Pivot of the Sky

Gore was probably too excited, the voice broke the ban imposed by the old madman, and Amon couldn't hear the conversation that followed, only two people in the house knew.

The old madman sat there with a glass of wine and made a vain gesture: “You can't believe it, but when the day really came, I wanted you to remember what I said and prepare yourself... Forget about it, I've lived in Tuckerville all these years and everything's fine with you, even helped you a little bit, right? ”

Gore owed himself: “When I first met you, I was just a level 5 magician. You didn't come to any trouble with me, and you helped me solve a few problems and pointed a lot at my divine practice. Otherwise, I wouldn't have advanced so smoothly to a great magician. From a personal point of view, I have always been very grateful to you, which is beyond doubt. ”

The old lunatic actually had a moment of modesty, and he waved, "You don't have to thank me for what you've accomplished. I just shared some of my experiences, and you let me look at many books in the temple, and I thank you as well. It's just for today. How about a little help? ”

Gore was silent for a while, and only slightly sighed and replied: "No problem, we all know the child is innocent. I'm afraid the whole continent knows. Dusty is a smart man. This is a good thing. Wang Du's messenger will be here in three days. ”

The old madman stood up: “Then go find him. I'll go with you. He won't dare not do what you say, nor will he dare to tell you what happened today. ”

Singh smiled. “Naturally, I won't embarrass him then. ”

The two were about to go out, and the old madman suddenly said: "Gregory, you won't let me say it, but I will mention it again for the last time. If the catastrophe does come, I hope that you will survive, don't bury yourself unnecessarily, and don't despair of your faith. I understand your achievements, you will become a Level 9 magician. ”

Gore stood in front of the door and was silent for a while before saying: "What else do you have to say? ”

The old lunatic thought, "If Amon returns one day, I hope you can comfort him and help him if you allow. ”

……

Amon stood at the corner of the wall for not knowing how long and suddenly saw the old madman's yard door open. Two people walked out and the guest was an old man with a goatee. The night was not very real, but the old man glanced at him and his eyes in the dark were quite clear and sharp. Amon wanted to take a step, but couldn't help but stand there silently.

The old lunatic and Gore went to the mayor's house, the little building where Maria used to live. Why did they go to the mayor so late?

Amon looked at the small building from afar. On the second floor there seemed to be a bright light but not like a light. Shortly after, he suddenly opened his mouth to shock the boss and saw a figure flying out the window. The man looked like a big bird, a giant eagle, a night lord, and rushed directly into the sky and disappeared into the night. He actually flew away in the sky! Looks a lot like the Guest.

……

“Old madman, who is the guest here today? He can fly!” That's what Amon asked, when the old madman had come back from the mayor's house.

The old madman laughed, “What's this? I can fly, too. Otherwise, how can I stand by the battlefield? I just feel so tired and comfortable walking. … an eight-level Grand Magician like me can fly without any artifact. Actually, an intermediate magician can fly, but he needs to use something. ”

Amon's habit of speaking has always been to acknowledge and understand, and ask: "You haven't told me who Gore is yet. ”

Old madman: "Don't worry, sooner or later you'll know who he is. If you run into any trouble in Syria City State one day, maybe you can find him.... Amon, what brings you to me at night? ”

Amon: “I have passed the step test of 'physical purity'. In general, I am a second-degree samurai. But in your opinion, I should study second-degree magic, but I am not a second-degree magician. How can I learn? ”

The old lunatic looked at Amon and said, “If my guess is correct, you are not only a second-degree samurai at this time, but you can also learn magic to become a second-degree magician. Whether this is the case or not, try it yourself and you will understand. ”

Amon: “But you haven't taught me second degree magic yet. ”

The old madman laughed again: "There is no so-called second-degree divinity, there is only low-order divinity, I have taught you almost everything. The ability to combine a type of theology with different techniques is a qualified first-degree theologian, and you can no longer excel. The ability to use two different low-order theologians separately, with the effect of synergizing with each other to increase power, is the standard of the secondary theologian in the temple. Go and test yourself. Take this branch back, and these three stones. ”

As soon as the old lunatic reached out his hand, he somehow pulled out the fine iron branch of Ammon and grabbed it empty-handed. Three different colored stones appeared on the table in front of Ammon.

Looking at Amon in shock, the old madman laughed again: "The red one is called ‘Fire Elf’, the black one is called 'Eyes of the Earth', the white one is called 'The Glamour of the Wind', plus the one you've already given you, 'The Heart of the Blue', all four special stones. Don't be surprised, a 100-year-old great magician, who has been a miner in Duke for so many years, is perfectly normal. You take it with you and try out their different uses and explore other magic tricks. ”

Amon thought about it, the words of the old lunatic make sense. His old man was a miner in Duke town since he was a kid. He stayed here for more than a hundred years before and after. As a great magician, it would be easier to save these things. For people like the old lunatic, money is not important. Depending on what the use is, practicing magic for Amon is the greatest use right now.

So Amon didn't speculate either. He carefully picked it up and put it away. He picked up the stick and looked back and forth for half a day, but he didn't notice any change, but it was more like a branch. Seeing the old lunatic don't talk but smile and look at him without smiling, Amon also moved his heart and concentrated in a way that awakened the divine power “touched” this stick, and felt that there were several places that felt different than before.

So he used his hand to break down every knot on the "branches" and finally found that there was a very hidden organ in the wood-like section, which required a lot of force to open. Amon almost broke his fingers, and found four grooves in this fine iron branch, each of which can be inserted with a sacred stone.

Amon asked with some hesitation, "Is this... magic... the wand? ”

The old madman nodded and took the fine iron branch and said: “The magician is the same as the magician's staff, but as a young, low-order magician, holding the wand is tantamount to declaring your identity to everyone, which is similar to finding death, so I transformed this fine iron branch into a magic wand.

The entire staff material has changed, but it can also be a fighting weapon altogether. The place where the sacred stone was set took me a long time, and even damaged the sacred stone only to cover it up with the complete nuclear enclosure material, not the Great Magician's hard to find it was a staff. Even a Level 9 Magician would not have found it if he hadn't noticed, as long as you didn't use your wand to perform the magic in front of them.

There are five grooves inside, and the four hidden grooves on the cane can be set with all sorts of magic stones. Of course, you can set all four magic stones inside, which is most useful. There is also one of the most hidden grooves on the cane head, even if you know that if you do not have the achievements of the middle samurai and the middle wizard at the same time, you will not be able to open it. After I finish processing, I will not be able to open it, I am afraid only the gods will discover it.

If possible, this groove is intended to set you in tears of the gods in the future. If you set the tears of the gods on your staff, the other four grooves cannot be freely set with other sacred stones. You must insert the blue heart, the flame elf, the eyes of the earth, and the glamour of the wind in turn. This is the same as the staff structure of Isis Guardian Goddess. It just looks completely different and the effect may vary.

You know, I'm a great magician, but I don't know yet, I'm probably the best master craftsman on the continent, and this branchy thing in your hand is the proudest piece of my life. ”

The old madman finished the conversation with a slight expression of complacency on his face with his hands covered in fine iron branches. Probably more lice and no itching. If a regular magician sees these crystals and this staff, I'm afraid his chin will fall off, but Amon has been shocked too many times during this time, his nerves have been quite tough, and people are very calm. He stood up and said only three words: “Thank you! ”

The old madman waved, “I can't tell you who should thank more, I'm the one who led you on what may be the hardest road in the world. ”

Amon: "So what? Do you think I'd be unwilling? Do you want me to be a miner like my father for the rest of my life and not be able to leave Duke Town, maybe I've been cut off a finger now? ”

The old lunatic looked at Amon, and his eyes seemed to be studying something: "Amon, you are a child who can hide things in his heart, just as this iron branch can hide the stone so that no one can see it as a staff. But you've been hiding a question in your heart for a long time. About me, say it today. I can read the way you see these stones. ”

Amon bowed his head: “In that case, I asked, the mine core that produced the tears of the gods was borrowed from you by my father. That's why I've been through so much, and as you said, a lot of things have happened since the moment I mined the tears of the gods. Did you do it on purpose? I knew it was the tears of the gods in the core of that mine! ”

Amon finally said the question that had been held in his heart for a long time. The old madman was actually a little embarrassed by him. He looked down at the fine iron branch and said: “Of all the archmages and archmages, I should know the most about divine stone mining. It is impossible that no one else could have personally been a miner in Duke town for more than 100 years. Mine core is a magical thing, no one can be sure that there must be a sacred stone in it before it opens, let alone what kind of sacred stone it will be.

I haven't completely figured it out in my lifetime, just knowing that that core is different from the other cores I'm familiar with, so it's probably the tears of the gods I've never mined. Lend it to your father. You opened it. It was the tears of the gods! I wasn't wrong. ”

Amon said again: “Then why don't you...? ”

The old lunatic took his word for it: "Then why don't I keep it myself? The tears of the gods are no longer of great use to me, and Bell is the Virgin who abducted Isis Temple. He also took away the tears of the gods. In the end, it is all my fault. I also have a tear of the gods plus a Virgin. … Besides, if I don't let you mine the tears of the gods, how can I proceed smoothly with my plan? You're right, I did it on purpose. ”

Amon didn't mean to keep asking, he just nodded: "Oh, I get it. ”

The old madman pointed to the black divine stone: "There are more than one use of special divine stone, such as this earthly eye, which is the best aid to the use of earthly elemental theology, and can also assist some power system theology, while also serving as a carrier of information theology. I write down all the training I know in the form of a magic scroll, and you can read it slowly. But I have a characteristic of information theology. Only when your theology has reached a certain level can you see the content of a certain stage. After reading it, the recorded information will automatically disappear. ”

Then he pointed to the white divine stone: “The Glamour of the Wind is not only the best aid to air theology, it is also one of the best carriers of space magic, but it sometimes needs to be processed. I've had this wind dance in my hands for years, and I've made it into a space manipulator that holds a lot of things, but it's empty now. If one day you become a six-level magician and are able to use high-end space magic, you can open it and use it. ”

Amon interrupted and asked, "Isn't level six a middle class magician? How can you use high level magic? ”

The old madman laughed: "It's not just high-order magicians who can use high-order magic. In fact, all sorts of magic can be carried out with assistive props, and the measure of the great magician is another meaning. In fact, a six-level theologian was evaluated in the temple, not only by passing the test of 'Devil's Temptation', but also by being able to use high-order theology with props, without at least one high-order theology with any props, and so on. It is too early to talk to you about this, because the eyes of the earth contain information that you will naturally know when you can see it. ”

Amon suddenly felt something was wrong with the old lunatic's performance today. It was like telling everything clearly at once, and he couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong with you today? Am I leaving now? ”

Old lunatic: "Poor kid, you're so smart, you'll be banished in the morning. It's your last night in Duke! And the last few things I'll tell you tomorrow when I send you away. Now I'd like to ask, did I ever say you were my student, and you never called me teacher? ”

Amon realized that he had never really called a teacher. He just called Nietzsche an old lunatic, not disrespectful, but accustomed to it from childhood until early morning. As soon as he got down on his knees and kissed the dirt in front of the old lunatic's feet, he said, "Teacher Nietzsche, to my mind you are already my teacher, and of course I am your student. ”

Instead of stopping Amon from doing his most important gift, the old madman laughed: “Amon, if one day you can unravel the secrets of the gods, or even call them gods, today's scene must be memorable, or wonderfully ironic! I've documented this scene in the eyes of the earth, son, you don't have to call me a teacher, I don't really teach you much, I don't want you to be my student or another me, I just want you to fulfill my wish, it seems that nobody can teach you that for you. ”

Amon respectfully replied: "I will not forget. ”

The old madman seemed like an infinite emotion: "Who can tell if you forget or not? I recorded two messages in the eyes of the earth that would never go away, one that you had just knelt down in front of me, and the other one that was related to Maria, do you want to see? ”

Amon was curious: "Maria? I want to see!”

Old lunatic: “You haven't practiced information magic yet, let me show you first. ”

As soon as the voice went down, Amon saw the black stone on the table turning colorless and transparent, the edges glowing, becoming a dodecahedron crystal light bulb, and then the light bulb grew bigger, and there was a stereoscopic picture of a row of Equus books on the wall —— "Amon, my name is Aikoo. ”

When she saw Amon's puzzled face, the old madman smiled and explained: “That's a line Maria wrote in her room. She tried to tell you her name, but she didn't say it. It was just written in a corner of the room, but then it was erased again. It was probably the last time she used the name, and the last time she wrote worldly words. Did you say she forgot or was it hard to forget? I'm afraid it's not even clear to the gods! ”

……

The next day, while people were still eating breakfast, the bell that had gathered the townspeople in the Temple of Mu Yun rang again. When people rushed to the square in front of the temple to eat food, they found that this time the bell was ringing by Dusty himself, and the mayor's look was very serious.

Mayor Dusty opened a volume of paperwork and shouted: “The decree issued jointly by the Egyptian Empire and the Kingdom of Hati will never be revoked. Warriors should be dispatched from all parts of the State of Syria to assist in the pursuit of the evil magician Bell, who was last seen in the jungle of the Valley of the Youngest River west of the town of Duke in the State of Syria. ”

With this in mind, Dusty closed the book and said in a painful tone: “Bell is an evil magician, and the man who pursues him must be a true warrior. He fled from the Temple of Isis in Equus to the jungle of the underwater river to find and destroy him. He must have received the blessing of Goddess Isis and Goddess Mu Yun. At last, such a warrior appeared in the town, and I decided to send him to carry out the decree of the Kingdom. ”

Xiao Gu was absent, except for the old madman and Amon, only Mayor Dasti had been able to read himself. No one noticed that the sheepskin roll he had in his hand was very old, let alone unclear that it was written by decree thirty years ago.

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