rune hunter

Chapter 417
Light and darkness are relative adjectives. Human beings tend to classify what they can see and understand as light, and what they cannot see and understand as darkness.

For a dung slave laborer who has spent his whole life cleaning up the filth in the sewer, his whole life has been shrouded in darkness. He will never know that just above his head, at a distance of only 20 meters in a straight line, is full of warm sunshine What kind of a scene is the street like?

There is also a kind of person whose status is completely different from his, but whose situation is very similar, is called a scholar.

This is an era of ignorance. Human civilization has just shaken off the bloody atmosphere of the barbaric era and has begun to develop rapidly on this continent.They think they have become the overlords of the land, but this world is so vast.They have learned order, but this is only the most basic law of this world.

The vast majority of people spend their entire lives running around aimlessly, but occasionally some other people stop and look up at the starry sky, and they are surprised to find that the stars in the sky are so far away from the ground.

The sad thing about scholars is that the more you know about the world, the more you discover your ignorance.

Of course... this kind of sadness is not something that ordinary people can understand.

As an illiterate country turtle who has never studied formally and has not even fully mastered the written common language, El said that he could not understand the academic issues discussed by the two academic bullies around him.

If he and Laurana were alone together, in order to take care of his IQ, the girl would usually condense those profound and complicated knowledge into a few words that ordinary people could understand.But when she started communicating with Gao Wen, who was equally knowledgeable, although every word she spoke was a common language, it seemed to become another strange language when connected together.

"It was impossible for ancient humans to master such advanced and sophisticated space technology, and at the time you guessed, this place was still a barren land, and the fire of civilization had not been ignited at all."

"If you have read "Middle Ages", you should understand that the so-called wild land is actually a relative definition created by humans. If judged according to written standards, the Emerald Sea where the elves live should also be defined as a wild land .In fact, according to the internal historical records of the Truth Society, a higher civilization was born here before humans set foot here."

"According to Cricks' civilization evolution theory, it is impossible for land races to develop space technology first, because we simply do not have the relevant survival needs. Conversely, for star races like the Danariel, for There is a sufficient need for space exploration, and there is a related evolution. That's why you use their legacy now, not the dwarves' prospectors."

"But now, as you can see, their detection instruments have no response at all, which makes me have to suspect that someone has used magic that I don't understand to cover up the truth here."

"No magic can erase the existence of the concept of 'space' itself, wait... you mean, the time dimension? But this is impossible, no one can modify the time dimension, not even 'God'!"

"Is there any other reasonable explanation besides this?"

"Maybe it's an endless maze..."

"Maybe you're all thinking too much. Is there really nothing here?"

A casual sentence caused the two scholars who were immersed in mysterious knowledge to turn their heads at the same time. Under the strange eyes of the two, El couldn't help but shrugged and said with a smile: "I'm just kidding .”

"Do I look like an idiot?" Gao Wen said coldly, "Or do you think the two of us are idiots? We're full and talking nonsense here?"

Yeah, that's what I thought.El slandered in his heart, of course he didn't mind revealing his heart to Gawain, but considering Laurana's mood, he wisely spread his hands and took a step back.

"Maybe he's right, we're just wasting time." Laurana took a deep look at El, turned around and said noncommittally: "Mr. Gawain, the premise of our discussion is based on your own theory. , rather than a proven theory. Are you sure there is nothing wrong with this premise?"

"I paid the money because I hope to listen to your advice instead of questioning it, Miss Laurana." Gawain said unhappily.

While the two of them continued to devote their energies to discussions at the theoretical level, El wandered to the corner by himself pretending to be doing nothing.

Of course, there is nothing here, otherwise it would not be possible to get the unanimous attention of the two senior scholars.From its own point of view, this space seems to be an underground crack extending from under the underground palace.But if you look at it from the opposite angle, it would be more accurate to say it is a dark abyss close to the underground palace.

The location of the three people is not the entrance of the cave, but a narrow platform above the cliff, and outside the platform is an extremely large cave, which can even hold the ground on the ground only from the visual volume. that castle.And below this cave, there is truly bottomless darkness.

Even with the ability of El's Eye of True Sight, he couldn't explore the real ground. He took a forged steel arrow from his back, threw it down tentatively, and listened for a few minutes, but there was not even a trace of echo coming up. .

From the level that normal people can understand, there is no doubt that there is nothing here.But Al knew that this was just an illusion caused by cognitive limitations.

There is something in this place, and the only thing that exists - and that is darkness itself.

In the cognition of ordinary people, darkness is an adjective, but for some not so ordinary people, it is a noun.The difference between the two is that the former is indescribable.

In the eyes of mortals, the gods are all-knowing, omnipotent and omnipotent existences, so they are willing to dedicate their faith and pin their hopes in life on the gifts of the gods.However, those truly powerful people have reservations about the attitude of the gods. They have already glimpsed the reality of the world, and know that the priesthood of the gods is the embodiment of the laws of their respective worlds.

Of course, it is impossible to describe the existence of darkness with El's knowledge, but he has traveled with the chosen people of the sun god and witnessed the existence of the so-called "light".

Since ancient times, light and shadow have lived together.When you understand the light, you will naturally not be unfamiliar with the darkness.Although it cannot be expressed in words, El can clearly feel that there is the deepest darkness here.

Gao Wen and Laurana may not have such a keen intuition, but they prefer to use theory and data to demonstrate.It is absolutely impossible for such a deep and peaceful darkness to be generated naturally, so does it mean that there are hidden secrets hidden in this darkness?
As for what secrets there are, that is a question that Gawain needs to be concerned about. As he said before, no matter what great secrets are hidden here, it is of no significance to El and the exiles.What they need is not wealth, but hope for the future.

Of course, if there is a treasure that can revive the dead... If there is such a thing, maybe it will alarm the god of death to come to the world in person?Al thought to himself amusedly.

"It's not impossible to resurrect the dead..."

The sound that suddenly appeared in his ears made El tense all his muscles in fright, almost stepping out of the cliff.He subconsciously grasped the wind mark on his waist, but stopped the moment he touched the weapon.

He suddenly remembered that this voice seemed familiar.

"Aren't you already dead?" El stared at the noble youth who appeared in front of his eyes and said through gritted teeth.

"Of course I'm dead, and I've been dead for a long time." The noble young man who appeared out of thin air still looked annoying, showing a frivolous smile to El.

While he was talking, El glanced at the two people standing beside him out of the corner of his eye, only to find that they were still engaged in a heated discussion, as if they hadn't noticed the change at all.

"Obviously, you have obtained part of my inheritance." The young man looked at El's fingers, and a trace of seriousness flashed in his eyes.

"If I'm not mistaken, it means that Sword Castle...doesn't exist anymore."

"You don't know?" El looked suspiciously at the noble youth he was familiar with, and couldn't help but ask, "Who are you?"

"As you know, I should have left this world a long time ago, and what stays here is just a projection of me. Although you should have met me once, since we met again, let me introduce myself again It’s not impossible.”

The noble young man raised his right hand to his chest, bowed slightly and saluted, "I used to be a Sword Saint, but the name of Fallen Leaf has never been passed on to the world. Another identity residing here is the guardian of the Truth Society." Graveman, you can call me—"

"Cyprus!" Al said bitterly.

"No, that's not the full name..." Cyprus raised his eyebrows and wanted to argue, but when he saw El's darkened face, he smiled dryly: "Of course you can call me that, we are old friends, right Bar?"

"I don't have friendship with you." Al said shamefully, "What the hell are you doing?"

"That's a long story, my friend." Cyprus laughed, raised his hand and snapped his fingers.El's eyes suddenly lit up, and he couldn't help blinking at the sudden light, but when he opened it again, he found that the surrounding darkness had disappeared.

The seemingly bottomless abyss also disappeared, replaced by a huge hall, exactly the underground palace he saw when he came.

(End of this chapter)