Lord of Glory

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..." Paladin got up from the floor in the church attic again and looked at everything familiar. Suddenly he breathed a sigh of relief. This means that the terrible nightmare is over for now. But Paladin is no fool either. Every time you fuse the light element, you will enter this dream. And unlike ordinary dreams, you can't remember exactly what happened. This dream is as real as being there!

The most important thing is the little baby in the dream and the huge inverted tree totem! The only time I saw the inverted tree totem was in the space where Ripley's scroll was sealed. A huge stone slab that emerged from the ground. At first, Paladin thought he had such a dream because of his random thoughts. However, one after another, and the dreams did not repeat, Paladin realized that there was an extremely extraordinary meaning in them. It’s hard to say, but this dream is closely related to the philosopher’s stone or the fallen tree!

Thinking of doing it, Paladin immediately jumped up and opened the stacked bookshelf, and began to read all kinds of weird alchemy books one after another. Paladin believed that since the Philosopher's Stone came from alchemy, the Inverted Tree should also be related to alchemy. There should be relevant descriptions in the classics.

But it's a pity that Paladin rummaged through one book after another, including "The Encyclopedia of Alchemy", "On the Origin of Alchemy of Various Schools", "Demonstration of the Origin of Alchemy", and even "Excerpts of Dark Alchemy". , but there is still no information about the fallen tree. But just when Paladin was about to give up, he finally got a copy of "Heresy and Gods", which was an uncommon book that could be read as a miscellaneous book, which made Paladin's eyes light up.

What this book talks about is nothing more than the five main gods believed by all races on the continent of Orosun. The representative of hope and justice, Enos, the God of Light. Belair, the sinful and desperate god of darkness. Natsius, god of thunder and storms of the sea. Iacono, the nature god of plants and earth. and Marcus, god of the furnace and war. What this means is that all the major divine sects accuse each other of being heretics. Your own God is the true God. But Paladin naturally doesn't care about these things.

What he noticed was that only one page was used to describe a mysterious sect. It's called the Illuminati. The people in this sect are the most dangerous and terrifying group of rebels against God. A true heresy that worships no god. The core idea of ​​this sect is an illustration. The painting is exactly the fallen tree that Paladin was tracking down!

It was scrawled on it. This pattern is called the Kabbalistic Tree. It is said that God drove the first human beings out of the supreme paradise. Because they fear that these creations will one day surpass them. They put shackles on everyone. And this Kabbalah upside-down tree is the shackles God puts on humans!

"Shackles?" Paladin frowned and thought carefully. But I still don’t understand why this pattern is a shackles? How could something without a keyhole be a lock? However, the reality did not give Paladin more time to think about it. Suddenly there was a knock on the door downstairs. "Hey." He sighed softly. Paladin closed his book and came downstairs. He saw Abel lying on the ceiling, looking at Paladin longingly with his tongue out. The latter immediately shook his head. Just kidding, let this guy eat people in broad daylight, he Paladin doesn’t want to mess around anymore! "Which believer? This morning's prayer hasn't started yet!" Paladin said as he put on his divine robe. Wear the cross and pick up the crude staff. The door opened with a bang.

"Oh, dear priest, this is a letter for you." As soon as he opened the door, a young man wearing a corner hat politely handed him a red-lacquered envelope in his backpack. Paladin immediately picked up the envelope and looked around in confusion, and couldn't help but ask: "Are you sure this is for me?" "That's right."

The messenger was a little uncomfortable with Paladin's insistence. This is an insult to his profession. But at least the other party was a priest, so he answered politely: "Your name is Paladin, Flamel. Father." "Hmm..." Paladin agreed hesitantly, but in exchange the messenger looked like he was. He looked like: "Look, this is what is sent to you. Look at the words on the cover." Paladin followed the instructions and looked, but suddenly he saw a sentence written in very beautiful fonts on it that almost made Paladin lose his mind: "Send it to me. Son, Paladin, Flamel. My dearest mother, Aaron, Flamel."

In an instant, Paladin's expression changed drastically! But in an instant, he returned to normal, with a warm look of reminiscence on his face. "Father, this is your letter." "Well, thank you. I don't have much money, so just accept these." Paladin smiled calmly, took out three gold coins from his pocket and handed them to the messenger's hand. The sudden surprise made the messenger a little unable to control himself: "Father, this is too precious!"

Who knew that Paladin suddenly waved his hand, took out a pen and paper from the table next to him, and immediately wrote a letter quickly. Then he sealed the opening with red paint and handed it to the courier who understood. "Please give this letter to Bishop Andrew of Adeley." "Okay, okay. Thank you, Father!" The messenger breathed a sigh of relief. This money is not free. He also said goodbye to Paladin happily, immediately mounted the chestnut horse tied at the door, and galloped away.

After the messenger walked away, Paladin's originally indifferent expression instantly darkened. I took out the letter and opened it, only to see two or three short sentences written on it.

My son Paladin:

It's been two months since you left home, and you haven't sent a letter back. Make your sister and I worry all day long. Come back and take a look when you have time. Your father's health is getting worse. Your eldest brother goes out to join the army and doesn’t know whether he will live or die. If you still refuse to reply to the letter, we will leave to find you!

Love you mother.

Aaron, Flamel

The moment he saw the letter, only two words appeared in Paladin's mind, and that was: "Stop!" Twisting the fragile paper with his hands, Paladin's face became more and more gloomy: "We must not let them come. Once they It was discovered that I am not the original Paladin, but an impostor. I can’t help but that the efforts of the past few months have been in vain, and I will be wanted by the Principality of Casmi, so I have to change my appearance and start over!"

Paladin muttered viciously. He immediately thought of an eradication plan. He vaguely remembered that the Paladin family was located in Fenrir City, Fenrir Parish. Although it is a small aristocratic family, it is much more conspicuous than ordinary families. Calculating the distance, it would take at least a whole day if we rode back and forth. Not counting the time spent on various kinds of silence. Time waits for no one. This family is always a potential hazard and must be cleared away at lightning speed!