A wonderful duel is over, although everyone did not see the scene of the secret battle between Leo and Amon, but the feeling is still dizzy, this is a duel between the top masters on the continent! After watching this duel, Aluka has no idea of winning with Amon, and secretly thinks to himself, if he is replaced by the game, there is no chance of winning at all, and Amon wins very easily between talking and laughing, obviously not doing his best.

The captain of the guard of the city-state of Syria, the great warrior Mu En, was stunned, he was the captain of the guard squad of the Black Fire Jungle Post Station during the flood, he was rescued by Ge Yeo, and he saw the magic of this great magician with his own eyes. Later, Ge Lie became a ninth-level great magician, commanding the Hatie army to be invincible, and Mu En only obeyed Ge Lie in his heart, treating this old man as a god-like existence. Now there is another Amon, who is not only a great general of the powerful countries, but also has such a strong combat effectiveness, so in Mu En's mind, Amon has become the second person worthy of worship and admiration.

As for Celia's convincing heart, of course, she knew very well how powerful her summoned beast was, and although the ironclad beast king "summoned" by Amon was not weak, it obviously didn't help much, and it was basically just a fun. She could afford to put it down, and her face flushed when the staff was snatched away, but she was relieved when the duel was over, and returned to the table to toast Amun.

Celia looked at Amon and felt a lot of pity, not because she lost, but because she regretted that talents like Amon were not used by Harty. When she toasted, she couldn't help but say again: "General, you have already left Eju, it is impossible to go back, not to mention that the Eju Empire will send a master to hunt you down." You led a large army to fight against the Harti and captured the former king, but it was you who facilitated the peace talks between the two countries, and you were admired by the soldiers on both sides.

Now that King Asher has succeeded to the throne and the political situation in Hati has returned to calm from the turmoil, it is in dire need of a talent like you to shock the continent. The city-state of Syria is your hometown, why don't you serve your hometown since you are back?Lord Gelie and Governor Xiao Mo's suggestion just now, please think about it again, I am also a great magician of the court and a royal family of Hati, so I can jointly recommend you. King Asher himself appreciates you very much, and you will be used in Hati!"

Amon looked at the wine glass and said, "Princess Celia, thank you for your kindness. I'm here to serve my hometown this time, and I've made an agreement with Lord Goree just now, and I've won this duel, so let's talk about our agreement, and I want to ask Her Royal Highness the princess for help. ”

Celia is Asher's cousin, and Asher canonized her as the princess of the kingdom after succeeding to the throne, but to be honest, an ordinary princess of the kingdom is not as honorable as the status of the great magician, so everyone usually still calls her the great magician, and Amon has changed her title at the moment, which obviously has no meaning.

Governor Xiao Mo spoke: "General, you just said that there is a business, what kind of business is it, and you need to come and talk to us? If you want wealth or territory, you can just open your mouth, and you don't need to do business to make money by yourself." ”

Amon smiled: "The business I want to talk about is not to make money myself, but to make the city-state of Syria make money. The town of Duk is my hometown, and as you are well aware, the city-states of Syria have now lost control of the plains of Duk, with the city-states of Assyria and Barun in the north and southeast, respectively.

That thousands of miles of fertile land has gradually developed over the long years, and in the future, it can accommodate hundreds of thousands or even millions of people to live in peace, it is rich and beautiful, but it will inevitably be accompanied by human strife. I don't want the city of Salem, where my friends and people live, to be destroyed before it's fully built, so I need support. The business I'm going to talk about is of course related to this, first of all, building a road. ”

Amon removed the cups and plates, took out a map and placed it on the table, drawing a winding path from where they were currently to the eastern end of the Black Fire Swamp. He hoped to hire workers to open the way in the city-state of Syria, to build a roadbed along the route to fill in the road, to the extent that two wagons could travel in a different way, and to build three post stations in the open field between the swamps on the way for the passing caravans to rest.

Naturally, the workers could not be allowed to work in vain, and Amon would pay enough. Governor Xiao Mo looked at it for a long time and muttered, "This project is big enough! I don't know how long it will take to repair it?"

Amon smiled and said, "Since I have begged you and am willing to pay a lot of money, it is naturally as soon as possible, and I hope to repair it within three months." ”

Governor Xiao Mo shook his head and said: "It's impossible to be so fast, organizing manpower is one thing, but there is no road in the swamp, and there is no way to use local materials, many things have to be transported from all over the city-state, and it is very difficult to advance the repair inward little by little." ”

Ge Lie looked at the map and added: "If someone opens a narrow road that can be walked in advance, and then organizes enough people to strengthen and widen it, it is not impossible to complete it in three months." ...... Amon, this road is winding and winding, and it seems that it is only suitable for trade and not for marching and fighting?"

Amon spread his hands: "No way, this is the Black Fire Swamp." Being able to find such a way is already the credit of the Iron Armored Beast King, whose name is Yunmeng, and he has lived in the swamp since he was a child. ...... Yunmeng, say hello to everyone!"

After the duel, Yun Meng had been lying in the open space by the swamp, and when he heard Amun's call, he raised his huge body and nodded to everyone. Governor Xiao Mo frowned again and said, "This requires a large-scale recruitment of people in the name of the official, how to explain it to the royal capital?"

Amon pointed to the plain of Duk on the map and said: "You have been the governor for many years, there used to be only one town of Duk, with more than 2,000 residents, and most of the daily necessities needed to be transported from outside, but such a small place has become an important source of tax for the city-state of Syria. ...... Now the city-states have been established there, but the city-states of Assyria and the Kingdom of Baron will not bring you any benefit, only this city of Salem can cooperate. ”

Originally, there were only more than 2,000 people in Duke Town, excluding the old and weak, women and children, and at most there were no more than 800 registered miners, but the sacred stones they mined and the refined iron they smelted were already important products of the city-state of Syria. The area was rich in resources, and there were ore veins in the nearby mountains, and the miners in Duke Town had long known it, but they did not have so many people to mine it, so they chose the most abundant and easiest area to mine to establish a mine.

If the Duk Plain is fully reclaimed in the future, it will be enough to accommodate hundreds of thousands of people, and even the current city of Salem can provide tens of thousands of people to live in. If this city-state develops, it will be the city-state of Syria that will benefit the most, because the goods there will have to be transported out, and the materials needed will also be brought in. Through this road that Amun wanted to open, not only would there be benefits to trade, but also a large amount of tax revenue.

In the years after the Great Flood, the city-state of Syria had been stable under the rule of Gore, but after two major wars, it lost such an important source of tax revenue as Duke Town, and it was obviously not as prosperous and rich as before. Now Amon has provided another opportunity to open up the source of wealth, but the status of Salem City is no longer the same as the original Duk Town.

The city of Salem needs not only backups, but also more people, and the landless vagrants of the Syrian city-state, wandering explorers who try their luck, and bankrupt craftsmen can all enter the city from here in search of opportunities, and as long as they obey the management there, they will all be welcomed. The more prosperous the city of Salem developed, the more prosperous the trade route became, and the greater the profits of the Syrian city-state.

The reason why Amun wanted to talk about this matter in person was because the ownership of the city of Salem was very delicate, it was not under the jurisdiction of the Hatian kingdom, but only a mutually beneficial relationship of commerce. Nominally, the Hatti kingdom may not have accepted it openly, but the fact that three city-states had been established on the Duc Plain was also a fact that the Hatti kingdom could not stop.

Amon's cooperation plan had three steps: the first step was to pay a lot of money to hire people to build roads in the city-state of Syria. The second step is to organize a large trading house in Eju to transport materials through the checkpoint of the Syrian city-state, and through this trade route to do business with the city of Salem, the Syrian city-state needs to be cleared, and they will pay customs clearance taxes in accordance with the regulations. In the third step, the city-state of Syria could exchange people and trade with the city of Salem.

Although Xiao Mo is the governor, he doesn't dare to nod his head easily, so he needs to talk to Ge Lie. If Goret supported Amun's proposal, even King Asher would not be able to oppose his position and prestige in the Hatian kingdom.

Everyone was not able to express their position, and they all looked at Ge Lie with inquiring eyes. Ge Lie twisted his goatee and said, "In the duel just now, Amon won, right?"

Celia replied with a wry smile: "Of course General Amon won, your old man did the arbitration!"

Ge Lie said to Xiao Mo again: "Then we have to talk and count! The governor doesn't have to worry, whether the Hatty Kingdom wants it or not, a city-state has been established on the Duk Plain, and we can't intervene." At least this road is better than no road at all, and it is better for the present and for the future! We have a peaceful trade agreement with Eju, so naturally we should allow other people's caravans to pass through. If all goes well, it will certainly be better if we can do more business ourselves. ...... This should be regarded as a people-to-people trade, and the city-state of Syria should acquiesce. ”

Governor Xiao Mo nodded and said: "Since your old man has expressed his position like this, then do so, in terms of actual interests, the city-state of Syria will also benefit." No wonder you asked me to take both the Administrator and the Registrar with me, I had thought of it a long time ago. ”

Amon stood up and raised his glass and said, "Then I wish you a happy cooperation in the future!"

Ge Lie also raised his glass and said, "Let's celebrate slowly, the time requested by the general is so urgent, presumably the current pressure on Salem City is also very great, and the conflict on the Duc Plain will come soon." The city-state of Syria can recruit people to build a trade road as soon as possible, but the prerequisite is that the general needs to open a road in front of him. ”

Amon nodded, "I'll do it immediately, and I'll open the road within a month, and as for the people of the city-state of Syria, they don't care where I've gone, just pave and widen the road along that road." ”

Ge Lie also nodded and said: "Of course I can trust what the general said, then the city-state of Syria will immediately organize manpower and materials, and it won't be long before the construction starts." ”

Raphael interjected: "There are now three city-states on the plain of Duk, the city of Enriel built by Assyria, and the city of Malduk, built by Baron, and the great general Amun did not have the support of a kingdom, but he also guided the people to build a city of Salem. This city-state seems to have been conjured out of thin air, and I am curious and want to see it. ”

Celia also interjected: "I also want to go and see the excitement, it's like a miracle!"

Amon smiled, "You are welcome to the city of Salem, but it is best to wait until the road is built, so that everything will be convenient." ”

Raphael replied: "General, you can rest assured, since Mr. Golie has agreed to cooperate with the city of Salem, then this road will definitely be completed within three months, as long as he says a word." ”

After talking about the cooperation, everyone raised their glasses and drank freely, and talked about all kinds of things they saw and heard in the war of the nations, especially Amun's personal witness to the final destination of Enqidu on the battlefield, everyone listened with emotion, and at the same time their hearts were full of unknown doubts. After the banquet was over, Goret did not leave immediately, and he asked Amon to talk privately.

That night, the huge body of the Iron Beast King Yunmeng was lazily floating in the swamp, while Raphael stood on its back, looking at the muddy mire around him with interest and not knowing what he was studying. This noble great magician and the Iron Armored Beastmaster have just met, and they actually get along well, they can talk in their souls, and Yunmeng is also willing to take Raphael around the Black Fire Swamp and tell him where to eat something.

In the distance, on a strange rock that protrudes from the swamp, Gereel and Amon stand side by side, talking in secret words of information magic. Ge Lie asked, "Do you know what happened to the fall of Enqidu?"

There are only a few people in this world who can make Amon tell his secrets without reservation, except for Schrödinger, who has left, and Maria, who is far away in Eju, and the remaining one is the great magician of Golie in front of him. Interestingly, they were once the enemies who led the army on the battlefield, but Goreh was a friend of the old madman and a respected elder of Amun.

Amon replied calmly: "I didn't know it at the time, but later because of a special experience, I realized that it was the ultimate consequence of 'the examination of fate and the final judgment', which was chosen for a lifetime. Forgive me for not being able to explain it to you too clearly, because you know that it may not be beneficial. But I can tell you that if mortals want to become gods who are truly beyond eternal life, that is a necessary test. ”

Ge Lie was slightly taken aback: "Are you saying that Enqi has cultivated to the end of the human realm, and may become a god?"

Amon sighed and said, "Yes, he already has that kind of achievement, but unfortunately he didn't succeed, but he is worthy of this life! Your original idea may be right, whether it is a sorcerer like you or a warrior like Enqidu, if you cultivate to the end of the human realm, you may touch the light of the kingdom of God, but this hope is too slim and too accidental." I told you about the power of two sides of oneness, and when I was in Eju, I realized that there are no two sides of one, and that strength and body and mind are one.

It is also possible for a samurai or magician to reach the end of his earthly achievements due to superhuman luck, talent, and perseverance, but there are many things that are missing from the cultivation cheats that have been circulated in the world, and it is impossible to take the final step unless the body and mind have inadvertently met the requirements of these tests. The ninth-level achievement of the Origin Power has a life that seems to be endless, and although the ninth-level Great Divine Sorcerer in the human world has a long life, it cannot be compared to the messengers of those gods. ”

Goret asked again, "Messenger of the gods?"

Amon smiled: "It's some so-called gods, such as me today, I can already be called a god in myths and legends, just like Humbaba was also called the god of the Udi River. But there is still a difference between this and a truly transcendent deity, and as for what the difference is, I have not yet verified. Of course, this requires a ninth-level achievement with Origin Power, and not all Divine Envoys can reach this level, they just know the secret of Origin Power. ”

Amon said this and remained silent, waiting for Gore's question. As for the secret of the Origin Power, if Goreol didn't ask, he wouldn't take the initiative to tell it, but if Goreh wanted to know, Amon wouldn't hide it. He can tell Gelie the secret, and as for the guidance of faith, it is Gere's own business, and even if he knows the secret, it doesn't mean that he can become a god.

Ge Lie did not continue to ask, but sighed and said: "Amon, you want to open this road, not only to get materials, but more importantly, to the population, right? From a personal point of view, I am even willing to send unemployed soldiers who have returned to their hometowns to become an army with a little organization. But there's a question, if you do that, for whom do you build a temple in the city-state of Salem?"

Amun replied very dryly: "The city-state of Salem has built a temple for the goddess Muyun, which is the same as the original Duke town, I don't think anyone can have any opinion, right? ”

Maybe in a different era and a different region, people don't quite understand what Amon and Golie said, but in the Tianshu Continent at that time, the belief in the gods was an indispensable spiritual support for people. What is the difference between working and living in the world and birds and beasts without wisdom or the walking dead without knowledge and desire? That is the yearning and hope in people's hearts, the world is material, but people live in spirit.

If a person loses his sense of taste, no matter how good the taste in the world is, it will be meaningless to him, and if he loses his vision, the beautiful colors will no longer be gorgeous. This is the meaning of faith, which is not necessarily a debate between gods and gods, but a belief in finding the meaning of existence. Whether the gods exist or not, people need the sustenance of the gods or symbolic gods in their minds to face the suffering of life and the unknowns in the world.

On the other hand, the royal power relied on divine power, which was also conducive to the rule of the kingdoms, so that the emperors of the world had a self-evident transcendent status. As soon as the two are combined, each city-state on the Tianshu Continent has its own temple, no matter what Amon does, it cannot be separated from reality, there must be a temple in the city-state to be stable, the difference is nothing more than which god or what kind of god to believe in.

Ge Lie smiled, this smile was a little strange, he used to twist his beard and said: "You haven't been to Salem City for so long, have you? The temple you said has been repaired, and there is indeed a statue of Goddess Mu Yun on the altar, but well, it is your statue that hugs the waist......!

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(To be continued)