Chapter 593: Meaning of Heraldry
"Aha......" The tutor's smile was a bit beyond Su Ze's expectations, "I just heard that the commander of the Quasi-Dragon Legion is wise and powerful, wise and brave, but I didn't expect that I could even take out the soul spar, which really makes us teachers of the soul research department ashamed!"
After laughing, the tutor looked left and right to make sure that this conversation would not be heard by other students, and then said solemnly: "The question about these coats of arms is indeed beyond the program, but in view of your noble status, I am willing to talk to you on the premise that you promise that you will never publicize it to the public." ”
Su Ze turned his head without a trace and looked at Li Shasha, who was holding Qiuqiu and chatting happily with Zhang Lu, Lu Xi and others, and then turned around and said, "No problem, you can say it." ”
"Good. The tutor nodded, and said reassuringly: "Our Soul Research Department is committed to studying the composition, decomposition, and regeneration of Horcruxes and soul crystals, but it is a shame to say that this discipline has been established for more than three hundred years, but there are very few research results. ”
"Not every Horcrux has these peculiar coats of arms, but the Horcruxes engraved with similar coats of arms are not the only ones in the Black Prince's Holy Crown. The Soul Research Department has the most valuable Horcruxes and soul crystals in the country, and after careful comparison, we can almost confirm that the coat of arms on the Horcrux and the coat of arms in the soul spar are the same type of pattern, and it is very likely to be the text of the gods or demons. ”
"The Horcrux classification that I just talked about in class is naturally the result of very rigorous testing. However, we test these Horcruxes, not to test the soul power contained in them, but to test the meaning of the coat of arms on the Horcruxes. As he spoke, the mentor stretched out his hand and pointed to the largest ruby on the "Black Prince's Sacred Crown" in the glass display case, "Not all royal Horcruxes have coats of arms, but the coats of arms on royal Horcruxes are all this one pattern. Of course, jewelry-level, costume-level, and weapon-level Horcruxes are all the same, different levels of Horcruxes have different coats of arms engraved, but the same level of Horcruxes, the coats of arms are similar. ”
Su Ze thought while listening, frowned and asked, "You mean, these coats of arms are used by the gods and demons to divide the level of Horcruxes?"
"Yes, but not entirely. The mentor said unhurriedly: "According to our speculation, the earliest Horcruxes did not have the concept of distinguishing items such as jewelry, clothing, and weapons, so we need to use lettering to determine what is high and what is low. Then, with the development of the Horcrux production process of the gods and demons, they gradually began to make different levels of Horcruxes according to the status of the Horcrux user, thus eliminating the need to engrave the coat of arms on the Horcrux. ”
"The horcruxes of the god king and the demon king should be the best, so the known king-level horcruxes are crowns and scepters; the horcruxes of the queen and princess are second only to the former, so the horcruxes of the second echelon are all jewelry; the horcruxes of the nobles are one level lower than the royal family, and the men correspond to clothes, pants, cloaks, and women's correspond to long skirts and handkerchiefs......"
Hearing this, Su Ze finally suddenly realized, and couldn't help but interrupt: "This can explain why weapon-level Horcruxes are ranked after the costume level." Because the weapon corresponded to the soldier, and the status of the soldier was lower than that of the nobility. ”
"Hahahaha, if the Quasi-Dragoon Legion Elder devotes himself to the research work of the Soul Research Department, he will definitely make great achievements in the future. Su Ze's spirit of learning by drawing inferences from others made the tutor very pleased, and only after praising it did he add: "Your conclusion is the same as ours, but more rigorously, the reason why we determined that costume-level Horcruxes correspond to nobles, and weapon-grade Horcruxes correspond to soldiers, is because among the known Horcruxes, armor-type Horcruxes have never been found. I think that the craftsmen of the gods and demons are also trying to avoid using armor that can be summarized as clothing as a carrier of Horcruxes. ”
After listening to the tutor's supplementary explanation, Su Ze suddenly felt a little ashamed of his behavior of interrupting the former's speech just now, so he nodded and asked for advice: "I didn't expect the Soul Research Department to have studied the Horcruxes so thoroughly, so I don't know what the mentor has to think about the soul crystal?"
Speaking of soul spars, the mentor hurriedly waved his hand and said helplessly: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, the soul research department may not know more about soul spars than you do." The base of Horcruxes is huge, and there is the endorsement of the Empire, and when we are doing research, we don't know how many Horcruxes have been calamified just by pouring water on fire and roasting, cutting knives and axes and saws. The royal family's requirements for us are also simple, as long as the royal power-level Horcruxes are not touched, and the jewelry-level Horcruxes are less moved, the rest will be with us. But the preciousness of the soul spar is completely different, whoever dares to spoil a soul spar, the royal family will dare to kill him by the same means. So today, our research on soul crystals is only on the surface, and we can at least tell you that humans can't make them, and soul crystals can only ...... Hi, you get the idea. ”
Judging from the degree of caution with which the Siegfried family treated the soul crystals, Su Ze had already rediscovered the preciousness of these "ambers". So after listening to his mentor's words, he couldn't help but smile knowingly, and then asked, "So, regarding the 'surface research' of the soul crystal, is there any progress in the soul research department?"
"It's not modest to say that there has been a bit of progress. The mentor smiled: "After we carefully compared all the soul crystals in the soul crystal exhibition hall, we found that whether it was a black or white soul crystal, the coats of arms in it were repeated to varying degrees. According to statistics, there are a total of eighteen different types of crests in the existing soul crystals in our country, and each crest corresponds to the only one that only targets the buff effect of demons. Based on this, we also compiled the first "Soul Spar Illustrated Book" in the mainland. ”
As he spoke, the mentor pointed to the soul spar in Su Ze's hand, "As the mentor of the Soul Research Division, you must be familiar with the coat of arms and effects of each soul spar. This soul stone of yours is a human language stone, which can make the demon speak. If I'm not mistaken, your hairball must have eaten the human language stone, right?"
Seeing Su Ze nodding silently, the tutor also seemed a little more confident, "The research of the Seven Great Empires on soul spars is only superficial, especially about the classification of soul spars, the latest results are basically written in the "Soul Spar Illustrated Book", if you are interested, you may wish to go to the college library of the history department to borrow it in advance." ”
"If you have time, definitely. Su Ze nodded in agreement, and at the same time took the soul spar back to the soul house, and then asked his ultimate question again: "After talking so much about heraldry, the mentor hasn't told me yet, are the gods and demons really extinct?"
The mentor originally didn't intend to fool Su Ze, but when he heard this question again, he couldn't help but put away the smile on his face, and then leaned on the display case and said, "This question, six hundred years ago, the Samone Continent had already reached a consensus. According to academic needs, professors of many subjects in the Department of History have to visit many inaccessible ancient sites in person, and no evidence of the survival of the gods and demons has been found for hundreds of years. ”
"But......" The tutor was silent for a moment, as if hesitating whether he should say the latter words. In the end, he finally whispered under Su Ze's gaze: "In fact, many scholars in the Soul Research Department have the same idea as you, and if we can't understand the ruins and the birth of the soul spar for a day, we can't rule out any possibility for a day. What do you want me to say...... Perhaps, the gods and demons are not extinct, or perhaps, they are recuperating somewhere, waiting to subvert everything for us. ”