Pivot of the Sky

Those serpentine muscles, Amon sensed that they had properties similar to the heart of blue water. Of course, they could not be used as sacred stones, but if weapons such as growth whips or bowstrings were processed, they could greatly assist the power of water elemental theology, and if used on battleships, their power would be maximized.

Amon intends to go back and study the serpentine muscle in his hand, perhaps using it to make his first artifact. He remembered the snake he had killed that day in the underwater river. Four more fangs must have been frozen in the ice and blown into the water, but he didn't find it. Though far from comparable to Enchidu's trophy, the snake's serpents and fangs are also very precious and rare artifact materials.

Gilgamesh, this gift to the nation, is so precious! Just when Amon thought so, the convoy had passed through the gates of the city, and he hurried into King Baron's capital amidst cheering crowds.

The parade crosses Barren City to the square in the heart of the city, which can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people, right in front of the magnificent main temple of Marduk, far opposite the palace, where on the left is the Academy of Theology of the Kingdom of Barren and on the right is the Hall of Honor for Heroes. The memorial hall is dedicated to the famous heroes of the kingdom's history. If not surprisingly, the names of Gilgamesh and Enqidu will be inscribed and consecrated there after their death.

The people gathered on one side of the square, and a semi-circular cordon blocked them under the long steps of the temple, where King Hamorabi II of Baron led the crowd to greet Gilgamesh himself.

A city owner is naturally not qualified to welcome the king, but Gilgamesh's efforts to slaughter Humbaba deserve the country's attention. After all, Humbaba's fangs and snake bars are at the forefront of the convoy, and Hamorabi II took the opportunity to grace him. The news had already spread, and the owners of the nearby cities and states had come to the king to watch the noise, and it was complicated to stand behind the king and watch Gilgamesh's divine scene.

Equally complex is a group of royal nobles. Everyone knows that Gilgamesh is the fiancé of Princess Xiao Xi, and knows that the battle for the throne that the Kingdom of Baron is likely to face in the future. Some people grunt in their hearts what Gilgamesh meant by this, and others wonder which side to take? And Gilgamesh's smile was bright and straightforward, and he was aware of rumours in the kingdom that he might usurp Baron's throne after marrying Princess Siu.

Gilgamesh's purpose is, on the one hand, to express his loyalty to the kingdom and to the gods. He killed Humbaba and dedicated his serpentine muscles and fangs to the Temple of Marduk, apparently declaring to the Spirit that Humbaba had violated the agreement between Marduk and Enrique and that if Enrique had anything to say, he should have gone to Marduk. On the other hand, it is also a warning that he is not afraid of even the Guardian Spirit of the Lower River, nor naturally of anyone's defamation and threats.

He shook so much to the king, received the cheer of all the people and greeted the king himself, did not care about the rhetoric in the kingdom, this city state hero's bones were so proud! His captain of guards, Enqi, the first samurai of the mainland, did not accompany him to Barren City. He also brought a simple ceremonial battle and did not allow the army of the city state to follow him in the name of escort, which left many people in a sigh of relief.

Ammon mixed up in the crowd to see the crowd, he was not concerned about Enqidu. He thought that Yoon Nanna would also enter the city with Gilgamesh, but did not see it, nor did he find Yoon Nanna in the welcome team of the royal family in front of the temple. When Gilgamesh, accompanied by the king and the high priest of the kingdom, entered the temple and the atmosphere of the square reached its climax, Amon quietly left to find Medanzo.

Today Barron City is almost 10,000 civil air lanes, and Ammon crosses the street and asks for directions from the clueless guys who guard the store, finally coming to Medanzo's house. This is a centuries-old house that has been renovated and rebuilt in recent years and looks pretty and spacious. A long time ago, this neighborhood was supposed to be populated by aristocrats, but after the expansion of King Hamorabi I and the construction of a more magnificent main temple, the crowd now lives mostly in the South City, which is essentially an emerging mass of civilian wealthy traders.

There are plenty of shops and inns nearby, normally this area should be busy and noisy, but it is quite quiet today. Although Medanzo also lost his aristocracy, his daily routine was still in his ancestral home, employing a doorman, a horse, a servant and a maiden. Maintaining such a ranking is inevitably costly, so no wonder he sells precious iron and marquee steel privately for money.

Unfortunately, Ammon arrived, and the doorman told him that the owner, Medanzo, had left a few months ago and had not returned yet, and that the mother was not home, so he went to the square in front of the temple today to see the crowd. This left Amon with some surprises and disappointments, but it was normal to think about it, almost two years after Medanzo's last departure from the Caveman tribe, he probably went to Link's again.

Since it's not easy to turn around and go, Medanzo is not here. It's okay to say hello to his wife. If there's any difficulty at home, you can help solve it. Anyway, Amon has all the money and time. He waited in the hall of the house until it was almost dark before Medanzo's wife Miari came home with the maid and heard that a friend had come to visit Medanzo and met him in the side hall.

Amon was slightly surprised when he saw Miriam, and he remembered! Outside the gates, he saw Mialie and her maid in a crowd of cheers, as she also waved her turban and screamed at Gilgamesh. Ammon thought this was someone's big girl, but he didn't think she was Medanzo's wife.

Miriam saw Amon dressed in semi-old coarse linen clothes, cloth shoes stained with dirt, and a branched crude cane next to her, her eyebrows slightly wrinkled, trying to be polite, politely asked Amon's greetings. Amon took out a golden sign and put it on the table and said, "My name is Amon. I told Medanzo I would come and visit. He must have mentioned me to you. This is my letter. Do you know it? ”

Miriam recognized the sign as soon as she saw it, and Medanzo had told her before she left. If someone came here to take out the sign, she had to give the best reception. This man not only retains his family's benefactor, but also himself is Medanzo's most respected teacher.

When she saw Amon take out this brand, she was very confused and even a little angry, who was clearly a lowly expatriate and very young. How could she be willing to leave such a strange man at home with the best hospitality? The benefactor of Medanzo's ancestors is long dead. What does it matter if a teenager comes here with a brand? It's obvious that Amon can't be Medanzo's teacher!

The last time Medanzo came home, she couldn't get out of business for more than a year. This time she said she was going to do business again, but for months there was no news, leaving her alone at home, and the money was running out. How could Medanzo not be angry when she herself didn't come home and came to such an unclear “debtor”?

To think of it, Miriam tried to be nice, but she replied coldly, "Sir, I'm really sorry! I don't know much about this sign, I don't know you, Medanzo isn't home, I don't dare to take in a strange man and let the neighbors gossip. He left two and a half months ago and said he would be back in three months at the most. Can you come back in a few days? When Medanzo gets home, she'll definitely give you the warmest hospitality. ”

After that, she asked the doorman to send her guests. She didn't even leave Amon for a meal!

Amon touched a soft nail and ate a closed-door spoon. If he had just walked out of the mountain, he would have been stunned. But after this long journey, he saw the warmth and warmth, and he could understand why, why compare with a woman? No one would be happy if a husband was away for a long time and a strange man dressed in plain clothes came to the house to ask for hospitality.

He said to Mialie, "I'm staying in a nearby inn, and I'll come back when Medanzo gets home.” When I went out, I saw the old cloth shoes on my feet and the dirt on my shoes, and Amon smiled a little bit.

Miriam turned Amon away from the door and did not give her the best hospitality as her husband had ordered. After all, she was a little heartless, sending the maid Fuchsia to follow behind to see where Amon would live and to reckon with what she had said to her husband. Amon, of course, knew that Miriam's maid was following herself quietly, and she couldn't help but find it amusing.

He came to the nearby inn and asked for the best room with the entrance hall for two silver coins per day! Miriam was surprised by the maid's return.

Ammon didn't do it entirely to enjoy or show off, but he walked through the cities and states and understood that the better the place he lived, the less trouble he would have. If you live in one of the cheapest big inns, a lot of people are sleeping in the grass and laying a house, even if the neighbors of the neighborhood have lost something, the first place to be checked is that place.

On the other hand, Amon also needs a quiet and uninterrupted environment to practice magic meditation every night. This Baron Royal City can't find remote mountains and can only find the most expensive rooms in the inn. Even the buddies will not suddenly come to disturb you without notice, so you can avoid a lot of trouble.

The next day Amon walked out of the inn and went to a nearby ready-to-wear store to buy clothes. After a long journey, his original linen clothes were worn out long ago, and the two new ones in Sumerian were worn out. Besides, it's getting cold in the early winter, and it's not appropriate to walk down the street in thin clothes. Even if he's not afraid of the cold, he can't look too pungent.

He bought two comfortable leather soled boots in a ready-to-wear shop, the kind that Medanzo wore when climbing long distances, both sturdy and durable, and two sets of light joe coats. By ordinance of the kingdom, civilians cannot dress in over-the-moment floral embroidery, but the beautiful pattern on the fur of the beast is natural and not against the order, so all kinds of leather joes are the favourites of wealthy merchants with less noble identities and are expensive to sell.

Amon is accustomed to wearing animal leather clothes in the wildlings tribe. This outfit is also very much like a young master from a wealthy business to come out and see the world. Amon had just bought some clothes and ran into Miriam's maid, Fuchsia, to pick up her winter clothes, which she had ordered a month earlier.

The shop owner was very dissatisfied and said: “These two sets of jerseys are worth 30 silver coins, but you don't pay cash to be on credit. My business also needs the principal money, how can I start arrears? ”

Fusha quickly explained: “My master will be back in a few days, and I will surely pay back all my principal and interest. Let me take my clothes away first, or my mother will scold me. ”

The owner of the shop said with a quiet face: "What does your mother have to do with me? Since your master will be back in a few days, you can pick it up in a few days! Like you, my business is done or not? ”

Amon saw this scene and secretly said that it was not easy for Medanzo to earn money, and that his woman was generous enough to spend money, both sets of clothes were more expensive than he had just bought! But he couldn't see that Medanzo's wife couldn't get her new winter coat, and he took out two gold coins and handed them to Versa: "Aren't you the maid of the Medanzo family? I paid him first, and when Medanzo came back, he came to visit me. He knows who I am, and you know where I live. ”

Shortly after Amon returned to the inn, someone came to see him, the wife of Medanzo, and with all the servants of the house waiting outside the inn. Although the road was short, even the carriage was ready.

As soon as Mia met Amon, she apologized: "Distinguished Guest, you are my master's teacher, but I neglected you. Please forgive me for my mistakes!... I can't read, I didn't recognize the sign yesterday, but after you left, I turned over the chart from the family, which made it clear that you do represent the family's benefactor. ”

Amon waved with a smile: "You don't have to apologize. My husband isn't home. It's not easy to take in a strange man. How can I blame him? ”

Miriam: “Please don't say that. Now that I know who you are, how can I keep you in the inn? The best room has been cleaned up at home, the servant has prepared a full dinner and the carriage is waiting outside the door, please come with me.... If you refuse this hospitality, my husband will blame me when he comes back. He had an order long before he left, but I refused you yesterday. I really regret it. Please give me a chance to make it up to you. ”

She asked for half a day, just to say that it was Medanzo's order, she must not dare to be lazy Amon, Amon nodded, it would be easier to live in Medanzo's house than in the inn, besides, he just wanted to find a quiet place, so he left the inn and went home with Miali.

Amon lived in the house of Medanzo, Miali was well received and his servants respected him, all of whom respected him as "Lord Amon”. But after the deadline that Medanzo had agreed with his family, no one would ever come back, and Amon couldn't help but be in a bit of a hurry. What happened to Medanzo on the way? Though he is an intermediate samurai, he may also be in danger of interfering with the sale of officially controlled goods over long distances.

Miriam was curious about Amon's identity. She usually tried to pry, tapped on his side several times to ask about his whereabouts, and asked why Medanzo called him a teacher. Ammon naturally won't show up easily, just say that he knew Medanzo during the procession, teach Medanzo some of the crafts he had learned, so Medanzo will call him a teacher. As for the letters in hand, they were left behind by the elders, just because it was possible to meet Medanzo.

Miali had heard the legend of the Medanzo ancestors that Medanzo's great-grandfather, a class VI magician and priest of the Temple of Marduk, had no idea where he was buried in the war. Later, a distant hunter received his relics and returned to Barren City for miles, saving the families in distress at the time. Medanzo also implicitly mentioned a few years ago that the hunter had been made a magician by his great-grandfather's book of divinity, more than a hundred years ago.

Medanzo never came back. I don't know what happened. Miriam had another thought. And one day she said to Amon, "You've been coming to the king for a while, but you've always been in the house and in the yard, and there's so much fun in the king. You may not be familiar with this place, but I'll let Marv drive you, and Fuchsia will guide you around. ”

Amon also wanted to go to Wangdu to see if there was a familiar leader, but he nodded. Amon left the house in a Medanzo carriage the other day, accompanied by his maid Fuchsia. Before leaving, Mia specifically instructed Fusha to take Amon to a few more places, have fun, eat good food, wait until it was dark before returning home, and don't come back halfway.

After Amon left, Miriam sent the servant to the front yard and went upstairs by herself into his room, picking his package lightly and gently. Amon was cautious, and the heavy branching staff was naturally inconvenient to take out and put it by the bed, but all four of the special crystals in it were removed and placed in the bone.

The shape of that bone is a man's rib, and Amon, in order to prevent it from being lost, hid in his clothes, stuck under his ribs, hidden and safe, containing his most important things, including all relics from that mysterious cave. Big leather pockets are not carried around, changed clothes are also in the room, and there is a small leather pocket in the big leather pocket, which is his purse.

Amon is rich enough, not to mention the four special stones, just the items obtained in the mysterious mountain belly, any one of which is quite precious and naturally cannot be easily exposed. But he didn't really care about money, he just knew it was important to travel around the continent, and he didn't have to spend any money himself.

Entering Barron City for a while, he needed to stay and shop, so he put his “currency” in his purse, with gold coins, silver coins, bronze coins and magic stones, which is also convenient to use. Putting things back and forth in that bone is to carry out space theology. The bone itself will not be detected by the detection theology, but the fluctuations in power when performing space theology may be discovered. Everything needs to be careful, so you can use it as little as possible without using the bone. This is Wang Du.

When he left Duke Town, he took five magic stones and picked nine more scattered magic stones in the Grand Cave. After crossing the river, Gilgamesh “compensated” him for ten magic stones. One for Medanzo, one for Abel and one for Medanzo on the way. Twenty-one of the remaining stones are useless, and they are all in little pockets with coins at this moment. Naturally, he couldn't have brought so much money when he went out and only had some coins in his pocket.

Mia was slightly disappointed when she found that Amon had only a few sets of clothes to change, but opened her pocket and saw those brilliant stones and gold coins, taking a breath of cold air and standing there for half a day without looking back. It's a huge sum of money, Medanzo's made for decades!

Although there was no one in the house, she felt so nervous that her heart was pounding and she couldn't even breathe for a moment. She tried to put this leather pocket away, but couldn't let it go for half a day. After she put it down, she caressed her chest with her hands, took a few deep breaths and began to scrutinize everything else in the house. With the exception of clothes and leather pockets, Amon has nothing but the branched cane lying in front of the bed.

Miriam went to get the “branch” and almost didn't flash her waist. It was so heavy, one hand didn't even lift it. Miriam reached out with two hands to lift the cane off the ground and suddenly wanted to "understand” something.

What Medanzo does to “buy and sell” her is somewhat clear. It seems that this stick is a whole piece of marquette steel, but disguised as a branch to cover her eyes and ears. No wonder Amon has insisted that the maid not clean his room.

This young man has a lot of money, but when he first arrived in Barren City, he was dressed so simple, there must be something wrong with him. He must be Medanzo's “business partner", specializing in the private acquisition of officially proprietary fine iron and margarine steel, a small amount of which is not a big deal, but specialized mass acquisitions and smuggling is a felony.

He's made a lot of money! Miali sighed in her heart, and at the same time re-judged Amon's intentions. He came to the door just when Medanzo had agreed to come home. He must have come to collect the goods, but Medanzo never came back. I'm afraid this man won't wait too long. As for what Medanzo ordered before he left home, it was supposed to be a covert pretext not to expose Amon's identity as an illegal black market businessman.

Miriam was in a bit of a panic to restore what was in the room to its original condition, then went downstairs and went back to her room. She felt that her breathing was messy and she was sweating. Asked Fusha to pour water on herself, but no one agreed, which reminded her that the maid had gone out with Amon. It was at this time that someone came to visit, her brother, Enoch, the son of a businessman in Barron City.

As soon as Enoch entered the door, he was unhappy to say: "My sister, I heard you had a strange man living in the house, and today I asked the doorman, and you let Fuchsia go out with him.... the other day you sent Fursa home to borrow money to entertain the man? ”

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