Chapter 1075： Unrecorded history

The garden fell silent for a moment.

Now Gawain knew why Bersetia had to withdraw unrelated personnel.

"You are surprised," the Queen Silver looked at Gao Wen who was sitting across from her, "it seems that this is not the answer you want to hear."

"No, this answer is actually even good news in a sense-but I was really surprised," Gawain exhaled softly, calming his thoughts and thinking about the meaning behind Belcetia's answer. , "Can you tell me in detail? The details of the activities of those esoteric groups, what kind of gods did they communicate with, and what phenomenon did they cause?"

"Of course," Bersetia smiled, and then seemed to be caught in a long-lasting memory. While thinking, she said slowly in a low voice, "Everything starts with the fall of the white star... just as you know. In the fall of the White Star, the druids lost the gods they believed in for generations, and the original church groups gradually transformed into various academic institutions and transcendental secret associations. In the history books, this process of transformation is simply It is summed up as a'difficult transition'-but in fact the struggle experienced by the elves in accepting this fact is far more difficult than the understatement in the history books.

"Humans and other short-lived races should not be able to understand all of this-Uncle Gao Wen, I am just telling the truth, because for humans, no matter how hard and painful things are, it only takes a little time to forget and get used to it. Sometimes only It takes one or two generations, sometimes not even one generation, but for the elves, our life spans two to three thousand years or even longer, so even now, there are druids who lived during the Fall of the White Star. The long lifespan allows us to remember those difficult things for a long time, and for some devout servants...Even if the years go by for centuries, they cannot accept the fact that the gods have fallen.

"Some stubborn Druidic esoterics were born under this situation. The world always thinks that the Druids of the Holy Spirit sect at the time were the most staunch'primitive believers', but in fact, those Druids who are not recognized by history The Yimyian religion is. Most of them are high-ranking priests and ascetic monks in the "Divine Age", and their belief in the gods has become their basic way of thinking and the meaning of life. After the fall of the white star, the church of the original **** of nature fell into chaos Facing the doomed schism, these extremely devout people took away a large number of sacred books for the purpose of protecting the sacred heritage and scattered them into the depths of the forest. In the following centuries, they formed several major Esoteric group."

Hearing this, Gao Wen couldn't help but interject: "What was the Elven King Court doing?"

"We are dealing with our own chaos," Bersetia said. "You probably can't imagine how deeply the belief in the gods of nature had more than three thousand years of influence on the elven society-it was a quagmire deeper than the gods of mankind. , So when it suddenly disappeared, the chaos caused immediately consumed all the energy of the Elf King's court, and the Druid esoterics took root in the deep mountains and forests almost uncontrolled, and... Begin to try various methods to restore their former glory.

"At that time, although many druids saw the fall of the white star in the illusion, and many people speculated that this meant the'death' of the **** of nature, there were still believers who believed that the **** of nature was only temporarily interrupted with mortals. They think this is a kind of test from the gods, and even think this is a new kind of “revelation”-they use various reasons to explain the desperate situation, and they are also driven by these reasons. Constantly exploring new prayer ceremonies, building new belief systems, and even revising the old church scriptures to explain the current situation.

"This kind of thing lasted for several centuries-in the first few hundred years, they were just a little trouble, and even because they were too low-key, they did not arouse the alarm of the royal court. We only regard them as being unable to stand the gods. The group of hermits living in the forest after the blows left, but with the passage of time, the situation gradually changed.

"Some esoteric groups have reintegrated together because they are difficult to support on their own, forming a large-scale'dense forest sect.' And their exploration in esoteric rituals has become more and more in-depth and dangerous. Finally, disturbing things begin to appear in the forest Visions, elves began to report seeing confusing phantoms near the'hermit colony', hearing whispers in their minds, and even seeing huge creatures that have never appeared in the real world from the forest Get out.

"The first thing that caused the elf court to be alert was a report from the rangers of the year. A ranger strayed into the stronghold of the esoteric druid, where he saw thousands of people gather for a ceremony. There is no shortage of residents in nearby villages and even travelers who disappeared on the road. He saw that the mystic druids carved some huge animals on the walls as idol worship, and regarded them as the new incarnation of the **** of nature-Zai Ling After a long and uneasy ceremony, the patrol hunter saw the animals on the rock wall come down from the stone and began to accept the worship and prayers of the believers."

Gao Wen held his breath, heard this without saying a word, and finally couldn't help but ask: "Then...then the Elven King Court destroyed this esoteric organization?"

"Yes, and this matter is rarely known," Bersetia said calmly. "That is an unquestioned heretical sect. The'gods' they communicated and summoned are dangerous and unknown. It is possible that such risk factors may be allowed to continue to develop, so the empress at the time, my grandmother, immediately issued an order—the main members of the esoteric religion were all captured, and the shallow believers dispersed. After a long interrogation, Wang The court found that the core members had been completely affected by the fanatical and distorted belief in the **** of nature, and even tried to preach among the soldiers in charge of custody, so they were executed, none of them remained.

"What's disturbing is that after destroying this esoteric organization, Wang Ting sent several people to search their former strongholds, trying to find the whereabouts of the'god', but only found broken and collapsed relief murals and many unexplainable The ashes, that'god' disappeared, leaving nothing.

"Since then, similar things have happened several times, from my grandmother to my father, to my generation... Five centuries ago, I personally ordered the destruction of the last esoteric group, and since then No more esoteric religions and'gods' came out, and the forest returned to calm-but I still can't be sure whether this dangerous organization has really been completely and permanently wiped out. They always seem to have the ability to resurrect, and You can always find a new hiding place in the vast jungle."

Bersetia's narration came to an end. She looked at Gawain with a calm gaze, and Gawain's mind was ups and downs.

He digested the amazing information the Queen Silver had told him, and couldn't help but think of many things.

The first thing he thought of was the "gods" that disappeared with the extermination of the esoteric groups, and the "products of thought" born from collective worship and harsh rituals disappeared like a dream, which made him unable to help thinking A piece of information that Julu Amorn once revealed to himself:

The gods who were born at the beginning were extremely weak, and perhaps a few large enough clubs and sharp spears could destroy them...

And the second thing he thought of was that Amone’s decision to suspend his death for three thousand years was indeed very correct. The long life of the elves really caused them to be different from humans. Many decades of long years have passed, yes. The "remembrance" of the God of Nature has not yet been cut off. This is really an amazing thing. If Amone did not choose to die, then maybe he would really be forcibly re-established by those "loyal believers"... …

In addition, the intelligence brought by Bersetia has also been confirmed by the many achievements of the rebellious plan, and many of Gaowen's conjectures about the gods mechanism have also been confirmed. All of these are extremely huge gains!

"It looks like you still have a lot to ask me," the Queen Silver smiled. "Although this is beyond our question and answer exchange, I am still happy to continue answering."

Gao Wen immediately asked: "After dealing with those secret groups so many times, does the Elf King Court still define those secret religions as purely ‘heretics’?"

"Of course, they are heretics without a doubt," the Queen Silver replied calmly, "please don't forget that I am the highest priestess of the Druid Orthodox Church, so in my eyes those who try to establish a new faith in the **** of nature. The esoteric teachings must be heretics..."

Gawain looked at the other person's eyes: "At the same time, you are still the Queen of Silver, the ruler of an empire, so those esoteric religions must be heretics as well as heretics."

The Silver Queen was taken aback and sighed slightly: "Uncle Gao Wen, after so many years, you still speak so unrelentingly."

"I have been sleeping for more than 700 years, and time has not passed too long for me-and even if 700 years have passed, the rules of the world have not changed much," Gawain said, shaking. Shaking his head, "What those esoteric groups do is undoubtedly a huge threat. It is not only a threat to other druid factions, but also a threat to the order of the empire. I have a deep understanding of this. For the **** silver empire, This threat is even more deadly-the **** of nature has fallen, and the royals who have lost the support of the gods certainly cannot sit back and watch a group of uncontrolled druids really create a new god..."

The Silver Queen frowned slightly: "So, what they created is really a ‘God’..."

"If the theoretical model I know is correct, it should be some kind of embryonic form, or an earlier psychological phantom created by group thoughts, which is in the process of transforming into the real world, but because the number of believers is too small And the time is still short, this process has been greatly lengthened, and this gives you the opportunity to interrupt it," Gawain nodded and said, followed by some doubts, "You never realized that those are really gods. 'Is there no formal research?"

"There are speculations, but no one dared to draw conclusions," the Silver Queen said frankly. "After contacting the first esoteric, the Elven King Court was vaguely aware of the danger and sensitivity of this matter, so for thousands of years there were only members of the royal family. Only then did I know the complete information about those esoteric religions, and the relevant research was conducted secretly under strict confidentiality. Outsiders only know that the royal court has sent troops to destroy the cult groups in the forest several times, but no one knows what we have also eliminated at the same time—— Even so, we only regard those mysterious existences as similar to evil gods or'transboundary spirits'. Related research is also carried out on this basis, and since those'spirits' always dissipate quickly, our internal research is almost There has been no progress, and it has been almost nothing in recent centuries."

Gawain was a little startled, he couldn't help feeling regret, because the Silver Empire was so close to the truth, they even had access to the terrible truth behind the gods earlier than the Gondor Empire-but in the end they were hovering on the edge of the truth, always They have never crossed the critical point of "disobedience". If they were bolder, if they did not hide these secrets so deeply and for so long, if they participated in the human rebellion plan during the Gondor period... this world Will the situation be different today?

But soon he dispelled these meaningless assumptions, because all this is impossible, even if it turns back in time, it is difficult to achieve-

The Silver Empire is a **** country, even if their original state religion is dead in name, the special status of its ruler and the complicated political structure determine that they cannot go too far on this road, and even if Don't think about this... Under normal circumstances, if there is not a chance to get a lot of information from the gods, who can imagine out of thin air that the gods were born out of "thinking trends"?

The elves can only regard the "spirits" produced by the esoteric groups as evil gods or "transboundary spirits" with unknown body.

Thinking of this, Gawain suddenly came up with a new question: "I suddenly became a little curious. After so many years, the Elf King Court has dealt with the secret teachings so many times, even if the relevant research progress is slow, but you yourself don’t. Have you ever considered...make a **** like them, or try to communicate with the **** of nature? The Silver Queen and Silver Emperor are the highest priests of the Druid Orthodox Church, so in a sense, theocratic power also affects Your legitimacy, if you stand behind a real god..."

"We didn't do this, the reason is very simple," the Queen Silver smiled and shook her head before Gao Wen finished speaking. "After the gods left, we suddenly discovered that there was no **** standing behind, so we can be orthodox. ."

"...I understand." Gao Wen was taken aback, then said in a deep voice.

Then he couldn't help but laughed: "Who would have thought that, as the highest priestess of the druids, the Silver Queen is actually the one who least wants the **** of nature to return."

"You are wrong," the Queen Silver shook her head, "Actually, it is not me who wants the gods of nature the most to return, but those who have really summoned the'gods', but found that those'gods' are not the gods of nature. The leaders of the mystical religion. They are fanatical and pious at all times, and they call the "gods" they have summoned as the new incarnations of the **** of nature, Amone, but when we take them to the temple of Amone When the ruling is enforced in China, they will eventually be full of tension and fear-this sad distortion, as long as you see it once, you will never forget it."

Gawain chewed the other party's words carefully and fell into thinking in silence, while the silver queen sitting opposite him smiled and gently pushed the black tea in front of Gawain forward.

"Uncle Gao Wen, the tea is cold."