Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

Fassnet nodded and asked, "What kind of person is Priest Dara Kasha?"

"A saint." She only said these four words.

Fassnut decided to eat first, he was so hungry.

Since merging with the fierce demon, his limbs have become more and more flexible.He can use the tip of the knife as a fork to eat noodles without dropping any of them or scratching his mouth.Netway offered to feed him, but he immediately refused.

I'll never let a woman feed me again, he thought.

These dishes are delicious, with crispy bacon, crispy mushrooms and springy noodles.Old Mike must have had a good cook, he thought.After eating, the two returned to the room to rest.Fassnut said that he slept on the floor, but Netway said: "You sleep on the bed, I sleep on the sky." She said that she used the red mist to conjure an air bed, and just lay on it.

Why do you have to squeeze into the same room with me-he didn't ask this question.

He was so tired that he slammed his head on the pillow and closed his eyes.

Whenever he dreamed, he could talk to that ancient soul. At first they could not understand each other in language, but gradually, they could understand each other on a spiritual level.The ancient soul told him that he was once a great warrior in the demonic civilization (he called himself "The Debras").On the eve of the empire's collapse, he tried to save his country.

Due to the intermittent connection of consciousness, Fassnut only knows so much, but he feels that this "fiend" is not a bad person.

In the early morning, he wanted to go to the bathroom, so he woke up in a daze.When he opened his eyes, he was immediately frightened—Nateway was floating above his head, facing him, eye to eye.Fassnut jumped out of bed in an instant, waved his knives and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"I just want to see your sleeping face..."

"Don't be joking!" he snapped. "You'd better give me an explanation, or I'll be rude!"

Netway fell on his bed with an aggrieved face and said, "I'm worried that you will have nightmares."

"Ah?" Fasnat put down the knife with a blank expression.

Knightway said: "You have just merged with the fierce demon. If your souls are not compatible, it will be a very difficult night. When you are tortured by nightmares, someone must wake you up. I have experience, I know this matter."

"Then why didn't you tell me earlier?"

She twitched, "Because we're embarrassed..."

"Are you embarrassed to be naked, and embarrassed to say such a thing?"

Netwig's face turned black from his choking, and said, "Well, it's because I want to peep at you sleeping."

Fassnut said angrily: "What's there to see!"

"It's super pretty." She showed a silly smile, and Fasnat suddenly remembered the stupid woman who was beheaded by him.He turned his head away and asked, "you've been staring at me like this for the past few days? Don't you sleep? "

"It doesn't matter if I don't sleep..." She said and yawned, "I have more energy than the average human being, and it's okay to stay up for a few days."

Fassnut pondered for a while, and said, "Go to sleep, I don't need you to watch - besides, I'm going to get up, I'm going to exercise in the morning."

"Then can I sleep in your bed?" Netway asked with a smile.

"It's a hotel bed, not mine," Fassnut said.

So Natway couldn't help getting into the bed, and then buried her face in the pillow, breathing hard.

"what are you doing?"

"I like the way you smell," she said.

bitch!He cursed in his heart, then picked up his clothes and ran out of the room.I have to stay away from this woman—no, from all women, he thought.

Fassnut reveals the truth, three

Fassnut reveals the truth, three

In the morning, they have breakfast together.

They wanted a lighter meal this morning, all vegetarian.Includes mushrooms, beets, wild plum sauce and plum bread.During the meal, Netway asked him: "Fasnat, let me ask you, am I really growing old?"

In all fairness, Natway is only in her 20s without makeup, maybe because she likes to wear heavy makeup, sometimes she looks more mature.

Fassnut thought to himself: Maybe I look too childish.He touched his chin with his prosthetic limb. For some reason, he hardly grew a beard, and he didn't have manly hair on his body. His skin felt like a woman's.He remembered that Little Violet once asked him: My lord, your skin is smoother than mine, how did you do it?

Fassnut didn't care much about appearance, but it was clear that Netway did.After eating, she took a small bronze mirror to look around, while touching up her makeup and cleaning her teeth.

After getting along with her for the past few days, Fasnat felt that this woman was actually quite ordinary, nothing more than... she was just too clingy.When he was thinking this way, he suddenly found that Netway was staring at him. "What are you looking at?" Fassnut asked.

"It's nothing." The corners of her mouth curled up, "I'm just wondering why I'm obsessed with you."

She can say such blushing words without any worries, and the aspect of shame happens to be Fasnat's weakness.He didn't know how to respond, so he could only say, "It's time to go."

This morning they inquired with the boss about the location of the altar of Dara Kasha - Old Mike told them that the temple is in the forest south of Wine City. "Go find a white tree," Old Mike told them, "and yell at the tree: 'My wife gave me an orc doll!' The people inside will come out to pick you up, haha!"

Fassnut has now forgotten how to be angry. In the past, he would at least have to beat this guy up.

On the way, Fasnat asked her about Kalimos and the Temple of the Queen of Worms.

"What the hell is that? Who is Kalymus?"

"That's a long story," said Netway to him. "If we really want to talk, we have to start from the beginning-when Dara Kasha and Karimus were churchmen and brothers, they serve at the same altar."

"brother?"

"Blood brothers." Netway smiled, "But they are not the same kind of people. About 30 years ago, they served as bishops and priests in Tongtian Tower in Spiral City. At that time, the ancient gods were still very peaceful and friendly. Bishop Dalakaxia and Priest Karimos are committed to studying ancient civilizations and extracting useful things from them for the benefit of mankind. They have indeed done a lot of good deeds, and they developed a method to neutralize curse Holy oils, herbs for treating plagues... more are philosophical and artistic achievements. However, the good times don't last long."

I knew it, thought Fassnut.

"To make a long story short, Karimos was defeated by his own greed. He tried to completely control the power of the demon. To this end, he conducted a series of experiments. He injected the blood of the demon into ordinary people. I remember that there were a hundred Of them, only three managed to survive. This included him, me, and a person you have never met. Later Dara Kasha found out about this and excommunicated him. The next thing you I also know that he established the Temple of the Queen of Worms, ruling his own small kingdom in the deep underground."

"So, he deserved to die," said Fassnut. "Are you turning a blind eye to what he did, Netway."

Knightway replied, "He did nothing wrong."

Fassnut glanced at her and asked, "Isn't he doing something wrong by giving birth to fierce demons?"

Knightway said: "The fierce monsters produced by Kalymus are just weapons without self-awareness. You can't say that a sword is evil, a bow is evil, and the evil is always the one who holds the bow and arrow. According to me We know that the monks in the Northern Kingdom and the Western Regions have used demon weapons to quell the rebellion, without our support, maybe a certain country would perish—is this also a crime?"

"The premise of doing this is countless times of deception. Every bone farmer and every candidate is a victim of lies."

"Bone farmers are willing to be deceived. Before being deceived, they didn't have enough food and clothing. After arriving here, they at least have no worries about food and clothing. Isn't your female slave doing well? Right?"

"Don't mention her to me." Fassnet said coldly.

"If you don't mention it, don't mention it, I don't want to mention it yet!" Netway sneered, "As for those candidates, they are all idiots who are greedy for power. If there is no Kalimos, they will become It was really a ferocious monster, and it eventually turned into a catastrophe."

"But I heard that Karimos also tricked others into drinking the blood of the fierce demon to create candidates."

"It's true, but Kalymus only does it to criminals and slaves."

Fassnut was speechless for a moment—maybe Master Haven can explain all this clearly, but I can't say enough about this woman, he thought to himself, maybe I should go back... No, I can't just do it go back.

He hasn't figured out his affairs yet, and he can't go back to Bear Mountain yet.What if one day he suddenly lost control of his mind?He will make Xiong Shandi bleed like a river.

After walking like this for two days, they finally found the white tree that old Mike said-it was really not hard to find because it was so big.Fassnut has never seen such a big tree, ten people can't hold it, and it can't be climbed to the top after ten years.However, the strange thing is that this giant tree looks very small from a distance, but the closer you get, the more you will marvel at its hugeness.

Netway walked into the tree and drew a rune on the bark with her finger, saying: "This thing is one of the legacy of the tree elves, and the symbols you draw on the bark will be displayed on the inside of the temple." A blue clay tablet."

The bark was originally very hard, but when Netwig touched it, it became soft, and the white bark flowed like oil. She wrote on it: "Priest Dara Kasha, your former servant Nai See you, Tevey."

After a while, the bark melted and turned into a tree hole, and Natway walked in. Fassnet was stunned for a moment, and then followed.

This scene reminded him of the scene when he first arrived at the Temple of the Worm Queen.He thought he was going to go down to the dark underground again, but he didn't expect that the stairs were going up this time.

The entire white giant tree is empty inside, with a spiral upward staircase in the center; many runes are carved on the bark, and there are very abstract paintings.That probably painted something about ancient wars and mass extinctions.

And he had an illusion, as if he was climbing, the stairs were also moving, pushing him as if they were alive.

Two hours later, they came to the top of the tree tower.

Now, they are above the clouds.

Fassnut reveals the truth, four

Fassnut reveals the truth, four

As a human—or humanoid, Fasnat never imagined that he would one day be in the sky like a bird.However, at this moment, they were on the top of the giant white tree, looking around, they saw a sea of ​​snow-white clouds.

The sun was above his head, as if he could touch it with his hand-but it was impossible because he had no hands.

At this time, a person came out of the clouds.

He was wearing a white robe, and his beard and hair were silvery white, almost blending into the clouds.Seeing him, Netway hurriedly saluted, and said, "Priest Dara Kasha."

Fassnat has heard his father mention this master since he was a child, and he has admired him for a long time.So he saluted along with him and said, "Hello, Priest Dalakaxia."

"My friends, look up and let me see you." His voice was exactly the same as that of Karimos, deep and gentle, which stunned Fassnut for a moment.Immediately he raised his head and looked at the man standing on the cloud.

Fassnat couldn't tell the age of this person—priest Dalakasha had silver hair and beard, but there were almost no wrinkles on his face, and his skin was as smooth as a young man's.But he must not be young anymore, there are obvious vicissitudes between his brows, and his eyes are full of depth and wisdom.

Dara Kasha looked at him and said, "You have two great souls in your body, which is very strange."

"Please solve my doubts, master." Fassnat gave a salute, "I am troubled by many problems, and I hope to get your wisdom."

Dara Kasha said: "There is no such thing as a free lunch, my friend—I'll give you the answer, so what can you give me?"

This was exactly what he wanted—Fasnat didn't want to be in debt.He raised his swords and said, "I can do what a soldier can do, provided that it does not violate justice."

"Very well, then you come with me." He said and walked eastward.Fassnut followed behind him, but Netway stopped.Fassnut turned back and asked her, "Aren't you coming?"

"I'm not qualified." Netway shook his head at him, "I'm an outcast like Karimos. Lord Dara Kasha doesn't hold grudges against me, but the rules are like this—you go in. I'm going Take a walk around Rotten Meat Beach and go to the black market to buy something. After you finish your work, come to Rotten Meat Beach to find me."

"Rotten Meat Beach is not a small town, where can I find you?" Fasnat asked.

Netway was stunned for a moment, and she said with a look of surprise: "Are you really planning to come to me? I thought...you wanted to get rid of me a long time ago."

Yes, why should I go to her?Fassnut felt that he had said the wrong thing again.

At this time, Netway said loudly: "I will wait for you in the best tavern in Rotten Flesh! If you don't come, I will stay there forever, until I die of old age."

"Okay." Fassnet nodded, and then followed Dara Kasha away.

The scorching sun is dazzling, the golden light is scorching, and the sea of ​​clouds is boundless. Dara Kasha has been walking.On the way, Fasnat asked, "What kind of magic does this cloud cast?"

"Oriental thaumaturgy in classical literature." Dalakasha pointed to the sea of ​​clouds and said, "In ancient times, there was no poisonous water in the Black Sea, and there was no eternal storm on the sea, so there was a cultural blend between the East and the West at that time. From According to the classical literature of the tree elves, a great kingdom rose in the east after the demise of the demon civilization. The ancient texts record this civilization named Hongmang, and it records that the golden bird is bigger than the city and the golden bird is bigger than the river. Long snake-shaped dragon..." His expression was full of fascination for legends, "I don't know if all this is true or not, but the cloud-soaring technique in classical literature is real." He walked on the sea of ​​clouds, every time he walked After one step, the clouds under your feet will bounce like cotton.

"The nobles of Hong Mang built their palace on the clouds, so that they can overlook the whole country, and they should also be able to control the movement of the clouds, so that they can go wherever they want." Dalakaxia smiled and picked up a small A piece of cloud was thrown to Fasnat, and Fasnat subconsciously chopped it off with a knife, and the cloud turned into white smoke.Dara Kasha looked at him and said in an apologetic tone, "Sorry, I didn't mean any harm."

"It's okay, I'm used to it," Fassnut said.

"No, don't get used to this kind of thing. In the future, I will give you the mind technique, and then you will be able to control things with your mind. After you are proficient, it will be easier to use than your hands."

But I still wish I had hands, he thought.

They walked for more than ten minutes, and gradually, the clouds became thinner, and they came to the edge of the sea of ​​clouds.

"It's over," Fassnut said.

"Well, let's go down now, the temple and the altar are on the ground." The old man said.

Fassnut thought he heard it wrong, and he asked, "Then what is this large sea of ​​clouds used for?"

"The sea of ​​clouds is just a cover - who would live in a castle in the air? Keep coming with me and step on my footprints." He said stepping into a piece of air.There seemed to be a transparent staircase under his feet, and every step he took would leave a white footprint.Fassnut followed cautiously, and he felt dizzy when he looked down—the beasts were like ants, the rivers were like streamers, everything was so small.He was afraid that he would step on the air and fall into meat paste.

They walked for a while, and Dara Kasha suddenly said, "This is it."

where?There is still a piece of air around.Fassnut looked left and right, and at this moment their bodies began to fall slowly.He was startled by the feeling of falling, but he quickly settled down.The scene on the ground is getting bigger and clearer.At this time, Fasnat saw a rock platform inlaid with runes.The platform is about ten meters long and wide, with sixteen squares on it, and a stone slab on each square.

They landed on this platform.Dara Kasha came to the end of the platform, and there was a small stone platform on it, which was the size of a dining table, and there were corresponding sixteen squares and sixteen rune slabs on it.Dara Kasha came to the small stone platform and moved the rune tablet on it.

The small stone platform is a mechanism for manipulating the large stone formation under his feet. As the stone slabs on the small stone platform move, the huge stone slabs under Fasnat's feet also move with a bang.After being arranged and reorganized several times, the slate became a coherent rune pattern.At this moment, the stone slab in the center suddenly sank, and accompanied by rumbling noises and flying dust, a huge ferocious animal face appeared there.Fassnut saw that there were steps leading to the ground in the bloody mouth.

It's so deep, he thought, and walked towards the big mouth.However, Dara Kasha stopped him and said, "Not over there." With that, he turned and left, walking in the opposite direction.

Fassnet was stunned, and pointed to the hideous underground passage and asked, "This... is also a blindfold?"

"Yes." Dara Kasha said, "As you can see, this is a man-eating mouth. If you go down, you will be eaten by him until there are no bones left."

Looking at the priest's back, Fassnut felt a sense of horror, and quickly followed.

Fassnut reveals the truth, five

Fassnut reveals the truth, five

Fasnat never thought that the real temple and altar would be here.

First they climbed a tree, then walked in the sea of ​​clouds, and then descended to the mortal world to solve the puzzle on the stone board, but found a false entrance... After a series of twists and turns, they finally returned to the original point.

At this moment, standing above the sea of ​​clouds, he couldn't help feeling that he was as innocent as a child.