Chapter 338: A Dramatic Change in the Situation
"Kualis, who built this temple? Are those soul fires inside?"
While roasting the rabbit, Li Ang asked Xiaolong about the situation here.
This hall, which does not have any statues of gods, feels more like a mausoleum than a temple.
"How should I put it... I don't know."
Xiaolong kept staring at the barbecue on the fire, swallowing his saliva as he answered.
"Don't know? How could it be..."
Le Ang was shocked. Kualis had lived here for who knows how many years, and he actually said he didn't know?
Kualis indeed had no idea what this temple was.
In Xiaolong's memory, it seems to have always been here since he could remember...
It couldn't remember what happened to its own people, nor could it remember what had happened here before.
All it remembered was that it had fought for control of the body with a powerful will - but had always failed.
Perhaps it fought for hundreds of years, and then it just lay down. Anyway, that powerful will could not hurt it, and Kualis could feel that the existence was actually quite gentle.
It has become accustomed to such days.
The little dragon has a simple mind. He has food and water on the island. When he has nothing to do, he goes to scare the beasts in the forest or go to the coast to claim his territory. He lives a very comfortable life.
Later, several ships came here, and some Sindarin elves came here to pray for some guidance.
The little dragon didn't know what the elves were going to do at the time, because it couldn't understand the elves' language at that time, and most of the time, its consciousness was occupied.
Later, the elves left and Althea was left alone on the island.
Xiaolong knew why she was left alone—she had seen God.
In other words, her consciousness had been occupied by a god, just like Xiaolong.
The gods erased other people's memories of this place, but even gods cannot erase the consciousness they bring to others, so Althea cannot leave.
Kualis didn't know why this happened, but at least he knew why he would live on the island forever.
This god does not want anyone to know of its existence. Of course, it is also possible that it cannot let anyone know of its existence.
But in order to make up for Xiaolong and Althea's lost freedom, the gods gave them eternal life - Xiaolong and Althea's bodies forever remained in the state they were in when they first met the gods.
With Althea's company, Xiaolong learned to speak, gradually understood many things, and even understood Althea's sadness with the intervention of the gods.
The little dragon also learned that his own race was involved in a magic war, and perhaps the entire dragon race no longer existed.
But it still had never seen what the god looked like - this god always came suddenly and occupied its sea of consciousness. When the god came, the little dragon would lose all consciousness.
Althea hadn't seen it either. She was actually similar to Kualis. Although the god claimed at the beginning that Althea would serve it for life, in fact, Althea was more like the owner of this island because the god had not come for many years.
"The last time it descended was probably about three hundred years ago. It's been so long that I don't remember the exact time."
Kualis actually misses the time when the gods occupied his sea of consciousness - he felt that it was a very gentle feeling.
"Three hundred years... That's about the time when High King Pendor died... Who owns the largest brazier in the temple?"
Leon reacted immediately and handed a roasted rabbit to Kualis.
"Wow, hahaha... What a nice smell! Ah... Are you talking about the most powerful soul in the temple? That was brought by the gods the last time they descended. It is said the soul was once the King of Pendor... But it seems to be crazy. Oh, by the way, there is another half-crazy guy in there, who was summoned by Althea some time ago. He is said to be the king of the Lion Kingdom... Plus the crazy demon who came with you - now the temple is full of lunatics..."
Kualis took a bite of the rabbit, which was just enough for him. He spoke as he chewed.
With food in his mouth, he started talking more.
"Lion? You mean... Sarleon Kingdom?"
Li Ang was even more distressed now.
He now knew who were in the temple.
The former founder of the Kingdom of Pendor, High King Kavala;
Ulric the Sarleon;
And Aigram.
Kavala asked him to go find him at night - in fact, Leon didn't want to go find him because he was not sure what Kavala was planning.
Just from the look of the soul fire, he knew that he would most likely not be able to deal with this powerful Supreme King.
Besides, he is the ancestor of this body of mine...
But the problem is that neither Kualis nor Althea knows how to get himself back to Pendor, but Kavala says he knows - there's probably no choice but to try it.
Leon looked back at the gate of the temple, and suddenly a thought came to his mind - Althea and Kualis were more like the so-called "gatekeepers".
The gate they
Li Ang vaguely felt that if he wanted to return to his previous world, he would probably need to go through this "door".
Perhaps, going to see Kavala with Althea would be a better choice?
…
Nightfall.
It was a full-moon night. The moonlight was glowing with a lavender fluorescence. The starry sky was reflected into a galaxy, which looked magnificent and strange.
The moon on the island seemed particularly large, and even Leon could feel a strange energy, which could be tidal gravity or magical fluctuations.
After eating and drinking, Kualis went to the lake to sleep. It was a water dragon, and the lake was actually its nest.
"Leon, you said before that the child named Wendy's looks exactly like me?"
Althea sat at the entrance of the temple, looking at the starry sky outside, and brought up the topic of Leon's approach.
"Yes. Actually, you said before that you could feel the blood of the Noldor in me. Perhaps this blood came from Wendy instead of me. She once saved me with her blood..."
Leaning against the temple gate, Leon recalled the time when Wendy treated his injuries, and couldn't help but smile.
"It seems that she likes you very much..."
Althea looked at the smile on Leon's face and suddenly frowned: "Then you can't let her down!"
"Hey...how come...um, Senior Althea, Wendy is not yet an adult..."
Li Ang suddenly had the illusion of meeting his parents and was very panicked...
"Then you must not let her down!"
Althea looked at the bewildered Leon and a smile appeared in her eyes.
"Senior, but she is only fifty years old. By the time she reaches adulthood, I will be old..."
Li Ang said with some distress.
"Old? Leon... But your heartbeat and breathing are completely different from those of humans... Except for your ears , you are almost completely an elf. What should bother you is that when she came of age, you were only in your forties - you were still a minor at that time..."
Althea said with a smile.
"ah?"
Li Ang was dumbfounded.
"Boy, don't listen to her nonsense... Your situation is the same as mine back then. Don't worry, you are still a human being... Althea, although you are my elder, you can't deceive my descendants..."
An old voice came.
"Oh? Kavala, he is your descendant? No wonder I always felt that he looked like you..."
Althea turned around and looked at the brazier on the wall. She probably communicated with Kavala frequently, so she didn't find it strange that the brazier made a sound.
"Well... I'm not worried about whether I'm a human or an elf, nor am I worried about my emotional problems... I'm only worried about how I'm going to get back..."
Leon didn't find it strange. If he could hear Kavala's voice, it was not surprising that Althea could hear it.
However, Li Ang felt that based on the current situation, race lifespan and the like were just minor details...
"Althea, you should be willing to help this child return to Pendor, right?"
Kavala asked.
"Of course, but I don't know how to send him back... Do you have an idea?"
Althea nodded, then shook her head.
"I do have a way... Boy, you came here through a code, right? Who activated the code? Is there anyone with such strong magic power in the continent of Pendor?"
Kavala asked Leon.
"Uh... You may not believe it, but I was the one who activated the code... I was struck by lightning. Just look at the remains of Aigram outside and you will know how miserable he was. He was cooked thoroughly. Fortunately, Kualis does not eat human flesh..."
Leon pointed at the body of Aigrim that had not been dealt with outside the temple.
Kualis was so busy eating the rabbit that he didn't do any work all day and just threw the bacon aside and ignored it.
"...Then...is the code still there?"
Kavala was silent for a while, and his tone became a little strange.
"I'm not sure, but if nothing unexpected happens... it's gone. The lightning must have just struck the codex, and it's probably destroyed..."
Li Ang spread his hands.
"Hahahaha... You actually accomplished what I have been unable to accomplish in my entire life... Boy, you should become the King of Pendor!"
Kavala suddenly burst into laughter.
"I should probably thank His Majesty for his generosity in passing on the throne... but the Kingdom of Pendor disappeared more than 150 years ago..."
Li Ang sighed.
"Ah... I know that. I can see what's happening in the throne room... I also know that the girl named Amy Sonard is now using the whole country's strength to find you... She even publicly announced that she would exchange a city for you - that girl is really too young. Although she is courageous, she obviously doesn't think things through."
Kavala also sighed, and then told a shocking news.
Leon had actually been on the island for more than twenty days - during this time he and Aigram had actually been lying on the beach until Kualis accidentally flew over and discovered them in the morning.
As for why he and Aigram woke up at the exact same time, it was because that day was a full moon day, when the magic tide was surging - Kualis also went to the seaside because of the magic tide.
During these twenty days, many major events had occurred in the continent of Pendor, and all matters were reported to the throne room of Sarleon City, so Kavala learned a lot about the situation.
The army of Aigrim lost its leader overnight, and almost all the Fallen lost control and began to indiscriminately attack any target they saw - including killing each other.
Afterwards, King Vidis in Lion Lake City successfully broke out and worked with the Knights of Dawn to clean up the Fallen around Lion Lake City.
But then, the newly formed city defense army, which was the cavalry that Leon brought out from Fierce Lion City, clashed with Vidis and the Knights of Dawn when they went to Lion Lake City to clean up the Fallen.
Because the Dawn Knights once again claimed that Aigram was wiped out by them, and said that the Sarleon Kingdom's troops were all deserters, and after meeting Aigram, they didn't even want Lion Lake City anymore...
But the city defense forces all knew that Aigraim was destroyed by thunderbolt sent down by Leon and Wendy's 'prayer to the God of Creation', and that Leon was even missing because of this - with the support of the Noldor troops, they directly accused the Knights of the Dawn of being all liars, and said that Sir Roland was the truly noble Knight of the Dawn.
In addition, with Leon's absence, the city defense army was temporarily taken over by Sigismund, and Sigismund and King Vidis had a deep hatred - when Sigismund formed the Civilian Knights, his wife Claire was killed by Vidis!
As a result, a gunfight broke out between the two sides outside Shihu City.
In this battle, Gondor the Doomseeker clearly stood on Sigismund's side - he did not attack the Firdsaway people, but he led his pirate troops to raid the Knights of the Dawn.
This is mainly because the shameless behavior of the Knights of the Dawn, who were impersonating others, was exactly the same as Gondor's experience before he left his homeland to seek advice from the Three Prophets about his future...
At that time, Gondor was a young knight who made great contributions in the war with the Kingdom of Ravenstern. He should have been able to obtain territory for his merits, but the duke who led the army at that time replaced Gondor's military merits with his own children and even said that Gondor was a deserter...
That duke was old Brunus, Duke Brunus’s deceased father.
At that time, Ulric had just come to power, and naturally he could not offend the Duke with real power, so Gondor was deprived of his knighthood - this was the main reason why Gondor was so happy when he learned that Innar had killed Ulric.
Unexpectedly, Gondor would attack them, and the Knights of the Dawn were defeated and fled.
The allied forces were defeated and fled. Upon hearing that warships of the Bacchus Empire had appeared in the coastal areas of the country, King Vidis had to evacuate in a hurry. If it weren't for the powerful Queen's Guards that Count Edin had just brought in, and if Gondor hadn't stopped the Noldor elves from pursuing them, the Firdsweil people would probably have been wiped out.
Lion Lake City was reclaimed, heretics were eliminated, and the situation was originally very good for the Kingdom of Sarleon. However, Wendy and Lisadiran, who had not found Leon, led the Noldor troops back to the Noldor Forest. Without Leon's protection, the Noldor elves lost their sense of security, and they were only willing to obey Leon's command, so it was understandable that they made such a decision.
But the Noldor army left at the wrong time, as the war between Sarleon Kingdom and Rocky Bay had not yet ended - Godric also encountered the Fallen at that time and retreated to Misty Marsh Castle.
The Fallen that Godric encountered were not out of control, and those Fallen were not created by Aigram.
The Misty Marsh Castle was soon besieged.
After hearing the news that Leon was missing, Amy burst into tears and directed all her anger towards Qiaoyan Bay.
Leon's disappearance was due to heresy, and his father Godric was also besieged because of heresy. These two things combined, Amy had to destroy the heretics in Cliff Bay no matter what!
For Amy, even without the help of the Noldor elves, even if the Kingdom of Sarleon is destroyed, this battle must be fought!
Therefore, Amy once again recruited an army, and the war to conquer Qiaoyan Bay continued.
At the same time, she ordered the conscription of a large number of civilians.
She wants to use the whole country's strength to search for Li Ang!
Amy couldn't believe that Leon just disappeared like that. She wanted to see him alive or his body!
