086, the Suffering of Moses
Some things can be big or small, and no one will investigate if they don't poke them out, but if Amon must bite this flaw and hold on, it will not be a good thing to involve the dignity of the gods. If the temple of Isis had been disturbed, and the Holy Maiden, who had just taken power, needed to take advantage of people, such an excuse could already be punished with the most severe punishment.
Blanca couldn't sit still, so he quickly stood up and grabbed Amun's sleeve and begged: "Sir, I sincerely ask for your forgiveness, please don't care about Takeo's unintentional slip of the tongue, just ask for anything." ”
Amon finally smiled, waved his hand and said, "Let's all sit down and talk, in fact, I don't have any other requirements, all the adults here are loyal to their duties, and I don't want to make trouble for nothing, I just hope that my people can be treated better." ”
Blanca quietly wiped his sweat, pulled John up and sat down to toast Amon together, and said in a promising tone: "Please rest assured, such a thing will never happen again today, within the scope of my authority, I will try to take care of those miners, they are indeed important to He Lieshan, and they should be treated preferentially." ”
Amon asked again: "I was a little injured today, I need to recuperate here for a few days, and the Holy Maiden has given me a month, so I am not in a hurry to complete my mission." During this time, I hope to be able to meet my people and ask them about their experiences and experiences.
John nodded, "Convenient, of course, as long as you don't take them away, nothing else matters here." ”
...... That night, Amon was upstairs in his bedroom looking thoughtfully out the window while reading the art of war. It was a full moon night, and the outline of the moon hung over the ridge in the distance, and even the shadows in the light were so clear. He Lieshan in the moonlight has a faint smell of fireworks and restlessness, just like the smell of Duke Town a long time ago.
Amon seemed to be waiting for someone, and when the moonlight shone into the window, the guard outside the door reported: "Mr. Amon, someone asks to see you!"
Amon smiled and said in a loud voice through the door, "Is it Captain John's Guard, please come in, I've been waiting for a long time." ”
It was really John, and he came in the door to apologize for disturbing the rest so late. Amon smiled and said, "The captain of the guard is visiting alone at night, there must be some personal requests, so if you have anything to say, just say it." ”
John said, "First of all, thank you for not hurting me in the duel and forgiving me for my unintentional mistakes. Actually, I regretted it, but I was in an irrepressible state of irritability. ”
Amon nodded: "I can see that you at that time and you are like two people now, if you are always so irritable and impulsive, it is impossible to have a sixth-level physical skill achievement." Is this what came to me today?"
John opened his mouth and said with some surprise, "Mr. Amon, you are so amazing! Yes, that's the way it is, I've always had an irrepressible restlessness in my soul, and sometimes I even lose my mind and just want to vent my strength. I try to be restrained, but it's always hard to avoid. You don't know what I've been through, do you?"
John was born into a noble family in Monfils, and his uncle was now the head of the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department of Monfils, and his position was very prominent. At the age of sixteen, he was taken to the temple and underwent a ritual of awakening power, but it was the power in his blood, and he became a samurai, with the best instructors to teach him physical arts and various martial arts.
He regretted not becoming a theorcerer, and for a long time asked himself in his heart whether it was the gods who had rejected him, and why the gods had not given him a chance for this noble soul? His grandfather had been a great theorcerer, the honorary high priest of the Temple of Isis, and John had always been proud.
In this case, he was determined to become the best samurai, but after awakening the power in his bloodline, with the progress of his physical skills, his soul became more and more irritable and irritable, and he was always impulsive because of a little thing, although he regretted it afterwards, but at that time he just couldn't hold it down and was in a state of loss of control.
Two years ago, in the Monfilth family's academy, over a dispute over who a girl should drink with, he lost his aristocratic demeanor and injured a colleague and the owner of the academy. When he returned home, he was still angry, and he accidentally wounded his wife. His wife, from another aristocratic family in the city of Meffils, left him in anger and went back to her parents' home. He was also punished, and his family sent him to Ho Lie Mountain, hoping to sharpen his temper in this desolate place.
John freely admits that his life at Horeb was depressing, and that this desolate place made his state of mind even more desolate, and that his prayers to the gods were not truly appeased. When he was drinking a few days ago, he heard that Amon was not a nobleman, but he came from high to inspect Mount Holie, and he was not happy. This afternoon, when I saw someone accidentally destroying a divine stone while mining cores, my anger immediately surged, and I couldn't suppress the whip and whip people.
This has been the case more than once in Horeshan Mountain, not only slaves and craftsmen, but also many of his subordinate guards have been whipped by him. It seems that this kind of venting can soothe emotions, but it means more difficult to suppress restlessness.
John concluded, "When your mine hammer struck me today, the strange impact seemed to shake away my strength, and my mind calmed down in that instant. You were also enraged by me at the time, and if I were you, it would have been difficult to control it so perfectly, and it didn't hurt anyone in the slightest.
Is this the miner's skill in Duk Town, how does it control the power, it can knock such a hard ore core into powder, but it can leave the divine stone intact, there must be a unique mystery in it. And the blow you gave me today suppressed my restlessness, so I came to ask you for advice, is there any way to help me?"
Amon listened and listened, and gradually frowned, he had this feeling before, that was when he had just been awakened to the power of two sides of one body, and at the same time awakened the ** and restlessness of two sides of one body. I remember that at that time in Duke Town, he always wanted to find someone to beat him, but after passing the test, this restlessness disappeared and did not last forever.
John's situation is peculiar, this restlessness is forcibly suppressed, but it never disappears, and grows stronger and stronger as his power increases. He is a warrior, and he has already achieved the sixth level, so he naturally has to pass all kinds of tests, but no one has systematically summarized what the clear test is in the cultivation of physical arts, so he doesn't understand the situation he is facing, but fortunately, the person who asked today is Amon.
Since he asked, Amon will definitely try to help him, not to mention that his own people are still in Horemont, as long as Amon leaves, the situation of Moses and the others will depend on the faces of John and Blanca. He looked out the window and muttered, "John, is there a pattern of changes in your impulsive emotions?"
John thought for a moment and replied, "Yes, the stronger my strength, the stronger this agitation becomes. On the other hand, it has a cyclical surname, which seems to occur with the waxing and waning of the moon, and today is the night of the full moon, and the restlessness is most pronounced. I prayed to the goddess of the moonlight, but it didn't seem to work. ”
Amon turned and sat down, looked at John and said, "You may be awakened not only by the power of faith, but also by the restlessness that lurks in the soul, which is like two sides of the same coin. The power of mania will also awaken, but you don't know how to deal with it, it comes from doubt and anxiety in the soul. You have ** never been satisfied and can't let go, but you don't even realize it, and the devil is gradually hidden in your heart, but you can't see it.
It's all just my judgment, and I don't know if it's right or not. But I have a feeling that when you are impulsive, you will be strong, but then you will become weaker, and now you are weaker than you were at noon. If you go on like this, it's a disservice to others, to yourself, and you don't know where you're going to fall. ”
Hearing this, John stood up involuntarily, knelt down again, and nodded again and again: "You are so right, I can't describe it so clearly! Sometimes I always feel that everything around me can't get along with me, but with my strength, I can't break through this shackle, and only the moment I give up my reason will I feel more relaxed." The effect of your hammer today is so obvious, there must be a way to teach me how to solve it, please!"
Amon stretched out his hand to help him up, pressed him back into his chair and said, "I may not be able to help you, and I can't always stay by your side and give you a hammer every time you are irritable." But I can try a method, and it also comes from the miners' skills in Duketown. If you want to learn, you have to keep it a secret, and I won't have to explain why. ”
John nodded, "Of course, everything is up to you, I can't describe my gratitude!"
Amon pointed to the sky outside the window and said, "Your restlessness is affected by the environment, so I suggest that you face it well, and look up at the starry sky to maybe get inner peace." You have to have a strong belief, whether it comes from faith or not, to see clearly what you are looking for, to find a state of clarity, to know what you are going to overcome. ”
John said blankly, "Look at the stars?"
Amon smiled and shook his head: "It is to close your eyes, look up at the starry sky in your heart, release the feelings of your soul, and then slowly retract it, just like facing the pious prayer of the gods." Let the power naturally accompany the mind, not be controlled by it, so that you can really calm down, maybe it works or it doesn't, I suggest you try. ”
Amon taught John a prayer in detail, close to divine meditation but hardly a divine technique, and it took a long time for the warrior to fully understand what to do. Amon himself was not sure, and if John succeeded, it would confirm his suspicions. If the restlessness of ** goes astray, what will happen if the mind is controlled by power, just look at John.
In the future, when teaching the power of one and two sides, Amon should also be careful to avoid the situation of John in the inheritance. But he didn't tell John that this was actually a way of meditation to cultivate the power of two sides of oneness, let alone that he was a magician. Even if anyone knew what he had taught John, it was the sophistication of the miners' skills in Ductown, and there was nothing wrong with it.
When it was light, John left with a thousand thanks, and Amon was relieved. At least he knew that Moses and the others would not be subjected to too much abuse in Horebshan in the future. Although they still had to serve Pharaoh Eju, it was good to know their whereabouts, and as for how to get people out, Amun had no choice, so he asked Moses and others about their experiences first.
The next day, Amun ordered Moses to be taken to his room for questioning alone. I think that Moses was the young master of the mayor of Dasty Town, and he was white and chubby, but now he has become black and thin, which makes people feel sad to look at. As soon as Moses entered the door, he saluted Amon and said, "My lord, thank you for saving me yesterday, are you really a miner from Duk Town?"
Amon pulled him up: "Moses, don't you know me? The last time we met was three years ago, I am Amun, have you forgotten?"
Moses looked at Amon in a daze for a long time, then suddenly burst into tears, hugged him and said, "Yes, you are Amun, the son of an old drunkard! Your appearance has completely changed, I dare not recognize you, I heard them mention your name yesterday, but I can't believe it anyway, but your skill in opening the mine core is real! Amon, the town of Duk is gone, and everyone is gone! How did you appear here and become an envoy of the Temple of Isis?"
Amon stretched out his hand to wipe away Moses' tears and asked, "Don't you know that I was banished from Duk before the flood?"
Moses was surprised, "Is there such a thing?" When Amon was sent by Mayor Dasty to hunt down the evil archsoric Bell in the mountains, Moses was not in Duk Town, he was sent by his father to the city-state of Syria to study the gods and various texts, and he did not know what happened in Duk Town. Later, a great flood engulfed his hometown, and no one told him about it anymore.
Amon sighed, "I mined a Tear of the Gods, but it was taken on the spot by Lord Rod Dirk's entourage, so I will be severely punished by the kingdom, and your father has found an excuse to drive me out of Duk Town, both as exile and as a protection." My story is too long, tell me how you got to Ho Lie Mountain?"
Moses' eyes turned red again, and after sitting down, he told the story of the suffering of the survivors of Duk Town, who was raised by Dusty as his heir, and he was the only one in the entire town of Duk who was qualified to send his son to the city-state of Syria to study. Although Dusty was only a mayor, he was not low in status and rich enough, and bought a manor house in the city-state of Syria for Moses to live in. He likes this son very much, but he is not too arrogant, and he is very strict.
Moses was two years older than Amun, nineteen years old, and when he turned sixteen, Dusty took him to the temple of Muyun to be blessed and began to learn the miners' trades in Duk. Although Moses did not need to mine the sacred stone himself, as the future steward of Duk Town, he must master this skill that has been passed down from generation to generation. Dusty, as the chief priest of Durke, was also the presiding officer of the blessing ceremony, which was to be passed on to Moses in the future.
Dusty's estate in the city-state of Syria was not only the residence of Moses, but also the base of residence for the townspeople of Duc. The kingdom decreed that the registered miners of Duk Town were not allowed to leave without permission, but just before the Great Flood, Dusty sent people to the city-state to deliver the taxes due and purchase the necessities of life in the town, and sent dozens of young and able-bodied miners.
After these people had finished their official duties, they stayed in Dasty's manor, and by the way, they also brought some things to Master Moses, and before they could set off to return to Duketown, it began to rain heavily in the Blackfire Jungle. The post road was cut off, and they remained in the city-state, becoming another group of survivors besides Amun. Moses' slaves were also from the town of Duke, and there were more than sixty of them in total.
The great sorcerer Geret commanded the army and the people to unite the city, and finally saved the city-state of Syria in the flood, and after the flood, the town of Duk no longer existed, and Moses and of course they could not return. Soon after, rumors spread that the townspeople of Duk had violated the oracle of the Patronus and were punished by the gods, causing the flood.
They are people who are rejected by the gods and bring disaster. The god Enriel punished the town of Duk and blessed the people with a flood that washed the land. This rumor is terrible, and the Syrian people, who have just experienced a catastrophe, are hostile to the remnants of Duk Town, and there have even been several sieges and attacks on the manor.
The miners of Duk Town, who were strong and not easy to mess with, took up arms to protect the manor, and eventually a bloody conflict broke out, and some troublemakers were killed in the brawl. The miners were acting in self-defense, and from the perspective of the city-state's laws, the governor had no reason to punish him, but the angry people could not forgive the miners for their murder.
Almost every day, people gathered outside the manor and shouted, "Kill them, in the name of the gods!" There were always people who tried to storm the manor and attack Moses and the others, and the friction continued, and even the guards in the city-state could not suppress it.
Moses and other remnants of Duc have become the target of public criticism, and even the shops in the city-state are reluctant to sell anything to them, and when the food stored in the manor is eaten, they can barely survive. At that time, Ge Lie was not in the city of Syria, and the great magician had already returned to the royal capital to close his door and concentrate on cultivation.
But before leaving, Goret seemed to anticipate this situation, and specially instructed his disciple, the acting high priest Wallette, to take care of Moses and others. Seeing that it was out of control, Wallette entered the manor with the temple guards and found Moses. Under the circumstances, it was impossible for Moses and the others to stay in the city-state of Syria, and Wallette asked him where he wanted to go.
The miners had never traveled far and had nowhere to go, of course, and Moses was only an eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy who had never been anywhere else but the town of Duc and the city-state of Syria, and he thought for a long time only Rod Dick. The lord of the city-state of Cape Ejuhai once had a good relationship with his father, but he had no choice but to seek refuge in the city-state of Cape.
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(To be continued)