Verse 458: A fleeting
Looking at Norman in the field, everyone present had different eyes.
The guys in the sword-drawing queue had calmed down, all of them looking excited and their eyes excited. In the eyes of these guys, Norman just missed the last force to pull out the sword in the stone, and now that Norman has pulled out the sword in the stone to this extent, when the time comes, they have a lot of strength in these fresh forces, and they will not immediately pull out the sword in the stone?
The team has the best chance of going to the front, and the one at the front is even smiling from ear to ear, as if he sees that he will be successful in the next moment.
At the back of the sword drawing queue, Qin Hao's eyes were very surprised, and he had more time to glance at the sword in the stone. This dragon protector has witnessed the deeds of Norman with his own eyes, and knows very well how great the ability and amazing wisdom this dragon Situ has, which can be said to be the perfect embodiment of strength and wisdom. Now even he can't pull out this sword in the stone, this divine thing that has been recited by humans seems to be a bit magical?
Chen Qinghe's eyes beside Qin Hao were full of inquiry.
In his opinion, there are two possibilities for Norman's current behavior, first, that is, Norman really can't pull out this sword in the stone, and second, because Norman is afraid of so many people on the scene, if he really rashly pulls out this sword in the stone, it is too high-profile and may cause unnecessary trouble.
Hardy in the crowd was still calm, not happy with things, not sad for himself, just looking at Norman like that, as if it didn't matter whether the other party could pull out the sword in the stone or not, it didn't matter to him.
Compared to him, the Metropolitan Patriarch, who was also a big figure in the Father's Cult, was far less calm.
When he saw that Norman finally failed to pull out the sword in the stone, the metropolitan, who had just stood up excitedly, looked regretful, but his mouth moved again, and he once again used the magic mouth technique to convey words to some people. Judging from the reactions of everyone at the scene, the target of his message should be the three church members who were guarding the sword in the stone on the ruins of the high platform.
After the three church members around the sword in the stone saw Norman get down from the sword in the stone, the two knights moved, and they had already planned to step forward and ask Norman to go down, but after the metroshop's transmission, their actions stopped again, and they stood still and did not move, just stood quietly, watching Norman in the middle.
As for the focus of everyone's attention, Norman looked at the sword in the stone in front of him.
The sword in the stone has been pulled out of the stone for a short time, but the rest of the part is still in the stone. It's not that Norman was afraid that there were too many people on the scene, and if he really pulled out the sword in the stone, it would cause unnecessary trouble, but simply because he really couldn't pull it out.
He did not grasp the secrets of vibration.
In the process of drawing the sword with his mental power just now, his spiritual vibration was constantly being consumed, just like a normal person would consume his strength when he exerted his strength. And when the sword in the stone was drawn to the current level, his spiritual vibration had been completely consumed, and he had regained his previous calm state.
Without that other state of mental vibration, he couldn't move this stone sword at all......
However, Norman didn't give up so easily, he just took a breath to think clearly, his right hand pressed the stone lightly, and the whole person floated up again, and his left hand decisively held the hilt of the sword in the stone, and he actually began to try to draw the sword again!
It took him a long time to draw his sword before, far exceeding the time allowed by ordinary sword drawers, and now he has begun to draw his sword for the second time, which is simply Rippy, but under the orders of the metroshop, the people of the church did not react at all, and simply did not see it, and let him do it.
The Metropolitan also seemed to want Norman to draw his sword in the stone, which might affect his political achievements and future.
The church did not react, but the audience reacted indifferently, especially those in the sword-drawing queue, who reacted the most excitedly.
The young man at the front of the queue originally thought that it would be his turn to be lucky, and stood on Norman's shoulder to pull out the sword in the stone, and he had even thought about thanking the uncle he didn't know for giving him a good foreshadowing, but he didn't expect that this uncle would throw off his skin and start drawing the sword again! And the most deplorable thing was that the people of the church actually sat back and ignored it and didn't stop it at all!
"Let him go down, it should be me, the sword in the stone is my ......"
The prime man yelled and shouted wildly, even so excited that he began to ram the wall of knights of the church.
If, then, there is an opportunity in front of your eyes to rise from the dirt to the clouds, and someone is about to take it away by disgraceful means, you will probably be red to the point of madness.
Not only the leader of the line, but also the others in the sword drawing queue were also agitated, after all, in their opinion, it was now possible for each of them to draw the sword in the stone, and now that shameful cheater was taking away their great opportunity to ascend to the sky!
In addition to these stakeholders, the other spectators had no opinion on Norman's cheating, and those who had come to see the excitement and the bookmakers all gladly accepted the contestant's cheating, and those who could be seen in person were staring at it with anticipation, and even many people unconsciously cheered for Norman.
"Hard, hard!"
"Come on!"
"Just a little bit!"
......
Unfortunately, the operation of this world does not depend on the will of man, even the will of many people combined.
Norman once again let go of his hands and fell from the sword in the stone, looking at the sword in the stone in front of him, his eyes were no longer helpless, but calm.
He had tried all the tricks again, but this time nothing happened.
He was not able to enter that kind of mysterious realm, he was not able to make a temporary change in his spiritual power, and he was not able to pull out even one more knuckle of the sword in the stone.
That kind of opportunity seems to be fleeting, and it can never be returned.
Norman clearly recognized this, so he did not linger, and after falling from the sword in the stone, he walked directly to the other side, wanting to leave - the high platform was destroyed by him, but he no longer had to go down the stairs, and his steps were less.
But Norman had barely taken two steps when the knight, who had been guarding the sword in the stone, hurried forward and made a gesture to block his way. But his movements suddenly faltered, and then the whole person retreated back to his position, and Norman left the confines of the high platform unhindered, and entered the exit passage that the church had separated.
This sword drawing can be said to be a climax, and the peaks and loops turned: first the high platform collapsed, and then it was suspected that he wanted to pull out the sword in the stone, but then he failed to pull out the sword in the stone, and then tried again, but in the end he still failed to pull out the sword in the stone. Compared with the previous sword drawing, this whole process can be said to be wonderful, so it naturally affects the emotions of the audience, sighing one after another, as if they regret that they did not see the most anticipated wonderful drama after all, but I don't know where the first applause came from, and then the applause spread, and everyone applauded, cheering for this unprecedented wonderful sword drawing.
Although the sword in the stone was not drawn out after all, in any case, today's sword drawing is still unprecedentedly good-looking, worthy of encouragement, and this applause also shows the true hearts of these melon-eating people who want to see more excitement.
After Norman was gone, the sword drawing ceremony was temporarily stopped - the sword drawing platform had collapsed, how could this continue?
If this platform collapsed in the earth world, this activity would definitely not be able to continue today, but fortunately, there is magic in this world now.
In the presence of the metro, the knights of the church were very efficient, and with the cooperation of several church mages, the ruins of the high platform were quickly cleared, and then the metropolitan came out from behind the viewing platform, holding the scepter in his hand, and began to cast the spell himself.
As the Metropolitan finished casting the spell, a scene appeared that made the melon-eating crowd present who had not seen much of the world look at it intently.
They felt the ground tremble visibly beneath their feet.
With this tremor, the stone slabs in the open space where the sword drawing platform was located shattered and spread out to both sides, and a thick, solid stone wall emerged from the ground!
The stone wall stopped rising to the height of the original sword drawing platform, and the shaking ground calmed down, and the onlookers who ate melons could see how fresh and hot this stone wall was—soil, plant roots, Different colors of gravel and hard mud can be seen everywhere, and there are even many animals that have not had time to escape, among them, near the side of the sword drawing queue on the side of the one-person height, there is a small arm thick spotted snake struggling, but it is only half of its body, the remaining half is in the stone wall, has been caught by the soil that turned into stone in an instant, and cannot be pulled out.
This was much more shocking than the light curtain that the mage of the church had flashed before.
As the Metropolitan continued to cast spells, the two sides of the stone wall began to change again, giving birth to stone stairs that stretched from the ground to the top of the stone wall.
The metropolitan's spell control is very fine, when the stone wall rises, he keeps the sword in the stone in the center, and rises smoothly into the air, and the three church members who defend the sword in the stone are also the first to take the stage after the spell is completed, and the surrounding people who eat melons are shocked and prayed one after another.
"Spells, this is magical spells!"
"The power of the spell is truly astounding!"
"God the Father, be with us. ”
"God Father willing!"
......
The current melon-eating masses can crowd here in order to see the excitement of the sword drawing ceremony, and at a glance, you can know that most of them are low-level citizens or grassland nomads who usually have no entertainment activities, and most of them are the first time to see such a large-scale spell, so they are naturally shocked.
If it were the same Norman when he first arrived in Cárdenas, he would probably be even more shocked than the melon-eating crowd now. However, he has seen more of the world now, so he is naturally used to seeing it for a long time, and even the audience in the live broadcast room is far less excited than when he first saw the spell. So Norman didn't look at the stone wall twice, but squeezed directly through the crowd, and soon came to Chen Qinghe and them again.
They were in a very high position, and many of them had seen the appearance of the sword drawer just now, so after seeing Norman, they all greeted him warmly, and Norman coped with them one by one and stood beside Chen Qinghe.
Walk.
After Chen Qinghe conveyed such a message to him with his eyes, he was about to leave, but Norman stopped him.
"Wait a minute. ”
After Norman said this to Chen Qinghe, he squeezed to the pastor of the church in front and bought a indulgence - these people taught by God the Father are very good at making money, not only came up with the idea of indulgences and indulgences to participate in the sword drawing ceremony, but even thought so intimately that indulgences were sold on the spot, for fear that the people would have money and nowhere to spend.
Seeing Norman who turned around and came back holding a coup in his hand, Chen Qinghe was a little surprised, "You still want to participate?"
With what he knew about Norman, since Norman had given up just now, there was no reason to go again, he was not the kind of person who regretted it after doing it.
And Chen Qinghe's understanding of Norman is indeed correct.
In the face of Chen Qinghe's inquiry, Norman shook his head and stuffed the indulgence in his hand into the hand of Atrimithea on the side, which made Atrimithea look at him with a calm expression and a waveless expression.
With Norman's understanding of her for a while, she was actually asking him "What are you doing?"
"You go and give it a try. ”
Norman commanded, and his slave was indeed obedient, after listening to Norman's instructions, he didn't say a word, and directly took the indulgence to the front to line up, and soon signed up and entered the sword drawing queue, which made the surrounding melon-eating crowd talk a little. After all, in Augustus, men are still respected, and there are women in the crowd, but there is not a single woman who comes to participate in the drawing of the sword, and Atramithia is still the only one.
Chen Qinghe looked at Atrimicia in front of him, and then at Norman, as if he had something to say, but he still didn't ask after all.
Chen Qinghe's reaction Norman saw it, and he also knew what Chen Qinghe wanted to ask, whether it was why he asked Atramicia to participate in the sword drawing ceremony, or he had more questions, for example, wasn't it Atramicia that he liked at the beginning? Why did Atramicia become a slave he bought for a while, but an inexplicable woman became his lover? Or maybe the Metropolitan had just secretly cast a spell to create it and use it "secretly" Do the magical eyes that are watching them need to be destroyed?
However, Chen Qinghe still respects his righteous brother very much, and never forces him to say anything, which makes Norman feel very comfortable.
As for why Norman asked Atramicia to give it a try, it was all a whim.
Since the key to pulling out this sword in the stone is the secret of vibration, and the face tattoo on Atramisia's back contains the secret of vibration, maybe it can be pulled out?
Hell knows, you won't lose if you try anyway.
With this in mind, Norman looked ahead, and saw that the first contestant after the new magic sword drawing platform was built had already jumped all the way up, and his expression was unusually excited, and it seemed that he couldn't wait to pull out the sword in the stone and ascend to the sky in one step.
At that moment, a voice rang in Norman's ears.
"Good day, Sage. ”