Great Elf Sage

Nolan, who transformed into 'Chiron', seemed to have thought of something and asked An Jin

"How many concepts are there in Aslan?"

"Not counting you, me, those two guys, and Arteus, as far as I know there are three ancient true spirits, the 'Fire Element Lord' and the 'Giant King' forged inside the large volcano in the southwest of the continent. What, the 'Blue Ancestral Dragon' is sleeping in the ocean north of the Ruin Forest."

"Three known ancient true spirits, five new true spirits... Are there any other new true spirits?"

"I don't know about this. Maybe there are, but they are all hidden, just like us... To be honest, except for Arteus, I have never seen such an arrogant and high-profile True Spirit after the True Spirit War. ”

‘Chiron’ held his right hand with his left hand and pinched his chin with the index finger and thumb of his right hand.

If someone familiar with this action sees this action, they will probably immediately think of Nolan...

I saw 'Chiron' thinking for a while and then asked An Jin

"Dark Jin, you were born during the True Spirit War, very close to that ancient era. Have you ever thought about what caused the True Spirit War?"

"Isn't this...didn't I say it before? It's because the ancient true spirits discovered the secret of the priesthood. In order to devour each other's 'approximate concepts', some of the true spirits first provoked disputes, such as Mother and the Ancestral Dragon of Life. It’s an example of devouring each other…”

An Jin said it matter-of-factly at first, and then suddenly thought that Nolan was not a person who made random guesses. He must have some basis for saying so, so he asked

"...Did you discover something?"

Nolan did not answer, but asked another question

"In the ancient times, many 'concepts' appeared in the world. Innate ancient true spirits and handed down concept artifacts were all born in those three thousand years... It was not until the true spirit war that the 'concept concealment' incident occurred. The soul cannot come out, and there is extraordinary silence... You were born during the True Spirit War. When you were born, was it possible that the 'concept' rules had already occurred when you were born, and the 'concept' rule had already occurred and the material world would never appear again?"

"At that time, the True Spirit War was coming to an end. Many ancient True Spirits had fallen, and the 'concept' had long been hidden..."

An Jin stopped mid-sentence. She knew what Nolan wanted to say.

I saw Nolan say

"That's right, 'conceptual concealment' is not the result of the True Spirit War. The result of the True Spirit War is just the period of 'transcendent silence' in the early ancient times. 'Conceptual concealment' occurred before the True Spirit War!"

An Jin thought about Nolan's words and said

"If the 'conceptual concealment' happened before the True Spirit War...the ancient true spirits discovered the secret of the priesthood before the war...it was the 'conceptual concealment' event that led to the discovery of the secret of the priesthood!"

Nolan, who maintained the image of the centaur Chiron, walked around and came to the balcony of the tower. He looked at the dense crowd gathered in the square outside the tower and said slowly

"Another point is that the ancient divisions of the continent of Aslan are very similar to those of Atalan. The two continents have been almost isolated after the True Spirit War, but their historical development trajectories are so similar. It is also the common prosperity of all races for three thousand years. period, and then the long period of the rise of mankind, until now...this is no longer the same, but it is obvious that someone is controlling everything."

"Perhaps it is part of the consensus reached by the ancient true spirits after the war? For example, Mother has been secretly guiding the history of the Elf Forest and the southern continent of Atalan. You also know this."

Nolan shook his head, with a solemn look on his face. He was also frightened by his guess, and he said

"It is true that the current situation in the two continents, and even some other continents that I don't know about, were all reached today's situation under the guidance of the ancient true spirits. But have you ever thought about how the surviving ancient true spirits would compromise with each other? , An Jing and Jing can pursue their own paths to becoming gods. They can use many methods, or they can go their own separate ways... Then why do they choose the same direction? What makes them make the same choice? "

Without waiting for Anjin to answer, Nolan continued:

"The ancient true spirits chose to push the material world in the same direction, which means that this development is helpful to all of their clergy. So from the 'conceptual concealment' to the development of the material world, in terms of the concentration of the clergy, it should be Necessary conditions for linearity, but there was a true spirit war in the middle... So either the true spirit war was also a key part of the unity of the priesthood, and the ancient true spirits had to fight; or they only discovered this after the true spirit war. The behavior of promoting the material world is the key to the unity of the priesthood, so the war was stopped and an agreement was reached..."

At this time, the people of all ethnic groups gathered in the square discovered the figure of 'Chiron' on the tower, and shouted various names of 'Chiron', hoping to be appreciated by the sage and obtain the qualification to learn magic.

After casually throwing out a large-scale magic array for detecting magic adaptability and a magic array for detecting mental innate strength, Nolan continued his analysis.

"If the true spirit war is a necessary part of the development from 'conceptual concealment' to the material world, then according to the previous analysis, the ancient true spirits launched the war because they needed to capture the other party's approximate concept, so there is no reason for them to Let a new true spirit be born!”

The crowd's admiration for the sage Chiron grew stronger and stronger in the square, and Nolan felt that a special magic spell in his consciousness became clearer and clearer - this was used to solidify the concept of the sage. A special technique.

Feeling the resonance between the 'sage' technique in the sea of ​​consciousness and the fundamental technique constantly improved by the 'pan-magic induction technique', Nolan continued to say

"Especially Arteus, who is probably the new true spirit who was guided into birth. In addition to 'war', his concept of 'God of War' also has parts related to 'flame'. These two parts are related to the 'Giant King' and 'Fire Element Lord' are all in conflict, they are unmistakable approximate concepts! But these two ancient true spirits don't care at all about Ateus' behavior of adding concepts to themselves."

An Jin gradually caught up with Nolan's thinking and said

"Therefore, it is very likely that there is no conflict between similar concepts. The true spirit war is a non-linear part of the unity of the priesthood. It is an unexpected event and has no significance to the unity of the priesthood..."

‘Chiron’ looked at the cheering crowd in the square and said

"Yes, if we speculate further... the ancient true spirits didn't know this at first. After they suffered heavy casualties, they discovered that the war between true spirits was actually useless, so they reached an agreement and hid each other. The extraordinary power then spread in the material world. The world is silent...the material world has returned to the normal development trajectory after the concept was hidden, because this is the necessary way for the unity of the priesthood..."

Imprinting the protective magic containing an initial spell illusion into the consciousness of several talented people, Nolan continued:

"A stable and developing material world is the key to the cohesion of the priesthood. If the material world wants to develop stably, it does not have to be dominated by short-lived species. The same is true for long-lived species, but in fact it is the number of long-lived species after ancient times. Over the course of thousands of years, short-lived species have been gradually expelled. All continents are now dominated by short-lived species, and the development of the material world is dominated by short-lived species. Have you ever thought about why this is?"

Without waiting for An Jin to think about the answer, Nolan answered to himself

"It's because of the True Spirit War! The True Spirit War not only severely damaged the vitality of the ancient True Spirits, but also caused most of the True Spirit's descendants and immortal species to perish in this catastrophe of extraordinary power. Therefore, even though the ancient times were dominated by people with extraordinary powers, The powerful Immortal Seed is the leader, but in the face of disadvantages in quantity and birth rate, a few Immortal Races are simply not enough to support the leading task of the development of the material world. Therefore, under the development of history and the guidance of the ancient true spirit, the Immortal Seed The leadership position was taken over by short-lived species, and among short-lived species, humans gradually became the dominant species."

After analyzing this point, Nolan's heart has brightened up. A layer of mysterious darkness shrouding the entire world has appeared in his eyes, and he has already lifted a corner of it.

Nolan stated the final argument and his conclusion

"The web of destiny is one of the manifestations of the root of the world. Destiny will not react in any way to changes in the material world. The same is true for the root of the world. No matter what happens in the material world, it cannot affect it, cannot change it, and it will not go anywhere. Influence and change the material world... and the development from 'conceptual concealment' to 'transcendent silence' to the development of the material world are all purposeful pieces serving the divine cohesion... according to the root characteristics inferred from fate, as the cause The 'conceptual concealment' cannot be the influence exerted by the world's origin on the material world. The 'conceptual concealment' can only be an event caused by man! Moreover, the 'conceptual concealment' caused the discovery of the secret of the priesthood, allowing the ancient true spirits to do something about it. The madness and true spirit war broke out due to wrong intelligence and speculation, resulting in the 'extraordinary silence' that followed, and the beginning of the ancient era!"

An Jin opened her mouth but said nothing, and even without lifting An Jin's blindfold, Nolan could guess that her eyes must be very wide now.

Looking at the crowd below, which was basically composed of non-human races, Nolan said quietly

"Seven thousand years ago, the seeds of the 'conceptual concealment' event were planted during the True Spirit War, and then took root and sprouted in the three thousand years of the ancient era after the 'Transcendent Silence', and then blossomed when the short-lived seeds expelled the long-lived ones, and by Now, it has borne fruit again in human hands..."

Today's Evernight City brings together almost all races in the Changhe Plain. Except for a few human adventurers, there is no trace of human life here.

These lizardmen, elves, dwarves, orcs... these races all had the opportunity to become important players on the stage of the material world, and some of them even once dominated the development of the material world...

But now, they live in this small plain.

This is generally the case in other continents. The one who rules and guides the development of the material world now is the short-lived, short-sighted, weak, selfish, but infinitely creative short-lived species——

Humanity.

"Humans~ It's really not that simple... Who could be the mysterious guy who caused the 'conceptual concealment' and the 'transcendent silence'? He's actually more of a mastermind than me... Haha, it's getting more and more interesting."

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To be continued.

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