Residents of Bolang Town generally believe that the Taku people are cold and stubborn, while the Hemo people are fierce and rude. However, Wiltok felt that the Taku tribe was quiet and the Hemer tribe was enthusiastic. During his temporary stay at the Temple of the Earth Mother, he felt at home like a fish in water. Both the taciturn men from Tower Cave and the outspoken Hemer women welcomed this young and handsome sub-elven boy.
In just a few days, Wiltok's curiosity about the Taku and Hemo tribes was greatly satisfied.
Once the Taku tribe settles down, they will never leave their place of residence easily. They are excellent craftsmen, tailors, chefs, doctors, nannies, and guardians. They take good care of every Hemer woman, making weapons, repairing equipment, providing food and medical care, and raising their children.
The Hemo people call the Taku men the attendants of the Mother Goddess, and the Taku people call the Hemo women the daughters of the Mother Goddess. As long as any Hemer female warrior finds the Mother Goddess's attendants, they will get the help they can, even if the two parties are strangers who have never met before.
In fact, the nearly two hundred adult Hemer female warriors in Braun Town are not from one tribe, but come from all directions. Because the family relationships of the Hemo and Taku tribes are relatively chaotic, but in the chaos they follow a simple logical method, that is, their natural instincts.
The female warrior Hemer has a special ability. No matter where she is, she knows the direction of the mother goddess attendant closest to her. When she needs a rest, she goes to the Mother Goddess attendants to seek a safe place to live. After she got tired of living in the settlement, she would go out with other Hemer female warriors to satisfy her hunting and wandering nature. In this process, they are willing to accept employment from the adventure group and become their temporary partners.
Half-elf adventurers must not think that companionship can tie down the powerful Hemer female warrior. If they want to rest and find another border stronghold with the Mother Goddess' attendants, they will definitely part ways with the adventure group, take their own wealth, and settle in the settlement.
The Hemo people have the same arbitrary attitude towards love, family and property. A partnership can only last for more than ten days, and a mother-child relationship can only last for one or two years. During this period, they stayed in the settlement mines, taking care of their underage children with the attendants of the Mother Goddess and other fellow Hemer people.
The vast majority of the Taku and Hemo tribes do not know their blood relatives. The Taku tribe will usually stay after they reach adulthood, while the young Hemo female warriors will team up with the elders, treating each other as sisters, and go on adventures and experiences in the wild together.
Taku and Hemo do not pursue material enjoyment. They follow the nature of their blood and their lifestyle is almost primitive. Their property is shared, and so are their children. Their spouses are used to give birth to children, but they believe that the reproduction of new life is given by the Mother Earth. Their sacred mission is also the Mother Goddess's love for Taku Hemo.
The pregnancy period of a Hemer woman lasts for two years, and the fetus usually lies dormant in the mother's body. It only takes just over a month from the beginning of development to birth. During this process, the mother also experiences a new life along with the fetus. Their injuries recover, their youth reappears, and their body and mind are sublimated.
Legend has it that there are only Hemer female warriors who died in battle, but not old Hemer female warriors. Although this expresses the murderous and aggressive nature of the Hemer people, it is also related to their unique way of reproduction.
In a sense, the Hemer tribe is indeed a race favored by the Mother Earth Goddess. For an ordinary half-elf woman, giving birth to offspring would often lead to physical and mental weakness.
The annual life sacrifice is an important ritual used by the Taku and Hemo people to please the Mother Earth. Wiltok is looking forward to this year’s Life Festival in Braun Town.
However, when the first piece of snow fell in the sky, he was ruthlessly driven out of the Earth Mother Temple by Gang Yan.
Steel Rock is really as stubborn as a rock, and Wiltok has nothing to do with him. He can only leave the settlement of the Taku tribe and the Hemer tribe in a depressed manner.
As soon as Wiltok walked out of the entrance of the Earth Mother Temple, John invited him to the pharmacy, saying that Dr. Cole had been waiting for him and wanted to check his body.
Not long after, Wiltok was lying comfortably on the bed in a guest room in the front hall of the pharmacy. Dr. Cole and several of his half-elf maids were busy beside him.
Dr. Cole poured a drop of medicine on the back of Victor's hand and said confusedly: "The test medicine for intelligence did not respond...the test for physical fitness did not respond, the test for strength did not respond, and the test for agility did not respond. Didn’t even respond to the final intelligence test? How is this possible? Wiltok’s strength has obviously reached the level of a third-level professional, so why didn’t the test medicine react to him?”
He thought for a while, bent down, and asked cautiously: "Weir, when you lived in the Earth Mother Temple, apart from giving you a piece of secret Moon Saber meat, what else did Gang Yan do to you?"
Wiltok blinked and said: "Gangyan also taught me meditation, which is to imagine yourself as a stone with a soul, and then let the soul float around the body... I didn't learn it."
"It's normal not to learn it. The meditation of the Takut tribe is actually part of the secret ritual of sublimation. Half-elves can simulate this meditative state by relying on hallucinogenic incense." Cole explained casually, and then said to himself: " If there is nothing wrong with the awakening test potion, then there is only one possibility... Wiltok has no awakening expertise at all, and of course does not have the sublimation expertise to be promoted to a professional, but his muscle strength is clearly that of a third-level professional... Could it be... ..."
Cole exclaimed with a feverish expression: "Could it be that your source blood secret method and source blood potion directly increase the life level, rather than awakening expertise and sublimation expertise? This, this is too strange! No, no, not like that Simple, it can't be that simple... Gangyan's blessing ceremony must have had an effect on you that even you don't know..."
The doctor went crazy with surprise. Wiltok was already a little impatient. He frowned and asked, "How long will I have to lie here? Do you see what's wrong?"
Cole shuddered, woke up from his madness, pulled down his mask, and said happily: "No problem, you are healthy and very strong, and you are still the kind of strong that can maintain body proportions. If I guessed correctly If so, you are not a professional or an awakener now. Veer, do you know what this means? It means that you have improved your life level, and then you can also awaken your expertise and sublimate your expertise... This is incredible , it’s simply a miracle!”
Victor sat up from the bed and said coldly: "You want to check, I asked you to check, now it's your turn to answer a few of my questions."
"Gang Yan said that your career should be respected, but you are not a good person. Your relationship with Britney and the others is unclean. What does he mean by that?"
Cole and several half-elf maids looked at each other in confusion. After a while, he hesitated and explained with a slight embarrassment: "The Tower Cave and the Hemo tribe believe that infertile couples are unclean."
Victor asked curiously: "Why don't you have children?"
Dr. Cole said angrily: "You are still young and you shouldn't care about these issues."
Victor stood up suddenly, raised his eyebrows, and shouted angrily: "Answer me!"
Cole and the three maids were shocked and couldn't help but take a half step back. Cole suddenly had an idea and waved his maids to leave first.
After the half-elf maid closed the door, Cole asked with an uncertain look: "Vell, is this issue important to you?"
Wiltok said irritably: "I can't tell clearly, but I feel that this issue is very important."
"Reproduction is related to the continuation of the race and is vital to any life." Dr. Cole nodded, organized his words a little, and continued: "It is rumored that the ancient rock elves can condense the life essence of their prey. The current Takuo tribe Inherited this ability of the ancient rock elves, but it requires the help of blessing rituals to achieve it, and they can also meditate to let the soul transcend the body. You may guess that the secret medicine, secret rituals, and transmission methods of the Disa half-elves are actually all These abilities originate from the Taku clan.”
"Among the powers held by the Earth Mother Goddess, life and reproduction are the most important. One is to absorb, and the other is to breed new life. Rock elves are known as the darlings of the Earth Mother Goddess. They are born with the special ability to absorb the essence of life and strengthen themselves. Half of us Elves are also descendants of rock elves, but our bloodline has degraded and we do not have the innate ability to absorb the essence of life."
"The leader of the Steel Rock Clan of the Taku Clan condenses the life essence of the Moon Saber Leopard, and our living secret medicine is also imitating his ability, but the effect is slightly worse, the time is longer, and the negative effects are stronger, but Secret medicine can benefit more half-elves."
"As for reproduction and rebirth." Dr. Cole paused and said, "Whether it is a plant or an animal, the process of life germination itself is a manifestation of great divine power. The leader of the Taku tribe believes that the birth of life is sacred, and I completely agree. . However, no other race will experience the germination of life again while giving birth to a new life like the Hemer women. They also have a unique ability, innately knowing who can let them give birth to healthy and strong new babies. Life. The adult women of the Hemer tribe choose the most suitable spouse based on intuition. They can avoid close relatives and will not choose underage partners. Wiltok, although you are very tall and are welcomed by the female warriors of the Hemer, but If they don't choose you as their spouse and kick you out of the Earth Mother Temple, it means you are not yet an adult...Haha."
Wiltok shook his head and said: "This is nothing funny... I know what kind of benefits the Hemer female warriors will get from giving birth to children. I want to know what benefits the Taku tribe will get from giving birth to children? Gang Yan said that Taku men and Hemer When a woman unites silently, her soul will be nourished. I asked him, what does this mean? He didn't explain it, and just said it was useless to explain it to me now... It really pissed me off."
Dr. Cole said helplessly: "I feel very strange talking about having children with you, an underage half-elf. Am I crazy, or are you crazy? Okay, okay, let me tell you, Ta The Ku Clan are naturally powerful. They are known as the attendants of the Mother Goddess and contain the divine power of the earth in their bodies. If the Taku Clan refuse the responsibilities entrusted to them by the Mother Goddess of the Earth and do not reproduce, the divine power of the earth will gradually erode their souls and turn them into stone. He’s dead.”
Wiltok was stunned and murmured to himself: "If you don't have children, you will turn into stone... I always feel familiar, but I just can't remember where I have heard similar statements..."
Dr. Cole stared at him with stern eyes, and then said: "Gang Yan is right. The Hemo tribe gives birth to offspring and obtains the power of life germination, while the souls of the Taku tribe will be nourished. This is what the Mother Earth God said to Yan. A gift from the elves. Then we half-elves should have the same innate abilities, but our bloodline has deteriorated."
"The great sage Malfoy more than a thousand years ago was the founder of occult medicine. He imitated the talent of the rock elves and created a career path for half-elves to awaken and sublimate. He also studied the unique reproductive talents of the rock elves. . Unfortunately, Sage Malf’s research was not successful, and he passed away.”
Cole changed the topic and said: "The Earth Temple of the Disa Alliance inherited the research of Sage Malv. After hundreds of years, they finally made a major breakthrough. They still help half-elves through secret rituals and secret medicines. Professionals and spouses exchange and sublimate their qualities.”
The doctor was silent for a moment and suddenly asked: "Do you know how old I am this year?"
Wiltok looked at the other person with strange eyes, then raised his hand to indicate his height.
Dr. Cole laughed and said triumphantly: "I am ten years older than that old guy Bottom, but I look much younger than him... Britney and the others did not have the ability to sublimate expertise and become professionals. potential. They partnered with me, a fourth-level professional, and I was equivalent to their transmitter, allowing them to be promoted to professionals. However, they could not ignite the secret blood and could not be promoted. They were considered pseudo-professionals. And I learned from them Obtaining vitality that nourishes the body is exactly their specialty as those who have awakened the body system. The price Britney and the others paid was that they could not have offspring."
"Of course, this not only violates the teachings of the Earth Mother Sect, but is also incompatible with the teachings publicly preached by the Goddess Sect. But among the famous families in the highlands, the secret ritual of companionship is almost an open secret."
"The leader of the Takugo clan accuses Britney and I of having an impure relationship. What should we do? Takumo and Hemo are the darlings of the Mother Goddess of the Earth, naturally powerful rock elves. We are half-elves with degraded bloodline. What can be done?”
Dr. Cole walked back and forth in the room and said angrily: "Should I accept the fate of aging and mental decline with a smile? Britney and the others should be willing to be poor, then marry another poor person early and have a family of poor people. Children, lose their beautiful appearance in the hard work of life and die early?”
"Gang Yan has no idea how the poor people in the Alliance survive. He never cares about this! Neither do I, but I think even half-elves living in the slums should have a chance to change their destiny!"
Cole breathed a long sigh of relief and said with a wry smile: "Sorry, I was too excited just now."
"Don't be so excited in the future, I thought you wanted to hit someone." Victor clenched a fist in front of Cole and said seriously: "I am very strong now."
Dr. Cole laughed and shook his head, then said seriously: "I shouldn't have told you this matter. But you insist on asking today, did you think of something in the Earth Mother Temple?"
Wiltok showed a thoughtful look and said: "I found that the partnership between the Taku tribe and the Hemer tribe is different from the half-elf families in the town. Gang Yan and the others also gave me a familiar feeling. Specifically, I I can’t remember. Gang Yan emphasized that you are a bad person, so I came to ask you.”
"Familiar... just familiar." Cole nodded, with a mysterious smile on his face, and said: "Many people know the secret method of half-elf companionship, but not many people truly understand its secrets. I have no impression of it. There are even fewer profound people. To be honest, Wiltok, I roughly know your origins, but I can't tell you directly now." The doctor pointed to his forehead and continued: "Your mental state is not yet Stable and cannot be strongly stimulated, otherwise, no one knows what will happen? In the future, if you remember anything, come and ask me. We will talk like today and slowly guide you to restore your memory. "
Wiltok looked at Dr. Cole suspiciously and asked, "Do you really know my origins?"
Cole shook his head and said: "I just have a rough guess, but I can't tell you now. If I guess wrong and tell you the wrong guess, we will all be in big trouble... So, don't ask anymore Me. Ask me again when you recall some familiar things."
Victor turned his eyes and said, "Then I want to know the specific content of my partner's secret method."
Dr. Cole suddenly felt a splitting headache. He choked on his own saliva. He coughed several times and said angrily: "It's not your turn to inquire about this kind of thing. Even if you are an adult, I won't tell you. You Now get back to the adventurer's house..."
Just as she was talking, Britney knocked on the door and walked in, saying to Dr. Cole: "Master, Mr. Bottom asked John to send a message that something happened outside the town and asked you to go to the hotel quickly."
