Chapter Twenty-Seven: Look at the Sea
The second patriarch of the Schmidt family, the founder of the family's glory, is a legendary Esyad warrior.
On the night of his twelfth birthday, the youngest son of the family joined the hunt and disappeared for an entire year.
Then when he returned, though he was only thirteen years old, he was as tall and strong as a full-grown warrior, and had learned rune.
The people of Esyad who knew him called him "Odin's adopted son" in awe.
It was this leader of the warriors of Esyad who was both brave and wise, who produced the family records that are now in Magellan's hands.
It sounds more like a legend added by later generations for the glory of their ancestors, but given the age of the book, Magellan thinks the story may be true.
This book clearly has magic.
This isn't surprising considering that Runiwen itself is one of the ancient magical scripts, but the decay of this magic is just enough to serve as a scale of time.
The result of Magellan's calculations is that the time when the book was written is exactly the same as what is recorded in the book.
It is a faithful record of the age of mythology.
Magellan didn't have time to finish it, and the drunken baron insisted on locking the book back in the box before he lost consciousness.
That night, Arthur soon fell into a deep sleep, and Magellan spent a long time reminiscing.
The family record begins with a clear account of the place where the story takes place: the coast called "Greenland" that belongs to the people of Esyad.
But in all the Esyad documents found before Magellan, there is no clear mention of this place.
Based on the experiences of the first four generations of Schmidt, it is clear that they lived in a place where the gods could appear at any time, and the second ancestor was ignorant of the term "Odin's adopted son", but his descendants had witnessed the war between the gods and the giants, and faced the mythical wolf plague.
This is the clue that Magellan was looking for, the place where the gods of ancient Esyad lived.
The next morning, the baron gulped down his beer in high spirits and asked Magellan with some curiosity what he had seen in the book.
In order to make the owner of the book more willing to let him look through the book, Magellan told the baron a wonderful story of Esyade.
Then the baron burst out laughing.
"I remembered my dead grandmother. ”
The baron made a rare stop with his right hand, which was pouring wine into his throat, a look of remembrance on his face.
"The story you tell is similar to what she said, but yours is a little better. ”
After breakfast, the baron, in a rare absence of drunkenness, was in a good mood and took his two guests again to the study, where the treasure was hidden.
"I've never understood anything in this book, you know, it's the decoration on the amulet, and it's a headache for me to put it together so closely. ”
The baron took out the huge thick book, and then took out another key.
At the bottom of the chest, there is another compartment with the gold-decorated conch inside.
"I prefer this stuff. ”
The baron held the conch aloft with a confused look on his face.
"I've heard people say that this thing came from the sea, but I've never left here in my life, I've never seen the sea. ”
"If you really want to go, we can go to the northern coast, where your ancestors lived. ”
The baron shook his head: "The lord must not leave his realm and his people. ”
"The current Emperor of the Holy Loren Empire is Luna, and I remember a few years ago there was an edict issued by the Emperor with the Pope that the lord could leave the realm at any time and go wherever he wanted. ”
The look on the baron's face became even more confused.
Arthur smiled and took the conch from the baron's hand and blew it.
It was the sound of the sea breeze blowing through the stone chips on the edge of the cliff, the sound of air flowing through the cracks in the rocks, light and short.
The baron laughed.
"Tell me what the seaside is. ”
Magellan and Arthur were speechless.
"Forget it, is there any wine there?"
"Yes. ”
The baron nodded heavily: "Then let's go!"
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In order for the king of the world to see the unmistakable goodwill, Arafa sent a huge delegation.
From the prince of real power to the magician of the Black Tower and the White Tower, or the warden of the Strait Town.
And the representative of Brittania was only the countess.
The strait remains a formidable barrier, both visible and invisible.
But the countess knew how to show kindness.
As a person who simply wants nothing more than to make science unlucky, the Countess is undoubtedly what the current King of the World wants to see the most, so Arafa's delegation can always see her next to the King of the World.
"The line of defense we are building now is still based on the Central Mountains, which isolate Loren from Francie, and the question is whether the army of science will be held back by the terrain as we think. ”
It was an important preparation meeting, and the king of the world did not hide at all the idea that she wanted to kill science, and Francie had entered a wartime state.
"As we all know, the force possessed by the Holy See is the Inquisition, but in fact, it is only the tip of the iceberg that includes witch hunters and some devout believers, and the real power of science includes a large number of ancient Holy Spirits, living saints who can perform miracles, gray knights who hunt ancient magic, and a large number of martyr fanatics, these are the real backbone of the Holy See. ”
The countess knew the Holy See better than most people, especially Alpha, who had not been in direct conflict with the Holy See for hundreds of years.
"Considering that science has regained all its power, we should take into account the army of angels, as well. ”
"You're talking about flying monsters?"
"Yes. ”
The countess knew what that meant, the advent of the Air Force brought about a revolution in the way of warfare, and science meant a lot to have flying warriors.
And given that the reason science waged war was the Messiah, perhaps we need a few theologians to interpret the relevant account in the book of Revelation. ”
The King of the World shook his head: "No, everything we are discussing here cannot be known to the believers, you can explain." ”
Everyone knew that the countess was an accomplished scholar.
"According to the records, science will release four knights, who have overwhelming superiority over humanity, and will resurrect all those who have died in faith. ”
If my speculation is correct, it would be a huge number of Holy Spirits. ”
Everyone was abrupt by the possibility, and it would be a terrifying sea of light, enough to drown anyone who fell into it.
"Let's just prepare for war according to this assumption. ”
The King of the World was probably the only one who didn't waver, and she even showed a belligerent smile.
"Maybe science isn't that strong......"
"That can't be. ”