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Leff has never seen the Holy Land Elf before. In her imagination, the Holy Land Elf may be a totem or symbol that was fabricated by the temple but did not actually exist. ?The honorific title of the ancient holy curse master, it may also be a kind of high-level animal that controls human beings through the temple...

However, the creature in front of him did not conform to any conjecture.

The elves in the Holy Land really exist... They are not human beings, nor are they transformed by humans... It seems that they have already left the category of animals...

Looking at the broken holy land elf, Leif's thinking was confused for a while, and he asked: "Natya Vida, why do you want to? Put it..."

"It matches Miss Knight's hair, it's suitable." Natia Vida said.

Leif twisted her neck stiffly, and looked down at the headband on her right shoulder.The headband is cut from leftovers from making clothes, and its color is close to earth; after being stained with the "blood" of the spirits of the Holy Land, it seems to be cut from a clear starry night sky ? One, flashing a little bit of light.

She originally thought about cutting off a part of her hair before it grew too long to interfere with the battle, so that it would be easier to manage.However, the long reddish-brown curly hair was combed very fluffy. With this new hair band, it seemed that it was not so annoying. Leif suddenly felt that it would be good to postpone the haircut date for a day or two.

...it seemed like she shouldn't be paying attention to that right now.

In the gentle air flow, those light blue liquid droplets and flickering light spots diffused into the distance.

Among the scattered elf stumps, the rest of the holy land elves did not stop, or even change their running direction at all, but slowly cruised along the original trajectory.The faces of these transparent humanoid creatures whose facial features cannot be seen clearly? There is no hatred or fear, and they still look peaceful and comfortable.

Natia Vida didn't strike again, but changed direction as if to avoid a roadblock.

- Elves and dragons towards each other? There doesn't seem to be much hostility.This means that Natia Vida tore an elf just now not only for self-protection, but also not to vent her anger, but just on a whim, just like picking a flower from the side of the road and giving it to her.

Leif's machete is wrapped in a dragon leather sheath, and there is a bottle of dragon saliva as a healing elixir--the material of the medicine bottle is a small piece of dragon rib--for her, the headband with the holy land elves as dye is also It's not a difficult thing to accept.

It's just that she regretted it for a while. After all, the holy land elves are beautiful creatures, and they don't have any malicious intentions.Seeing the elf so shattered is like watching a bag of good flour sprinkled on the mud. It is inevitable that there will be some regrets.

However, Natia Vida didn't care, even the elves of the holy land didn't care much about the life and death of their companions—the rest of the elves slowly absorbed the remaining elf droplets in the air while cruising— Leif's regret and regret did not last long.

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Perhaps it was because of the elf's tears that after the ascent process stopped, Leif still didn't feel tinnitus and difficulty in breathing.

Natia Vida released the hand that was around her waist.

In front of the eyes is a transparent light blue without any sense of reality, and the same is true under the feet.

Leff looked down, but she couldn't see anyone, the house was just a black spot, and she could vaguely see the undulating terrain on the ice sheet. She closed her eyes for a while, and tightly clenched Natia Vida's cuff.

When Natia Vida walked forward, she shrank her neck and moved forward in small steps.

The "ground" is a bit soft to step on. If you stay still, it will slowly sink, but it is enough to support your body.It took Leif a while to finally get used to it, but she still didn't dare to let go of Natia Vida.

Gradually, the surroundings are no longer the unrealistic light blue, but other colors appear, as well as the outlines of some objects.

There are stairs, walls, tree trunks, branches, flowers, grass, things like gems and feathers...Compared with similar objects on land, these things are several times larger and invisible. Too clear, all hazy, layered together, difficult to distinguish.

Each step is half as high as Leif.The steps are the same as the ground here, soft, with a certain degree of elasticity and viscosity.

She followed Natia Vida up the stairs and entered the huge transparent wall gate.

Leif can only use her previous experience of visiting human palaces to speculate that there will be something in the place where the giant lives, but it is not the same as she imagined.Within the wall, there are no roads, buildings, or decorations...

Inside the wall is like a garden, full of huge and weird flowers and trees.

After getting used to it for a while, the outlines of these transparent plants gradually became clearer in Leif's eyes.They come in various colors, and seem to be carved out of pure gemstones, but compared to gemstones, these transparent plants are softer.

A cloud of mist hung in the air, and rain and dew condensed on the petals and leaves.

In the center of the large branches or in the gaps between the smaller leaves, there are cocoon-like things covered with transparent feathers.

"Is this a place that I would have passed through according to the plan during the assessment process? Heaven's...the kingdom of giants?" Leif asked.

Natia Vida thought for a moment and said, "I don't know."

Leif: "You are the examiner."

Natia Vida said as a matter of course: "I am an examiner for the first time, and it is impossible to be proficient in every detail of the assessment process. I can only tell you that this place can be reached within the scope of the assessment area. "

"..." Leif said, "Then your senior and friend..." People.

A large lavender flower was weighed down by the rain and dew, and almost touched her head.

Leif turned her head to one side and watched the rain drip from the petals and into the ground, and the flower bounced back to its original position.

The rain and dew dripping on the petals are like water, but they are not water. After melting into the ground, they quickly evaporate into clouds, and the clouds condense into droplets, and the cycle goes on and on.

She felt familiar, stared at the big flower for a while, and said: "The thing that brought us into the remaining picture scroll also grew into the shape of a flower, like the same thing."

Natia Vida nodded, and led Leif to continue walking in.

There were branches, leaves and flowers everywhere, and Leif soon lost her way.However, Natia Vida seems to have a clear goal, to take her somewhere.

People walk away and the scenery changes, although the flowers, plants and trees in front of them have changed, but for Leif, there is really not much difference.

Leff touched the handle of the knife behind him, took a breath, and said, "Your friend..."

Before she finished speaking, Natia Vida asked, "Miss Knight, aren't you curious about this place?"

Leif bent down and avoided a big leaf: "It is the kingdom of giants in the sky in the legend 3000 years later. Speaking of which, there are very few legends about the kingdom of giants, and the only few are not exciting enough.

"It's nothing more than that the adventurer met a giant by accident, was tested for character, or answered some questions, and then got a treasure from the giant. There is no story about dragon slaying, or it involves witches, blood, The legend of the werewolf is so thrilling...

"Isn't this the country of giants?"

"Yes, but it can also be said that it is not." Natia Vida said, "In the remaining scrolls, the entire continent of Deya is occupied by monsters, but after 3000 years, many people have never even seen monsters;

"In the remnants of the picture scroll, the magic dragon and the holy land elves are worshiped and feared, and there are traces of their existence everywhere. However, after 3000 years, human beings' imagination of the magic dragon is just a special kind of prey; after 3000 years , most people will regard the polar elves as a kind of auspicious beast, many people only know the temple, but not the polar elves.

"Miss Knight thinks, what is the existence of the so-called 'giant' after 3000 years, in the residual scroll—or at an earlier time than the era recorded in the residual scroll?"

"...I don't guess." Lev had a bitter face, rubbing his fingers on the handle of the knife.

Natia Vida raised one eyebrow and said: "There are many suspicious things in the legend after 3000 years. The polar elves are also called 'Heaven? It has the meaning of 'sky? sky'...Then the giants living in the sky..."

Leif frowned, and said, "Master Natia Vida, I know what you want to say. Can you change the word and use "eternal" to explain to me?"

Natia Vida laughed, but her brows drooped a little, as if she was worried about something, her eyes fell on a point in the distance, and she asked, "Does Miss Knight also think this topic is very profane?"

"I don't care if it's 'blasphemy', but..." Leif scratched his head, "You use? 'Eternal'... I understand it more easily, and you can barely use? 'Giant'... If you use? If I use another word to describe it, my fighting spirit will be suppressed."

"'Fighting Spirit'?" Natia Vida asked.

"...As a knight, of course you need fighting spirit at all times." Leif straightened his back.

"Then use 'Eternity'." Natia Vida led Leif away, "Miss Knight already knows that no matter it's a magician, a witch or a monster, they can leverage the power of eternity. Quantity, and knights also rely on eternity..."

Leif refused to give up and tried to remind again: "That senior and friend..."

"...You have already experienced the 'moment of eternity'. For the source of the power of knights and spellcasters, the temple has another saying, called 'the power of faith'. "Natya Vida seemed to remember her identity as an examiner and instructor, and began to give her lectures again.

Leif had to enter the state of listening to the lecture, and when Natia Vida paused, she had to ask some questions, or draw inferences: "The power of faith? Can also move eternity?"

Natia Vida said: "Miss Knight is right. The spirit can move eternity, and the hopes, dreams, fears and desires of all living beings can move 'eternity'.

"However, spirits can be divided into strengths and weaknesses. The higher the spiritual intelligence, the greater the power of the spirit to move eternity. Therefore, it is indeed easier for a large number of human beings with spiritual intelligence to move eternity. The role of "power of faith" is the name of the power of "eternity", which has its own origin; "eternity" presents an image of you, with a shape similar to that of a human being, and it is not without reason. "

Lev followed Natia Vida slowly, looked around the surrounding vegetation, and asked, "Then what exactly is this place?"

Natia Vida said: "It is the 'Eternal Garden', the 'Dreamland common to all things', the 'Kingdom of Giants', and it can also be called the 'Deep Sea of ​​Consciousness'."

Leif nodded and said, "I prefer the titles 'Garden of Eternity' and 'Kingdom of Giants'."

Natia Vida went on to describe: "If a kind of spirit doesn't point to a certain existence, then it will merge into "eternity" directly; if a kind of spirit points to a certain place, it will bloom in that place. The flowers of eternity will eventually converge into 'eternity'. The pillar you saw just now is the embodiment of those spiritual passages."

"After 3000 years, the temple gathers the 'power of faith?', leverages eternity, and then responds to faith." Leif said, "Is this what you mean by 'pointing to? Somewhere'?"

Natia Vida nodded, shook her head again, and said: "Yes, but not only that? If it is a spiritual direction? A certain existence—I mean, any existence—will? Make that existence more Easy to pry eternity.

"For example, if a monster fights with Miss Knight, before the battle begins, it will be affected by your reputation and become afraid. This kind of fear will first point to its enemy, that is, you, and will strengthen your ability to pry Unleash the power of eternity—even if it’s just a little bit, it’s enough to increase your chances of winning.”

"My 'prestige'..." Leif looked a little awkwardly at a cocoon wrapped in transparent feathers, "Would this explanation be? Wouldn't it be strange?...I mean, it's clearly fear Keeping the opponent from being able to use their full strength? Fear makes it weaker instead of making me stronger... and the believer's 'prayer' to the temple seems to be too different from the 'fear' generated in battle... "

Natia Vida: "Greatness for life and fear of death, greed for happiness and aversion to pain, expectation of gain and rejection of loss... are two sides of one body, both of which are demands for eternity. Those who ask for something will surely receive it." Deprivation, but whoever responds, gets it."

After a brief pause, Leif's expression turned subtle, and he said: "... I heard similar words when priests taught children, to the effect that 'help others, you will become lucky; if you are greedy and lazy, you will become lucky. Will? Misfortune'..."

It is a bit similar to the "good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil" in another world, except that good and evil are replaced by demands and responses.Although Leif thought he was not a bad person, he felt that these words were not credible. He did not expect that the legendary dragon would believe them...

She suddenly recalled that Natia Vida would answer the call, and save many people during the mission... In just one year, many people were saved, so the accumulated time of 3000 years? Call more, save more people...

Could it be that the reason why the magic dragon is strong is because it has done too many good things?However, among human beings, there are so many people who want it? Dragon Slaying... This is really...

Doubt, shock, admiration, and anger flashed across Leif's eyes, and finally stayed on pity?

"Miss Knight always finds ways to find opportunities? Look at me with eyes like this—" Natia Vida tilted her head, and the corners of her mouth curled up, "The way of responding may not be necessary? Let the seeker be grateful, It can also be something that makes the latter terrified, fearful, or even regretful. Otherwise, you can do nothing and just pray for what you need.”

The hairs on the back of Leif's neck stood up, and he didn't dare to think about the method of "fear, fear or even regret".

Natia Vida said: "As long as? A response can trigger more prayers, it is an effective response, and they will all be 'obtained'."

"In the example I gave just now, the monster's fear of Miss Knight can be regarded as a kind of prayer. This kind of prayer is temporary and individual, so the eternity that is pried is also temporary and small. You It is not even possible to feel the power of eternity in this case; yet if the supplication is long-term, and if a great number of souls are involved in it, the power is hard to ignore."

Leif reluctantly accepted Natia Vida's statement, thought for a while, and said: "Humans who believe in the temple pray to the temple, but at the same time they must be restrained and governed by the temple. '; and the temple sent knights to complete tasks and solve troubles. In the process, the knights made meritorious deeds, and the temple also consolidated its authority. Is this "acquisition"?

"If you pray to an evil existence, asking for another person to suffer misfortune, then this prayer will be dominated by that evil existence, which is 'deprivation'; and that evil existence, through a certain method, makes another person suffer When a person suffers...or refuses to respond to the request of the prayer, or even falls to the prayer, these methods are all 'responses', which can make that evil existence 'gain' greater power? "

Natia Vida said: "The evil existence you mentioned, part of it, points to the dragon.

"Any existence with evil thoughts such as greed, jealousy, hatred, etc., no matter whether it uses black magic such as curses or not, will partially point to the magic dragon.

"... Fear of fire, night, thunder and lightning, etc., is the fear of the power of the dark dragon clan, which will also partially point to the magic dragon."

Lev rubbed her neck, waiting for Natia Vida to admit that something was being said to scare her, but the latter didn't seem to be joking at all.She gave a fake cough and said, "'Examiner', let's continue talking about the temple."

Natia Vida stared at her, and said: "If you 'pray' to a certain existence, you will be 'deprived'; the existence that 'responds' will 'get' something, as if you have been prayed for." That existence always benefits.

"However, if there are too many supplicants for too long, the existence that is supplicated will face the risk of getting lost..."

Leif was a little uncomfortable being stared at, so she turned to look at a flower.This flower is bigger than the surrounding flowers, and it is still expanding slowly.

After being stared at by her for a while, the flower suddenly burst open and exploded into many pieces.

Leif took a step back, bumping her back against Natia Vida?.

Fragments of the flower melted into the soil, and the surrounding flowers swelled faster?

"...The so-called lost means that the being that is prayed for will become a tool of the supplicant's belief and become eternal nourishment." Natia Vida said in her ear, "Even if it is not lost, the being that is prayed for That existence will also be "closer" to what the supplicant expected. Therefore, many legends and stories may be mostly fictional at the beginning, and as they spread more and more, they will become closer to reality.

"Miss Knight has probably heard many legends about magic dragons. In those legends, magic dragons are stingy and greedy. Once the guarded treasures are coveted, they will be furious and jealous..."