082. The Fusion of Beliefs
Gabriel explained, "I didn't realize it at the time, to be exact. It was five years ago when I was sent on a mission to slay the mutant monsters that often plagued the village in the mountains. The situation was so dangerous that I was told privately that a certain priest wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to get rid of me, and therefore suggested that I be sent on that mission. The kind people advised me not to take risks, to be more careful, and only kill a few ordinary monsters on the edge of the mountain and come back to my life.
When I got there, I realized that this was the case, and that I shouldn't have been sent just a sixth-level warrior. But I saw in the countryside the villagers who were attacked by monsters, the lonely widows and children weeping before me, their fathers and husbands dying at the hands of the monsters, and saw me as messengers of the gods, all their hopes.
I prayed in the humble temple, and the idol did not speak but looked at me. At that time, I closed my eyes and listened to the voice from my heart, what was the meaning of accepting this mission, what was the vow I made to become a samurai, I didn't come here because I was framed, I didn't do anything to avoid being framed, and my heart was finally at peace.
The next day, I walked into the mountains with my sword, and it took seven days and seven nights before I came out and slew the thirteen mutated monsters that attacked the villagers, for the mission I had shouldered, for the oath I had made for myself. I know why I was sent, but now that I'm here, I need to be clear about what I'm really looking for, and I'm not going to kill those mutated monsters for the sake of some priest in the temple.
I am from an aristocratic background, and I have passed the second awakening of power before this, and I can cultivate low-level divine arts, although I am not as profound as a specialized divine magician, but the basic meditation of divine arts has always been my most focused cultivation. On the night I returned to the village, I suddenly felt a sense of relief in the silence, and from then on, I had attained the rank seven achievement and became a great samurai. This was not expected in advance, so I forgot because I didn't think about it at all. ”
Amon involuntarily leaned forward and leaned closer and asked, "Can you explain the sense of relief more clearly?"
Gabriel smiled bitterly: "My eloquence is not very good, I can't describe it exactly, or a sense of integration, what I want and what I do, my soul and my will, my yearning and my path, my strength and my spirit, all merge without difference." This is a completely different experience from a sixth-level samurai, and if one day you have this kind of achievement, you will be able to understand it clearly. ”
...... After returning from Gabriel, Amon thought for days. The Great Samurai said that she didn't know how she became the Great Samurai, but she told Amon about the breakthrough, which was also a very important inspiration. Amon had a feeling that this breakthrough was very similar to the test of cultivating divine arts, "the fusion of faith". Before Mary became a great magician, the books she read were hymns written by saints two hundred years ago, not magical secrets.
It seems that whether it is physical art or divine art, if you want to have a seventh-level achievement, in addition to hard cultivation, the more important thing is probably the breakthrough of the soul. In Gabriel's words, Amun repeatedly asked himself whether his desires and his actions, his soul and his will, his yearning and his path, his strength and his spirit were integrated.
After thinking about it, Amon felt that he hadn't done it, not because he didn't want to, but because his experience and kung fu hadn't reached that point. It's like painting a picture, not only can you outline all the outlines in your mind, but you also need to be able to draw the pen to achieve perfect consistency with the outline in your heart.
Since Gabriel said that he had forgotten, Amon didn't deliberately think about it, but honestly cultivated sixth-level physical and divine techniques. With the sixth-level physical achievement, the awakened power in the bloodline is not only stronger, but also able to stimulate the resonance fluctuations of energy from the inside out, although this can be done by Amon before, but now he is more comfortable using it.
What does this mean? A samurai can also fight against divine magic! The effect of divine magic is nothing more than a communication and transformation of energy, and absolute power can still compete with it, especially in close combat.
A sixth-level magician can cultivate high-level divine arts, which means that he can master rules that he did not understand before, and Amon first cultivated a very difficult spatial divine technique. If you change to a magician, you may choose a powerful one that is easier to start with, such as the fire elemental magic. At this time, Amon was not inexperienced, he had read enough classics and knew how to get started more easily, but he still chose what he wanted to do the most.
If the four special Divine Stones and the Tears of the Gods were embedded in the Iron Branch, they might be comparable to the Staff of the Holy Maiden, but Amon did not, and he didn't want to use the Tears of the Gods in the city of Memphels in case something unexpected happened. That bone is his best staff at the moment, but it is a little inconvenient, that is, it is too heavy, and only mastering the high-level spatial magic can solve this problem.
It was too convenient for a magician to have a spatial artifact that he could use freely, and without that bone, Amon would have died several times. The old madman probably didn't expect Amon to get Osiris's ribs, but he prepared a space magic weapon for Amon in advance, which was the refined Wind Charm Dance.
The Wind Charm Dance itself is worth three hundred divine stones, which is already a treasure in the world, and it is difficult to measure how much it is worth after being made into a space magic weapon by the top artifact masters on the mainland, because it is almost impossible for a magician who owns this kind of thing to sell it.
It took Amon three months to initially master the high-level spatial magic arts, and finally opened the magic space in the Wind Charm Dance. He was only a sixth-level magician, and he couldn't play many of the mysterious functions of space magic weapons, so he could only load or take things.
The space that can be used by the space magic weapon is also related to the user's divine cultivation, the higher the realm, the greater the space that can be used, but the magic weapon itself also has a limit. Amon couldn't open the magical space in the Wind Dance to the limit now, but it was enough for him to fit everything he had with him.
At this time, he was completely aware that there was also a difference in the grade of the space magic weapon, and the Wind Charm Dance left by the old madman was of a higher grade than the space ring left by Nero, and if it was that ring, it would only be opened by a great magician. Of course, the higher grade is the bone, which Amon opened when he had a third-level achievement.
There is also a rule for space magic weapons, an artifact that opens up space cannot be put into another space magic weapon. For example, if Amon opens the space of the Wind Charm Dance and loads things, he can't put this divine stone into Nero's spatial ring, and vice versa, because the divine space cannot be extended and stacked infinitely.
But Amon then discovered another miraculous thing, the bone was not subject to such rules, and he could still put the Wind Charm Dance into the bone!
After consulting the precious texts in the archives of the highest standard, Amun truly realized that this kind of thing could not be called an ordinary artifact of divine magic, it was called a holy object or an artifact. An artifact can be transformed by the mana of a great magician, which means that if it is a space artifact, the space can theoretically be infinite, but in practice the space that can be expanded is limited by the user's mana.
At the beginning, Amon unfolded the bones into an invisible ship, which was the smallest form that this space artifact could unfold, and now Amon's space to unfold the bones is still so large, it seems that if he wants to stimulate more changes in this artifact, his ability is not enough.
When Amon has mastered the high-level spatial magic technique, he no longer feels heavy when he picks up the bones full of things or the Wind Charm Dance. This can be described as a kind of "letting go", in the past, he was equivalent to lifting a heavy object, but when he cast a high-level space magic technique, it was equivalent to putting a heavy object on the ground, and the weight was still there, but it was borne by the earth.
This description may not be accurate, because it is another space opened up by divine magic.
Amon inexplicably had an idea, what if such a magical space was not expanded with space artifacts, but if it was to create a vast and stable space with spatial magic? Bell had closed a space when he was dying, and it was not opened by Amon until thirty years later, but it was not what another reading space looked like.
Maybe only a god can do it, Amun once entered the underworld of the Anunnaqi God Domain, is it such a space? Amon can only guess that it is too early to confirm this question.
At noon on the second day after Amon mastered the first high-level divine art, a subordinate reported that someone outside the temple was looking for him. Ordinary people can't enter and leave the Temple of Isis at will, but fortunately, Amon is now the captain of the guard and has a good status, and someone will report it. Amon walked out of a small door to the west of the temple complex and was surprised to see Medanzo.
The warrior of the royal capital of Baron had now regained his aristocratic status, and although he was dressed as an ordinary commoner, he could not hide his radiant vitality, and he looked handsome and hearty, and he showed a happy expression when he saw Amun.
Before Medanzo could speak, Amon walked up quickly and pulled him out of the temple, turning into a remote alley before asking in a low voice, "Didn't you make an appointment to meet in Link's tribe, how did you come to Monfils, and how did you find me?"
Medanzo grabbed him by the arm and said, "My God, your deeds have reached Barron, and I have come to see you after hearing about it." You're now the captain of the guard at the Temple of Isis, do you still have time to go to Link's tribe?"
Amon was stunned: "What deeds do I have, how did it reach Barron, and how did you hear about it, tell me carefully." ...... Don't talk here, where do you live?"
Medanzo: "I live in the house of Theo, the merchant of Monfils, and I am very welcoming. ”
Amon was stunned again: "Theo, how did you know him and live in someone's house again?"
It's a long story, Medanzo explained as he walked, and Amon heard a rough idea. Theo is a merchant, and there is also a trading house in the city-state of the headland, mainly engaged in the trade of goods and goods between the kingdom of Barun, some time ago he had a caravan to go to the city-state of Uruk, because the goods are very valuable, Xio went there again in person, and spent a lot of money to hire enough bodyguards.
He had a big deal to do with Lescot Lee, a merchant from the city-state of Uruk, and stayed at Lescott Lee's house, and when Lescott Lee asked him why he hadn't come in person for so long, Theo sighed while drinking, "Brother, I almost died last time I left you!"
Theo recounts his encounter in the desert with the help of a convoy of bandits, but only he and Isolt survive and are rescued by a samurai. The samurai's name was Amon and he also knew Lescott Lee. He didn't mention that the bandit was the night wolf, but the experience was really thrilling.
Theo then starts bragging, as he befriends an amazing hero and becomes a friend of life and death in distress.
Amon is a sixth-level warrior, and he is only a little close to becoming a seventh-level great warrior! He obtained the staff of the chief priest of the cape and a large number of precious treasures in the deep mountains, and returned them all the way, and the lord of the city-state of the cape and the great magician thanked and praised him, and he was even appreciated by the Holy Maiden to become the glorious warrior of the Temple of Isis.
Then he asked, "Have you heard, something happened in the city of Memphels before I came, and at the Goddess Isis's Blessing Ceremony, there were assassins who dared to assassinate the Holy Maiden......"
As soon as he said this, Lescott Lee hurriedly stretched out his hand to interrupt him, ordered all the servants around him to retreat, and said in a low voice: "Brother Theo, the assassination of the saint girl in your place is a taboo topic in the city-state of Uruk, don't talk nonsense if you drink too much outside, otherwise you won't know what's going on if you're beaten up for no reason!"
Theo was taken aback and asked puzzled, "What does this have to do with the city-state of Uruk?"
Lescot Lee sighed and said, "This matter has already spread, haven't you heard the discussion?" Many people speculate that the person who has this ability and courage on the mainland is probably our city lord Gilgamesh and his brother Lord Enqidu. These two adults are heroes who stand up to the heavens and the earth, and they are admired by all the people here, how can they stand such unwarranted suspicion, even the people of Uruk City feel that it is an insult. ”
Theo let out a sigh: "I see, thank you for reminding me, I must not dare to talk nonsense here." ”
Lescot Lee continued, "It's okay to talk to me alone here, but why did this matter get involved with Amon again?"
Theo's expression turned smug again: "It was my friend Amon who was the first to spot the assassin and rushed to fight the assassin and stop the assassination...... Later, he was rewarded by the Lord of Monfils and the High Priest of the Temple, and promoted to the rank of Captain of the Guard. ”
Lescott-Lee asked incredulously, "Is it the captain of the guard of the entire Temple of Isis, and there are more than a dozen great warriors in the Temple of Isis...... It was Amon who prevented the assassination, didn't it mean that several great magicians and great warriors failed to catch the assassin?
Theo explained with some reluctance: "Of course it's not the captain of the entire temple of Isis, that's the position of Lord Dragon, and Amon is the captain of the guard of the archive, which is already very noble...... Of course, Amon was not alone in stopping the assassination, but he was the first to stop the assassins. He is my savior and good friend, and his glory is also my glory, I don't know how many people envy me!"
Amon was not only Theo's lifesaver, but also saved Lescott Lee. As far as Lescott Lee knew, Amon was a magician, how did he come to Monfils and become a glorious warrior in the temple?
But Lescott Lee's surname is much more stable than Theo's, and he doesn't tell Theo about what happened to him on the Barron, and he can't even tell Theo Amon that he's a magician, but just listens to him brag while drinking.
While the two were talking, a servant outside the door told him that the master's benefactor had sent someone to return the carriage. Lescot Lee was taken aback, and was talking about Amon when Amon actually sent someone. Although Amon had already said that he would return the carriage, the merchant did not expect Amon to be so trustworthy and hurriedly welcomed him out, but the person who came was Medanzo.
Medanzo was already a noble warrior in the royal capital, and he came in high spirits, and of course Lescott Lee had to be respectfully received.
At the beginning, Medanzo followed Princess Xiaoqian back to Barron City and resumed her status as a nobleman. Princess Xiaoqian told him that it would not be easy to restore his title and fiefdom, and since he was familiar with the troglodyte savage tribe in the mountains, he might as well complete a mission, and the god Marduk would bless him.
Fortunately, Amon had been reminded before leaving, and Medanzo knew it, so he accepted the task but did not pat his chest and promise anything, only said that he would try it himself, and once again left the royal capital to go west. He intended to cross the Barron River in the city-state of Kish, and once again passed through the town of Akkad. Mayor Diqi Zhou has been promoted to the deputy governor of the city-state's finance department, but there are many old friends who have rescued Princess Xiaoqian together, and Medanzo is warmly welcomed.
He stayed in the original inn and found that the carriage he had left behind was still there, indicating that Amon had not returned. When Amon left, he asked Medanzo to leave the carriage in the inn and leave a sum of money for the innkeeper, stating that the carriage and horses had been borrowed by Lescot Lee, a merchant from the city-state of Uruk, and that they needed to be returned.
Medanzo understands Amon's temper and will definitely do what he promised, and it seems that something has been delayed. Anyway, it was still early to meet Amun, so Suo helped him with this, so he said hello to the innkeeper, drove the carriage from the official road to the city-state of Uruk, and found Lescott Lee's house.
The person "sent" by Amon to return the carriage was not a slave, but a noble warrior from the royal capital, which surprised Lescott Lee enough. The news of Princess Xiaoqian's kidnapping and rescue has long spread in the Kingdom of Barron, and Lescott Lee is even more shocked when she hears that Medanzo and Amon are the warriors who rescued the princess at that time!
(To be continued)