Chapter 43: The Faith in Nature
Lesatos was confident and pretended not to understand, asking, "Do you want to learn spells?"
Druxiliya said: "To be precise, we want a complete magical inheritance that will allow Tiya to master it from generation to generation. I know this requirement is a bit too much, but as long as you agree, we will ask for all the gems in the forest at will, and we will never bargain."
"This...is probably not a matter of price. Let me demonstrate it." Lesatos flashed and turned into an elf form. "I made a set of gestures, please imitate them after reading them, and you can do a few things."
Lesatos twisted his index finger and changed, his wrist flipped forward and backward, and his movements were completed in one go without any pause. "Come and try."
Druciliya tried to imitate her, her movements were stiff, and her fingers were tangled from time to time. She finally completed the first few sets of gestures, but forgot about the ones behind her. However, Lamecile was better, and the twelve sets of gestures were barely completed halfway.
Looking at the frowning elf, Lesatos smiled: "I regret it, you two are not suitable to become mages."
The princess was anxious: "What I can do is only half an hour of practice."
"The problem is not this. In your opinion, what is the use of spells relying on?"
"Gesign? Spell? Runes?"
"What you are talking about is just an external appearance." Lesatos pointed his forehead with his finger, "Thinking is the source of magic. The mage is a profession that requires talent. Memory, imitation, understanding and shaping of abstract things, and analysis and argumentation of logical theory. These abilities cannot be compensated by acquired diligence. Relying on personal talent, this determines that it is difficult for mages to form a scale. Moreover, it takes huge wealth and time to cultivate mages."
Druxiliya couldn't accept it: "You mean, the elves of Tiya cannot master magic?"
"I just explained that elves are not suitable for magic. If you strongly ask for it, I will still sell them to you, but the result is definitely worse than you think. It is best to train the mage since childhood, and it is easy to shape the world view that is still in its prototype. In the case of Tiya Forest, time is more embarrassing than money."
The princess bent down dejectedly.
"Don't be anxious. Not being able to master magic does not mean that you cannot cast spells. There is also a broader concept of 'spell caster' on the mage."
Druciliya was shocked: "Do you have other... knowledge?"
Lesatos spread his hands and said with a smile: "The magic store of Master Yiqiu can always satisfy customers. But before that, Princess Liya, do you know what the elves of Tiya need?"
"Stronger force."
"If your knowledge is only on appearance, I would like to express regret. The essence, penetrates the complex appearance of things and masters the essence of change. Otherwise, even if you sell the goods to you, you will die more vigorously, and you will not be able to save Tiya." Lesatos said no longer implicitly, and directly pointed out Drucilija's intentions.
Lamecile jack said: "Is it...aphrodisiac?"
Lesatus and Drucilia turned their heads and glared at him in disbelief, unable to imagine how the Ranger jumped from serious topics to lustful nests.
Ramesilai said embarrassedly: "I mean... population. In terms of population size, we and humans... well, this is not reliable."
Lesatos solemnly said to him: "If you have a secret, go find Flamier, and his medicine is very complete." If the Ranger really goes to find the Demon Eye, it is hard to say that Flamier, who was beaten up by misunderstanding Kiyomi, would give Ramesil what medicine would he give.
The scene calmed down for a moment, and Druciliya's brows were sometimes furrowed and sometimes stretched.
Lesatos interrupted her meditation, "I can tell you the answer, but it is not me who will lead the revival of the elves in the future. I will understand more profoundly than the gifts of others. Let's take a walk in my territory and just eat after a meal, and maybe some inspiration."
The two elves agreed, but they had no result in their thoughts. The three of them left the restaurant and came to the half-plane plain. Lesatos used [Tansen Floating Disc Technique] to summon a slightly concave force field disc and let the elves sit on it. He held the Floating Disc to fly to the mine.
Druciliya saw that Lesatos was purposeful, and she was curious to observe the dragon's territory, the blocky farmland, the clear distinction of hills and plains, and even the rivers were straight, like a planned map, not very natural.
Lesatos landed outside the mine and said, "I don't have many residents in my territory, but there is a half-earth element dwarf tribe living in the mine. Let's go there and take a look."
"Dwarf?" Druciliya and Ramesilai were surprised.
"It's not the same as the dwarfs of Saraph. They are very different from both physiologically and psychologically, and they are completely different races."
Lesatos stepped forward, and the head of the mining area, the golem of wisdom, came up. Jinlong was vigilant and mentioned the cordon. He remembered the topic of constipation last time and must not be criticized in front of Druciliya, otherwise the image of a paradise that he had maintained had been completely destroyed.
"Master, dwarves..."
"Well, I understand. I'll just take the guests to tour, you can go down."
"But……"
"Shut up."
Baio shook his arms in a frustrated manner. He actually wanted to say that the situation inside was not suitable for meeting guests, but Lesatos led the elves directly to the residential area outside the mine.
Before he got closer, he heard strange singing and sounds. Turning around the foot of the mountain, Lesatos saw the situation inside, and his eyes widened instantly.
On the miner's open space where he usually basked, a dwarf held a piece of roasted and painted smooth wood chip in his left and right hands, and spitted at the audience.
"Hey~~, I'm going to play with the bamboo boards like this. I won't praise anything else. I'll praise the big bump I just dug. The gem is quite big. It has thin skin and big stuffing and eighteen folds. That can't be iron..."
There was a dwarf who was hard to tell the gender on the left. He touched his blush with mineral pigments, just like a monkey's butt. His carrot-like fingers were erected in orchid shape, placed in his ears, and sang in a squeal: "It's clear in March~~ I'll put the shovel to fight..."
More than a dozen dwarves on the right were dancing group dances, and they saw them surrounding the white turban of the farmer, holding red waist drums, and the drum hammers in their hands were also hanging red ribbons. A group of dwarves leaped in big strides, jumping from time to time, with a heroic shout of "hehe, hoho" in their mouths.
Use one word to describe the scene in front of you - the dance of demons.
Lesatos felt his whole face twitching. He looked ahead blankly, and said coldly: "What is this?"
Baio shyly turned up, "Ye... the dwarf's... artistic sentiment."
"Framir?"
"yes."
Lesatos gritted his teeth and vowed to tie the magic eyes into a triangle when he went back. "Tell them to stop immediately, immediately!" He really threw away the dragon.
Under Baiou's drive, demons and monsters were reset one after another. Lesatus made a gesture of inviting Druciliya into it.
The princess did not understand Lesatos' intention, but knew that these dwarves should have an answer. She walked up to Lamesil and observed these dwarves carefully. They were very different from the dwarves of the Anthram tribe or other tribes that Tiya had come into contact with. Although they had the same thick stump and a big beard, their skin was like rocks or gray soil, and they could still see cracks. The eyes showed the same reflectivity as crystal, and their short hair looked like stone thorns. From afar, they thought they were carved stone figures. The half-earth element dwarves were wearing wear-resistant coarse cloth clothes, with dozens of unmatched ore rough stones hanging on their bodies, and they were stringed together with ropes.
Druciliya found a leader, indicating that she was a guest of Master Jingya and came here to visit. The dwarf immediately became enthusiastic, and without any concealment of his greedy eyes, staring at the elves' gem ornaments.
"What do you live on?"
"Stones, many stones. There are iron ore, gold ore, crystal ore, gem ore, and dig them out to exchange for grain and ale with the golden dragon." The dwarf's voice was also like two stone slabs rubbing, low and hoarse.
"Didn't you leave some for yourself?"
"Why don't you keep it? It's just for the ore. Although the dragon is very greedy and most of it is handed over, but what remains are ours."
"How did you leave?"
"Leave? So many mines, why do you want to leave?" The dwarf looked at the princess with the look you were crazy.
Druxiliya asked in detail, and these dwarves were willing to come here, mine for the rest of their lives, and then lie in the ore pile until they die, and then the ore of the deceased belonged to the Golden Dragon. Druxiliya was very surprised. She didn't understand why they chose to live like prisoners and had nothing to do until they died.
"You are equivalent to working for Master Jingyan for a lifetime, it's not worth it."
"White worker? That's because you don't understand the dwarf. I know what you are asking. I can tell you that dwarf mining is not because of hobbies, at least not all. We have faith to support it. A shovel is the arms, and a vein is the home. We have been committed to liberating cute gems from the rock formations throughout our lives. When we die, our souls will also be integrated into the veins and become the most beautiful ore, waiting for the liberation of other dwarves. Mining is our belief. As long as the half-earth element dwarf has a shovel, they will never be lonely."
Druciliya was silent for a moment. "Thank you." She walked towards Lesatos.
"I think I know your answer."
Lesatos nodded, he was satisfied with the princess's keenness. "What is it?"
"Faith, right? Magic can arm the body, but cannot fill the spiritual emptiness. Tiya needs a new faith to fight against the Lord of the Rites and humans. Are you planning to introduce me to a new god?"
"No." Lesatos looked serious, "It is not only God who deserves to be believed."
"The new spiritual mentor of the Tiya Forest is called the Druid."
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Chapter completed!