Pivot of the Sky

Chapter 100: Trial trip

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George should have seen Amon flipping through the secret collection of divine scriptures in private, but he pretended to be confused and quietly took the sign away to startle Amon, and secretly issued a warning. Amon was also wondering why he did this? Perhaps it was to save face for the Holy Maiden. Although the status of the two was different, they were in the same situation. Both of them were hand-picked and promoted by the Holy Maiden, and they were in the same camp in the Temple of Isis.

There is another possibility. George knew that Amon had a batch of precious scrolls, and he seized his handle to deliberately blackmail him. Amon simply sent two scrolls by himself as a test, but judging from George's tone, he didn't intend to pursue the matter further.

Amon was thinking about all kinds of possibilities in his heart, and was about to leave, when he suddenly heard High Priest George looking at the ceiling and seeming to say to himself: "George only started when I entered the temple and made an oath in front of the goddess Isis." Name, my name was Sirkilade a long time ago, I don't want to mention it, and I hope no one will mention it again."

Amon was stunned, and didn't know what to say for a moment. He had heard of the name Serkirad before, and it was mentioned in the old lunatic's message. This person is a friend Nietzsche met when he traveled to the Ecu Empire, and he is also a magician! At that time, he lived in the outskirts of the city-state of Herac, and when he met Nietzsche, he was only a fifth-level magician. As a great magician, Nietzsche gave Serkiled a lot of advice.

Sirkilade had vowed to repay Nietzsche, which is why Nietzsche mentioned his name in the message. And Serkirad only came to the Temple of Isis twenty years ago, and changed his name to George. That was more than ten years after Bell's death, when he had already become a great magician. The old lunatic was not aware of this news, so it was not mentioned in Pupil of the Earth.

When a magician breaks through high-level achievements, his situation will change subtly. As long as he is loyal to the temple, he will get another identity. After Serkirad came to the Temple of Isis and became an honorary high priest, he even changed his name. His past experience has long since disappeared in various documents and records. There is only the great magician George in the world. Twenty years later, by a very coincidental chance, he not only became the high priest, but also saw the token of the old lunatic.

George hinted to Amon that he knew the origin of the sign, and at the same time warned Amon not to mention anything again. This was an unspoken secret between the two. It has been more than forty years since the old lunatic met Serkirad, and it has been 20 years since Serkirad came to the Temple of Isis to become the great magician George, and the past has long been dusty. secret.

Amon stood there silently, George withdrew his gaze from the ceiling, turned his head to look at him and said with a half-smile: "You have become a glorious warrior of the Temple of Isis, and you are very likely to become a great warrior in the future, which is enough Change your life. But in the Temple of Isis, you must abide by everything here, and you must not offend or blaspheme the gods. Maybe I was too worried, and your behavior at the blessing ceremony that day is enough to prove that you are loyal to your duty."

Amon nodded quickly and said, "Honorable High Priest, I will remember your words."

George said kindly: "Just remember it, I didn't expect you to be a warrior! You can come to me if you have any confusion in the future. I will be happy to help you as long as it does not violate the rules of the temple... I don't read this volume of classics." It's like I don't want to mention many things in the past, so you can take it back."

Amon took the order to resign, George didn't even open the box, and the classics were sent back. What George did was already a kind of repayment for the kindness of the old lunatic. This great magician is not a person who does not keep his word. But the current situation is not the same as before. He warned Amon not to mention the past, nor to take out the sign easily.

Amon was very afraid. In a place like the Temple of Isis, as long as there is a flaw, people will find out sooner or later. Fortunately, this time, he met George, and he relied on the grace left by the old lunatic in his early years. Being discovered seemed inevitable, and meeting George was an accident. In fact, the original high priest Julian was also mentioned in the old lunatic's message, but in front of Julian, Amon would never dare to take out that brand, because it would only make him die faster.

You must be careful in the future, you can't just trust in luck, Amon will not read things he shouldn't read until he becomes a great warrior and is allowed to read the divine scriptures. I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, George pointed out one thing to Amon. The gray nameless scroll was actually the legendary destruction storm, and it was probably the only destruction storm in this world.

After handing over the affairs of the archives, Amon left the temple and went to Xiou's house first. He made a request to Xiou that he had wanted to say for a long time - to buy the slave Aesop. Of course Xiou was reluctant to sell such a capable slave, but he couldn't refuse Amon's request, and the price Amon offered was too amazing, and he put ten divine stones on the table.

This is by no means the price of a slave. Thinking back to when Amon rescued Xiou in the desert and escorted Xiou to the cape city-state safely, he was paid ten sacred stones. Now he has returned all of them to buy Yiu. claim name.

Xiou was taken aback, of course he did not dare to accept the money, and agreed to give Aesop to Amon on the spot. However, Amon smiled and insisted that Xiou accept it. After pushing for a long time, Xiou had no choice but to accept the sacred stone. His forehead was sweating, and he quickly ordered someone to call Aesop to tell him: "Mr. Amon has already bought it. After leaving you, you must listen carefully to Mr. Amon's words and serve him."

Before leaving, Amon left a book for Xiou, and specially told him: "You should read this book carefully. If there is anything you don't understand, you can pay someone to explain it. Don't you just want to be a nobleman? There may be opportunities in the future, and the things in the book will be very important. I borrowed this from the Isis archives, you must keep it carefully, I will go on a long trip, and I will return it when I come back.”

The content in the book mainly talks about transportation. Xiou is a businessman who does cross-border trade. He is an expert in organizing caravan transportation, but the book talks about the organization, dispatch, and supply of logistics materials for the march, and the transportation for the marching army. Xiou didn't understand why Amon asked him to read these, but since he explained it, let's keep it and read it slowly. The book is in the collection of the Temple of Isis. In Xiou's mind, it has a mysterious and noble atmosphere, so you have to read it!

When Amon led the newly bought slave out of the door, Aesop asked: "Master Amon, why did you buy me? How much did Master Xiou pay to thank you for saving your life? How much did it cost me to buy it, and why?"

Amon smiled and said: "Aesop, you are no lower than your master, including me now. Although you are my slave, I can't restrict your free heart to look up at the stars. You have two choices, one One is to continue to work for Master Xiou and receive your wages. You are my slave only in name. Second, I have a friend who has a manor in Memphis City. He is away all year round and needs a housekeeper to help take care of it. Would you like to help with this?"

Aesop bowed and said, "Master Amon, you really don't have to talk to me like that. I should obey your orders. Why wouldn't you want to help? It's just that it's too expensive to buy a slave for ten sacred stones! It's unnecessary to spend this money." what."

Amon chuckled and said, "You entered the role very quickly. Well, you can help me think about anything in the future. Follow me to that manor, and I will give you a surprise."

The surprise that Amon mentioned is a blank document, as long as you write your name, you can have the status of a free citizen of the Eju Empire. Amon once had another paper of the same type, but he used it when he wrote Arhat's name on it. This time, in order to carry out a secret investigation mission, the temple gave him another document like this. Amon didn't need it himself, so he gave it to Aesop.

In the manor, Aesop knelt down holding this document and did not speak for a long time. When he looked up, his face was full of tears, and he said with a sob: "Master Amon, I don't know how to repay you. Why did you give such a precious thing to me?" I?"

Amon shook his head and said: "It is useless to me, but it can change your identity and no longer be a slave. If it is about repayment, I know you are a very capable person, and this manor will be left to you. Please take good care of it when the master is away, and I will leave a sum of money, which you can use to do business, and I don’t know when I will come back.”

Aesop: "Master, you can go to work at ease. I will take care of everything here, so you don't need to worry."

Amon asked again: "Aesop, what name do you plan to write on this?"

Aesop: "Of course it's still Aesop, it's my name."

Amon asked curiously: "Why don't you change your name so that people won't recognize it?"

Aesop replied: "This is the name my father gave me. I don't want to give it up. There are many people with the same name in the world. It doesn't matter if there is one more freeman named Aesop."

Amon nodded: "Then do as you wish, Mr. Aesop."

Regardless of whether in Egypt or other continental countries, masters can resell slaves and treat slaves as kindly as possible, but they have no right to free slaves without authorization, which is stipulated by laws and regulations. Even if Amon bought Aesop, he couldn't make him a freeman. Doing so now is a way of stealing the post, allowing Aesop to have a new identity that is no longer the original person. For Aesop, this is a gift that he could never dream of.

Give the manor to Aesop, Amon and some personal items are also stored here, and the hired servants also need to be managed by someone. Schrödinger's favorite wine and food are prepared every day. But after Amon and Medanzo left Memphis City, Schrödinger suddenly jumped out from the bushes beside the official road, stopped in front of Amon and stared at him.

Amon knelt down and said softly: "Schrödinger, I haven't seen you for the past few days, and I don't know where to find you if I want to say hello. Now I'm going back to Duke Town to perform tasks, so you can have fun in Memphis City , I have arranged everything."

The cat twisted its neck, did not bark or speak, raised its paw and pointed at Amon's waist. Amon used to carry a big leather bag when he was on his way. It was given by the old lunatic when he left Duke Town. Schrödinger always hid in the leather bag and slept. Schrödinger seemed very dissatisfied that he didn't take out the leather bag when he went out this time.

Amon persuaded again: "You asked me to take you back to Eju. After traveling thousands of miles, you finally came back. You lived very comfortably in Memphis City. Why do you want to go on an adventure with me again? Just wait for me in the city." Is it not good?"

Schrödinger puffed his cheeks and did not speak, and his paws did not put down. Medanzuo on the side watched Amon talking to a cat in a soft voice, and couldn't help but feel a little weird, but he knew that the relationship between this cat and Amon was unusual when he was in the savage tribe, so he didn't intervene. Amon had no choice but to stand up and shake the iron branch staff in his hand, and took out a large leather bag out of thin air and straddled his body diagonally.

As soon as Schrödinger jumped, he jumped onto the leather pocket and clawed the opening with his claws, and got in very skillfully. Amon turned around and said to Medanzuo: "Go to the town ahead to buy more fine wine, and you need to prepare a new batch of meat floss on the road. I will teach you how to process vegetables and meat with magical techniques, which can be preserved for a long time and are delicious. .”

Mei Danzuo asked with a smile: "God Amon, I always see you conjuring many things out of thin air. What kind of magic is this?"

Amon replied indifferently: "It's not a big deal, just use space artifacts. When you break through the sixth-level achievement, you can learn high-level space magic, and I will teach you how to use space artifacts. The deeper the magic power, the more magic you can use." The more space there is, the more things are really convenient.”

In the market town ahead, they not only bought a large amount of living supplies, but also bought a carriage and two horses. The two of them and the cat drove the carriage for a month at a leisurely pace, and finally came to the border of Eju. Along the way, apart from reading the book of war given to him by Amon, Mei Danzuo used divine techniques to process all kinds of secret food. It seemed like an insignificant matter, but it was an exercise to control his strength.

For example, to process a piece of fresh and tender beef into jerky to preserve the original taste, it is necessary to use magic magic of fire element and water element and even simple magic magic of space. , or become black coke. It may be fun to process only a few pieces, but doing such a thing for many days in a row will be boring and boring. Amon just wants Medanzuo to do this, to apply magic to the ordinary.

When they arrived at the last market town on the border of Eju, Amon asked Medanzuo to sell all his carriages and horses, and the two set off on foot. Mei Danzuo asked puzzledly: "We still have a long way to go. Isn't it more convenient to take a car? Why do we have to walk?"

Amon smiled mysteriously: "You will understand in a while, just go, don't be afraid of suffering, this is a necessary experience for you."

In front of them was the Syria Desert, and they were taking the trade road between Eju and the Kingdom of Baron, and only these two people walked along the way. Mei Danzuo is a fifth-level magician and warrior, so walking like this is not too difficult. A few days later, when he came to the middle of this business road, Amon suddenly said: "Go north and go directly to Duke Town from here."

Medanzo asked again: "Aren't we going to Link's tribe?"

Amon nodded: "Yes, from Duke Town to the east, through the deep mountains and jungles of the Youdi River Valley, you can reach Link's tribe. That's how I went."

Medanzuo scratched the back of his head: "God Amon, I suggest to take another road, enter the Kingdom of Baron from here, follow the east bank of the Eudi River to the city-state of Kish, in the town of Akkad we have been to Further west, there is a new ferry to cross the river, directly into the mountains of the Eudi Valley, and it will be easier to reach Link's tribe.

Although it is a little farther to walk this way, the road is very peaceful and the speed will be faster. When we get to Link, take Link and Iron Armored Beast King Yunmeng, and we will go to Duke Town to investigate together, it will be much safer. Didn't you say that there are many monsters haunting deserts and swamps, and it's not easy to pass through? "

Amon shook his head and said: "Medanzuo, do you know why I brought you here? This is your trial journey. If you want to pass the test of 'Breakthrough of Limits', follow me to the north ;If you want to be safer and more secure, you can go the way you said by yourself and go to Link's tribe first to wait for me."

Mei Danzuo said with a sneer, "I'm just a suggestion. You are the god who guides me. We can go wherever we want."

Amon looked at Mei Danzuo, with a smile that seemed to have a deep meaning: "Since you say that, you can't hesitate to regret it in your heart. Let's discuss one thing first. If you encounter any trouble on the road, you should act first. If you are really unsure, I will do it." .”

Mei Danzuo nodded again and again: "Of course, with me here, how can I work for you, God Amon!"

When he turned north and headed toward the depths of the desert, Mei Danzuo realized that he had suffered a lot. Mei Danzuo is not a delicate person, on the contrary, he is very able to endure hardships, otherwise he would not have traveled through the mountains to Link's tribe to buy horse leather steel. During this period of time, I worked as a housekeeper in Memphis City, and lived a pampered and pampered life, but I didn't feel any fatigue when walking through the desert at this time.

But there is always a limit to one's ability and will. Sometimes it's not that you don't want to persist, it's just that it's hard to do. Amon's speed through the desert suddenly accelerated, and Medanzuo tried his best to keep up. The climate in the desert has a huge temperature difference between day and night. The scorching sun in the daytime is like a flame baking, and the cold air in the night seems to be able to freeze people, and it is extremely dry.

Amon traveled regardless of day or night, regardless of the extreme heat and cold, leaning on an iron staff to perform divine spells, always surrounded by a soft coolness, Schrödinger in his leather pocket felt very comfortable, but Meidan who followed behind Zuo suffered very much. Amon only stopped twice a day, one time to make food for Schrödinger, and he and Medan Zuo also ate their fill, and the other time was to sit down at night to practice divine magic meditation.

After walking for three days, Mei Danzuo's will and physical strength were almost supported to the limit, but the words had already been spoken, so he could only grit his teeth and follow Amon closely. On the third night, the gods opened their eyes, and after practicing magic meditation, Amon said to Medan Zuo: "Don't hurry at night, you should sleep well today." And he unfolded a tent.

Not to mention the sound of sleep this time, he didn't even have the energy to dream, and Mei Danzuo didn't know how long he had slept, but suddenly heard a cat meowing, which carried some kind of warning. Although exhausted, his vigilance had not been lost, and he immediately opened his eyes, jumped up and got out of the tent.