Everyone looked at Dusty, and Xiao Gu interrupted in dissatisfaction: "You did this to let him go on purpose, before Lord Randyll arrives."
Before Dusty could answer, Ge Lie suddenly said to Xiao Mo: "Master Governor, this decree is still valid, right? No one should be blamed for faithfully implementing the kingdom's decree, and a clerk will never You should ask your own chief like this!"
Xiao Mo has been in charge of the city-state of Syria for many years, of course he is a shrewd veteran in the officialdom, and he immediately understood that Ge Lie wanted to protect Dusty. As the governor and high priest of the temple in the city-state of Syria, Xiao Mo would rather offend ten Randylls than one Gelie, and his position is one level higher than that of Randyll, flattering Randyll is nothing more than Because of the status of the emissary of the other party's capital.
Seeing Randall's smug look these days, Xiao Mo has long been displeased. Seeing that Ge Lie reprimanded Xiao Gu and wanted to criticize Randall, he was eager to let the situation go, and nodded quickly: "Yes, this decree is completely legal and valid, and I didn't say that there is nothing wrong with Mayor Dusty's doing so. Just ask him why, it's surprising after all."
Dusty bowed and explained: "It's actually like this. I'm looking for an excuse to punish Amon. Not long ago, I heard something from a businessman in Eculai. The name of the saint is Maria, and she received the Tears of the Gods offered by a miner in Duke Town. Rod Dick, the head of the Cape City State, did bring a girl named Maria to the town more than two months ago. Yes. I thought he was just doing business, but this kind of thing happened.
Xiao Gu, the priest who presided over the affairs of the Temple of Horus and the Temple of Mu Yun in the town at that time, did not know about it. He was also my clerk, so the town's records did not register the production of such a sacred stone. Later, the result of my investigation was that Amon mined the Tears of the Gods and dedicated them to the goddess Isis on the spot in his own name. The person who took away the God Stone was Rod Dick's clerk, Fayol Judah.
This kind of behavior cannot be tolerated, but it cannot be used as an excuse to offend the Ecu Empire. In order to prevent similar things from happening again, Amon must be punished to deter and warn everyone. So I thought of this decree from thirty years ago, asking him to hunt down an evil magician in the deep mountains where cavemen lived, and ordered him not to return if he could not be found.
This is a kind of exile, he can't come back alive! As the mayor of the town, I have no right to execute a townsman at will, but I have the responsibility to share the worries of the kingdom. After thinking about it for a few nights, I came up with this solution. Lord Randyll came here to punish Amon. I am very pleased and regretful. I am relieved that he should be punished from the kingdom's standpoint. It is a pity that Lord Randyll did not come three days earlier. "
After Dusty finished speaking, Xiao Gu was too frightened by the reprimand to dare to speak anymore, and the others also saw that the atmosphere was a bit wrong, so they didn't express their opinions first, only Ge Lie nodded and said: "So that's how it is, it's really well-intentioned! Dusty is a competent officer who knows how to share the kingdom's worries! Governor, Lord Randyll, we should be happy to have such outstanding talents under our rule, shouldn't we?"
Governor Xiao Mo, High Priest Cosman, and Treasurer Morton echoed in unison: "Yes, Mayor Dusty is loyal and competent!"
Randyll was a little confused. He was the special envoy who came to punish Amon. What should he do when Amon is gone? Isn't the mission impossible to complete? He waved his hand and said, "Ge Lie, don't rush to praise a village mayor, how will this special envoy complete his mission?"
Ge Lie suddenly snorted, and the wine glass in front of Randyll shattered silently, and the bright red wine splashed and stained his clothes. Randall jumped up from the chair in fright, only to hear Gelie coldly say: "You are so rude, how dare you call me by my name without any respect!"
Randyll also came to his senses. The local officials along the way treated him with great respect, which made this little bureaucrat of the Ministry of Law, who was leaving the capital for the first time, a little carried away. Ge Lie is an eighth-level great magician and a member of the elders of the Hattie Kingdom's Theological Academy. His status is incomparable. How can he scold him for no reason? If Ge Lie made a big fuss and seized on this matter, and even impeached him for disrespecting the gods through the elders of the Theological Academy, the most serious consequence may be that he would be confiscated and dismissed.
Naturally, Ge Lie would not do such a boring and demeaning thing, but Miser Landier was frightened by his own thoughts, and immediately bowed and saluted: "Dear great magician, Miser is very sorry, I hope you can forgive me for my rudeness! I was just in a hurry just now, thinking that the mission I shouldered could not be completed, so I would speak unscrupulously."
Ge Lie's face softened, but he didn't let Randall sit down, and said slowly: "It's not impossible for you to complete the mission, let Governor Xiao Mo borrow a guard to escort you into the border with Assyria and Baron In the deep mountain, when did you find Amon and punish him, and when will you return to the capital? I can testify for you, and bring the news back to the Ministry of Law in the capital, and send someone to notify your chief and family, so that Don't worry about them."
Xiao Mo and the others wanted to laugh but had to hold back. Guys like Randyll who take other people's humility and politeness as their own prestige are really hateful, but they can't say anything because of their status. But Ge Lie, a great magician who can't afford to curry favor with Randall, is it really not easy to turn around and deal with him? Even the head of the Ministry of Law will not offend Ge Lie because of Randall.
Looking at Randall's expression, he was about to cry. He knelt down and saluted Ge Lie, "Dear magician, do you have any other orders?"
Ge Lie smiled, and stretched out his hand to help him up: "Actually, it's easy to do. There are two ways. One is that you give Governor Xiao Mo an order to send someone to bring Amon to you. Just wait in the city-state of Syria. But this method may not be very effective. Amon has been eaten by wild beasts in the deep mountains in all likelihood. The second method is simple. You just need to report what happened here. Okay, don't forget to praise Xiao Mo, Dusty and other local officials for how they truly share the country's worries.
Amon has already received the punishment he deserved. He is just a miner. The purpose of the king's capital sending you to punish him as an envoy is just to warn others. Now this purpose has been completely achieved, and no one will worry about it anymore. Besides, with me present to testify for you, one sentence can solve the problem. I think the chief of the Ministry of Law sent you out for a walk because he saw your hard work on a daily basis. You can eat, drink and have fun along the way, can you enjoy yourself? "
Randyll's face was blushing, and it was neither "yes" nor "no", so he could only obediently said: "Thank you, great magician, thank you colleagues, then let's do it this way."
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Amon climbed all the way up, feeling that he was not on an isolated mountain but on a plateau. The mountain road is not blindly upward. It undulates and passes through many gentle and open areas, where lush primitive jungle grows. The vegetation here is rich and there is a lot of rainfall, and there are many wild animals. It is a place suitable for hunting and picking. No wonder there are tribes of cave dwellers.
Leaning on a stick of fine iron, he kept vigilant, but he saw no sign of the caveman all day, only a few squirrels and wild sheep. Squirrels in the mountains do not avoid people, and even jump up on high branches to look at you curiously, but if you walk too close, they will burrow into the canopy and disappear. The wild sheep are very timid, and they ran away when they heard the sound. Their movements are very flexible, and they can jump on steep rocks.
It is not always possible to see footprints on the path. The climate in the high mountains is very complicated. Sometimes it is cloudy and sunny across a mountain ridge. Some places are too dry to leave footprints, and the path itself is also intermittent.
When the sky was getting dark, Amon left the path and found a depression backed by a rock wall. There was a small open field in front of him. This was his favorite camping terrain in the mountains. After lighting the bonfire, he made a dinner for Schrödinger, and then he ate his fill. He didn’t carry much special meat floss with him, and at most it was enough for him and Schrödinger to eat for another two or three days, and then he had to hunt by himself.
When camping, he realized one thing. According to the old madman, if he can use the two low-level magic spells together, he is already a qualified second-level magician. Whether to leave currently visible information.
After dark, Amon moved his limbs in the open space. The movements were like a kind of gymnastics but there was no fixed routine. It was the habit after bathing in the cold spring all year round. As the heat in his body rose and spread, he stretched his muscles and bones, and he could get Maximum relaxation eliminates the fatigue of the day. It's strange to say that even if you don't take a bath in the cold spring now, you will still feel a sense of warmth permeating your whole body when exercising like this every day, and you will feel very comfortable.
Then Amon put the staff in front of his body, laid clean soft grass and sat quietly in meditation. The so-called "power bestowed by the gods" is more often called mana, and it operates in a state of concentration and introspection Mana communicates with external objects. Magicians may be good at different magic arts, but as the most basic skill, this state of concentration and introspection is the same, and magicians of different levels can achieve different states.
Amon doesn't know information magic yet. Information magic and detection magic are both middle-level magic. Being able to use a middle-level magic alone is also one of the criteria for evaluating a third-level magician. But the old lunatic has already used information magic to seal what he is going to tell him in the pupil of the earth. As long as Amon reaches a certain stage, he will naturally "see" the content of a certain stage.
Amon entered the meditation state of concentration and introspection, touched and summoned the pupil of the earth with magic power, and a message entered his mind. It seems that the words appear in front of the eyes, and it seems that the sound is ringing in the ears. The content of the message is as follows—
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Introduction to the characters in this chapter—
Medanzo: A fourth-level warrior from the Baron Kingdom, went deep into the mountains and jungles of the Eudi Valley to search for the relics of his ancestors.