The Death Knell

The Three-Eyed Crow still had some men, and Su Ming was planning to pack them up and take them away.

It is actually not accurate to say that it is manpower, because there are less than 200 children of the forest left, and more helpers are animals such as ravens, goats, squirrels, and wild boars.

Since you recruit a druid, you must bring along his animal companions. The green seer's perspective on natural creatures is completely different from the death knell.

When Su Ming sees an animal, the first thought in his mind is whether it can be eaten. It's like instinct.

When green seers see an animal, they first want to communicate with the animal, understand the other person's mental process, and see if they can be friends.

In order to recruit the last green seer to join the team, Su Ming had already been strong enough in the early stage, and Ye Zi was still angry until now, so he needed to be a little gentler and give them some choices.

Brynden was very calm. He held a weirwood root hanging from the ceiling and used special magic to convey something. He just stood at the bridge with some attachment, looking at the darkness in the abyss with one eye, as if thinking Remember the sound of the river.

All kinds of busy noises came from the cave in the distance, and the road paved with bones made a clicking sound. It must be that the followers were packing their things.

The children of the forest all entered the cave and began to pack away the belongings in the warehouse.

You need to bring the tattered fur quilt you need to cover in winter; you also need to bring the hard dried meat that you have saved for a long time; obsidian weapons can deal with ghouls and white ghosts, so of course you need to bring them with you.

The most important thing is the weirwood tree species, which must be brought with you when moving.

"Brynden, how much time do you need?"

"It will take at least five days. There are still a few children of the forest hiding in the south of the continent, hiding in forests or caves." The prophet raised his hand and looked at his palm at the lighting ball beside him, familiar with what had happened before. Flesh Touch: "They will come back here through the underground network of tunnels to assemble, and even with magical help it will take time."

Deathstroke nodded. There was nothing urgent about this matter. The environment of this holy land happened to be pretty good. Let's take Hermione to play for a few days.

"I understand, there is one more thing. It is said that 'the person who knows a person best is often the enemy'. I want to ask you something."

The prophet in the darkness slowly smoothed his white shawl hair with the palm of his hand, blinked his one red eye, and immediately understood: "Do you want to ask about the Seven Gods?"

Although the Old Gods do not regard the so-called Seven Gods as enemies, the Church of the Seven Gods does not think so. Wherever they go, they must uproot all the Heart Trees, kill the prophets and the Children of the Forest, and completely eradicate the belief in the Old Gods.

"My first goal in coming to this world is to find you. Secondly, I want to know something about the Seven Gods. I have been investigating a secret about the number 'seven'." Deathstroke took out two red-backed folding chairs from his pocket. , this was picked up by me once when I went to the Divine Spear Bureau. Sometimes it is very convenient to go out camping and sit for a while.

Brynden smiled. He shook his head and refused the seat. He had been sitting for too long and now he just wanted to walk around.

"About seven...are there any phenomena related to seven in other different worlds?" He stretched out his hand and sat in an inviting gesture, inviting Deathstroke to walk with him. There was another cave behind the cave where he originally placed the throne. More passages leading to deeper places.

Su Ming put away the chair and took out two more cigarettes. He took one in his mouth and taught the people around him to take one. He moved forward with his hands behind his back with some emotion:

"Just as you guessed, almost every world has some rules related to 'Seven'. I suspect it may be some kind of setting at the level of the Almighty Universe. After thinking about it, the Seven Gods in your world are the weakest. , maybe a good starting point.”

Because of the 'physical link' that was strangled before, Deathstroke also shared some basic knowledge with the prophet, at least the basic common sense of the multiverse and the single universe goes without saying.

The prophet smiled bitterly, and the birthmark that stretched across his face and neck seemed to be twisted into the shape of a 7: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, Master Deathstroke, because the Seven Gods probably don't actually exist. Let me explain to you in detail. "

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Faith of the Seven is the most important religious belief in the Seven Kingdoms, and people often simply call it "the church". In the continent known as Westeros, which is what humans know today, there are only two places where there is no widespread belief in the Seven Gods.

One of them is the North, which believes in the Old Gods, and the other is the Iron Islands, which believes in the Drowned God.

According to the Three-Eyed Crow, the Drowned God is the god of storms and the god of the sea. He is also one of the gods of the past and is also real.

People who believe in the Drowned God follow the creed that "people live to rape and plunder." They claim to be the "ironmen" created by the god, and basically only engage in the profession of piracy.

In the doctrine of the Drowned God, dying for the Drowned God's holy war of burning, killing and looting is an honorable act. After death, the soul will go to the underwater palace of the god, where it will enjoy the service of ninety-nine mermaid virgins, and relatives and friends at home will also Through this, we can enter God's "water hall" and live eternal life by God's side.

Hearing this, Su Ming suddenly felt a sense of reality. This statement seemed to be very similar to a certain religion on earth.

However, living under the sea and adhering to cruel creeds does have the flavor of the old gods. And because this kind of belief can help humans eliminate humans, the Drowned God can get along much better than the Green God in the north. Even the Seven Gods believe in None of them shaken the area he ruled.

As for the Seven Gods, they are actually seven different forms of one god, representing seven different concepts. Worshipers will pray to a specific form of the Seven Gods according to what they want.

The seven gods are the 'Father' who represents fair judgment, the 'Mother' who represents maternal love and nurturing, the 'Warrior' who represents fighting strength and courage and glory, the 'Girl' who represents innocence and purity, and the 'Girl' who represents craftsmanship and labor. The 'blacksmith', the 'old woman' who represents wisdom, and the 'stranger' who represents death and the unknown.

It sounds very good, and it arranges people from birth to death. However, in the memories read by the Three-Eyed Crow from the trees, the Seven Gods have never performed any miracles. Everything seems to have been made up by humans themselves. Lie, and then deceive yourself into it, resulting in incomparable fanaticism.

Among the seven human kingdoms in the south, the Cult of the Seven Gods is the official religion, and its believers worship it as if they are possessed.

The Church of the Seven Gods believes that just as God has seven faces, there are seven levels of hell, there are seven constellations in the sky, and humans have seven emotions.

The pope's crystal crown has seven petals, children are baptized after birth with seven kinds of holy oil, there are always seventy-seven monks in the church's choir, and prayers before meals must be recited seven times.

Newlyweds have to say "I do" seven times at their wedding, seven men in black are required to carry the coffin at an old man's funeral, seven towers are required to build a castle, seven bridge openings are required to build a bridge, and seven bridge openings are required to build a bridge. There must be seven windows.

This number is almost completely integrated into every aspect of human life, so it is not surprising that it would attract the attention of otherworldly beings like Deathstroke.