Chapter 16: The Seal of Wisdom
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As it was close to dinner time, Gonzalez agreed with Dante that he would have Link enchant the weapon the next day.
Looking at the top of the renovated yurt, Link remembered the inheritance he had placed inside, and hurriedly ran in to take a look, and the inheritance was well placed on the table.
"Is that what you mean by inheritance?" Gonzalez, who followed up, moved his gaze to the table, and Link was startled, "You can see that?"
"Of course, the golden cover looks like a high-grade hardcover. ”
Reification...... No, it's materialized!
Link picked up the book, the weight unchanged, and handed it to Gonzalez. "Try and see if you can touch it. ”
With the lesson of the previous soul energy, Gonzalez didn't dare to mess around again, he tentatively brought his hand closer, did not attack, and got closer, but still did not react. It wasn't until his fingertips touched it that he relieved himself and took it with peace of mind. Before Link let go, Gonzalez's body immediately bent down.
"What's wrong?"
"Pretty ...... Shen. "The reborn Gonzalez still chose a warrior this time, although he has not yet reached the peak of human **, but at the age of fifteen years and years of training, his muscle strength is not inferior to that of an adult soldier, and he was actually bent over by a book, which is so embarrassing.
"It's supposed to be a non-holder relationship, can you see if you can open it?"
Gonzalez turned the pages of the book as Link asked, and the thick cover seemed to be one with the page, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't open it.
"No, if you break it forcibly, I'm afraid it will be damaged. If I intensify the relics' own defenses, I'll be hurt again. Gonzalez didn't dare to push harder.
"You can't smash it with weapons and magic. Suddenly a voice came from behind and made both people in the room turn back at the same time, they both knew who the owner of the voice was, Girard, why did he come?
After the mage entered the account, he paid tribute to Gonzalez and Link Jaw, and even Gonzalez wondered. He is the Grand Duke, and it is normal for Girard to greet him, but Link ...... I hadn't seen Girard say that before I took him, did I have something I don't know?
"Congratulations on your breakthrough. "Of course, Girard didn't come to say hello, he actually came to ask Link about some personal questions. Due to the presence of the Grand Duke, I can only talk about some other topics first.
Link also happened to have something to ask Girard, "The water and ground here have been corroded, why haven't my qualifications been affected?" I mean, the so-called craftsman qualification is actually obtained by the recognition of the four elements, but I can only communicate with Gathos now. Since he has not been recognized by the other three gods, the qualifications of this master craftsman ......"
Girard knew what Link was trying to ask, "The Exiled Lands were built by the second generation of gods, not so much a copy. It's more like a projection, projecting the past Edgar into a certain space, removing some unnecessary areas, and only keeping important regions and members, like Master Dante, Commander Alex, etc., what you come into contact with in the exiled place is not a replica, but just an ontological projection of a certain period in the past. Actually, they are alone. It's just that like parallel time and space, time and fate have a twist at a certain point. The history you've been through has changed a bit. ”
"What do you mean...... Didn't what I did in vain?...... Frost's Fatbox" Before the words could be spoken, Link realized that he had lost his words. He immediately looked at Girard, and the mage looked surprised.
"If so, could you please tell me about your experience over there? Girard's already serious expression added some solemnity.
"I wonder what your so-called choice is?" Gonzalez stepped forward and asked his 'subjects' as archduke.
Girard didn't speak. But he pointed his finger upward.
Link instinctively followed Girard's gesture and glanced up, there was only heaven and ...... above Ah~ Is he talking about the choice of the gods? By the way, Edgar is allowed to change his faith, is Gilard going to jump ship from the goddess of magic?
Gonzalez didn't expect such an answer, and he pondered for a moment. Stepping aside means no more questions.
Girard opened a soundproof barrier that only he and Link could hear, "The difference between lifeweavers and ordinary time-travelers is whether they came to Edgar with the Mark of the Elect. After all, there are only a few people like me who have worked hard to climb to a high position, but the higher the rank, the more doubts I have in my heart. ”
Girard spoke to himself, and Link tried to interject several times, but was ultimately defeated by his cannonball-like words.
"I've heard about the Exiled Lands from other lifeweavers, and you call it a fantasy, a game of dreams, right?"
Link nodded, he knew Girard had something to say.
"There, you defeated Frost, or perhaps destroyed its immortal lifebox?"
Link continued to nod, thinking to himself that Girard was a self-taught and intelligent man, who had deduced it by himself with only a few bits and pieces.
"Please tell me about your experience over there, just tell me about the mage. Girard asked again. Before, he still used 'you', but after Link could sense the pillar, his tone also changed, and it became an honorific title for 'you'.
Link couldn't understand why Girard had changed so quickly. Neither the illusion nor the real world Dante had never changed his attitude because he knew he was a child of nature, so why did he suddenly change his deity? Could it be because the goddess of magic, Lorelai, was weakened and was about to be replaced by a new god?
Link, who felt that he was thinking too much, suddenly flashed in his mind the image of Bray drinking the source of magic power, and this almost intuitive feeling made Link suddenly realize that maybe he was not thinking too much. Lorelei was also promoted from a human to a god, and her appearance in the illusion has already made Link feel weird, all the gods who have been robbed of their soul energy by frost have more or less acted, but she has not. It was her silence after Lena became a lich that made everyone think that Lena was Frost. But if she now turns her default into self-care...... That makes sense. However, there are still many doubts. Even if Bray can replace Lorelei as the new god of magic, how can the time difference be explained? The time here is obviously earlier than the illusion, and since Bray has not become a god in the illusion, this place should also be ...... The real Edgar, Bray crossed the line of law in the last year of the Princes' Revolt. The time I was in in the illusion was the eleventh year of the Northern Campaign, and there was a gap of four years in between!
Link stepped out of Girard's soundproof barrier and asked Gonzalez if he remembered when the illusion was suddenly added.
"Four years ago. Gonzalez's answer validated Link's thoughts.
Sure enough, it was four years...... If the demon spirit and the soul energy in the two worlds are connected, then the power of faith must also be connected, otherwise those gods who have returned to the original world will not still draw a pitiful faith in the illusion. Other words...... The opportunity for Bray to become a god was created by me!
Be aware of this. Link walked back to the soundproof barrier and told Girard, who was patiently waiting for his answer, "I was summoned by Bray over there. ”
Girard's breath suddenly became short, "Are you sure?"
Link knew what he was asking would be questionable, only the Lifeweaver knew that there was a time lag between the two planes, and when he met Bray in the Illusion, the previous Great Sage here had crossed the line of law and became a third-generation god. The supreme law of the Yue Divine Spirit stipulates that the Divine Spirits can no longer stay in the material realm where mortal things live. Therefore, the gods dwell in the heavenly realm, which is why Girard pointed to the heavens, implying that his re-'choice' refers to the gods.
Gerard, who is also an Earth traveler, quickly accepts Link's 'time difference'. According to the literature, the God of Knowledge did summon the Children of Nature several times during his stay in the material realm, and because they were all gone, Hohenheim's relationship with the Natural Alliance was very stiff for a while, which coincided with Link's 'summoning'.
"And then?" "The ladder of heaven can only be ascended by mortal saints, how did Bray, who had been stranded in the mortal world for hundreds of years, get rid of the last boundary. Girard searched through the documents of the ** library and didn't find any records, but he didn't expect to find the answer in a lifeweaver from Earth.
"He sent me back to the end of the Golden Age to retrieve the untainted source of magic. In exchange, you can unlock the secret of Frost's identity. "The formation of frost does not exist in the real Edgar, and Link can only try to use words that will not mislead Girard.
"The source of magic!!" Girard's surprise was more than just his eyes widening. To the mage, it was the unpolluted pure energy of the Pillar of Water in ancient times, so it was no wonder that Bray could become a god...... "Wait! You brought back a source of magic that may not have been polluted? From the Golden Age?"
Link scratched his head, not knowing how to explain that the illusion wasn't like the real Edgar's side, where it was relatively easy...... Hmm? How do you think it's weird. Relatively easy to ......
"I see!" Link suddenly realized, no wonder he always felt that the experience in the illusion was like opening a golden finger, which was predetermined by the gods of nature. Go to the earth to find a person related to the fate of frost and cold, pull it into the fantasy world to hone it, and at the same time lay down layers of trials while breaking the life box. If you can really get through guò, bring it to the real Edgar to deal with Frost. If you can't resist temptation......
Thinking back to Bray's words, Link broke out in a cold sweat.
The ladder, the source of pure magic, Andrea's water mirror, and Bray drinking the liquid brought back from ancient times turned into gravel, these are all tests set by the gods, if he has a little bit of nostalgia or wants to be a god forever, I am afraid that if he is not an apostle of a god like now, I don't know what will happen to him.
Girard was extremely patient, and he waited quietly for Link to sort things out.
"Bray drank the source of pure magic I had brought back from the other side of time, and he weathered before my eyes like a mummy, turning into gravel, and with a breath of air, the wind blew and dispersed. Then, I went up the ladder back to the ground, like teleporting, and in the blink of an eye, I was back to where I had gone up the ladder. ”
"You...... Up there?" Girard's tone became even stranger, "What's the ladder like?"
"Hmm...... How to describe it, translucent, a bit like glass, so wide, it looks quite narrow, but after stepping on it, I feel that the spacing between each step is quite large, and it is difficult to walk. At that time, I went up with the power of the gods of nature, God revealed the direction, God knew the details, God now revealed the hidden ladder, and God fixed it and did not disappear. If it weren't for the power of the children of nature, I would not know where the road would be if I was alone, let alone going up. ”
Girard memorized Link's words word by word, lest he mishear them, "Who else was there at the time? With Hohenheim's relationship with the Natural Alliance, you can't break through to the commanding heights of the ladder without guidance." ”
"I don't need to be guided, the big barrier at the top opens a crack, and I got straight into it. It's the same when you leave. Speaking of guidance, Link remembered that there were two mages present at the time, "I don't know who the two people who answered me were, they didn't sign up, and I didn't ask." A man and a woman, dressed in blue and red robes. The appearance is about the same age as you, but I don't know how old you are. ”
Even Alex, who is a lot older, is still alive, and those two mages should be alive too, in Link's opinion, the lives of these so-called strong people are much more than ordinary people.
"Bard and Claire......" Girard's already thin eyes narrowed, there is no need to describe in detail, only the legendary mages of the two factions of conservative and radical factions can open the dome barrier, and under the sage, only the top decision-maker of the council can directly lead outsiders to the bottom of the ladder.
"What else do you want to ask?" Link glanced at Gonzalez. Seeing him bow his head and concentrate on studying the inheritance that had been placed on the carpet, he asked Girard.
"I want to inherit the seal of wisdom from you. Girard bowed slightly, "In return, I'll explain to you why you're not affected by the corroded columns. ”
"The Seal of Wisdom, I don't have the thing you said. As for the question I just asked you, I've figured it out. Link was pretty sure he hadn't gotten anything other than Lena's Treasure of Destiny after his meeting with Bray, and although he hadn't looked in the mirror when he came here, he was able to make sure that there weren't any strange marks or marks on his face through the reflection of the water.
Link said he figured it out, causing Girard's expression to froze, and then he flirted with the back of his left hand as if nothing had happened. Link looked down and drank!When did you have such a thing?!There was an azure-colored eye mark on the back of his hand. It's a bit like the Eye of God on Earth, but it's less elaborate, and it's more like the Eye of Horus in ancient Egypt.
Link remembers that the Great 6 records that Brae took the Seal of Wisdom as a holy emblem after his ascension, and that those who held this seal could freely enter and leave Hohenheim, which only accepted mages.
Unable to make up his mind for a moment, Link stepped out of the soundproof barrier again and asked Gonzalez for advice. Girard couldn't hear what was being said anyway. As long as you have your back to him, you can avoid being lip-read.
"Seal of Wisdom?" Gonzalez remembered very well, there was no mark when his hand was injured by Link's soul energy, Link held the soul energy in both hands, and there was nothing on the back of his hand. Link then reached for the already shaped, Stormrage...... Gonzalez wasn't sure. Because Storm Fury was constantly shooting lightning, he wasn't sure if the back of Link's hand was smooth at that time.
"If he just wants to inherit the qualifications, you can satisfy him. Gonzalez also turned his back, "Girard has a bad reputation, but he is a master-level magister, and I don't want you to offend him unless absolutely necessary." What's more, the inheritance qualification is just a simple guide, and it won't do any damage to you, and one more friend is better than one more enemy. ”
Since this is the case, of course Link will not refuse, he returns to the soundproof barrier again, "How to inherit? ”
Girard held out his hand and motioned for Link to hand him the left hand with the seal of wisdom on it. After doing so, Girard placed the back of his hand on his forehead. A few seconds, more than ten seconds, and a minute passed, and it was so long that Link turned around and cast a look at Gonzalez for help, and suddenly, the back of his hand was hot, and Link turned around, and saw a cyan light coming out of the back of his hand, and a majestic aura instantly rose in the entire yurt, this kind of power Link was too familiar, divine power.
The blue light flickered for a few seconds before it subsided, and Girard looked up, and there was already an identical mark on his forehead, but the color was not as dark as Link's hand. He bowed to Link again, this time more widely, "Bray asked me to thank you on his behalf." ”
Now it was Link's turn to be dumbfounded. So, that's a change of faith? It's too easy, isn't it?
Saying that he had something to leave first, Girard left.
Gonzalez walked over, "Did you notice, he called God by name?" ”
Link looked at him, waiting for the following.
Only the believer is qualified to call God by name, and he has converted to become a believer in the God of knowledge. ”
"Isn't it true that many mages have this mark of erudition?" The change in tone was only out of respect for the identity of the children of nature, and when Bray himself confirmed that the absurd and bizarre experiences that Link had said were true, Girard was truly in awe.
"Have you solved your doubts?" Gonzalez had been secretly observing, Girard spoke very little, most of the time it was Link, and judging by the shape of his mouth, he barely said the answer that Link wanted.
"Unraveled. "Link has indeed solved the reason why the pillars of water and earth are corroded, but he can still use the power he gained in the illusion. The two worlds are connected, and Link has obtained the power of the unpolluted Andrea and Isol in the past, and the real purpose of the cooperation between the gods of nature and the second generation of gods is this, Gasos and Kaogo enter the illusion with a piece of the energy they have preserved, unpolluted Andrea and Isol, where they select people who are closely related to the fate of Frost and can withstand the test, destroy the life box and bring back the real Edgar, only in this way, can they get rid of the influence of not being polluted by the two pillars. (To be continued!)