Some things can be big or small, and no one will be held accountable if they don't expose them, but if Amon insists on clinging to this loophole, it will definitely not be a good thing if it involves the dignity of the gods. If there is trouble in the Temple of Isis, and the Holy Maiden, who has just taken over the power, needs to stand up to others, such an excuse can already be punished with the most severe punishment.
Blanca couldn't sit still anymore, so she quickly stood up and grabbed Amon's sleeve and begged, "Sir, I sincerely beg your forgiveness, please don't worry about a warrior's inadvertent slip of the tongue, just ask for anything."
Amon finally showed a smile, waved his hands and said, "Sit down and talk. Actually, I don't have any other requirements. All the adults here are loyal to their duties. I don't want to cause trouble, but I just hope that my people can be treated better." Nice treat."
Blanca wiped his sweat quietly, pulled John up and sat down to toast Amon together, and said in a promised tone: "Please rest assured, such a thing will never happen again today, within the scope of my authority, it will Take care of those miners as much as possible, they are indeed very important to Horeb and deserve preferential treatment."
Amon asked again: "I was injured a little today, and I need to rest here for a few days. The Holy Lady gave me a month, and I am not in a hurry to complete the mission. I hope to see my clansmen during this period, ask Knowing their experiences and encounters, is it convenient if you don’t know?”
John nodded and said, "It's convenient, of course it's convenient! As long as you don't take them away, nothing else matters here."
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That night, Amon was reading the book Art of War in the upstairs bedroom while looking out the window thoughtfully. It was a full moon night, and the outline of the moon hung over the distant ridge, and even the shadows in the bright light were so clear. He Lieshan under the moonlight has a faint aura of fireworks and restlessness, just like the smell of Duke Town a long time ago.
Amon seemed to be waiting for someone. When the moonlight shone through the window, the guard outside the door reported: "Mr. Amon, someone wants to see you!"
Amon smiled, and said loudly through the door: "Is it Captain John, please come in, I have been waiting for a long time."
The person who came was really John, and he apologized before entering the door, and came so late to disturb the rest. Amon said with a smile: "The captain of the guard came to visit alone at night, there must be some personal request, so just say it."
John said: "First of all, I want to express my gratitude. You didn't hurt me in the duel, and you forgave me for my unintentional mistake. In fact, I regret it very much, but I was in an uncontrollable violent state at the time."
Amon nodded: "I can see that you at that time and you now are just like two people. If you were always so irritable and impulsive, it would be impossible for you to have a sixth-level body art achievement. Come to me today, just For this matter?"
John opened his mouth, and said with some surprise: "Mr. Amon, you are really amazing! You can see my purpose at a glance. Yes, that's the situation. There has always been an uncontrollable restlessness in my soul. Sometimes I even lose my mind and just want to vent my strength. I try my best to restrain myself, but it is always inevitable. You don’t know my experience, do you?”
John was born in a noble family in Memphis, and his uncle is now the head of the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department of Memphis, with a very prominent position. When he was sixteen years old, he was taken to the temple and accepted the power awakening ceremony, but what he awakened was the power in his blood, so he became a warrior. He had the best coaches to teach him physical skills and various martial arts.
He regretted that he did not become a magician. For a long time, he asked himself in his heart, could it be that the gods rejected him, why didn't the gods give him a noble soul a chance? His grandfather had been a great magician, the honorary high priest of the Temple of Isis, and John had always been proud of it.
That being the case, he was determined to become the best warrior, but after awakening the power in his blood, with the improvement of physical skills, Ling became more and more irritable and irritable, always impulsive because of little things, even though he was very angry afterwards. I regretted it, but I couldn't hold it back at that time, and I was in a state of being out of control.
Two years ago, in a brothel in Memphis, he lost his aristocratic demeanor because of a dispute over who a girl should serve as a drinker, and injured a colleague and the owner of the brothel. After returning home, he was still angry, and accidentally injured his wife who advised him. His wife came from another aristocratic family in Memphis City, and she left him in anger and went back to her natal family. He was also punished, and his family sent him to Mount Horie because of his relationship, hoping to temper his temper in this desolate place.
John frankly admitted that he was very depressed in Mount Horeb. This desolate place made his mood even more desolate, and his prayers to the gods could not be truly soothed. When he was drinking yesterday, he heard that Amon was not a nobleman, but came to inspect Mount Horeb from above, and he was unhappy. This afternoon, when I saw someone accidentally destroying a sacred stone while mining the mine core, my anger immediately surged up, and I couldn't help lashing my whip.
In Mount Horeb, this happened more than once. Not only the slaves and craftsmen, but even many of the subordinate guards had been whipped by him. It seems that such venting can be emotionally soothing, but it means agitation that is more difficult to suppress.
John finally said: "When your mine hammer hit me today, the strange impact seemed to dissipate my strength, and my mood calmed down at that moment. You were also irritated by me at that time. If I If it were you, it must be difficult to control it so perfectly that it didn't hurt anyone at all.
Is this the miner's skill in Duke Town? How does it control the power, it can crush such a hard ore core into powder, but it can leave the god stone intact, there must be a unique mystery in it. And the blow you gave me today suppressed my restlessness, so I came to ask you for advice, is there any way to help me? "
As he listened, Amon gradually frowned. He also had this feeling before. It was when he had just awakened the power of two sides of one body, and at the same time awakened the desire and restlessness of two sides of one body. I remember that in Duke Town, he always wanted to find someone to beat him up, but after passing the test, the restlessness disappeared and did not last forever.
But John's situation is quite special. This kind of restlessness was forcibly suppressed, but it never disappeared, and it became more and more intense as his strength increased. He is a samurai, and he already has a sixth-level achievement. Naturally, he has to pass various tests, but no one has systematically summarized what the specific tests are in the practice of physical arts, so he doesn't understand the situation he is facing. Fortunately, the person who asked today is Amon.
Since he asked, Amon will definitely try to help him. Among other things, his people will return to Mount Horeb. As long as Amon leaves, the situation of Moses and others will depend on the faces of John and Branca. He looked out of the window and pondered: "John, is there a law of change in your impulsive emotions?"
John thought for a while and replied: "Yes, the stronger my power is, the stronger the restlessness will be. On the other hand, it has a periodicity, and it seems to attack when the moon is full and the moon is waxing. Today is the night of the full moon, and the restlessness is the most intense. Obvious. I've prayed to the Moon Goddess, but it doesn't seem to work."
Amon turned around and sat down, looked at John and said: "You may not only be awakened by the power of faith, but also the restlessness hidden in the soul, it is like two sides of one thing. The power of mania will also awaken, but you don't know it How to face it, it comes from the doubt and anxiety in the soul. You have desires that are still unsatisfied and can’t let go, but you don’t even realize it. The devil is gradually hidden in your heart, but you can’t see it.
All this is just my judgment, and I don't know whether it is right or not. But I have a feeling that you are strong when you are impulsive, but then you are weaker afterward, and you are weaker now than you were at noon. Going on like this is a kind of harm to others and yourself, and you don't know where you will fall. "
John listened, stood up involuntarily, knelt down involuntarily, nodded and said: "You are so right, I can't describe it so clearly myself! Sometimes I always feel that everything around me is different from me. I can't get over it, but with my strength, I can't break through this bondage. It's only when I give up my reason that I feel more relaxed. The effect of your hammer today is so obvious, there must be a way to teach me how to solve it, please is you!"
Amon reached out to help him up, pushed him back on the chair and said, "I may not be able to help you, I can't stand by your side and give you a hammer every time you are irritable. But I can try a method, It also comes from the miner's art of Duke. If you want to learn it, you must keep it a secret, and I don't need to explain why."
John nodded and said, "Of course, everything is up to you. I can't express my gratitude!"
Amon pointed to the sky outside the window and said: "Your restlessness is affected by the environment, so I suggest you face it well. Looking up at the starry sky may give you inner peace. You must have a firm belief, whether it comes from Faith, you have to see clearly your inner pursuit and find a clear state before you know what you have to overcome.”
John asked blankly, "Looking at the stars?"
Amon smiled and shook his head: "Close your eyes, look up at the starry sky in your heart, release the feeling of the soul, and then slowly withdraw it, just like a devout prayer facing the gods. Let the power naturally accompany the heart , instead of being controlled by it, so that you can really calm down, it may or may not work, I suggest you try it.”
Amon taught John a way of prayer in detail, which was very close to divine magic meditation but hardly a divine magic. It took a long time for the warrior to fully understand how to do it. Amon himself is not sure, if John succeeds, it will confirm his speculation. If the restlessness of desire goes astray, what will happen if the mind is controlled by power, just look at John.
Amon should also be careful when passing on the power of one body and two sides in the future, so as to avoid John's situation. But he didn't tell John that this is actually a way of meditation to practice the power of two sides of one body, let alone that he is a magician. Even if someone knew what he taught John, it was the profound content contained in the miner's skills in Duke Town, which did not involve any specific divine arts, and there was nothing wrong with it.
When the sky was getting dark, John left with a thousand thanks, and Amon breathed a sigh of relief. At least he knew that Moses and others would not receive too much abuse in Mount Horeb in the future. Although they still had to serve Pharaoh Eju, it was good to know their whereabouts. As for how to get them out, Amon had no choice but to ask Moses and others about their experiences first.
The next day, Amon ordered someone to take Moses to his room for questioning alone. Back then, Moses was the young master of the mayor of Dusty, and he was fat and white, but now he has become dark and thin, which makes people feel sad. As soon as Moses entered the door, he saluted Amon: "My lord, thank you for saving me yesterday. Are you really a miner in Duke Town?"
Amon pulled him up: "Moses, don't you know me? The last time we met was three years ago. I am Amon. Have you forgotten?"
Moses stared blankly at Amon for a long time, then burst into tears, hugged him and said, "Yes, you are Amon, the son of the old drunkard! Your appearance has completely changed, I dare not recognize you , I heard them mention your name yesterday, but I can’t believe it no matter what, but your skill in opening the mine core is real! Amon, the town of Duke is gone, and everyone is gone! How could you Appeared here, and became the messenger of the Temple of Isis?"
Amon stretched out his hand to wipe away tears from Moses, and asked back, "Don't you know that I was exiled by Duke before the flood came?"
Moses was surprised: "Is there such a thing?" When Amon was sent by the mayor of Dusty to the mountains to hunt down the evil great magician Bell, Moses was not in Duk Town. He was sent by his father to the city-state of Syria to study God. Wen and various classics, I don't know what happened in Duke Town. Later, a big flood engulfed his hometown, and no one told him this anymore.
Amon sighed: "I mined a tear of the gods, but Lord Rod Dick's entourage took it away on the spot, and I will be severely punished by the kingdom. Your father found an excuse to drive me out of Duke Town , Exile is also a kind of protection. My story is too long to tell, so tell me how I came to Mount Horeb first?"
Moses' eye circles were moist again. After sitting down, he told about the suffering experiences of the survivors in Duke Town—
Dusti trained Moses as his heir, and in the entire town of Duke, he was the only one who was qualified to send his son to the city-state of Syria to study. Although Dasti is only a mayor, his status is not low and he is rich enough to buy a manor in the city-state of Syria for Moses to live in. He likes this son very much, but he is not too arrogant, and he is very strict on weekdays.
Moses was two years older than Amon, and he was nineteen this year. When he turned sixteen, Dusty took him to the Muyun Temple to receive blessings and began to learn the miner's skills in Duke Town. Although it is not necessary for Moses to mine the sacred stone himself, as the future manager of Duke Town, he must master this skill passed down from generation to generation. As the chief priest of Duke Town, Dusty is also the host of the blessing ceremony. This ceremony will also be passed on to Moses to host it in the future.
Dasti's manor in the city-state of Syria is not only the residence of Moses, but also the foothold for the townspeople of Duk to travel to and from the city-state. There is a law in the kingdom that the registered miners in Duke Town are not allowed to leave without permission, but just before the flood came, Dusti sent people to the city-state to deliver the taxes that should be paid, and purchased the living supplies needed by the town, and sent Dozens of people who went were young and strong miners.
These people lived in Dusty's manor after finishing their official duties, and casually brought some things to Master Moses. Before they set off to return to Duke Town, the Blackfire Forest began to rain heavily. The post road was cut off, and they were stranded in the city-state, becoming another group of survivors besides Amon. The servants around Moses also came from Duke Town, and there were more than 60 of them in total.
The great magician Ge Lie commanded the army and the people to fight together, and finally saved the city-state of Syria in the flood. After the flood, the town of Duke no longer existed, and of course Moses and the others could not go back. Not long after, rumors spread out from nowhere that the townspeople of Duke violated the oracle of the patron saint, and they were punished by the gods, which brought about the great flood.
They are people despised by the gods and will bring disaster. The great god Enlil punished the town of Duk and washed the earth with a flood to bless the people. This kind of rumor is terrible. The Syrian people who have just experienced a disaster are full of hostility towards the survivors of Duke Town, and there are even several incidents of siege and attack on the manor.
The miners in Duke Town were strong and not to be trifled with. They temporarily took up weapons to guard the manor. In the end, a bloody conflict broke out, and some rioters died in the fight. The miners did it out of self-defense. From the perspective of city-state laws, Governor Xiao Mo had no reason to punish them, but the outraged people could not forgive the miners for their murderous behavior.
Almost every day, people gathered outside the manor and shouted: "Kill them, in the name of the gods!" There were always people trying to rush into the manor to attack Moses and the others.
The remnants of Duke Town such as Moses have become the target of public criticism, and even the shops in the city-state are unwilling to sell them. When the food stored in the manor is exhausted, they can hardly survive. At that time, Ge Lie was not in the city of Shuya, the great magician had already returned to the royal capital to thank guests behind closed doors and concentrate on practicing.
But before he left, Ge Lie seemed to have expected this situation, and specially ordered his disciple, acting high priest Wallace, to take care of Moses and others. Seeing that things were getting out of hand, Wallet led the temple guards into the manor and found Moses. Under the circumstances at that time, it was impossible for Moses and others to stay in the city-state of Syria. Wallace asked him where he wanted to go
The miners had never traveled far, so of course they had nowhere to go, and Moses was only a child of eighteen or nine years old, and had never been to other places except Duke Town and the city-state of Syria. He thought for a long time and only thought of Luo De-Dick. The lord of the cape city-state of Eju used to have a good relationship with his father, but he had no choice but to go to the cape city-state to seek asylum.