Pivot of the Sky

It was Amon who asked Maria, and Maria asked him the same thing today, and the meaning was complicated, perhaps only they could understand it, as a simple greeting.

Amon replied, "I'm doing great, I've never been so relaxed, but I'm always waiting. ”

Mary's eyes were so soft and calm that she looked at him and said, "What are you waiting for? ”

Amon also looked at her and looked at her so naturally: “I am waiting for your summons and for your request. I have said that I will return to the town of Turk and will guide the people back to their homeland. ”

Maria gently nodded: “I remember you saying you had something to do, how long do you have? ”

Amon: “More than two months. ”

Maria: “In a month's time, I'm going to send you on a mission to go deep into the swamp-surrounded town of Duke, investigate the topography there, and report every change in detail in as much detail as possible. You are the most familiar person there and the best person to complete the task. ”

AMON: “Thank you, I will definitely complete this task. ”

Maria said with concern: "I would like to remind you that after the floods, there were many monsters in the mountains, plains, marshes and deserts, and the journey was fraught with danger. ”

Amon was slightly surprised: "I just passed by there last year, haven't I met it? ”

Maria asks, "Where did you get from? ”

Amon: “I cross the desert south of Inland Lake to Cape Town State. ”

Maria explained: "The location of the monster's presence is mainly in the northwest direction of the inland lake. As the floods retreated, they have appeared in abundance for almost six months, and there are many poisonous scorpions in the desert today. … do you need to send enough magicians to protect you? However, there is no access to large numbers of people, and this is a cross-border operation and cannot be done in an open capacity. ”

Amon shook his head: “No, I grew up there. It's easier for me to go myself. I've been through too much danger, I'm not afraid. Whether it's dangerous or not, I'm going, and now that I hear there are a lot of monsters around, I'm going to find out more. ”

Maria sighed softly: "There may be more than one path that people can choose, and a monstrous stretch of land in the centre of the continent will be a place where countless heroes will succeed and where kingdoms will fight and kill. Do you have to guide the people back home? It may be better to start a family in Ecu like many ordinary people. ”

She was clearly exhorting Amon, and I'm sure she had read that instrument, The Land of Marduk, knowing that the situation in that place would be complicated. Amon replied sincerely: "I have promised both the dead and the guardian spirits, and I must find the descendants of the town of Turk and guide them back to their homeland. Unless they do not want to, I must do my utmost to fulfil my commitments. ”

Maria seemed hesitant, but eventually she said, "On the day of the Blessing, you found the assassin, not only throwing a shuttle gun to stop the arrow. As I saw clearly on the high ground, you rushed to where the assassins appeared, and I was worried that, fortunately, the assassins would escape faster than you would otherwise risk your life. It was Gabriel who finally caught the arrow, and then she told me in private that she wasn't his opponent either. ”

Amontan said, “Thank you for your concern, but that's what I'm supposed to do. The warrior rushes to the enemy on the battlefield and his life is in danger at any moment. Turn around and run away? ”

Maria's tone is a little emotional: "I should thank you, and I should help you with your business, but I don't know exactly how much I can help you. In a month's time, I'll send you to visit a place, and when you get there, you'll know what I want to tell you. ”

The Virgin is not only sending Amon on a probing mission to the town of Duke, but also sending him to visit a place before he leaves, with great meaning in his words. Amon did not ask, and stood up and prayed: "Thank you for your arrangement. ”

Looking at Maria, she also wanted to stand up and finally sat on the chair and waved her hand: "Don't thank me, you'll understand when you get to the place, I'm sorry I can't help you more. ”

The conversation between the two was brief, and the Holy Virgin did not have more time to meet a small guard captain alone. Amon's attitude was respectful from the beginning to the end, and the only difference between the two eyes was that they were constantly looking at each other. When Amon turned around in front of the door, Maria suddenly said, "Amon, take this. I think you should take a closer look at these books. ”

Amon turned around again and saw Maria also standing up with a piece of paper in her hand. He quickly walked back, his hands grabbed the paper, and both fingertips accidentally touched one. This is an act of excess, he cannot touch the body of the Virgin, he cannot deliver the Virgin's carry-on directly, even if he is a captain of the Guard, the lightest punishment is to cut off this finger.

Funny, this is the second time Amon has faced such punishment, but the Virgin did not blame him, nor did she summon a servant to punish Amon, and let Amon grab the paper with a light hand. And he said calmly, "I forgot to ask my servant to hand you this paper, just pretend I put it on the table and you take it. ”

It was a reminder that she didn't have to say it, but she did. Amon realized his overdue moments and hurried to thank him, but his fingertips always had a tender feeling, which he was ashamed of. Maria shook her head and said, "It's not your fault. Why should you be thankful?... I'll call you when you leave in a month. ”

Amon rose up and there was only one table between them, and he looked at Maria again, and suddenly there was an impulse in his mind, and he remembered the unfinished kiss. God, at this moment, he really wants to kiss her! This impulse lowered Amon's head, stopped looking at her, and bowed back out of the study.

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Isis Temple is not only a complex of buildings in the city of Dreamfield, but also a vast range of ranches, farms and flocks of slaves to which it belongs. Maria sent Ammon on a tour, about 200 miles west of the Ronnie River, close to Herak City State, south of Menfez. Far from the arid river valley climate, it is a semi-desert zone with many tall stone mountains.

At the foot of the mountain there are sparse grass, there are only some very drought-tolerant shrubs in the mountain seams, the earth is earthy from afar, the mountains are dark brown, there are contiguous buildings at the foot of the mountain, and stone barriers are very rudimentary. This place is important for the Temple of Mengfei Si. It is one of the main sacred stone producing places in Xia Eju, named He Leishan.

Amon is the messenger who came to visit Mount Ho and is also responsible for transporting the stones produced this season back to Mengfei. He was very warmly received in Mount Ho, where the main man was a Class Six magician and senior priest named Blanca. The environment here is very difficult, living conditions are far from comparable to those of Mengfei City.However, there is also a little benefit, the oil and water are very good, don't forget that He Shanshan is made of Shenshi.

Though in a desolate area, Lord Blanca knows how to enjoy it, living in a luxurious courtyard and even using the environment to lay the magic array to make a courtyard cool and damp. He uses water from the Ronnie River every day, specially purified, to eat fresh vegetables from Herak City State, not to mention cattle and sheep and wine.

Visiting here is fat, not to mention the fact that this time Amon is a princess, and naturally there is a subtle difference from previous envoys. Blanca was a little disturbed. He knew that the Virgin had taken power for the first time and was afraid that he would find out what was wrong with him, so when Amon arrived, he gave him a gift.

Blanca's fears were redundant, and Amon didn't want to bother or blackmail him. He saw Blanca's suspicion, laughed at the gifts received, checked the accounts correctly, then counted the cellar stones and ordered the number of shipments due back to Isis Temple to be loaded. Blanca finally relieved herself.

Amon didn't care how good Blanca was and didn't intentionally pick his illness. Most of the day before he arrived in Mount Ho, he spent reading in his own room. The paper Maria gave him had the file numbers of several volumes, which Amon borrowed from the archives and took with him to read on the way.

Not all the books in Isis Temple's archive were written in divine language, and Amon, as a samurai, could also apply to borrow some volumes recorded in secular language, but Amon had not read any of them in that time, and the secrets recorded in divine language could not be reversed until Maria gave him this list.

Amon did not expect Maria to look at the book of martial law, how to march, how to integrate logistics, how to arrange the battle lines, how to manage the various groups, how to command the regiments to fight, etc. Amon is a samurai, with a six-level achievement at a young age, and is likely to become a great samurai in the future. Look at these scriptures. Is Maria expecting him to be a general?

Reading the book alone certainly won't make a good general, but it's also very useful. The proportion of people who can read on the Sky Pivot continent is very small, and fewer people can understand military law. And Maria taught Amon a very complete and systematic book, and what to do with what happened during the war was basically mentioned, at least it gave him the capital to start.

Is it a hint from Maria that if he became a great warrior and systematically studied military law, he would definitely be eligible to be the leader of the army in the future? Ammon studied very seriously, and also mentioned the various battle scenes in the silent postscript in his heart, from Dreamfield City to He Leishan, all the contents of the book volume were recorded in his heart.

The accounts were checked, and the shipment was encapsulated, but Amon did not leave immediately because he still had a patrol mission. On the third day of arrival in Mount Ho, Amon made a request to Blanca to see the birth of the Divine Stone and visit all the processes of mining the Divine Stone. Now that Maria sent him here, it would certainly be useful, and Amon would of course have to visit every place.

Blanca persuaded him at the wine table: "You don't have to go there in person, my lord. If you really want to tour, just look at the scene where the magicians mining the core of the mine, I will praise you in the report on how carefully and meticulously you accomplished your task. ”

Amon laughed in his heart. It seems that the people here do not know his origins. He is the real miner of the goods. The backyard of the house, which grew up as a child, is the workshop. He explained with a smile: "You don't have to call me my lord. I'm a special envoy, but I'm still a civilian. The Virgin has ordered me to visit the mine, and naturally I must be faithful to my duties, everywhere, where noble adults are not able to go, I should also go. ”

He's not noble? Blanca already had it in her mind, but John, the captain of Ho Martial Mountain's guard at the wine table, showed surprise and despicability. Originating from a large aristocratic family in Dreamfield City, John is now a Class Six Samurai, like Amon, brutal in character and wounded in the conflict, which was transferred far away to Mount Ho as captain of the guard, which is a punishment.

John was born arrogant and resented his presence in the heart of nature in this bird-free place, and now a special envoy, said to have been greatly appreciated by the Virgin, happens to have stood up for several credits and was promoted as a civilian captain of the Guard. John was depressed by what happened to him, but he also looked down on Amon and accidentally showed up at the wine table.

Amon knew John's emotions, but pretended not to see them, and said to Hyatt, “Lord Blanca doesn't have to worry about me, he doesn't have to personally accompany me to the smoky places, send several subordinates to guide me, I can visit once, and complete the tasks assigned to her by the Virgin. ”

The scope of the He Leishan mining site is large, producing not only sacred stones, but also stone materials for the construction of the temple and the Pyramid of Pharaoh. Amon went to the mine on his first day, just like he went back to his familiar hometown. The mines here are much larger than outside the town of Duke, where the guards maintain order, where the craftsmen are in command, where most of the mining work is done by slaves and where the work is very painstaking.

The next day, he visited several veins producing sacred stones, accompanied by specialized engineers, and visited the entire process of excavation and mining of nuclear minerals. He also saw first-hand that nuclear minerals had been mined and felt very friendly. He walked a circle along several mineral veins and found that the mineral veins were more widely distributed than around the town of Duke, with more than ten times as many miners, but less than a tenth of the production of Duke.

On the morning of the third day, Amon toured the final steps of the mining of the Divine Stone. In a large, clean stone house, there were dozens of low-ranking magicians who used their staff to open the mine and retrieve the Divine Stone. These magicians were sent by the Temple of Isis and rotated quarterly as an exercise. They all have separate working rooms with servants at all times.

Amon saw the number of these magicians and the speed at which they opened the core, and compared the total number of sacred stones collected this season, he found something wrong in his mind. Asked the accompanying priest: “According to my statistics this morning, if the sacred stones were to be converted into quarterly yields, only about 60% of the sacred stones handed in this season, would the yield have fallen recently? ”

The responsible cleric quickly explained: "That's not true, there's another group of people mining nuclear mines, but their status is low and they work in crowded places. Anyway, everything you need to see, Mr. Amon doesn't have to go anymore. ”

Amon is stunned. There is a situation here. The last step in mining the core is done by the magician. How can there be any other low-status people? And he said, "I even went into the mine, and what about the workshop that opened the core? Now that you're here, of course, you're going to have to visit all the places, so take me. ”

The clergyman was somewhat unwilling to say: "It is already noon. Let's visit after lunch. ”

There was good wine at lunch, and several accompanying tourists persuaded Amon to drink. Amon also drank a lot, but he was not drunk, and after eating he rushed to visit the rest of the place. The responsible cleric was helpless and had to take Amon to a group of stone houses guarded by the Guard.

It is like a separate village surrounded by low and humble houses, but a large hall in the middle of a stone house. The hall has a low roof, narrow doors and guards with weapons in front of it.

Before Amon entered the door, he heard someone shouting: "You dirty miner, you want to die, you dare to destroy the stone! … Isis Temple's envoy has arrived here to order the production of enough sacred stones this season, but you will not be able to accomplish your task. No one will ever see a good ending. He is an example! ”

With the roar and the sharp wind brought by the whip, Amon is walking in, and when he hears this phrase, he goes in with an arrow!

The hall is very large, with a workbench arranged around it, dozens of miners in rough clothes with large hammers are working, and the anvil is filled with mined core, which is only one last step away from taking out the magic stone. Behind a work platform near the door, a weak teenager with a heavy hammer, the core in front of him had been turned into powder. At first glance, it was known that the force was not perfectly controlled when the hammer fell, and even the magic stone was damaged.

Amon recognized the teenager at a glance, and the Five Corners were so familiar, but now he's black and thin, and it's Moses, the son of the Mayor of Dasti!

He Leishan's captain John was furious and waving a long whip toward Moses. With a flower in front of his eyes, the whip firmly drew a man's back and his clothes split open, leaving a blood mark on his skin. The man's calm face slowly turned around and his chest fluctuated violently, seemingly forcibly suppressing a rising rage. Hercules was Amon, the visiting messenger sent by the Temple of Isis.

John was also frightened and quickly put down the whip: “Mr. Amon, why did you rush in all of a sudden? I can't hold this whip. I'm sorry I hurt you. It was an accident! ”

The followers were also appalled and asked, "Are you hurt badly, Mr. Amon? Don't blame Lord John, he didn't mean it. Let's get you back to applying the medicine. The patrol is over. If you get hurt, you should rest..."

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