Chapter 1075 Unrecorded History
There was a moment of silence in the garden.
Now Gao Wen knew why Belsetia had to screen out irrelevant people.
"You are surprised." The Silver Queen looked at Gao Wen who was sitting opposite her. "It seems that this is not the answer you want to hear."
"No, this answer is actually good news in a sense—but I'm really surprised," Gawain exhaled softly, thinking about the various meanings behind Belsetia's answer while calming his mind. , "Can you tell me in detail? The details of the activities of those secret religious groups, what kind of gods did they communicate with, and what kind of phenomenon did they cause?"
"Of course." Belsetia showed a slight smile, and then seemed to be trapped in a long memory, and said slowly in a low voice while thinking, "It all started with the fall of the white star... as you know, in During the fall of the white star, the druids lost the gods they believed in for generations, and the original church groups gradually transformed into various academic institutions and extraordinary secret meetings. In the history books, this process of transformation is simply described as Summed up as 'difficult transition' - but in fact the elves struggled to accept this fact far more difficult than an understatement in the history books.
"Humans and other races with short lifespans shouldn't be able to understand all of this—Uncle Gawain, I'm just telling the truth, because for humans, no matter how difficult and painful things are, it only takes a little time to forget and get used to them. It takes one or two generations, sometimes not even one generation, but for the elves, our lifetime lasts two to three thousand years or even longer, so there are still druids from the White Starfall period still alive today, A long lifespan allows us to remember those difficult things for a long time, and for some devout servants... even if the years pass by for centuries, they cannot accept the fact that the gods have fallen.
"Some stubborn druid mysteries came into being under such circumstances - the world always thinks that the druids of the Holy Spirit sect were the most staunch 'primitive believers', but in fact those druids not recognized by history The Iraqi religion is. Most of them are high-ranking priests and ascetic groups in the "Age of Gods". Belief in gods has become their basic way of thinking and the meaning of life. After the fall of the white star, the church of the original god of nature fell into chaos , Facing the doomed Great Split, these extremely pious people took away a large number of sacred books for the purpose of protecting the sacred heritage and dispersed into the depths of the forest. In the following centuries, they formed several major occult community."
Hearing this, Gawain couldn't help interjecting: "What was the Elf Royal Court doing at that time?"
"Dealing with our own chaos," Belsetia said, "you probably can't imagine how deeply the belief in the god of nature more than 3,000 years ago has affected elven society-it's a quagmire deeper than the gods of humans , so when it suddenly disappeared, the chaos it caused immediately took up all the energy of the elf royal court, and those druid secrets took root in the deep mountains and dense forests with almost no one under control, and... Began trying to restore them to their former glory in various ways.
"At that time, although many druids saw the scene of the falling white star in the vision, and many people speculated that this meant the 'death' of the god of nature, there were still those who believed that the god of nature was only temporarily interrupted and mortals They believe that this is some kind of test sent down by the gods, and even think that this is a new kind of "divine revelation"-they use various reasons to explain the desperate situation, and at the same time, driven by these reasons, those secret religious groups Constantly groping for new prayer rites, constructing new belief systems, and even revising old church scriptures to explain the situation at hand.
"This kind of thing has been going on for centuries-in the first few hundred years, they were just playing around, and they didn't even arouse the vigilance of the royal court because they were too low-key. We only think that they can't stand the gods. The group of hermits who lived in seclusion in the forest due to the blow of departure, but as time passed, the situation gradually changed.
"Because it was difficult for some mystical groups to support themselves, they re-integrated and formed a larger-scale 'Dense Forest Sect', and their explorations in the esoteric rituals became more and more in-depth and dangerous. Finally, disturbing things began to appear in the forest. Visions, elves began to report seeing mind-bending apparitions near the 'hermit's colony', hearing whispers in their heads, and even seeing huge, never-before-seen creatures emerging from the forest out.
"What first aroused the alertness of the Elven Royal Court was a report from a forest ranger. A forest ranger strayed into the stronghold of the secret druids, where he saw thousands of people gathered for a ceremony, among them There are many residents in nearby villages and even travelers who disappeared on the road. He saw those mysterious druids engraving some kind of huge animal on the wall as idol worship, and regarded it as the new incarnation of the god of nature—— After an unnervingly long ceremony, the ranger saw the animals on the rock wall come down from the stone and began to receive offerings and prayers from the devotees."
Gawain held his breath, heard this without saying a word, and finally couldn't help asking: "Then...the Elven King's Court at that time destroyed this secret sect organization?"
"Yes, and few people know about it," Belsetia said calmly, "It is an undoubted heretical sect, and the 'gods' they communicate and summon are dangerous unknown existences. Such dangerous factors may be allowed to continue to develop, so the queen at the time, that is, my grandmother, issued an order immediately-the main members of the secret religion were all captured, and the shallow believers scattered away. After a long interrogation, the king The court found that those core members had been completely influenced by the fanatical and distorted belief in the God of Nature, and even tried to preach among the soldiers in charge, so they were executed, leaving no one behind.
"And what is disturbing is that after destroying this secret sect organization, the royal court sent several people to search their former stronghold, trying to find the whereabouts of the 'god', but only found broken and collapsed relief murals and many unexplained The ashes of that 'god' vanished, leaving nothing behind.
"After that, similar things happened several times, from my grandmother to my father, and then to my generation... Five centuries ago, I personally ordered the destruction of the last secret sect group, and since then No new cults and 'gods' popping up, the forest is calm again - but I'm still not sure if this dangerous organization has really been completely and permanently wiped out. They always seem to have the ability to revive, and There's always a new hideout to be found in the vast jungle."
Belsetia's narration came to an end, she looked at Gawain with calm eyes, and Gawain's heart was full of thoughts.
He digested the astonishing information that the Silver Queen told him, and at the same time couldn't help but think of many things.
The first thing he thought of was the disappearance of the "gods" with the destruction of the secret religious groups, and the dissipation of the "ideological products" born of collective worship and strict rituals like a dream, which made him unable to help but think A piece of information that Julu Amoen once revealed to himself:
The gods born at the beginning were extremely weak, maybe a few sticks and sharp spears big enough could destroy them...
And the second thing he thought of was that Amorn's decision to fake his death for three thousand years was indeed correct—the elves' long lifespan has indeed led to their "persistence" that is different from humans. Dozens of centuries have passed, yes The "memory" of the God of Nature has not been cut off. This is really an astonishing thing. If Amon hadn't chosen to feign death, then maybe He would be forcibly re-established by those "loyal believers"... …
In addition, the information brought by Belsetia has also been confirmed by the many achievements of the rebellious plan, and many of Gawain's conjectures about the mechanism of the gods have also been confirmed. All of these are extremely huge gains!
"It seems that you still have a lot to ask me." The Silver Queen smiled. "Although this has exceeded our question-and-answer exchange, I am still happy to continue to answer."
Gao Wen then asked: "After having dealt with those secret sect groups so many times, does the Elven King's Court still define those secret sects as pure 'heresy'?"
"Of course, they are undoubted heretics," the Silver Queen replied calmly, "Please don't forget that I am the highest priestess of the Druid Orthodox Church, so in my eyes those who try to establish the 'new belief in the God of Nature' Mysteries are bound to be heresies..."
Gawain looked into each other's eyes: "At the same time, you are still the Silver Queen, the ruler of an empire, so those secret teachings must not only be heresies, they must also be heresies."
Empress Baiyin was taken aback for a moment, then sighed slightly: "Uncle Gao Wen, after so many years, you are still so merciless when you speak."
"I have been sleeping for more than 700 years, and the time has not passed too long for me—and even after 700 years have passed, the rules of this world have not changed much," Gawain said, shaking Shaking his head, "The things done by those secret religious groups are undoubtedly a huge threat, not only a threat to other druid factions, but also a threat to the order of the empire. I have a deep understanding of this. As for the **** Silver Empire, This kind of threat is even more deadly - the God of Nature has fallen, and the royal family without the support of the gods certainly cannot sit back and watch a group of uncontrolled druids really create a new god..."
The Silver Queen frowned slightly: "So, what they created is really a 'god'..."
"If the theoretical model I know is correct, it should be some kind of prototype, or an earlier psychological phantom created by the trend of group thinking, which is in the process of transforming into the real world, but due to the small number of believers And the time is still short, this process has been greatly lengthened, which also gave you a chance to interrupt it," Gao Wen nodded and said, and then he was a little puzzled, "You have never realized that those who are really 'gods' 'Eh? No formal studies have been done either?"
"There are speculations, but no one dares to draw conclusions," the Silver Queen said frankly, "After contacting the first secret religion, the Elven Royal Court vaguely realized the danger and sensitivity of this matter, so for thousands of years only members of the royal family Only then did I know the complete information about those secret sects, and the related research was carried out in secret under strict confidentiality. Outsiders only know that Wang Ting sent troops to wipe out the cult groups in the forest several times, but no one knows what we also wiped out at the same time—— Even so, we only regard those mysterious existences as evil gods or 'transcendent spirits', and related research is also carried out on this basis, and because those 'spirits' always dissipate quickly, our internal research is almost impossible. Little progress has been made, and almost none in recent centuries."
Gao Wen was a little dazed, and he couldn't help but feel regretful, because the Silver Empire was so close to the truth, they even came into contact with the terrifying truth behind the gods earlier than the Gondor Empire - but in the end they were wandering on the edge of the truth, always None of them crossed the critical point of "disobedience", if they were a little more daring, if they didn't hide these secrets so deeply and for so long, if they participated in the human's disobedience plan in the time of Gondor... this world Would things be different today?
But soon he dispelled these meaningless assumptions, because all this is impossible, even if time goes back, it will be difficult to achieve——
The Silver Empire is an independent country. Even if their original state religion has survived in name only, the special identity of its rulers and the complicated and difficult political structure also determine that they cannot go too far on this road, and even if Regardless of this point... Under normal circumstances, if there is no chance to get a lot of information from the gods, who would imagine that the gods were born from the "ideology" out of thin air?
The elves can only treat the "spirits" produced by those secret religious groups as evil gods or "transgressive spirits" with unknown real bodies.
Thinking of this, Gao Wen suddenly had a new question: "I am suddenly a little curious. After so many years, the Elven Royal Court has dealt with those secret sects so many times. Even though the relevant research is progressing slowly, you have no Have you considered..."creating" a god like them, or trying to communicate with the god of nature? The identities of the Silver Queen and the Silver Emperor are the highest priests of the Druid Orthodox Church, so in a sense, theocracy also affects Your legitimacy, if a real god stands behind you..."
"We didn't do this, the reason is very simple," Queen Silver shook her head with a smile before Gao Wen finished speaking, "After the gods left, we suddenly discovered that there is no god standing behind us, and we can be orthodox .”
"...I understand." Gao Wen was taken aback for a moment, then said in a deep voice.
Immediately afterwards, he couldn't help laughing: "Who would have thought that, as the highest priestess of the druids, the Silver Queen is actually the one who least wants the God of Nature to return."
"You're wrong," the Silver Queen shook her head, "Actually, it's not me who don't want the god of nature to return the most, but those who really summoned the 'gods', but found that those 'gods' were not the gods of nature The leaders of the secret religion. They are fanatical and pious at all times, and they call the "gods" they summoned as the new incarnations of the god of nature, Amorn. However, when we bring them to the temple of Amorne They all end up filled with tension and dread as they execute their verdicts – a pathetic twist once seen and never forgotten."
Gao Wen chewed the other party's words carefully, and fell into thought in silence, while the Silver Queen sitting opposite him smiled, and gently pushed the black tea in front of Gao Wen a little bit forward.
"Uncle Gao Wen, the tea is cold."
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