Chapter 495 - 494. Holy Grove (3)
The interior of the Temple nearly blew the minds of the visitors away. Ocean saw the statues of the Dragons midflight being carved right from the thick marble pillars. The craftsmanship was so impeccable that one might think they were just standing there frozen in time, just slight bit of stimulus and they would come alive.
The grand total of six Dragons were the six pillars that were holding up the ornate ceiling that was painted with the story depicting how the Water Dragon had saved Denril four years ago.
There weren’t any pews in the entire sprawling white hall but just the altar close to the statue at the pedestal.
Ocean and others watched with unconcealed expressions of awe.
Ocean then looked forth at the largest statue that stood at the pedestal. The beautiful Saintess whose eyes were closed and hands clasped at her chest in a quiet prayer, her beautiful robes flowed down like the layers of clouds while a young boy stood beside her with the same expression as hers. The air of piety and devotion embraced them along with the Water Dragon who encirled them.
The Dragon was finely sculpted but looked rather grander than the others, usually it would be the Golden Dragon and Saintess Miella who would be at the pedestal for accepting worship but here the Water Dragon and Saintess Mirielle took that place.
The Sestian citizens who weren’t familiar with this concept stared at the grand statue for a long moment until Cesio cleared his throat.
"This is our savior, Supreme Aqua Dragon, Saintess Mirielle and our young Saint." Cesio gestured towards the statue.
"This place worships a different Dragon and different Saintess?" Marquis Fairisles questioned and Cesio smiled.
"The ceiling of this Temple demonstrates the great blessing of Aqua Dragon bestowed upon Denril just four years ago. The legacy of worshipping the Dragons has been going on for decades but it was only for the first time that a Dragon had appeared to deliver us from our plight. This place was bit ruins years ago but after the Aqua Dragon finally blessed us, we decided to dedicate this Temple to worship the Great Aqua Dragon and Saintess Mirielle and our dear Saint who invoked him."
"Who’s that Saint?" Duke Aurelius asked.
Cesio’s face crumpled before he put on a forced smile, "He is Aqua Dragon’s child who had suffered on this land because of some greedy people. But the benevolent Dragon didn’t exact any revenge on us and just took his child and Saintess along when he left after he defeated the demon who had been wreaking havoc on our land."