Pivot of the Sky

“It's really not easy to understand, because many people don't know the difference between fantasy, ideal, delusion," Rafael explained. My teacher, Gore, taught me to personally prove the truth, and I can tell you how I feel. Powerless civilians often fantasize about becoming an emperor, which is not unattainable because there are emperors in the world. But if everyone thinks that, it's a delusion, not an ideal.

The real ideal, whether you can be emperor or not, is that when you have this idea, you realize what your inner dominion is. I have seen many kings and countless civilian paranoid kings, who may not be happier in their hearts than you, Ironclad Beast, who also have fantasies of their own, and whose human nature does not change because of their status. ”

Speaking of this moment of silence, Raphael looked down at the cloud dream and saw what this iron armored beast had been thinking silently, and suddenly he asked, "Cloud dream, why are you asking me this today? ”

Cloud dreams seem to wake up from dreams and return to God and answer: “Because Amon God said to me that the accumulation of my practice was long enough and that I had passed many tests, but it can be simple or difficult for me to combine my mind and mind in order to have seven levels of accomplishment, and I need an open-ended guide, like opening my eyes to see the light. It is not necessarily him who will guide me to open my eyes. ”

Raphael asked, "When did Amon say that to you? ”

Cloud Dream: “I was on my way here the other day, you followed me behind, he said to me quietly, so I'm going to ask you today, please tell me your understanding and feelings. ”

Raphael's face became more serious: "My teacher, Gore, once asked me a question - what is man's greatest delusion? ”

Cloud dreams speak out: “Of course it is to be like a god. ”

Raphael nodded, "Yes, that's the answer. For the vast majority of people, it's just a delusion, but the gods exist again! So what is the true nature of the divine nature contained in humanity? We live in the world around us, and we live in our own thoughts. Don't look at life based on your desires, your ideals are your path, your life depends on how you look at it. It's pointless to just think about being like a god, the real meaningful question is how can a god be a god...”

Raphael looked at the moon and was explaining, suddenly hearing the cloud dream and saying, “Thank you for making me hear and understand! ”

Raphael answered casually: "You're welcome. These are the lessons that teachers have taught, and I'm personally trying to prove what they mean, and today I'm just telling you what I think.... Well, how did your voice change? ”

During the conversation, Raphael suddenly realized that the voice of the cloud dream was wrong, that it was no longer the exchange of information in the soul, that it was directly in the ear opening, but that it became a soft female voice, very comfortable to hear the crisp in the ear. He immediately turned his head and looked at it. He had a flash of hair. When the reaction came, his face became red. He quickly lowered his head and lowered his voice: “You, you... don't wear any clothes! ”

The big iron armor beast disappeared. Sitting under the moonlight was a woman in a shapely shape, about eighteen or nineteen years old, wearing long blonde brown hair, very beautiful and even slightly demonic, slightly tall cheekbones, slightly thick lips, slightly deep eye sockets, but the five officials had a unique charm, a personalized beauty. More importantly, she is unhung at this moment, and her moonlight posture reveals the most primitive and natural beauty.

When Raphael was heard, the woman suddenly responded with a shameful tone: “I forgot, I didn't pay attention for a moment.” She stood up and turned around, wearing a very common linen dress, and said, "I'm not scaring you, am I? ”

Of course, this woman will not be someone else, it is the appearance of cloud dreams becoming human form. She does not have experience, for the first time in her life, even she feels sudden. Raphael turned his head again and quickly twisted his head to the right direction: "You look like nothing broken in this outfit, but in front of high-end information theology, nothing is worn. ”

Cloud dreams asked: "Is it like nothing is on? You're looking at me on purpose! You're a great magician, of course you know high-end information theology. Does it make a difference that ordinary people don't wear clothes in front of smart detection theology? I know everything! ”

Raphael, the great magician who was just talking, said at this moment a little bit of a knot: "Me, I didn't! Just to remind you, detecting magical objects, that's not the case. Your clothes are just a disguise for information theology, and you always have to use your powers... sorry, I forgot you weren't wearing clothes with you. ”

Yun Dream's face was also red. Fortunately, she didn't look too clear in the moonlight. She turned around and said: "Look again, how about now? ”

Raphael glanced carefully and slightly exclaimed: “It's an armor! ”

Just under the hallucinating hemp robe on Cloud Dream, another close dark golden soft coat appeared. Cloud Dream smiled and said: "Have you forgotten? I am an Ironclad Beast. Changing this armor is a gifted skill, useful in battle, and can also be worn as clothes. ”

Raphael asked, “How did your voice change? ”

Yunmeng walked into the tent and sat next to Rafael, a little embarrassed to explain: “I've never spoken to you. Don't you think the voice you used to communicate with was a little like that of Link and Amon God? It's just an information theology imitation of what I'm familiar with, and now you hear my own voice, okay? ”

Raphael nodded, “That sounds good. ”

Yunmeng: “That sounds good. Fake it? ”

Raphael replied earnestly, "That's lovely!... Is this the first time you've changed like this? ”

Cloud dreams look at the moon and grow a sip of airway: “I didn't change like this, I am like this now. If I am any different from an iron armored beast, this is the difference, years of cultivation have reached the point, like the transformation of those insects in the mountains. Amon God said that it could be difficult or simple for me to take this step, and now I finally understand. No wonder he wanted me to drain my strength and let you stay to protect me, which Amon God had long anticipated. So I want to thank you for pointing me out! ”

Raphael felt a little embarrassed and touched his chin: “Don't say that, that's enough for you to practice. At this moment, it's like opening a window gently and seeing the light, then turning around and suddenly realizing that the moon has been there. ”

Yunmeng muttered to himself: "Yeah, the moon has been there, so beautiful, it feels so good.” I couldn't help but lean on Rafael's shoulder, she was born of a mutant Iron Armored Beast, her body was very sensitive, and she asked: “Rafael, your half of your body is suddenly tight, as if you had found any enemies, did I make you so nervous? ”

Raphael quickly explained: "No, no, no, it's just that you suddenly turned out like this, and I was a little bit uncomfortable. ”

Cloud Dream asked: "Don't you like me coming near you? ”

Raphael: “No. ”

Cloud Dream: “Then why did you react like a covert alert? ”

Raphael was sweating in the head when she asked, explaining by voice: "It's true that the body reacts the same way, but the situation is different. A lot of people's habits and reactions are complicated, and you need to learn to be different, and I'm not nervous about not not liking you sitting here. ”

Cloud Dream: “But I always thought you were a little weird right now, unlike the other day. ”

Rafael couldn't help but say, "You're different now than you were the other day.” The voice went down, and the young archmage suddenly had a tone of voice, and the muscles all over her body tightened inconceivably.

Cloud dreams are somewhat grieving: “You distinguish between dislikes, this is the reaction when there is danger, am I dangerous to you? ”

Raphael didn't say anything, but said in his soul: "Careful, the magic array just seemed to have sensations. The power to touch is very weak. Is there someone spying in the dark? ”

Cloud dreams were astonished and immediately exchanged with the information theology: “Are there really enemies? Why don't I feel it? No, I'm more responsive than you. ”

Raphael: "I'm running the magic array, laid out before Ammon walked away, covering the surrounding marshes, which of course are stronger than your natural senses. There were fluctuations, very weak, but with magic, I shouldn't have made a mistake. ”

Cloud Dream: "Could it be a mutant monster in the swamp passing by unintentionally? ”

Raphael frowned: “Probably, but be careful. ”

Cloud Dream laughed: "Don't be afraid, I am the king of the swamp, what enemies we meet here, I can protect you! ”

Raphael grinned, “King of the Swamp? No, you're supposed to be the Marsh Goddess, the Guardian Goddess of the Black Fire Marsh. I wouldn't be surprised if people called you that in future legends. I'm protecting you now, and your power hasn't recovered yet. ”

Cloud dreams shake my arms: “I recover very quickly, which is also a gift. ”

Raphael: "Your strength has recovered, but it can't be that fast. It's not about talent, it still takes a while to get back on the road to be safe.” Speaking of which, he suddenly stood up and pulled out his staff and looked up and drank: “Who! ”

“It's me, John! Amon God asked me to come...” Half the sky answered, John put away the shuttle before it landed, jumped to the tent, then stunned: “Raphael, where's the cloud dream? What is this girl again...? ”

Yunmeng stood up and pulled Rafael's sleeve, blinking her eyes: "I am the Marsh Goddess, the legendary guardian of the Black Fire Marsh, don't you know me? ”

John touched his head: “What legend? Why haven't I heard? ”

Yunmeng replied with a smile: "The legends that Raphael just told me, the legends in the world, that's probably how they spread. ”

John looked at her for half a day and frowned and asked Raphael, “Amon God sent you here to protect the cloud dream, and he sent me here, but you were with this woman, and the cloud dream, why aren't you protecting it? ”

Yunmeng interjected: “Yunmeng is here, John, try to find her! ”

John was somewhat mysterious and could only glance at Rafael, who showed his eyes and quietly extended his fingers to the woman beside him. John suddenly realized what was happening. His mouth was falling off and his eyeballs were circling. It took him half a day to react: "Cloud dream! Is that really you? ”

Yunmeng stood there twisting his body: “It's me, you recognize it? ”

John rubbed his eyes: “I didn't recognize it at all. It was a guess! You really are a swamp goddess. With a blink of your eyes, the Ironclad Beast is a beauty! ”

Cloud Dream giggled out loud, not to mention how happy he was, and John and Raphael were both watching her laugh. "John, what are you doing here? Amon, is there something wrong? ”

John rubbed his eyes again and nodded: “Of course something happened, a monster stabbed Amon God halfway through the road and was wounded by Amon God to escape into the swamp. Amon God sent me here because he was afraid it would be unsafe. ”

Raphael and Cloud Dream were both surprised, "This man has so much skill, he can escape under Amon's command!” Cloud Dream drinks: “This man is so bold, he dares to assassinate Amon God! ”

John explained: "This man's history is not simple, but he is supposed to be the weakest moment, there will be no threat for now, but Amon God is still not comfortable. Sit down and talk, I'll tell you the details.... Cloud dreams, seeing you like this, I'm still a little uncomfortable, almost forgot what to do. ”

……

Three days later, Amon finally walked out of the Blackfire Swamp, a curved path that stretched from the southernmost tip of the swamp to the eastern edge and exited the nearest Salem City. Rink and Iso are waiting right here, and now there are vagabonds from all over the continent in the city of Salem, as well as cave wildlings from various tribes in the mountains, including some highland giants who have migrated to the plains.

Iso chose the strongest craftsmen to build the Gate Fortress here. Amon wants to open a trade corridor, but he doesn't want anyone to enter the city of Salem through this road and build a fortress at the end of this narrow road, not only as a stopover for resting supplies to and from the merchants, but also because the terrain here is completely unbroken, suitable for garrison.

Half of the fortress's walls extend into the marshes, digging deep into the sludge until it reaches the rock formations, then raising it with giant stone barriers, which are now just halfway up. As Amon walked through the gates, the craftsmen of Salem City were busy nervously, hearing that he had arrived, laying down their livelihoods and kneeling on empty ground.

Amon was slightly embarrassed by the magnificent scene. Though he had long been a god in the tribe of cave wildlings, it was not so exaggerated. And then he reacted, and Link had built a temple in Salem, and the statue on the altar was him and the Goddess of Mu Yun. In the minds of the people of the city of Salem, he is not a god, but a god!

Now Amon, such a big living man, suddenly comes to his eyes, and for these people, the gods are showing miracles! What miracles does Amon God show? Alone in the impassable Black Fire Swamp, it opened such a winding and long road, far beyond the ordinary man's imagination that it was a miracle!

Amon waved softly, dropping countless soft white curtains halfway down, gently sprinkling on everyone. This is an intermediate prayer magic, able to eliminate fatigue and pain, makes people feel spiritually energized and happy, and the intermediate magician can carry out. But Amon did not use the staff to believe in the hand, the power is thick, the scope of the divine art is very large, for everyone, this is the blessing of the gods. Everyone prayed on their faces, and even the atmosphere dared not breathe.

Amon was able to feel the hearts and minds of the people in front of him, he was very focused and sincere, and their work was exhausting, so he naturally carried out the prayer magic. Iso and Link in front of them also smiled and greeted each other, as if they had anticipated the scene long ago.

It was so dazzling to see two people standing at a distance behind them. One of them bowed down with his staff and smiled a little strangely, George, the high priest of the Temple of Isis. The other person pressed the handle of the sword straight and looked at Amon with no expression. He looked beautiful and had an unspeakable aura of majesty all over him. It was Gabriel the Great Samurai.

Amon had a slight bitterness in his heart and met an unexpected assassin in the swamp, while those who really should have assassinated him waited here. As Grey has already said, George and Gabriel are the hunters sent by the Ecumenical Empire, the least willing to fight them. It was always time to hide, it was like fate had to face sooner or later, and Amon had to sigh and walk past.

Amon God's voice was heard in the souls of all those who bowled down to salute: “The road through the Blackfire Swamp has been cleared and the official business hall will arrive here in two months' time. You have worked hard to build your homeland, and your faith is a true blessing, so let's get back to work. ”

Amon quietly instructed Iso to lead the craftsmen to keep busy and keep Link at his side. Everyone rose up and slowly wandered off with their heads down in awe, and Link followed behind them quietly: “The two men went to Salem City to find you, and later heard that you would come here and wait. I know they are your friends and benefactors, but I have also heard that the hunters sent by Aegu are..."

Amon interrupted his remarks: “I know that everything will be resolved. They are the guests of Salem City and cannot be lazy. ”

LINK: “Of course I know that. I've been very careful and welcoming them, and they're coming. Thirty-six of your bodyguards are ambushed in the house next to you, and I will be with you, no problem. ”

Amon waved, “You don't have to let anyone get involved. I'll take care of my business. Let's talk about it somewhere where no one else is. ”

The talking room had passed through the open space and approached. Amon bowed: "Long time no see, my lords. It's been a long time since I've come! I'm really sorry that I let you guys go this far because of me. ”

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