Chapter 325 Symbols of the Four Seasons
The Church in the Land of Spirits.
Compared to the church, which is more like an administrative unit, this area is strictly speaking a country governed by religion.
The leaders of the entire region are the leaders of the religion.
That is, the great gardener.
The administrative units in other places are the local churches, and the officials are the pastors.
Alka brought Xiadaiti and the other two into the church.
A girl in a pale white robe embroidered with flower patterns had been waiting for a long time. When she saw Alka come in, she nodded to him.
"plz follow me."
He brought a few people to a huge flower building nearby.
When they walked in, they saw a densely packed collection of books.
Many people dressed in flowery robes were coming and going inside.
Obviously, this is the library on the island where various knowledge and information are stored.
"That bookcase might have what you need." After saying that, the girl said goodbye and left.
Alka and his companions went straight to the bookcase she mentioned.
Lucelia casually asked Alka to take out a book and briefly flipped through it.
The text is still the same as the language they speak, but it has been revised to be a little more complicated and has not been simplified in later stages.
It makes reading a little harder, but it doesn't affect it.
"According to ancient records, it seems that this place was once called the Land of Flowers." Lucelia said, looking at the book in her hand.
"So they are so good at divination?"
Alka couldn't help but ask.
Although through divination, I don't know why they want these things.
But being able to predict what they want relatively accurately is already amazing.
At least for others, knowing the purpose is enough.
Alka thinks so.
"There is a God, isn't there?" Xiadaiti said, winking at Alka.
That’s…very true.
Yes, after all, there is a god hidden underneath, and a fallen and resurrected god is also a god.
After chatting for a while, the three of them began to read in this area, looking for the historical information they needed.
That's right, this area is not specially prepared for them.
This is because this area has very clear markings of ancient history.
And some books are preserved with spells to prevent them from being damaged due to time.
It can be distinguished from some materials and sacrificial techniques that some of these books are incredibly old.
There were really only three of them in this area, and almost no one else came here to look for books.
After a while, the area became quiet, with only the sound of a few people flipping through books.
“Symbols of summer: heat, fire, sunlight, growth.”
Xiadaiti took what he saw in the book to Alka's side and recited it softly.
Look at the symbols that appear in this book.
Alka took it and read the whole book and the context.
This book studies ancient characters and the meanings of various strange narrative techniques. Judging from the cover and writing habits, it should be from the past hundred years.
There are also many people's annotations and interpretations on it.
The symbols here are the ancient symbols interpreted by the author, that is, the era of gods tens of thousands of years ago.
"If what is said here is accurate, could it be that the symbol of summer that Vastva needs is the same as what is shown here?"
Alka turned around and asked.
Faced with Alka's question, Xia Daiti shook his head helplessly. No one dared to guarantee this.
"You can be sure as long as you find the symbol of winter," Lucillia said, raising her head and then continuing with her own work.
Yes.
At least they now had a treasure that was almost certainly a symbol of winter.
And it is also a similar abstract concept.
It symbolizes the withering of winter.
With this in mind, Alka continued their rummaging business.
Symbols representing the other four seasons were found in the book.
Symbols of spring: recovery, rebirth, wind, hope.
Symbols of autumn: harvest, earth, aging, pregnancy, and inheritance.
Symbols of winter: withering, ice and snow, toughness, and coldness.
As expected, withering is seen in the symbol of winter, so other related treasures can be found according to the above characteristics.
Make a note of this paragraph and start looking for other information. Any information related to the words "Flower Village" and "Hochalmela".
After all, these two are the only words they know that are related to treasure.
The Flower Town is actually relatively easy to find.
You can find this word in any book that records the most ancient information.
"I see." Lucillia muttered and nodded, calling the two of them over to look at the books under her.
"Look here."
The two carefully followed Lucelia's instructions and looked at the books in front of her.
The land of flowers.
The island beneath their feet was once named after the continent. Flower Country was the name of the entire continent.
It got its name because it is ruled and governed by flower fairies.
In ancient times, it could also be called the earthly kingdom of flower fairies.
The fragrant land of flowers was shattered by the war among the gods, and the flower fairies fell asleep because of the war.
This paragraph almost expresses the overall concept of the flower town.
“There are many words for the flower town, but I haven’t seen the word Hochalmera even once.” Lucelia shook her head and said with some regret.
According to Alka, this word is much more important and may be the key to finding security.
Because Alka knew that the name of the treasure was Hochalmela.
It is a personal item belonging to this person named Hochalmera.
And so they continued to devote themselves to the great cause of reading.
Until the darkness covered the sky again.
"No? Why?"
Alka asked in confusion as he leaned back in his seat tiredly.
The three of them almost read through all the history books here, just to search for this word and related information.
Not to mention this word, there is not even a single relevant information found, as if this name should not be related to the history of the Flower Town.
Moreover, these so-called history books have always been introducing the general idea of the world in the past.
There is not much history about the real flower town, and almost every book only mentions it in a few vague sentences.
After all, this is the world of ten thousand years ago.
Looking outside, the sky is already filled with stars and the night is approaching.
Alka leaned on his hands and thought.
Assuming that Hochalmela is a person's name, then this so-called star is his treasure.
No, there was no such thing as treasure in that era. In other words, if he was a human, then he was most likely a divine creature.
Given the current level of treasures, in that era, it basically represented the strength of a divine creature.
The divine creatures associated with the Holy Grail are mostly dangerous and deadly monsters, or a group of intelligent beings whose strength is definitely not at the top level.
At that time, most of the rewards bestowed by the gods on their capable mortal subordinates were the divine essence of this powerful beast.
As for the divine creatures related to the scepter level, according to the information Alka and his friends knew, most of them were divine creatures that protected or even dominated a region.
This kind of divine creature is usually the first generation offspring of the true god, or a similarly powerful creature.
If this divine creature were in the land of flowers.
The territory of a true God.
So is it possible that he is a subordinate of this god?
Alka sorted out the thoughts in his mind and began to reason in order.
All sorts of possibilities popped into his mind.
“So, these church members divined us, just thinking that what we should need is history.”
Alka said suddenly.
When Xia Daiti heard this, he looked up at him and nodded.
What they really need is history.
"Let's go read the scriptures."
…
Jason and the other two were in the knights' camp at this time.
However, Juanlu was not with Jason and the others. Instead, he was in the camp’s kitchen watching how the chefs there prepared various flower dishes.
He is learning with an open mind.
Simon was studying what materials and methods the weapons and equipment in the camp were made of.
Prepare to secretly learn their smelting techniques.
Jason was the only one there looking through the documents.
And chat with those soldiers and knights.
"How is it?" Simon seemed to have finished his research and came to Jason and asked.
Jason sorted out the information in his hand and put it aside.
After all, they were helping the knights and soldiers here, so as long as he asked questions and needed information, they would provide it to him as long as it was available in the camp.
"There is progress, but it has little to do with catching people. How about you?"
Hearing this, Simon nodded and replied: “The casualty rate of these soldiers and knights is not low, and the ones they are fighting are indeed enemies of life and death as they said.
Even though we repelled the attack from the Boundary of Life and Death at the Emerald Fortress, in fact, in some special areas, the Boundary of Life and Death has never stopped.
It's just that they didn't publicize it widely, and the powerful indigenous people all knew it.
It is precisely because of the fierce intensity of the fighting here that most of their troops were tied up."
This was deduced by Simon based on the amount and time of damage to the blacksmith shop and its weapons, plus some information Jason had just obtained.
Because the soldiers only answered that Jason had information about the cultists.
A little deeper, they are less willing to communicate.
"Alka should do this job," Jason complained.
As soon as he showed the thing on his forehead, who would dare not say anything?
Of course, he was just complaining, and these people were already very cooperative.
"There are a group of wounded people." Juanlu came to the two of them and said in a low voice.
Although he was learning skills in the kitchen, it did not prevent him from understanding intelligence based on some details.
Feeding so many people is a big problem, as can be seen from the intensity of the chef's work and the amount of food stored.
"According to the food supply and the conversations of those people, a group of wounded soldiers have returned."
Hearing this information, Jason nodded.
"This land of spirits is much more difficult than we thought."
The intelligence they obtained in the military camp today seemed to be very little, and Jason only asked the soldiers for some information about their targets.
But in such an inherently confidential place, it is easy to detect various problems as long as you observe carefully and pay attention to some details.
For example, this military camp occupies an entire corner of the edge of the island, and there is also a separate port here.
The problem is that the number of soldiers here is seriously mismatched with the size of the camp, and more than half of them are new recruits in training.
You know, the island is now opening for its most important festival of the year.
Bloom Festival.
Those who can come back during important holidays like this should be allowed to rest.
Not to mention that such a grand festival also requires enough soldiers to ensure safety.
But even in this situation, the military forces on the island seemed insufficient.
There are probably only a few hundred.
For example, what happened to Jason and the others yesterday.
From the time the monster erupted until Jason and his men suppressed the monster and waited for the soldiers to arrive.
The whole process took about 15 minutes.
It's the Blooming Festival now.
15 minutes is enough to explain the problem.
“Two months ago, this cult was harassing people in the surrounding area and was very arrogant.
But it has been rare recently, and the situation we saw yesterday was only because..."
Jason's eyes narrowed slightly when he said this, and he seemed to have thought of a very problematic point.
He turned around suddenly and looked at the two men and asked.
"If, if that man hadn't had an argument with other people in the pub yesterday, would he have become like that?"
After hearing this, the two of them thought about it. To be honest, they didn't know much.
Although the scene was not chaotic, it did look no different from a fight between drunkards.
Without waiting for the two to answer, Jason said directly: "No, I saw their emotions at the time."
"The one who turned into a monster gradually lost control of his emotions and became angry. When his anger exceeded a certain limit, he turned into a monster."
Thanks to the crystal dragon, Jason can now see the emotional expressions of intelligent life more clearly.
Although you can only see some of the more extreme emotions in the current situation, it is completely sufficient.
"So that incident was actually an accident, and it wasn't that the cult group really wanted to cause a riot, right?" Simon continued.
"That's right. If we ignore this riot, according to the data, there has not been a single riot in the city in the past two months. There were only riots caused by cultists outside the city.
For example, there have been two or three cases of looting various supplies being transported to the Land of Fragrance. "
Compared to the level of harassment they had been causing two months ago, this was much more restrained.
But how can we be restrained on such an important festival?
Do they also celebrate the Blooming Festival?
Obviously not.
If I were the leader of a cult, I would definitely take this opportunity to rob people crazily.
From the person who turned into a monster, we can know that they definitely have an insider on the island.
So the recent actions do seem very irrational.
"You mean, they might be thinking of coming to Boston?" Juanlu asked from the side.
Jason nodded.
"Yes, there is such a possibility. But it is just a possibility. Even if we tell them now, it will be useless."
Hearing this, the two of them nodded in unison.
Indeed, it would be useless even if I told the leader now.
Because they no longer have enough soldiers to call upon.
This is a dead end.
It is very likely that the wounded soldiers who were called back would be used as soldiers to maintain order after they have recovered a little and are able to move.
It is most appropriate to assign this low-intensity work to the wounded who have not yet fully recovered.
It has already reached this point.
It's hard to expect them to mobilize more troops to defend the surrounding area.
“Forget it, I’ll just mention it, at least so they can be prepared.
Even if nothing happens, it won’t affect anything.”
Jason thought and said.
"We should go back too, let's go."
After saying that, the three of them stood up and left the greenhouse where they were, and found the female knight who had previously issued the commission to them.
They told her their guess.
The female knight nodded and thanked the three people.
"It seems that they have expected this and have obviously thought of this." This can be seen from the expression and reaction of the female knight just now.
"You said they wouldn't entrust us with anything, but they actually considered us as a support force."
Simon suddenly said as he thought of something.
After all, if they are entrusted with the task of catching these cultists.
If these cultists really planned something against this city, there is no way they would not take action.
"Don't think so much." Jason patted Simon on the shoulder and said.
"Even if they didn't commission us, if something really happened while we were in the city, we wouldn't be able to escape, right?"
After hearing this, I thought about it and it seemed to be true.
After all, they will be staying here for a long time, not to mention that Alka has received a commission directly from the flower god to help.
Something really happened here, and they couldn't stay out of it.
It's not good for either of them.
Having a stable city that can provide them with a variety of supplies and resources is much better than a chaotic area.
After all, they are just here to look for treasure and make a fortune, not to fight and kill people.
While the three of them were chatting, they returned to the flower forest under the cover of night.
Just as I entered the flower forest, I met Alka and others who had returned with me.
It seems that they have been busy for a long time today.
It's been more than 20 hours from morning to night, and I thought they had gone back long ago.
"Did you gain anything?" Alka asked with a smile as he looked at the three of them.
Jason nodded.
"Yes, but it doesn't help us much in catching people."
After saying this, he looked at the expressions of Alka and others.
"It seems like you have gained a lot."
"certainly."
Alka said with a smile.
In the end they found the church's scriptures. These books related to gods were used for preaching and recorded some of the gods' deeds.
You can tell by looking at them that most of them bear traces of boasting.
But in addition to bragging about the gods, they also brag about the great deeds done by the believers of the gods.
Almost every god does this.
Including the Virgin Mary.
Alka and the other people on the ship have all read the scriptures of their respective gods.
After all, it is used for missionary work.
And then as expected.
They saw the word they most wanted to see in the classics.
Hochalmera , just as they thought. This is a powerful saint, a strong man who was a subordinate of the Flower Fairy in the Age of God.
His great deeds are recorded above.
If he were still alive, this person could almost be called the agent of the flower fairy.
But it was obvious that the man was dead.
After all, even the flower fairy has fallen, waiting for resurrection in the dream.
Almost none of the famous believers mentioned in the scriptures survived.
Because they were reading ancient books.
The new version completely changes the stories of these believers, mostly the details of their heroic sacrifices.
