(As the Chinese New Year approaches, there are more things to do, but don’t worry, it’s still impossible to interrupt the update. Whether it’s New Year’s Eve or the first day of the Lunar New Year, it will be updated as usual. There won’t be any changes except that it may be a little shorter. Today is still the New Year. Chapter, of course, in the next few days, the guarantee is 4,000, and after the second day of the new year, the guarantee is still 5,000, with occasional updates hh)
Aleister King City, Wang Yu's residence on Hongfeng Street, the magic crystal lamp in the room is on, it is night outside, this allows these lights to shine through the windows of the house, and incidentally illuminates some things in the yard. Scenery.
Sitting on the dining table in the living room, Wang Yu looked at the only thing he brought out from the big library in his hand, the story of the librarian Mr. Samuel Hayden, the personal autobiography he condensed with his last strength.
“This is a librarian who can definitely be called great.”
I quickly finished reading this book. It used very concise but quite clear words to tell the story of Samuel Hayden, the priest who was once the god of knowledge. After that, the five races of "the bottom of the abyss" united and laid the foundation for today's continent. The story of a being who became a "Firewatcher" in the epic battle of the pattern, and in the end, became the "God of Knowledge".
In the end, before the silence, Samuel had indeed lost almost any power. The autobiography he finally condensed also skipped most of his "life", including his childhood, schooling, and becoming a priest to the God of Knowledge. time.
"Well, Mr. Librarian is indeed a great man. Regardless of his past deeds, he used all his strength to save us in the end. This is completely worthy of our sincere tribute to him."
Sitting opposite Wang Yu was Aviya, who was studying her recovered arm. Next to her, there was another person silently listening to Wang Yu's words, Lady Darkness, Darkness, the girl sitting there. On the seat next to him, this divine friend that Wang Yu and Samuel had mentioned didn't know what he was thinking.
Wang Yu told the story of Samuel to Aviya and Lady Night. Firewatch is a profession born in the battle of "The Bottom of the Abyss". The function of this profession is to preserve "fire", and these fires, It's knowledge.
At that time, the war between the five races and the abyss was protracted. No one knew who would win in the war that lasted for nearly a hundred years, the bottomless abyss that constantly spewed monsters or the intelligent races who united to fight against the abyss.
In that turbulent and turbulent era, the intelligent races had not actually developed to the present level. Gods seemed to be their most deadly and powerful force, and priests were the most powerful professionals of the intelligent races at that time.
Calling upon the favor of the gods and tearing the enemy into pieces with God's gifts also shows how much effort Samuel, the son of an ordinary nobleman, put in to become a priest to the God of Knowledge.
Firewatch was a profession born in that era. The purpose was to preserve the fire for the intelligent races to make a comeback even if the intelligent races were defeated.
Knowledge, something that continues to develop in inheritance and gives intelligent races the ability to continuously become stronger, is what the fire watchers need to take care of.
Even if the main body of the intelligent race falls apart in the decisive battle with the abyss and dies, the fires guarded by the fire watchers will not die, and these fires will help the surviving intelligent races find a chance to rise again.
The only ones who can store such a huge amount of knowledge are those priests who are blessed by the God of Knowledge, who is very close to the intelligent race and is particularly powerful because the concept of knowledge is everywhere.
As the priest of the God of Knowledge at that time, Samuel Hayden, this aristocratic young man who had climbed to his current status step by step, resolutely became the firekeeper of the intelligent race.
It is worth noting that there is a big difference between the aristocrats of the past and the aristocratic families that survive today through inheritance.
In that era when humans had not yet developed such a vast territory, and when Aleister and Seventan had not yet appeared, nobility was a thing that was difficult to define.
The only human kingdom at that time, Atlan, had such a rule. Those who made military exploits were given fiefdoms and were considered nobles. Those who opened up territories would be considered nobles wherever they opened their territories.
It's weird, right? Indeed, the king at that time was a somewhat "crazy" guy in later generations' evaluations.
In order to win the battle with the Lord of the Abyss, this guy privately told his group of non-commissioned officers that I don't want this kingdom anymore. After all the military exploits they have put in, the nobles will probably be everywhere, and the place will no longer belong to their people.
If you don't want to make no money by following him, you can stop serving the royal family now and find another promising way out. This king has risked everything in order to win the war that will determine the fate of the intelligent race on the mainland. .
This is simply too crazy. If it were the ancient kings of Wang Yu's country on earth, if they made such a decision, they would definitely be rebelled by their subordinates the next day, and they would be assassinated inexplicably for some reason. Some corner.
But unfortunately, this is a fantasy world. His Majesty the King is a legendary mid-level warrior. Whoever tries to assassinate him, he and his friends, the Archmage, the Legendary Wizard, and the Archpriest, will let the assassin know what cruelty is.
He was such an outrageous king. Until the end of the war with the Abyss, his military exploits, and the expansion of his territory, most of the kingdom had nothing to do with the royal family.
This guy still sat firmly in the position of king until the end of his life. He was still the longest king in history. I can only say that the fantasy world is so magical.
Samuel Hayden's family is in a similar situation. His father worked as a military mage in the army and later became a teacher after retirement.
When he heard about the kingdom's new law, he didn't know what was wrong. He gathered some veterans who had retired with him and some younger soldiers who had retired early due to injuries. They responded to the call and went to open up territory for the human kingdom. .
A group of soldiers and their families who went out recklessly managed to carve out a large territory in a daze, transforming themselves from civilians in the kingdom into so-called nobles.
Becoming a noble was decided, but who would be the lord and who would govern this territory became a problem.
Taken together, this bunch of veteran veterans, whose abdominal muscles can even withstand a hammer, have killed Samuel Hayden, his father, the mage, who has the brightest brain among them. A guy who had been a teacher was promoted to become a lord.
This is Samuel's experience of becoming a noble. The description of the Kingdom of Atlan here occupies quite a lot of space in that thin autobiography. I think in the long years to come, Samuel will look back at that wonderful era. , must also be filled with emotions.
After that, there is the story of Samuel studying, getting to know Roland, and the guys at Yale, and through his talent and hard work, he successfully became a priest of the God of Knowledge at that time. This is mentioned briefly in his autobiography.
After becoming a firewatcher, Samuel began to collect knowledge provided by intelligent races, whether it was various witchcraft secrets, knight training methods, or even various dangerous forbidden spells, and even some taboos about the evil god of the void and all the other things. Historical facts and stories were provided to Samuel.
What Samuel has to do is to use the magic of the God of Knowledge to carve these knowledge into his soul and preserve them.
The "Palace of Knowledge" is a magical technique used to record this knowledge, and it is also the power given by the God of Knowledge to him to utilize this knowledge, materialize this knowledge in a certain space, and turn it into a library.
This is the prototype of the big library. Maybe the original scale was not as amazing as Wang Yu saw, but as the war with the Abyss continued to extend, Samuel, as a firewatcher, recorded more and more knowledge. This The size of the library was also growing crazily, until it became an almost endless state as Wang Yu saw it.
Wang Yu was very clear about the outcome of the final battle at the bottom of the abyss. The intelligent race won. The super weapon in the abyss was created by the intelligent race. I don’t know how many forbidden spells were stuffed in it, how much witchcraft was added, and how many equivalents were mixed in. The super bomb of the alchemy explosives blew up the mess of monsters inside.
The moment the explosion exploded across the continent, it also announced the end of the century-long Abyss War.
The battle that brought this ultimate weapon to the bottom of the abyss was called the "Bottom of the Abyss" battle, and the specific traces had all disappeared with the explosion of the bomb.
What happened inside at that time has been completely hidden into the dust of history with a bang. The intelligent race only knows that at that time, several gods fell into it, including the God of Knowledge.
Samuel, the firewatcher, later discovered that his ability to record that knowledge had become very poor. Because of the fall of the God of Knowledge, his magical power was disappearing bit by bit.
He didn't understand how the God of Knowledge fell in the battle at the bottom of the abyss. The God of Knowledge was not a god who rushed to the front line. He just recorded knowledge, passed on knowledge, and protected knowledge. How could he fall...
It was not until much later that Samuel realized what a great decision the God of Knowledge had made.
It would be difficult for Samuel to maintain the existence of the library after losing his magical power. Those fires would probably slowly dissipate after he lost his power.
He made a decision to use alchemy technology and mage power to transform himself into a form that could record that knowledge, which was the posture that Wang Yu saw without a lower body, covered by a robe, and floating in the air.
The autobiography comes with a self-portrait of Samuel. The former Samuel looked like a penniless young man, not similar to the librarian.
As a firewatcher, Samuel received help from various intelligent races and transformed himself into a form that could record that knowledge, and lived for a long time in the big library that embodied the knowledge he knew as a storage medium for this knowledge. Firewatch, exists.
As time passed, Samuel noticed changes in himself, and he was gaining the power he once had as a priest of the God of Knowledge.
He could feel that he was changing towards the concept of the God of Knowledge. After the death of the God of Knowledge, Samuel Hayden, who had a terrifying store of knowledge, was showing more and more characteristics of the God of Knowledge.
Whether it is the infinite memory ability, or the direct use of these embodied knowledge as a terrifying weapon, the power that once required prayer has now appeared directly in the body of the priest of the God of Knowledge who has lost his own god.
He didn't quite understand what was going on, but according to Samuel's conjecture, it seemed to be becoming the next God of Knowledge with its vast amount of knowledge.
At first, he didn't think there was anything bad about it. Having these abilities would help him better preserve the knowledge for passing on, until he discovered the shackles locked on this knowledge.
He found that he began to be unable to convey some knowledge to others. It seemed that the identity of the God of Knowledge had a constraint, which closed the window for him to convey knowledge to others.
With the power of the God of Knowledge, he can more easily call upon all the knowledge he knows and understand it easily.
Samuel, who was gradually approaching the "pseudo-omniscient" ability in the knowledge possessed by intelligent races, suddenly discovered to his horror that the ability of the God of Knowledge was a bit too terrifying.
The power he possesses now may only be one thousandth of the power of the former God of Knowledge, but he can already use the existing knowledge to continuously deduce further knowledge, optimize forbidden spells, and transform witchcraft. All of this is with him. Have it at your fingertips.
When he thought about what the God of Knowledge who once had more power and knowledge reserves and stood behind the intelligent race could do, he was first shocked, then fearful...
The God of Knowledge can do so much. The power of this god can no longer be described as simply powerful. He is a being with infinite possibilities.
Intelligent races tell the gods their existing knowledge through prayer, and the gods deduce this knowledge and convey it to believers.
Believers use these to further develop knowledge, obtain more knowledge, and convey it to the gods again. This process of going back and forth will lead to the development of intelligent races at an unimaginable speed.
But no, the God of Knowledge in the past didn't do it. He just did what ordinary gods would do, granting magic and occasionally showing miracles, until... he suddenly fell in the "Bottom of the Abyss" battle.
At that moment, Samuel understood the intention of the God of Knowledge. The shackles that restricted him from conveying knowledge to others seemed to be what prevented the God of Knowledge from doing so.
He figured it out. He once thought that the God of Death and the God of War were more powerful than the God of Knowledge, but only after receiving part of the power of the God of Knowledge and being shackled by the same shackles did he understand, The God of Knowledge is closer to the concept of power than other gods.
Because how to become a god is also a kind of knowledge, and what is a god is also a kind of knowledge. All information about gods can be classified as knowledge, but the attitude of believers towards gods is worship, trust, fanaticism... This is different from the god of knowledge. The concept of mastered knowledge runs counter to this.
To put it simply, gods cannot carry the concept of "knowledge". The existence of the God of Knowledge has in turn restricted the knowledge of intelligent races. His existence has not accelerated the development of knowledge, but has locked up knowledge.
"Human beings do not need the God of Knowledge. Human beings only need the concept of the God of Knowledge. Knowledge should be free and should not be controlled by a so-called God of Knowledge."
When Samuel, who understood this, recalled the sudden fall of the God of Knowledge, he finally understood that the God of Knowledge's fall was his own choice.
And Samuel, who gradually gained the power of the God of Knowledge and began to approach the concept of the God of Knowledge, also chose a path similar to the God of Knowledge.
He needs time to erase the concept of the God of Knowledge. As a fire watcher, he wants to unlock these bound fires, and this process is silence.
He needs a long enough time for the world to forget the concept of the God of Knowledge, for the concept of the God of Knowledge to gradually disappear into the gods that people believe in, for the God of Knowledge to be the source of all the power of belief in the god, and eventually become silent.
When the concept of the God of Knowledge disappears, there are no shackles that bind him to the knowledge he knows.
As a result, he completely blocked the library and did not respond to the prayers of any believers. He only maintained the library he had embodied.
Some time ago, Roland gave him the secret book of secret rituals for safekeeping, and he has been studying this book for a long time.
But it was not until the eve of silence that the power of the God of Knowledge completely disappeared from his body and the restraints disappeared. Only then did he understand the book and save Wang Yu.
Time has made the world forget the God of Knowledge, who neither responds to believers' prayers nor performs miracles. The power of the God of Knowledge in Samuel also weakens.
In the final stage, Samuel's strength may be less than one ten thousandth of what he was back then. Indeed, at that time, it was impossible for the old man to dare to invade the big library where he was.
At this time, Samuel felt that after his power disappeared, these locked knowledge would be free. They would be scattered throughout the world with a conceptual freedom, and be known by random intelligent races that could understand. Some secrets will also be revealed to people of this era after the chains are removed.
Out of some selfish motives, as a former human being, he wanted to give some extra preferential treatment to humans, hide his identity, and pass on to humans some knowledge that was released earlier because he was not so powerful after the power of the God of Knowledge declined.
Therefore, there is the college's "big library" and the opportunity given by Father Fang to new members to enter the big library.
"In the end, he still hopes that someone can remember him... I am very happy that because of my specialness, I can help such a being record everything he has done."
Wang Yu closed the thin book and ended the explanation, feeling a little emotional that Samuel could not tell others his identity. If he was reminded of him again, all the preparations for Shen Shen would be in vain.
Fortunately, he met the strange man Wang Yu on the eve of Silence. Although he didn't know why, Samuel could tell Wang Yu his identity and the existence of the God of Knowledge, a god that had long been forgotten by all churches. Nothing will change.
And if Wang Yu tells this to others, it will not have any impact, because these have also become part of the knowledge. At least, in the end, someone will remember his original name and identity as well as the sacrifices and contributions he has made. .
From now on, because it is not a fall, but a silence, the God of Knowledge will no longer exist, and knowledge will no longer be bound.
"Mr. Samuel's efforts have not been in vain. The development of the five races after the "Bottom of the Abyss" battle can be said to have progressed by leaps and bounds, with breakthroughs in common language, magic, etc. The power of the intelligent races has now surpassed that of the past."
"It's just that I'm a little worried that once this knowledge is released, those things that have been silent in history will bring more turmoil."
There was some worry in the girl's words. As a scholar who is much more knowledgeable than Wang Yu, Aviya is more aware of the problems that some knowledge will bring.
"Who knows, let's take it one step at a time. I still have to study my current situation."
Wang Yu put Samuel's autobiography back on the table. These distant and high-level things still had little to do with him. Getting stronger and continuing to get stronger was what he wanted to do.
