Dawn of the Grey Tower

"The things that protect us are these, salt? I never knew that salt has such a function. I thought they could only be used as a flavoring agent." Lothar leaned over and carefully dipped some white ones from the ground with his fingers. Put the powder under the nose and smell it. Thanks to his more than a month of civilian life, the taste of sea salt can still be easily recognized. But unlike the Earl, Fetis, who had dealt with the wounded, also approached the salt powder, her brow furrowed, and she seemed to recall something.

"I'm afraid these are not salt, or more than salt, Jialun's friends. Have you ever heard people on the pier tell the legend of giants? Especially about his death and rebirth?" The witch didn't touch These grains of salt, she looked up through the light blue phosphorescent hope to see the rock wall above her head. But that was too high, and Fetis could only see the darkness that engulfed everything.

Lotsa really has heard a lot about the legend of Thunder Giant. Not to mention those who are like miracles to the shape and various abilities of giants and those who claim to be descendants of the blood of the Thunder Giant. On the Thunder Giant itself, the richness of its content can be compiled into a thick classic. Of course, most of these have not been heard by Lothar, but even the limited parts he has heard have obvious differences. The difference lies in the complexity of the story. In some stories, things can basically be summarized as two simple sentences, that is, what the giant did there, but why he did it, and the consequences and achievements after doing so did not Mention.

Such stories are the most numerous among the rumors heard by Lothar, but they are not the most well-known. The story that the sailors know is not so simple. The Thunder Giant in their mouth is a similar existence between humans and gods. He has a human way of thinking, but his vision and actions are like gods. In fact, it's not just about Thunder Giants, the protagonists in myths and legends that have been passed on through word of mouth, mostly. This is also the favorite and acceptable type of story in the world.

But not all stories can be divided into these two or between. Although the number is very small, even less than the first one, Korosa is lucky to have heard that one or two is more complicated and longer. s story. These stories are often from bards invited in the tavern, and some are from the rare old people in the heart of the heart. In these stories, the behavior of the Thunder Giant has once again become unpredictable, far away from ordinary people, but the reason and purpose of his actions are clear and unusual, although these purposes may seem unreasonable to others, and even ridiculous.

In this third story, Lothar especially remembers the legend about the existence and death of the Thunder Giant itself. Everything has a beginning, just as people come from the mother's birth, plants come from the germination of seeds. Even the world itself, in the eyes of many people, there is a reason that is not necessarily sure but at least worthy of belief. Well, as a Thunder Giant, he should do the same. And what is the origin of the Thunder Giant? It can be known that the Thunder Giant should be the only individual in this world, which is true in all legends. The giant is lonely, so his character is somber and irritable, that is because he has no companions to communicate with and no need to compromise with anyone. Such giants, some people say, came out of the Thunder and were the sons of the sky. But why doesn't the son of the sky leave the ocean for life? Therefore, some people say that the giant is the product of the combination of the ocean and the sky, the sky is the father, and the ocean is the mother, so the giant is always embraced by the ocean and watched by the sky.

Gradually, the sailors no longer agree with these two views. They do n’t think that the giant who exhaled the storm is the **** ’s mansion, just like they never think they should obey the laws of any country, nor should they believe in a person in charge of the ocean. The same god. The sea is infinite and disordered, so everything is contained. As a symbol of this spirit, the Thunder Giant should not be derived from things like the pastor's mouth like the sky and the ocean. They believe that Thunder Giant was once an individual. The reason why he will become a giant is naturally countless kinds of sayings.

But these claims ultimately point to one thing, people, will all die. So the giant will also die, of course, no problem. But the giant is a giant after all. Even if he used to be a human being, people do n’t want him to drift down into the sea like them after death, to be eaten by fish and shrimps and ravaged by the waves. Therefore, after the giant's death, his body will not simply disappear.

"His muscles turned the islands to cover the storm for the seafarers, his blood became streams to supply the docked ships, his breath changed into a monsoon to propel sails, his bones ..."

"His bones are scattered and dissolved, which is the source of the salt in the ocean." The witch finished the sentence for Lothar. It's just that her view of the story is very different from that of the Earl. In the eyes of Fetis and other casters, the so-called legend ~ www.readwn.com ~ will never be purely groundless. Because accidental idiots say dreams, there is no way to spread so long in the crowd.

It is true that people like these fictitious things and compile them into poems and comic shows. But people will never fabricate something they have never experienced, just like a painter cannot paint a color that has never been discovered. Without being recognized, there is no description. In terms of cognition, people often think that people in the distance are not as good as those in the vicinity, and people in the early years are not as good as those in the present, so they regard things passed down from the distance and ancient times as nonsense. But is that really the case? In the eyes of the caster, ancient people and distant people may differ in appearance and habits from the current ones, but in essence, they are all the same creature. And since they are the same kind of creatures, why do they have different weights because of their regions and times? The casters have always attached importance to legends, because they believe that although the skin of legends will change due to spread, the core must be unchanged.

"Now, we see his bones, and see the salt melted from his bones, so he exists. And it is here." Fetis's expression was quite serious, "So, since death is credible, rebirth Presumably it will not be a lie. Jialun, you said that the revelation you have gotten makes you think that the minaret's original role is to wait for a temple to come at a certain time. You think the sea monsters can't wait to destroy it, and you are in the minaret Will the things encountered inside be because, at that moment, it is coming? "