Let me reiterate, although Orsted brought us into the ruins, this place is definitely not a Dragon race ruin.
The various carvings, statues, and murals inside the ruins generally have little to do with the Dragon race. The occasional appearance of giant dragons is always depicted in the murals in the posture of villains.
Upon reaching the interior of the ruins, Orsted explained the specific situation to us.
"This is the tomb of the first Generation Water God. Although it has been sealed by us Dragon race, there is no danger inside. You can move around freely. Except for the coffin at the top, which you must not touch, you can freely visit everywhere else.
I need to go deep inside to retrieve a treasure. After I come out, Daolin will take you to see the Water God's inheritance then."
After I and the Seven Stars nodded in succession, he left.
Although it was mentioned that the ruins were relatively safe, the Seven Stars did not wander off to sightsee alone but stayed with me.
Thanks to the daily teaching from my teacher Bladiconde, I could still understand some Ancient Elvish script. Although many characters were only half-understood, it was much like a Chinese person ordering food in Japan—most of the characters were similar, perhaps only missing one or two radicals.
This ruin appears to be a tomb built around the time of the First Human-Demon Great War, approximately 8,000 years ago. The murals in the tomb depict some scenes from the great war between the Human race and the Demon race.
Among them, there were frequent scenes of a female Elf warrior wearing close-fitting armor and a full-face helmet fighting the Demon race.
Why I say she is a female Elf is because her ears protruded from the gap in the full-coverage helmet, and the armor also accentuated her chest, so it was not hard to guess.
I suspected she was the first Generation Water God, but after searching the entire plaza, I couldn't find a single mural showing her face, which was truly strange.
Moreover, I recall that the Dragon race did not participate in the First Human-Demon Great War, and Laplace should have been on the side of the Human race at that time.
Too many things didn't match the history I knew.
But surprisingly, I saw the Demon Emperor Chichirika Chichiris in one mural. She was very recognizable, wearing tight leather clothing that covered her body and sporting devil horns pointing forward on her head.
Her purple hair was particularly conspicuous among the various Demon race species. She stood on a high platform like a leader, commanding the Demon race forces to attack the Human-Elf allied army.
To see murals in such ruins that recreate the First Human-Demon Great War like a movie made this journey worthwhile.
Perhaps it was because we were both Earthlings, sharing a yearning for grand, otherworldly war stories, that I and the Seven Stars intently examined the murals piece by piece.
Through the Ancient Elvish annotations beneath the murals, I roughly understood the life of the first Generation Water God.
Iliath Silverstream—that was the name of the first Generation Water God. She was born about 10,000 years ago. The Elves originally lived in the Dragon's World.
However, because the first Generation Dragon God destroyed all worlds except the Human World, the Elves had no choice. They, like other races from the destroyed worlds, fled the Dragon's World and came to the Human World.
What followed was an age of chaos. Because Elves were more similar to Humans than other races, they quickly allied with Humanity upon arriving in the Human World to jointly resist the Demon race's invasion.
This continued until the outbreak of the First Human-Demon Great War.
Perhaps this is why the Dragon race depicted in the murals always appears as the antagonist? Back then, every world was interconnected. After other worlds were destroyed by the Dragon God, it was natural for all Dragon race members to be viewed with hostility by all other races.
After nearly another hour, Orsted returned and found us.
He would first take the Seven Stars to the Dragon race library to borrow the necessary tomes. Then he would take me to see the inheritance of the first Generation Water God he mentioned.
As we walked up the stone steps, being bored, I asked Orsted about the first Generation Water God. Unexpectedly, he answered my questions.
"Lord Orsted, we just viewed the murals in the plaza. That should be about the First Human-Demon Great War, right? Is the one wearing full armor in the mural the first Generation Water God?"
"Yes, that is her, Water God Iliath. She was probably one of the most powerful figures on the Human side during the First Human-Demon Great War!"
"Oh? You know her specific information? Could you tell us about her?"
"Mhm, let me recall. Her name seems to be Iliath Silverstream. She was an incredibly powerful Elf War Goddess. During the First Human-Demon Great War, she led the combined Human and Elf forces in a surprise attack from the rear against Chichirika Chichiris's personal guard, the Ash Annihilation Demon Cavalry, decisively routing the main rear of the Demon race allied forces.
This laid a solid foundation for the Human race's victory in the First Human-Demon Great War. Afterward, she suppressed the Demon race in their territory for a thousand years until Chichirika Chichiris was resurrected and returned, defeating her."
All of the above was depicted in the murals just now, but the history of her eventual death was not annotated in Elvish script. It was probably omitted because it was a history of defeat.
"Lord Orsted, may I ask presumptuously, why is the face of the first Generation Water God always hidden within her helmet in the murals? Are there no portraits of her?"
Orsted glanced at me, sighed, and said in a deep voice:
"Perhaps it has something to do with her being a half-blood of the Elf and Dragon races!"
A bit unexpected, this turn of events! I listened as Orsted continued:
"In that era, because the Dragon race was framed by the Human God, all races resented the Dragon race. Iliath's mother was a Dragon race member, and she inherited the Dragon race's vertical pupils in her eyes.
So, no matter where she was, even when sleeping, she absolutely never took off her helmet. That's why all her depictions in the murals show her wearing a helmet."
Although I wanted to ask how she ate without taking off her helmet, my high level of emotional intelligence forced me to swallow that question.
"Actually, you will know soon enough. The talents of Elves in that era, besides infinite lifespan, also included the ability to use Ancient Elvish magic, which gave Elves a very significant role on the battlefield.
But Iliath was very different. For a long time after her birth, she couldn't use any magic. She possessed immense magical power but couldn't mobilize it, making her just like an ordinary human.
However, she was someone who refused to admit defeat. She constantly studied swordsmanship, which Humans were better at during that time.
At the same time, she didn't give up on training her magical power. By constantly compressing her magical power and accumulating the uncastable magic within her body, she eventually researched a method to release the dispersed magical power.
Ultimately, she created the Five Great Profound Arts of the Water God Style. The specific process, you will learn later."
Hearing how formidable she sounded made me quite excited.
After dropping the Seven Stars off at the Dragon race's library, Orsted and I arrived at a huge stone chamber.
This stone chamber was surrounded by various murals, and directly opposite the chamber were five rooms.
According to Orsted, the murals in the stone chamber depicted the inheritance of Iliath's Water God Style, which required self-enlightenment. Since he used Battle Qi to utilize the Water God Style, he couldn't teach it to me.
The five rooms in front each contained a test for one of the Profound Arts. Passing the test meant one had grasped the fundamentals of that Profound Art; achieving mastery still required diligent practice on one's own.
I first observed the murals in the stone chamber to see how the first Generation Water God created these five Profound Arts.
After studying them for a day and a night, I finally understood the specific method. I instantly grasped the similarities between magical power and the Water God Style's Profound Arts.
According to what was displayed on the murals of the first Generation Water God Iliath:
She found the solution while accumulating magical power.
She didn't know if it was due to being an Elf-Dragon half-blood or a genetic mutation.
Although she possessed vast magical power, she couldn't cast Ancient Elvish magic.
Besides her daily sword practice, her other routine work was polishing her magical power. While polishing her magic, she found a way to compress it.
After compressing the magical power, the space freed up could be replenished through natural absorption, food intake, and other means to fill the void. This way, she could continuously increase her total magical power. The prerequisite for all this was not using any magic to release power.
Of course, she didn't intentionally avoid using magic; it was because she inherently couldn't cast it. Thus, this could be considered a blessing in disguise!
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