Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 541

[Chapter 539 The Legendary Story of the Elves]

The Great Demon God Sasloka.

A sense of familiarity vaguely appeared in Duncan’s heart, and then he quickly recalled that he had indeed heard this term—it was during a chat with Morris very early on.

“I remember… this is the name of the ‘lord god’ described in the ancient belief system unique to elves,” he said slowly while thinking, “this demon god has the ability to control dreams and wander the soul, and in According to your legends, this Great Demon God is even related to the opening of the “Deep Sea Age”—” “

Yes, Captain Duncan,” Taran Ayer nodded, “According to the descriptions of those ancient legends, the world itself It is a dream, which was created by the great demon Sasloka in a half-dream and half-awake state, and the elves are the residents born in the dream. Our innate mission is to serve Sasloka in the dream , prolong His deep sleep as much as possible, so as to prevent the whole world from coming to an end due to the awakening of the Great Demon God.”

Lucrezia on the side listened carefully, as a learned person, she obviously also understood the ancient weirdness of elves , “heretical legends” that are completely different from today’s mainstream beliefs, I couldn’t help but interjected at this time: “But Sasloka is destined to wake up-this is also part of the legend.” “Yes, the Great Demon God is destined to wake up,

and His awakening means the end of the world,” Taran Al nodded again, and continued, “There are similar ‘world end prophecies’ in most…not so mainstream belief systems, but in most cases They are all just a warning, a deterrent to the believers, to enhance their own persuasion and control over the believers, but this is not the case in the legends of the elves. In the legends of the elves, this “end of the world” has already happened “

In legend, the end of the world started with a nightmare. The Great Demon God saw a great flood coming because of the nightmare, so the long-term comfort of the elves was useless. When he woke up, the flood leaked from his dream to the real world. Turned into a vast ocean…

“After that, the Great Demon God Sasloka woke up and disappeared, and the elves could no longer return to the peaceful dream world, so they could only survive in the vast ocean after the flood—this is the fairy version of the myth. An explanation of the ‘Age of the Deep Sea’.”

Taran El’s narration of this legend is not much different from what Morris said at the beginning, but there are some more details added, and after the elf scholar’s voice fell After that, Duncan showed a thoughtful expression.

After a few seconds, he broke the silence with a deep voice: “Your creation myths and doomsday prophecies all revolve around the element of ‘dream’.” “Yes,

in the culture of elves, ‘dream’ is always an element. It is a concept with a large proportion,” Taran Al nodded, “We believe that there are two worlds in the dream and outside the dream. Both worlds exist and can affect each other. People’s falling asleep and waking up are two worlds. The process of shuttling between the two worlds—or in a more traditional way, it’s a ‘journey without a country’.”

He paused, organized his language, and continued: “Speaking of which, I’ll A digression—the elves also have a special congenital disease called ‘Dreamless’.”

Duncan frowned: “Dreamless?”

“Literally, people who are born unable to dream,” Taran said. Al explained, “Dreaming is the instinct of mortals. From our point of view, dreaming is as uncontrollable and unavoidable as death. Of course, some people dream more, some people dream less, and some people even feel that they are Can’t dream—but studies have shown that these people’s dreams are too short or too shallow, so that they ca

n’t remember their dreams after waking up. The situation is quite different – they really can’t dream.

“The deep sleep of the dreamless is pale. After they fall asleep, there is only nothingness and chaos. Their consciousness ‘jumps’ directly through the entire sleep process as if jumping, and no clever psychiatrist or priest can find traces of their dreams. “

This kind of inability to dream at all only occurs in the elves, and there is a chance of ‘onset’ of about one in ten thousand. It is born with it and cannot be cured. “

Duncan couldn’t help but sighed when he heard this: “…in a race that attaches great importance to ‘dreams’, dreamless people will definitely be treated specially.” “Yes,

in the eyes of most elves, dreamless people are so pale. Empty sleep is dangerous, weird, even frightening, and historically, there have been many injustices against the ‘dreamless’, but that was mostly before the days of the old city-state,” Taran Al Er waved his hand, “Now we don’t specifically target or discriminate against dreamless people, but as you said, the influence of traditional culture is still there, and they will more or less receive some… special treatment.” Duncan

listened Looking at the unique culture and legends inside the elves, which are difficult for foreigners to understand, after thinking for a moment after the university scholar’s voice fell, he slowly said: “But among the many legends and records about dreams, there is no ‘The Dream of the Nameless’.”

“A possible explanation is that the ‘Dream of the Nameless’ is just the name of the cultists, and what it corresponds to has another name in the elf culture,” Taran El said, “This kind of situation is very common-the elves’ cultural system is ancient and difficult, and some of the things that have been handed down are often misunderstood and processed by aliens. We can’t ask everyone in a race with an average lifespan of less than a hundred years to understand one. Is the container with a history of 7,000 years used to hold wine or fetch water?”

Lucrezia had been thinking silently by the side, when she heard the words of the university scholar, she suddenly raised her head and said: “If it is ‘another If it has its name, could the so-called Dream of the Nameless refer to the dream created by the great demon god Sasloka in the elf legend?” “The old world?” Taran El frowned,

but He quickly shook his head, “The dream created by Sasloka is just a legend. There is no evidence to prove that it really existed. Even if it existed, it must have been broken and dissipated in today’s ‘Deep Sea Age’ …”

“But you and another elf far away in Pland did fall into a huge and weird ‘dream’ at the same time,” Duncan reminded, “Have you forgotten the boundless forest?”

“…I did think of it,” Taran Aiir hesitated, and his words were still very cautious. “We can make such a bold assumption…but it must be verified with sufficient evidence. If that dream is really legendary’ If Sasloka’s Dream’ is the ‘world of origin’…”

“It’s not just the elven society that will be shaken,” Lucrecia said lightly, “The academic circles of the whole world will be shaken.” “

No Wrong, the whole world,” Taran El looked extremely solemn, “this means that among countless speculations and contradictory historical records, there is finally a ‘record’ about the history before the Great Annihilation has been verified, even if we It is still impossible to break through the historical black wall that stood 10,000 years ago, and there is also a crack in that wall, which allows us to glimpse the glimpses of the past before the deep sea age.” Of course Duncan also thought of this, but he did

not He didn’t interrupt, but thought silently. After a long time, he opened his mouth with a hint of curiosity: “Are there any more detailed legends about that ‘Great Demon God Sasloka’?” “

The ‘Legend’ Most of these things are vague and contradictory, even a race with a stable and complete inheritance like the elves cannot avoid this situation,” Taran Al said slowly, “In most legends, Sasloka is described as A giant dressed as a shepherd, holding a cane that can measure the world, but some stories describe him as a huge male goat, and the “Bran Mar Epic” stored in the city-state of Moco says that he is invisible It can change into any shape according to the imagination of the audience, and it is the ‘reflection’ of the most majestic and awe-inspiring posture in the eyes of mortals… “

But no matter what kind of legends, there is one thing in common: Sasloka Living at the foot of the world’s giant tree ‘Sirantis’, and the giant tree ‘Serantis’ is the first plant born in the whole world – Sasloka created it as his home in a dream, and he Shaking the branches of Sirantis violently because of loneliness, the dust, fruits, branches and leaves on the tree fell off one after another, and those that fell turned into various things in the world.

“The dust falling from the world tree turns into mountains, rivers and minerals, the branches and leaves of Sirantis turn into all kinds of birds and beasts, flowers, birds, fish and insects, and the fruits of Sirantis turn into the original elves. The dust will not corrupt, so Mountains, rivers, and minerals are eternal, and branches, leaves, and fruits begin to rot after falling to the ground, so there is a cycle of life and death for the earthly beings.” Taran

Al took a break here, and picked up the doll Luni and put it on the table. After taking a sip of the tea, he continued: “This is the process of the Great Demon God creating various things in the dream, and after the initial ‘creation’ is completed, Sasloka began to inspect his world—”

He Walking around Sirantis, he uses his own eyes to determine the rules of all things in the world. He can circle the world tree once a year, so Sirantis reciprocates with a cycle of years, and thus makes the world have distinct seasons , He returns to the feet of Silantis on the last day of each year, and the elves need to dress up on this day to show Sasloka their most proud skills and creations. If the Great Demon God feels that those things are good, he will Stay in this dream world He created, and the world will survive. After that

, Taran Ayr finally let out a long breath.

“That’s all, Captain Duncan. “

(end of this chapter)