Only by seeing the Goddess Temple up close could one truly feel its overwhelming solemnity.
The temple stood atop a hillside. The moment one entered its view, one saw the ten pillars before it. Thirty meters high, they made every elf standing before them feel an involuntary sense of awe.
These pillars were not ordinary cylindrical columns. They had been carved into female Elf warriors, their most graceful bodies supporting the temple roof.
Fine magic-array patterns covered the statues, showing that the ten pillars were far more than ordinary decorations.
"Master Bennett, these ten statues are the ten Elf warriors who first followed the great Goddess Her Majesty!" Great Druid Lucia had remained beside Abel and softly introduced them to him.
What Abel paid attention to, however, was not this, but the divine power contained within those magic-array patterns.
He did not know how many years ago the Goddess Temple had been built, but it had existed for at least several thousand years. With the offerings of the Elf race over such a long period, traces of Faith Power could be found throughout every part of the temple.
In particular, the ten pillars contained terrifying divine power. He believed the ten statues were not as peaceful as they appeared. Once an outside enemy invaded, these ten statues would be the temple's first means of attack.
He carefully used the World Stone Fragment to suppress the "Crystal Angel Statue" within his pineal gland, completely concealing its aura.
He did not want to be discovered carrying the aura of another deity inside a temple belonging to a true god.
However, perhaps he had been overthinking things. When he walked toward the ten statue pillars, the pillars showed no reaction. Instead, they emitted scanning power toward his three followers, seemingly checking their identities.