Lucius, who had never drunk carbonated drinks before, was so angry that he burped and left. The only people left in the temple were the two young adepts who had just played a prank on them.
"So now there's no one here." Allen looked at the high platform. "This altar doesn't feel like a fake thing to me. It has some power that doesn't belong to wizards, but also doesn't belong to you and Helbo."
"Because it's true." Luna drew a circle around with her hand. "Except for this room, I made everything else. I wrapped it up."
"If you need it, you don't have to go in such a big circle. You don't have to be so considerate. Besides, it seems that no one died this time. Not bad." Allen found a reason and nodded. "Criminals with magic power are not as easy to get as Muggle. It's not easy to get so many of them. It's not easy to deal with them by myself." Only then did he look worried. "But, what's the purpose of this sacrifice?"
Luna raised her hand gently and pointed to the statue of Viktor that had been blown to pieces in the battle just now.
Allen asked in surprise, "Viktor? Speaking of which, he's already dead. How can he still accept the sacrifice? "
"It's not easy to make a god disappear. Only when everything in the world has forgotten him will he truly die." Luna's voice was strange in this dark and bloody temple. "But he's indeed dead. His consciousness and memory have been transformed into rocks and islands by the astral world. In this form, they are forced to float in the astral world like hibernation."
Based on his study of the Nether Scrolls, Allen had some preliminary understanding of this place.
The Astral Plane was the space between the various planes. It was everywhere, and it was probably the most unique place. It was a complete spiritual world, and spiritual power made up everything there. It was also known as the Land of the Soul. Strictly speaking, it was not a concrete space, so it was not appropriate to call it a plane. This was a matter of concept. Your spirit saw the distance and felt the space here, and then you naturally thought that this was an independent world.
In fact, it was not. It had no space. It was separated from space and plane, a void between the so-called real existence and the outside world. Some sorcerers and scholars believed that the Astral Plane was just a superfluous part of the world after it had been cleaned up. They believed that it was the ether. Some people in the Department of Mysteries studied the astrology and believed that it was the background program of the entire world similar to the operating system. It was not a physical substance, but it affected every world.
And no matter which argument was correct, the astral world connected all the planes of the world together. Regardless of whether it was the Otherworld Binding Oath that could summon demons or devils, or the Otherworld Gate that could summon powerful teleportation spells, they were all meant to allow creatures to enter it for a short period of time and use it as a transit point to achieve the purpose of fast travel, although this did not give him the feeling of being in the real Astral Plane. The principle of the Room of All Requests was also through the astral world to achieve this independent space that was detached from the original world.
"The existence of divine power is the embodiment of thinking, such as concepts, opinions, and the most important thing for ordinary gods — faith. Faith is its power. Unlike me, once a true god loses this power, they will return to the spiritual realm of the astral world where everything is thinking. They will float here quietly and become almost forgotten memories. They will become an empty shell that once possessed terrible power. So death is not the end of life in the mortal sense." Luna stroked her stomach and said, "They used to be great beings that ruled the world, but now they are reduced to this …"
"So … this sacrifice is related to how you become a true god?" Allen asked softly. "So, that is to say, if this concept and faith is reactivated, with faith, for example, Vic may return to the human world … That doesn't sound too bad."
"Maybe it's possible not to become such a true god? Maybe it's possible to become such a true god? Maybe it's possible to become nothing? " Luna's expression changed back to a dazed look. "This form is not very reliable, and Helbo is almost not Helbo anymore. So, I have to take a closer look at the real thing. Why are the gods that escaped from this world not affected?"
"Using this altar to learn the secret from Vic?" After understanding the information, Allen more or less understood the situation. Looking at the broken hands and eyeballs on the ground, he said, "Sometimes we see the mind as an unstoppable weapon, and sometimes it's a curse that we can't escape from."
"Yes, this kind of finding out the truth of the gods … It seems like it's a taboo for the Grim Reaper. Anything that has a great connection with a true god will be sensed by him, so he came here without any preparation." Luna's long blonde curly hair swayed behind her back as she reached out to pull Allen's waist bag. "But it also caught me off guard. I originally planned to wait for all of you to leave before coming here, so I didn't have time to bring my bag. You should have it in your bag."
After saying that, Luna simply put her head and upper body into the waist bag to search. Soon, she took out a silver stirring stick that was used to stir some special medicinal herbs in the potion class. Then, she picked out the Hufflepuff gem that had thirty-seven meatballs printed on it from Allen's pile of gems. It was actually a kind of iorite.
"Astral projection? Find it by following the altar that is still connected to the dead Vic … "Allen instantly understood Luna's plan." I'll ask someone to come and guard it. Do you want me to go and have a look? I haven't really been to that place before. "
"I have to see it with my own eyes. We can't both go … You can fight against the incarnation of the Grim Reaper, but they can't. If they can fight against it, we don't have to guard it." Luna shook her head. "I've been there myself. There's no gravity there. There's no up or down, left or right. Other than the occasional position where the gravity changes, almost all areas are in a state of no gravity. It's very easy to change your position there. You can move just by thinking about it. Even if you only have half of your brain left, you can still move quickly there. There's no air there, but you don't need to breathe or eat anything. " Luna held the potion stirring stick and gestured at the back of her head. Looking at Allen's expression, she whispered, "Don't worry about me. That's the world of thinking. Your intelligence and perception will replace your strength and agility. That's a world that relies on thinking. It's also my home ground …"
Without arguing, Allen simply asked for the details, "How long will it take?"
"Not too long." Luna replied, "In fact, there's no real time in the Astral World. It's just like there's no real space. The passage of time there is, in fact, just an illusion. No matter how long you stay there, there's no aging or decay, because time doesn't really pass." Luna said faintly, "But once a traveler leaves the Astral World, it's similar to the result of going back too long in the past. All the lost time will immediately entangle him. I've stayed there for 30 years, and I'm still the same as I am now. But when I come back, I'll instantly become more than 40 years old … Because in other worlds, at least most of the worlds, the passage of time is normal and can't be avoided … But the regeneration ability of creatures like trolls won't be triggered. Fortunately, healing magic is still useful …" Luna touched Allen's cheek. "So don't worry, the two of us are pursuing different paths of power. We both need to continue moving forward."
Seeing that Luna was patiently explaining to him, Allen knew that she wanted him to feel at ease, so he didn't ask further. Instead, he changed his words. "I won't let anything break the silver wire."
"Fortunately, there are very few things that can destroy this silver thread." Luna nodded and inserted the silver rod into her ear. Then she turned her wrist, and the red zirconium was held in her slender white palm.
Then, Luna's long hair fluttered without wind, and a red light emitted from the red zirconium. The silver rod seemed to be attracted by Luna's hair, and it was entangled by her hair to the back of her head. Then the silver rod quickly elongated and gradually became a thin silver line, connecting to the center of Luna's back.
It was also the first time that Allen saw the use of Astral Projection with his own eyes. Although he also knew this spell, he usually didn't have the opportunity to use it. It was more commonly used as one of the spells at the beginning of the journey of death by the ancient powerful wizards, and it was recorded in some travel biographies.
Astral Projection could release Luna's soul from her physical body, and then let her completely project an astral body on another plane. Then her astral self would be projected into the astral world, and her original physical body would be left in the original world. When Luna was in the astral world, her astral body and her original physical body were always connected by a silver thread.
They were connected by a silver thread. If this silver thread broke, her astral body and physical body would be killed. In theory, she could travel through the astral world indefinitely. Her body would be in a state of suspended animation, waiting here until she decided to return her soul to her body.
Or until it was stopped by other external factors, such as the silver thread being cut or Luna's physical body being destroyed.
Luna opened her arms and made a gesture to Allen to ask for a hug. Allen hurriedly opened his arms, but he didn't let himself touch her for the time being. Otherwise, if he touched her before she went in, his soul might be taken in together with her.
"I'm ready, don't worry about the child. It will continue to be in my stomach over there, but it can be considered as going to the astral world in advance …" With that, Luna's pregnant soul flew out of her physical body, and the originally warm body in a state of suspended animation weakly began to fall forward into Allen's embrace.
Allen was a little shy at this time, of course, it was not because he was hugging an old married couple, but because he had been thinking about the child before, and neglected the fact that the child's soul would also be taken in by his wife.
He embraced Luna's warm body and gently hugged her in his arms.
At this time, Luna's soul state also had a silver thread behind her back that was connected to the silver thread behind her original body. She flew directly to the huge Vic's mark on the high platform, and then suddenly opened a teleportation gate that was similar to the Otherworld Gate, but the edge was only made of fog.
The scene of the astral world flashed temporarily. Allen noticed that the void in front of him was infinitely vast, and it seemed to be constantly expanding. It looked like a spiderweb with sparkling dewdrops or a silver void, just like the silver light spots in the universe, but in fact, they might be the same thing as the large luminous suspended objects near the teleportation gate, which were randomly scattered in the sky.
Luna's soul was instantly sucked in, and the teleportation gate shrunk until it almost disappeared, leaving only the thickness of the silver thread. Just like flying a kite, the silver thread was also stretched taut.
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