Chapter 60: Ascending
Hardly anyone can say with certainty that the Round Tower really exists, except for the fanatics of the Holy See.
In the important texts of Scientology, the pagoda occupies an important place as a symbol of sin, and is often pulled out to prove the power of the one supreme god and the sinfulness of the Babylonians.
However, anyone with a little common sense knows that the round tower may not exist at all, and even if it does, it has nothing to do with the so-called evil.
It is impossible for scholars to believe in isolated evidence, and in fact, the complete non-existence of the round tower in literature and archaeological finds can almost be said to be a miracle.
So when Magellan saw this phantom, he felt really subtle and indescribable.
But the countess could not be wrong, and Magellan could see at a glance that the lines in the third phantom were pointing to a tall building that did not exist.
In Babylon, there is only one building that can be taller than the Sky Garden, and that is the Round Tower, or the Tower of Babel.
This is a structure built by the ancient Babylonians for their own sinful desires, they wanted to touch the sky that humans were destined to reach, so the result was a tragedy, science destroyed the round tower, and at the same time caused countless deaths and injuries to the sinful Babylonians.
This is the only documented record of the Round Tower, described in the Scientology scriptures, and a handful of historians who are friendly with the Holy See have speculated that the Babylonians built a temple to worship their main god, the god of the sky.
Magellan never imagined that the Round Tower would actually belong to the goddess Isitar.
"Let's get started. ”
The countess raised the magic lamp, and the light flashed, but it was still dark in the temple.
Magellan took the magic lamp and stood at the place where the statue of the goddess was supposed to be as a pedestal, and the countess began to walk towards the side of the temple.
As she walked through the darkness, the countess suddenly noticed that there was a fresco on the wall here.
The same minimalist lines and solid color blocks are also excellent power and impact, and the content is simple, but this time the countess found that she knew what was in the painting.
Epic, Gilgamesh.
As a primitive chieftain who is almost certain to have lived in the ancient Sumerian period, the story of this warrior is still widely circulated in today's Arafah, in the sense that he accomplished a kind of miraculous "immortality".
Coincidentally, in the story, the goddess Isitar plays a villainous role, moody and powerful, and persecuts the protagonist.
"Our goddess knows how to laugh at herself......"
Magellan could barely laugh or cry, believing that the countess was not joking, so the phrase meant something truly speechless.
"She still seems to have a good sense of humor. ”
The countess raised her right hand and drew a four-pointed star with her fingers on the ugly, wild and almost unattractive goddess Isitar in the painting.
Then the light of the essence flashed, and the goddess in the painting disappeared.
A ripple flashed in the darkness.
"What do you think the goddess will look like?"
The countess walked to the other side of the temple and told a serious joke as she passed Magellan.
"She looks like her god," Magellan laughed as he swapped the magic lamp to his left hand, "and she really has that much sense of humor?"
"If you see the appearance of the goddess in the fresco...... the countess sighed long, "the fresco is about the epic of Gilgamesh, you will know it when you see it." ”
Magellan was silent, imagining the goddess in his mind, and began to regret a little that he had not seen the frescoes.
"Maybe you should try to look it another way, if the legend of Gilgamesh is not a tale for mere fun," the countess was silent for a moment, "but an epic story that was told while the goddess was still ruling the land......"
"How could it be ......"
As ridiculous as it sounds, the truth is that the story of Gilgamesh is indeed quite possibly a psalm dedicated to the gods.
As for why the image of the goddess in the Psalms is so unbearable, I am afraid that only Isitar knows.
The countess soon found a second fresco, and this time the goddess looked even more unbearable, her face was full of tears of fear, and she hardly looked like a god.
The magic still works, and here's the second node.
Then the countess returned to Magellan.
"Where are the other two?"
Magellan glanced up at the magic lamp, which had not changed, and was a little confused.
"So your sluggishness with the essence is absolutely unreasonable, I'm afraid it can't be explained by talent at all," the countess's tone was full of teasing, she was indeed a little surprised, but not to that extent, "the change has happened, you can put that hand down." ”
Magellan handed the magic lamp to the countess, and then found that behind the place where he had just stood, a passage appeared on the wall of the temple.
"I see. ”
According to the lines in the phantom, the remaining two nodes should be in the corridor.
"So, magic is magical......"
Magellan led the way into the dark passage, but when the eye got used to it, the passage was not so dark.
Soon, Magellan found frescoes on the walls on either side of the corridor, this time two together, directly opposite each other, with the second half of Gilgamesh's story on them.
"The goddess doesn't seem to be there?"
"Yes. ”
In these two murals, the two most important scenes in the second half of the story, the death of Enkidu and the serpent's stealing of the elixir of immortality, as in the story, Isitar does not appear.
"Here......" The countess frowned, and then it took almost a moment to come up with an answer, "I see. ”
"What?"
Magellan had a guess, but he wasn't sure.
The countess raised her hand to draw the stars on the frescoes, and when the symbol of the goddess was on both frescoes, there was a continuous muffled sound from the depths of the passage.
"Guess what's going on there?"
"The Round Tower reappears?"
Magellan himself could not believe this speculation, and he took a few steps deeper into the tunnel, and found a stone staircase in front of him.
The countess followed, and they walked a short distance, and finally, after opening a stone door, came out of the passage.
The clouds are just around the corner.
Magellan's gaze went beyond the platform and the imposing temple and found himself on an extremely high place.
"This is the ...... of the Round Tower"
The two were above the city, and from the edge of the platform they could see the bustling bazaars of Baghdad and the towering sky gardens on the sand dunes outside the city, with white clouds flowing below the platforms and changing direction as they passed the edge of the round tower.
"I never thought the goddess would be so high. ”