Volume 3: The Shadows Chapter 76 The Man in the Painting
Arthur City.
As the capital of the Sirius Empire, the main body of Arthur's city wall is made of white stone, and it is divided into five districts: East City, West City, South City, North City, and Middle City.
The royal palace of the Heavenly Wolf Empire is located in the middle of the city, but the most striking building in the whole city is not the palace, but the Saint-Sawne Pavilion in the East City.
The Saint-Sagnes Pavilion covers a vast area and has 12 floors, the top floor is in the shape of a round arch, and the high spire is mathematical, making it the tallest building in the entire sprawling city of Arthur, and it is also a symbolic building.
It has a rich collection of paintings, sculptures, musical scores, and other works of art, as well as a variety of books, and many performance halls where music or opera performances are regularly held, making it an important place for the entertainment of the upper middle class and nobles in Arthur City.
Every day, travelers from all over the empire visited, including even nobles. Whoever asks for a visit to Arthur City without visiting the Saint Sawne's Pavilion will definitely be made fun of.
On the first floor of the Saint-Sonne Pavilion, two inconspicuous guests were welcomed today, a young man wearing a black coat and looking like a gentleman, and a woman wearing a purple coat and looking like a maid.
The first floor is mainly for a variety of paintings, many visitors gather at the moment, and most of them are by famous artists, some of them are painted of wonderful women, some are hideous and terrifying monsters, and there are beautiful paintings depicting natural scenery.
"Young master, these paintings are worthy of being made by famous artists, which makes people not only immersed in them at a glance, but also the kind of artistic conception contained in them is even more amazing. ”
Naturally, the young men and women came to Arthur City for Luxe and Bertha, and looked at the famous paintings all over the place, and Bertha did not hesitate to praise herself.
"yes. ”
Fox said with a smile, agreeing.
But in his heart, he was secretly asking, why did he look at many of these paintings like children's graffiti, what could they see, and when did you know so much about paintings?
However, in order not to expose his lack of artistic accomplishment, and to maintain his image as a gentleman and young master of a rich family, Kox also had just the right expression on his face, and he also had a look of admiration, and seemed to be equally shocked by these works.
They walked while admiring the paintings, and when they came to the center of the hall, they found that unlike the many paintings in the other exhibition areas, which were densely placed together, there was a single painting that occupied a large area, which was very eye-catching.
"It's ··········"
Kerks' eyes froze.
It was a huge painting, and the top even touched the top of the first floor, and you had to stand farther away to see the whole painting.
The background of the giant painting is a tragic battlefield, with corpses piled up into small hills, and the sky is overcast, revealing a faint red, as if stained red with blood.
A huge crack unfolded from the earth, appearing as far as the eye could see, stretching out beyond the sight, engulfing everything.
On top of the bones, a man in black armor stood, his giant sword pointed to the sky, and in front of him, countless soldiers in black armor knelt on one knee, as if worshipping their king.
Although it is only a painting, the tragic and cold aura rushes to the face, as if pulling people into the battlefield that I don't know when and where, and the man wearing black armor and lifting a heavy sword is full of endless majesty, which makes people want to worship involuntarily.
He felt the endless spiritual pressure coming like a tidal wave, like substance, making him feel like he was carrying a mountain on his back, and his knees involuntarily wanted to bend down.
No!
A voice seemed to cry out in his heart, and he gritted his teeth and held on to the huge pressure, for some reason, the painting made him feel extremely disgusted, and inexplicable and endless anger gushed out of his heart.
Never get on your knees!
Kers' body trembled, and the bones at his knees even began to creak.
Immersed in this painting, Bertha, who was attracted by the magnificent momentum, finally came back to her senses, but saw that Kerr next to her clenched her teeth, her whole body trembled, and cold sweat continued to break out from her forehead.
"Young Master?"
She asked, confused.
"Huh?"
A confused voice suddenly reached Kerx's ears.
Just when he was about to lose his hold, a soft force suddenly swept through his body, sweeping away all the coercion.
"Whew, whew. ”
Nexus gasped, his face a little pale.
Bertha finally sensed that something was wrong, and she hurriedly came to Kerx's side: "Young master, what's wrong with you, are you okay?"
Waving his hand to signal that he was okay, Fox turned his head to look not far behind him, where a tall middle-aged woman in an elegant and gorgeous robe with curly black hair was standing, her eyes fixed on Kerr, and a look of surprise on her face.
And on her, the faint magic energy fluctuations are gradually dissipating.
Is she the one who helped herself?
Feeling the fluctuation of the magic energy on the other party's body, the other party was in his heart, and the other party just looked at him, which brought him an extremely powerful sense of oppression.
"Thank you. ”
"It's okay, it's just a good idea, I'm pretty good at talking, by the way, my name is Andrey. The woman said with a smile.
"It turned out to be Lady Andrey, disrespectful. ”
Nexus bowed.
After coming to Arthur City, Fox naturally collected a lot of information, and the wealthy family was the focus of his understanding, and he also heard of this Lady Andrey, who was the wife of the Duke of Triva.
A puzzled look appeared on his face, and Fox didn't know how to answer.
Seeing Kers' appearance, Mrs. Andrey seemed to understand something: "You're a first-time visitor to this painting, right?"
"Yes. ”
Fox replied that it was indeed his first time in the Saint-Sonnes Pavilion today.
"No wonder. Lady Andrey nodded: "I heard that this painting has a very long history, even before the establishment of the Sirius Empire, and I heard that the man in the painting is the founder of the Sirius Empire, the legendary king Hervin Gafiri. ”
"Hervin Gafferi?"
Nexus muttered.
"Yes, but because of its age, it is not known who made the painting or which battle it depicted. After all, this legendary king has defeated too many countries and enemies and won too many wars in the process of establishing the Sky Wolf Empire. Mrs. Andrey continued.
"But this painting is different from ordinary paintings, and its magic lies in the fact that the painter does not know how to imprint the spiritual power into this painting.
All those who look at this painting feel as if they are there in person, and they can feel the tragedy and shock. The response was especially strong from first-time viewers, but I've never seen anyone as affected as you. ”
Andrey said suspiciously, but didn't pay much attention to it.
A wry smile of helplessness appeared on his face, indicating that he didn't know what was going on.
In fact, he was very puzzled in his heart, why did he react so much to that painting?
That intense rejection······ It's like going deep into the soul.
But cautiously, he subconsciously buried this matter in his heart, intending to have the opportunity to explore it again, but did not show it on the surface, as if he just regarded this matter as a coincidence.
Lady Andrey was talkative and very kind, and did not despise Fox because of her status as a countess.
After a few small talks, Fox took Bertha and said goodbye.
After this episode, Bertha and Kers continued their visit to the Saint-Sonnes Pavilion.
The area of the Saint-Sawnee Museum is really very large, and even after spending such a long time, the two of them did not even finish the first floor.
However, there is nothing to do at the moment, so there is no harm in visiting more, originally he planned to be able to break through the fourth level on the way to Arthur City and become an intermediate magician.
But in the end, it didn't go according to plan, and the liquefaction process from a beginner to an intermediate magician, that is, a magic cyclone, was a little more difficult than he imagined.
But now that the storage of gaseous magic energy cyclones has reached its limit, it is only a matter of time before it breaks through.
During the visit to the first floor, a question suddenly arose in the bottom of Kers' heart.
The portrait of the legendary king Hervin Gafiri reminded him of the Barbarian King Git, after all, the legendary king and the original Tusno I inherited the power of the Barbarian King and the Akatsuki lord respectively in the legend, and were the inheritors of the gods, and they also established two of the most powerful empires in the world.
Although the Akatsuki Juggernaut is no longer worshipped as an all-powerful religious deity, it is still regarded as a symbol of the empire and has an immense influence.
The word Akatsuki is used without mentioning the name of the empire, and the statue of the Akatsuki Juggernaut can be seen everywhere outside the shrines of the big cities, and the exploits of the Akatsuki Juggernaut are sung by the people, and many people still retain the habit of praising the Akatsuki Juggernaut when they are happy.
But in the Sirius Empire, Fox hadn't seen anything like it, and he hadn't heard anyone talk about the Barbarian King since he came here.
On the contrary, I only saw people revering the founding emperor of the Sirius Empire, the legendary king Hervin Gafiri.
"Strange ·········"
A strange feeling welled up in Kerth's mind, as if he had grasped something, but that glimmer of light was only a flash and disappeared immediately.