Richard nodded vigorously and ran back to his room. But looking at his excited appearance, most of the time he couldn't sleep tonight. Elaine shook her head with a smile and, with the magic lamp, climbed up to the attic.

The attic is a place where clutter is usually piled up, but it is also cleaned. Elaine removed a box, revealing a small altar behind it. The altar is made of stone, and the base part is delicately and accurately delineated with intricate magic circles. It's just that the place where the idol should have been placed is now blank.

Elaine carefully cleaned the altar, wiping the tiniest dust from it. Then he stood up, his eyes falling on a thick book that was randomly placed on the box next to him. The book is surprisingly thick, I am afraid that it has nearly a thousand pages, and it is equivalent to the size of four ordinary magic books, and weighs at least a dozen kilograms. The bronze cover is shiny, dusty, and apparently often flipped. Elaine was stunned, she hadn't touched it in a long time, so it was obviously Richard reading. It's just that I didn't expect that little guy to read so often and so energetically.

Elaine walked over and reached out to open it. Her fingers were slender and beautiful, several notches higher than her looks. The men of the village had privately discussed her hands more than once.

The cover of the book is cast in real bronze, thick and cold, exuding the heaviness of the years. Elaine knew that in the bronze, there were hundreds of crystal particles scattered like stars, and when they were activated at the same time, they formed a miniature altar, and when the user was pious and powerful enough, he could even use it to listen to the voice of the moon god Elucia!

On the title page, a long poem in praise of the moon goddess Elothea is written in beautiful Old Elven language. To this day, Elaine remembers every syllable of this hymn. Elaine flipped through the pages, the textured pages of the book running between her fingers like flowing water, with large sections of elven text or vivid illustrations. Unlike the canons of mankind, the teachings of the moon god are only a small part of its content, but there are many deeds of the moon god Elothea before she became a god. Therefore, in addition to the Norland continent, there are also many continents, even heterotopic content. Little Richard probably regarded it as a book of geography and geography, so he read it with relish.

This large book, which is not surprising except for its heaviness, is the sacred book of the most precious treasure of the Elven Court, the goddess of the moon, Elucia.

In fact, the sacred scriptures also record the magic of the Seven Moons that is unique to the goddess, but only those who have the approval of the goddess can see and use it. And back then, she could use five of them. In addition to the great druid of the royal court, she is the priest who has comprehended the most divine arts. That represents both strength and the recognition of the goddess. But now, even at a huge cost, there is only one divine technique she can inspire, and it is still with the help of the power of the holy book itself.

Seven divine spells flowed through her heart like water.

"The Fate of Elucia" Divine Technique: Enlightenment;

"Elucia's Favor" Divine Technique: Healing;

"Elucia's Wrath" Divine Technique: Sanction;

"Elucia's Sword" Divine Technique: Armed with the Silver Moon;

"Elucia's Will" Divine Technique: Judgment

There are also two divine arts, one of which is the "Heart of Elucia" magic that she has not been able to master: foresight.

The seventh divine technique, which is simply recorded in the holy scriptures, but has never been able to be used, is "Elucia's Confusion", divine magic: the dark side of the moon.

Elaine put her hand on the holy text, quietly feeling the trace of divine aura remaining in the holy text. The fifth moon was hanging in the middle of the sky, and the cold moonlight shone through the skylight on the roof. A hint of divine power hidden in the moonlight quietly seeped into her body, accumulating for the ritual ten days later.

Divine Magic: Enlightenment, is a gift for Richard's tenth birthday.

On little Richard's birthday, still in the middle of the night, he was called up, led to the attic, and knelt before the altar. The holy text in front of Richard had turned to a certain page, and a few lines of prayer appeared on it that he had never seen before. It was the Old Elf, a difficult and obscure language that Richard had mastered as well as the lingua franca. The content of the prayer was still praise and supplication to the goddess of the moon, but Richard was silently reciting it in his heart, but suddenly he had a strange feeling, as if his body was becoming transparent, and something in the darkness that had been wandering aimlessly, but as if he had suddenly discovered something, flew towards him, and pounced on his body. Richard felt an extra stream of ice between his chest and abdomen, which suddenly stretched out and spread out to the lower abdomen of his limbs. The sensation was fleeting, and while unusually clear, it was common to have a special feeling during a ritual of worship to the gods or magic, many of which even required intense pain. So little Richard didn't say anything, but continued to gradually empty his mind as his mother asked.

"My Richard, in a moment you will enter the temple of the goddess Elothea and be enlightened about fate. You will most likely have two or three choices, and if you have, you can choose ......" Speaking of this, Elaine suddenly shook her head and changed her words: "My Richard, choose whatever you want, listen to the voice of the goddess, and then follow your heart's choice." ”

Richard nodded confusedly. As Elaine's soft chant sounded behind him, his consciousness gradually blurred, as if he was withdrawing from the world in front of him.

When he woke up again, Richard found himself in front of a temple that was extremely wide and lofty. He stood in a huge square with a radius of several thousand meters, and in it, Richard felt as small as an ant. The square is paved with silver-gray stone and shimmers with a faint mystical light. He looked around and saw an endless starry sky, so close that it seemed that he could reach out and pluck it. The square and the temple are alone in the starry sky.

The huge space brought almost unbearable pressure to little Richard, and his heart beat faster and faster, and he no longer dared to look around, but rushed towards the temple with his feet drawn. He ran for a long time, crossed the whole square, and climbed a thousand stone steps before standing at the entrance of the temple. If it weren't for the fact that the children in the mountains were strong and endured from an early age, Richard would have been exhausted. After he started running, he didn't dare to pause for a moment, the huge square filled the entire field of vision, and the shining light jumped, as if the whole space was not static, but moving according to some kind of rule. Richard had the illusion that if he had stopped for a moment, the whole square would topple over, and the mirror-clear ground would have nothing to grasp, and he would slip helplessly and desperately from the square and fall into the bottomless abyss.

When standing at the door of the temple, Richard's heart almost jumped out of his chest, and he was breathing with great difficulty. It was only after he finally regained his breath, remembered his mother's advice, and looked up into the temple.

The temple does not have a dome, but is surrounded by a circle of tall stone pillars as white as jade, and in the center is an altar around which three faint statues of the goddess stand. They have different postures and different distances from each other. There should have been six statues of the goddess next to the altar, each representing six different abilities. The more statues Richard was able to see, the more power he could inspire in enlightenment.

Little Richard had an excellent memory and quickly recognized the abilities represented by the three statues of the goddess. It is the 'Transcendent Divine Power' that can bestow great power on the enlightened, the 'Life Torrent' that has a strong vitality and can exert healing powers, and the 'Wind Speed' that increases speed and agility.

Richard was a little disappointed, but in fact, he already had a choice in his little mind, that is, the 'wisdom' that greatly increased his intelligence. Because real men need wisdom.

But it's not bad to have three choices, and Mom just looks forward to having more than one. In fact, what Elaine didn't tell Richard Jr. was that most of the people who received enlightenment saw just an empty temple.

Little Richard walked to the altar, his eyes wide as he tried to see wisdom. But this temple, along with the entire starry sky, was not real, and no matter how hard he tried, what could he see? Instead, because of hesitation and vacillation, even the three statues of the goddess began to blur.

"Do you want more power?" a voice suddenly sounded in Richard's ears.

Little Richard was taken aback and looked around, but saw nothing. The voice was sudden, and mechanically monotonous, filled with the cold, insensitive smell of metal, and he felt terrified.

"You...... Who are you?" said Richard in a trembling voice. His voice reverberated back and forth through the hall, and the heavy echo startled him again.

"It doesn't matter who I am, and I won't show up in the future. Strictly speaking, I am the other half hidden in your heart. The voice said.

"Impossible!" said little Richard flatly. Mom said that his heart is very pure and there will be no mess of all kinds of things. And after a few words of conversation with the voice, his timidity gradually subsided. The children in the mountains were very brave, and they were scared at first, just because they didn't know what was going on and were taken by surprise.

But the voice was not affected by Richard at all, and said in a constant tone: "Now, go and choose what you want." ”

In front of Richard, the altar lit up again, and three more statues of goddesses appeared! In addition to 'wisdom', there is also 'elemental affinity', which is crucial in the path of magic. This ability makes it easier for mages to communicate with outside elements, allowing them to cast magic at less cost. Intuitively, a mage with the 'Elemental Affinity' talent can have one to three more spell slots than a mage of the same level. This is a terrifying talent that shows more power the higher the level. The other ability is the 'Nature's Messenger', which allows people to have a more intuitive and thorough understanding of nature, which can not only greatly increase the ability to hide and travel in complex terrain types, but also have a power bonus for all kinds of natural spells, and at the same time gain higher resistance to poison.

At this point, all six powers of enlightenment were placed in front of Richard.

"This ...... This ......" Richard had already opened his mouth wide and could not speak at all. His little head was in disarray, completely unable to comprehend what was happening in front of him. The only plausible explanation is that everything he sees is an illusion. What else could it be? It's not the same as what the book and my mother said.

Richard finally did not forget the purpose of his trip, so he trembled and stretched out his hand and walked towards the statue of the goddess, which represented 'wisdom'. In front of the statue of the goddess, which is more than ten meters high, little Richard can only touch the feet of the goddess. This is also part of the meaning of the ritual, leaning down and touching the feet of the goddess to represent an attitude of humility. When Richard's hand touched the statue of the goddess, a crisp cracking sound suddenly sounded in his consciousness, and the whole world seemed to become more real and clear.

"Wisdom allows people to see the world more clearly. This is a phrase from the Holy Scriptures, and now Richard finally understands the meaning of this sentence.

When Richard touched the Statue of Wisdom, all the statues disappeared at the same time. It was supposed to be the end of the enlightenment ceremony, but the temple did not disappear.

Richard looked around blankly, and suddenly saw a new statue of the goddess appear in front of the altar. Her demeanor was crossed in front of her chest, her face was slightly tilted to the side, her expression was melancholy and focused, unlike the other statues, this statue had no texture at all, and was more like a shadow composition. Could it be that this is also a ability? Richard tried to recall, but he couldn't remember what the statue of the goddess represented. Even in the Holy Texts, there is no mention of the Moon Goddess taking this form, although she is indeed an idol of Elucia.

"Don't you want one more ability?" the voice sounded again.

"What kind of ability is that?" said Richard after a pause, "I don't want to give up my wisdom." ”

"You can call it real. It allows you to see the world from a different perspective, and at the end of the road, you may see something else. ”

"Anything else? what is that?" asked Richard curiously.

The voice fell silent, and there was no answer.

Richard wanted to leave, and he now knew that if he wanted to, he could get out of here completely and return to the real world. The temple is actually a world built with the power of rituals, and its role is to allow gifted people to see their abilities and choose their future path. But on the other hand, this world is not completely empty, the temple floating in the starry sky is full of the divine power of the goddess, and the acquisition of all six abilities is inseparable from the favor of Elucia.

But the voice that appeared in Richard's consciousness, and the seventh idol, which had never been recorded in the holy scriptures, completely subverted Richard's cognition. Richard suddenly had a feeling that this ...... It's like the temptation of the devil. But how could the power of the devil appear in the sacred rituals of the goddess of the moon?

Looking at the seventh idol, Richard really hesitated. Two different voices were debating fiercely in his consciousness, without distinction. To take, or not to take?

Richard hesitated and struggled, but the man walked step by step towards the seventh idol. "The world is balanced, and every harvest has its price. Richard remembered that the Holy Scriptures had a teaching, and balance was one of the core of Elucia's teachings. So what will be the price of gaining the second ability?

The little boy was confused and struggling for the first time, but eventually, he reached out his hand to the idol. Mom had said that he could choose according to his own ideas, and he was not willing to give up this opportunity and was ready to pay the price. Richard Jr. was courageous, and he was willing to fight for unexpected gains. And he's smart, he knows that deep down in his mother's heart, he wants him to be a hero, a really important big shot.

At least more than the big ones of Baron Tucker.