Pivot of the Sky

Rhode-Dick glanced at Julian and looked around: “I have a simpler idea, whether it's a premium or a lower scroll, that's 30 pieces, divided into five pieces, so six pieces each. As for the extra zero, even if it's a thank you to our esteemed archmage Julian. If Lord Julian hadn't opened the ring, none of us would have gotten the relic, wouldn't we? ”

He was so old-fashioned, he had long seen that Julian wanted these scrolls. One mouth gave the archmage six premium scrolls and eight intermediate scrolls. Julian was photographed with an obedience invitation. Why not be happy about the generosity of others? I don't think the Lintons and Amon dare to object either.

Amon naturally would not object, and whatever he received was an unexpected gain, nor would the nephews of the Linton family dare to object. Rhode-Dick single-hammer the player divided the scrolls on the table into five parts, each with six premium scrolls and six intermediate scrolls, handing Julian the rest of the "zeros” himself.

Julian blossomed with joy and said thank you and smiled. These scrolls are a rich legacy of Nero, the empire's finest scroll maker. Julian, the high priest of the Temple of Isis, although very wealthy, is worth at least seven or eight years of his total income, and rarely can he afford them.

Rhode-Dick took two copies on behalf of Cape Town State and ordered them to be collected; the nephews of the Linton family took two copies; and Amon took the last one and carefully placed it in a pocket with him. Julian watched Amon whisper in his heart all the time, his first impression was that it was difficult for this expatriate teenager to be bought.

Though almost everyone in this adult's mind can be priced for their interests, the price of buying Amon seems too expensive, because the outsider already possesses an amazing wealth and does not look greedy, otherwise the staff would not be returned to Cape Town State. How do I deal with this guy? Difficult temptation can only be coercive, or try something else.

Julian had not spoken, but listened to * * *: “Nine people, twenty-four scrolls, how do you divide them? ”

Rhode-Dick replied with a smile, "It's not a problem, if you don't want to keep the scroll and want money, I bought it in the name of Cape Temple, and I bought some privately. Acquiring so many scrolls at a time is an amazing amount of money, and I won't hurt you myself, but you don't have to count too much. ”

Hillary was happy to say, "How can we compare as long as the city owner bids fairly? Replace the scroll with money and split it easily. ”

Tas Hungarian shook his head: “I hope to keep some of my uncle's scrolls, sort of a family memorial, willing to buy some from my brothers for the same price as the owner of the city, but I can't afford that much money at the moment, I can only buy a few. ”

Rhode-Dick laughed: “I almost forgot, two of your brothers are also magicians, and it certainly helps to keep the scroll. If anyone wants to buy the scrolls of the brothers, bid first. These are Linton things, I don't argue. ”

Tas Hungarian quickly explained: "No, no, no, no, I dare not bid in front of the city owner, I will bid whatever the city owner bids. Convert all these scrolls into money and buy a few more besides my own. ”

As a result, Tas Hun gave away a sum of money, leaving two premium scrolls and three intermediate scrolls, the remainder of which were bought by Rhodedic, mostly in the name of the temple and a small part in the name of private individuals. Rhode-Dick is well aware that the value of this scroll lies not only in money, but also in the ability of a low- or middle-class theologian to instantly perform mid- and high-order theology without consuming his powers. Should any future conflict erupt, there would be a large build-up of scrolls in the city state, which would be anti-profit instruments.

Julian looked at Rhode-Dick again, hiding in his heart that the Lord of the City was quick to buy the Linton family scroll in the first place, using the wealth of the city cellars in the Temple. Is this city lord preparing for war? If one day a soldier comes to the city or the two armies compete against each other, sending a group of magicians to launch a sudden attack with a scroll in their hand, it will have an unexpected winning effect.

Julian thought of another possibility. Such a batch of reels is not easy to meet in general, and the Linton family sells them in large quantities at one time, not even carefully distinguishing the usefulness of each reel, but only at advanced and intermediate prices. Rhode-Dick paid a lot of money, but the cost was also very low compared to the rest of the situation.

Rhode-Dick used his identity and relationship again, looked at Nero's scroll and made notes, and transferred them privately to the magicians in a large city state. The price he could sell was definitely much higher than today's acquisition price, which is the way to make money! The more Julian wanted to admire him, the more he wanted to envy him. He felt a little sorry for himself for being late. He thought again and started thinking about Amon.

After the scroll was disposed of, Julian coughed: "Lord Nero's will has one last thing to offer the returnee access to one of his personal notes about making a record of a scroll. Amon, would you like to see it? By the way, where's the scroll? Did you bring it with you? ”

Didn't Amon know that the three scrolls were missing and couldn't be recovered?

Amon looked up at Julian and suddenly became alarmed. The archmage looked into his eyes at an unspeakable danger, like a rat staring at a cat. Amon “brings” a special ability from the Underworld to sense the emotional changes in people's hearts and minds, even though they don't know the exact idea, to detect Julian's bad intentions.

He replied with caution: "I have reported to the owner of the city that Lord Nero did leave three scrolls alone, but I left them in the mountains when I escaped from danger and could never find them again. I don't read the record anymore. I can't read it anyway, and I don't need to read it again. ”

While he was curious to know the exact purpose of the grey unnamed scroll, he had simply broken his mind in that situation. A civilian who is not divine would not have used the scroll, and the scroll has been lost. It is obviously suspicious if he had to look at the records written by Ecumenical scriptures. There's a bunch of cats here, and he's the rat in the middle of the cat.

Notary Rhode-Dick, who saw Amon, said he didn't want to see Nero's personal notes anymore, nor did he force him to ask kindly: "Amon, Lord Nero's will has been fulfilled, as the owner of Cape Town State, you should be thankful for your actions, what do you want? ”

Amon shook his head: “I have received too much, Lord Nero's gift is beyond my imagination, how dare you expect more? I only ask the Lord of the City for one thing. ”

Rhode-Dick: "You can say whatever the Lord of the City can do to satisfy you. ”

Amon showed a somewhat worried and embarrassed look: “I know that staff is precious, but I didn't expect Lord Nero's relics to be so precious! Without concealing it, my lords, I carefully hid my staff all the way here, and I dared not let anyone know. Now I have so much money and so much valuable stuff, I'm a little worried, can you gentlemen please let me safely leave Cape Town State? ”

It's a little rude to ask, but it's normal for an unaccompanied expatriate to have that concern. Rhode-Dick looked slightly down and said, "What is this, this city should thank you, will it still be difficult for you? Lord Nero's will has been executed. You can leave whenever you want. If you don't feel comfortable, I can send a guard to escort you. ”

Amon laughed like a child: "Thank you, Lord City Lord, that's what I want! Guard escorts are not necessary, Lord Dick's city state is the safest place. I want to leave today, and when I get back home, I'll be the richest man in the area! ”

Amon said he was leaving, and Rhode-Dick had spoken in public, so he couldn't take it back. A foreigner suddenly acquires an amazing fortune in a strange city state and is understandably anxious to rush home. Julian wanted to find an excuse to withhold Amon, but didn't expect Amon to make such a request publicly.

The great magician turned his eyes and said with a smile: "Amon, your noble and selfless conduct deserves praise and praise. May I ask you a few questions in private? ”

Amon made him smile a little numb on the scalp, but he nodded: "Sure, my lord. Ask me anything you want. ”

Julian took him into a quiet room and opened the door to the mountain: "Amon, I am interested in Lord Nero's suicide note in the cave and the scroll you lost in the deep mountains, can you tell me as much as possible about the exact location and process? ”

If Amon was totally making it up, there would inevitably be a lot of rubbish in front of this brilliant archmage. But instead of making it up himself, Amon tells the story of the old lunatic, and with Nero's last words, he openly repeats it from beginning to end.

After that, Julian ordered him to bring paper and a pen so that Amon could write down as many words as he could see in the cave. Amon wrote it over and didn't reveal anything he shouldn't. Julian asked Amon to draw another map and ask him how to get back to that place.

Amon explained: "There are no roads in many places in the deep mountains, the terrain is complicated, and it's almost impossible to remember accurately, I'll try to show you. ”

He really drew a picture of the deep mountain jungle in the valley, and the terrain was quite complex. A slight skew in the stroke was probably a long way off, and it was almost impossible to find an exact spot based on this image. But it was nice for a deep mountain hunter to paint it, and he respectfully handed it to Julian.

Julian was still uncomfortable and suddenly asked: "Did Nero's last words not mention Bell? ”

Amon looked up and asked, "Who's Bell? ”

Julian shook his head: "You don't know who this man is. Did he mention the gods in his last words?” Actually, what he wants to ask is the secrets of the gods, but this is not a good word to say directly and can only be tapped sideways.

Amon curiously asked back: "No, I saw the message, it was already written to you. ”

Julian frowned: “As the chief cleric of the city, how could Nero not mention the gods in his dying words? Amon, are you hiding something? Just say it, and I won't blame you! ”

Amon scratched the back of his head: “How can I know that? I'm just a mountain hunter, you must know more than I do. ”

Julian stared at Amon and seemed to want to see the teenager through. Amon suddenly found himself unable to sense the emotion of this great magician, who must be in a state of divine meditation, converging the message sent by his body and mind. Julian had too much magic than Amon, and in front of him, Amon's special abilities had been rendered ineffective.

This discovery has made Amon more alert, and it has been established that the great magic is suspicious of itself and that there are other attempts. Julian was mentioned in the old lunatic's message and said that Julian had been blessed by Bel and that if he encountered any trouble, he could take out a letter and ask him for help, but first he had to figure out the situation. In this situation, Amon would never dare to take out a letter, but would rather let Julian know that he had ties to Bell.

Julian looked at Amon and suddenly laughed: "You're just a mountain hunter, and getting those scrolls today won't do you any good, and you can't eat them or open them. But for a magician like me, it's very useful. I'm willing to pay for it, at the price just paid by the owner of Dick, will you sell it to me? ”

Amon doesn't want to say yes or no to this. The hunters in the mountains are useless to keep the magic scroll, but on the other hand, the scroll is not only a scroll, but also a valuable thing! And he thought, and he blinked his eyes and said, "The noble great magician, in my hometown, buying something at a time is a lot more expensive than buying a lot, the more expensive it is. Neither can the stone eat nor open, but it is money, and the scroll is money as well.

If you go to a big place with lots of magicians and sell each of these scrolls slowly and in batches, can you sell more? Anyway, I'm not short of money, so I'm not in a hurry. Is this better? I know you are a noble man, please tell me what this ignorant hunter thinks, right? ”

Julian sighs in his heart. This Amon looks plain, but he's not stupid! He has been somewhat certain that Amon must be hiding something and needs to be properly interrogated, and even torture must extract valuable clues from the teenager. If Amon knew about his past with Bell, he couldn't stay in the world even if there was a slight possibility!

Now that Amon has asked, Julian can hardly say what he thinks is wrong, but he laughs: "Amon, you're smart and harder to be honest and selfless, you're a really good kid to praise. I heard you were leaving today. I wish you a safe journey. The gods will protect you! ”

At the same time, Julian had made a decision not to publicly treat Ammon, but when Ammon left the city, he had to be interrogated in secret somewhere along the way. Because of the magnitude of the question, the archdeacon even wanted to do it himself. Anyway, his tour of Cape Town is over. He has to leave tomorrow to do something along the way. No one can ask.

Even riding fast, leaving Cape City State will take several days. Amon will not escape from the palm of the hand of his great magician. At that time, he will use all means to torture everything clearly. No matter what is asked, Amon cannot stay.

Julian was thinking about taking Amon back to the lobby to say a few words of encouragement and praise, and suddenly he heard a loud announcement outside: "Lord Julian, the Virgin's latest message has been sent to Cape Town State for you and Lord Dick! ”

Julian was surprised that the tour was completed and was due back tomorrow. Why did the young Virgin Mary give the latest order at precisely this time? Has there been any major change? He hurried to tidy his crown to greet the Virgin's message in the main palace, and the public officials of Dick City, who led the city state and the temple, were respectfully prepared.

The order of the Virgin Rode-Dick had long been known and euphemistically reprimanded the young city owner for his inadequacy in dealing with the temple affairs, praised the achievements and talents of the high priest Julian, and ordered Julian to remain in Cape Town State for one year to direct and supervise the temple affairs here.

This order came as a surprise to Julian, who just got a precious scroll in Cape Town State today, and was in a good mood like a sudden stuffing stick. Orders have been officially issued and naturally cannot be blatantly defied. He does not want to remain in Cape Town State for a year and is afraid of nightmares far from Isis Temple. It would appear that only a letter can be sent back to Menfeith, with two other high priests, to find an excuse for the Virgin to give him another order, because the urgent matter was transferred back to him in advance.

There is a little trouble ahead of him. I'm afraid he can't kill Amon himself. He can only send someone else. As for interrogation and murder, it must be done by the most trusted heart. This “secret” cannot be divulged in the slightest.

The messenger who came to deliver the order was the deputy director of the Archives of Monfist City and a distinguished adult, and Rhode-Dick naturally had to entertain and host a grand banquet to thank and welcome Lord Julian for staying in the city. From this afternoon until late at night, city officials were busy, and once again, the city owner was busy not coming home, and of course, no one could care less about Amon.

Amon did not know that Maria had given the order in good time to save him once and that Julian, the great magician, had no time and opportunity to take him personally. But he was also cautious, leaving Cape Town that afternoon, driving the wagon from Tass-Hung-Linton with little luggage and a cat.

The servants of Rhode-Dick's house are reluctant to accept this expatriate teenager because they have heard that Ammon has given 32 magical stones to the Lord of the City for a gift. Everyone can share a lot of money! In particular, several doorman carried Amon's carriage to the intersection and even watched him leave with tears.

Amon's next stop is Mengfei City.For some reason, he always wants to go there. Dreamfield City is west of Cape Town State, but he leaves through the east gate. If someone cares, they will assume that the expatriate intends to return to his hometown - from the far depths of the valley, which should also be the place to go.

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