Chapter 18: The Door
The countess was sure that Indra had succumbed, and that was all he knew.
This is in line with Helen's early suspicion that the three supreme gods, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, who represent creation, protection and destruction, are the arrangers of everything, and only they know the full content of the plan.
"You know what they're hiding from you?"
"There was no plan from the beginning, we just did it according to the arrangement of the great gods, no one knew what they were hiding, but the gods could only believe them, the Asura had even killed Yama, and we were already in danger. ”
"So all you told me was what you knew, and what you speculated about?"
"That's all, the power of the gods has begun to wane, I could have seen through fate, but now everything is in the fog. ”
The countess was helplessly sure that what Indra said was all true. That means that's all she can get.
Several questions that really matter remain unanswered, such as why the gods chose Magellan and the Countess for their asceticism, and what the final result of asceticism will be.
"Where's Magellan?"
Indra was silent for a moment.
Finally, the princess was about to fall into a trap, and she almost miraculously had the upper hand in the face of the gods, but in the end everything was calculated by the three great gods.
The princess had already believed that what Indra said was true, so it was impossible for her to avoid the trap in the future.
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The river cascades down from the cliffs, the rising mist reflects the rainbow in the sun, and the deep pool below floats beautiful lotus flowers, which are in full bloom.
Not far from the shore is a magnificent temple, the golden buildings are nestled in the green meadows, among the trees, and the reflection of the golden dome can be seen at the end of the distant mountain forest.
It was a temple where the Brahmins gathered, but it was already as large as a small city, and there used to be a large number of noble people who did not have to do anything, and naturally there were people who offered everything they needed.
Magellan stood at the water's edge and sighed helplessly.
He was still a step slower, and it was empty.
Despite his disappointment, Magellan walked into the temple and searched for possible clues in the empty buildings.
As before, there were a number of Brahmins living here, and the traces they left are still there, but the Brahmins themselves are gone.
Maybe the only ones who could do such a thing were gods, but there were no gods in this place at all, and Magellan began to wonder if it was an asura.
However, he had no evidence, and put aside his suspicions, and Magellan began a carpet search.
The owners of this place live a life of luxury, and they enjoy the wealth that ordinary people can only get by the labor of a lifetime, spices, wine, and fruits and meats, and the only thing they need to do is to talk to their companions and stay here.
They didn't seem to have been gone long ago, the spices in front of the idol were still burning, and the food on the table was still fresh.
But Magellan knew that he could not find the Brahmin who had recently left in the vicinity.
They are no longer in this world.
All hope fell on what the Brahmins had not been able to take with them, and Magellan hoped that he would be able to find evidence of the Brahmins' dealings with the gods, or the "truth" of the world that they had received from the gods.
Brahmins are always in pursuit of the Dharma, and they will record important conclusions, and if they can find such records, Magellan may be able to find a way to leave this world and continue his ascetic practice.
However, it seems that the Brahmins valued wisdom so much that they hid their books in very secret places.
This vast temple is divided into several parts, including a magnificent temple, a large number of luxurious residences, and a long mountain garden, and dotted with the pulpit of the Dharma, all kinds of buildings are very complete, a person can live in old age, sickness and death, can not leave, even the high tower where the bones are buried, but there is no place to hide books.
All the buildings are made of stone, and at a glance Magellan can see that almost all of them have space for mezzanine tunnels, and if the books are really hidden, it will be difficult to find them.
"Fortunately, all traces have been left behind. ”
Books have no meaning if they are not seen, and wherever the Brahmins hide them, they leave traces of entry and exit.
But Magellan was unable to find any traces in the end.
All the places were clean, it didn't even feel like diligent cleaning, it was just spotless.
The only possibility is some kind of supernatural power, Magellan has seen the room cleaned by the countess with magic, almost the same, but there is no essence here, it should rely on divine power.
But now the divine power has completely disappeared.
If divine power is needed to enter and exit the place where the books are stored, then Magellan has a lot of trouble in front of him, and he may not be able to open the place closed with divine power.
Magellan sat under a large tree, breathing in the fresh scent of grass and trees, and drew the location of all the buildings on the stone slabs.
If the book is hidden underground, then all locations are possible, and it is impossible to guess the location by measuring space, but there are traces of where the entrance will be.
Books are supposed to belong to all brahmins, and the entrance and exit of the chamber is like a public place where no one gathers.
Then, according to the Brahmin custom, they would place the entrance in two places: next to the forum where the Dharma was debated, or near the shrine.
Both of these places are public places where Brahmins often gather, and both represent wisdom and dharma, and are closely associated with books.
Magellan raised his head and looked at the huge circular stone altar not far away.
It is a monolith of breathtakingly large monolith, which has been carved flat and has several decorative stone pillars erected around the edges. The boulder is surrounded by a ground made of stone slabs, which occupies a large area. The brahmins used to gather here, and some of them climbed up to the stone platform and talked and argued loudly, while others sat down and listened and applauded loudly.
Maybe the entrance was here, but now that the divine power was gone, Magellan was not sure if he would be able to open it.
In addition to the pulpit, there is also the temple, which is also very important to the Brahmins, many of the gods have extraordinary wisdom, and the entrance is placed near the temple, which also means that the powerful gods guard the books.
Magellan recalled the results of his searches in both places, where there were no obvious secret doors, and the possible mechanism was well hidden, at least not until he had found no clues.
Then he got up and walked towards the temple.