Chapter 1,402: Dark Moon War and Legend (Part 1)

This dinner party, which everyone in the village can attend, does not seem to have any rules. Perhaps we were wrong to associate it with religion at first: it may be just a local custom, and the belief in the goddess is deeply rooted. In every corner of the world, there is a link like "priests distributing meat" that has a bit of theocratic meaning - because apart from this link, we can't find anything related to religious beliefs from the scene. …

In fact, similar customs and habits exist in many places and are common on the earth. The more backward the economy and the more primitive social structure, the more this type of custom can prevail and spread in various forms. In the harvest season, or when a large number of prey is caught, or on any other day with special significance, people mobilize the whole village and township to engage in this grand event. This kind of primitive and simple celebration is often very simple. It means everyone gets together to have a good meal. There will be no dazzling artistic performances, and no leaders will give opening and closing speeches. Every household has a tacit understanding of the food and other things. Take out the things and put them together and share them with everyone. If you have a lot of food left at home, you can take more. If you don’t have much food left at home, it is also good to bring out a table and three or four chairs. Villagers who are not very rich in material use this. They enjoy the "rich days" in their eyes in a variety of ways. As long as it is lively enough, even eating a big pot of rice outside in the wind will be fun - this is the activity in front of us. It is not a religious ceremony or a legal holiday, it is just The stupid guy brought back enough bears to feed the whole village, so everyone gathered together for a meal.

Maybe it’s because we’re usually too busy in another world and exposed to too many complex conspiracies and formal scenes. Now that we’re suddenly thrown into a place where everyone’s motives are so pure, we were a little overthinking at first. But after putting these trivial matters aside, everyone happily got together with this group of enthusiastic villagers. In the blink of an eye, Qian Qian ran off to nowhere: most likely, she was wandering around with a bunch of kids to be the king of the kids; Huesca also wandered beside me and then disappeared, that girl's Her curiosity and activity are second only to Qian Qian's. She may be studying the rough snacks on someone's table, or she may be studying the foundation of someone's house. Pandora is quite well-behaved. She sat next to me honestly, with a dull expression on her face. As I gnawed on the meat and bones, my little head became like a puppy concentrating on eating. I rubbed the little girl's hair. She raised her head and choked out two words: "Brother, salty."

"Um, I put too much salt." I pushed the porridge bowl in front of her: this porridge was also cooked by the fierce priest who tied the priest's robe around his waist. The so-called whole village dinner actually consisted of two kinds of food: stewed meat. Porridge, other than that, you have to bring everything else by yourself. Everyone took out the snacks or dry food prepared by each family last night and put them on the big table in the center. Everyone can take them freely. Our family also contributed ten kilograms of cake cuttings. ——This move won quite a lot of favor among the villagers, and Pandora got a stool that was much higher than others...

I looked around and saw that this was basically a buffet of unprecedented scale. The fierce priest has been free. Now he is squatting in an inconspicuous place outside the crowd and watching the field happily. The priest's robe is still tied around his waist like an apron. It seems that he does not intend to join the crowd. Dinner together. I asked Lin Xue to stay here with Pandora. He and Bingtis got up and walked to the side of the incredible "clergyman".

"Do you mind having a conversation?" I sat down on a stone on the side of the road and greeted this "country pastor".

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm just free." The fat black man nodded cheerfully, while pointing to the goddess pendant hanging on his chest. "The goddess said that you should be willing to listen to others. I think this is quite right."

Bingtis was sitting on the other side of me. Hearing this, he couldn't help but muttered to himself: "How many years have passed since the old man died? This teaching may be borrowed from a middle school boy who has been suppressing it on an uninhabited island for seven or eight years." Made up in the name of God.”

I quickly coughed twice to cover up the female gangster's voice: "Ahem... I haven't asked yet, what is your name?"

"Oh, just call me Ron. The Christian name is too convoluted and I didn't even remember it myself." The fat black uncle lifted up his priest's robe and fanned himself. Although it was late autumn here and the weather was already cold, maybe it was just now The heat of making a big pot of rice has not subsided, and Ron's face is still a little sweaty. He looked at Bingtis and I who were sitting directly on the ground, with a smile on his face, "I heard that you are scholars and curses from the imperial capital. Magician, but he is quite easy to talk to. I have also dealt with the big shots in the imperial capital, and it’s really tiring to talk to them. I can’t even raise my voice or lower it.”

It seems that this is a sweet-tempered person who is easy to talk to. It is not difficult to deal with this kind of person as long as he loses his temper, and I have peace of mind. At this time, I also had the opportunity to take a good look at the image of Priest Ron: he was a tall, middle-aged man, and his face looked a bit like a North American black descendant. This priest is very strong. In addition to the muscle lines exposed under his clothes, he is also a little fat on his belly. He has dark skin and is slightly bald in the middle of his head. Dark brown hair that has not been taken care of is formed around the head. A circle of craters, and a stubble on his chin that hadn't been shaved for several days. No matter how you look at it, this look is far from that of a monk who is supposed to be kind-hearted. Rather, he looks like someone who has been transformed astray and just released two years ago. If this image were on earth, he would just walk around in front of the police station without doing anything. If the police can be called out, the timid taxi driver will not dare to take such a person to any place outside the Fourth Ring Road after 8pm...

"You really don't look like a priest," I couldn't help but say, and then quickly added to prevent the custom of this world from talking about faith based on muscles, "it doesn't fit the image of a priest in my mind."

Ron seemed to have been used to others saying this for a long time, and the expression on his face was very calm: "Well, you are quite right, I don't think I am qualified for this - but I did study in a serious seminary, I have stayed in the imperial capital for two years, and I can be considered the most 'capable' person in the village. I could have stayed in the imperial capital for two more years and been able to work as an assistant bishop in a small city, but it's a pity that I don't live up to expectations and I really can't stand their attitude. I just piled up the rules and went back to the village to be a priest, hehe..."

"Yes. I have a good temper with my mother," Bingtis said angrily as a goddess to a church member who dared to drop out of the seminary. "If I had had the determination to drop out of school, I would have It won’t be tormented for so long.”

Ron looked at Bingtis in a daze. I guess this is the first time in his life that he has seen someone wearing a noble dress calling himself mother. Actually, he doesn’t have to be so surprised. This is also the first time in his life that he has seen a priest. The robe is tied around the waist as an apron...

"Speaking of which, we have been traveling around the world and studying wild animals in recent years. We are almost out of touch with human society." Seeing that the time was right, I used the pretense of traveling around the world again: after a day of tinkering and improvement, this pretense became Now it can basically be used to deceive and deceive without exposing the truth. "Now my wife is also a little dissatisfied with such a life of wandering around. Our family plans to settle down for a while, and I also study theology and local cultural legends. .After running outside for so many years, I found that not many people seem to be interested in how many wild animals there are in the wild. There is a way out to study the things between people..."

I tried hard to create the image of an aggrieved scholar who had been struggling for several years and was ready to change his residence. I hoped to change the topic to theology and folklore, and at the same time, I used my vicissitudes (I think) eyes to find the shallowness in the crowd. figure: After all, he had dragged her into it when he was making nonsense just now. According to the general script, when a man laments that his family is suffering because of him, he should focus on his wife. The place where Lin Xue was sitting was blocked and could not be seen from here. As a result, as soon as I saw Qian Qian's figure, the girl ran over happily and shook my arm: "Arjun, Arjun, I heard that there is a dragon in the nearby mountains. When can we go and visit?"

I:"……"

This moment of confusion disappeared and I told Ron with a distorted face: "Then what, the person I said I wanted to settle down was actually another person..."

Fortunately, Miss Lin didn't jump out and cause trouble at this time. Fortunately, Ron wasn't very interested in inquiring into other people's private affairs. He showed me an understanding expression and nodded: "Well, I understand that you have to settle down after being outside for a long time. And I see you have two children with you. Woolen cloth……"

"Those are my sisters. The older one is called Pandora. The younger one is called Viska. Actually, they are both grown girls. They didn't grow taller because they took the wrong medicine when they were young - so it's best not to irritate them in this regard."

As soon as I said this nonsense, I felt like two 1.2-meter-high heat sources in the crowd began to mutter and grow angry again: Is this an illusion?

"Oh, so that's what happened. Your family is quite lively." Ron had no idea that two short winter melons were destroying the world in his mind. On the contrary, they seemed closer to me because of my filial piety. "What you just said That's right, the outside world is not peaceful. How many good things can be found in the barren mountains and mountains? Even if there are good things, they may not be destined to be studied. Now that several big countries have finally signed peace treaties, Anniyue has begun to become more and more unstable. It is said that black armies have begun to gather outside. They are either demons or other monsters, or Dark Moon people such as monsters. Most people have no time to hide. Who would be interested in these things? Now except mercenaries and adventurers Home, no one goes to those places anymore. It’s better to study some knowledge in books. Little brother, I think you speak quite honestly, unlike ordinary nobles, but I still have to say in this regard, with your status, It’s suitable to study the things left by our ancestors in the house like them: there must be someone to take care of those things, right? After the five Dark Moon Wars, even the goddess’s name is only half left, what’s the matter!”

My heart moved. It seemed that finding this priest to get close to me was the right decision. The stupid guy might have heard about the legends that are well known in this world, but the Ron in front of me was obviously an expert, even though his image made people not think of an expert. Scholar, but it seems that those two years of seminary were not in vain...

I pretended to be casual and said: "Every war is a loss of life. For the common people, there are no beneficiaries from the war. But I haven't studied history much before. How about we talk about the Dark Moon War? Of course you want to If you’re not interested, let’s change the topic.”

I wasn’t sure whether the fat, dark man in front of me, who looked half like a cook and half like a prison cook, was interested in such literate topics, so I blocked him with such a sentence. I didn’t believe that he was really embarrassed to nod. One sentence: Well, let’s change the topic...

Fortunately, Ron didn't resist this at all. Instead, he nodded happily: "I'm good at talking about this. I majored in the history of the gods and the scriptures related to the Dark Moon War. But no one in the village is interested in these. I haven’t talked about this in the past year, and I don’t know if I have forgotten all the things I learned back then—which part do you want to hear?”

I thought for a while: "Well, since you are an expert, then you treat me as a student waiting to be taught. Starting from the first Dark Moon War, follow your method of telling religious stories, preaching scriptures, and preaching. In this way, you Should be good at it.”

Ron laughed happily, probably because he hadn't done his job as a missionary for a long time. Seeming a little extra happy. He took out a Bible with the smell of barbecue from his arms and put his hand on the book cover solemnly: "Goddess, I am going to preach to people about the Dark Moon War. According to the doctrine, I hereby swear an oath to the canon. Loyal faith checks and balances thoughts. Tell others the truth, be pious when mentioning your old man's name, and silently recite your old man's name when mentioning Lord Dark Moon to protect the hearts of trainees."

I quickly sat up straight: I didn't expect that "Dark Moon" was still such a solemn topic in the goddess's teachings.

"Dark Moon is another world above our heads. Of course you all should know this," Ron finished his oath and pointed at the sky with his hand. The "world" in his mouth is obviously limited to the planet: for the locals, the scope of the world has not extended to the universe. "The goddess told us that in the ancient times far and far away. There was a line between the earth and the moon. The long bridge connects the moon. At that time, the moon was not what it is now. It was clean and bright, with the same bright earth and clear ocean as the Hessenwood world under our feet. The dark moon and the earth are like a pair of twins. Together they carry the goddess All created things in the world moved forward in chaos. At that time, there was no distinction between the earth and the people of Dark Moon. All races were freely distributed on the earth and the moon. The long bridge to the sky made people feel like going home when traveling to and from the moon and the earth. Simple. This period of peace is what the scriptures call the first age of heaven.”

Ron paused and said, "By the way, some of these are basic knowledge. I'm teaching them according to the teachings. If you find it annoying, let's just skip this section. Anyway, I taught about Creation in class last year. I’ll just sleep.”

I quickly waved my hand: "It's okay, it's okay. To learn, you have to start from the basics. You continue."

Ron nodded: "Then let's continue. How long the first Kingdom of Heaven era lasted is now unknown. In short, it was the best time in the world. Although there were conflicts among various races, on the whole, everyone always remembered that they were gods. People, the goddess protects all things in the dark, and people built the original temples to worship the goddess. Those temples are the holy residences that can still be found today, but they can only be found on the earth. According to the people who left the dark moon expedition According to the information, all the holy residences on Dark Moon have been demolished - those bastards... Oh, please forgive me, goddess, I have to be calm, decent, and decent."

The first Kingdom of Heaven era ended in a war. There are several theories about the specific story of this incident. The current theory recognized by the divine canon is: the original sinners, that is, the mountain barbarians, suddenly attacked the ancient human kingdom at that time and provoked the third kingdom of heaven. A truly divisive race war. In ancient times, the mountain barbarians had always been at odds with humans. The mountain barbarians were brutal, cruel, and unscrupulous. They were also born with black magic and divine power. Although they were not many in number, they had the advantage of a surprise attack and caught the human kingdom by surprise, leaving behind The next road is scorched earth. But humans also reacted quickly, and then contacted the elves, blackwood people, dwarves and several other races in a short period of time to form a coalition to prepare for a counterattack. The leader of the mountain barbarians was a cunning guy. He realized that he was no match for so many enemies, so he pretended to be negotiating a peace and invited the leaders of the coalition forces from all ethnic groups to discuss the peace. In order to show sincerity and dispel the concerns of the coalition leaders, he agreed to gather on neutral territory outside the warring parties. The place they chose was the territory of the Monster Tribe - the Monster Tribe back then was a loose multi-racial tribe, and they were far away from The world does not participate in any racial matters, so everyone thought this was an open and honest negotiation. "

Needless to say, I can also guess that the problem is caused by the monster tribe: whenever the words "everyone thinks" appear in this kind of incident, there must be a divine twist later.

Sure enough, Ron was followed closely: "However, the Monster Tribe has long been seduced by the mountain barbarians using black magic. What happened at that time has been lost, and there is no record in the sacred book whether it was the leader of the mountain barbarians or the Monster Tribe who did it. Take action, in short, all the leaders of the coalition forces of all ethnic groups will die violently."

After receiving the news, the coalition forces of all races suffered a huge blow. However, what the mountain barbarians did not expect was that instead of collapse, the coalition forces re-elected leaders in a very short period of time. The kings of the elves and humans even went to the meeting in person. He became a coalition general on the battlefield. In a short period of time, the coalition forces resumed their attack with stronger morale, and this time the Monster Tribe also became the target of the coalition's attack. Subsequently, the scale of the war expanded beyond everyone's imagination: when the various human races thought that the mountain barbarians and the monster tribes were about to lose, all other races on the earth and the moon suddenly announced that they would join the war - and announced that they would join the camp of the mountain barbarians. This is the Original Sinners United Army. "

Night Dires, Halflings, Orcs, and Giants were all races that joined the Original Sinners at that time. After these powerful races formed another coalition, the war immediately spread to all places on the earth and the moon. The army of the original sinners was particularly ferocious. They plundered all countries that were not in the same camp as their own, and no small neutral races were spared from being exterminated. And while fighting, the coalition forces discovered one thing: the leader of the mountain barbarians is immortal! "