The brilliant lights reflect the night of Lion City so brightly, with the bright silver moon hanging high in the sky, but it is eclipsed under the dazzling lights.

Even the proud goddess Diana cannot take away the glory from the ground, because tonight's Lion City is a happy world for mortals.

Because tonight, no, to be precise, this morning is the day when the annual Water Curtain Festival begins.

According to legend, as early as the early days of the mythology, mortals lived ignorantly on the beautiful land of Pavatiga.

At that time, mythical beasts from ancient times scattered the ground, and their heavy steps made the earth tremble. The giant dragons that covered the sky soared in the sky, and the clear dragon roars resounded in all directions. The deadly elemental creatures wandered in a daze in extreme areas. Every step they took, flames and frost would condense. The huge creatures like isolated islands swept over the water column, playing and wandering in the vast ocean.

The Pavadiga in the mythical age is dangerous and terrifying, the fragile and pathetic mortals, in the mountains and forests, in the caves, trembling and breathing, trying every means to survive. However, the powerless mortals cannot fight against those powerful creatures. They cry, they are helpless, they pray to all things in the world, praying for a glimmer of hope to continue the race.

So, the god was born.

Relying on the faith of mortals, the personality of the gods was born from their essence, responding to the call of mortals, they brought hope for life to mortals.

On the earth, helping mortals fight against giant beasts, forcing giant beasts to retreat into the wilderness, and in the sky, they entered into an agreement with the dragon group. From then on, the dragon no longer feeds on humans and no longer treats human villages as toys to kill time. In the ocean, the innocent and gentle deep-sea beasts accepted those tiny neighbors under the comfort of the gods. Both sides shared the ocean together. The gods of the element opened up elemental planes. The elemental creatures gushed away the elemental energy and moved into their new homes, completely forgot Pavatiga.

For these things, the gods awakened their children, and continued to show miracles and protect the fragile mortals until the children completely learned to be independent. Among them, the 30,000 square kilometers of water curtain is one of the most famous miracles in the mythical era.

Back then, the mythical giant beasts faded away, and the brutal monsters competed for the space they were given up. In the east and south, waves of monster waves flooded a large number of tribes. Facing sharp claws, simple stone axes and wooden sticks and animal skins on their bodies were obviously incomparable.

In order to keep the children alive, Wendy, the Lord of the Lake and River, sat in the depths of the Holy Lake for ten thousand years, spreading the boundless water curtain to cover the earth of 30,000 square kilometers for a full ten thousand years. No monster could step into the range of the water curtain. With the grace of the goddess, various intelligent creatures in the East and the South got a breather, carefully developed civilization, and finally won the qualification to continue in front of the monster.

The mythological age has long passed, but the grace of the gods has not been forgotten. The bloodline that has emerged from the boundless water curtain has spread all over the world, and has also brought the gratitude to the goddess Wendy to every corner of Pavattiga.

Some scholars have verified that any force that clearly defines Ms. Wendy, the god of water, as one of the official beliefs, must be some of the high-level bloodlines that can be traced back to the survivors in the boundless water curtain of the mythical era. Although the evidence is insufficient, everyone would rather believe that this is true, because mortals' gratitude to Ms. Wendy cannot tolerate any falsehood.

The Emerald Empire is of course no exception.

The first generation of pioneers, Lionheart Knight, was a newcomer from East Pavattiga, a devout believer of Wendy, the goddess of water. Although he was slapped by two helpless races, Winged Man and Lin Jing, he still built a city under the light of emeralds, and at the same time brought his faith in Wendy to the north.

As the power of the empire continued to expand, the spread of faith became more and more widespread. Due to a series of unexpected situations, the church's temple and the Holy Lake body moved to the Lion City overnight. The Water Curtain Festival, the official festival of the Temple of Water, naturally followed the church to move the key parts of the year to the Emerald Empire.

For the Emerald Empire and the Lion City, this is a grand celebration of three days. Everyone will devote themselves to enjoying these happy three days. The more they are, the happier they are, the more they can show respect and gratitude to Lord Wendy, because Lord Wendy is gentle and loves these children deeply. The happiness of the children is her happiness.

On the eve of Water Curtain Festival, no one fell asleep.

The streets of Lion City are decorated with lights and a festive atmosphere. On those monotonous buildings, bright crystal lanterns are placed on each building, making all the streets bright as daylight, and the roadsides are already covered with colorful lanterns and silk flowers, making the boring Lion City particularly colorful.

Before eight o'clock, the street was empty, but the roadside was already full of people. The 200,000 to 300,000 residents of Lion City, as long as they are convenient to move, they basically rushed to the streets. Everyone carried stools and snacks, gathered on the roadside with smiles, waiting for the most critical moment of the year to arrive. As for those children with excessive energy, they were even more crazy, venting endless happiness and energy in a more intense way than usual. Their parents' roots

I was unable to restrain myself. Well, after the Water Curtain Festival every year, there will be hundreds of cases of losing children. Fortunately, they can be retrieved after that, so citizens have become accustomed to it. When they see a child who cannot find a home, they simply take it home for one night and send it to the city guard the next day, and take their children away from strangers. If anyone hadn't thrown them at the Water Curtain Festival a few times when he was a child, he would be embarrassed to say that he grew up in the Lion City.

The later the time is, the more lively the streets are, and the more people gather on the streets. When it is eleven o'clock in the middle of the night, the two days are at the intersection, with the bells representing the new day, the Water Curtain Festival officially kicked off.

The first thing that appeared was the residents waiting by the streets, which was the grand city parade.

The purpose of the Water Curtain Festival is to commemorate the grace of the gods and to please and protect everyone's mother. Naturally, Lord Wendy wants to see everyone's happy life. Therefore, the grander the parade, the better. Only once a year will waste a little, and it can promote the development of the urban economy. There is nothing wrong with it.

The first thing to appear was a spacious eight-horse carriage, with eight horses wearing light blue ribbons, and their majestic iron hooves stepped on the stone slabs on the street, making a crisp sound.

The carriage dragged is not exquisite in material, but is made of wood from the common deciduous stegosaurus in the aristocratic area. This means that children dedicate their favorite local specialties to their mothers, and of course they have to use things grown in the city. However, the carriage is exquisitely crafted, with the hollowed-out patterns and exquisite, with a master's style. This is a masterpiece that took four months to complete by several carpenters in the outer city. One car is carved by the masters himself every year. Each pattern embodies the master's hard work and respect.

There was no one in the carriage, only a small white jade statue stood on the seat, of course, it was the image of Lord Wendy. Although this was not a true holy image, in the hearts of believers, at this moment, the jade statue represented Lord Wendy's parade throughout the city and accepted worship from believers. Therefore, wherever the carriage passed, everyone bowed, and even those who believed in dissident bowed and offered awe to the gods.

Following behind were two six-horse carriages, around the previous carriage, sixteen temple priests wearing water holy robes walked at the same speed as the carriage. Every few steps, they would raise their hands to release a mist of water, sprinkle on everyone around them.

There is no guard around the carriage in which the statue of God is riding, which means that no one is qualified to walk with the gods, and only the carriage's hand has this honor. The priest surrounded the carriage, naturally, is the carriage of the Goddess, the archbishop of the Temple of Water, Oranna.

Oranna was always sitting in the carriage without showing up. The sixteen priests around him were responsible for sacred grace to the believers. This was a physical job. Although it was only the lowest level of magic, the two-hour parade around the city was equivalent to using the magic for two hours in a row. Ordinary priests could not hold on at all. Therefore, these priests were all high-level priests with status and status in the temple. For example, the foolish and stupid inside was Kelly, a crazy believer who had shared experiences. It seems that after a test, her status has also been significantly improved.

Another six-horse carriage was surrounded by elite soldiers armed in armor and guarded the center with a strong guard. There was no doubt that this must belong to Leon, the Lionheart King. It was a custom of Pavatiga. Therefore, for all similar activities, vehicles representing imperial power would be ranked behind vehicles representing religious power, and there was nothing to be surprised.

After the three carriages passed, the people on the street put down their previous seriousness and began to boil, because the next step was the focus of the parade, a spontaneous team of people from different groups showed themselves to the residents.

There were neatly lined up, swinging a fire rope on both ends of the street and juggling clowns, one party holding an ice hockey, the other party holding a fireball, throwing balls at each other, pretending to be an acrobatic master, there were young girls dancing ugly and messy dances, but laughing and laughing, the old knight who was standing in a carriage wearing armor and waving his sword to hit the dragon model, the singer singing (although I can't hear what he was singing at all), the musician playing musical instruments (must be amateur, because it's very unpleasant), the craftsmen who swayed the city with an axe and wooden saw (really dangerous, proof of one of the smashed toes), all kinds of people can be seen in the procession around the city.

All of these are non-professionals, with a terrible level, but they are all very dedicated. The celebration parade is for joy and joy. There is no threshold. Anyone can join. Even in the procession, you can see a few drunk dwarfs holding their backs, holding their wine pots and shouting for Olfregan. Oh, of course, in the end, this was quickly dragged aside by the believers and beaten, and it can be ignored.

Where the team passed by, some of the audiences on the street chose other celebration projects, but more people followed the parade and joined the ranks. They were not prepared. They simply followed the team to join in the fun. Most people were just giggling, but it was such a purposeless and pure smile that was the best gift to the gods.

It took two hours to circle the city for a week, and it was not long or short. Soon, after walking the established journey, the carriage drove into the square in front of the palace and stopped in front of the newly built high platform.

There were countless people gathering around the square. Under everyone's expectations, the respected Archbishop Oranna pushed open the car door and walked down.

Well? What's going on? Why is there another one? This is a rare scene.

In a surprised look, a little girl in a black holy robe held Archbishop Oranna's hand and walked out of the carriage dignifiedly, showing a sacred smile to everyone.
Chapter completed!