102. Awkward kicking of the door
Ge Lie suddenly sighed: "Wallett, you are the first of my students to become a great magician, and your future achievements are likely to be above me." I have a confession, if this person becomes your friend, if one day I am gone, you and Raphael must not neglect and despise him. ”
Wallette said in surprise: "Why did the teacher say such a thing, you are already a ninth-level great magician, and your powerful power makes you have a vigorous life, which is far longer than the lifespan of ordinary people." In my mind, you are like a god. ”
Goret sighed again, "Gilgamesh showed you the letter, and you know my wish, which is almost impossible to fulfill, I just want to try as best I can." Even if we are long gone thousands of years later, this wish may still not be fulfilled in the world, but after all, someone has tried. That's what I'm looking for, you know?"
Wallett's expression became solemn: "The teacher wants to establish a new city-state on that thousand miles of fertile land, which is governed by the surrounding countries, and the compatible coexistence regardless of race and creed, I am afraid that even the gods will not support it." But I understand what you're for, you've foreseen the never-ending catastrophe of blood and fire, and you want to do your best to stop it, if you can't stop it. As long as you want to, I will fully support you, and this is also my wish. ”
Ge Lie said solemnly: "From the moment I had the ninth-level achievement, I made this vow, knowing in my heart that it could not be realized, but I could dedicate my life to it. As for you and Raphael, there may be another secret waiting for you to reveal, and even I don't know the answer. ...... The young man named Aroha became more and more familiar to me, and if he comes to the city-state of Syria as a guest, you must bring him to me. ”
...... Amon was unaware that Goret had recognized him and waited to meet him, but after collecting the title deed, he remained in the city-state. This time, he did not look for an inn, but spent a lot of money to buy a courtyard directly in the name of Aroha, as a foothold for the city-state of Syria in the future. In the future, there may be many trips back and forth between the city-state, and it is certainly more convenient to have your own residence.
After settling down briefly, Amon wandered around the city-state of Syria to familiarize himself with the place. When he walked near the south gate that day, he saw a large number of people gathering on the avenue leading to the city gate, and they all looked excited as if they were waiting for something. Upon further inquiry, it turned out that it was the visiting High Priest Raphael who had returned.
Raphael did not alarm anyone when he left, but when he returned, the pomp was great, and the city-state of the headland also sent a return envoy and a special escort guard, giving the high priest the highest courtesy. Amon was looking for Raphael, so he also stood in the crowd to watch the excitement.
The guards guarding the gate lined up in a neat procession to greet them, and Raphael's carriage entered the city first, followed by brightly armored soldiers from the city-states of the headland. As a sign of courtesy, all other weapons were put away, except for swords and axes. Raphael's eyes were so good, he sat in the canopy carriage and waved and smiled at the welcoming people, turned his head to meet Amon's eyes, then nodded to him with a look of surprise, and whispered a few words to one of the attendants next to the car.
At this moment, Amon had an uncomfortable feeling, a hint of resentment and fear, coming from a carriage behind. It was the car of the envoy of the city-state of the headland, and he couldn't see the person sitting inside clearly through the curtain, but Amon could be sure that someone in the car was picking up the corner of the curtain and staring at him, and his heart was full of hostility.
Amon wanted to avoid it and quickly disappeared from the crowd. But Raphael's entourage had already left the convoy and walked over, and separated from the crowd and saluted him: "Hello, Lord Raphael, Lord Raphael sent me to greet you!"
The crowd automatically parted to make way for Amun, and everyone looked at him with respectful looks. Amon had no choice but to return the salute: "Lord Raphael is really a good eye, so many people can recognize me at a glance, what advice did he send you?"
The attendant bowed, "Lord Raphael, I'm glad you came to the city-state of Syria, I wonder if you've seen High Priest Wallett?"
Amon shook his head slightly: "I just arrived in the city-state, and I haven't had time to visit yet. ”
The attendant continued, "In that case, Lord Raphael asked me to leave his address, and you are welcome to be a guest." Please also ask where you live in the city-state of Syria, he would like to visit in person. If you don't have a place to live, let me make arrangements for you. ”
As he spoke, the convoy had already gone far, and as soon as Raphael entered the city, he saw Amun, who accompanied the envoy of the city-state of the headland to the official office, and it was inconvenient to stop, so he specially sent an attendant to greet him to convey greetings to Amun. Amon thought about it and left his address in the city-state of Syria, and there was nothing to keep secret.
The hostile gaze in the second car caught Amon's attention, but he was now a great magician and a great warrior, and he was alone, so he was not afraid of anything, and even if he couldn't deal with trouble, he could always get out of this densely populated city-state. Besides, he wanted to see Golie, and Raphael took the initiative to find him.
...... As the convoy went away, Fayol Judas quietly lowered the corner of the curtain and fell into deep thought with a gloomy face. He was the envoy of this return visit to the city-state of Syria, and he came here for two missions. The official duty was to lead the guards to escort Raphael back to China, convey greetings from the city-states of the headland, negotiate trade and trade after the resumption of transportation, and secretly investigate the virtual and real dynamics of the city-states of Syria.
In addition, he has a personal mission, which is secretly given to him by the great sorcerer Julian. If you had to find two people in the city-state of the headland who hated Amun the most, it would be Julian and Judas. Judas hated Amon for the simple reason that he had embezzled the money that Rhodes Dick had given Amun, and his actions in the town of Duk had indirectly framed Amun.
Judas thought that Amon was just an insignificant miner, but he did not expect Amon to become an important figure later. A little person who was once offended and framed by himself suddenly became important, which will make people unable to sleep, I wish he was unlucky again, otherwise it is likely to be himself who will be unlucky one day in the future. This is the state of mind of many people, even though Amon never offended Judas.
As for Julian's jealousy of Amun, which had gone deep into his bones, and the men sent to hunt down Amon disappeared without a trace, the Holy Maiden sent someone to bring back the secret letter he had sent to the high priest of Burke, and then sent him far away to the city-state of the headland, so that Julian could not speak. As long as Amon is still alive in the world, he is like a thorn in his eye and a thorn in his flesh, but there is nothing he can do.
After all, Julian is an eighth-level great magician, and he is also one of the elders of the Eju Divine Art Academy, although he is nominally under the jurisdiction of the city lord Rod Dick, but his actual status is not lower than that of Rod Dick, and he is also very powerful in the Eju Empire. Just because he can't openly offend the saint doesn't mean he can't offend Amun.
When Amon was in the temple of Isis, Julian couldn't do anything to him, and now the opportunity has finally come. Amon was sent on a secret mission to the city-state of Syria, and Julian heard about it through his own channels. If an agent like this is caught, he will not be recognized in public, and he will either be executed after interrogating the information, or he will make a private exchange, in short, once Amon is exposed, not only will the mission fail, but there is a good chance that he will lose his surname.
The sending of Fayol Judah as a return envoy was also specially arranged by Julian.
Judas sat in his chariot and remembered what Master Julian had secretly told him: "You have gone to Hati, and you have to pay attention to other things than the official duties entrusted to you by the city. I heard that Amon was sent by the Temple of Isis to the city-state of Syria on a spy mission, and if you can find out about his whereabouts, I think you know what to do?"
Fayol asked with some apprehension: "If Amon reveals his identity and is caught, will it affect the major affairs of the empire and the city-state?"
Julian smiled: "He went to spy on the situation after the flood, as far as I know, the empire has sent more than one secret agent, there is no more than him, there is no less, and the real military and political dignitary Amon does not know anything." Even if he misses and is captured, the Eju Empire and the Temple of Isis will not admit it, and there will be no consequences. Judas, this is a secret between you and me, and if you succeed, it means that you are a very capable man, and I don't think you want to be a clerk forever, do you?"
Judas then asked, "Why did the Temple of Isis send Amun on a spy mission?"
Julian sneered: "It's nothing more than to give him a chance to be promoted again for meritorious service, the Temple of Isis is facing a change of power, and some people are vigorously cultivating cronies, including me, who are all on the excluded side." But don't forget, even if I'm not the High Priest of the Temple of Isis, I'm also the patriarch of the Aegus Academy. The changes that will take place in the city-state of Syria have long been clearly predicted by the Academy of Aeju Divine Arts, and they have already received the guidance of the oracle, and Amon's mission is irrelevant. ”
On the way here, Judas's mood has been a little entangled, he knows that Julian wants to get rid of Amon by the hand of Harty, which is also in line with his heart, but he always feels a little uneasy, besides, the city-state of Syria is so big, and the hope of meeting Amon is very slim. But as soon as he entered the city, he actually saw Amun, what a coincidence! Could it really be that there was a divine guide?
Judas gritted his teeth and made a decision, let Amon disappear here forever, and when he returned, Master Julian would definitely appreciate and reuse him, and there would be no such worrying future as Amun.
Instead of receiving the envoys from the city-state of the headland, the governor held a grand welcome dinner at the mansion and asked the treasurer to accompany Mr. Judas to have a good time in the city-state for the past few days.
At the same time, Governor Xiao Mo secretly issued an order, and the entire city-state still showed people in a leisurely and comfortable and peaceful atmosphere, but quietly tightened the vigilance and investigation to prevent the infiltrated Annihilation from spying on important information. In the minds of officials of Governor Xiao Mo's rank, it is already known that the conflict between Harti and Ethiopia is approaching, but it is not yet time for a complete showdown. The more this is the case, the more the superficial articles must be done, and the more enthusiastic the reception will be to the envoys from Eju.
On this night, the captain of the personal guard in charge of patrolling the city-state, Les Muen, received a secret report that a spy from the Eju Empire had quietly infiltrated the city-state to spy on the military after examining the strategic terrain around the Black Fire Jungle, but he happened to be recognized. The report also includes the address of this secret agent, this person is called Aroha, and a few days ago he bought a mansion in the city-state as a base for secret activities.
Before the two countries prepared for war, this kind of spy infiltration was very common, and the Hatti Kingdom also sent many spies to the Eju Empire to carry out missions in the name of business or other things.
Mu En didn't know whether the secret report was true or not, but he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately rushed to the mansion with a team of personal soldiers, and quietly blocked the intersection at both ends in the night, and the heavily armed soldiers surrounded the mansion to prevent the leakage of the news and prevent the secret agent from escaping from the chaos.
Mu En is the captain of the personal guard of the city-state of Syria, and he is in charge of three personal guards, and usually the three detachment captains take turns to patrol the city, but today the governor has an order, and Mu En personally went into battle to show his attention, but he happened to catch up with this matter, and he was really lucky.
Mu En's origin is also a bit special, two years ago, he was just a small leader of a post station in the Black Fire Jungle, and he was only in charge of a dozen or so miscellaneous soldiers stationed at the post station.
In that great flood, all the post stations in Duk Town and the Black Fire Jungle were washed away, and only Muen quickly led the soldiers to evacuate to the highest boulder nearby, tying everyone together with his belt and holding on to the bushes to wait for rescue. The Great Magician Goret drove the Blue Boat deep into the flood to the town of Duke, rescuing them on the way, and the soldiers were the only survivors of the flood.
Whether it was when he was in distress or when he was rescued, Mu En commanded with moderation, whether he was frightened or surprised, and his soldiers maintained discipline under his orders, without the slightest panic, and did not disturb Gelie on the blue boat, which was praised and appreciated by Gelie. After returning to the city, Ge Lie specially recommended Mu En to Xiao Mo, and he has been reused since then.
When Xiao Mo led the crowd to ambush Rod Dick's convoy, he lost a team of pro-soldiers, which of course needed to be rebuilt, and Mu En became a squad leader, and later a detachment leader. Just a few months ago, Mu En broke through the seventh-level achievement to become a great samurai, and was promoted to the captain of the personal guard of the entire city-state of Syria, responsible for protecting the safety of the governor and maintaining order in the city-state.
Becoming a great samurai, Mu En had the status of nobility and served as the captain of the city-state's personal guard, and his status was far beyond the rank of the small head of the station. He was deeply grateful to Ge Lie, the great magician who saved him and recommended him, not only for saving his life but also for knowing him.
Because of this, Mu En is dutiful to his duties, and in his capacity as a great samurai, he will personally come to capture a small secret agent. Judah, the messenger of the city-state of the headland, was still a guest here, so everything had to be done in secret.
The night was quiet, and the location of Aroha's house was secluded, and the streets had long been cleared of martial law. Mu En was very satisfied with the inspection, and then came to the door, pulled out his weapon, and kicked the door open.
At the feet of a great samurai, the heavy wooden door was as fragile as a piece of paper, shattering and scattering without even making much noise. Mu En held a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right, and he was the first to walk in, the front yard was empty, and the windows of the hall showed light, and the people inside should not have rested.
Mu En didn't talk nonsense, took his weapon and walked towards the door under the escort of his own soldiers, raised his foot and kicked the door away. This kick is very heavy, the door panel is not broken, but the door shaft is broken and shot directly into the house, if someone hides behind the door and peeps, it will fall into the house with the door panel.
Mu En's shield and long sword flickered, and guards on both sides reached into the door with round shields and pike guns to block the flanks, and they were quite skillful in cooperating. According to common sense, after the heavy door panel fell to the ground, Captain Mu En should give a majestic shout and announce his name, explaining that he intended to make the spy surrender voluntarily.
A small spy saw this kind of scene, and the great warrior of Mu En personally led people to arrest him, and it was strange that he was not scared!
But something stunned happened, as Mu En had just kicked the door panel to see the scene inside, and then threw away his weapon and knelt down to salute. The guards on both sides immediately put down their weapons and knelt outside the door, the armor on their bodies made a light collision sound, and the three of them said in unison: "Damn it, my subordinates disturbed your old man in the middle of the night!"
The soldiers behind all showed shocked expressions, and without saying a word, they all laid down their weapons and knelt in the courtyard.
There were indeed people in the room, not one but four. An old man sat face to face with a young man, without even lifting his eyelids, as if he had not heard any sound. Two other people were sitting side by side at the table, facing the door, when they saw Muen kicking in the door, making a stop gesture and giving a stern look, none other than Wallette and Raphael, the two high priests of the city-state of Syria.
The kicked door turned into countless debris in mid-air and flew all over the ground, but not even a single piece of it landed on the table and the four people. Of course, that young man is the "secret agent" Arohe that Mu En wants to arrest tonight, and the old man opposite Arohe is actually Ge Lie, and the two of them are playing chess!
They played an ancient kind of military battle chess, which used various beast-shaped chess pieces instead of different troops, and formed a formation on a large chessboard to restrain and fight each other, which was very complicated to calculate, and only a few people could play it. And the playing method of these two people is even more peculiar, there is no chessboard and chess pieces at all, and the void on the table appears the light and shadow of the military array beast chess. The chessboard changes and the beasts fight, completely demonstrating the chess game with a clever magic.
This kind of inferior Fa Muen has also heard of it, and only the great magicians have the ability to do it. Needless to say, the young man opposite him turned out to be a great magician!
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(To be continued)