Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

"Ran."

Estherite put on a straight face and asked, "Then what other clues are there?"

"The flying knife is left behind." The orc said and handed the flying knife to Estherite.

There was still some blood on the flying knife.Isrit put on a pair of white gloves and picked up the throwing knife. She saw that it was a delicate metal weapon, and it was definitely not something that an orc could make.And there is a symbol on it - an upside-down skull, with upside-down sky and earth conceived in the womb.

Estelle looked at the evil symbol, and suddenly felt: Does this symbol look familiar?Have I seen it somewhere?

Seeking the Spirit of the Father, II

Seeking the Spirit of the Father, II

Reversed skeletons, upside-down heaven and earth, all of this symbol reveals chaos and evil.Thinking of chaos and evil, Isrit immediately recalled an ancient book she had read before.The ancient culture of refining demons is recorded in ancient books, among which is this symbol.

The symbol belonged to a certain devil named Helimod, and his power was immense.He transcends life and death and controls life and death. It is said that he can end human life with his eyes, wither flowers with touch, and even kill dead souls. He can kill the concept of "death".

He rewards the wicked in hell, and slaughters the good in heaven. He is a collection of negativity in the world, and he once harmed the world.

Later, the demon gathered all the guards to defeat him, and a summoner named Saenyake in the guard sealed him and turned him into an apostle loyal to the demon.The devil swore to Saenyak that he would not betray him for 1 years...

Now 1 years have passed, Isrit thought to herself, is my enemy the legendary devil, Helimod?

Since the devil can be resurrected, Helimod can also be resurrected.According to historical records, Helimod was a stronger monster than the three great demon kings.If he does come back to life, the end of the world is not far away.

I'll have to ask Lilith about that.

There is a special way of connection between Isrit and Lilith.They don't use carrier pigeons, but shared dreams.Before leaving, Lilith left a feather for Isrit, saying that it would be stuffed into the sleeping pillow so that they could talk in their dreams.

Tonight, Yisrit saw Lilith in her dream.

Compared to the usual bullying little girl, Lilith in the dream became extremely majestic.She sat on a high throne, dressed in the jet-black garb of the Queen of the Night, with a crown of crooked horns on her head.She looked down at Isrit, and said, "Welcome to my country, lowly orc!"

Estelle thought to herself: What are you so proud of?Isn't it time for me to ride you?

Isrit asked: "You are so arrogant in your dream, does Razor know?"

"Don't, don't, my good sister, don't complain!" Lilith ran down from the throne, "I just want to have fun, I don't really want to..."

Estherite said: "Okay, okay, I have business with you."

Lilith nodded, she snapped her fingers, and immediately the dream scene changed, and the two came to a quiet study room.

The study has a soft carpet, bookshelves, a low table, a sofa and a bed.The carpet is so soft that people want to roll, the bed is full of soft cushions and pillows; a bouquet of lavender is placed on the low table, and two glasses of steaming milk are next to it.

Lilith's clothes also changed from a gorgeous queen's coat to a loose nightgown. She said to Isrit, "You should change your clothes too."

"Why?" Isrit still wore the spirit of the Earth Mother.

Lilith said: "You must be more comfortable in your dream, otherwise you will feel very tired the next day."

"Then what shall I wear?"

"Comfortable clothes." Lilith snapped her fingers, and a dress appeared on Isrit's body.Her shoes disappeared and her hair fell out.It feels very comfortable to step on the soft carpet with bare feet.

It was so good in the dream, she thought as she sat on the soft bed, if only I could sleep here for a while.

"Isrit, you can't sleep here." Lilith reminded her, "If you fall asleep here, your soul will drift to another dream."

Yisrit quickly cheered up and said, "Where will I float to?"

Lilith said to her, "I don't know either, so you better not fall asleep."

Estherite smiled wryly: "But the place you arranged is too easy for people to fall asleep."

Lilith took a sip of milk and said, "It's not that you can't sleep at all! You just need to lie in my arms and sleep, and I can guide your soul—come, come to my sister's arms!" She turned to Isriel Special open arms.

Yisruite looked at her with a smile on her face and said, "Which of us is the older sister?"

Lilith raised her eyebrows and said, "Of course it's me! Do you know how old I am? Huh? The little sister of the fifth era."

Estelle looked at her and said, "But I'm married and have a child, and I'm the mother of a son. In this respect, I'm much more mature than you."

"Uh..." Her face froze, and she whispered, "We want to too, but Nat..." There were some incomprehensible thoughts after that.

Yisrit changed a comfortable position and leaned on the sofa. She took the milk and said to Lilith: "Let's get down to business, Lilith."

"Well, you said."

Finally got to the point.Estherite dipped her hands in a little milk, drew the symbol on the table, and said, "I have this symbol in the weapons I seized earlier, do you think you recognize it?"

"Your drawing...is too bad." Lilith frowned, "Can you describe it to me?"

So Estherite said: "The upside-down skeleton, the heaven and the earth are conceived in the womb, the earth is above, and the sky is below."

Lilith's face suddenly changed, "Say it again?"

"The hanging skeleton..."

"Okay, you don't need to talk about it!" She drank the milk, then put down the glass fiercely, "I know what it is, this is the totem of Helimod! Isrit, the great mother of the earth Spirit, let me ask you, where did you get this thing?"

Isrit answered her, "This thing comes from the swamp orcs in the west. These orcs serve the Spirit of the Father, and they have this totem on their weapons."

Lilith said solemnly, "I don't know about the Spirit of the Father, but this totem is definitely Helimod's totem. It stands to reason that Helimod has been sealed for 1 years... Ah!" Lilith He patted his forehead, and then shouted, "1 years have passed ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Isrit asked her, "What exactly is Helimod?"

"I have to start with the ancient religion of refining demons—are you willing to listen?"

"Is there enough time?"

"Enough, you have one night to learn about this."

"Well, I'm all ears."

Lilith drew a symbol in the air with her finger, and her magic stayed in the air, forming two purple patterns.This pattern turned into a colorful picture under her idea.She pointed to that and said, "This is the ancestor god."

The pattern is a giant with two sets of genitals, full breasts on the left and a man's pectoral muscles on the right; his erect penis is wrapped around his waist, and there is a baby in the womb.He has the sea under his feet, fire on his head, and a huge necklace with various magical symbols on his neck.Including wind, thunder, wood, gold, etc... most of them represent magic elements.

Isrit said: "I have never seen this god before."

Lilith said: "This is the original appearance of the original god of refining demons. He was male and female at that time, and he bred offspring by his great self. However, the offspring could not inherit the full power of the original ancestor god, so they split into many gods."

Lilith drew six more gods.The first one is the Lianyan God whose upper body is a human and the lower body is a rebellious fire.The upper body of this deity is full of physical strength, and the lower body is full of vast magical power.

Lilith said: "The first son, the eldest son of the ancestor god, is the God of Lianyan that Lianmo believes in. He inherited the will of the ancestor god. He represents flame, light, hope, and power. He rules all Hot-blooded creature."

The second one is a goddess. This goddess has soft blue long hair, and her facial features are beyond beautiful.Her body is transparent, full of water, and a whale swims in her belly.

"This is the second daughter, a totem of another belief of ours. It is called 'Water of Life', also known as Mijia, the god of water. She has inherited the emotions of the ancestor gods like water. She represents a series of goodness, gentleness, benevolence, and fraternity. Beautiful feelings."

The third is that the gods are angels with white wings.Lilith said: "This is a god representing life. We call him a god, and he is in charge of the birth of life. Legend has it that he has the power to create life."

"The fourth is Thor. Thor is the wrath of the ancestor gods. She is the proudest and most violent. She is in charge of war against our enemies."

"The fifth is Night God. He is in charge of the night, and he has the coldest and most mysterious temperament."

"The sixth, and the last son of the ancestor god, is Helimod."

Lilith drew the reverse skull totem.

"Helimod, to be precise, he is not the son of the ancestor god. The ancestor god left after giving birth to the night god, but Helimod was born from its corpse. He is the incarnation of death. I used to besiege Seen him in the battle of Helimod. He has no flesh or viscera, but charcoal-black bones."

Although tens of thousands of years have passed, Lilith still has lingering fears.

"This monster will not die. He has rejected the concept of death. If you crush him to pieces, he will appear in a new place. Even if you destroy his soul, he will be somewhere Reincarnation. We encircled and suppressed this demon seven times before we sealed him."

Isrit asked: "What skills does he have?"

Lilith sneered, and said, "Halimod doesn't know any fancy magic, and he doesn't have a strong body. He only bestows death on you."

"What? Give me death?"

Lilith nodded and said, "Yes, death is granted to you. When he orders you to die, you will die immediately, and when he looks at you with his eyes, you will die too. When he touches your You will still die. All living things that come in contact with him will die."

Isrit felt unbelievable, she asked: "Then how did you subdue Helimod?"

Lilith said: "Everyone in the pro-guard pierced their eardrums with poisonous needles and then blindfolded to avoid sudden death. We sacrificed 30 soldiers to defeat his undead army. Later we used another ten Years of time to impose a seal, which locked his soul."

This is too scary, Isrit thought, if Helimod is really resurrected in this world, and he is really as powerful as Lilith said, then the humans of the fifth era have no possibility of defeating him .

Lilith conjured up a jug of wine, she took a big sip, and said, "If Helimod wakes up again, this world will definitely end. Let me put it this way, when the three major demon kings were not yet demon kings, they once joined forces I fought against Helimod. As a result, the discipliner was seriously injured, the bewitcher lost his mind, and the fraudster ran away halfway. Later, the God of Refinement led our personal guards to fight together, and then the monster was subdued."

Isrit asked: "If he really wakes up, is there nothing he can do?"

Lilith said: "This matter is very important, and I have no idea. How about this, Isrit, you go to collect information first, and we will continue to see each other in our dreams tomorrow night. This time I will bring Nat and Dalaka Xia also called."

"Okay, see you tomorrow night then."

Isrit woke up from the bed with an uneasy mood.After such a dream, she felt very tired.However, this matter could not be delayed, she simply washed up, took care of her son, and then went to work.She copied the pattern of the dagger, and ordered the patrol to find more such symbols.

That night, Isrit fell asleep on a feather pillow.She came to Lilith's dream world again.

This time, she appeared in a conference room with a serious atmosphere.Sitting at the table were Lilith, Razor, Netway, and someone she had never seen before.It was a tall old man with a kind face.He introduced himself: "I am Dara Kasha, and I was also a member of the SS."

"I heard Razor mentioned you." Isrit shook hands with him, "Which one of the guards are you? I heard your name..."

Dara Kasha said: "Ara Kasha, I used to use that name. I don't need it now, because I am not him."

"not him?"

"I am just a part of Arakasha the Broken Man. In order not to become a puppet of the fraudster, I chose to commit suicide. I shattered my soul with my own magic, which caused me to lose a lot of memory and previous magic power. But , I’ve read a lot in my life, so I’m sure it can still help.”

"Then thank you very much." Isrit said to him, "Now, please take a look at these symbols. I asked my orcs to sort out the supplies captured these days and torture the prisoners. I am sure that the swamp orcs Worshiping this totem, a god calling himself the Spirit of the Father is spreading the symbol to corrupt the orcs."

Dara Kasha circulated the symbols drawn by Isrit on the conference table, and soon they all finished reading.The old man said solemnly: "Lilith has already told me about this matter. Helimod is the prelude to the destruction of the world. Every time he appears, it proves that the lifespan of this era has reached its limit. Some scholars believe that he is the world. The lock is a tool used to destroy the world. Therefore, I can say that once Helimod is resurrected, the world will surely be destroyed. Although we have not proved that he is really resurrected, we must prevent it before it happens."

Razor went on to say: "But the good news is: Helimod is probably still asleep. If he is really resurrected, then he should immediately start spreading death. But if this is the case, then something is wrong-why the swamp orcs Will his totem be used on a large scale? Doesn’t this expose Helimod’s traces?”

Lilith said: "Because Helimod needs faith. He needs orcs to believe in him. This kind of spiritual power can help him wake up."

Isrit said: "Then we must find him before he wakes up! If we want to find Helimod, we must first find the Spirit of the Father. Everyone, I need your help."

Dalakasha shook his head and said, "No, Isrit, the great spirit of the Earth Mother, I'm afraid you will come by yourself this time."

Isrit asked in surprise: "Why? Didn't you say that Helimod is about the destruction of the world? Is there anything more important than this?"

"Because there is more than one thing related to the destruction of the world." The hoarse voice of the old man made people feel frightened.

"The fraudster is brewing a conspiracy, the bewitcher is missing, the soul of the discipliner has gone berserk, the dragon clan of Dragon Island is in a civil war, the night god is about to wake up, and the seal in the Vulcan Castle is also loose... All nightmares will come in these few days The eruption within the year, the spirit of the Mother Earth, our world is rotting!" He said with a wry smile, "Even if the 13 guards are here, they can't deal with so many catastrophes. Goddess of the fifth era, I can provide All you need is intelligence and advice, and you can rely on yourself for the rest!"

? Chapter 4: A slave for a day, a slave for life, a

Chapter 4: A day a slave, a life a slave, a

The yellow sand from the Western Regions is bitter and pungent in the mouth.

Violet has never eaten sand before. Although she was poor and miserable, no matter how hard it was, she would not eat anything.But when you get to the Western Regions, you have to eat sand.The sandstorm in the Western Regions is as terrible as the tsunami in the Gulf. The yellow sand turns into a high wall and pushes towards you, submerging you. If you can barely survive under the cover of a camel, then you can taste the taste of the yellow sand .There are various ingredients in the sand of this land, the yellow is mixed with black and red, and the taste is bitter and spicy.

It's not you who eat the sand, it's the sand that eats you.

Tomorrow morning, Violet will follow her master to Cold Night City.Next is another ten days or so journey.

Violet has been wandering with her master for over a year.They went from the east of the bay to the westernmost edge of the continent.

When it was rumored that a thug named "The Beggar King" was going to attack Pinewood Castle, Violet's owner, Gene Brooke, fled with his whole family.It is said that the Beggar King is a thug who commits all kinds of crimes. He plunders people's property, hangs people on the city wall, and likes to pretend to try innocent people, and executes them on trumped-up charges.

Violet is just a slave, she doesn't know these things, she just knows: I'm going to flee.Then he followed his master and left Pine Forest Town.When it was later learned that the Beggar King was Haven Ambleside, it was already a long time later.At that time, she had already left the bay and passed from Dragon Wing to the valley.

But what if you know?It is impossible for Violet, who is penniless, to cross half of the continent to go back to find Haiwen. Now there are wars everywhere and famine everywhere. She left alone as a female slave with tattoos on her face. It is being raped, killed, and even eaten by hungry people.

And she felt ashamed to see Haiwen.Haiwen told her more than once that dignity is more valuable than life, but Violet still gave up her dignity and continued to be a slave.

For a morsel of bread, during the day, she has to serve the new master's food and daily life, and she has to take care of all the man's eating, drinking and messing.At night, she had to serve her master in bed again.Anyway, Violet lived this kind of life at first, but she lived too well in Mustang Town that year.

Now, it's just that everything is back to how it started.

This master is not bad, at least he won't beat her, and he can meet her needs for food, clothing, housing and transportation.At least among the slaves, Violet can already be called a "noble".

However, during the year of wandering, this title of "nobility" has disappeared.

Vanity needs financial support, and Brooke had abandoned at least half of his property when he was a vagabond.Their chariots and horses were not large enough to carry everything, so they took only the most valuable.

However, this era is full of chaos, and wars are everywhere in the southeast, north, and south.Bandits, deserters, everywhere.As careful as they were, they were ransacked.After that, they started a long-term wandering.

The owner of the Brooke family, Sally Brooke, died of illness just a month later.Before he died, he cursed the world loudly, cursed the gods he believed in before, and cursed war, nobles, civilians and slaves, especially the beggar king.On that day, he scolded Dao from morning to night, until he lost his voice, until he died.

In order to save resources, Keene Brook dismissed most of the slaves and hired workers, and only brought his family with him.But he still brought Violet, because Violet can serve him very comfortably.Whether it is day or night, Violet does her best to make her master unable to leave her.Because once the master doesn't need her anymore, her life will come to an end.

The master said that he still had a relative in the Western Regions who he could rely on, so he took Violet to the Western Regions.How far is the Western Region?No one knows.They had no guide or map, so they could only move slowly towards the sunset.Asking questions as they walked along the way, they often had to avoid floods, famine, wars and banditry. They climbed over mountains, through jungles and swamps, and walked for a whole year before reaching the edge of the Western Regions.