Pivot of the Sky

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“Great, solemn, compassionate, give the earth abundance, give the Mother of the Living Spirit Hope, Isis Goddess; God bless Ecu, the King Horus God, who will never extinguish the light that shines upon the world; the Nun Father God, born in Taichu Lotus, who created everything, the Nine Allied Gods at the source of the Divine River, who reigns over the earth and all the gods in the sky! … listen to my prayer, the messages of the gods, only the purest heart of piety will receive God's mercy, I will dedicate everything I have to Isis, please give me the tears of the gods..."

Aiko-Maria is praying to the gods on the border of the Kingdom of Hati, a remote town belonging to the Ecumenical Empire. In this desolate and remote area, the town of Duke is already quite large, with hundreds of households and 2,000 inhabitants. The mayor, Dusty, is a nobleman with the title of Lord Hattie and also a citizen of the Ecuadorian Empire, enjoying the citizenship privileges of the Ecuadorian Empire.

In such a remote town, the mayor's identity is so prominent, of course, because of his special status. The town of Duke is the southernmost part of the jurisdiction of the State of Syria, to which the Kingdom of Hati belongs. Three of the most famous products originating in the State of Syria are also the most important commodities of the Kingdom of Hati for foreign trade and the most precious contributions to the Ecumenical Empire: iron, shenstone and cedarwood.

Iron builds the sharpest weapons, especially the finest iron refined by energy craftsmen, and armor and swords are sharp and tough, symbols of strength, guards, and tools for plundering wealth. Many countries on the continent produce iron, but production is still very limited, and iron production and trade are strictly monopolized officially. Hattie produces the most famous iron. Though the iron production in Duke Town is low, it produces very scarce fine iron. Almost all of the town's adults are both miners and blacksmiths.

Cedarwood, produced in the western plateau of Hattie and in the mountainous hills on both sides of the river, is the best shipbuilding material after being soaked in cold water, sun-dried and baked in oil. The ships it builds can cruise the inner lakes, rivers and seas, not only for the army of war, but also for the merchants to travel to and from countries. Duke Town does not produce cedar trees. Although the eastern part of town is the mountainous hills where cedars grow, it is unimaginable to cut huge cedars and then transport them out of the mountains.

The most important property in Tucker Town is not fine iron, but sacred stones. Such things are scarce on the heavenly pivot continent, and the Kingdom of Khati's State of Syria is one of the most important producers, while the town of Duke produces almost half of the total production of Syria. Every country on the Heavenly Pivot needs a divine stone, especially in the temples with the supreme divinity and the noble priests who so desire it.

Many ordinary civilians, as well as slaves, do not know what the use of the Divine Stone is, but have seen a divine stone mosaic on a priest's scepter or on the armor and weapons of a noble samurai, which appears to be a symbol of identity, wealth or divine power. The Divine Stone itself is also the most expensive currency of passage on the continent, and a Divine Stone is worth twenty times the equal weight of gold and is indivisible.

As a noble circulating currency, it is the most common standard divine stone, the texture, size and shape are exactly the same, there is absolutely no difference, its weight is also the standard of weighing and weighing on the heavenly pivot continent, the common weighing unit “baht” on the continent is the weight of a divine stone, I hear the luxury priests even directly use the divine stone as the standard weighing code on the heavenly pivot.

Accor-Maria followed Rod Dick, the ruler and cleric of the hometown state, to Duke Town this time to pray not to the gods, of course, but to the legendary tears of the gods. Only with it can it be recognized by the high priests in the Temple of Isis in the City of Dreamfield and become the Virgin Guardian of Isis Goddess. Only the purest summons in the legend can communicate with the gods and receive the tears of the gods given by the gods, which means that her identity is recognized by God.

Accor-Maria's prayer is so pious, but in fact, any divine stone from the Heavenly Pivot Continent, including the precious tears of the gods, is not given by the hands of the gods, but is miners' hands.

Maria lives at the southern end of the town, close to the Temple of Horus, one of the most beautiful compounds in town, originally where the mayor lived. Like other towns on the mainland, the most important building for people to live in is the temple, dedicated to the local guardian spirits, whether the temple is magnificent or magnificent is also a symbol of the strength of a city state.

Of course, the Temple of Duke Town cannot be compared to a large city state, but compared to other ordinary towns, the Temple of Horus is magnificent enough to be built with tall white boulders and embellished with blue-black stone carvings. The white marble from which the columns were built came from outside, while the sparkling green gold stone was the specialty of nearby mountains, which may be expensive elsewhere, is the most common stone here.

In the town of Duke, there are two main temples of equal size, one dedicated to Horus, the patron saint of the Ecumenical Empire, indicating that the place is subjugated to Ecupharaoh and built to the south of the town, with a white marble body. Another is the ancient patron goddess, the Goddess of Mu Yun, who is widely worshipped in Hati and around the Assyrian and southeastern kingdoms of Baron in the northeast.

The kingdom of Hati is a coalition of dozens of cities, and although the Great Empire of Ecuador has conquered this place, in order to better manage and make the Hati more respectful in their subjugation, Ecufa Turn has allowed them to sacrifice their patron saint, not destroying the original temple, but at the same time ordering that they must sacrifice the patron saint of Ecuador, Horus.

Maria prayed in the bedroom on the second floor, every morning after getting up and washing, before lunch, at night, she prayed like this. It has been three days since she arrived in Duke town, pious, respectful and meticulous. Even Gabriel, the most heavily trained temple warrior, could not help but admire implicitly in her eyes, insinuating in her heart that she should meet the demands of a Virgin, and that the gods might pity her.

There are two vast loams of fertile soil along the Ronnie Divine River in the borders of the Ecumenical Empire, known as Upper Ecumenical and Lower Ecumenical. Gabrielle is a samurai sent to protect Maria by the Temple of Isis in the Lower Ecumenical City of Monfis, in response to reports and requests from Rod-Dick, the main cleric and ruler of the Lower Ecumenical State. The Temple of Isis is protected by anyone who passes the divine test and is eligible to become the Guardian Holy Candidate of Isis Goddess.

When Maria prayed, Gabriel stood downstairs at the entrance to the courtyard. She hung a heavy sword on her waist, with a sacred stone embedded on both sides in the middle of the sword. Even in a non-dangerous environment, she wore silver armor with a solemn and sombre expression. In this position, you can see the blue and golden dome of the Mu Yun Temple on the other end of the town, her mouth cornered and a slightly less perceptible smile in her eyes.

Obviously, the guardian samurai of Isis Temple had no interest in the gods of the heathen offering, but Ezpharaoh allowed the original temple to be preserved here, and she could not say much more. Her duty was merely to protect Aiko-Maria, without having to worry about the business of others.

Gabriel has a long, pulled body, sexy and sturdy beauty, her face is distinctly northern xenical, her skin is white, her nose is straight, and her eyes are charming azure. The golden curly hair is covered in silver armor, so harmonious in beauty and perseverance. She was young and beautiful, but the children in town who were throwing stones at each other were unconsciously far from the courtyard and dared not play at the door.

When people saw her, perhaps the first thing they noticed was not a beautiful woman, surrounded by an invisible sense of self-confidence and pride, as if she were full of strength, unconquered and disguised.

Gabriel was the only guardian of the compound, and the Temple of Isis sent only one samurai to protect Aiko-Maria, one of the Holy Queen's candidates. But Gabriel also knows that in the Temple of Horus, a nearby town of Duke, there are sixty heavily armed elite fighters stationed in the first-hand guards brought by Rod Dick.

Obviously, this Lord Dick doesn't believe she can protect Maria alone. Though it is dangerous to cross the desert between Eju and Hattie, it is clear that so many elite warriors are exaggerating. Lord Dick has said nothing for the good upbringing of a nobleman, but Gabriel can feel his dissatisfaction.

Gabriel did not care, not only for a cultivation, but also for a noble pride.

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At the other end of town, near a small building in the Temple of Moulin, Rod Dick was holding a glass and looking out the window at Gabriel's compound, and his brown eyes were a little deep, and he thought silently of something ——

It seems that this Temple Warrior from Monfist is not accustomed to convergence and always exalts her power, which is no wonder that one of her duties is to preach the dignity of the gods. But it's not a good habit for a hereditary city state aristocrat like Rod Dick, where people always need to hide a little something and not expose all their strength to potential opponents, just to show real power at the right time.

The struggle for secular power and wealth is always brutal and requires constant preparedness to show proper deterrence and leave a cardboard for change.

Not far from his little building is the temple of Goddess Mu Yun. Lord Dick didn't think anything was wrong. People on this continent are already serving a variety of gods, big and small. Some are legendary gods, others are guardian gods that residents everywhere think they are.

Pharaoh of the Ecumenical Empire claims to be the human incarnation and spokesperson of Horus, the son of the gods, the king of God who reigns above and below Ecumenical. And the traditional patron saint of Lower Ecuadorian is Isis Goddess, the legendary mother of Horus, whose main temple is located in the capital city of Lower Ecuadorian Dreamfist. Almost every nation on the Heavenly Pivot is governed by the union of monarchy and divine power. The monarchs call themselves spokespersons for the gods, and the Temple of Isis in Dreamfield City is the most important center of power in Lower Ecuadorian.

This time Isis Temple sent only one samurai to protect the Virgin Candidate of Cape State, and Lord Dick was clearly dissatisfied that he and the Cape State he represented were despised. Cape State is situated on the north-eastern border of the Egyptian Empire, closest to Baron and the Kingdom of Hati, beyond which is a vast desert, incomparable with other fertile, rich city states.

Its geographical location is important, but it is not entirely beneficial for Cape State, which, in the event of a war, is the first to suffer the ravages of war. In an era of apparent peace, it is an important crossroads for commercial transactions with countries in the Northwest, with countless opportunities.

The kingdom of Hati is now subordinate to Eju, but Lord Dick has also heard in secret that the lords of many Hati cities and states are unhappy with the fate of such subordinates today and always want to unite in a covert resistance. It just so happens that the Temple of Isis selects the Virgin, and Dick certainly hopes that the Virgin will come from Cape State, which means not only the glory of the City State, but also more protection for the Temple of Isis and the power of the Lower Ecuadorian State as a whole in case of future conflict.

Dick certainly didn't want Maria to have an accident, so he brought the most elite first-hand guard around him, a force that was obviously superfluous just to protect a person from crossing the desert, and Dick certainly had plans of his own. At his young age, he became the chief governor and chief priest of Cape State, assuming the power of * * * * to maximize and exploit all the advantages of one thing, apart from the distinguished identity of the lineage and, of course, of his own talents.

Isis Temple sent only one person, which is fine, saving a lot of bribes. Seeing Gabriel, Dick felt that the samurai guardian of the temple, unlike many greedy priests, was like an arrogant little cock, disdainful of accepting any bribes, and seemed to have no idea of wealth.

Gabrielle seemed unclear how expensive her long sword was, hanging so swinging between her waist that if she walked alone, the sword would not protect her and the bandit would be the first to recruit her. Gabriel came to Cape State alone with a long sword. Even Rod Dick was surprised. Luckily, she arrived safely! Perhaps because the thieves along the way knew her identity and dared not offend Isis Temple.

With so many personal escorts and attendants, in the name of protecting the Virgin and serving Lord Gabriel, the large convoy is certainly equipped with all kinds of supplies, mainly the most popular wine and food in the town of Duke. There are Gabrielles who will naturally let the Ecu and Hattie border gates go free without any inspection and, of course, without any tax.

The stones mined by the inhabitants of the town of Duke are handed over to the city state in the form of taxes. The laws of the city state stipulate that one in ten belongs to them, and that is what they deserve. At the same time, Rod Dick, of course, knew that Mayor Dasti, who had the power to seize power in the town of Duke, would not be so selfless and would certainly have a lot of it in his hands.

Shenstone is a common currency, worth twenty times the equal weight of gold, as is the case in Duke Town. But Duke town's wealth is rich and barren. Apart from producing sacred stones and iron, only a small amount of barley is grown on barren land for fruit bellies. Everything else needs to be transported from the outside world to live and enjoy. And its location is so remote, everything is a lot more expensive to get here than anywhere else.

People in Duke town may not know that they are perhaps the wealthiest inhabitants of the Tianhui continent and that this is the most expensive place on the continent. Despite the heavy taxes levied on trade routes, a successful transaction is still profitable.

Dick also organized a team of merchants from Cape Town to accompany his convoy in order to provide cover for the goods he was transporting to Duke Town. Merchants are naturally willing to follow Lord Dick's convoy, which is tantamount to absolute security assurances that mercenaries will be spared, and that there are Lord Gabriel and Lord Dick, tax collectors along the route who do not maliciously extort only business. They are grateful to Lord Dick, who is attentive to his people, and many noble officials will not take such care of merchants.

At dinner, Lord Dick had just had a pleasant conversation with Mayor Dasti and, more pleasantly, the deal between them, which was satisfactory to both sides. In addition to the Divine Stone, Lord Dick bought precious fine iron from the Mayor, a smuggling secret that was not inhumane enough for both of them to share with each other a delicious wine dish.

The deal was delightful, but Rod Dick didn't like the place, especially since there was a smell of smoke everywhere that made him uncomfortable. He felt a little anxious and wondered how long to wait.

The reason he brought Maria here, in addition to doing business under this name, was an attempt to get the tears of the gods. The high priests of the Temple of Isis proclaimed a divine message to the outside world that a tear of the gods would be given to man and that the one who would receive it would be the patron saint of Isis Goddess.

Rod Dick has his own thoughts on this. The tears of the gods are nothing more than a precious stone. If it does appear, the most likely place to produce the stone is where it is most concentrated. Then, using the convenience of geography, he arrives in Tucker Town and waits, most likely in the first place. It's a gamble, of course, but it's a gamble that's profitable, whether you succeed or not, and if you're lucky, everything's perfect.

He told Maria that he had been guided in his dreams by Goddess Isis, and that Maria had referred it to Gabriel to persuade the temple warrior to come across the desert border.

When Maria came to Tuco, she prayed faithfully every day, and Rod Dick, who fabricated the lie, was a little impatient. In this small town, where the blacksmith's fireplace is burning everywhere, the harsh environment made Lord Dick unbearable, and he didn't want to stay any longer than he did for a day, so he remembered the legend of the tears of the gods.

He was already a little drunk and scolded, “Do the gods have mercy? Is it the will of God or are the priests fabricating lies? Since when did this ancient message circulate? It's just a stone, and it's just a useful stone. Instead of praying to the gods, why not ask the miners for help, and get the tears of the gods means it is the Virgin? Then who is the miner who exploited it, possibly a dirty old man! ”

Just thought of this, outside the window blows in a breeze with the heat of the furnace, Dickie has fought a cold war, and the wine has woken up, hurrying her hands on her chest to pray: “Great Goddess Isis, my thoughts are not disrespectful to you, they are just an honest expression. ”

At this moment, Rod Dick suddenly stood still, seemingly feeling something, a mysterious fluctuation of power, both mysterious and strange, the unpleasant heat of the furnace and the indescribable chills that seemed to have been somewhat appeased. The source of the fluctuations comes from a family on the edge of town.

Rod Dick immediately dropped his cup and shouted, "Fayor, come in, the tears of the gods may appear, you do as I say! ”

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Suddenly Gabriel in the stand-up raised her head and looked in some direction towards the town. She felt a slight oscillation in the air of a power that was both mysterious and familiar. It was both slightly untraceable and as clear as that. There was somehow a comforting light gleaming in her eyes, and she looked back at Maria's window.

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“Ding” crisp, followed by a subtle buzz that echoed for a long time in the house, Amon held a heavy hammer and struck a fist-sized, black-light round stone.

The hammer looks so heavy, falling down with a sharp wind, when it falls on the surface of the stone, it becomes as if it were just a feather, only a light “ding" sound.

Amon's position with the big hammer is a bit funny. The position of his hand is very close to the front. The entire upper arm from the wrist to the elbow is affixed to the hammer handle. His individual is not too tall. After all, he is only fourteen years old and has not yet fully grown up.

But his whole body was strong and strong, and when he tightened the hammer, it seemed like a little snake was moving on the raised muscle. According to the ancient rules of Duke Town, a child his age is not yet eligible to mine the sacred stones alone. Opening this hard-earned core with the unique hammering technique of Duke Town is the last and most critical step in obtaining the Divine Stone.

Today, however, he had to do so at home, because his father was drunk again, his hands trembled without control of the hammer, and he had to hand over a sacred stone tomorrow.

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Prince Xu Note: The background information of the first chapter is a little too much, thanks to the help of the bookmate "Like Water”, made a background map of Tianpi Continent, indicating all the geographical names mentioned in this chapter, it is recommended to read the text content against the map, otherwise it may be a little easy to faint:)

Characters in this Chapter -

Aiko-Maria: A candidate for the Holy Virgin from Cape Egyptian State, who is likely to be the guardian of the Temple of Isis in the City of Dreamfield. The Ecumenical Empire is divided into two boundaries, the Upper and Lower Ecumenical, and the Dreamfist is the Lower Ecumenical Capital.

D'Asti: Mayor of the town of Tuk, which is on the border of the Kingdom of Hati, the State of the city of Soya, and the Kingdom of Hati subordinates to Eju.

Rod Dick: Lord, Lord Governor and Lord Priest of the Cape Town State of the Kingdom of Ecuador.

Gabriel: Guardian Warrior of Isis Temple in Dreamfield City.

AMON: Son of a blacksmith in Duke Town.

This Chapter Divine Background -

Horus: The Lord God and King God of the Ecuadorians, Ecupharaoh called it the human incarnation and spokesman of Horus.

Isis: Mother of Horus in mythology, patron saint of Lower Ecuadorian, Virgin Mary of Ecuadorian faith.

Mu Yun: A goddess widely worshipped around the kingdoms of Hati, Assyria and Baron, the inhabitants of Duke Town have been a patron god since ancient times.

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