Reborn as an Extra Chapter 628: To The Temple Of Nature! Part-3.
Previously on Reborn as an Extra...
Upon Lia and her companions arriving at the 'Temple of Nature,' the fairies already gathered there felt a mix of shock and excitement upon spotting such an enormous lion entering their sacred place!
"Waahh!! You appear incredibly powerful!"
"You're enormous and towering!!!"
"Could you be a divine being?"
Dozens of fairies buzzed around Kai, harassing him relentlessly like persistent, irritating mosquitoes that wouldn't buzz off!
Noticing their endless pestering, Kai gently set down the people on his back and shifted back to his cat shape, leaving everyone astonished.
He leaped onto Lia’s shoulder and began feigning sleep!
Observing this, Lia shook her head helplessly and offered the fairies an apologetic smile for Kai’s impolite actions.
"Let's go, Lia! I'll give you a tour!"
Miria darted ahead of Lia with bubbling excitement, guiding her onward.
The primary path to the temple's entrance consisted of pristine, gleaming white stones laid out in an elegant design.
Towering trees and petite, limpid ponds flanked both sides of the path; petals from flowers drifted on the breeze into the sparkling pond waters, enhancing their allure.
Stylish fountains and diverse decorative sculptures of fairies dotted the area as well.
At the grand entrance, the inscription 'Temple Of Nature' shone in golden letters!
’So, do fairies offer prayers to ’Nature’ for fortune?’
In response to Lia’s query, Kai nodded and answered in his typical serene tone,
[Yes... Much like how Elves revere the ’World Tree’ as their ’God,’ Fairies worship the ’Natural World Order,’ ’Nature,’ and the ’World’ as a whole...]
[They hold the belief that the ’World’ possesses awareness, and through prayer, one receives blessings of luck...]
’Ah, I understand... Elven faiths seem to echo from an ancient time when such devotions and creeds flourished...’
[Indeed... Prior to the emergence of the initial demi-gods, numerous religions and faiths dominated the world...]
[King Allen shattered them all by ascending as the First Awakener into demi-god status! Mindsets shifted; folks began believing that self-deification eliminated the need for external worship...]
[As eras evolve, so do perspectives; during the world alliance's ascent, ancient ways faded into obscurity...]
Lia had witnessed shrines to the world tree within the Elven empire, confirming that veneration of superior entities and individual godly convictions persist even now.
Yet, it's far less widespread than in bygone days.
’Maybe fairies continue to honor the ’World’ and ’Nature’ in the present...’
[That's conceivable, though I'm uncertain since I've encountered none after their move to the concealed realm in the dragon valley...]
[Incidentally... Beyond the ’world tree’ and the ’world,’ several other faiths thrived back then, but most vanished from memory and history's pages...]
[The thousand-year war wrought havoc across the globe, leading to the extinction of many races, along with their traditions and religions, in that apocalyptic conflict...]
Kai lifted his gaze toward the majestic temple of the ’Natural Order’ and intoned gravely,
[Back then, the most renowned faith was devotion to ’Heavenly Will’... As you're aware, heaven's will governs all fates and destinies...]
[It stood as one of the mightiest belief systems, and its adherents became prime targets for the demon race... those souls endured immense suffering...]
Among the world's toughest ’Paths,’ the route of belief and faith ranks high; treading it has always been fraught with challenges.
Demons, along with miasma and corruption, employed every tactic to eradicate those bold enough to pursue these arduous ’Paths.’
"Behold, that's the ’Fountain of Elemental Life’!"
While Lia remained lost in thought, Miria gestured toward a massive fountain situated in the temple's front garden center.
The fountain brimmed with assorted potent elements, its surrounding mana so refined in purity that Lia abruptly emerged from her reverie, gazing at it with wide-eyed wonder.
[Hoh... So that's the appearance of the legendary artifact, the great Fountain of Elemental Life, in actuality...]
[Who would've thought this fabled item truly existed...]
’The mana and elementals cluster so thickly here they've liquefied and cascade like streams, resembling a fountain...’
’Even its mere presence radiates such immense power...’
As Lia and Kai marveled in awe, Lyria and Miria guided her nearer to the fountain, where more fairies lingered, and they exclaimed with fervor.
"This spot is where nearly every elemental fairy has originated!"
"She's our sacred mother!"
Elemental fairies form from condensed elementals and mana, endowed with their own souls and intellects; lacking reproductive systems, they skip mating and offspring concepts.
From birth, elemental fairies emerge as full adults!
The fairy race's revered relic, the Fountain of Elemental Life, fosters the perfect conditions for fairy emergence, birthing virtually all elemental fairies across Fairyland from this sole sacred item!
Hence, they cherish it nearly like a maternal figure!
Certainly, alternative births exist for fairies, like spontaneous generation from natural environmental shifts.
In such cases, when elemental concentrations and spatial ripples align precisely, fairies arise from that intense elemental interplay, aided by the natural world order!
However, this occurrence proves rarer than life sparking from utter void, rendering it undependable with minuscule probabilities.
Therefore, the ’Fountain of Elemental Life’ serves as the fairies' steadiest lifeline source.