Seeing Yorko salute cheerfully and leave, Roland smiled and shook his head.
Those who have helped the fourth prince, if it is not malicious, he does not mind helping them.
"Where is Wendy now?" After dealing with this matter, he turned to ask Nightingale.
"Probably practice skills at the top of the tower, do you need me to call her?"
"Well, and Sylvie, Lightning, and Maisie also called... Let's go meet the group of astrologers," Roland nodded. "Fly over from the air."
"I understand," Nightingale's eyes lit up.
Even if someone wants to ambush themselves, it is impossible to pose any threat to the hydrogen balloon high in the sky. This trip can be said to be absolutely safe.
The flying messenger had already informed him of Kemo's departure, so the Alchemy Association could be put aside for the time being. As another great organization of sages, he was full of curiosity about the Astrology Association.
And... Roland still has a huge doubt in his heart, waiting to verify.
…
The Astrology Association is located on a high ground in the northern district of the outer city, which is the second highest point in the capital after the palace and twin towers. The Astrology Hall built on the top is also very unique in shape. Looking down from the air, it looks like a hexagonal stone tower cut into a flat top. The bottom is wide and the top is narrow, and the outline is quite symmetrical.
Roland naturally knew what the symmetry of this era meant.
Without superb measurement skills and positioning tools, it is difficult to stack a large stone building so neatly. It can be said that its construction is much more difficult than the magnificent bluestone city wall.
The Guards who set out first had already surrounded the stone tower, and the hydrogen balloon discharged gas and slowly landed on the top of the tower. Brian, Sean, and Alva Taber immediately came forward.
"Your Majesty, the site has been sealed off, and I promise not to let a mouse slip in!"
"The astrologers have also confiscated all the God's Stones of Retaliation, which will not interfere with Miss Sylvie's surveillance. You can rest assured to contact them."
"Yes, stay vigilant." Roland nodded approvingly, then turned his attention to a row of gray-robed men standing behind the two of them - most of them were over thirty years old, and their expressions were a little flustered. Eyes, obviously have not recovered from their sudden appearance.
He looked at Alva, "Who's in charge here? Ask him to come see me."
"Yes." The latter said a few words to the two gray-robed old men at the head, and one of them walked over to him cautiously, "Your Majesty, this is the chief astrologer of the capital, a scholar of scattered stars.
"Your Majesty Roland Wimbledon, your presence makes the stars shine."
"Not her real name?" Roland raised his eyebrows.
"You don't know, this is the tradition of astrological associations," Alva explained quickly, "every astrologer aspires to have the name of the astrology... and only those who discover new astrology are eligible for this honor. ."
"So what did you find... scatter stars?"
"Yes, Your Majesty," the old man said while rubbing his chest, "it and three other dark stars form a diffuse star circle, which means evanescence and reincarnation in divination."
"What about them?" Roland pointed to the other gray-robed people.
"These eight are all astrological masters of the astrological platform, and naturally they have their own discoveries," Disperse Star respectfully introduced them one by one, "Whether it is the change of the stars or the alternation of the sun and the moon, they can interpret its meaning for you. … Of course, so can I.”
"I didn't come here to ask you for divination."
The other party was startled, "Then... Your Majesty, what are you here for?"
"Explore the starry sky," Roland shrugged. "Don't stand here, let's go to the room and talk. By the way, bring all the star maps you found. You will always record these things, right? Mark the brightest. the stars, and connect them with thin wires—yes, that's the thing."
…
Stacks of blueprints were quickly piled up on the long table in the hall, and some of the parchment paper was yellow, obviously some years ago.
Roland took a deep breath, picked up the pen and drew a spoon and an hourglass on the white paper,
And according to the way of the star map, connect the bright stars with lines.
"Your Majesty, this is..." the bachelor said in surprise.
"Two astrological signs," he lifted the white paper and showed it to everyone, "Have you ever seen such a pattern?"
The astrologers shook their heads.
"Look in these drawings, and take out all the similar ones," Roland instructed. "Everyone has a stack, don't miss a drawing."
The huge doubt in his heart is: Is this the earth on another plane
It's not surprising that there is a sun and a moon. The sun is just an ordinary star. There are hundreds of billions of stars like this in the Milky Way, and there are hundreds of billions of galaxies like the Milky Way in the universe, so it is not surprising to encounter a stable star satellite system. The universe is so big , anything can happen.
But he is not sure if the species are similar. The evolution of organisms itself is coincidental. Even in the same environment, different life forms may grow. And no matter whether it is an evil beast or a devil, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a living being born in nature.
To solve this, all he could think of was astrology.
The lifespan of stars is often calculated in billions, and their positions are almost fixed. It has always been a symbol for stargazers to confirm their orientation or to place symbolic meanings. The only two astrological signs that Roland remembered were the well-known Big Dipper and the Orion constellation. If he could find them in the star map, he would be able to determine his location.
Half an hour later, Roland still got no answer.
During this period, he also inquired about the most famous astrological charts from the Master of Dispersive Stars, but the names he heard were unimpressive. Moreover, the Greycastle astrologers did not use the ecliptic to divide the celestial phenomena, so naturally there would be no famous astrological charts. Zodiac constellation.
Generally speaking, the density of bright stars on these star maps is far greater than those of the constellations that I have seen. In a sense, only when the observation point is closer to the center of the galaxy - because the further inward the galaxy, the stars denser.
Then the chances of this being Earth are slim to none.
This answer made Roland a little lost. He exhaled and glanced at the hall, "How many people are there in the Astrology Association?"
"Your Majesty, there are nine astrologers in total, one hundred and fifty-six apprentices, and sixty-seven handymen and craftsmen," replied the Dispersive Star Bachelor.
"I'm going to close the Astrology Station, you all pack up and go back to Neverwinter with me."
This sentence made everyone's complexion change suddenly, Alva panicked, "Your Majesty, how can you..."
"I don't believe in divination, I only believe in my own choices," Roland said casually, "and I am the king of Greycastle, so naturally I can close this place. In the Western Region, you will learn the real knowledge of astrology, instead of seeing it as a The elusive trajectory of fate."
"No, Your Majesty Wimbledon, you can't do this," the chief astrologer stood up and said slowly, "At any time, we must stare at the stars, undisturbed by other things—this order comes from your Ancestors." (.)