Although the main hall dedicated to the gods has collapsed, the bedroom is in good condition, with luxurious curtains surrounding the walls. Some parts of the building structure inside the house are obviously newer than other parts, and they have obviously been repaired.
"This is too strange." After Drague left, Ella said to Amy, "It is obviously a temple, but it did not prioritize repairing the most important hall, but instead repaired the bedroom first. The temple has collapsed, what are the priests doing? What about life?”
"This kind of remote temple probably wouldn't attract many people in the first place. But your Majesty is right, there seems to be something wrong with Drague and her sister."
Ella thought for a while, but couldn't figure out the reason. So she shook her head carelessly: "Never mind it! It has nothing to do with us anyway. If he wanted to harm us, he wouldn't have refused us to stay overnight in the first place!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Ella threw herself towards the bed. This day's walking had already exhausted her physical strength.
"Your Majesty, don't fall asleep like this. I'll get you some water to wash your feet..."
Ella waved her hand casually on the bed: "No, Amy, you are the most tired these days, so you should go to bed early!"
Amy stamped her feet: "That's not okay! If you don't wash your feet before going to bed, they will stink!"
With that said, she looked for a basin that could hold water in the room. Although this room is clean, it lacks various necessary items for daily life, probably because it is usually unoccupied. Amy searched up and down for a long time, and suddenly shouted: "Your Majesty, come here and take a look!"
"Uh? Amy, don't bother me, I'm a little tired now..."
"It's a painting about Mellie!"
"Merry... who is Melly... um... hmm???" Ella immediately turned over from the bed after reacting, "Merry? Is she the little girl next to Alfred? Why is this here? Will there be paintings by Mellie?”
There are about a dozen of these paintings in total, and they seem to be quite old. They surrounded the walls of the room, hidden by the curtains that decorated the room.
These ancient oil paintings try to depict the course of the war thousands of years ago:
The first oil painting shows the entire battlefield in a distant view: a huge sun, mountains surrounding the plain, the sea next to the plain, and the armies fighting on the plain. There are hundreds of ships anchored on the coastline that have not had time to set sail. The sparse Janissaries were fully armed and faced the tide of enemy troops as if they were dead. There are two figures in the picture that are particularly conspicuous: one is Nero, who is protected by the Praetorian Guards in the middle, looking extremely embarrassed. The other is the Son of God in the enemy's formation, surrounded by a halo as huge as the sun in the sky.
Chapter 2 The oil painting depicts the appearance of Longinus. As Draguet describes, Longinus appeared from the sky riding a black dragon and blocked the sun in the sky. All eyes were turned up to him, while his gaze and the spear in his hand were pointed in the direction of the Son of God.
The third oil painting depicts an army of 130,000 men trying to stop Longinus. The black dragon is roaring. The arrows shot at it occupied half of the sky, while the other half of the sky was filled with arrows that were shaken down by the black dragon's roar. The troops of the Tianfang Empire scurried under the rain of arrows, while the imperial guards of the Qiqiu Empire hid under the huge shields, seemingly enjoying the cool weather.
"Just looking at these paintings, Longinus is indeed handsome. No wonder Drague was so excited when he mentioned Longinus..."
Ella said while looking at the fourth painting. Her breath froze the moment she came into contact with the painting:
The style of the entire painting suddenly changed, becoming dark and gloomy. With the Son of God as the center, red and black crystals splashed out like waves all over the battlefield, stirring up the corpses of countless soldiers. One of the huge black crystals pierced the sky like a spear and penetrated the black dragon. Longinus fell from the sky on his head and feet. At a glance, the entire painting is filled with crystals, corpses and blood stains.
On the fifth painting, the black dragon disappeared. There was a girl next to Longinus who had fallen to the ground. The entire screen was filled with black crystals, leaving only Longinus, the girl, and the Son of God.
"Ah, it's really Mellie."
Ella rubbed the part where the girl was, trying to see more clearly. She was roaring at the black crystal that was pressing down from the sky and the earth, her posture was very similar to that of the black dragon.
"Meili said she knew Longinus, but she didn't expect that she was also a member of the crusade against the Son of God."
Although Longinus was in an extremely critical situation on the screen, he ultimately won in history. After realizing this, Ella looked at the sixth painting without feeling nervous——
Melly stopped yelling, and next to her and Longinus, another person suddenly appeared.
"Who is this person?" Ella was confused.
The man had a solemn posture and a tall build, and was wearing the classic costumes of the Qiqiu Empire. He is the focus of the whole picture and is obviously the protagonist of the painting. But Ella really doesn’t know who else is qualified to stand in this position besides Longinus.
Continuing to look at the painting carefully, Ella found that the body of the man who suddenly appeared was slightly transparent, which was completely different from the paint-covered bodies of Mellie, Longinus and Shenzi.
Ella couldn't help but whisper: "Spirit body?"
"Spiritual bodies? Oh, by the way, at night, there are many spiritual bodies wandering around the temple, so be careful!"
Drague's voice suddenly appeared behind them, startling Ella and Amy. Before Ella could speak, Drague rushed to say: "Sister has cooked dinner, and I want you to go over and eat together!"
Ella and the others met Draguet when the sun went down, and it was probably time for dinner when they arrived at the temple. But first of all, they were quite tired, and secondly, they had eaten Ella's bread on the way and their bellies were still full, so no one thought about having dinner.
"Ah, thank you." Ella responded, "But we have eaten on the way, and now we are ready to sleep... But what about that spirit body you just mentioned?"
"That's the literal meaning. For some reason, there are ancient spirits wandering around this temple every night. If you are unlucky, they will attack people!"
Amy was startled: "Is this true? Is it a lie? It should be a ghost story, right?"
"Amy, why are you panicking? We even saw the Necromancer when we were in Antilia."
"The necromancer is attached to the human body, so it still looks like a human! But it is impossible to imagine a spiritual body! Why are you so calm, Your Majesty?"
Ella has actually been used to seeing spirits for a long time, and she has even become a spirit herself. Amy didn't know any of these things.
"There is really no need to be afraid. Spirits are much gentler than necromancers." Drague said carelessly, "Most of the time, living people cannot see them. The spirits around this temple are very special and can see Yes, but they can't have a substantial impact on living people. If the deceased has not practiced magic related to the spirit body before his death, he cannot lean over the human body. The most he is attacked by them is mental weakness and coma for several days. Enough!"
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