The twenty-first circle, the end of the endless corridor. It was a rotunda as sacred and glorious as a cathedral.
After entering the door, the first thing Aiwass saw was this scene -
The wooden floor was red, and the ceiling was dark red. It looked like it was in the heart of some huge monster.
Thousands of white candles of different heights were burning in the room, and the room was filled with light, sacred incense.
The statues of the nine pillar gods are surrounded by fans in order and embedded in their respective square shrines. It looks like huge paintings, but these paintings are sunken into the wall, and the nine-pillar sacred statues in the "paintings" maintain different postures and appear in square frames of different colors. middle.
In the left and right corners of each "frame", there are different sacrifices placed. Basically, there are different flowers, different gems, and candles of different colors, placed in different orders of quantity.
From left to right, the Nine Pillars are arranged according to their sacred numbers.
As we all know, the Nine Pillars have different incarnations. But the Theocracy has its own unique definition of the "official image" of the Nine Pillars.
Although there will be religious paintings in churches in other countries, they will not have complete statues, nor will any form of unauthorized painting be allowed - this is what the Theocracy controls." "Permission" and "Voice". Only a few temples dedicated to a certain pillar god will enshrine icons.
Normally speaking, only here can you see the highest level icon of Nine Pillars at the same time.
——Hengga on the far left looks like a plump young girl.
She knelt on the ground, facing the lake, with her hands crossed on her chest or shoulders. There was almost no clothing on her body, only translucent black crystals shaped into the shape of tentacles, which tied her tightly from behind and covered her key parts.
She has extremely long straight black hair, and her face cannot be seen clearly because she lowered her head. The long hair hangs down to the ground, mixed with the calves and feet. But the hair that touched the ground turned into black snakes.
And the tentacles that emerged from the depths of darkness like vines spread all the way to the crimson vortex behind her. The part of the tentacle close to the vortex is blood red, and a wolf-like dark gold vertical eye appears faintly from the vortex.
On the right side of the eternal self is the twin mirror.
But the image of the twin mirror is not a mirror.
He looked like a beautiful woman sitting on a chair.
Two people who looked almost identical, both with light blond hair, were sitting back to back on high-rise cake-like chairs. They looked like butterflies replicated horizontally by the mirror.
The same shawl hair, the same green eyes, and the same beautiful appearance. But from the details of some expressions, we can see that the person on the left isMale, female on the right.
The man curls his left leg on the chair and relaxes his right leg downward. His left fist was supporting his cheek, and he looked relaxed and lazy, with his head and eyes lowered.
The female twin mirror is just the opposite. She curls up her right leg, kicks her left leg forward playfully, raises her head slightly, puts the index and middle finger tips of her left hand against her chin, and holds her head high. Come on. They all looked sideways out of the screen, the smiles on their faces seemed friendly and a little playful.
Even the offerings placed on the left and right corners of the shrine are completely symmetrical.
This is the first time Aiwass has seen the images of these two pillar gods. So he looked at them carefully and remembered them in his heart.
Moving one position to the right is the most common Si Zhu.
Si Zhu is a huge red crystal stag with bifurcated antlers on its head. And there was a white candle burning on each antler - it was no different.
Weizhe is a stooped old man. He wore a hooded robe, with deeply sunken eye sockets. One of his eyes was pure white, but his other dark blue eye was extremely deep, like a bottomless ice lake.
His mouth was as shriveled as an old man's, and seemed to be sewn shut with black thread. The old man's right hand was lowered, as if hiding something in his sleeve. And his raised left hand held up a stone slab, on which ancient words like lightning were dancing. From his raised left arm, you can see the muscles hidden under the robe.
Sand Clock is also an old man, but he looks much more energetic.
He was dressed in a yellow robe, had a white beard and white hair, and his slightly long and thin old face looked extremely serious. Behind him is a huge hourglass that is constantly flowing with sand, and his hands are in the cuffs in front of him.
The sixth Lord of Scales and Feathers showed a different appearance from what Aiwass knew.
His whole body was hidden in the shadows, and he could only vaguely see the swaying green feathers and dark blue scales. His image seemed to be constantly changing, one moment it was green, the next moment it was blue. But because of the large group of shadows, only a little bit of the exposed features can be seen.
The Silver Crowned Dragon is a white dragon sleeping on the iceberg. He wears a majestic and sacred silver crown on his head, and his wings are also a brilliant silvery gray. The cold air visible to the naked eye was like dry ice melting at room temperature, still flowing outward from the shrine...
Aiwass quickly passed over the Silver Crowned Dragon he had seen. , Snake Father, these pillar gods looked at the last one, Amber.
——Judging from the several pillar gods Aiwass has seen, at least the gap shouldn’t be particularly big. The most different one is the boss...but considering that the boss is also the god of concealment and change, it is obviously normal to show a special image to the outside world.
I saw only the pillar god “Amber” on the road at dusk.", is actually a white-haired girl wrapped in dusk-colored crystals.
She does not have any accessories or clothes on her body. She looks like she is sealed and buried here.< /p>
She curled up like a baby, and seemed to be trying to hold something in her arms. The long snow-white hair naturally curved, as if it was about to wrap into a cocoon, vaguely wrapping her in it. This crystal does not seem to be a crystal, because the long hair in the crystal can actually float slightly, as if floating in the amniotic fluid.
Aiwass also saw with sharp eyes the position of the amber ears. A pair of small pure white wings extended out. Two large pure white wings extended from her back, overlapping forward, covering her long hair, which could hardly block anything. On both sides of the covered feet, there are a pair of wings about the same size as the ears.
The girl's body is so white that it is almost transparent...or that is what the sculptor wants to express. A looming "transparency". Compared with her body, the three pairs of pure white wings are more eye-catching.
"...Is this what Amber is like? "
Aiwass murmured: "Amber turns out to be a harpy..."
This is the first time Aiwass saw Amber - Avalon's There were no icons or paintings enshrining Amber in the Cathedral. He didn't even know whether Amber was male or female, or what race he was... Considering that Amber became the Pillar God during the "Cicada Slaughter" incident, he should be. There are gender differences.
Aiwass doesn't know how long the harpies live, nor whether they look younger or older.
But from Amber's facial features. From a human perspective, she still seemed to be fifteen or sixteen years old.
This made Aiwass feel. A little hesitant.
As the "god of perfection, the god of eternity", how come he looks so young?
He still remembers that since the cicada incident, Amber has always looked so young. They are the strongest Pillar Gods.
The image of the Pillar Gods should be closer to when they came to power - of course, there is no evidence, it is just a conclusion that Aiwass inferred from experience and intuition. If you say so, Amber is too young...
In front of these nine holy statues, there is an extra long table than usual.
At this moment, Chun. The White Saint did not kneel in front of the Nine Pillars as usual, but sat in the middle of the long table, facing Aiwass and his group who were walking towards the icon.
She was smiling slightly. Close your eyes and sing a melodious hymn in a low voice. It is sacred music that can cleanse your soul. Just listening to it will make you feel healed. This is not an exaggeration. People who are suffering from diseases can feel healed just by listening to this song. Song might really be cured.
The saint's position is in front of the sand clock and in the middle of the entire circular room.
This long.On the other side of the table, there are only three seats in total. The seat to the right of the saint is empty.
The person on the left side of the Saint is none other than Master Yanis who looked at Isabel in surprise.
"...Why are you here?"
Yannis whispered.
Isabel raised the corners of her mouth, put a finger in front of her lips, and replied silently: "This is a secret."
Although she was talking to Yanis In response, Isabel's eyes were almost uncontrollably attracted to the pure white saint.
To be precise, he was attracted by the chest of the pure white saint placed on the table.
At this moment, the index, middle and ring fingers of the pure white saint’s hands were pressed together, forming a pyramid shape on the table. But this is not a false pyramid... rather, she is resting her arms on her chest.
Isabel:? ? ?
Good, so big...
The young half-elf queen opened her eyes wide and exclaimed silently.
——Is it really reasonable to be so big?
She puffed up her cheeks and silently questioned nature.
She quietly turned her head to look at Aiwass, and found that Aiwass was not staring at the pure white saint, but looking sideways at the Pillar God Amber, and she was secretly relieved.
After seeing Aiwass, the pure white saint nodded slightly to her left side, signaling Aiwass to go this way: "In front of the Lord of Scales and Feathers."
"Got it, Your Highness."
Aiwass said, pulling Isabel to the side.
Soon, Aiwass found his position directly in front of the Scale Feather Lord.
On the back of the huge seat, which looked like one used in a promotion ceremony, "Aiwass" was written in elven cursive script. There is also a small chair on the left and right sides.
When the three Aiwass sat down, several little elf girls also wearing nun uniforms soon came over to serve them drinks.
It was a crystal clear liquid like ruby.
Aiwass sniffed.
——This is Holy Tree No. 1.
He judged the taste of this wine just by its aroma.
After the little girl with long gray hair poured three glasses of wine attentively, Aiwass smiled and whispered to her: "Thank you."
The girl smiled slightly Startled, he then looked at Aiwass with a smile on his face. Only then did she finally see the young cardinal's face clearly.
"...Human, human?"
The girl's expressionless, doll-like face now subconsciously showed a trace of surprise and joy. Her eyes showed a strong desire "I want to touch him". But she subconsciously glanced at the photographer at the door of the room, and finally suppressed her desire.
"You are so cute."
The girl whispered: "Your Majesty Cardinal."
Then, the girl bowed her head slightly and saluted. Then he turned around and left with a slight smile on his face.
After the girl left, Isabel asked in a low voice: "Who is she? Is she the Pope's maid?"
"No," Aiwass said softly, "If we didn't ...She is the candidate for the saint of this generation."
"...Such a young child?"
"Even if she is not over a hundred, she should be fast." ”
Aiwass said casually, then raised his head and looked around.
From here you can hear Her Majesty the Holy Virgin singing at a close distance. And the drink is the best wine in the world, Holy Tree No. 1 brewed with the blood of the apostles... I have to say, it is really delicious.
He came early, so there were not many people around Aiwass yet. Only the section between the eternal self and the twin mirrors had more people, and he was the first to come here.
Suddenly, Aiwass felt someone push his shoulder gently from behind.
He turned around with his right side and saw that Lily had turned back and was looking at him.
The young man behind him was smiling and waving to Aiwass.
He put on pure white robes, so that Aiwass didn't recognize him for a while. Later, looking at his bright smile, I realized that this was the cardinal codenamed "Topa", Siegfried.
Beside him was a woman with long silver hair and a strong man with brown hair. Both of them are pure-blood elves.
"My wife, Kriemhild."
Siegfried said with a smile, and put his arm around the male's shoulder: "This is my brother. Where? Is this your wife?"
"This is."
Aiwass said with a chuckle, "Her name is Isabel."
"Half-elf..."
Siegfried looked at Isabel, thoughtfully: "I seem a bit familiar."
Humans are familiar with elves. It is said that it has the same cuteness bonus as cats and dogs - however, if it is a half-elf, it will immediately lose this special allure.
Although in human aesthetics, half-elves may even be cuter than pure-blood elves. Because they have both the noble and delicate appearance of elves and the round cheek contours of humans. But in the elf aesthetics... half-elf is probably equivalent to a kind of Furui. Among extreme elf sects, it may even feel weird to the point of nausea.
Only a few elves are particularly fond of half-elves, and Siegfried is obviously not among them.
This is actually the reason why it is difficult for half-elves to gain a high status in the Theocracy - even elves also like to look at their faces. It's just a different aesthetic.
"Did you always bring your wife here?"
Aiwas suddenly felt confident.
Originally heI was worried about whether it would break the rules when I brought Isabel here.
"Not necessarily, for example, Cardinal Fafna..."
Siegfried whispered.
At this moment, Cardinal Favna came over.
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