On the Seven Towers

"There are humans and elves, but this is all in the past. The dwarves now have no prejudice or hostility towards humans and elves." Priest Borat said.

"Then what eras did these wars take place in?"

Priest Borat was stunned and said: "Of course it happened a long time ago. It was not an era, but for a long time, we have had wars with other races."

"Oh? Is that so?" Xiao Chen said, touching his chin.

Glade said in the Bridge of Souls: "In my memory, the Dwarf Kingdom and the God of Forging already existed in the Seven Towers era. Because there were several holy blacksmiths in the Forging Tower who came from the Dwarf Kingdom, Even in the Forging Tower, they often worship the God of Forging, so these reliefs should be about things from a longer period of time."

"Do they think the God of Forging exists? What kind of person is he?" Xiao Chen asked.

Glad said: "I don't know about that. As a book spirit raised by humans, I am not interested in the dwarf gods."

Xiao Chen asked Borat again: "I still have a question, what kind of god is the God of Forging? Among all the reliefs, his appearance is very vague. Unlike the God of Nature, there are always some places where it is recorded His appearance."

"Please do not mention the name of the God of Nature in this temple. It is a false god. In the temple of the true God, it is disrespectful to mention the name of the false god." Borat's expression immediately became serious, " The appearance of gods is not something that mortals can discuss. He can appear in front of us in various forms, but that is just for us to listen to his teachings. The essence of gods is different from that of mortals. Any description of humans or dwarves can be used to classify them. For example, it is disrespectful for men and women, young and old, to speculate on God.”

"Do you think the God of Nature is a false god? There are many clear records of his existence." Xiao Chen said.

"That only means that he exists, but it does not mean that he is really a god. The so-called God of Nature, God of War, and God of Wisdom are just extremely powerful beings. There will actually be wars between them, and they will Falling in the war would be very problematic. God should be immortal, so how could he fall?

The one who will perish must not be the true god. If there is a person who can surpass the power of the saint, he may not be able to do the same thing as him.

But the God of Forging is different. As long as the dwarves still exist and the dwarves are willing to pray to him, he will be immortal. "

Xiao Chen nodded, said nothing more, and continued to follow Borat towards the inner hall. If it were not to cause trouble, it must be a foolish behavior to argue with the priests about God in a temple.

However, Xiao Chen later said to Luo Ling and Umedada in the Bridge of Souls: "These dwarves are really confident."

"I think what they said is very interesting, and it is not unreasonable. The key lies in how to define the concept of God." Luo Ling said.

Umeda Nori said: "I think a non-existent god like the God of Forging is much better than a god like the God of Nature who may affect the world at any time."

"Yes." Xiao Chen added, "It is also interesting that the God of Forging has no image. Even if he does not exist, wouldn't it be easier for the dwarves to accept a fixed appearance? The other true gods all have clear images. The records have been handed down.”

Luo Ling said: "It's not surprising. In some monotheistic religions on earth, the image of God is also vague, because the image itself is used to distinguish. In polytheistic religions, it is necessary to distinguish this god from that one." Only gods can have such a separation between Zeus and Hera, Odin and Thor. In the creation myths of monotheistic religions, the gods themselves are the founders of the world, and there is no need to distinguish them from other gods. Of course, the more mysterious the better. Only in this way can he show his greatness and difference.”

"Your statement makes sense. Are you saying that the God of Nature, the God of Time and the God of War are actually a broken polytheistic system. And the dwarves, as the God of forging, are a monotheistic religion?"

"Isn't it similar?" Luo Ling asked.

The halls inside the Forging Temple are actually higher than the last. These rooms are embedded in the rocks, getting deeper and higher as you go.

After passing through four halls, Xiao Chen and others finally came to a wide hall with a high platform. On the high platform stood a tall but thick figure. Wearing the same priest robe as Borat, he watched Xiao Chen and his party walking up the high platform from a distance.

Borat said: "That is the high priest of the Forge Temple. After a priest becomes the high priest, he has no name. You can just call him the high priest."

After saying this, he exited the hall, leaving Xiao Chen and the others behind.

Xiao Chen raised his head and looked at the hall, and found that except for the high platform with more than twenty steps in the center of the room. There are more than ten different weapons suspended around the roof.

These things all exude powerful magic fluctuations and seem to be very powerful holy weapons.

"These are the best sacred artifacts that the dwarves have created over the years. The God of Forging has given us the talent of forging. Naturally, we have to dedicate the most satisfactory works to him." At the end of the high platform, the high priest said. , "Please come up, human guests. I already know why you are here, and we can have a good talk."

Xiao Chen took the lead up the stairs and stood in front of the high priest less than a minute later.

The high priest was unexpectedly young, even younger than Borat who brought them in. According to human standards, he might be only in his forties, and for a dwarf, he might be only a hundred years old.

On the high platform was an altar, on which was painted a complex magic circle, and above the magic circle there was a red ball of light floating there, with flames flowing inside the ball of light.

The high priest saw the eyes of several humans, looked at the ball of light and said: "The will of the God of Forging is watching us. Here, what we talk about can be known by him."

Glade whispered: "It's the breath of the Forging Tower! I felt the breath of the Forging Tower in that ball of light. The feeling is different from before. Maybe it's because too much time has passed. The Forging Tower gives me a feeling of being a little broken, a little old, and even a little weak. Its condition seems to be much worse than the Spirit Tower! I really don't know what it has experienced in the past few thousand years."

Hearing Glade's words, everyone else was refreshed. As long as they found the location of the Forging Tower, it would be a matter of negotiating terms.

Xiao Chen said: "High Priest, let's talk about the Forging Tower under the watchful eyes of the God of Forging."