"Is this related to the Way of the Beast? Did the Way of the Beast appear in the Second Age? Did the gluttonous wolf exist at that time? Didn't the Holy Tree Mother that the elves believe in control all the branches of the 'Cup'? What is her relationship with the Goddess of Plenty in the Third Age and the Mother of the Cup in the Fourth Age? Are different beings inheriting the same throne? Or...
Looking at the contents of the secret biography in front of her, Dorothy frowned slightly and thought in her heart that, for now, although she has mastered a lot of information about the inheritance of the power of the "Cup" in this world, she still cannot fully describe the whole story of the "Cup".
The Elf Goddess of the Second Age, the Fertility Goddess of the Third Age, the Mother of Cups of the Fourth Age, and the Virgin Mary of the Church, as well as a series of "cup" gods of various colors, all of these beings seemed to be related to each other but the relationship was unclear, which made Dorothy, who wanted to know the truth, feel a little annoyed.
Shaking her head, Dorothy no longer paid attention to the relationship between the "Cup" gods, and instead extracted the secret spirituality in her hand. Dorothy obtained the spirituality of 4 "Cups" and 2 "Inspirations" from it.
After finishing reading the secret book in her hand, Dorothy put it aside and picked up the fifth and final secret book on the coffee table. This secret book had a black cover and overall looked slightly better than the previous ones, but it was also relatively thin.
Dorothy picked up the secret book, and soon she saw the title of the book, which was called "Beyond the Dark Sea", which was also a translated work from the secret book from the Third Age.
Unlike the previous four consecutive archaeological records, the carrier of this secret biography is poetry. The author of the poetry claims to live in a flower home full of artistic atmosphere. In the process of collecting materials, he collected many legends of local fishermen on the coast of his country and compiled them into this secret poetry.
These poems are about a mysterious island of shadows located on the other side of the sea. In the poems, it is always shrouded in shadows, with no sunlight but the moon. There are many magical nocturnal plants and animals, the most terrifying of which is a giant spider called "night spider". In the poems, this kind of spider monster gathers on the seashore, using silk threads to prey on fish in the sea and even fishing boats on the sea. Many explorers who rashly land on the island will die in the mouth of this monster.
In the poem, the night spiders on the Shadow Island are of a certain species that have high intelligence and can understand human language. They have a strange appearance of half human and half spider, and prefer to play with humans through bewitching and deceiving rather than devouring them. Once entangled by these monsters, people will be in great danger. The only possibility of rescue is to get help from another kind of intelligent life on the island, the "fairy".
In the poems, when the fishermen are sailing close to the Shadow Island, all kinds of strange phenomena will suddenly appear on the boat. Many things will suddenly disappear from the boat, and some crew members will inexplicably encounter bad luck, such as their pants suddenly falling off or they suddenly falling to the ground. According to the fishermen's legends, this phenomenon is a prank of goblins. They will tease people who approach or board the Shadow Island, and people need to offer tribute to them to avoid being teased.
In the poems, although these goblins are annoying, once the items offered to them are to their liking, they will in turn help people with various tasks, and even rescue people from the mouths of night spiders. However, compared to night spiders, the number of goblins seems to be even scarcer, so it is more difficult to encounter them.
The poet of this life and the third era was very interested in the legends he collected. He was very enthusiastic to prove that the legends were true. He wanted to find the so-called Shadow Island. But after several years of hard work, the author found nothing. The night spiders or fairies in the legend seemed to be completely non-existent in his current world. Neither he nor other fishermen had seen the real thing. From ancient times to the present, these legends seemed to be just legends.
Dorothy read in the secret biography that the author had gone to sea countless times in search of the legendary Shadow Island, but he never found it. On the other side of the sea where the legendary Shadow Island was spread, there was no legendary place but an important part of the empire's territory, the province of Prythia.
"Is this... a collection of legends from the Third Age? Could it be that the place where the legend took place... is located along the coast of Farajo, across the sea from Plit? In other words, according to the legend, there is a shadow island in the strait between the two countries? Or is Plit the so-called shadow island?"
'The time when this legend really happened... maybe not in the Third Age, but in the Second Age... The content of the legend is obviously related to the 'Shadow'. Could it be that in the Second Age, the two intelligent races that occupied Plit were the Night Spiders and the Fairies? It turns out that Plit has been related to the 'Shadow' since the Second Age. Is there any relationship between this so-called Night Spider race... and the later Spider Queen?'
Looking at the secret book in her hand, Dorothy once again pondered in her heart that now, the relationship between the Eight-pointed Spider Queen and Plit seemed to be closer than she had thought before. It was unknown whether the God of Shadow was still the Mirror Moon Goddess in the Second Era. It was a pity that this poem secret book did not explain the belief situation of the Shadow Island.
After thinking about it, Dorothy immediately closed the secret transmission and extracted her spirituality. This secret transmission gave Dorothy 5 "shadows" and 2 "inspirations" in spirituality. Combining the previous calculations, Dorothy's current spiritual situation is as follows.
38 “cup”, 14 “stone”, 19 “shadow”, 19 “lamp”, 18 “silence”, 56 “start”.
Among these spirits, Dorothy has some supplements for the more common "cup", "stone" and "shadow", and these five secret books cost Dorothy a total of about 2,000 pounds in cash. Last year, after Dorothy returned the divine objects she rented, she suddenly had an extra 17,000 pounds in deposit. Adding the money Dorothy already had and the royalties she received as an author in the past six months, she had about 21,000 pounds before. Now after buying the books, she still has about 19,000 pounds left, which is quite enough.
After reading all the secret tales, Dorothy yawned, stretched deeply, then looked out the window, murmured at the sky outside.
"Well... now everything is ready, it's time to set off..."
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