Pivot of the Sky

“Are you an Ecuadorian? Carrying a cat with you, you still cook for the cat first.” That's what Medanzo said to Amon at the camp at night. He has short curly blonde brown hair, white skin, tall nose and straight, very handsome appearance. In the eyes of most girls in the world, his smile must be charming and his teeth are white and neat when he smiles.

Amon asked inexplicably, "Why cook the cat first, the Egyptian? ”

Medanzo: "The Egyptians worship cats and see cats as the incarnation of the gods, that's the only way to love a cat so much, isn't it?” When he saw that the magician who saved him was so young, he was surprised, but Amon did not proactively introduce his origins.

Amon smiled and replied, “Oh, this cat is a friend of my elders, ask me to take good care of it. I do come from Equus, Amon, who studied magic at a very young age, but so far has been only a second-degree theologian. Why did you say you came from Baron City, king of the kingdom of Baron, to the deep mountains of Hati? ”

Now that he has been exposed to his divinity in a hurry, he poses as a magician from Aegu, and it is impossible for Medanzo to verify his identity anyway.

Medanzo: "Hattie? Here in Baron!... Well, it's also possible that I made a mistake, there are no obvious boundary markers here. Not to tell you that my great-grandfather was also a magician, but he died in the war a long time ago, and I came to find his remains. Dear magician, why did you come to such a difficult and remote place? ”

Amonmo remembered something and stunned to answer: “My intention is similar to yours. A high priest lost something here many years ago and ordered me to find it and tell me that it was also an experience. ”

Medanzo spoke out: “Did you offend him and send your young magician here?” Then I explained: “I didn't mean to offend you, I just said it. ”

Amon did not mind a wave: “It is indeed a punishment, something I do not do well myself and am willing to accept it. ”

Medanzo laughed: "It's impossible for a common high priest to come here through the deep mountains. He must have left something behind while flying in the air. If it's anywhere near here, I can get help. ”

Amon was surprised: "Ask for help? Who can we find here? Aren't you here to find the ruins of your ancestors? ”

Medanzo explained: "I've been here several times and met the largest Dwarf tribe nearby. They should be the ones most familiar with the area and can ask them to help you find what's left of the mountain. ”

Amon: “Caveman? You deal with their tribes, too? What's going on today? How did you get to that pool and shock those Ironclad Beasts? I've never seen that kind of mutant armored beast. ”

Medanzo replied with some embarrassment: "Although I have not found the remains of my ancestors, I have become acquainted with the dwarf tribes here and often exchange things with them. This tribe is valuable for smelting fine iron embryos without other good things. And I need money to get to and from Deep Mountain in the last few years, so I'll make some bargains with them. It's probably still inside Baron, isn't it? ”

Fine iron is officially sold exclusively in any country, there is some suspicion that private trading is illegal, but Amon is too lazy to care about this, and he asked, “So are you looking for mineral sand? Do you want to smelt the iron yourself? ”

Metanzo stunned: “Isn't this your first time here and how did you know there was the finest fine iron ore here? ”

Amon shrugged: “This is my first time here, but I already knew that the finest fine iron ore can be removed from the manure of the Ironclad Beast! ”

Medanzo stuck, his expression became strange in the light of the fire, whispered a crude word and said: “The so-called finest raw materials of Magel steel ore, turns out to be the manure of the Iron Armor Beast! That goddamn sheik didn't tell me that. ”

Amon also stuck: “Ah, so you don't know. What did he tell you? ”

Medanzo said with hatred: "The tribes here produce the finest fine iron embryos, much better than the average fine iron. They call it magenta steel at our place, and take a small piece out of the mountain and you can make a lot of money, but the yield is small. I asked the chief if he could get more. The chief said that the ore was hard to extract and that there was a sludge deposited in the mountains by the water pond that was rich in the best magenta sand. But the Iron Armored Beast King lived in the water pond. If you want to collect it, it's very dangerous. Their people are afraid to come.

I was also a middle-class warrior, and I should have no problem dealing with an Iron Armored Beast King, so I quietly arrived. Trying to kill the Iron Armored Beast King and show those dwarves how good I am. The sheik didn't tell me I had four, let alone that the ore was the iron armored beast's stool. As a result, I almost gave my life here. It was a pleasure to meet you. ”

Amon watched as he laughed louder and louder, and then Medanzo laughed. They laughed relative to Haha and echoed in the mountains at night. Schrödinger, who was sleeping, looked up at both of them with dissatisfaction, as if he were saying - what's so funny! Shame on you?

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The following day, when the sun rose, Ammon carried the branches behind Schrödinger and continued to walk high under Medanzo's guidance. Although he did not intend for the Caveman tribe to help him find Bell, it would always be useful to ask what was noteworthy around here.

The clouds on the mountains looked like floating seas and walked in like a mist again. Amon had almost crossed the clouds for the third time. Halfway there, he suddenly heard movement, and a staff stopped: “Medanzo, there seems to be a sound in front, not like an animal, much like a human footstep. ”

Medanzo leaped onto a big rock and looked forward with his sword. After a while, he suddenly drank: "Link, you old bastard, come quickly!... you lied to me so bad, see how I deal with you! ”

A group of people came out of the woods around the mountain road, the man in charge was Medanzo's “old immortality”, he looked not too old, should only be around thirty. Skin is slightly darker but the whitest of these people, dressed in animal leather sewn clothes and a pair of linen knitted shoes on their feet, is the only one of these people who wears shoes and is the chief of the Cave Wildlings tribe in the mountains.

As soon as Link saw Medanzo, he hurried forward: "You have wronged me. I heard that you went to mining sand in the cold pond where Lord Armored Beast lives. It was dark and I couldn't find you. At dawn, I gathered warriors from the clan to rescue you. ”

Looking back at Link, he followed more than thirty "warriors", some with simple bows and arrows in their hands, some with long spears with wooden handles tied to iron heads, and a few others with interesting weapons, namely elongated and rough flattened iron bars, sharpened a blade, can be stabbed or chopped, but did not create the shape of a knife.

These people are not too short, but the elder Link says they are all the strongest warriors in the family and should all be the tallest, but they are about the average height of an average adult, and it seems that the cave wildlings are also called dwarves for no reason.

As soon as Medanzo saw Link, he jumped off the rock and struck him in the head with a sword ridge: “When you came to save me, I would have been eaten by the Iron Armored Beast! I thought you said there was an Iron Armored Beast King. How did I meet four? ”

Link “Ah” opened his mouth and blocked it with a short cane in his hand. He didn't know what kind of wild animal bone this scepter was made of, and he actually had a sacred stone set on it, much like a magician's scepter.

He looked up and down at Medanzo: “Can you come back safely? Yesterday's speech didn't make it clear, you left alone, I repeatedly told you not to go unauthorized. You meet not the Ironclad Beast King, but the Big Ironclad Beast who guards the Cave of the Beast King. The Ironclad Beast King usually doesn't come out until the second half of the night.... Four giant armored beasts! You all right? You all right? ”

Medanzo pulled out of his pocket a yellow black, five-inch long, pointy hook, which is the "spoils” he got yesterday, the beast claw that was chopped off with a sword, and he shouted, "Look what it is! Fortunately, a noble magician helped me by chopping off this claw myself. ”

The crowd shouted, and Link looked with envy at the paw in Medanzo's hand and asked curiously: "Magician, what magician? Is that your friend? ”

Medanzo replied proudly, "Not only my friend, but also my lifesaver, you unknown old man. Haven't even heard of the magician? It's a lot better than yours! ”

Amon came out of behind the big stone at this time, and these cave wildlings hadn't even heard of the magicians, and spared the trouble of introducing themselves. Everyone assumed that he was only a friend of Medanzo and a guest of the tribe, and was greeted by Medanzo on the mountain.

This tribe has the characteristics of a "cave wildlings”, built on a flat half slope beneath a small stone wall, along the stone wall there are many natural caves, which can be inhabited by artificial excavation. The biggest hole * * lit a pile of fire, which was burned every day by people who took turns collecting firewood, which was a public source of fire for all families.

Although the dwarves here have already caught fire with stone, that pile of fire is also a symbol of the whole family, and the large cave that ignites is equivalent to a temple in the ordinary town, and the open area in front of the cave is also the meeting place for the whole people. There are also houses on the hillside, not far from the stone walls, made of wood and thatch, and mud on the walls, which are rudimentary but also strong.

All the people living in the house were of high ethnic standing, and Metanzo seemed to be very respected here, with a house dedicated to him, and Amon lived in the grass house.

At dusk of the day, there was a rally in the tribe, a group of people jumping around a pile of firewood in the open space, passing on the beast claw that Medanzo had cut to each other, imitating various chopping movements, as if they had chopped the beast claw themselves, and the look was very intoxicating.

Amon and Medanzo, who fight iron beasts together, sit in the most noble position with Sheikh Link in front of the big hole where the fire is burning. Medanzo whispered in Amon's ear: "This is the best time of the day for them to dance until the fire goes out before going back to bed. ”

And Amon whispered, "What are they doing with that claw? Everyone's like drunk. ”

Medanzo: "It is a ritual that fantasizes about gaining the power to kill beasts, giving them confidence and courage, not having to fear when hunting, and succeeding every time, it is a kind of witchcraft prayer. ”

It was getting dark in the talking room, and a dwarf took a branch and went to the big cave to get the fire, and it looked like he was going to light a firewood pile on the open ground. Amon suddenly remembered one of the things mentioned in the message left by the old madman. He stood up with a fine iron branch in his hand, and his other hand blanketed a pile of wood at a distance.

A wind blows around the wood heap, the wind brightens, the bright light turns into firewire, the firewire in the wind turns into a tongue-like jumping flame, the flame ignites the wood heap. Although it is only the simplest fire element summoning magic, it is carried out in conjunction with gas element magic, and the effect is both magical and dazzling.

The dwarves dancing around the fire stopped, and the others sitting in circles stood up, and then Amon saw all of them crawling towards him, looking admired and frightened. Sheikh Rink was also saluting him, and Amon heard him clearly saying, "O messenger of the gods, you have brought warmth and light! ”

Medanzo around him saw everyone do the same and stood up and bowed down to Amon to salute him, while he squeezed his eyes and whispered: “You're so good, this hand is so beautiful! Too bad I'm not a magician, otherwise I'd have played like this. ”

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Introduction to Characters in this Chapter -

LINK: The chief of the Cave Wildlings tribe will have a little bit of simple and thin magic, which is also equivalent to the identity of a tribal priest.

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