The celebration lasted for a whole day, until the sun sank to the west, burning out the last ray of golden light that belonged to the light, and the people left in groups from the Guangming Square.
However, it is regrettable that during this year's Advent Day celebration, the Goddess of Light still did not perform miracles on the continent of Deland.
In the 900 years since the establishment of the Holy See of Light, the Goddess of Light has performed a total of 28 miracles on Advent Day celebrations, about once every 30 years.
Including this year, the Goddess of Light has not responded to the pious prayers of believers for 31 years. According to the past law, it is speculated that in recent years, people will very likely see the miracle of light, and everyone is waiting piously .
But He Yan knew that they would never be able to wait.
the reason is simple.
In another battle of gods that just ended, although the goddess of light retained the throne of the high-ranking god, her godhead was partially polluted by the original divine power of the dark god, and she has urgently entered a closed state to purify her godhead. In the past two hundred years, I am afraid that I have not been able to spare the energy to connect with my believers.
The godhead is a small irregular crystal that exists in the body of the gods. According to the attributes of the gods, it shows a variety of colors and shapes, and is the source of the power of the gods.
The body of the gods may be destroyed in the battle of gods, but as long as the godheads are still there, they can still be "resurrected" one day in the future, and unless there is a deep hatred at the personal level, the gods will not be destroyed in the war by convention The opponent's godhead.
After all, the battle of gods to reshuffle the status of the gods will start every nine hundred years. In each battle of gods, more than a dozen gods will "die", and a new god will naturally be born every three thousand years on average in the universe.
If after every battle of gods, the winner crushes the godhead of the loser, making it impossible to revive, then it won't take long for the number of gods in the universe to drop to single digits.
The world needs checks and balances, just like light and darkness are hostile to each other but cannot exist independently of each other. If there are only a few gods left in the world, they will one day be destroyed due to imbalance.
Every god will pay special attention to protecting their godhead, because once the godhead is damaged, it is difficult to completely recover without long-term cultivation.
Although the God of Darkness is still a mid-level god and cannot compare to the Goddess of Light in terms of strength alone, but because light and darkness are inherently incompatible in terms of attributes, the Goddess of Light underestimates the enemy when fighting against the God of Darkness, so The dark god found an opportunity and polluted a corner of the godhead.
Of course, the God of Darkness and the Goddess of Light did not have any undying hatred, and he did not intend to destroy the Godhead of the Goddess of Light. His real purpose was to force the Goddess of Light to retreat, and then take the opportunity to snatch the power of faith in the Teresan Continent.
A considerable part of the power of the gods comes from the belief of the living beings. The more the number of living beings who believe in a certain god and the more pious their faith, the faster the power of the god will grow. This is why the gods are very keen on The reason why each plane develops its own sect.
The competition for the power of faith among the gods has always been very fierce. Basically, in every plane, there are more than two mainstream belief sects, which belong to different gods. String puppets fight each other under the guidance of the gods behind them, fighting for their beliefs.
It is said that the Goddess of Light is lucky, but the Delan Continent is a new continent. Before the arrival of the Goddess of Light, only a few low-level gods left traces here. After those low-level gods were expelled, the Delan Continent was Naturally, it became the bag of the newly promoted high god.
However, this situation is doomed to be unsustainable. The land of Delan is vast with life, and it is impossible for the rest of the gods to watch such a piece of delicious fat being swallowed up by the goddess of light.
Therefore, there is this injury retreat of the Goddess of Light.
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After the attendants put away all the toiletries, He Yan ordered them quietly: "Go out."
Then he took off the holy and dignified bishop's clothes that he had been wearing all day, walked into the bath along the steps, let the warm water cover his ankles, knees, waist, and did not step back until his shoulders were not submerged. Lie down, back against the cold pool wall, relax your body, let out a breath slowly, close your eyes and rest up.
—Although the clothes of the Holy Son look very gorgeous, and the materials are also top-notch in the Teresan Continent, it doesn't feel comfortable to wear.
As an "ambassador" of the Holy See of Light, he wore such clothes that were more ornamental than comfortable, maintained the demeanor that the Holy Son should have, and accompanied the Pope through the entire Advent celebration process, his whole body was stiff.
Although as someone who came out of the army, maintaining his posture is as common as breathing for him, but Cecil's physical fitness is so poor that in the second half of the celebration, he almost gritted his teeth to hold on of.
As soon as he relaxes now, even his bones are sore.
And the greatest sense of fatigue does not only come from the body, but from the spirit.
Originally, the Pope alone was enough for him to deal with, but the head of the Holy Knights, who only stayed halfway through the Advent Day celebrations in previous years, did not know what his plan was this time, and he actually saved his face until the end.
This directly led to the fact that while He Yan tensed up to face the old fox of the Pope, he had to devote all his energy to guarding against Ambrose, who was not old but was just as cunning.
Now that he was in a relatively safe place, as soon as his mind relaxed, exhaustion surged up from the depths of his mind, almost submerging his whole body.
He closed his eyes and rested in the bath for a while, then picked up a handful of hot water from the pool and splashed it on his face to wake himself up.
Crystal drops of water rolled down his cheeks, along his jaw, across his slender neck and beautifully shaped collarbone, and finally returned to the bathtub.
He opened his eyes and rested his head on the special pillow by the pool. His slender eyelashes were wet with water droplets, which made his vision a bit blurred. His boundless eyes fell on the delicate and gorgeous portraits of gods on the top of the ceiling. , Amidst the misty heat, Ambrose's handsome and aggressive face flashed across his mind.
Ambrose Ace, both of his parents were of noble origin, his father was the well-known Marquis of Ace, and his mother was the second daughter of a duke.
Inherited from the excellent blood of his parents, Ambrose showed extremely high talent in magic and martial arts from birth. Coupled with such a prominent family background, he also made his official career smooth sailing as an adult. At the age of twenty-eight, he became the head of the Holy Knight Order.
In the eyes of the people of the Teresa Empire, Ambrose is an extremely talented paladin. He is humble, polite, powerful and fair, and his handsome appearance and perfect figure often make the noble ladies lose their minds. As the leader of the Holy Knights, there are lovely noble ladies who want to dedicate themselves to him almost all the time.
However, this good-looking leader inherited his father, Duke Ace's dedicated character, never messed up, and always politely declined invitations from ladies, which won him a guard. Li's good name.
But these are just what Ambrose wants the outside world to see. In fact, the true character of the head of the Knights is far from being as gentle as a gentleman and loyal and compassionate as a knight. .
…he wasn’t even “Ambrose” himself.
The heir to the Ed family who truly inherited the Duke's pure blood passed away twenty years ago due to a sudden and severe illness, but now the shining "Ambrose" standing in front of everyone is nothing more than A counterfeit that tampered with the memories of the Duke and Duchess of Ace.
As I said earlier, apart from humans, there are all kinds of strange creatures on the continent of Teresa. This fake "Ambrose" is a member of the elves. To be precise, it is a mutated blood elf.
The reproduction method of elves is different from other races. The fertility rate of this race is very low, and most newborns are born from elf mother trees.
In the eyes of the world, elves are the incarnations of purity and the Holy Spirit. Their food is clean leaves and morning dew. Their pupils are transparent and pure, and they will never see the filth of the world. They act arrogantly and avoid the world for a long time. extremely strong.
But this kind of statement is actually not comprehensive. Although most of the elves in the elves are pure-hearted vegetarians, but for some reason, every few hundred years, a mutated elf will be born on the mother elf tree. elf.
The mutated elves are far less holy than normal elves in appearance. They often have a pair of evil eyes like blood-red glass, gloomy and unpredictable, and use the blood of other creatures as a source of power, and are used to moving in the dark. Habits are very different from normal elves.
The elves who have never eaten flesh and blood naturally disliked such kind of bloodthirsty nature, and once wanted to expel the blood elves from the elves, but the result of the elf queen's inquiry to the elf mother tree showed that the blood elves were also Under the protection of the mother tree, they had no choice but to reluctantly accept such a "different" kind.
However, apart from bad recipes, eye color and unpleasant personality, blood elves are no different from normal elves in other respects. Moreover, perhaps it is the elf mother tree's compensation for them, the blood elves' talents in mimicry are particularly outstanding, almost unmatched.
As long as they get even a little bit of blood from a creature, they can transform themselves into that creature from head to toe without any effort. Whether it is breath or talent, they can imitate ten to ten, making people completely indistinguishable. come out.
Because of this imitation talent, which is almost called a divine art, the existence of the blood elves was sealed to the outside world by the order of the elf queen, and they were often sent by the elf queen to the outside world to perform some undercover tasks. Facts have proved that the blood elves They performed extremely well in such tasks and brought a lot of practical benefits to the elves.
This is undoubtedly a very suitable ability for aggression...
A single blood elf has already stolen nearly one-third of the rights of the entire Teresan Kingdom. If there are more, it is not impossible to directly control the entire Teresan Continent.
It is true that the elves are accustomed to avoiding the world, but when they have enough power in their hands, their ambitions will inevitably expand.
Fortunately, the number of blood elves is extremely rare, and long-term experience has shown that there can only be one blood elf in the entire elf family at a time. Only after the previous blood elf dies, can a new elf tree be born. The blood elves, this didn't let the elves have too much bargaining chip against the sky.
He Yan moved his gaze away from the gorgeous portrait of the goddess on the roof, and then landed on the pool wall engraved with the outline of the golden sacred vessel.
Elves are a race full of wisdom. It is rumored that the elf mother tree that grows in the holy land of the elves has the ability to predict the future, and it does have the power of prophecy as rumored. As early as 20 years ago, it gave the elves It is a prophecy that great changes are about to take place in our Deland continent.
This great change refers to the arrival of the God of Darkness on the continent of Deland.
However, even the gods cannot accurately predict the future trajectory, and the elf mother tree's predictive ability is even more limited. It did not give specific details, but only pointed out that great changes are about to take place in the Holy See of Light.
So the elf queen immediately made the choice to let the newborn blood elves go undercover among the nobles of Deland, so that the elves would not be too passive when the great changes happened.
And although this newborn blood elf seems too immature in terms of age, he is also like his predecessors in the past, a natural and excellent pretender.
Since he took the place of the eldest son who died of illness in Duke Ed's holiday manor twenty years ago, he has gone through Ed's manor, the Imperial Knights... until he came to the Holy See, and he never showed his tail.
After sitting on the seat of the head of the Holy Knights, he even dealt with the Pope countless times, but the facts have proved that even the Pope, who has the most powerful light art on the entire continent, is not afraid of such frequent contacts. Failed to see the true face of the blood elves.
However, neither the purpose of the elves nor the true identity of Ambrose actually has anything to do with him. After all, Cecil is just an insignificant cannon fodder in the power struggle of the Holy See. The head of the group has no direct relationship.
He suddenly thought of Ambrose so seriously, but it was because he suddenly thought that the "seed" in his body might be able to be removed through the elves.
It is rumored that the holy pool under the elf mother tree has the ability to purify and heal, and can expel all the unclean foreign objects from the creatures in it.
—Of course, there is a similar place in the Holy See of Light. It is called the "Blessing Pool of the Goddess of Light". It is a small pool of water that was injected by the Goddess of Light three hundred years ago. The Holy See of Light chose to establish the General Holy See in Shifer, and strictly protected the Blessing Pool.
Unlike the holy pool of the elves, the blessing pool is only for humans. It can cleanse the human body, expel all darkness, and transform the human body to be more compatible with the power of light.
But obviously, the pope would definitely not shoot himself in the foot, allowing him to go to the blessing pool to purify his body.
The most reliable method he can think of now is to purify the body through the holy pool of the elves.
But the problem is that the elves are a proud and xenophobic race, just like the rumors. Their group is hidden in the depths of the forest of eternal night, which is full of dangers. For thousands of years, countless creatures have tried to find their gathering place. But without exception, they all disappeared into the forest, and even the corpses could not be found.
Even if he was lucky enough to escape all the crises in the Forest of Eternal Night and find the gathering place of the elves, how could he not be chased away by those xenophobic elves waving feather arrows at the first moment of meeting
Taking another 10,000 steps back, even if the elves reluctantly let him stay, they would absolutely angrily throw him into the Forest of Eternal Night to feed the beasts when they heard him wanting to enter the holy pool of elves of.
The power of the holy pool is limited. Every time a creature is purified, the power of the holy pool will be weakened by one layer, and the natural growth rate of the power of the holy pool is very slow. How could he agree to the request of a foreigner when he was purified in the holy pool
So the only entry point is that he can take out a chip with enough weight to exchange with the elves.
Leaving aside the bargaining chips, he already had a general direction in his mind. First of all, he had to get online with the only elf clansman he could get in touch with—the head of the Holy Knights he just met today. Get off to a good start.
But this blood elf's temper is really worthy of his race name. He is both gloomy and evil. He regards human life as worthless. Compared with a holy elf, he is more like a demon. If you want to gain his favor, it is better to let him die It's easier to crash into the hard pool wall behind you.
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He Yan lazily got up from the bath until his skin was wrinkled, wiped himself clean, then put on a soft robe that was much more comfortable than the daytime celebration outfit, and walked out of the holy son's special room. bathroom.
The Holy See of Light in the dark night is still brightly lit and resplendent, just like daytime. The balls of light maintained by low-level light arts are filled with hollow golden slender bases, hanging high on the white and gold staggered walls. The paladins and bishops on duty in the Holy See illuminated.
Accompanied by his attendants, He Yan walked towards the Holy Son's bedroom.
I don't know which idiot arranged the special bath for the Son of God so far from the sleeping hall. The night wind in late autumn blew away all the warmth left on his body after bathing. Maintaining his posture, he couldn't use the light technique to keep himself warm, and his body was half stiff from the cold.
The paladins and bishops who passed by saluted him one after another. As a noble son with nothing but status, He Yan naturally didn't need to return the salute to them. own personality.
His eyes stayed on the silvery shoulder armor of a paladin for a moment, and He Yan suddenly thought of Ambrose who had troubled him for a long time.
In fact, he really wanted to test Ambrose with his mental strength. During the day, the moment Ambrose kissed the back of his hand always made him care a little bit uncontrollably.
This abnormal mood made him wonder whether this black head of the paladins could be his... lover in this life
But if Ambrose is really his lover, it’s okay to say, if not, he rashly tempting Ambrose is undoubtedly a sign of attack. According to Ambrose’s temperament, he has every reason to believe that he is likely to even If he doesn't survive the remaining two years, he will be revenged by the blood elves and die in advance.
Thinking of this, He Yan couldn't help but frowned slightly.
I don't know if it was because someone appeared in his mind too frequently, but when he turned the corner of the corridor, a tall and familiar figure suddenly appeared in front of him.
Ambrose's body proportions are undoubtedly excellent. His shoulders are flat and broad. His bulging chest muscles cannot be covered by the slim knight uniform. A golden belt outlines his lean waist line. Two long legs, the beautiful muscle lines on the legs are clearly outlined by the thin and close-fitting knight pants during walking, and the whole person reveals a sense of strength full of hormones.
No wonder so many noble ladies in the Teresan Empire wanted to sleep with him one after another.
Seeing him approaching, the head of the knight group who was whispering something to a paladin took the initiative to step forward, put his right hand on his left shoulder to show his loyalty, bent down and gave him a daily salute, " Good night, Your Highness Cecil."
He Yan stopped and replied politely: "Good night, Your Excellency Ambrose."
Ambrose got up, looked at him for a while, and then suddenly took off the jacket of the knight uniform on his body. Under the surprised eyes of the attendants, he leaned forward slightly, bent over and put the jacket on his shoulders.
He Yan stood where he was, and did not avoid Ambrose's abrupt movements.
He also wore the hot coat of the paladin, wrapping his whole body in the breath of another person.
It is a light and cold mint fragrance, which is a kind of taste that tends to be sexually frigid. It is usually used by gentlemen with a quiet personality. Sense of separation.
He had smelled something similar on another person once.
After putting on the coat, Ambrose straightened his body, turned his head and yelled at the attendants with a hostile expression: "It's so cold in late autumn, don't you know how to prepare a coat for the Holy Son?"
The attendants bowed their heads in panic after being reprimanded by him, and apologized repeatedly, showing an unconcealable panic on their faces.
The dark blue pupils of the paladin showed broken starlight under the reflection of the light technique, as mysterious and deep as the deep night sky at this moment, the deep-set eye sockets also looked very charming, and the high bridge of the nose made people want to He lightly scrubbed it with his fingers, and pursed his thin lips forcefully, revealing that he himself is not as gentle as the surface.
"I didn't think carefully, please don't blame them anymore," He Yan stretched out his hand to grab the cold coat on his body, his eyes flickered slightly, and suddenly changed the subject, and asked: "Your Excellency Ambrose, can you Send me back to the bedroom?"
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