Falling into the Abyss

The city of Silo'an spreads over an undulating hill, like a piece of fine white sand scattered all over the field. Many criss-cross flight tracks above the city are woven into a fine net, and many colorful aircrafts or dual-purpose vehicles reflect the golden sunlight, converging into a colorful mist. In the densely-built city center, there is a circle of exquisite gardens. The center of the garden is surrounded by a circular or octagonal building group. The stars are surrounded by a crescent-shaped red building like a moon, which is the Red Moon Temple.

The silver-white dual-purpose vehicle slowly landed in front of the two human sculptures. The two sculptures are the same as those in the spaceship mooring bay. One is a white old man with a long beard, and the other is a black young man in a gorgeous golden robe. They were all Eve's appearances, but the strangeness and unnaturalness in that expression felt a bit contrary.

Ethan and Samuel got out of the car following Tanisel, both wearing the dark brown priest's clothes that Tanisel found for them. It was the first-level apprentice costume. You can see many in and outs at the gate. The young man who came out wore the same clothes, with a ball of breath swirling around him, holding some heavy paper books in his hands. Ethan and Samuel looked at each other, they were not used to each other's young and unfamiliar appearance, and both saw a trace of tension in each other's eyes.

The crescent-shaped building standing in the center of the field of vision in the distance is like outstretched arms, open to both sides, and the dense reliefs on it are woven into dense and complex light and shadows. The other building appears heavy and vicissitudes, with a kind of blood. Generally sad. Because it is surrounded by trees, the hustle and bustle of the city seems to be blocked. The air is quiet and solemn, and it seems that there are no people talking loudly.

Tanisel came out of the aircraft and immediately attracted the attention of many apprentices. Ethan noticed many shy hidden sights shuttled from all corners, and the whispering group of people was always visible. Tanithel seemed to have been accustomed to this kind of attention, and smiled at Ethan and Samuel blindly, "Let's go."

Almost all the apprentices who passed by them along the way were making a neat priestly ceremony in Tanisir, and Tanisir also nodded calmly in response. It's just that Ethan noticed that many apprentices had walked far away, so he had to come forward and ask Tanisir for a good word. Taking advantage of the lack of people, Samuel sneered and elbow Ethan, "It seems that you have a lot of rivals in love."

Ethan gave him a blank look, "You mute, shut up."

They walked straight to the central temple, the tall spire door was open, and inside was a prayer hall wide enough to accommodate hundreds of people. The vaults on the walls are full of murals with a strong Eve style. A tall machine is displayed next to the preaching platform at the forefront. Inside, many colored glass flakes are arranged in order from large to small. There are something similar to cotton pads, and some gears that are closely integrated with each other, connected to a table composed of many pedals. It looks like Eve’s unique instrument, Tianyinqin.

Ethan couldn't help but glance at those pianos. On the earth, there is probably only the glass piano that has long been lost. It is said that the sound of that wonderful instrument is ethereal and mysterious, and has the power to charm people. Some people call it the "sound of angels" and others. It is "The Devil's Piano". Eve’s Tianyin piano is obviously many times larger than the glass piano, and it is not "played" by the touch of fingers, but by people using their feet to skillfully step on those pedals, and the glass flakes are rotated. To touch the cotton pad near them and make a sound. Ethan once watched Eve’s famous player play this instrument. The person stepping on the pedals was extremely elegant and beautiful. It was a unique and light dance. Under his dance steps, the glass flakes rose and fell like a tide, and the music played. The vastness and long distance, like the clouds and rain and mist in the sky, are light and dusty. After listening to it for a long time, it will indeed make people enter a realm of meditation.

Tanithel noticed Ethan's gaze and smiled, "Are you interested in Tianyinqin?"

"Ah...no..."

"That's really a shame." Tanithel said lightly. "The Holy Spirit Festival will be in two days. At that time, the temple will hold a grand requiem ceremony, and I will play it myself."

"Holy Spirit?"

"Yes, it is a festival to commemorate the dead praying for them."

Speaking of the dead, there was a flash of sadness on Samus's face. Probably think of Schneider.

But at this moment, a timid voice came from behind, "Tanisel, you are back."

Tanithel turned his head in response, and saw a very beautiful and lovely young man wearing a pale blue priest's clothing. Ethan recalled the rank of the color, which should be the rank of the junior priest.

Tanithel smiled mildly at the boy, "Ah, I'm back. Is the priest looking for me?"

The young man nodded with a kind of behaving obedience, but the eyes that looked at Tanithel seemed to glitter like stars. Just then his eyes quietly rolled around Ethan and Samuel. He retracted his gaze and said respectfully, "The priest heard that you are back, and I hope you will see him immediately."

"Do you know what it is?"

"It seems to be about the king's participation in the soul sacrifice of the Holy Spirit Festival."

"What?" Tanithel seemed very surprised, and it was not an accident of joy, frowning, "The king is coming?"

Samuel and Ethan looked at each other, their expressions a little curious. Isn’t King Eve the uncle of Tanithel? Why does Tanisel have a headache on his face?

King Eve and the others occasionally saw him in the middle of life on TV. It was a male Alpha in his sixties. This age is still middle-aged for humans with an average life span of 120 years, and King Eve is indeed a very handsome man.

The boy replied, "The Lord of the State came to discuss this matter with the priest yesterday. It should be true."

Tanithel looked back at Ethan and Samuel, then suddenly turned to the boy and said, "Hadir, these two are my apprentices. This is Eldrin, and this is Yasani. Well, I haven't had time to take them to register their names. You can help me take them there."

The young priest, known as Hadir, looked strangely at Ethan and Samuel, but he smiled friendly, "Hello."

Ethan quickly and respectfully paid a priestly ceremony to the "children" in front of him. After all, in terms of his current appearance, he might be smaller than the boy in front of him, and he is still just a preparatory priest, belonging to this boy. younger generation. Although Samuel was very reluctant, in order to avoid trouble, he still worshipped Ethan.

Tanithel pressed Ethan's shoulder and leaned into his ear and said, "Call me in your heart if you have anything, I will always listen."

Ethan couldn't help showing a sweet smile, and whispered, "You go quickly, I won't be able to wear a gang so soon."

The priest secretly blinked his right eye at him, pretending to instruct Ethan and Samuel to listen to Hadir, then hurriedly left. The remaining three people stared with big eyes.

Hadir led them out of the prayer hall from the left, into the long and sunny corridor. There were priests in brown clothes or apprentices in Tsing Yi when they were going around, but the voices of everyone talking were very low, and the air seemed very ancient and quiet. The taste of sacred solemnity spreads in the heat of every ray of sunlight.

"You are very lucky." The boy named Hadir suddenly said.

Ethan was suddenly unable to determine if he was talking to himself, "Huh?"

Hadir turned his head to look at him, "Do you know that Tanithel never accepted apprentices in the past? I first entered here as an apprentice. I originally wanted to apprentice under his name, but I didn't succeed. ...How did you know him?"

Ethan laughed dryly, carrying the answer he discussed with Tanisel, "That is when he passed our planet, we two begged him to take us in. He agreed that we were orphans."

But Hadir didn't seem to be persuaded. His seemingly gentle gaze shot towards Ethan with a sharp edge. Although the third eye had not opened yet, it gave Ethan an inexplicable sense of oppression. Of course, this sense of oppression is still a bit too tender compared to Tanithel, and can be completely ignored. The boy looked at Ethan for a while, and didn't know if it was an illusion. Ethan felt that there was a bit of coldness hidden in his smiling eyes.

"Really, you are really lucky, you must cherish it."

Samuel rolled his eyes behind him, probably because he felt that the encouragement was sour and not sincere at all. Ethan also felt that the atmosphere was a little weird, so he asked one by one, "Is the mentor who sacrificed yours to The O'Neill chief priest?"

"Not bad."

"Wow, that's amazing! It turned out that the chief priest himself became your mentor!" Ethan pretended to be a worshiper and coaxed the child, seeing Samus wanting to laugh and could only endure it.

"Then...Is the chief priest of Sior Neil recently arguing with Tanithel?" Seeing the young man's expression of pride, Ethan continued to test.

Hadir gave him a strange look, "It was at first, but it seemed to be reconciled later. Why? Do you know the reason?"

Ethan hurriedly replied, "No, I don't know much about it."

"Seriously, I also find it weird. Tanithel has the same father and son with his teacher, and rarely quarrels. Fortunately, it's all over now."

Has it passed?

It’s hard to imagine that the terrible man who smiled and tore his mental defenses a little bit would turn a blind eye to such a major event that Tanithel took a reward from another country privately, and even agreed with Tany. Thiel brought him to the temple.

Is it because he and Tanithel both chose the **** of entropy as the main **** in private, so they favored him, the mutant Celestial being with entropy in his body?

Ethan always felt that Tanithel brought him to Eve, not just to save him... He is like a prisoner waiting for the final trial, waiting anxiously every day for the truth to be revealed . But the priest has been taking care of him so meticulously, making him almost lost in the warmth.

But... After seeing the tomb of Tanithel's father buried under the castle, Ethan suddenly became sober.

He knew that Tanithel didn't tell him the whole truth.

And the weird tomb below the castle, and the books placed on the tombstone, always felt a strange atmosphere. A very filthy and evil atmosphere.

The smell followed him, and it has been with him since that night until now. Even in this sacred temple, the smell not only didn't fade, but it became clearer and thicker.

After Hadir took them to register their names, he explained to them the apprentices' schedules. Most of the time, apprentices have to follow their own tutor, as the tutor's assistant and waiter, and at the same time learn the priest's course at a fixed time each day. The only problem now is that the temple’s dormitories are not enough, and Tanithel may be responsible for arranging their accommodation for the time being.

At this time, Hadir's breath flickered, and information was transmitted. Hadir took a look and hurriedly said, "The tutor is summoning me. You can wait for Tanisir in the prayer hall." After speaking, he turned and left, but after a few steps, he suddenly used a different kind of Turning his head in a natural way and staring at Ethan, his mouth widened, his grin widened to an incredible width, showing a distorted and scary smile.

"Eternity is about to end, and the sleeping king is about to wake up. The time is up, and you should accept his blessing."

That obviously was no longer Hadir's voice, but the voice of the black man in the dream.

He actually heard that man's voice in reality, when he was not dreaming at all!

Are dreams beginning to erode reality? !

Ethan's body stiffened, but in the blink of an eye, Hadir already ran away. It's like never paused.

"What did he say?" Ethan asked Samuel, grabbing him.

Samuel was confused, seeing no one on the left or right, said in Earth language, "Say let's wait for Tanisel in the prayer hall."

"After I said that, he suddenly turned around and said..." Ethan is actually not sure now, whether what he saw just now is real or...

But Samuel became more and more confused, "What are you talking about? He left after he said, and didn't look back."

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