Chapter 5: Nothing is eternal
It wasn't until dinner time that Magellan looked up from the pile of papers. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
When he came out of the tent, he did his best not to let the people around him see his excitement. It turns out that when there are conditions to play it fully, the gold finger is surprisingly powerful. In just one afternoon, he memorized all the records known so far and found the translations of dozens of words by comprehensive comparison.
And what really matters is that Magellan has figured out what this relic is!
Until he had eaten his dinner cleanly, he didn't realize that he had forgotten to put the spices. In the process, he constantly returned a heartfelt smile to the expedition members who greeted him, to the surprise of those who were truly sensitive.
Magellan was indeed immersed in his own world, but not just in a daze. Eventually, he decided to enlist the countess's help, even if he was given most of the spoils.
With such determination, he walked into Helen's tent.
"Your talent is truly amazing. ”
The countess was sitting in front of a bookshelf with two long, slender metal arms stretching out, holding a thick book in front of her eyes.
"I've seen many geniuses......," Helen waved her hand, and the metal arm quietly and quickly closed the book and put it back on the shelf.
"I wonder if I have the pleasure of inviting you to be my personal advisor?"
For a moment, Magellan thought he had spoken, and he stood there in confusion, and the whole world seemed to become distant. Then he returns to reality and discovers that the wonderful thing has not yet happened.
He opened his mouth, but found that he could not say a word.
"This invitation is always valid, and you can come and let me know whenever you think about it. ”
Magellan nodded silently.
"Let's have a drink. Helen gracefully walked up to Magellan, who was sitting crookedly in a chair, and handed him a goblet.
Pouring a large gulp of the strong-smelling liquid down his throat, Magellan's brain finally came alive again.
"This is not a city with gold. ”
"Yes. The countess admitted cheerfully.
"There's a temple here. ”
"Yes. ”
"What the hell is here?"
"What do you think?"
Helen leaned down slightly, propped one arm on the back of the chair behind Magellan, and a gentle breath brushed the side of his face as she spoke.
"You don't know?" Magellan's tone was questioning, but his face was extremely determined.
"I don't know. ”
"Extraordinary power. ”
There was a sudden silence in the tent.
The countess straightened her waist, and a simple white dress outlined her perfect curves, looking like a young girl.
But Magellan, who looked at her, felt that she was more like Athena, the goddess of war, and Helen's delicate side face had an awe-inspiring aura, making her look like a soldier.
"Are you sure?"
The moment these words were spoken, the countess softened, and she was no longer the goddess of war, but back to the amorous Helen.
Magellan took a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to the countess beside him.
"That doesn't mean anything. More than 80 percent of the known ancient words we don't know the meaning, and the translation of these dozens of words is not that useful. ”
"Do you have a summary of all the translated texts?"
"Nope. ”
"I have. Magellan said, pointing his right index finger to his temple.
At that moment, his face showed the expression of the Founding Emperor of the Penguin Empire with calm and firmness, full of infinite strength, and in his heart, he roared frantically: "Lao Tzu is handsome!
"Curse him, O ancestors, curse him that the jungle has no prey.
Curse him, O fathers, and curse his rivers to spread the plague.
Curse him, O ancestors, curse him with meteorites falling from the sky.
Curse him, O fathers, curse his people not to come of age. ”
"All the words in this ruin are curses, and the one who is cursed is a supernatural power. ”
Magellan's words are categorical, and he trusts his own judgment.
"Of all the curses, the three most important are that they are forgotten until the end of the world, that the souls of those who come into contact with them are scattered, and that the temple collapses. ”
"But what has always been used in the curse, he, is a personality pronoun. ”
"That's not a personality pronoun, it's a Godhead pronoun. ”
"Is it true that an object with divinity is a supernatural power......
"Not necessarily, it could be a powerful magical item. Because of this, he has a record of failure. ”
"You say the written records in this ruin are all curses?" the countess said to him suddenly.
"Records like the temple being built, the war won, the enemy being routed, and so on, are actually part of the curse, and they are the records of the crimes of the cursed things. And there are actually two kinds of curses here, one is to pray to the ancestors, and the other is to pray to the gods they believe in. The latter is the main body, divided into three parts, recording crimes, cursing, and singing praises to the gods. ”
"Then you can be sure that it is supernatural power. ”
"Why?" Magellan was a little puzzled, "there are many powerful magical items that can do this, and the works of the Children of the Essence are not inferior in power to extraordinary power. ”
"Only extraordinary strength can defeat extraordinary power. ”
"That doesn't say anything ......"
"You probably don't know the term essence longevity. ”
"All things flow, nothing lasts forever...... But I remember that the essence has a lifespan of at least 10,000 years......"
"Nothing lasts forever. The countess said meaningfully, taking out a golden statue from a cupboard.
It was a strange fish.
At first sight of it, Magellan was convinced that it was a match for the monkey that had been snatched by the white hat. The two gold statues tend to be square and angular in shape, highlighting the head with exaggerated proportions, and the rest of the body is small. The fins, scales, and tail of the fish are symbolically represented by the wide open mouth and the sharp fangs of the fish, although there are only a few lines, but they are particularly expressive.
Strangely, the eyes of this strange fish are a pair of white glass beads.
The so-called white glass is a proper noun in this world, referring to a kind of translucent glass left behind after the magic gem loses its essence. Just as a steam engine burns coal and an internal combustion engine burns oil, the way this world provides a lot of essence, that is, magic power, is to burn magic gems, and the ashes that are burned are white glass.
Magellan knew very well that the countess had magic gems, and she could not set two white glasses on the goldfish, so there was only one possibility - the essence was discrete.
"That's what I first found in this ruin. ”