Rome Must Fall

"Very good!" Maximus's expression was still majestic: "Our human life is just the blink of an eye of the goddess. After death, the souls of the people who abide by the oath will ascend to the kingdom of water where the goddess lives, without worries. You must live with the gods without any worry, illness or disaster! And the souls of those who break the oath will fall into hell and suffer all kinds of tortures, and they will never be able to stand up again... You must keep this in mind!"

Facing the majestic glance from Maximus, Selicis couldn't help but shudder and quickly nodded solemnly.

The young druids asked Selicis and the others to retreat, and then led a new group of villagers to stand in front of the statue...

At this time, another young druid came over and asked them to take out the land deed, and then used an oak stamp dipped in blue ink to stamp a temple mark on the land deed.

The imprint is consistent with the one on the stone door, "The waves set off formed a semicircle (this is the logo designed by Maximus for the Knicks tribe, an artistic word that looks like waves, but is actually the Chinese word "Ni"). It's magical. What's amazing is that under the sunlight, this blue temple mark will emit little bits of light, making the villagers firmly believe that the goddess is paying attention to them through the mark, so they all hold the land deed with great piety...

After all the villagers in Village No. 21 had paid their respects and sworn oaths, they should have left the temple. However, most of the villagers were unwilling to leave and lingered in front of the stone gate. The druids could only drive them away like sheep.

Before Selicis stepped through the stone door, he looked back at the statue reluctantly, and found that the goddess's eyes were still looking at him. He was even more convinced: that was not just a statue, but the goddess Danu was possessing it!

On the way down the mountain, everyone was like the previous groups of villagers, feeling empty and a little lost.

Some people couldn't help but ask: "Sage, when can we come again to worship Goddess Danu?!"

The druid who led the way smiled and said: "Goddess Danu protects all the Nyx people. The temple is open to you. You can come anytime. However, during this period, the temple is busy arranging new members to join the Nyx people. There is no more time to receive you because of the worship and oaths of the ethnic groups. After this period of time, there will be no problem.

But I suggest that you don't come often, because the goddess also has affairs in her own kingdom of God, and she doesn't want to be disturbed often. As long as you do your own thing well, you will naturally get the goddess's attention. "

Someone said regretfully: "But I really want to come here often. I feel that as soon as I enter the temple and see the goddess Danu, all my worries seem to disappear..."

"Oh, I feel the same way!" His words immediately aroused the recognition of other villagers.

The young druid fell into thought as he listened to everyone talking about his wonderful feelings after entering the temple.

As the sun sets, the tired birds return to the forest, and the newly built Danu Temple finally regains its tranquility.

"Chief, the villagers in each village have finished worshiping and have led their teams back." The guard captain in robes walked into the temple and reported to Maximus.

"You can't call the leader here, you have to call the high priest." Maximus reminded in a slightly hoarse voice.

"Yes, High Priest."

"Emmerich, how many villages are left?" Maximus looked at one of the two old druids.

"There are still eight villages, and they can all worship tomorrow." Emmerich said: "But in a few days, villagers from dozens of villages should come to the temple to swear an oath."

"Standing all day long, talking non-stop, it's really tiring!" Maximus stretched himself, said a few words from his heart, and then said seriously: "But to expand the number of followers for the goddess Danu , no matter how hard it is, it’s worth it!”

"High Priest, today the people came to worship, everything went well! Following the inspiration of the goddess, you personally carved his statue, which played an important role in the villagers' worship. They were completely impressed by the statue and became His loyal followers!" Another old druid praised sincerely.

"What about you, Hermigas?" Maximus looked at him meaningfully.

Hermigas bowed and responded: "Your distinguished high priest, this is not just a statue, it and the design of the entire temple show a miracle! Only the enlightenment of the goddess Danu can your hands create Such a miracle! High Priest, you are the goddess’s favorite descendant, there is no doubt about it!”

Maximus stared at the statue and smiled silently.

This is of course not a miracle created by the goddess Danu, but a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in his previous life who used the statue to fully demonstrate the beauty of plastic arts that far exceeded this era.

First of all, he spent a lot of thought when designing the appearance of the goddess Danu. He specially blended the appearance characteristics of Celtic and Illyrian women, and painted her appearance as softly as possible to fully demonstrate her maternal characteristics. So that when the people see it, they will have a feeling of intimacy and admiration, and will not feel blasphemy.

In addition, he adopted some special techniques of Buddhist Guanyin portraits to make the portraits more solemn and compassionate, so as to be in line with the identity of a god... In order to create the perfect goddess Danu who is beautiful, majestic, kind and compassionate. For example, Maximus spent a lot of time and countless sheets of paper to finally complete it.

This painting amazed the craftsmen, but they were in a dilemma when it came to carving, because their skills could not express the charm of the goddess Danu in the painting. No matter how much Maximus guided him, it would not work. In the end, he had to take Pick up a carving knife and do it yourself.

Fortunately, Maximus had studied sculpture specifically at the Academy of Fine Arts in his previous life. When he first entered society, he joined a studio and worked as a figure sculptor for several years, so he had plenty of experience in this area. It is not difficult to carve a good statue of a god, but it is not easy to express the spirit. The key lies in the paint. Therefore, Maximus asked his guards to go to the wilderness to collect various flowers, soil, and minerals. It took a lot of time to prepare some that satisfied him. of paint.

The place that cost him the most attention was on the eyes of the statue. He used the angle of the statue's head, the focus of light and the clever use of colors so that when the believer is in front of the statue, he can always feel that the goddess's eyes are looking at him. Creates the illusion that the eyes of the god are moving.

As for letting Goddess Danu lead a child, in addition to increasing the goddess' maternal affinity and enhancing her attraction to believers, it also has Maximus' selfish motives. Of course, he had studied anatomy systematically in his previous life at the Academy of Fine Arts. He looked back to his own appearance as a child, and then sculpted the child in order to fulfill the rumor that he was the descendant of the goddess Danu.

If this statue of the goddess Danu, which Maximus had spent a lot of effort on, would have been a mediocre work in the previous life, but if it appears in the ignorant and backward present, then it is indeed a miracle!

"Are you sure it won't rain these days?" Maximus asked.

"It won't rain." Emmerich said confidently: "Late autumn is already dry and rainless. Hermigas and I have repeatedly confirmed that it will indeed not rain in the past few days."

Maximus believed what he said, because druids were considered all-round scholars in this era. They knew a little about sacrifice, law, medicine, astronomy, geography... and Emmerich and Hermigas lived here. For decades, I certainly know the climate here very well.

"After the new people have finished worshiping and taking oaths, we still need to quickly build the temple of Goddess Danu." Maximus did not say the second half of the words: otherwise, when the rain comes, all the paint on the statue will be washed away. If it falls off, all my hard work will be in vain.

"Valles!"

"Here!" Valles walked out from a group of young men in robes at the back.

"You will be responsible for this matter. You can take my warrant to Capito and ask him to send a few more craftsmen to come here. According to the drawings of the Temple of Danu that I drew before, the entire temple will be completed as soon as possible. The temple is ready," Maximus ordered.

"Yes, chief."

"How many druids has Emmerich recruited these days?" Maximus asked in a low voice.

Valles replied in a low voice seriously: "There are 12 in total. They are all Segestika people. They have all voluntarily joined our tribe and become reserve tribesmen. They have been here to help with construction in the past few days. and assisting in the management of the temple, so far, the performance has been pretty good.”

Maximus nodded and whispered: "Although they are all Segestica druids, as long as they can treat believers of other races in the tribe fairly, they can be used with confidence. You will observe for a few more months, Then I will report the name of the druid who performs best among them, and I will make him the official assistant of the goddess Danu, so as to inspire others."

"Yes, leader." Valles stretched out his hand and pointed towards Hermigas quietly: "What about him?"

Maximus did not reply immediately, but turned around and took two steps forward: "Hermigas, I heard Valles and Emmerich say that since you joined the Nyx tribe, you have fully assisted them in recruiting druids. , building temples, preparing for worship ceremonies... played a big role!”

Hermigas said humbly: "The high priest has commended me. This is the first time I have participated in the construction of such a temple. The worship rituals in the temple are also very different from the past. I learned a lot from it."

Maximus said sternly: "After all the preparatory tribesmen have successfully worshiped and sworn to the goddess Danu this time, you will be the deputy chief priest of the Nyx tribe, and together with Emmerich, you will be responsible for managing all the affairs of the temple. important task!”

Hermigas responded happily: "Thank you, high priest!"

"Emmerich." Maximus looked at the chief priest of the tribe and emphatically warned: "Now that Hermicas is helping you, the compilation of the Danu Divine Code must be stepped up. The parts that have been written can be handed over to me for review first. , the reviewed parts can be told to the people when they come to the temple to worship.”