Dawn of the Grey Tower

The so-called not far from the devil's mouth is a very vague distance. You can’t let a person who has lived on a narrow island for a long time and a person on a vast grassland have the same concept of distance. The distance in their minds is entirely derived from their own life experience, so the distance in one population is not far away in the other person’s view. It may have been quite a long distance.

As for Wei Dao, the infinity of the abyss has set the tone for his concept of distance. Maybe that magnificent and huge running city is just a small area in his opinion.

Therefore, when Cheese started to regret not finding a means of transportation or simply moving with Transfiguration, he still failed to reach his destination.

"Wait a minute." The gray robe stopped and stood on the mountain road. He did this for a reason. In addition to the loss of physical strength and energy, the things erected on the road ahead were enough to stop him.

It was a pillar, about three stories high, composed of many flat fragments stacked, each of which was decorated in a unified artistic style, drawing and carving them into the appearance of animals or human faces.

Totem pole, and the shape is very classic. There are rumors that the emergence of this stacked totem comes from the conflicts between the early tribes. The winner will take the totem of the defeated and place it on his totem pole to steal the protection of the ancestors and gods from the rival tribes. .

Therefore, the higher the totem pole, the stronger the tribe, and the higher the status in a region. Regardless of whether the totem brings the blessing, the children in these tribes are more likely to grow up healthily.

Of course, this is what an ordinary polymath or a person who glorifies history, as far as the mages are concerned, the totem pole is indeed effective. The origin of this effect is still a mystery, just as you can't explain in depth how the druid obtained the power to revive creatures from an acorn, or how magic power flows in the world.

Some gray robes in the gray tower believe that the power of a totem is roughly from two sources, namely, what the totem represents and the person who believes in the totem. The two complement each other and are indispensable. It is this trinity of gods, totems, and tribes that gives it a different effect than the general worship of gods.

This distinction is very subtle. Simply put, people who believe in the divine residence know that the idols they worship are only idols, and the gods behind the idols are the support of their faith. And these gods are noble, not necessarily omnipotent, but they must be great, so people must be humble and insignificant and childlike in front of them. This makes God and man have a long distance in this belief system.

Totem belief is not true. Totems and gods are one of the two. Totems are the shelter of gods, and gods will also appear in the form of totems, and the people who worship them are not small.

In totem tribes, people often think that they are related to the source of the totem, and therefore believe that they are not of the same race as members of other tribes, but just have the same appearance. In this relationship based on blood, the gods are completely integrated with the tribe, and the gods do not need to be worshiped, or all the actions of all people who take the name of this totem are worshiping him.

God is man, man is God, primitive and advanced, hypocritical and true.

But there is obviously no tribe that believes in totems, so this totem pole can only exert its first power. It is no longer a powerful to imitate the source represented by the totem.

The most important thing is that the operation of the totem is done internally. Unlike the magic array that requires maintenance and energy supply, as long as the totem is erected, it can perform its duties uninterruptedly around the clock until it is forcibly destroyed by external forces.

With such a huge totem pole erected at the intersection, it is self-evident whose sphere of influence belongs in front. The Totem School, the Hezhuan Chemical School and the Miriam School belong to one of the three factions of the Inverted Triangle of the City of Ten Thousand Laws, and they are also the school of one of the two Masters of the Ten Thousand Masters that Cheese had collaborated with in the past.

In all fairness, the individual ability of this school may not be impressive, but their creation is the foundation of the entire city.

"Artificial demons come from the Totem School? Well, well, it makes sense."

Cheese originally thought that his destination would be a marginal research institute affiliated with the School of Life, or at least the site of the School of Psychic School, but he did not expect that the mighty navigation brought him to the School of Totem.

Is totem related to artificial life? However, after thinking about it, Gray Robe has indeed heard about how a living wooden puppet has gone through hardships and finally turned into a real human being. Strictly speaking, enabling puppets or stone puppets to move is exactly the scope of the Totem School of study. .

So did that demon also be transformed in the same way? It doesn't seem impossible to think of that transparent carapace.

"After so many years, the aesthetics of the Totem School is still so bad. At that time, this pillar seemed to be standing here. But it seems that it is a few floors higher."

Boffis has the memory of a female mage who died in the dark age. When she saw this iconic totem pole, she aroused a certain impression, with a kind of disdain but still a little nostalgic. The tone said.

"Huh, it looks similar to the pyre of warlike lords. The more the piles, the stronger the lord. It's just that this is more sophisticated." Wei Dao also expressed his views on the totem pole, what he said Pile of flesh and blood is a demonic habit that the wizards have detected.

Some demons stack up the loot they don’t eat to form a so-called pyre. The flesh and blood in the pyre will not rot, and will always remain fresh as they just died. At the same time, the devil who owns the pile will also be strengthened. If the pyre is not destroyed, even if it is killed in the abyss, he can form a new body from the flesh and blood in the pyre to resurrect.

It is said that the demon lord who is best at this way in the abyss of UU reading www.uukanshu.com possesses a pile of flesh and blood that occupies half of the abyss. The pyre is so big that it is no longer an existence that can be destroyed in a moment, which means that he has a nearly immortal body and terrible power to match it.

It is precisely because of this successful case that many demons, especially militant demons who do not aim for survival, will build their own pyre, hoping to be promoted.

"In fact, it's still different. The pyre you are talking about, behind it is a certain will of the abyss that rewards those who prove its strength to it, and the totem is more natural. Some totems with a long history will show petrochemicals or plants. The tendency of transformation may even become part of the local ecology after the baptism of years, creating a unique little world. Therefore, once the totem is established, it is best not to move."

Cheese didn't try to get closer to observe the totem. He didn't know the consequences of doing so. The symbolic meaning of totems is unique. It is detached from language. Each totem has its own system, which is difficult for outsiders to quickly decipher.

The best way is to enter the Totem School without attracting the attention of the Totem. For cheese, this is not difficult.

"It seems that I have to find a chance to visit other schools. I always feel that it won't work if I don't deal with any of them this time."