For Thousands of Years, My Weakest Brother Has Become a Demon King

   Chapter 215 Hobion Ebony

   Delicate magic crystal lamps are inlaid on the four walls of the temple, and the soft light illuminates this originally secluded and tortuous tree hole.

   At the end of the tree hole are seven holy emblems carved from animal bones—they symbolize the seven holy spirits believed in by the Holy Spirit Church.

The order in which the holy emblems are placed is not the same as the customary rules of the church - the most prominent place in the middle is not the "father" holy emblem that symbolizes kingship, but the "mother" holy emblem that symbolizes life. emblem. And the holy emblem still has some deformations. The deflection of some lines makes the outline of the holy emblem that should have been hugging the baby's mother, subtly looking like a towering tree.

In addition, the other six holy emblems are illuminated by the light from the magic crystal lamp at their base, except for the "mother" holy emblem in the middle, which is illuminated by the sunlight projected by the opening at the top of the temple .

   The arrangement of the entire temple is far from the temple in William's memory - the Temple of the Holy Mother of the Holy Tree more than a thousand years ago is completely shamanistic. The tree hole, which symbolizes the source of life, is deep and dark. Except for the sun, moon, and stars shining through the skylight at the top, no artificial light source is allowed. The interior of the temple is full of primitive and rough bone carvings, and in the deepest part, only the **** "Mother" is enshrined.

   And today's temple, if not built in this tree hole, William would even think that this is the church of the Church of the Holy Spirit. Whether it's placing the "mother" Holy Spirit in the center, or making subtle modifications to the holy emblem, it can be seen from these operations that the forest elves are extremely helpless struggling against the influence of the empire's rule.

   The previous maid led William here. In front of the seven holy emblems, a man wearing an antler crown and gray fur was kneeling and praying.

   "Your Majesty Ebony, your waiting guests have arrived."

   After the maid finished speaking, she gave a respectful salute, then lowered her head and walked away.

   "Your Majesty? Are you?"

   After the footsteps of the maid gradually faded away, William looked at the man who was still kneeling in front of the holy emblem and prayed, and asked with some doubts.

   For the time being, in the Emerald Province, which is still the province of the Riel Empire, how could anyone accept the title of "Your Majesty" calmly. Even if he really dared to overstep, it would only be the Duke of Sacred Tree who has this qualification, but according to the information that William had obtained earlier, the Duke of Sacred Tree should be a woman now.

   In addition, the pattern of the antler crown on the man's head is very familiar to William, which is the crown of the "Father of the Wilderness", the co-owner of the forest elves tribe. This thing not only symbolizes the power to rule over many tribes in Ravenwood Forest, but also is a necessary prop for holding the "Father of Wilderness" and "Big Mother" divine wedding ceremony.

   "Please don't mind too much, people here always like to use this sarcastic way to keep reminding me that I'm a contemptible loser."

   After hearing William's question, the man stopped praying and got up slowly, then turned to look at William, and said with a self-deprecating smile on his face.

   Although there was a self-deprecating smile on his face, there was no emotion in the man's voice, as if he was not talking about himself, but a stranger who had nothing to do with him.

   This person is extremely tall, two heads taller than William after standing up, and his physique is almost twice as wide. Combined with the antler crown he wears and the gray fur he wears, he looks a bit like a lycanthrope formed by merging the bodies of large beasts through secret techniques on the Daemon continent.

   "My name is Hobion Ebony. I am currently the listener of the will of the mother and the person in charge of this temple. According to the revelation of the mother, I have been waiting for you here for a long time."

  The man didn't have too much politeness, and introduced himself straight to the point.

   "You know who I am?"

  William asked with a frown.

  The man shook his head when he heard the words, and then explained:

"The big mother just revealed to me that a person who can completely change the fate of Ravenwood is coming. He will cut off the chains around the necks of the forest elves, end the curse that erodes this land, and banish the people who are in the forest. famine. But what kind of hero are you, I don’t…”

   "You'll wait..."

  William ignored those mysterious prophecies, but raised a hand to interrupt the other party's unfinished flattery, and continued to ask:

   "So you don't know my identity... Then how can you be sure that the person 'Mother' said is me? Not another person who wanted to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Mother's Temple on a whim?"

No matter what kind of high hat the other party wants to put on him, whether he is a hero or a liberator... After the other party finished saying those previous words, what William is most concerned about or vigilant about is how the other party can know so accurately time of your own arrival.

   His whereabouts and existence are controlled by people, or "gods", which is always a disturbing thing.

   "The big mother told you in the prophecy about your image and the time of your arrival."

   To William's question, the guy named Hobion Ebony answered.

   "Is that so?"

  William nodded thoughtfully.

   He didn't believe the other party's words - it's really hard to win people's trust like this kind of behavior that all unexplainable things are pushed to a **** who can't speak.

   More importantly, he had suffered losses in prophecy before.

   But William didn't continue to dwell on this matter. After all, the other party said so, it is estimated that he would not be able to ask any more questions.

   So he tried a different direction and said:

   "I heard from the lady who brought me here earlier that the eldest mother of your faith seems to know that I saved Awazhou in the Moon Realm earlier?"

   Even a **** cannot be omniscient and omnipotent. No matter what the nature of the "big mother" is, this god-level existence is undoubtedly inseparable from the world tree that William is stepping on at this moment. In other words, no matter what the other party says, it should be a **** who exists in this world.

   And how could a **** in this world know what happened in the moon realm?

   "The Great Mother sees everything."

   To William's question, the man answered calmly.

   But no matter how calm the other party is, this is a worthless answer.

   And just based on this answer, William directly crossed out the possibility of in-depth cooperation with the person in front of him.

The premise of    cooperation is consistent interests and sufficient trust.

   In the previous conversation, William really couldn't find the slightest bit of trust in the other party.

   As for the former "alignment of interests"...

"Since you say that, I still have a question to confirm - since you wear this antler crown, does it mean that you are the real ruler of Jade Province? Or at least yourself, and the person who called you earlier The lady who is 'Your Majesty', at least that's what you think?"

  William asked directly.

   Combined with the information he had collected earlier, William could naturally guess what identity the person in front of him probably had besides the self-proclaimed "Big Mother Listener".

  Although the details are still unclear, but in essence it is nothing more than that set-the real ruler originally elected according to the tradition of the forest elves, was picked peaches by the opposition who received the support of the imperial royal family. The real kings of the forest elves can only be squeezed out of the core power circle and go to the temple to take charge of religious-related matters.

   This kind of thing is not uncommon, both in the past and now.

   "You flattered me, I..."

   "The polite words will be omitted."

  William interrupted the other party's speech immediately, then looked around, found a stool and sat down, and then continued:

"You wear the crown of antlers that symbolizes the supreme power of Ravenwood, and don't stop your men from calling you 'Your Majesty'. Then wait here for someone who is prophesied to help save the elves - don't tell me you do this Everything is the purpose, just to make myself feel at ease when praying to those few holy symbols of the Holy Spirit."

   said, William smiled slightly.

   "And it was originally in the sanctuary of the Holy Tree Mother, so it shouldn't enshrine the worship symbols of the Holy Spirit Church, right?"

   (end of this chapter)