Silas followed the old man out of the village, deep into the jungle at the entrance of the village;
We walked along a rarely traveled path, pushed aside the lush bushes and finally arrived at a hidden canyon.
The canyon is deep and steep, and in the depths of the canyon is a circular altar.
On the altar is a statue of a human body with a wolf head. The black wolf head presents a mysterious yet powerful feeling.
Its body lines are clear and its muscles are well-detailed. It holds a scepter in its left hand and a scale in its right hand.
Silas realized that this was the Hermanburnus that the werewolves called, also known to the world as the Egyptian god, Anubis.
When He walked the world, He left behind many legends about Him, and naturally, He also left behind many honorific names.
Different hieroglyphics are carved on the rock walls of the canyon, on the altars, and even on the ground. They are hieroglyphics.
Silas cannot currently understand the meaning of these magical words, but he can sense that these words contain a lot of information.
The old man knelt down before the statue and kissed its shoes.
He said something that Silas couldn't understand, but his deep respect for Herman Bunus was evident.
After the old man finished his mumbling, he waved to Silas.
Silas walked to the old man, and the old man said softly,
"This is one of the altars of our tribe that remains in the world. We werewolves never perform bloody and primitive sacrifices. We sing and praise our father god. Every werewolf in the village will come here to complete the adult ceremony and receive the blessing of the father god."
The old man paused and continued,
“In addition, the transformation ceremony of the soul-keepers can be performed here.”
“The pallbearer?” Silas asked.
"I think you have realized that you can't defeat Hohen by using only human martial arts, right? Then you only have one way to go now, and that is to use the power of the mysterious side of the world. The soul keepers are subordinates of the Father God, and you can think of them as priests of the Father God. When you can use the power of the Father God, at least you have the capital to face Hohen directly."
The old man explained.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's start the transformation ceremony of the vigil keeper right away!" Silas said excitedly.
The old man said nothing at this time. Time ticked away in silence, which made Silas understand.
Maybe this matter is not as simple as he thought.
"Young man, I regret to tell you that the elder in our lineage who has the knowledge needed for the relevant transformation rituals has returned to the embrace of the Father. He is Bloody Hand." The old man said helplessly.
"I brought you here just to try your luck. From now on, you should come here every day. The sacred text here contains the knowledge about the vigilants passed down from generation to generation. Maybe one day you will understand it yourself?" said the old man with a wry smile.
Silas was silent for a while, then asked, "Old man, why is there no one keeping vigil in the Baideng Village branch?"
The old man sighed and said, "Because the person guarding the body cannot be a werewolf. It can only be a human. And the werewolf ancestors of our Baideng Mountain branch have been migrating, trying to escape the clutches of Hohen, so they have never had the opportunity to come into contact with humans."
Silas nodded, indicating that he understood, so what he had to do now was to decipher the meaning of the sacred texts in the valley.
All of this was seen by Lori who was following them secretly.
"Maybe I can come here every day to play with Big Shadan in the future." Lori thought to herself.
If she had a transformed tail now, it would definitely be swinging happily from side to side.
The old man's ears moved, and when he heard Lori's voice, he spoke loudly,
"Oh, I'm old. From now on, you should come here by yourself every day. I'll stay at home alone."
These words seemed to be spoken to Silas, but in fact they were spoken to Lori.
"My little granddaughter, I can only help you so much." The knowledgeable old man had long seen that Lori was interested in this tall and handsome little guy, but the old man couldn't afford to take out anything expensive to show his appreciation, so he could only express his appreciation in this way.
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"Okay, you just study here. I'm going to go back first." The old man said to Silas, then turned and left.
Silas nodded and began to study it, but Silas, who had never studied the hieroglyphics, became more and more confused the more he studied.
Each of these characters is very similar, and they are written in different arrangements. In addition, there are inevitable deviations when carving these characters. Silas now feels like a person who has never studied music looking at a musical score. It is so dense that he can't understand any of it.
Lori stood by and watched the big fool Silas squatting on the ground, at a loss as to what to do with these holy books.
"It's so funny when he scratches his cheeks and ears." Lori thought so and couldn't help laughing out loud.
"whee."
“Huh? Who is it?” Silas looked around in confusion and said to himself, “There’s obviously no one around.”
"Oh, so stupid. It's me." Lori jumped out from behind the rock in a playful manner.
"Ah, it's Lori." Silas said, scratching his head.
He, a rough man, spent a long time studying these twisted and crooked sacred texts, but he couldn't recognize a single word.
Silas had no basic education in writing and could only write his own name at best. It was really difficult for him to study this ancient hieroglyphic script, so the old man just let him try his luck.
"Yes, it's me~" Lori said happily, "You big fool, why are you studying this?"
"I'm going to save her. I promised her." Silas changed his previous silly image and looked at Lori with firm eyes.
Lori sat down next to Silas, touched Silas's brown hair, and said softly, "That...that person must be very happy."
After saying that, Lori leaned on Silas' shoulder and asked,
"Big fool, if I'm in danger, will you save me?"
"That's for sure." Silas answered Lori's question without thinking.
"What if you risk your life?" Lori asked.
Silas didn't know how to answer this question for a moment. He thought about it and realized that if he saved Lori, he would be sorry to Adina, but he couldn't just watch Lori die.
"You big idiot, do you still need me to save you? It must be me who saves you!" Seeing Silas' silence and feeling his embarrassment, Lori said this to show off her strength against her own will.
"In fact, silence is already an answer, you big fool."
Lori didn't say this out loud, but kept it in her heart.
She understood that she was a latecomer, so it was enough for her to just accompany him well during this period of time.