Good news, Severus has returned.
Duncan has gained another useful ally at his side. He seemed to have just learned some rumors about Duncan and couldn’t help asking: "Have you been to Avalon?"
Duncan gestured for everyone to leave, leaving only the Crow Queen, Triss, and nodded solemnly: "Yes."
Severus hesitated before finally saying slowly: "I will find a way to contact the Druids of Britain. They should be willing to provide support."
In fact, the Druids of Britain have already acted in secret.
Duncan pondered for a moment and said: "Okay."
"Your identity is useful for dealing with them, see if you can recruit a few more Gaulish Oath Warriors."
Kulin’s combat strength is indeed strong.
With a sword and shield in hand and armor on, he can deal with five or six ordinary soldiers at once. With a few more experts like him, Duncan could form a Siege squad.
Severus nodded and said: "I will set out tomorrow."
However, before leaving, he looked at Duncan in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and slowly said: "Do you know about the Druidic Worship Stones?"
Druidic Worship Stones?
Duncan looked puzzled, as if he was listening with great attention.
Severus glanced at the Crow Queen Triss, seeming to observe her attitude, and seeing Triss make no indication, he gathered his courage and said: "That is the ancient belief of the Celtic gods."
"The sacred land of the Gaul Tribe."
"These holy sanctuaries have very peculiar abilities that can empower trained soldiers with the Power of the Gods."
Duncan looked surprised and turned to the Crow Queen Triss beside him, only to see her nod slightly, indicating that Severus was telling the truth.
Severus continued: "These sanctuaries that serve the gods require priests to maintain their power."
"One of their most important functions is to train the army."
"Different divine spirits have different divine positions in their holy sanctuaries. Some are skilled at forging better weaponry and armor, some can grant courage to inspire warriors, but mostly they train and hone the combat skills of warriors." For more chapters visit novel✦fire.net
Matters of great importance to the nation are in rituals and warfare.
The traditional Celtic faith and rituals have been obliterated by the Roman Empire, but with the existence of Avalon in Great Britain, building Druidic Worship Stones can still serve certain purposes.
The Crow Queen Triss is the true authority in this field.
Because the divine halls of Diana and Artemis can train excellent archers, corresponding to the divine position of [Hunting], priests who serve these goddesses can gain the supernatural power of the divine position’s holy sanctuary.
Before the church became the empire’s state religion, Roman Empire’s divine halls had additional empowerment from the gods, often evolving the influence of their core divine positions on the real world.
This further made early Romans very warlike!
In the era before Christ, the War God Titatetis of the Gauls was annihilated, the Hunt Goddess Abnoba was annihilated, and those holding the corresponding divine positions such as Wine God, God of Forging, God of Racing, etc., were all consumed by Roman gods, not even leaving an appearance.
Ancient Roman gods only merged with ancient Greek gods, considered as the continuation of the civilization era, but mostly exterminated the gods of other Barbarian Race!
All of these scattered Celtic branches—Gaul divine spirits—are almost all dead. Probably only a place in the Pantheon remains, but the worship has long been severed.
At the same time, the situation in the East was similar.
During the Han Dynasty, Celestial Master Zhang Daoling entered Ba and Shu, met the Eight Ghost Commanders, battled multiple ghost gods, subdued heretical demons, and established the Five斗米 Sect (predecessor of Daoism).
This was about conquering mountains and temples, eliminating the blood sacrifice ghost gods.
In this battle, Zhang Daoling almost obliterated the indigenous ’witchcraft’ beliefs in Ba and Shu!
The existence of Celtic subdivisions, Gaul gods, were just like the primitive ’witchcraft’ in the eyes of the empire.
Civilization assimilation, eradication of old beliefs, and propagation of ancient Roman gods.
The Gaul branch, the moderate Druids, only slowly transformed into a civilized branch after being thoroughly beaten by the Roman Empire.
Avalon also emerged as a new belief of the moderate faction, having existed for only a few hundred years, which is why the Guardian Fairies are so reminiscent of the Nymph Fairies of ancient Greece.
The ferocious branch of the faith located in Ireland at this time was considered bloodthirsty Barbarians.
Time progresses, civilization enlightens, and eradicates primitive witchcraft.
During the era of the Huaxia feudal lords, human sacrifices were frequently practiced, and the elementary textbook about Ximen Bao governing Ye is from the witchcraft era.
When Daoism eradicated primitive witchcraft, early missionaries ordered people urgently, summoning Tai Shang Laojun with hasty incantations, personally wielding swords to slash people, killing witches and ghost gods alike, completely different from modern-day Daoists.
After the Taiping Dao led by Zhang Jiao, Daoism became much more peaceful, at least not frequently rebelling.
"If the Celtic gods’ holy sanctuaries are all endowed with supernatural power?"
"Then what about the ancient Roman and Greek gods?"
As Duncan thought of this, he couldn’t help but look towards the Crow Queen Triss, seeking answers from her; no one knew more about the divine rights of gods than this High Priest of the empire’s Polytheism.
The Crow Queen Triss sighed softly.
She gazed at Duncan before her and spoke gently: "Severus is indeed correct."
"But borrowing the power of the gods will certainly attract the hostility of the church."
"I do not wish for you to be entangled in the conflict of beliefs."
To borrow the power of the gods, one must erect flags and build temples, reconstruct the holy sanctuary domain of divine spirits.
Avalon has not been completely extinct.