"Ninth... ninth level... magic... magician?" Amon opened his mouth wide and forgot to close it, and he stuttered.
He heard very clearly that the old lunatic was talking about a magician, not a magician, a person who learned magic without the permission of the gods. This kind of person is going to be punished by the temple, but he actually gained the power equivalent to a demigod, it's unbelievable!
The old lunatic stopped talking, his eyes seemed to be looking at a far away place through the wall, and he didn't know what he was remembering. It took a long time for Amon to come back to his senses, and asked cautiously: "So are you a 'magician' too?"
"Yes, I am a magician. But my achievements are not as good as those of the students. I am just an eighth-level magician." The old lunatic replied in a confident tone, but he did not turn his face to look at Amon.
Amon was already petrified, he stared at the old lunatic for a long time, and then asked in a low voice: "Your student..." At this point, he hesitated to speak, not knowing how to proceed.
The old lunatic seemed to be talking to himself: "His name is Bell. If he hadn't become a god, he might have died a long time ago. The last time I heard about him was thirty years ago, brought by Schrödinger. At that time he abducted Onion, the saintess who left the Temple of Isis, is being hunted down by a large number of magicians and warriors. He wanted to come to me, but he couldn't get away, and there was no news after that."
It was as if Amon had been magically cast, and he could no longer make a sound. The old lunatic just said a few words, but it contained too much shocking information. First of all, if the magician had not become a god, he might have died a long time ago, obviously implying that mortals can become gods. And in all the oracles, it is impossible for people to live forever like gods, let alone magicians cursed by gods
The second is the news brought by Schrödinger thirty years ago, so this cat has lived for at least thirty years, and can still pass messages between magicians. What a magical cat it is! Amon recalled his childhood experience, that greedy and dirty fat cat, had been at the old lunatic's house since he could remember. But Schrödinger was so lazy that he slept soundly in the corner all day long, and almost no one would notice it.
The most shocking thing was that the sorcerer named Bell abducted the saint from the Temple of Isis 30 years ago. At this time, Amon still didn't fully understand who the saintess was, but he knew that it was impossible for a magician to show off openly, and the great magician Bell actually caused trouble in the temple, as if he didn't care about his identity at all.
Amon stopped talking, but the old lunatic withdrew his gaze and turned to look at him and said, "You can't believe it, can you? He entered the Memphis Temple and accepted the invitation to become the honorary high priest in order to fulfill my wish. But even I didn't expect that he would abduct the saint and the tears of the gods together, he is really daring, crazier than me, an old lunatic!"
Amon, who had been petrified, finally heard something was wrong, "No, no, how is this possible? Isn't the magician despised by the gods and hunted down by the temple? How did he become the honorary high priest of the Memphis Temple again? "
The old lunatic smiled, which was his most common expression, with a joking sneer: "The content about divine arts and physical arts I introduced to you just now are all the sayings on the Tianshu Continent since ancient times. Since the oracle seems to be It is also true, but it may contain many mistakes and lies. I taught Bell to learn everything, and I only hope that he can fulfill one of my wishes, which is to find out the real secrets of the gods."
Amon's brain is a bit difficult to use at the moment, and he can't think about so many complicated problems for a while, so he asked: "You haven't told me how a magician who is despised by the gods can become the grand master of the Memphis Temple." priest?"
The sneer on the old lunatic's face became more obvious: "The so-called nobles are qualified to learn divine arts and have to obtain the permission of the temple. I think these statements are just lies of those priests and priests trying to monopolize divine arts. Those who privately learn divine arts are called As a magician, it cannot be tolerated. If you are only a low-level or middle-level magician, this is indeed the case, and you will be punished or even hunted down by the temple. But if you are lucky enough to become a great magician , the situation changed and became very dramatic.”
"What play?" Amon became more and more confused. Since he was a child, he had only watched plays praising God in the annual festivals in the town.
The old lunatic asked back: "Amon, would you pay a flock of sheep for hunting a beast? If the beast didn't provoke you at all, would it even be willing to help you?"
Amon: "Of course not, I'm not a fool!"
The old lunatic snorted coldly and said: "The priests in the temple are not fools either! The price of eliminating a great magician is too high. To encircle and suppress a great magician must bear a painful loss. If it is not a last resort, who would be willing to do it?" This kind of loss-making business? If a great magician appears in the territory of a certain temple, as long as he does not reveal his identity and is not an enemy of the temple, the priests are also happy to pretend not to know. If he has to be dealt with if his identity is revealed, Usually the other way is used first.”
Amon gradually understood, but he still asked, "In what way?"
The old lunatic turned his head to look at the wall again, his gaze seemed to look into the distance through the room, and told Amon about Bell's past—
If a great magician appears in the territory, the smartest way is to "eliminate" him without losing or even increasing his own strength, then we can negotiate. Persuade and bribe him to join the temple, accept the blessings of the gods, give him a noble status, and become an honorary priest. In this way, all troubles are solved, and there is no need to fight to the death with heavy losses.
The great magician is a transcendent existence anywhere in the Tianshu Continent. Of course, every temple hopes to have more great magicians sitting in command, which is also a symbol of power and status. Even the king secretly approves of this kind of thing. Who doesn't want more great magicians to serve him
And the magician turned into a magician, not only no longer need to worry about his identity, but also enjoy the honorable status. Temples that can recruit great magicians enjoy huge wealth and resources. Practicing magic here and enjoying the respect of people is much better than being a shady magician. Why not do it
So this kind of negotiation is often relaxed and happy, and both parties are happy. But there are exceptions. Those who can learn divine arts privately and have high-level achievements are all rare geniuses in the world. Among them, there are many arrogant people who may not accept this invitation. But as long as he doesn't openly become an enemy of the temple, the temple will promise benefits or give generous gifts in private, as long as they are in peace with each other.
Only in an openly hostile relationship, the archmage against the kingdom and the temple, must be destroyed. It will be an extremely tragic war of extermination, and various forces will even be mobilized to participate.
Bell is a student of the old lunatic Nietzsche. When he entered Memphis City thirty-six years ago, he was already an eighth-level great magician. He did things very simply, went directly to the Temple of Isis to show his identity, and demonstrated his magical achievements, which surprised the saint and the three high priests in charge at that time. What happened next was a matter of course, and Bell became the honorary high priest of the Temple of Isis, a revered great magician.
The Mengfeisi Temple announced to the public that Bell had devoted himself to practicing divine arts for many years and never cared about the fame and fame. He did not accept the identity of the honorary high priest until he became an eighth-level great magician. People are in awe!
At the beginning, Bell only had the symbolic status of an honorary high priest, and did not hold real power. But the situation changed again three years later. During his tenure as the honorary high priest of the Temple of Isis, he advanced to the ninth level of divine art, becoming an existence equivalent to a demigod. You must know that the saint Onion, who represented the highest authority of the Isis Temple at that time, had only eight levels of magical achievements.
Bell's status not only became extremely honorable in the Temple of Isis, but also became one of the elders of the Divine Art Council of the Ecu Empire. He is qualified to participate in the discussion of the supreme mysteries of divine arts, and give advice on the divine arts of nobles and priests. He can also consult the records of ancient books and documents in the Temple of Isis and the archives of the Divine Art Council of Eju—the purpose of Bell's original entry into the Temple of Isis that's it.
It was the old lunatic Nietzsche who taught him everything, and only wanted him to fulfill one wish: to find out why the gods became gods? If this secret is known, then perhaps two questions can be answered—can mortals also become gods? If so, how to become a god
The difficulty of fulfilling this wish is almost beyond imagination, and the old lunatic did not ask Bell to succeed, as long as he tried his best. As far as the old lunatic knew, Bell might have been close to success. Even if he didn't answer all the questions, he at least had the key to solve the puzzle. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to abduct the saint from the Temple of Isis.
It was the kidnapping of the saint that completely changed Bell's later fate. If it didn't happen, Bell would continue to enjoy the honorable status, and maybe he would become one of the greatest magicians in the history of the Ecu Empire, and maybe he might still be able to fulfill the wish of the old lunatic completely. But the world cannot be re-assumed. Thirty years ago, Bell left the Temple of Isis, not only taking away the saintess Onion, but also the Tears of the Gods that Onion was in charge of.
Speaking of this, the old lunatic suddenly said a digression with emotion: "The insider privately said that Bell kidnapped the saint, but I think the saint was hijacked by him voluntarily. She has the gods. Even if you are no match for Bell, you will not be robbed if you are determined to fight to the death... Until thirty years later, right here, you mined the tears of the gods with your own hands, and that Maria will become the new leader of the Temple of Isis. A guardian saint, they finally have a saint again!"
Amon was taken aback again, and blurted out a question he was most concerned about: "Maria! She will become a saint! Who is the saint?"
The old lunatic poured another full glass of wine, but did not drink it in a hurry. He shook the glass in his hand and replied, "Don't interrupt me in a hurry, I was just about to say this..."
The main god believed by the Eju Empire was the god Horus, and Pharaoh Eju claimed to be the spokesperson of Horus in the world. The kings of the Eju are located in the city of Bes in the upper Eju. The Temple of Horus in the city of Beas is the main temple of the whole Eju, which is equivalent to the highest center of theocracy in the country. Temples all over the country also obey it. Horus The chief priest of the main temple of Sri Lanka is of course Pharaoh Eju himself.
However, the pharaoh himself usually lived in the palace to handle government affairs, and would only ascend to the altar of the temple as the chief priest during major ceremonies. Therefore, there is a chief priest in the temple, who represents the pharaoh to sacrifice to the god Horus and other gods in peacetime. In addition to the chief priest, there are three high priests in charge of daily affairs in the main temple of Horus, whose status is much higher than that of the high priests in general local temples.
There are also a group of senior priests in the main temple of Horus. They are the most honorable group in the empire. The divine arts council and the divine arts academy, which represent the highest authority of the empire's divine arts, are also located here.
The Upper Ecu was located in the fertile valley of the upper reaches of the Roni River, and the Ecu Empire also had an important territory which was the Lower Ecu, which was located in the lower delta of the Roni River. Historically, Eju was split into two countries, the capital of the lower Eju was Memphis, and later Pharaoh completed the unification.
The main temple of Memphis is the Temple of Isis, which is also the most important temple in the entire Lower Eju. The nominal chief priest is still the Eju Pharaoh, which symbolizes the rule over the Lower Eju, but the person who represents the Pharaoh to sacrifice to the gods It's a saint.
The main god enshrined in the Temple of Isis is of course the goddess Isis. She is the mother of Horus in myths and legends, the god of fertility believed by the Eju people, and the patron saint of Memphis City since ancient times. In the temple of Isis, it is not only the goddess Isis who enjoys sacrifices, but also various gods of Eju. In the center of the main hall is enshrined the statue of the goddess Isis holding the young Horus.
Isis is enshrined as the Virgin in Eju. There has been a tradition since ancient times. Those who represent the people in the world to offer sacrifices to the goddess are called saints. The full name is "the guardian saint of the goddess Isis". The tears of the gods on her scepter is a symbol of the status of a saint, representing the loyalty, love, and pity and blessings of Goddess Isis.
The saint is pure and pious, dedicating everything to the goddess Isis. Therefore, any grown man is not allowed to touch her, but to show respect by kissing the soil under her feet.
According to records, 30 years ago, the saintess of the Temple of Isis, Onion, relied on the power bestowed by the goddess to eliminate an evil ninth-level magician. It was destroyed in a fierce battle-this is the official statement of the Ecu, and its authority cannot be doubted.
The evil great magician is of course Bell, and this event is called "the disaster of the magician" in the history of the Ecu. As far as the old lunatic knew, the actual situation was that Bell, the honorary high priest of the Temple of Isis and a ninth-level magician, abducted the saint Onion and the tears of the gods. This is absolutely intolerable, and has violated and shaken the authority of the gods ruling the empire.
The pharaoh issued a secret order to destroy him. Wherever Bell passed, the forces of the temples of Lower Egypt participated in the encirclement and suppression. Bell dodged everywhere, and finally couldn't find a place in the Eju Empire. He escaped from the border through the desert and came to the deep mountains at the junction of Assyria, Baron, Hatti and Eju.
Pharaoh Eju sent a large number of sorcerers and warriors across the border to hunt them down, but none of them came back in the end, and there was no news of Bell and the saintess Connie.
After this incident, all the records of Bell as the honorary high priest of the Temple of Isis and the elder of the Eju Divine Art Council were destroyed, and no one was allowed to bring it up again. According to official records, he was an evil great magician who was eliminated by the saintess Connie at the expense of herself.
Speaking of this, the old lunatic fell silent again. There was no sound in the room for a long time, and everyone, old and young, was thinking about their own thoughts.
Amon finally knew the identity of the saint and who Maria would become, so he couldn't help feeling a little sad. Although he knew that nothing could happen between him and Maria, there was always an indescribable regret in his heart, and he couldn't help thinking about her silently, and let out a deep sigh. Just hearing this sigh, he didn't look like a fourteen-year-old child at all.
In the end, it was Amon who broke the silence first: "You said that your student, the great magician Bell, is close to successfully deciphering the secrets of the gods. Is there any definite evidence?"
The old lunatic replied in ecstasy: "It was the last message he sent thirty years ago, which confirmed many of my speculations over the years, but I don't know how many mysteries he has solved? What I just introduced about the magic In the case of physical arts, many people's cognitions may be wrong!... Divine arts and physical arts are deliberately separated, and the key content is missing—that should be the secret of the gods!"
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List of characters in this chapter—
Bell: The student of the old lunatic, the evil ninth-level great magician in the official records of Ecu, it is said that he was wiped out by the guardian saint of the Temple of Isis thirty years ago.
Onion Ni: Thirty years ago, the previous guardian saint of the Isis Temple, according to official records, was the one who eliminated the evil great magician Bell, and she herself died in the battle.