svetikya Chapter 254 The Illusory Image on the Throne
Chapter 254 The Illusory Image on the Throne
Chapter 254 The Illusory Image on the Throne
Audrey felt a little uncomfortable under Raphael's gaze. In a place with nude statues, even without careful observation, Audrey could guess what Raphael was thinking.
She quickly asked, "Any clues?"
"What clues can you glean from looking at nude statues?" Raphael smiled and shook his head. "You don't need to be so uncomfortable. I was just making a simple comparison."
Audrey remembered Raphael's words and realized that he meant she was being compared to the witch.
This made her even more uncomfortable, but Audrey, who was quite eloquent, didn't know how to refute it for a moment, and only said, "Let's find clues as soon as possible."
"The clues should be up ahead," Raphael said as he walked forward. "Did you notice the statues of those extraordinary creatures?"
Audrey quickly followed, but did not answer Raphael's question, because she hadn't really looked at the statues much.
Raphael laughed and said, "You're still young, don't pay too much attention to these male nude statues."
Audrey was both annoyed and amused: "Then why are you paying attention to those nude female statues?"
"Because I'm an adult," Raphael said. "What's wrong with looking at it?"
Audrey seemed momentarily speechless, but she quickly had to admit that she was indeed lacking in knowledge in this area. This was quite normal, given that her experience was far less extensive than Raphael's.
Seeing that Audrey did not continue the topic of the statues, Raphael said, "The extraordinary creature statues in front are demon wolves, but it seems that there are different races within the demon wolves."
Audrey then looked closely and indeed saw that the statues of those extraordinary creatures were all giant wolves.
However, they differ slightly in appearance. Some are larger, some are smaller, some have a tuft of special white hair on their heads, and some have special patterns formed by the hair on their legs.
This does indeed resemble different subspecies within a large population.
Raphael stared at the werewolf statue for a while, then suddenly looked back at the human statue: "I understand."
Audrey quickly asked, "What do you understand?"
Raphael pointed to the human statues over there and said, "Look at the man and woman closest to us. They seem to be a subspecies of elves, or rather, they have the physical characteristics of humans from the Western Continent—I mean, the ones recorded in the literature."
"The couple behind them have the physical characteristics of people from the Northern Continent. The couple after them have the physical characteristics of people from the Eastern Continent as recorded in the literature, and the last couple has the physical characteristics of people from the Southern Continent."
"These people may have been different groups of humans during the Second Epoch, but their status was roughly the same, at the bottom of the social hierarchy at that time."
"The demon wolves are of a higher status than them and are closer to the throne."
At this point, the two looked at the scene on the throne, but still couldn't make out what was carved on it.
So the two continued forward until they reached the throne. Only then did they see clearly that the throne contained a crystal of a special material. From a distance, the crystal appeared as a dark mass, but up close, one could see tiny sparkles of starlight within the black crystal.
The two stared at the crystal for a moment, then Raphael asked, "Does this mean 'stars'?"
Audrey immediately thought of Mr. "Star": "It seems so."
Raphael looked again at the statues of the dire wolves: "Are some things in dreams merely symbols, or abstract representations of things that have happened in the past?"
Audrey paused for a moment, not quite understanding why Raphael would suddenly ask this, but she still explained earnestly: "It's like this, only a small number of dream scenarios are things that have actually happened. Most dreams are imprints on the subconscious mind of the dreamer due to the influence of certain events or people."
"Just like the dreams we encounter in this painting, each dream has a certain logical basis, but each scenario is clearly different from the real world. As intruders into a dream, we don't even understand the underlying logic of a dream?"
Raphael said, "I can't speak for other dreams, but I estimate that this dream is the dreamer's impression of a certain deity."
"A certain deity?"
Raphael pointed to the dire wolves: "They represent that this deity's status is above all the dire wolf races. And those human statues indicate that He has been protecting all human races since long ago."
Audrey thought for a moment and realized that she lacked knowledge in this area and did not know which deity Raphael was referring to.
Raphael then reminded him again: "It is the one you believe in."
Audrey was taken aback at first, then asked with some confusion, "Why is the goddess's status above those dire wolves?"
Raphael smiled and said, "Because He is a servant of the 'Destruction Wolf,' a high-ranking demon wolf."
"What? The Goddess of the Night is a demon wolf?" Audrey was full of surprise; she had only learned this information today.
The moment Audrey uttered the words "Goddess of the Night," the atmosphere in the entire hall changed.
Audrey immediately realized that Raphael was right; this was indeed the dreamer's impression of the "Goddess of the Night," otherwise such a "reaction" would not have occurred.
Raphael grabbed Audrey's hand, and the two of them took flight again, hiding in a corner of the hall.
The dream in the opera house wasn't very sophisticated before, but it's hard to say what level the dream in this grand hall will be, since it contains the dreamer's impressions of the gods.
The two searched again but couldn't find any other doors. However, their eyes soon fell on the red wooden door at the other end of the hall. They had entered through this door, but the hall only had that one door, which was obviously also the exit.
As the atmosphere in the main hall gradually became oppressive and the light gradually dimmed, Raphael pulled Audrey along and flew towards the red wooden door at top speed.
Just then, the statues of the demon wolves and the human statues suddenly burst forth with black light, as if they had suddenly come to life, and all looked at Raphael and Audrey.
Raphael was prepared. The moment the statues emitted black light and began to move, he immediately infused the "Gift of Adam" with spirituality, using his ability of "psychological invisibility" to make them ignore him and Audrey.
The stone statues seemed to suddenly become bewildered, searching everywhere for the two intruders.
Raphael had just breathed a sigh of relief when, a second later, his heart suddenly pounded, and he turned to look at the black crystal on the throne.
The crystal instantly transformed into the image of a woman, but her features were unclear; she appeared more like a shadowy figure.
The female shadow pointed at Raphael and Audrey, and the two immediately felt a chill run down their spines, as if they were seeing the most terrifying thing in the world.
Raphael wasn't paying attention, and they both fell to the ground.