Volume 1 Money Empire Chapter 0001 The Holy Child Descends
The rain poured incessantly down the wilderness, and the night was pervasive, and there were many ravines on the marble steps that had fallen into disrepair, and the rain flowed down the ravines and gathered into a small stream, making the thirty-three marble steps like a waterfall.
The strange figure of lightning flashed in the night, illuminating the originally dark earth like day, flickering and darkening, and a tall tower stood in the wilderness under the sky, as dark as the night at this time.
There is a bamboo basket at the top of the thirty-three steps, the bamboo basket is very exquisite, with gold wire edging, the edge of the bamboo strip has been polished with a file, will not prick the hand, not the ordinary poor people should have something, the bamboo basket is covered with a silk cloth, the silk is made of mulberry silk, the craftsmanship is very fine, the silk is embroidered with Lorimas roses representing the darkness, and the dazzling flowers make people unable to take their eyes off.
The raindrops fell on the silk, and the smooth silk surface seemed to be coated with a layer of oil, which the rain could not penetrate, and a slight laugh came from under the silk, as if it were a devil, which was creepy.
The surface of the black tower was damp and the paint peeled, revealing the pale of marble, mottled like a prison for a condemned prisoner or a hell for evil spirits. The gate of the Gothic tower creaked, and with the creak, the paint on the gate peeled off faster, and the peeling paint fell into the rain and turned into mud, which merged into the rainwater.
The door was open, and the dim light from the tower illuminated the steps, and the night watchman who pushed the gate open wore a black cloak and walked to the bamboo basket, where the night watchman took off the cloak and revealed his face, a hideous face that will never be forgotten at a glance.
The left eyeball flashed green, the hole in the right eye blended perfectly into the night, the eyeball seemed to have been gouged out with a spoon, and the pale face had a thick frown.
The Night's Watch stretched out his right hand, which looked like a dry bone, and uncovered the silk embroidered with Lorimas' roses, revealing a small white body.
With a grim smile on his hideous face, the night watchman knelt down on the wet steps, let his trouser legs get wet from the rain, and leaned over to pick up the baby from the bamboo basket with his thin arms.
The baby had an innocent smile on its face, a giggling chuckle, and its white palms waved to caress the night watchman's face.
Several more figures came out of the tower one after another.
"One ......"
"Two ......"
"Three ......"
“......”
Until the ninety-ninth, they stood on the highest thirty-three steps, surrounding the baby, the elegant intellectuals with glasses and old suits, the dwarfs with their backs stinking all over their bodies, and the wise old men with long beards and rotten wood scepters, their dresses and appearances looked like they should not have been together, but at this moment they were really together.
The old man in the magic hat looked at the newborn baby and stuttered with excitement. "Great Ingres, thank you for the Holy Spirit for giving us this pure life, as pure as the thirty-carat diamond in the papal laurel. ”
Ingres, the greatest mage in the world, is said to have fought with the Red Dragon in the Andes Mountains, successfully defeated the Red Dragon, obtained a piece of the Red Dragon's scale armor, and is said to have had dinner with the Sun God's lover.
"No, this is the life forged by the blood of the greatest wizard, Lord Hela, and he carries the curse of Lord Hela in his body, and you see his eyes, they are so enchanting, like the spring water of the Valley of Winter. The gruntled dwarf slowly moved over and reached out to touch the baby's forehead, his fingers trembling as he had been exposed to magical mediums for years.
The elegant man with glasses walked over, kissed the baby's belly elegantly, then raised his head and said in an elegant tone: "I smell it, his body is full of money, it is the smell of a banker, I am too familiar with it." ”
The night watchman, who was holding the baby, pushed away the elegant man and glared at his left eye viciously, his face becoming even more hideous. "Anubarak, if you can't keep your mouth shut, I'll turn you into a dog, and then you'll only bark. ”
The elegant Anubarak closed his mouth in amusement, took out a gold coin from his pocket, tossed it up, and landed in his hand with a human head, and he showed a smug expression, as if everything he had said was correct.
"Agros, what is the origin of this newborn baby?" the people next to him all asked in their hearts.
Agros, the night watchman, took the baby in his arms, knelt on the ground again, and lifted the baby in the air, shouting in an almost reverent gesture. "He is the embodiment of darkness, purifying darkness with darkness, a messenger of lightning and thunder to Kethata, the Lord of Judgment. ”
Medivan took off his magic hat and held it in his arms, bowing respectfully as if he had seen an incomparably distinguished guest. "In the name of Ingres, Medivan pays the highest respect to the King of Judgment. ”
The rest of the people saluted the newborn baby, the King of Judgment, with all sorts of the most exalted and strange rituals.
At the end of the ceremony, Agros got up, dripping from his rain-soaked trouser legs, and someone behind him wondered.
"And what should he call him?"
Agros looked at the baby's arm, a line engraved on his arm, turned to look up at the top of the Cather's tower, which was as sharp as the sword of Damocles, and spoke reverently.
"Downing Stewart"
"Damn, Downing, come down, it's the crystal spring used to make holy water. ”
Holding a bottle of red liquid in one hand and a stick on the table next to him with the other, Wizard Bohr hurried to a building resembling a marble fountain in the center of the room.
Sitting on the edge of a one-person-tall marble fountain building, Tang Ning pinched a reddish tomato, swayed his legs, and stood up unhurriedly, staggering, with a smug expression on his face.
"Uncle Bohr, if you want to beat me, I may accidentally fall into the crystal spring, and then your ten years of hard work will be over, you have to think about it, this is your ten years of hard work, the risk is not worth it, neither for you nor for me. ”
Bohr raised the stick in his hand, weighed the gains and losses, and looked at the eight-year-old child with an almost pleading gaze like a reservoir dog. "Alright, Witch God bless, come down quickly. ”
Tang Ning stood cautiously on the edge, stretched out his left index finger and wiggled. "Uncle Bohr, you have to swear to the greatest wizard, Hela, that you are not allowed to beat me before I come down, or you will regret it, I have been fooled more than once. ”
Bohr rubbed his eyebrows, a little headache, this kid is becoming more and more scheming, thoughtful. Then swear to Hela the wizard. "In Hela's name, I will never lift a finger of Downing, and if I break my oath, I will be turned into an ugly rat by witchcraft. ”
Downing pursed his lips and looked at Bohr's slender legs, thick waistline, mouse-like ears, and slumped back. "Uncle Bohr, you are trying to lie to me again, you are a rat in the first place, and an ugly rat, this is what Uncle Ambarak told me. ”
Bohr covered his forehead, he couldn't believe all this, Anubarak actually told this kid such an important secret, regained his expression, and scolded Anubarak angrily in his heart. "Well, I swear again. ”
After Bohr had sworn by the name of Hela, the greatest wizard, Downing jumped from the edge of the one-man crystal fountain and smiled triumphantly. "Uncle Bohr, I have to tell you something, I was too lazy to pee in your crystal spring last night, and I wonder if it will affect whether you can use the crystal spring water or perform witchcraft. ”
"Oh my God, bastard, I'm going to skin you. Bohr was furious and raised his stick.
Tang Ning's face did not change, and he put the persimmon on the table next to him, and put his hands on his waist. "Uncle Bohr, you swore in Hela's name. ”
Bohr was stunned, threw away the stick in his hand, and fell to his knees with his cheeks twitching, and wept bitterly. "Ten years of my hard work have been wasted, will I never be able to see the Wall of Sighs with my own eyes?"
Twenty years ago, when the crystal fountain that first summoned the Wall of Sighs overflowed, Bohr mistook a bottle of ketchup for corrupt blood and poured it into the crystal spring, and the first defeat made his heart almost choke.
Ten years ago, when the crystal fountain that summoned the Wall of Sighs for the second time overflowed, Bohr thought that this time it would be done, and that his long-cherished wish would finally be fulfilled, and in order to avoid the stupid mistake he made last time, he removed all the items in the room that had nothing to do with witchcraft, only to find that a dead rat had fallen into the crystal spring the next day, contaminating the holy crystal spring water, and his second hope was shattered.
The crystal spring water in the crystal spring only overflowed once every ten years, and the Wall of Summoning Sighs was the highest level of legendary sorcery in witchcraft, and there was no room for flaws, and this time he had made a lot of preparations in advance.
It's just that I didn't expect to forget to lock the door this time, and was in by this bastard boy, thirty years of waiting is a dream after all, no one can withstand such a long wait, and again and again.
"Great witch god, do you want to punish me for my sins, please take away your life, and don't torture me like this. Bohr's cloudy eyes were filled with tears, wetting the ground.
Tang Ning's expression was no longer frivolous, he became serious, and took out a crystal bottle from his arms and put it on the ground, the transparent liquid in the crystal bottle was clear and bright, without a trace of impurities.
"Uncle Bohr, forgive me for playing a joke on you. Opening the lid of the crystal bottle, Downing took out a small silk bag from his back, the Lorimas roses on this silk bag were extremely eye-catching, and they were in full bloom, and Downing opened the bag. "Your witchcraft has always had a problem, I'm just trying to stop you from continuing to be wrong, and I sincerely apologize to you if you have anger in your heart. ”
He took out the powdered item from the bag, a sorcery medium concocted in proportion to the materials needed for the wall of sighs, and placed the powder in the crystal bottle.
A strange light grows in the room, gradually unfolding, forming an illusory wall, like a rainbow, with brilliant colors, and people can't help but be surprised.
"How is this possible, could it be that my old eyes are faint because of sadness?" Bohr stopped crying, his body trembled, his cloudy eyes became extremely clear, and he looked at the rainbow-like wall.
"The wall of sighs, I finally see it. Bohr watched, slowly getting up, and grabbing Downing's hand. "Kid, how did you do that?"
Downing shrugged his shoulders and complained, "Uncle Pol, I said earlier that your experiment was wrong, you have some misunderstanding of the witchcraft of the Wall of Sighs, and you don't necessarily need an overflowing crystal spring to do it. ”
Bohr shook his head, ecstatic. "Child, I didn't mean this, who am I, how can you sigh at the witchcraft of the Wall of Sighs?"
"When I was three years old, you showed me your Witchbook in order to stop crying, have you forgotten?" Downing explained it all incredulously, as if it were a matter of course.
But he was only three years old at the time, and as he himself said, the "Witch Book" was not given to him to learn witchcraft, but to keep him from crying, but now it turns out that the three-year-old Downing memorized the contents of the "Witch Book" and also learned one of the legendary witchcraft in the "Witch Book".
"Genius...... Child, you are a wizard genius and one day you will become the greatest wizard in the world. Bohr's mouse-like palm gripped Downing's arm, his round eyes revealing madness.
Tang Ning smiled wryly as if he had heard a joke. "Uncle Pol, ninety-nine people in this tower, including you, have said that I am the King of Judgment, and that is not what should be done, just as a man wants to eat, and it rains, and the sun rises in the east. ”
Downing didn't know that the original King of Judgment was Agros casually talking nonsense, in order to give birth to a little vitality in this barren land abandoned by the world and God, so that this place would no longer be like hell, in the past eight years, this newborn baby has done a good job, so that this originally lifeless Catherta finally has a little living breath, not just their twilight devils, he told others, but not Downing.