Sigrid in the rain didn't notice that Jenkins was staring at her. At this moment, the nun stared straight ahead, and after a while she suddenly gasped, and this time she leaned on Jenkins completely.
Jenkins didn't know if it was because of the rain, or because of her momentary absence.
"What's wrong with you... startled by thunder?"
It was only after he asked that he realized what a stupid sentence it was. Jenkins had heard from his father that the gifter of the Church of Nature sought inspiration from nature, and listening to thunder was an important part of it.
"No, I just feel that I understand some truth from your words."
Sigrid shook her head, leaning directly into Jenkins' arms very boldly this time, almost crushing the cat in her pocket. On the contrary, Jenkins was a little uncomfortable with this intimacy, so he moved it carefully, but the blonde girl didn't care.
After the frightening thunder just now, Pompeii's corpse stopped talking. So after Sigrid rested, the two buried it completely in the rainstorm.
Soon the strange green flame ignited again, burning the corpse to nothing but ashes. When Jenkins pushed through the pebbles for the second time, what he saw was a jade bracelet.
He rarely saw jade worn, and people in this era still prefer gold and silver. In addition, most of the main jade veins in the material world are located in the overseas islands outside the main mainland. Therefore, except for those who need jade as ritual objects, only a large number of jade artifacts can be found in ancient ruins before the epoch.
Picking up Cuiyu's bracelet, the instant coldness almost made Jenkins freeze in place. This turned out to be another gift, the generosity of the Great Lord of Flowers far exceeded Jenkins' expectations.
The surface of the jade bracelet has quite delicate patterns, but unless you hold it in front of your eyes, you can only distinguish the content of those patterns by the touch. Jenkins rubbed it around with his fingertips, and roughly determined that the pattern was a circle of interconnected morning glory vines. In fact, he couldn't tell whether it was morning glory or not, but he felt that it probably was.
"Humans probably still remember this bracelet."
On the other side of the stream, the elf's voice came from the heavy rain, and the size of the rain could not affect his voice. Both Jenkins and Sigrid could hear clearly:
"C-01-2-3841 [The Ring of Heart Light], the purest spirit creature in ancient times according to legend, was moved for a long time after death and refused to disperse, and finally condensed the purest light in the light of the heart Bracelet. Wearing this ornament can even resist the mental influence of some strange things, and is permanently immune to the mind control abilities initiated by mortals. Also, because it was once blessed by our Lord, the elves who own this jade bracelet Or a half-elf, shall be favored by nature."
He didn't explain what the so-called "nature's favor" meant, but Jenkins also understood that this was probably a treasure even more precious than the [Holy Spring Water Bottle] just now. Without hesitation, he put the gift into Sigrid's hands again. When she touched the jade, she was also stunned like Jenkins, so Jenkins understood that [Heart Light Ring] also chose her.
In fact, this is also understandable. In front of the manor of the blood-sucking xenomorph in Beldylan City, Sigrid obtained the unique ability of [Spiritual Light] because of unraveling the knot about the family, and the gift in front of her and the heart It's normal to choose her just because of an inexplicable origin.
"Are you sure you really want to give this to me?"
This time Sigrid didn't say no, but asked Jenkins very seriously.
"Yes, I'm sure."
Only in this way, when he left for a while, he could have the cheek to ask for the last third of the world tree seeds. If he could give Sigrid something more, Jenkins might take this opportunity to ask for the soul of the tree.
She pursed her lips and looked at Jenkins seriously for a while in the rain. For a moment, Jenkins even had the stupid idea that the other party would punch him. But in the end, he was not attacked for some inexplicable reason. Sigrid carefully took the gift back into her spirit, and then whispered to Jenkins:
"Thanks."
Stupid Jenkins, actually heard something wrong from this voice. But before he could start thinking, the elf on the opposite side began to sing again, this time the singing was no longer so sad, but like the breeze blowing over the endless forest, although it was slight, it could make the whole forest Trembling:
"From light the world was born,
But there is also darkness that makes up the world.
front and back,
All things and nature.
Only the most real eyes,
Only then can I see the clearest truth.
May the sunflower face the sun,
May the moon grass like the moon.
Flowers bloom in the field,
listen quietly,
the first bloodline,
Tell the oldest stories. "
Jenkins believes that this poem is probably made up now, and it is not written by the opposite elf.
And from what happened just now, he discovered a very interesting thing, corresponding to the range of power of the Lord of Flowers, it may not be the narrow [Life] that he originally thought, and the Lord of Flowers is very likely to be the ruler of nature. Correspondingly, the power and responsibility corresponding to the ancient god of death is probably not narrow [death], the other party should be the master of [the end].
Thinking about it this way, these two are very likely to be the older God of Nature and God of Death, the original gods older than the current [Spirit of Nature] and [End of Death].
Of course, this is just speculation and there is no evidence to prove it. It was only in the elf's first poem that death was included in the field of flowers, coupled with the question and answer about the natural cycle just now, that Jenkins had such a guess.
This poem is shorter, but after the first sung, the elf began to "repeat" again, and did not stop until the appearance of the next corpse. During this period, Jenkins and Sigrid talked in a low voice, mainly because Jenkins was concerned about whether the other party could bear to live and stand in the rainstorm for such a long time.
If it doesn't work, he will "plant" his cane on the pebble beach to shelter the two of them from the rain, but Sigrid said that it doesn't matter. Her mental state is indeed very good. Considering that the other party is also a benefactor trained by the Orthodox Church, she should not be so fragile, so Jenkins did not insist.
The appearance of the third corpse was no different from the first two. Based on the experience just now, Jenkins thought that this would be his acquaintance again, but after dragging the corpse ashore, he found that he did not recognize the face of the middle-aged woman at all. Nor can I find any information related to this face in my memory.
So he looked up at Sigrid, and as expected, he saw surprise and a little bit of fear on the other's wet face:
"This is...the first person I killed."
Speaking of this issue, let Jenkins also try to recall the first person he killed, and after thinking about it, it seems that it was the first time he went out with Dad to see the goods, and then caused a fire, but he can't remember he killed What exactly does that person look like
"Is she a bad person?"
Jenkins asked.
"Yes, she is the head priest of the cult organization [Worm's Foot], and she believes in the evil god [Crouching Chaos Worm]. It was my first mission at that time, and unfortunately I got separated from my teacher in the dark night. Then I met her... I was only ten..."
She didn't say how old she was at the time, which is probably something that ladies care about. Jenkins didn't care about other things. After confirming that this person was not a good person, he bent down to pick up the pebbles in the way of quickly piled graves just now.
Because the movements became proficient, and in order to leave this humid space under heavy rain as soon as possible, the two moved faster this time, but the corpse still spoke before being completely buried. She took Sigrid's hand, and said something Jenkins didn't understand:
"Why do you think humans are superior to animals?"
This made Jenkins smell what happened that year, and there must be something else hidden. But apparently Sigrid didn't want to explain to him, or even look him in the eyes when talking to the corpse.
"Humans are not superior to animals, all things have spirits, and there is no hierarchy."
Sigrid said, her voice was a little hoarse in the rain.
"No, you lied. You just think that human beings are superior to animals. Otherwise, you would have died that year, not me."
Jenkins kind of wants to cover his ears. He thinks he'd better not hear what's going on, or it will be more embarrassing later. But this is a strange place, there is no other place to go, he can only bow his head and continue to pick up pebbles, at least pretending not to listen.
"I've changed my mind a long time ago."
The priesthood of lies was prompting Jenkins, and Jenkins tried not to show any emotion.
"I'm not the one you killed, but it's not that I have nothing to do with her. Here, in the realm of the great, can't you speak your mind? After all, do you think that humans and animals without intelligence Which one is more advanced?"
Jenkins was extremely thankful that he wasn't the one who was forced to ask this question. It's hard to answer this kind of question, and it doesn't seem appropriate to try to fool it smoothly.
He bent over to minimize his sense of existence, but he was actually very curious about the next conversation.
"Animism..."
Sigrid's voice came with difficulty in the heavy rain, and Jenkins held his breath, worried that he would miss the next conversation.
"Everything is important to this world."
"So which one is more important?"
The corpse asked aggressively.
"The great spirit of nature teaches us that all things have spirits and that people should respect all things..."
She directly began to recite the holy scriptures of the church, pretending to be picking up pebbles not far away, but actually watching Jenkins secretly at this scene, and noticed that the corner of the corpse's mouth was slightly raised, which was a very weird smile.