There is a joke circulating in the market of Tianshu Continent. When the noble magicians perform magic, they are not only showing the power of the gods, but also comparing who is more likely to spend money. The simplest magic staff usually needs to be inlaid with an ordinary sacred stone. If it is a rare and rare high-level magic staff, if it is converted into coins and thrown out, it will definitely bury the opponent.
Amon didn't give this staff to Link right away, and put it away for the time being. When Link became a third-level magician, he would give it to him as a gift before he left.
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After the thunder sounded, it rained heavily for another seven days and seven nights before it stopped. At its height, the flood was only a few feet away from the lowest point of the walls of Syria. After the heavy rain stopped, the sun shone again, the water gradually receded, and the city was finally saved! Thousands of people were cheering, and the voice broke through the clouds and echoed for a long time.
Ge Lie finally walked down the city wall holding the staff. He almost exhausted all his mana. The fingernails and knuckles of the finger holding the staff were already white. Show a trace of weakness. At this time, as long as an ordinary person stretched out a finger, Ge Lie could be poked down. He even had difficulty walking, but insisted on not needing help, and walked back to the temple with firm steps.
The cheering people who rushed to the street saw Ge Lie approaching, and they all took the initiative to get out of the way, and the crowd was automatically separated to the left and right like waves, and everyone was shouting: "Thank the gods, thank you for Enlil's protection, thank you Our honorable great magician Ge Lie!"
The sound erupted in the city like a mountain roar and a tsunami, and the flood outside the city was receding amidst the sound. The words of thanking the gods have become a habit, like a natural prefix in the pronunciation, everyone shouted out without thinking, but thanking Ge Lie comes from the heart, which is the common voice of thousands of people.
Previously, Ge Lie was respected by everyone because of his status and achievements, but today he received the cheers as if he was welcoming a god. For the first time, it was not only because of his status but also because of his merit. It is not clear whether there are gods protecting people, and it is even more impossible to see them with their own eyes, but without Ge Lie, the city of Shuya is absolutely impossible to keep, and everyone understands this.
Ge Lie smiled kindly at everyone, looking humble and noble, and walked slowly and calmly. He finally climbed the long steps into the tall and majestic Temple of Enlil. After his figure disappeared into the shadow of the temple gate, he suddenly wobbled and almost lost his footing. "Help me to the back quickly, and set up a healing magic array. I need to rest well... assist Governor Xiao Mo with the disaster relief and various affairs after the flood recedes. Officially appointed."
In addition to the chief priest and chief priest Ge Lie, there are three high priests in the Shiya Temple, namely Cosman, Jeremiah and Governor Xiao Mo. Jeremiah was killed by Gabriel when he ambushed Rod Dick's convoy, and Cosman was ordered to be killed by Goret because he abandoned the city and fled. If Ge Lie hadn't been there, apart from the governor, the symbolic high priest, no one would be in charge of the temple. Ge Lie had temporarily appointed his student Wallace to take over the temple.
The high priest is the most noble position in the city-state of Syria besides the chief priest and chief administrator, and needs to be appointed by the king, so Goret can only let Wallace temporarily hold it. But if Wallace can handle the affairs of the city-state and the temple well, and if Ge Lie and Xiao Mo jointly recommend it again, it will not be surprising that Wallace will become an official high priest, leaping from an ordinary magician to a One of the most honorable adults in the entire Syrian city-state.
Hua Laite presided over the magic array on the city wall, assisted Ge Lie to keep the city of Shuya, and won the respect of the people and all the magicians. It was logical that he would replace Cosman who fled in danger, so Ge Lie gave students this opportunity. Hua LaiTe also accepted the order in the face of danger. After the cheers of the people gradually subsided, there were still many specific things to do.
How to relieve and arrange for the victims who flooded into the city of Syria, help them return to their destroyed homes, distribute enough food and seeds in batches to survive this year's famine, and support the next year's harvest, but also to nearby villages City-states and kingdoms apply for relief and assistance, count the damage caused by floods, and so on.
Some of the supplies received by the victims were relief from the city-states and kingdoms, some needed to be registered and repaid in the future, and the other part was loans from the temple. This is a recovery job after a disaster, but it is also a fat job to be in charge of this job. It is definitely a great opportunity to enrich one's own pocket. If a greedy or incompetent official is allowed to control it, it may arouse public resentment or even a civil uprising, so it is also an opportunity for Wallace to prove himself in front of Goret.
Fortunately, although the flood swept more than half of the territory of the Syrian city-state, most of it was the desolate jungle and desert in the east. There is only one blow that is the heaviest. The town of Duke is gone, and the family of miners who have been able to mine the sacred stone for generations has completely disappeared. This is an irreparable loss for the city-state and the entire kingdom. But for other people, the loss is not big if they have nothing to do with themselves, and there are not too many disaster victims who really need relief and appeasement.
Even so, Vallett was also very busy. Morton, the financial officer, was quite dissatisfied with Vallett's meticulous attitude. He once complained in private that the high-ranking magicians were not human, and had no concept of money at all. It was obvious that he was talking about Vallett, and he didn't know whether he was complaining that Vallett spent too much money, or that he supervised the money too carefully? But he just slandered a few words, and he didn't dare to accuse Wallett publicly, which was much more painful than working with Cosman before.
Ge Lie didn't care about these matters at all, he seemed to disappear, hid in the temple and never showed up again and didn't ask anything, even the routine sacrifices were presided over by Hua Laite. If someone else did this, it might be regarded as disloyal to the guard and disrespectful to the gods, but no one in the city-state of Syria would say that Ge Lie was wrong.
It wasn't until three months later that Ge Lie officially appeared in a public worship event, symbolically fulfilling his duties. His face was paler, and the wrinkles on his forehead were deeper, but his eyes were clearer and deeper than before. At this time, Raphael had finished his errands and returned from the capital, and the post-disaster relief work was almost completed. Song Lie asked Raphael if he would like to stay in the city-state of Syria as a high priest
Raphael is very young, only a fourth-level magician. Although he doesn't have any position, his status is not ordinary nobleman. He is the son of the former prime minister of Hatti Kingdom, and his family is very powerful. If he intends to enter politics, he will have a bright future in the capital. But this young man is indifferent by nature, maybe because he grew up in such a family, he was tired of seeing all kinds of conspiracies and battles since he was a child, so he is not interested in politics, but only obsessed with practicing magic.
Because of his family status, he was able to find a great magician like Ge Lie as his enlightenment mentor, and became the youngest disciple of the veteran of Hattie Theological Academy. Becoming the high priest of the city-state of Syria, in the eyes of others, is a rare opportunity to reach the sky in one step, but it is not what Raphael likes. When Ge Lie made this suggestion, Raphael didn't want to agree but also didn't want to refute the mentor's face, so he seemed very hesitant.
Ge Lie saw it, and persuaded him with a smile: "You are my youngest disciple. Among all the students, you are also the only one who I have personally taught from the initial strength awakening. I know your temper very well, you He is not interested in power and position, but also wants to use the practice of magic to escape the competition for interests in the family.
But people always have to do something when they live in this world, and practicing divine arts is not just for an illusory achievement. Besides, if you want to cultivate the magic to the highest level, all kinds of hardships in the world are also necessary to experience, otherwise there are too many things you can't comprehend! The city-state of Syria now needs a high priest, and you also need the tempering of the world, and help the city-state deal with everything after the flood just like Wallet. "
Now that the teacher said so, Raphael nodded in agreement, and a mere fourth-level magician was appointed as the high priest of the city-state of Syria. It seemed that he was not qualified enough. However, after Ge Lie sent the report of recommending Vallett and Raphael to the capital, he immediately approved it without any questions or discussions. Obviously, Raphael's family played an important role in influencing it.
Wallet and Raphael replaced Cosman and Jeremiah. The first thing Ge Lie asked Raphael to do was to go deep into the muddy swamps and the wilderness where the floods had not yet receded, to investigate and collect all the data, including changes in the topography, and to record complete information with magical artifacts. Any omissions will be handed over to Ge Lie.
This work is quite arduous, and there are unpredictable dangers. It is necessary to go deep into the desolate and dangerous area. After the flood, there is mud everywhere. Ge Lie took out a batch of artifacts and scrolls from his collection and handed them to Raphael, so that his disciples could defend themselves in times of crisis.
It has to go through training but also can't let Raphael get into trouble. It is an arduous project for a fourth-level magician to complete this work alone. Four months later, Raphael came back. His boots were leaking and his clothes were worn out. Except for a few high-level air magic scrolls that could be used for flying, almost everything else was untouched, and he planned to return it to the teacher.
Ge Lie shook his head and said: "I am very pleased with your behavior, which exceeded my expectations. You keep these magical artifacts, and they may come in handy in the future. I plan to return to Wangdu Divine Art Academy next month. Maybe Won't be back for a long time, it's all up to you here."
Ge Lie took away all the information recorded by Raphael with divine magic, and then stayed behind closed doors. The people of the city-state of Syria have not seen this chief priest for a full month. He is doing a very special thing. Ge Lie recorded all the information in the pupil of the earth on his staff, and then activated it with mana, a light and shadow scene appeared in the void in front of him, which was the whole terrain of the city-state of Syria that had been flooded.
At first glance, the terrain representation in the light and shadow looks like the military sand table used by generals in combat, but it is not a physical object but divine magic information, which is extremely detailed and clear, and each part can be zoomed in individually, even high-altitude wind and mountains The air flow in the room was recorded by divine magic, and the water in the river was also flowing.
Ge Lie is doing the same thing with his staff every day. If someone is watching, they will find that the image of the magic information is changing every day, just like the natural evolution of rivers and mountains, but it is much faster than the real dynamics of the outside world. Ge Lie is performing a special kind of magic - the legendary big prophecy.
Prophecy is the pinnacle of divine detection and information magic. It is not a high-level divine art as it is usually said. It is said that only gods can master it. But in fact, an ordinary mid-level magician can use it, but it doesn't make much sense. Either the mana is not enough to support the continuous consumption for a long time, or the predicted result is too far from the truth.
The basis of performing prophecy is to collect as much detailed information as possible about the predicted things, detect the laws of their operation and change, and then speculate on the future changes of such things under certain conditions, in a very intuitive way. The high priest Kosman, who abandoned his post in danger, also used prophecy when the flood came, but the final facts proved that his prediction was wrong.
Depending on the force of the flood and the condition of the city of Syria, the city will definitely be submerged and destroyed. Cosman expected this, so he fled, but he did not expect that Ge Lie decisively ordered him to be beheaded, and then kept the city of Shuya. After all, a person's knowledge is limited, and it is impossible to foresee the interference of all unknown information.
Although a mid-level magician can perform divination, the real big divination is definitely not something that ordinary magicians can master, not even great magicians. It needs to isolate a relatively independent model from various complex and changing information, which requires extremely high integration and selection of information detection. It is said that only a ninth-level great magician can display part of the magic of the great prophecy.
The big prophecy seems to be miraculous, but the principle is simple and clear, such as the most accurate big prophecy-mortals will die.
The eighth-level magician Ge Lie used the big prophecy today, but the conclusion he wants to speculate is less likely to be disturbed by other factors, but the amount of information to be collected is huge, the mana consumption is huge, and it takes a long time . Ge Lie almost exhausted his mana some time ago, and he has fully recovered after three months of cultivation. He felt that after this hard struggle, his magical power had increased significantly compared to before.
Ge Lie spent a full month in the secret room protected by the magic circle and finally came to the conclusion that the geographical environment and climate around Duke Town will change after the flood, and he finally fully understood Enli. Why did you say that the flood was a gift from the gods.
The most direct impact of this flood was to temporarily cut off the land communication between Hatti Kingdom, Eju Empire, and Baron Kingdom. The northern part of the Syrian Desert has become a muddy swamp, and vehicles and caravans are impassable. The material and trade exchanges between Hatti and the Eju Empire can only be done by sea for the time being, and this process may last for one to two years.
The commercial economy of the Syrian city-state may be affected, but on the other hand, it is absolutely safe militarily during this period. It was originally located at the land junction of Hatti, Juju, and Baron. If the enemy country launched a war from the sea, the Syrian city-state should be the last to be affected, and it is insignificant to the outcome of the war.
The impact of the commercial economy can be doubled, because the future land around Duke Town and the climate of the watershed have completely changed. The flood formed a large swamp in the low-lying area, and a tributary of the Youdi River was cut off, rushing out of the valley to the southwest, flowing through the Black Fire Forest, and forming a huge inland lake in the low-lying area in the northern part of the Syrian Desert.
A large amount of silt accumulated and filled the lower part of the Black Fire Forest, forming a fertile soil layer, and patches of grasslands would also grow in the northern part of the Syria Desert. This change is not short-term. Because the flood has such a great impact on the topography, the local climate will undergo a fundamental change. Precipitation will also increase.
In this way, a stable cycle is formed, coupled with the new rivers that can provide irrigation, centering on the disappearing town of Duke, there will be a fertile field hundreds of miles from east to west and nearly a thousand miles from north to south. It has hills, mountains, plains, lakes, and pastures, which can be planted and grazing, and is suitable for a large number of people to settle. However, there used to be only one Duke town, which ensured the basic living of more than 2,000 people.
Although the family of miners in Duke Town is gone, the mine is still there. Near the foot of the mountain to the north of Woye, there are still rich refined iron and sacred stone mines, which are the most valuable materials on the entire continent. Needless to say, mining iron ore, just mining the sacred stone will make this fertile field a must-see for all countries.
Every country in the Tianshu Continent has laws that slaves are not allowed to touch the sacred stone. That’s all. The last step to take the sacred stone out of the mine core requires the use of power similar to divine magic. Low-level magician to complete. However, the original Duke Town's geographical environment was too desolate and remote, and the living conditions were too harsh. It did not have the conditions to form a prosperous city-state. That's why the line of miners in Duke Town has always existed.
Now that the situation has changed, there is no problem with hundreds of thousands of people living in that area. If people who are good at management and management are led, it can even accommodate millions of people to live and build homes for a long time. If this scene really happens, it means that a powerful new country can be established on the mainland! Although its territory does not seem too large.
However, the possibility of establishing a new country is very small, because none of the surrounding countries will give up this piece of strategically and economically important fertile land. In the foreseeable future, years of wars will break out here, blood of countless people will flow, and it is unknown how many lives will be buried.
Most of this uninhabited land is currently within the territory of the Kingdom of Hatti and is under the jurisdiction of the city-state of Syria. However, its geographical location is very special, and it is an "enclave" inserted right into the center of Tianshu Continent.