Chapter 1,403 The Dark Moon War and the Legend (Part 2)

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To be honest, we are not here to understand how the local indigenous people fought an interstellar war with the productivity of feudal society, nor are we interested in how many interstellar wars they have fought. Our mission is to search under the noses of the fallen apostles. In this world, find the artifact left by the Star Domain Protoss here, or any clues related to the artifact left by the fallen scout. ※Soon I was attracted by the history told by Ron, because I am a person who likes to listen to stories. The Dark Moon War sounds much more interesting than those wars between gods and demons that fight life and death on a planet: they also Before the gods were beaten out, lightning bolts were already being fired randomly on the alien planet...

Now Ron has just talked about what happened before the earliest Dark Moon War. At that time, there was no conflict between the earth and the moon. The two planets were connected by a legendary long bridge. The Dark Moon was not called the Dark Moon, but a listening star. It was a livable planet with normal water and soil - unlike what we see now, where a dark, dirty snowball hangs in the sky, looking like it is heavily polluted. Just like every not-so-good fairy tale, such a peaceful pastoral era will eventually end: a war breaks out between two races that are usually at odds with each other. The version of the people on earth is that the original sinners started the war first and slapped mankind, but considering that history is not necessarily fair, as an outsider, I don’t care who fired the first shot. In short, the mountain barbarians known as the original sinners seemed to be a group of ruthless villains. When facing the coalition forces of all races in the world, they did not hesitate to drag their secret little brother into a show and beat all the leaders of the coalition forces. wipe it up……

Subsequently, the coalition forces advanced instead of retreating and launched a crazy counterattack. The originally neutral tribes around the world also announced their participation in the war, and all of them unanimously joined the original sinners. That is, in the camp of the mountain barbarians, a conflict between the two countries eventually turned into a world war.

And as the war continued, the human coalition forces—actually humans were just one part of the coalition, but because they were the first to be drawn, I called this coalition the human coalition—discovered an incredible truth: the mountain barbarians The boss may have grown up eating gold junk...

"Immortal body? What do you mean?" I asked subconsciously, but when I saw Ron looking a little surprised, I quickly made up my mind, "Oh, I know this statement, but I don't know the details. I want to ask if there is anything in the scriptures There was no mention of the condition of the immortal body.”

"It has been lost for a long time." Ron waved his hand and patted the barbecue-flavored Bible on his lap. "There are only these four words on it. I guess the leader of the mountain barbarians obtained some forbidden power through black magic. He turned himself into a monster. There are many omissions in this history, and there are even more disputes, but no matter which version, one thing is certain, that is, the mountain barbarian leader can fight against the entire army with one person. It is beyond human understanding, so there is a guess that the guy stole part of the goddess's power, but the church does not admit this: the goddess's power does not belong to mortals at all. Let alone stealing, even the dragons will die if they come into direct contact Thorough. In short, the war is becoming more and more difficult, and the soldiers of the original sinners are getting stronger and stronger. They seem to have received some 'instructions' from the barbarian king. They have become more and more twisted, and some races have even begun to change their appearance. Monsters. The war was completely out of control in the later stages. According to the divine canon, even the dragon clan, which was originally absolutely neutral and rare in the world, finally had to come forward. They joined the side of justice. Those powerful ancient creatures did slow down the war situation. The original sinners also They were suppressed back. But this did not last long. The black witchcraft of the mountain barbarians finally gave up the last bottom line. They began to pollute the elves and humans. Some elves were twisted into night demon elves by black witchcraft, and some humans began to become addicted to evil spirits. The blood hurts people and turns them into vampires. No one knows what this kind of black magic is. The scriptures only mention that it can spread like a plague and there is no cure. This is almost fatal, because elves and Humans are the mainstay races of magicians and warriors in the coalition. After these two strongest races are weakened, the war will almost be completely useless..."

A normal missionary would never use "completely useless" to describe a fairy tale, so I quite like Ron's narrative style, which sounds very friendly.

I signaled Ron to continue speaking, but I saw the fat, dark man put his hand on the Bible and muttered something before continuing: "When the war was about to fail, a turning point appeared. The original sinners' Black witchcraft and various evil magics exceeded the tolerance limit of the goddess. She finally decided to personally punish those children who had gone astray. This is the most famous "First Descent" - the goddess personally descended to the mortal world and hand Holding the giant sword of holy light, I repelled the general attack of the original sinners at once. Although I was lazy and slept when I was in the seminary, I was particularly energetic as long as the chapter about the goddess was mentioned, it was amazing!"

At this time, I no longer cared about the trivial things in his school days. This story had been going around for so long, and finally it came to the first key point, which was also unexpected: the goddess came in person!

We have always believed that the religions of this world developed under the influence of the star artifact. The power released by the artifact and the information disturbance of its original owner gave birth to the Goddess Cult, and outlined an abstraction in the minds of the locals. The image of the goddess, which is the source of all their mythological stories. We were very confident about this conjecture, so we pinned down the whereabouts of the artifact on this sect. As a result, Ron was talking about it, why did they really have a goddess who surrendered herself?

"Wait a minute," Bingtis directly interrupted Ron's story, "is the part about the arrival of the goddess accurately recorded?"

"Why not," Ron nodded matter-of-factly, with an expression on his face as if he thought we were talking nonsense, "Every Dark Moon War ends with the goddess personally visiting the battlefield and re-sealing the Dark Moon people on the moon. Everyone We all know this - oh, you scholars will always ask some strange questions, which is quite normal, but I think you'd better not be suspicious about the arrival of the goddess. If it weren't for the goddess, who could solve it? Lord Anyue will fight back?"

Bingtis and I looked at each other and knew that it was not the right time to continue pursuing this issue, so we nodded to Ron: "Okay, then you continue, there will be no suspense about the goddess personally taking action in the war. I know this part of history. (Actually, I feel bad when I say this), please tell me how the goddess deals with those original sinners."

"Well, this is the most important paragraph in the doctrine. Even if you have heard it countless times, I will definitely say it again," Ron laughed. "Under the personal leadership of the goddess, the coalition forces first treated those who had been infected with black witchcraft. The vampires and night demon elves were identified and all expelled, which blocked the spread of black magic. Then the coalition forces began to counterattack the original sinners. The goddess and the magic soldiers summoned by the goddess were invincible, and soon the The original sinners fought back to their respective strongholds. At this time, the monster king of the mountain barbarians finally appeared. He had turned into a twisted demon. What happened next was repeatedly mentioned in all the stories: he announced I want to fight the goddess one on one."

...I believe that the original text in the Bible is definitely not these two words. Ron's way of describing it is really friendly to the people.

"This is what the sacred scripture says:" Ron shook his head and memorized it. This big black man was particularly amused when he carried a Bible with a face that hated society. "The devil of original sin challenged in front of the goddess. The two sins of arrogance and violence burned with blazing flames on his armor. The devil ran towards the goddess madly. , the sky also darkened, but the goddess held a long sword in her hand and chopped off the demon's head with one sword stroke."

"Seconds?" I thought this section was so thrilling. The result is just one sentence.

"Well, it's seconds," Ron shrugged, "You all know what happened next: the goddess is kind after all. She is unwilling to kill all the children she created, even if they have gone astray, she still wants to give them a chance to atone. So the goddess drove all the original sinners to the moon, which was completely destroyed by black witchcraft, and let them reflect in the harsh environment they created. Then the goddess destroyed the long bridge between heaven and earth with a sword, and from then on, the earth and the moon were no longer able to communicate at will. . This is the so-called First Dark Moon War."

I continued casually: "The original sinners were later called the Dark Moon People."

Ron nodded and said, "Yes. Because black magic and the corrupt thoughts of the original sinners were driven and concentrated on the moon, these negative things polluted the originally bright moon surface. It dyed its oceans black and corrupted its land. The moon turned into that dark appearance. From that day on, it was called Dark Moon, and the people imprisoned on that polluted land were called Dark Moon people, including those who were corrupted. Night demons and vampires. Those who stay on the ground call themselves people on the ground from now on."

"After the first Dark Moon War, the earth was peaceful for a long time," Ron smacked his lips, seeming to sigh, "Because so many people died in the war, those who survived certainly knew that peace was better, and they rebuilt the The temple of the goddess was destroyed by the war, and all races worked together to rebuild the earth. This is the era of the second kingdom. There is nothing to say about what happens next. People, no matter humans, elves or dwarves, will always heal their scars. As time goes by, The ground was in chaos again - by this time the goddess had returned to the God Realm for a long time, and some people had even forgotten the goddess's teachings. Several countries were fighting again, but there were lessons learned from the first Dark Moon War. People will not fight to the extent of a world war. But even this kind of chaos also gives the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of: the Dark Moon people are back. Not only the Dark Moon people are back, but also the demon who made the whole world fearful is back. , was the former king of the mountain barbarians. He was resurrected again hundreds of years after being killed by the goddess, and he was even more powerful. He knew that people on the earth had already called the moon Dark Moon, and the original sinners were called Dark Moon people, so he simply admitted These titles, and claiming to be the Lord of Dark Moon. The Second Dark Moon War broke out suddenly."

"Resurrection?" Bingtis and I said in unison, and then the two of us briefly communicated in spiritual connection. At the same time, we came to a conclusion: regardless of the details, the goddess that the locals believe in is definitely not the authentic star god.

A star god, even one like Ding Dong, cannot completely kill a mortal. The Dark Moon Lord was still in the category of "mortal" when he was at his peak. He couldn't even jump out of this star system. , how can one escape from the obliterating power of the Star Realm God?

In fact, even without this, I don't quite believe that the "goddess" the locals believe in is the Star Territory Scout who died in battle. It is impossible for a dead person who has been completely certified even by the gods to appear again.

"Ah, he was resurrected," Ron nodded, "At this time, people on earth knew that the immortal body obtained by the barbarian king, the current Dark Moon Lord, was so powerful that even the goddess could only let him It's just that there is no way to resurrect within hundreds of years. The second Dark Moon War was almost more tragic than the first. Because the people on the earth have been at peace for too long, but the Dark Moon people have spent hundreds of years preparing on the moon. King Yue swept almost all the kingdoms at that time."

I knew that this war would definitely end with the defeat of the Dark Moon people, so I couldn't help but ask: "How did they fight back later?"

"When all the tribes resisted the Dark Moon army, they finally discovered one thing. The Dark Moon Lord didn't seem to be here to kill enemies and occupy territory. He had been attacking the goddess temples and church states everywhere, and every time a female Once the temple is destroyed, the army under the Dark Moon Lord will grow by tens of thousands out of thin air. This is when people on earth realize that the goddess's sealing power on the Dark Moon people is still there. The demon is constantly weakening the seal to release it. His former army. All tribes finally remembered the lessons of the First Dark Moon War and knew that only the power of the goddess could destroy the enemy. So they gathered the strongest and most devout believers into the Temple Knights and prayed devoutly again. Get up. I just said it. After hundreds of years of peace, many people have almost forgotten the teachings of the goddess, and now these people have woken up."

"The goddess finally appeared again, right?" Bingtis suddenly interrupted.

"Yes, when people's faith becomes firm again, the power of the goddess will naturally return to the earth. The goddess will come in person again and drive the Dark Moon army back to the moon. And kill them again in front of the long bridge. Lord An Yue. This is the second war."

"You are a person who cares about eating but not fighting," Bingtis sighed, "If you guessed it correctly, it will be the Third Kingdom of Heaven era, the Third Dark Moon War. The Fourth Kingdom of Heaven era, the Fourth Dark Moon War, and so on - —You have fought the Dark Moon War five times, why don’t you have any memory?”

Ron had a strange expression on his face. Because Bingtis's tone clearly meant that she and the people on the ground were divided into two groups: the word she used was "you". The female gangster was so careless that she didn't bother to care about the accuracy of her words at this time. But fortunately, Ron didn't seem too attentive. He regarded this as a small slip of the tongue by Bingtis, and then shook his head: "The Dark Moon War has been named like this again and again, but no one in the Kingdom of Heaven era Besides, although I say this is not appropriate, isn’t it shameful to call the era when people remember eating but not fighting the age of the Kingdom of Heaven?”

By this time, we have basically sorted out things like the Dark Moon War, people on earth, goddesses, Dark Moon Lord, etc. However, Bingtis and I are even less sure whether the artifact has any clues to these myths and stories. : When a goddess really arrives in the Goddess Cult, the situation becomes confusing. We all know that the real goddess may have died somewhere else before the birth of this universe, and the artifact she left behind was tens of thousands of years ago. She just drifted into this world, so what is the origin of the goddess Ron said came to her in person?

Bingtis' face was rarely serious. I discussed it with her in the spiritual connection, and the female gangster put forward two hypotheses: "Either, the will of the old senior is left on the artifact, so every once in a while she will appear as an afterimage. appeared once, and was regarded by the locals as a goddess who surrendered herself. Or, someone else possesses the power of the artifact. The so-called 'goddess' does exist, but she is just an outsider who can use the power of the star field - if With the help of an artifact, this is not impossible."

"Do you still think that the religions of this world were indeed inspired by that artifact?" I glanced at Bingtis.

Bingtis slightly gestured to the goddess pendant on Ron's neck with her chin: "Although it is very weak, I felt that the pendant was activated when the fat black man prayed. It is the power of the star field. But this power Just the afterglow of radiation cannot indicate the location of the artifact."

I was stunned for a moment, and finally made up my mind. At least the first half of the matter was settled. As for what happened to the goddess, we can discuss it slowly and in the long term. If it is really a remnant soul, she will naturally be overjoyed. If someone has occupied it, Artifact power...

Thinking of this, I glanced at Bingtis secretly: "What if an outsider really takes possession of the artifact?"

Bingtis rolled his eyes and recalled: "Well, it depends on what kind of artifact it is and what the person who got it is doing. If the person involved does not threaten the balance of the world, then naturally the artifact should be recovered, the incident recorded, and the person involved should be given a warning and education. , if the person concerned is a guy who has done all the good deeds, accumulated good deeds, and would like to plug himself up if there is a hole in the sky, there will be rewards after the assessment. But if he has done bad things, it will be hard to say, and after the review of the Pantheon, he will be given a thunderous decision. Punishments ranging from five to five thunderbolts, serious crimes will be punished separately."

I don’t understand: “What is the difference between one thunder strike and five thunder strikes?”

"It makes no difference, everyone will definitely die when struck by the divine lightning," Bingtis shrugged, "It is more intimidating when it is mainly shown to the public."

Me: "...Do you think this goddess that the locals believe in does good things or does bad things? I wonder how she looks like the Lord who saved the world..."

Bingtis grinned: "Because imprisoning the Dark Moon people on the moon counts as doing good deeds? I don't think so, and the Dark Moon War was fought five times, and once and twice, it can be explained by the inability to do anything. Driving the Dark Moon people back and knocking them down like this five times, in my eyes, this is not considered a good deed... There are too many doubts in this Dark Moon War."

I was stunned and thought to myself, isn’t it? Every Dark Moon war ends with a loss of life. Those Dark Moon people have obviously been completely corrupted by black witchcraft to the point of being hopeless. Then why does the “goddess” always keep them? ? It would definitely not be justified if it was explained by lack of strength: Lord Angyue could not hold out for two seconds in front of the goddess...

"What," Ron saw that Bingtis and I hadn't spoken for a long time, and finally couldn't help but speak, "What else do you want to hear? We agreed to chat, so why did it end up being me? You can’t change the bad habits you learned in seminary if you preach alone!”

I was embarrassed for a while: I had been discussing issues with Bingtis in the spiritual connection, and I forgot that there was someone sitting next to me. From a third-party perspective, I was probably flirting with this female gangster for most of the day!