Chapter 754: Fountain of Life (Part 1)
"The Fountain of Life? Are you sure?"
Gervis was also surprised when he heard the priestess' words, and stared at her beautiful eyes.
Although Gervis had never seen the Fountain of Life, he knew its preciousness.
For example, the Fountain of Life of the elves is the only one in the entire Holy Continent.
The Fountain of Life not only helps to improve the body and heal serious injuries, but can also extend life after taking it.
In the elves' tribe, the Tree of Life and the Fountain of Life are of equal status. Even though the elves themselves normally do not use them at all, only newborn elven babies have the opportunity to be baptized.
Except for this one opportunity, even the elven elders would not be able to use the Fountain of Life without reason unless their lives were in danger.
"Commander Gervis! I am sure, I just hope you can agree to my request!"
Delia nodded affirmatively and replied.
"Then take me to have a look first!"
Gervis did not answer whether Delia agreed to her request, but took a step forward and prepared to go to St. Ann City to verify it first.
Seeing this, Delia had no choice but to follow Gervis towards St. Ann City.
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When he arrived at the foot of St. Ann's City, Gervis immediately saw Gust, Hayden and others standing on the city wall, looking around with joy on their faces.
"Your Majesty is mighty!"
"Your Majesty is mighty!"
When the two saw Gervis, they immediately took the lead in shouting.
"Alright! Open the gate!"
Gervis waved at them!
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"Open the city gates and welcome your majesty's triumphant return!"
The two men standing on the upper floor immediately shouted orders to Ike and others guarding the city gate.
Of course, at this time, only Gervis and Delia were under the city wall, while Alphonse and the natives were still on the battlefield in the distance.
In order to avoid complications, Gervis did not allow them to approach the city, so it was still very safe to open the city gate at this time.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, on your triumphant return!"
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, on your triumphant return!"
When the city gate slowly opened, Geik and his personal guards were already waiting to greet them. When they saw Gervis, they immediately cheered again.
Gervis stood inside the city gate and glanced around with a smile, as a recognition of the welcome given by Ike and others.
At this time, Lilia and other members of the medical team immediately stepped forward to check Gervis' wound.
However, when they just walked to Gervis' side, they were all waved away by Gervis. It was important to go and see the Fountain of Life now. The wounds on their bodies were not deep, so it would not be a big deal to treat them later.
"Ike, pass on my order now. Send two hundred people to the outside of the city to clean up those corpses! If the Warcraft mounts are intact, leave them behind! Burn the bodies of the Golden Shield family directly!"
After sending Lilia and others away, Gervis turned his gaze to Ike and gave an order in a deep voice.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Ike quickly accepted the order, bowed respectfully, and ran quickly towards the city wall.
After Ik left, Gervis directly took a warhorse tied to a wooden stake and handed it to Delia, and then the two of them headed towards the temple in the center of the city.
Tap! Tap! At this time, the city of Saint Ann was silent. The wide streets were empty, and the houses and shops on both sides of the streets were locked.
There were only cracks in some windows, through which Gervis could see pairs of eyes secretly watching him.
"How many civilians are there in your city of Saint Ann?"
Gervis rode Nightmare in front, while the priestess Delia was a little slower than him, riding on the side.
"Sixty-three thousand seven hundred people!"
Delia replied with a bitter look on her face.
Such a big city was occupied by invaders numbering only 500 people. Although the Golden Knight's interference was the reason, her dereliction of duty was also a factor.
"More than 60,000 people!"
Gervis nodded, and then stopped talking. The two of them rode their horses quickly and continued forward.
The temple in the city is where Diliya lives on a daily basis. It is also the place where holy objects are placed for the descendants of the servants of God to worship the main god, so it is naturally the most magnificent and luxurious building in the city.
Earlier, when Gervis had just entered the city gate, he had seen this temple that stood out from the crowd, so he did not need the priestess Dilia to lead the way.
After walking for about five minutes, they finally arrived at the bottom of the temple.
This temple is at least fifty meters high. Outside the entrance is a marble staircase with a drop of seven or eight meters. On the steps are twelve stone pillars that are so large that several people can hug them. Following them is the wide entrance of the temple.
"Priest Dilia, now I would like you to lead the way!"
Arriving at the steps of the temple, Gervis dismounted and gestured to Delia to come in.
Delia did not delay and immediately took Gervis and walked quickly up the stairs.
After walking up the steps and entering the temple gate, there is a luxuriously decorated and extremely spacious hall. It is somewhat similar to the churches in the previous life. After all, this is a place for worshiping the main sacred objects.
Delia took Gervis through the sacrificial hall and then came to the back of the temple.
Originally, Gervis thought that the area behind the temple should not be very large, but he did not expect that there were many luxurious and exquisite buildings behind the temple, as well as a garden with green trees.
The scene was no less spectacular than those large estates in the City of Hope.
"It seems like you priests have a pretty good life!"
Seeing this scene, Gervis sighed sincerely.
"We didn't build this temple. It was already built when our ancestors conquered this city hundreds of years ago!"
Perhaps she felt that there was another meaning in Gervis' words, so Delia immediately refuted and explained.
"oh!"
Gervis nodded and said no more. It would all belong to him from now on anyway, so the more luxurious the better.
Afterwards, Diliya said nothing and led the way obediently.
Taking Gervis through several gardens, they finally entered a luxurious building. After passing through the building again, they arrived at a back garden separated by a wall.
"Well, it feels a bit like a nesting doll!"
In this alien world, manors are generally only surrounded by walls on the outside, but there are rarely walls inside the manors.
There is already a towering wall outside the temple, and there is even another wall inside. Gervis can already guess that the fountain of life is probably in this back garden.
"Commander Gervis, the Fountain of Life is right here!"
Sure enough, when Delia brought Gervis to a small lake, she pointed to a two or three meter high rockery by the water which was obviously artificially placed there.
"here?"
Gervis looked towards the rockery, and didn't notice anything unusual except for a hole in the center from which a small stream of spring water was bubbling out. It was obvious that the water that was bubbling out was just an ordinary spring.
Of course, Gervis would not think that Delia was teasing him, so he immediately turned on his perception and began to sense it carefully.
“It’s actually true!”
But in the next moment, Gervis was suddenly shocked all over, because when he released his perception, he immediately noticed the abnormality of the surrounding spiritual energy.
Previously outside the city, the spiritual energy could not be absorbed by the riot, and it even consumed mental energy.
But when Gervis released his perception, he immediately realized that the surrounding spiritual energy was extremely peaceful and could be absorbed by him.
As far as Gervis knows, there are only two situations that can produce such an effect in this place where gods fell.
That is the holy tree or some other extremely special existence!
(End of this chapter)
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