042, where is the devil
Amon couldn't be good at all the magic arts, make all the utensils, and be proficient in all the formations, but he could fully understand and master them. The old madman didn't know if Amon could find Bell's whereabouts, but his purpose was to hope that Amon could unlock the secrets of the gods, so the more knowledge he knew, the better.
The old madman also put all his heart and soul into creating such a staff, which is completely comparable to the staff of the Holy Maiden that has been passed down from generation to generation in the Temple of Isis, just to allow Amon to be familiar with and master various divine arts in the shortest possible time.
After reading the latest information in the Pupil of the Earth, Amon couldn't tell whether the taste in his heart was emotion or gratitude. It took the old madman more than a hundred years, I don't know how many countries and temples on the continent he visited, and how many classics he consulted or peeked at, to sort out such a complete and detailed divine information, and left the most essential information in the pupil of the earth.
But after reading the old madman's message, Amun's doubts deepened, just now he suspected that he had made a mistake, and now he wondered if the old madman had made a mistake? Since he had to have all kinds of experiences in the world through the "temptation of the devil", he had only been out of the mountain for a day, and he had only gone around the town of Sumer.
Where is the devil? Devil, devil - what is the devil!
But in any case, Amon can already cultivate fifth-level divine arts, but he is not in a hurry to cross the river first, he plans to find a secluded place to familiarize himself with this new way of power control first, and practice the unknown effects of various divine techniques he has cultivated before, and then it will be safer to continue his journey. After all, walking in a densely populated town, there are many divine arts that are not easy to cultivate.
He opened all the four hidden grooves on the Iron Branch Staff, took out all the original Divine Stones, and replaced them with the Pupil of the Earth, the Heart of Blue Water, the Dance of the Wind Charm, and the Flame Spirit in turn. He already possessed the power of both a mid-tier mage and a mid-tier samurai, and could open the most hidden groove at the top of his staff and embed the tears of the gods into it.
But Amon thought about it and finally decided not to do it. He remembered that when he mined the Tear of the Gods, the forces of nature between heaven and earth were disturbed, and almost everyone who was familiar with divine sensing in Duk Town was alarmed. You must be careful when using such things, it is better not to be able to protect and hide yourself without absolute certainty, so you still keep the tears of the gods in your bones.
Although he was not inlaid with the tears of the gods, his staff was enough to astonish the world, and there was only one magic that Amon had never seen before. The general staff is inseparable after being inlaid with divine stones, and it is impossible to exchange them, but this staff can change the inlaid divine stones at any time according to different uses, and can also inlay various special divine stones in turn.
Amon had learned how to make a staff, but how the iron staff was made was still incomprehensible and beyond his knowledge. Moreover, horse leather steel is not the material used to make a staff, the material of the staff must be something that grows in nature with the breath of life, such as wood or bone, but the old madman made such a magical staff out of horse leather steel!
Amon lifted his staff and withdrew from the magic array, put away his things and went back the way he came, and found a secluded place in the mountains by the Youngdi River for seven days in a row, and then walked out of the mountains again, and walked downstream along the Youngdi River to find the ferry.
Amon's sudden move not only avoided the people who were quietly sent out to look for him by the mayor of Sumer Town, but also made another "caring person" wait for seven days in vain.
The mayor of Sumer Town was angry and frightened, and he knew that Amon must be a person to mess with, maybe he was really a prince who paid a private visit, and if this was the case, his family would be unlucky. But in any case, you have to inquire about Amon's whereabouts first, and this kind of ugly thing is not publicized. He sent people to search quietly around the town for several days without any clues, so he had to give up, and the stranger should have crossed the river long ago.
Amon walked out of the deep mountain this time, and for the sake of prudence, he took out the five mid-level magic scrolls he got in the mysterious cave and put them directly into his leather pocket, so that they could be used at any time. Once again, I came to the grassy slope where I met Yin Nanna, the green grass was still refreshing and fresh, the blue sky was floating with white clouds, and the sound of the flowing water of the Youdi River in the distance was like singing a soft song.
The scenery is still the same, the mood is also comfortable, and he thinks of Yin Nanna again during the stroll. But Schrödinger reminds him to be careful that the woman can't offend her, why is that?
With this in mind, he walked through the rolling grassy slopes, the shallow grass of the river, and the series of hills beside the river, and came to a high slope close to the rapids. Amon was wondering if he had walked so far and had not seen the ferry, when he suddenly heard a familiar cry. There was a young girl crying on the high slope, but the crying was extremely beautiful and pleasant, it was Yin Nanna's voice!
Is there such a coincidence in the world? What trouble did Yin Nanna encounter again? Amon hurriedly ran up the high slope, and from a distance he saw Yin Nanna squatting on the ground holding a little lamb and crying and saying, "Where are you going, lost lamb? I have lost my whole flock and you are the only one! Who can tell me what to do, who can send me back to my homeland? The poor fate is lamentable, do you want me to jump off this rushing river?"
After saying this, Yin Nanna let go of the lamb's neck, stood up and walked towards the edge of the high slope, looking at the frame and wanting to jump off the young bottom river, still wearing the dress that Amon bought.
"Yin Nanna, don't worry, you can talk slowly if you have something, don't jump down!" suddenly came Amon's voice from the bushes, and he had already jumped over with an arrow and reached out to grab Yin Nanna's arm.
"Oh my God, Amon, it's you!" Yin Nanna heard his voice and fell into Amon's arms, reaching out and hugging him and crying even more, tears wet the clothes on Amon's chest, and muttered to his chest while crying: "I thought I would never see you again, and I was going to say goodbye to this world...... Amon, why are you still here, and not far away?"
Her body is so soft and exudes a seductive aura, and her plump chest rubs against Amon gently, as if it is unintentionally teasing. Amon felt that his body was starting to get hot, and he wanted to push her away, but he reached out and gently hugged her. There is such tenderness in his arms, I believe that no one can bear to push it away, he lowered his head and asked softly: "I went to do something else, I was about to find a ferry to cross the river today, but I happened to meet you again." ...... Don't cry yet, tell me what's going on?"
As he spoke, he thought to himself that Schrödinger had reminded him that "you can't ...... Anyway, the hug is already hugged, and it feels very good, so let's hold her for a while.
Yin Nanna raised her head in surprise when she heard this, and said with tears in her eyes: "Do you want to cross the river?" Can you take me with you and send me to the other side of the Youdi River, and I will thank you heavily...... If you can't take me away, I'll have to jump from here. ”
Amon said helplessly, "You tell me what happened!" He asked her for the third time.
Yin Nanna said with tears in her eyes: "I don't dare to tell others my identity, but here, you are the only person I can trust." Amon, I don't want to lie to you, do you know that I'm not a slave shepherd?"
Amon nodded and said truthfully: "I can see that you are definitely not an ordinary shepherd slave girl, where do you come from and who are you?"
Yin Nanna still lies in Amun's arms and tells him her story, which is a sad experience. Her status is so noble and mysterious that she can't even be mentioned by name, and once when she was secretly out playing, her convoy was ambushed by robbers at the border, and she fled alone to a strange place.
Penniless, and no one knew her, she turned to the people at the ferry to ask for help to send her across the Eudes. But the boatman coveted her beauty and made a non-sensitive request, which she refused. She asked the locals for help at the ferry, only to have another man offer to shepherd the sheep for him.
The number of sheep must not be small, the milk of the sheep and the sheared wool must also be more and more, and the newborn lamb with black spots is the reward of Yin Nanna's shepherding. Thinking that even if she could cross the Yudi River, she would have to walk a long way to return home, so Yin Nanna agreed to this condition.
From last autumn to this summer, when she saw more and more black-spotted lambs in her flock, she was so happy that she was almost ready to cross the river and go home the long way. But the unfortunate thing happened again, on the day when Yin Nanna went to look for the lost lamb, the owner of the sheep repented and quietly took all the sheep with black spots, leaving only Yin Nanna with such a recovered lamb.
Thinking that there was no hope of going home, Yin Nanna cried sadly here, and in despair she even wanted to jump off the Yudi River, but fortunately met Amon again.
This story is bizarre enough, I'm afraid no one will dare to believe it, Yin Nanna herself seems to know this, after saying it, she looked at Amon pitifully and said: "Can you believe what I say? I don't know how to prove it, but I can write my name to show you, I am indeed not a shepherd slave girl." ”
After speaking, she gently pushed Amun, left his embrace, squatted down, picked up a dead branch, and wrote her name on the ground - Yin Nanna. Amun, who had just heard the bizarre story, was shocked again, and was convinced that Yin Nanna had a rather noble origin, because she could not only write, but also write divine script!
She wrote a knife book, and what was even more amazing was that Yin Nanna drew a square circle on the outside of her name after writing it, and three flame-shaped lines were drawn on the top of the circle. According to the rules of the sacred script, the name of the god must be written in this way, otherwise it is disrespectful, and only the names of the royal family and nobles in the world can be written in this way, otherwise it is overstepping.
I think that when Schrödinger wrote "I" in Egüscur, he also drew an arch-shaped circle on the outside, which is the same rule as cursive script. Now that Yin Nanna writes her name like this, it is undoubtedly that she is from a noble background, and she is not an ordinary noble, not all nobles can write divine script, and it is impossible to add such a mark to her name.
"Yin Nanna, I believe in you, your background is really noble. Amon looked at the handwriting on the ground and nodded involuntarily.
Yin Nanna threw away the dead branch and stood up, turned her head in some surprise and asked, "Amon, do you know the divine script?"
Amon hurriedly explained: "Even if I don't understand it, I can recognize that this is a divine script, and you can write a divine script to prove your origin." ...... Noble Miss, why can't you just ask for help from the people, and stay here to shepherd the sheep, and what can I do for you?"
He did not admit that he knew the Divine Script, as that might reveal his identity as a magician. But an ordinary person who is illiterate can also recognize that Yin Nanna writes divine scripts, and many shrines have divine inscriptions and write poems praising the gods.
Yin Nanna said in a sad tone: "Don't call me honorable young lady, Amon, you just call me Yin Nanna, I like you to call me that." ...... My identity cannot be easily revealed in this remote place, or I may be kidnapped for a large ransom, and Assassins will be sent to assassinate me before the greeter arrives. ...... Amon, I trust you to tell you this, and if you help me cross the Eudes and get me safely to the royal capital, I swear that I will reward you heavily!"
If Yin Nanna's identity is indeed very noble and important, in this remote area close to the border of the kingdom, it is indeed possible that someone will be kidnapped and demand a huge reward. She also said that if the news leaked out, it was likely that an assassin would come to assassinate him before he greeted him, which would probably involve a complicated struggle for power in the court.
Seeing that Amon looked a little puzzled, Yin Nanna reached out and hugged his arm, and explained and pleaded delicately: "I have always suspected that the attack on my convoy by robbers was an assassination arranged by the political enemies of the royal capital, they must have thought that I was dead, and if they knew that I was still alive, they would not let me return to Barron City safely."
Amun, my handsome hunter and brave hero, Amun, if you are afraid, send me over the Eudes, lend me a coil, and I will go to the city of Barron myself. I can tell you a place where one day you will go to Barron and I will return home safely, and you will receive a great reward there. ”
The arm was hugged by Yin Nanna, and the tender chest was rubbing against his arm, and the charming fragrance went straight to the nostrils. Amon also felt that his body was a little fluttering, but his head was still quite clear, and he asked a question: "Yin Nanna, if you cross the Youngdi River and return to the royal capital, how much more travel expenses will you need?"
Yin Nanna replied with a little disappointment: "One gold coin is enough." ...... Amon, even if you don't send me, I will always be grateful to you!"
Amon shook his head and said, "I didn't say I wouldn't send you, I just asked." I'm going to Barron anyway, and I don't mind walking with you. If you want to go with me, can you promise a few things? Otherwise, I'll give you twenty pieces of silver when you cross the river, and you go home by yourself." ”
Yin Nanna was pleasantly surprised: "Say it, I promise you! My hero, I really don't know how to repay you, now I have nothing, even if I use myself to repay ......"
Amon interrupted her and said, "Don't talk about repayment first, I haven't done what I promised, don't you want to pay me after you arrive in the royal capital?...... My conditions are very simple, I hope you can change into coarse cloth clothes, cover your beautiful figure, smear mud on your face, and cover your beautiful face. ...... You don't want to be recognized on the way back, do you?"
Amon learned the lesson of Sumerian Town, and the murder of money in the middle of the night was because he accidentally exposed the divine stone on his body, but on the other hand, some people coveted Yin Nanna's beauty. Amon didn't think it was a big deal to take Yin Nanna across the river and on the road, he was a helpful kid, but he didn't want to cause the same trouble again.
Schrödinger reminded Amon not to anger Yin Nanna, even if he listened to the cat, he couldn't look at Yin Nanna and jump into the river in front of him, right? If Yin Nanna's own experience was true, it would also explain why Schrödinger reminded Amon like that that a royal nobleman with a mysterious identity really can't be easily angered. As a "refugee" in Amon's foreign country, you can't have too close a relationship with her, otherwise you will be in great trouble.
Amon actually asked her to smear mud on her face! Yin Nanna's expression was a little embarrassed for a moment, and even a trace of imperceptible anger flashed in her eyes, but in the end she said delicately: "Let's wait until we cross the river, it's still far from the capital of King Barun, and no one will know me in this remote place." Actually, I can rent a carriage, and I hide in the carriage and don't show my face. ”
Amon nodded and said, "Well, wait until you cross the river, you can also rent a carriage." But just in case, you still have to change your clothes and put mud on your face, for your sake and for my own safety. ”
Yin Nanna lowered her head and said, "Let's cross the river first, I'll lead the way to the nearest ferry." ”
Amon: "I was looking for someone to ask where the ferry is, it's good that you know the way." ”
As a god, how could Mu Yun let a mortal like Amun wipe mud on his face? Fortunately, Amon didn't let her do it now, and everything would wait until she crossed the Eudi River, so she led Amon down the high slope. After walking a short distance, I saw several villages, and further on, there was a market town, and the river was not far from the market town.
The crossings of large rivers were often also the distribution points of trade routes, so it naturally developed into a town. If you want to find a convenient place to cross a wide river, you have to rely on natural geographical conditions. First of all, the river surface should be wide, the water flow should be slow, and the water should not be too deep from a section of the river, and the penny should be able to hold on to the end. The wind direction fluctuates throughout the year, and the ferries come and go frequently, so it is impossible to rely on sails, and basically need manpower to support the boat.
Amon is very serious in his work, and he will never procrastinate and do what he says, Yin Nanna is not willing to smear mud on her face now, Amon first took her to the town and bought a set of burlap clothes for ten copper coins, and then came to the ferry after changing. The little lamb had been following Yin Nanna all the time, and he didn't need to lead it or get lost.
The ferry is large, flat at both ends and wide in the middle. Unlike the long, crescent-shaped cargo ships, which have a shallower draft, they can accommodate more people standing on them. Many of the people who crossed the river were merchants, and the goods they brought with them also had to pay for the boats. There were five copper coins for each person who crossed the river, and two copper coins for each sheep, and Amun paid twelve copper coins and took Yin Nanna and the little lamb into the boat.
Although the crossing was already the slowest current, widest, and shallowest part of the river, the water became so deep not far from the bank that the surface of the water was close to thirty feet from the bottom of the river. It was very difficult to hold up such a long penny, and three boatmen on each side of the ferry held a total of six pennies to support the boat. The ferry, carrying more than 60 people, a dozen livestock and a pile of goods, slowly sailed to the opposite shore.
Amon and Yin Nanna did not huddle in the canopy cabin, but led the little lamb to stand at the bow of the boat and look at the scenery on the other side. There was a cool wind blowing on the river, and Yin Nanna's hair brushed Amon's face, his cheeks and ears were itchy, and his heart was inexplicably a little itchy, but he felt very comfortable.
Amon seemed to enjoy the feeling, the breeze on the Youngdi River was intoxicating, and he even thought to himself: "It's actually very good to walk with Yin Nanna all the way, at least there will be no loneliness on the way, and there is a gentle and lovely guide." ”
Perhaps it was the intoxication of the breeze that affected Amon's reaction somewhat, and when the wind swirled and the river rolled up a strange whirlpool, he suddenly sensed that there was a dangerous aura in the depths of the river, as if a terrifying force was about to erupt. Amon, who suddenly woke up, grabbed Yin Nanna and jumped into the cabin behind him, shouting, "Everyone be careful!" and raised the iron branch staff and jumped onto the bow of the ship.
The moment he raised his staff, the water in front of him suddenly split a line, and a huge long tail rose up and slammed towards the ferry. There are really terrifying monsters lurking in the water, and for some reason they suddenly launched an attack on the ferry, this trick Amon is too familiar with, and the Iron Armored Beast King Yunmeng loves to play such a sneak attack underwater.
This tail was much bigger than Yun Meng's giant tail with bone armor, and the part that flew out of the river alone was more than twenty feet long, thicker than a bucket, and there were dark green scales the size of a palm, like an astonishingly large snake tail. It pumped down in the air, with the sound of air being compressed and bursting, and its speed and power were predictable, and it looked like it could shatter the ferry with a single blow!
However, the striking snake tail did not hit the hull, and a nearly transparent ice shield suddenly appeared in mid-air to block it, and the ice cover immediately made a piercing cracking sound and turned into countless fragments. Longtail continued to slash down and slammed into a shield-shaped mist of turbidity, dispersing the mist a little slower and still pumping down heavily.
The space seemed to be distorted, and Longtail seemed to be halted for a moment by a strange volley of force, and then he heard Amon standing at the bow of the ship let out a deafening shout.
(To be continued)