like... Yafom.

That being the case, what is Nodens who still walks on the land that Snow Country believes in?

Is he a god who survived the age of gods, or——

Chapter 18 The City of Heaven

Today is the fourth day of the journey. After leaving Carlodin Town, the team passed through several cities one after another.

They are Anna Amt, Hyptica and Farisa.According to Lily, the names of these towns, including the town of Carrotin, all come from flowers related to snow, which is regarded as the strange style of naming cities in the Snow Country.

They have their own characteristics, but the team only stays for one night at most to replenish food and fodder for the horses, and then leave in a hurry the next morning.

It is worth mentioning that Farisa’s smoked ferret meat is very distinctive.

It is a flavor product made of pine needles and fragrant bark smoked for a week, and it is cooked with the unique local perry wine, which has a very unique taste.

During the trip, Lily Bell would take an hour every day to introduce to Ella the history and customs of the Snow Country, as well as the myths and legends of this world.

“That’s more history than myth.”

Lily corrected, explaining:

"As the immortal species, His Majesty the Snow King has witnessed everything in the long history, so it is more appropriate to describe those magnificent stories as history."

"More than 700 years ago, His Majesty led fifty knights to defeat the devil on the ice field and dismembered it. Its head and heart were dedicated to Lord Nodens, the limbs fell into the deep valley, and the gems on the devil's chest were made. Scepter.

"As a reward to his believers, Lord Nodens ordered the legendary ancient city Wendell to rise from the snow-capped mountains and become the capital of a country. The blood of the devil flowing on the earth is full of poison and curse, so the king The eternal snow and ice fell and covered everything, and this is the origin of the Snow Country.”

With that said, she lifted the curtain of the carriage, and this place was already at the foot of the Winter City.

The team is walking on a huge transparent bridge, and the whole bridge seems to be made of dark blue ice.

This bridge of ice and snow is so wide that even if ten large carriages pass side by side, the width is more than enough.

The purple frosty sand moon hovered in the middle of the sky, it was so close to Wendell, the whole city was almost built under the moon.

Although it was already night, the purple brilliance refracted repeatedly in the ice bridge, emitting a dazzling brilliance!

This is the perfect combination of magnificence brought by scale and exquisite art. Under the moonlight, the complex patterns on the bridge become clear, and the epic reliefs and a large number of complex rose patterns cover almost the entire bridge deck.

On both sides of the bridge are towering mountain peaks and cliffs. Under the dark blue bridge deck is a bottomless rift valley. This mythical bridge made of solid ice is actually built on top of an abyss!

But such a scene can only attract visitors for a moment or even a few seconds.

Because behind the bridge, there is a more magnificent and magnificent winter city Wendel.

Ella was shocked by the sight in front of her. In her eyes, London, which first entered the steam age, is undoubtedly the most magnificent city at present, but it is far from being comparable to the winter city Wendel.

As the myth says, this is the city given by heaven, a mythical city where gods rise from the snowy mountains.

In other words - it is definitely not something that human beings can build.

At the end of the Ice Bridge, there is a huge building in the shape of a snowflake, and a semicircular arch is opened at the bottom of the snowflake.

Going up through the arch and up the stairs is the real outside of Winter City. On both sides of the spacious city gate are huge statues hundreds of feet high.

It was a statue of a knight holding a sword and a statue of a priest wearing a hood. The coat of arms on the armor and the complex magic pattern on the robe were all carved out in detail. .

The classical city walls are made of an unknown white stone, and they are piled up with ice and snow, making it impossible to distinguish each other.

The city extends upwards from the city wall, and within the three solid hexagonal walls is the royal city that goes straight into the sky.

Tall and complex buildings cover the top of the giant snow-capped mountains. As the legend goes, the Winter City Wendel was given by the great god Nodens and rose above the snow-capped mountains!

Above the city, the aurora spread like a curtain, like a waterfall hanging high, and the city filled with white mist was wrapped in a layer of illusory light and shadow like a dream.

The icy blue lights shone like cold stars in the night sky.

Pure white trees with crystal clear ice flowers in full bloom grow on both sides of the street.

The complex of classical Romanesque buildings stretches to the end of the line of sight, the most eye-catching of which is a giant-like building, which is far taller and more majestic than the surrounding buildings.It is even bigger than the statue in front of the city gate. On the thick stone pillar is a semi-circular dome, which is covered with fine gemstones of the same color as the ice and snow. The moonlight refracts a strange halo above the building.

That is Wendel's palace, the residence of the Snow King.

Lily in the carriage cast her eyes on the town and began to hum:

"O traveler, you can never forget,

The snowflake gate under the purple moon,

The glittering blue ice bridge.

No matter where you want to go, Wendell is still on the snow mountain.

No matter where you are, Wendell is still your hometown..."

Ella noticed that the corners of Lily's eyes were moist, and despite seeing the city, she still fell into a strange sentimentality.

"I do not know why either."

Lily smiled, her voice not sounding as cheerful as before.

"It's been that way since a long time ago — well, it's always nice to be back here."

Yes, it's always nice to go back to your hometown.

Ella smiled a little lonely,

This city is indeed extremely beautiful. People who leave here and start traveling may regard it as some kind of sustenance like in the lyrics, right?

It must be a place to be proud of and remember, indeed for those who have lived here for a long time.

But Ella's hometown is not here. For her, it is just an unreal and distant place like a dream.