Chapter 755: King of Light
"The First Era..."
In the northern suburbs of Tivian, in the study on the first floor of Villa No. 17 in Green Shade Town, Dorothy, dressed in light home clothes, was sitting in front of the desk in her study, looking at the contents of the upload placed on the table with great interest.
"This is... a biography about the First Age. It's rare. In the Fourth Age, even the records about the First Age are very rare. Now there is a biography that records the contents of the First Age. It's really rare..."
Dorothy sighed in her heart after thinking this. She had been in this world for a long time and had read a lot of biographies. The records of the First Age were only mentioned in some other biographies involving secret history. The book in front of Dorothy was the only one she had seen so far that specifically studied the First Age and took the history of the First Age as its theme. This immediately aroused Dorothy's interest and she began to read it carefully.
The author of this biography is an archaeologist from the Third Age Empire period. It is essentially an archaeological record. According to the records in the biography, they discovered ancient ruins on an island located in the center of the present-day Sea of Conquest. The appearance of the ruins surprised the author of the biography and his team greatly.
The legend describes the author's surprise when he saw countless broken walls, porches and pillars tens of meters high on the island, and cleared many continuous steps several meters high from the ruins. During the months of investigation, the author discovered any traces of civilization that were countless times larger than normal. This was far different from the relics of other alien races in the first era that they had recorded before. It was very likely that they were the relics of the giants that only existed in the first era as rumored.
According to the records of the biographers, the knowledge of the people of the Third Age about the First Age mainly came from their archaeological research on the civilizations of the First Age, and they found that the records of the First Age showed the existence of the First Age. However, apart from knowing that it existed, the people of the Third Age also had very limited knowledge of the First Age.
Since almost no decent relics have been excavated, it is generally believed in the Third Age Empire's historians that there are few traces of civilization in the First Age, and that it was perhaps a barbaric stage before the civilization of the various races in the First Age was developed. Therefore, the First Age was also called the Barbaric Age by Third Age historians for a long time. Some even more extreme Third Age historians believe that the First Age did not exist at all, and was just an erroneous record or mythological conjecture of the First Age. There has been controversy in the Third Age historians about whether the First Age existed until the excavation of the island relics this time.
Dorothy could see that after confirming that this ruins belonged to the First Age, and perhaps belonged to the legendary giants, the author of the biography was very excited. People in the Third Age had always believed that the First Age was a barbaric era with no civilization... or a low level of civilization. However, judging from the level of art of the giant ruins on the island, although the former giant civilization was wild and unrestrained, it was not a primitive state with a low level of civilization.
Most of the contents in this biography are records of the appearance of giant ruins... speculations on their functions... artistic research and ideas about their appearance, etc. Dorothy is not very interested in these. She is more concerned about the members of the giant faith.
According to legend, the archaeological team on the island discovered a flat ground with the largest area in the center of the giant ruins, which is thousands of meters long and wide. If there are buildings here, they must be the most magnificent and huge in the entire ruins. In the center of this flat ground, the archaeological team found three giant stone pillars with a diameter of 30 meters, which are broken and damaged. These pillars seem to be similar to totem poles, with three statues carved in relief.
The author's archaeological team discovered these three reliefs and speculated whether they were the gods believed in by the giants. Since at this time the First Age had not yet completely taken off the hat of the barbaric era in the Tertiary historical community, the gods carved on these three reliefs were temporarily named "the first gods of the wilderness". The author also recorded and drew the appearance of these three reliefs.
The first picture depicts a sphere with oceans and land on it. To Dorothy, it seems to be a planet. Inside the "planet", there seems to be a specially drawn cross-section with something like an embryo curled up. The whole picture looks like a cross-section of a hatching egg, except that the eggshell looks like the surface of the "planet", similar to the upper part of the earth's crust.
The first picture also depicts a sphere, but the sphere on the first side is similar to an abstract planet. The second side is a less concrete sun. Yes, the first relief can be seen more clearly as a sun, with a round wheel and surrounding radiating beams, just like the totem symbol in many classics of the sun worship civilization.
However, the difference is that in the image depicted by the biography author, the inside of the "sun" symbol is almost painted black, unlike the usual painting of the sun, which leaves the inside of the sun blank to symbolize brightness. Outside the sun pattern, a circle that is not painted black is specially drawn to wrap the dark part, which is a bit like a ring. To Dorothy, this whole picture does not seem to be a painting of the sun, but a scene during a solar eclipse. Only at this time, the inside of the sun will be painted black.
The third picture depicts something much more abstract. It is a series of complex and difficult to understand, abstract geometric figures. This is the most complex and the most difficult to describe in words among the three pictures. Like the other two pictures, this picture is also circular. It looks like a kaleidoscope pattern, with countless lines spreading out from a central point, extending outward layer by layer. Although it is not intertwined, it does not make people feel dizzy. Instead, it feels inexplicably orderly.
Although the pattern looked complicated, as if it was the product of countless lines interwoven, Dorothy could tell at a glance that although these lines seemed many, there was actually only one, only one line, which depicted this seemingly intricate pattern from beginning to end with one stroke. This line continuously extended outward from the inner point, and after reaching the outermost part, it returned to the inside and finally returned to the point, connecting the beginning and the end, and the beginning and the end merged into one place.
The whole pattern is very complex, and if you look at it too much, you will feel some visual illusions. Sometimes, it looks like a "pathway", and if you keep staring at it, it seems to be able to run infinitely towards the center point. Sometimes, it looks like an open "eye" looking at the viewer, and after the viewer observes carefully, the "eye" seems to close again.
These three patterns appeared in front of Dorothy. Dorothy drank the hot coffee on the table while observing and memorizing them with curiosity. Then she continued to turn the pages to read the contents after the biography. Dorothy was very curious about what records the giants had of these three totem symbols and whether there were any annotations in the inscriptions. However, the archaeological team of the biography author did not find any traces of text in the entire ruins, so these did not exist.
Dorothy continued to read on. At the end of the biography, she could see that the author of the biography had various speculations about the giant ruins, ranging from the giants' way of life to the social structure. However, in Dorothy's opinion, these speculations were rather fanciful and lacked more solid actual evidence, so their credibility was relatively low. Except for one speculation...
The author of the legend took his family to inspect the entire island and found that many of the ruins were directly extended to the edge of the island and then disappeared after the cliffs. The complete tall walls were directly broken here, and the remaining parts seemed to have sunk into the sea. There were also many roads that extended to the edge of the island and then disappeared. There were no traces of any port ruins on the island.
Therefore, the author of the biography speculated that the ruins on the island were most likely part of a giant settlement, and this one might be more parts of a city-like settlement, perhaps all of which collapsed into the sea along with the ground, and now this island should only have a part of the remains.
The individual bodies of the Habitat tribe are huge, so the land required to support a giant is much larger than that of ordinary people, and the space for giant activities is also much larger. It is foreseeable how large the area of a large giant settlement is. Judging from the scale of the buildings on the island, the author of the legend believes that the sea area where this relic is located may still be a vast land in the First Era. The specific extent of the vastness is still unknown, but it is definitely not smaller than the world-famous large islands at that time. Such a vast land has now completely sunk to the bottom of the sea, leaving only such a desolate island.
At the end of the biography, the author said that he would start surveying the seabed around the island to see if he could find anything else. Then the biography came to an end. Dorothy didn't know whether this Tertiary archaeological team had made any other discoveries in the end. She could only breathe a sigh of relief after closing the biography.
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"The giant civilization in the First Age... and the primitive gods they believed in? Interesting..."
Dorothy was lying on the chair, stroking her chin and muttering with interest. At this moment, countless thoughts had arisen in her mind.
'From the information we have now, we can judge that the dragons and giants in this world have existed since the First Age. The situation of the dragons is not clear yet, but the giants seem to have a certain degree of civilization and faith.
"The key is those three symbols of faith... I feel like they have a very close connection with the gods now..."
Dorothy thought about this in her heart. When she saw the three symbols on the ton, she immediately had a deep association with the six mysterious realms symbolized by the six main gods, and came up with a guess with a high probability of 10%.
"It is indeed possible...but there is still some lack of evidence..."
Dorothy whispered this, and then she began to think about another interesting point mentioned in the legend.
'According to the author's guess, the giants' kingdom is likely to have completely sunk into the sea, but this island with ruins was discovered in the Conquest Sea, which is the ocean between the Main Continent and the Ufei Continent. In other words, in the First Era, was there a vast land between the two continents?
"So is this a large island like Putt that has sunk into the ocean? Or is it..."
Dorothy pondered this in her mind again. Since there were no other clues, her thinking did not last long. She soon came to her senses and focused her energy on the legend.
After reading this archaeological biography from the Third Age Empire, Dorothy will continue to read other biographies sent to her by Atcherie.
At Dorothy's request, these tales were of various types, including various spiritualities, and the contents were very messy. In Dorothy's eyes today, most of the contents of these tales were meaningless and failed to attract her attention until Dorothy found an envelope among the pile of tales.
Dorothy was a little curious when looking at the envelope. After taking it in her hand and pressing it twice, she found that the envelope contained thick paper similar to parchment. There was no handwriting on the envelope and no information could be seen.
After checking it again, Dorothy opened the envelope and reached into it to feel around. The first thing she took out was a piece of letter paper. After unfolding it, she saw several neat and meticulous small handwritings. Upon closer inspection, she realized that it was actually written by Atcherie.
"Regarding the text information of Heber Master, I have only found this one copy in the Court of Scriptures. It is located in the Great Library, in the deepest part of the Forbidden Corridor. Theoretically, only the Holy See has the permission to enter and read it. Now, among the Holy Church, I am the only one who can enter there without permission and bring things back without leaving any trace. I cannot bring even a little more.
"I dare not read any of the books there except for the titles. This is the only one with information about Heber in the title. Please send it to me as soon as you finish reading it. I need it returned immediately."
Sitting in her seat, Dorothy looked at the note that Atchery left for her. She was stunned for a moment. After she turned around, she shook her head slightly and sighed in her heart.
"This... is a banned book among the banned books of the church. Only the Pope can read it. Even the cardinals are not qualified... This Atcherie actually took a risk to bring the book to me..."
Dorothy thought so in her heart. She didn't expect that Atchery, as a regent, was willing to take certain risks to find books for herself. It might be okay for Atchery to take ordinary or other forbidden books from the Court of Examiners, but she didn't expect that she would dare to touch the books that only the Pope was qualified to read. Dorothy thought that the relationship between her and Atchery was far from good.
For a moment, Dorothy was surprised that Atchery was willing to take the risk to get her a sense of the world, but after thinking about it, she felt that Atchery didn't need to worry too much. She helped herself because of the Mirror Moon Oracle, who was also a god in the Radiant Teacher Saint. Compared with the Pope, she was not greater than Mirror Moon. Relying on the Mirror Moon Oracle, Atchery didn't need to be completely timid under the Pope's plan.
Perhaps when Jingyue gave Atchelli the oracle, he also gave her some means to prove that she had received the oracle in an emergency. In this way, with Jingyue's support, she would not have to worry too much about being held accountable by the Pope. The most she would have to do is pay attention to the feelings of other saints and cardinals so as not to cause large-scale misunderstandings.
“It’s great to have a backstage…”
Dorothy smiled and sighed, then she put the note in her hand aside, reached out with her protective gloves and took out the envelope containing other things. At this moment, she was looking forward to information about Mr. Haber.
Sure enough, what Dorothy took out from the envelope was an old yellowed parchment. After taking it out, Dorothy carefully placed it on the mat on the table, and then carefully looked at the contents on it. Then she found that this biography was not a book text, but a painting.
Depicted on this piece of old parchment is a man with a handsome face, a slender body, long hair draped behind him, and a naked upper body that reveals a perfect figure like a marble sculpture. His muscles are well-proportioned, and he looks strong and light without the slightest bulk. His lower body is wrapped in a simple cloth skirt.
The man had a handsome and upright face, with no fluctuations in his expression, revealing a divine radiance that was indifferent to everything. He stood straight, with his hands crossed in front of his chest, one holding the already luxurious scepter, and the other holding a curved scimitar. On the left side of it was a sun symbol. On the side of it was a crescent moon symbol. And above his head was a sun with the middle painted black and the edges left white.
In the lower corner of the screen, there was a string of Imperial language characters written with a pen. Dorothy, who now knew Imperial language, quickly translated and recognized it.
"Emperor of Light - Hyperion"
In this string of words, the part with "Emperor of Light" was crossed out by a line, and then a word was written below it. After Dorothy looked at it carefully, she understood the meaning. It was...
"Dark Sun"
In the study, Dorothy sat at her seat, looking at the contents on the parchment painting. She could not help but be silent for a long time. She looked at the contents on the painting carefully with her eyes. After a while, she sighed softly and spoke.
"Huh... I never thought that I could read the first chapter of such a painting..."
Dorothy sighed and said, yes, she had seen similar paintings before! It was during the Adus incident, after fighting with Mukhtar of the Savior Advent Sect, Dorothy also received a painting with a similar style on him.
The painting seemed to be a copy by Mukhtar from some unknown stronghold of the Savior Advent Sect. The male protagonist in the painting was exactly the same as the man in the painting in front of Dorothy, almost like the same person.
Different from the painting Dorothy was in front of, the painting in Mukhtar's hand showed the man holding the same things in both hands, but his movements were different, with his hands spread wide. In Mukhtar's painting, there were still two children, a boy and a girl, on the left side of the man, but now the children were gone, and the more intuitive symbols of the sun and the moon appeared.
Above the man's head, the sun disc in Mukhtar's painting turned into a black sun with a dark inner circle and a halo on the parchment painting... This symbol was almost exactly the same as one of the three totem symbols of giant belief in the archaeological record of the First Age that Dorothy had seen before...
"This is really... interesting..."
Looking at the pattern on the parchment in front of her, and comparing it with the content of another painting in her past memory, Dorothy couldn't help but sigh in her heart, and then she began her analysis in her heart.
"So... the one in this painting is Hebrew? The painting from the Saviour's Adventist sect in Mukhtar's hand and the one on the parchment deep in the church's chapel are the same person?"
"Emperor of Light... Is this Hyperion's title? He is the King of Light? Hyperion is the founder of the Third Epoch Empire? After He established the empire, did He directly change his title from King of Light to Emperor of Light?"
Dorothy thought about it again and thought that if the information conveyed by these paintings was correct, it could almost be confirmed that Hyperion was the name of the Lord of Light.
"Interesting... Really interesting... The name Jingyue gave me as a hint is the name of the King of Light, so is it the key to the puzzle that King of Light Jingyue mentioned?"
Dorothy thought this in her mind, and then she began to observe the contents of the painting more carefully and began to analyze it.
'The Lord of Light, logically speaking, should be the Lord of the Light in the Third Age, why do these two paintings have things related to shadows? In the painting of the Savior's Advent, the scimitar in Hyperion's hand and the girl beside him... The church painting directly drew the pattern of shadows. The Hyperion in the painting of the Savior's Advent still has a normal sun pattern, but the sun on the painting collected by the church has become a black sun...
"What does this... mean? Is there a time connection between these two paintings? Why is that black sun... so similar to one of the three totems believed in by the giants in the First Age? According to the note below... this should be called the 'Dark Sun'?"
'And...if the emperor of the Third Era Empire was Hyperion, then as the Emperor of Light, as the God-Emperor, He should have been immortal and ruled the entire empire until now...but according to various signs, Hyperion, as the Emperor of Light, seems to be gone...The empire He left behind even fell into an era of co-rule by two emperors, and then it was completely destroyed. What happened? What happened to Hyperion? Is He here now...and what is His relationship with the current Savior of Light?'
Dorothy continued to think like this in her heart. At this moment, she already had a series of highly likely guesses in her mind. However, up to now, these guesses were just guesses, and there was no actual evidence, so she was not in a hurry to draw any conclusions.
"I'm really curious... What role did you play in the secrets that Jingyue kept about me? Emperor of Light..."
Dorothy scratched her head and thought about this in her heart. Then she finally began to carefully check the parchment on the table, preparing to put it away after the inspection.
After checking the back of the parchment, Dorothy suddenly discovered that there was something else there. There was something drawn on the back of the parchment.
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