When they inquired with the entourage of the adults, they found out that the person who had returned Nero's staff in public in the temple square today was Amun, and they couldn't help but gasp. Amon is now a distinguished guest of the city-state, as long as he tells Lord Dick what happened in front of the mansion, several of them will be swept away, trembling with fear, and want to apologize and plead with Amon in private, but unfortunately there is no chance for a while.

Thankfully, what the gatekeepers feared didn't happen, and it seemed that Amon didn't tell Master Dick about what happened to him. However, the second housekeeper who was in charge of guarding the gatekeeper heard about this incident and called several gatekeepers at that time to reprimand him in private--the great good thing that was sent to the door made them miss it!

Amon lived in the city lord's mansion, and Rod Dick arranged a separate small courtyard for him, and all the items for food and clothing were a luxury that Amon had never seen before, and he had such a luxurious enjoyment for the first time in his life. But he hadn't seen Rod Dick for days, and the lord of the city had been busy with official business.

Rod Dick did not restrict Amon's freedom of movement, and he was free to come and go with his guests except in the inner house. It's just that every time he goes out, the butler will send a carriage and guards to accompany him, which is both a kind of protection and a kind of surveillance, and now he can't let Amon go. Amon doesn't need to pay for anything he wants to buy at the store, he just takes whatever he wants, and he has someone to keep the account and pay the bill.

When Amon bought a few fun little things, he found out about this, and he consciously didn't buy anything more, anyway, he didn't lack anything in the city lord's mansion. In this strange foreign land, he received two gifts one after another.

The first gift was given by a few gatekeepers when they went out, home-made snacks and wine bought in the shop, and they apologized and begged Amon not to sue. Amon didn't want anything from these people, but he accepted it with a smile, because he could sense the hearts of these people, and if they didn't accept the gifts, they would be frightened, but if they did, they would be relieved and grateful.

The second gift was from Tushung-Lington, the second oldest of Nero's nephews. The nobleman personally visited the house, thanked him on behalf of the Lington family, and apologized for not receiving Amon in person for the past few days. The things he sent were simple and practical: a hundred gold coins, two horses, and a sumptuous carriage that could be used by the commoners without noble ornaments, a few sets of clothes, and two young and beautiful slave girls.

The clothes are very good, the outer clothes, underwear, belts, pockets, and boots are all complete sets, there is no noble gorgeous clothing, but it is very comfortable and durable, and it is very suitable for people who travel far away. Except for the slave girl, Amon accepted everything else and was happy to express his gratitude.

Amon was unaware of what had happened in the temple that day, that Obama had unwarranted hostility towards him, and that Hillary Clinton even wanted to imprison him for interrogation. This Tashun was a man of understanding, and sent the gift to the palace of the lord of the city, so that everyone could see it. This also represents the respect and sincerity of the Lington family, although it is only his private behavior, but it saves the face of the entire family.

Amon hadn't seen Rod Dick for a few days, and he asked his entourage what the Lord of the City was up to, and learned that Julian, the eighth-level great magician of Monfils, had visited.

He actually met an "acquaintance" here, this great magician Amon naturally did not know, but Julian was Bell's old friend. In the old madman's message there was a list of people Amon could turn to for help if he ran into trouble while traveling around the continent, and all of them had been favored by Nietzsche or Bell. The old madman's token used to be Bell's token as well, and Julian was included in that list.

More than thirty years ago, Julian was a sixth-level theorcerer, managing the archives of the Temple of Isis. Bell often consulted various classics, so he got acquainted with Julian, and also received some help from Julian, and the relationship between the two was very good. Advancing from a sixth-level magician to a seventh-level great magician is the most difficult threshold to cross in divine cultivation, and Julian has received a lot of guidance from Bell, which is a very rare favor.

Later, when Bell made a mistake and left the temple of Isis with Leon, the first person to notice was Julian. He didn't stop or warn him at the first time, probably because he had received Bell's favor or knew he couldn't stop Bell. There were three teams chasing Bell that year, and the one that set out from Monfilth was supposed to be led by Julian, but Julian found an excuse not to go, and was led by a high priest from the Temple of Monfils, and went to the city-state of Cape to join Nero to hunt down Bell.

It is necessary to introduce the temple of Isis, which, like the temples of the city-states, has three high priests in charge of various affairs, but the chief priest is a holy woman, and her position is transcendent throughout the Eju Empire. Since the temple of Isis ruled over the temples of the city-states of Eju, the high priest had a high status and was able to sit on an equal footing with the lords of the various city-states. But there are only three positions of the high priest, although Bell was a great priest back then, but at the beginning he was just an honorary high priest who did not hold real power, and it was only after he became the patriarch of the Eiju Divine Academy that Bell gained a high status.

The so-called one turnip is a pit, and it is precisely because the original high priest disappeared while chasing Bell and vacated a position, and Julian, who was later promoted to the great priest, successfully became the new high priest of the Temple of Isis. In a sense, Bell is indirectly doing Julian a favor.

Julian is mentioned in the old madman's message, but at the same time, he also reminds Amon that after all these years, people don't know that if they really encounter any trouble and want to find someone to help, they must first find out the situation.

Amon didn't want to ask Julian for help for the time being, but he was very interested in the great magician and wanted to see with his own eyes how he took Nero's relics out of the spatial ring, so he waited patiently. He wasn't in a hurry, but the nephews of the Linton family were in a hurry these days.

When Julian arrived at the city-state of the headland, Rod Dick did not mention Nero at the first time, but gave him a grand welcome and hospitality. Julian went to the temples of the city-state to inspect them, in fact, it was just for show, and he was warmly received along the way, and received generous gifts from the temples that had long been prepared. Each place has its own characteristics, and there are many treats that are not enjoyed in the city of Monfils, and this kind of tour is also a rare beauty, and Julian's feeling is very nourishing.

Lord Dick, the lord of the city, was so enthusiastic that he accompanied Julian all the way, gave Julian the highest courtesy, and did not return home for several days, and put aside all other affairs in the city-state for the time being. But while accompanying Julian on his tour, Rod Dick received a secret letter from his envoy to Montflix, explaining the background of Julian's visit, as well as a message from the Holy Maiden that Maria had also asked Rod to try to keep Julian in the city-state of the headland!

The reason is a bit complicated, the temple of Isis finally has a new saint after more than thirty years, most people are happy, but there are also a few people who are dissatisfied, first of all, the city lord of the city of Mengfeisi, the capital of Lower Eju. If there was no Holy Maiden, everything in Mengfeisi City would be decided by the city lord himself, but after having a Holy Maiden, there were important matters that had to be consulted by the Holy Maiden, and the personal rights of the city lord were greatly weakened.

There may also be resentment among the three high priests in the temple of Isis for the same reason. Without the Holy Maiden, all the real power of the temple of Isis would remain in the hands of the three of them, as well as the temples of the city-states to which Eju belonged, and Julian was one of the three high priests in power.

There is also a practical contradiction in this situation, if the temple of Isis is left without a saint for a long time, the authority to govern the affairs of Eju will gradually be weakened and shaken. So this state of affairs cannot be sustained for long, and a new saint must be chosen.

But the three high priests did not want their real power to be weakened, so they hoped that the new saint would only be a symbolic ornament, and that everything else would remain in their control. Maria was young and inexperienced, and in her first year as a saint, she devoted herself to the cultivation of divine arts and was familiar with the various conditions of the temple of Isis, so there was no conflict.

However, in her position and in her government, Mary could not always be a vain saint who did not ask about anything, nor could she always be at the mercy of a puppet. She is also very talented, otherwise she would not have mastered the "power given by the gods" in such a short period of time in Duketown.

In recent times, Mary has gradually begun to take charge of some temple affairs, and it is imperative to change and rectify the old habits of the past thirty years. It just so happened that Rod Dick repeatedly sent people to apply, hoping to have a great magician to guard the city-state of the headland. Mary took this as an opportunity to send Julian, the most powerful of the three high priests, to inspect the city-state of the headland.

Julian was glad to visit the city-state, but Rod Dick received a secret report that in a few days the Holy Maiden would have an order to stay in the city-state of the headland for a year and oversee the affairs of the border temple. The order also rebuked Rod Dick, criticizing the city lord for his omissions in the affairs of the temple in the past few years in office, and asking him to respectfully and humbly accept the guidance and supervision of Lord Julian.

Although the Holy Maiden rebuked Rod Dick in his order, the city lord was secretly happy when he heard the news. The first dispatch of Julian to the city-state of the headland, and the subsequent order to keep him, so that the high priest would not have a chance to oppose it to his face, the instructions of the Holy Maiden were ostensibly to be obeyed, and this hand was not very clever but effective.

One year was enough time for Maria to appoint someone to familiarize herself with what Julian had been in charge of, even if by the time Julian returned, everything was back on track. And Roddick also had a year to familiarize Julian with and adapt to the city-state of the headland, and to find various opportunities to ask him to stay officially.

Perhaps after a year, Mary would be able to take control of the situation and issue a formal order to appoint Julian as the chief priest of the city-state of the headland, and then select another cronies to fill the vacant position of high priest. Rod Dick, who got the secret letter, was no longer in a hurry, and just accompanied Julian to enjoy the mountains and rivers.

They toured around the city-state's possessions, and a few days later returned to the main city of the headland, and Rod Dick was about to tell him about Nero's relics, but Julian himself asked first: "Lord of the city, I have heard the priests mention one thing these days, thirty years ago, Nero, the best scroll-making master in the whole of Eju, was the chief priest here, and just a few days ago, a foreigner returned Nero's staff and relics in public, why didn't you mention this matter to me?"

Rod Dick clapped his hands and said, "I was about to say that the staff of the Lord Priest, who had been lost for more than thirty years, returned to the city-state precisely the day before Lord Julian's arrival, as if it were welcoming you, Your Excellency! ”

Julian didn't hear Rod Dick's words, but the words were useful, and he smiled happily: "I heard that not only is there a staff, but Nero also left a relic, what is it?" ”

Rod Dick said with a happy face: "I was looking for an opportunity to ask for your help, but my lord has been busy with official business these days, and I have not been embarrassed to speak." I'm ashamed to say that there is no great magician in the city-state of Cape, and none of us can open that spatial ring to take out the will and relics, and we have to bother your lord to make a move. ”

Julian smiled and waved his hand: "What are the troubles, it's just a little thing, I'm happy to help." Where's the Spatial Ring? Get it now. ”

Rod Dick leaned over and whispered, "Don't worry, sir, there's one more thing I want to tell you privately...... "He whispered a few words beside Julian.

Julian replied in surprise, "Oh, and that matter, so quickly bring the staff, and we'll go to the temple's chamber." ”

In the vault of the temple, Julian read Nero's last words with a staff in his hand, and was speechless for a long time with a solemn expression, he did not speak, nor did Rod Dick. After a long time, Julian once again inspired the pupil of the earth and re-listened to this last word from beginning to end. Then the information in the pupil of the earth gradually faded until it disappeared into indestructible form, and was quietly erased by the great magician.

Julian said solemnly to Rod Dick: "Nero's last words involve a lot of secrets, and they must not be passed on, I wonder who has read this information?"

Rod Dick replied, "They are all people who are related to it, and they are worthy of trust, for the sake of Nero himself, for the sake of the city-state, for the temple of Isis, and for the honor and prestige of the entire Eju Empire, I have strictly decreed that everyone should not spread the word, or else they will be punished with the severest punishment." Now that this information has been erased, even if anyone says it, it will never be recognized. ”

Julian asked, "What about the stranger who returned the staff?" and what does he know, and he must be careful with this man. ”

Rod Dick explained: "He only saw the book left by Lord Nero in the cave, and did not mention the past that should not be made public, and now this man lives in my house, and his entry and exit are under surveillance. After thinking about it, he added very uneasily: "This person's act of returning the staff and relics has been regarded by the people of the city-state as a symbol of the favor and gift of the gods, just before your arrival, this also symbolizes your glory, you are not rude, we must express our due gratitude." ”

Julian shook his head with a smile and said, "Lord Dick is too worried, I just want to meet this person and praise his noble and selfless character in person." ”

Rod Dick: "You can see him tomorrow, and he will be there when the relics are taken out and the will is read." ”

That evening, Rod Dick returned home for the first time in days. And that night, Julian stayed in the room of the temple that belonged to the chief priest and lost sleep. Rod Dick didn't know that the great magician had his own worries and desires, and that the outland boy named Amon should be the only person in the world who had seen the last vestiges of Nero. Expecting that no one would ever discover the secret past of more than thirty years ago, Julian did not know how many words Nero had left behind, and whether there was any mention of what had happened between him and Bell - which was Julian's greatest concern.

On the other hand, Nero said in his message that Bell had told him that mortals could also become gods. It sounds unbelievable, but it has to be believable. What kind of temptation could make a ninth-level great magician leave the temple and become the enemy of the entire empire?

Maybe Bell really knew something, and Nero disappeared while chasing Bell, and he should have been the last person to see Bell, so maybe he also knew something. There was no mention of the staff in the message, and if there were, it would probably be in his cave suicide note, and the outland boy wouldn't have said it even if he saw it—no one would say it!

...... The next day, Amon rode in the carriage of the lord of the city to the temple of the city-state of the headland, and in a solemn hall in the apse, everyone was present. Mistress Julian sat in the center, with a ring on the round table in front of him, and the high priest of the temple of the city-state of the headland, the prefects, the nine nephews of the House of Linton, and Amun, were gathered around the table, and Rod Dick sat beside Julian for the notary.

In front of an eighth-level great magician, Amon didn't dare to use the detection magic to spy on the truth, but just stared intently at the spatial ring. He was a little disappointed by the result, and there was nothing remarkable about what he had discovered, Julian just picked up the ring and closed his eyes, and with a slight shake of his hand, he took out the contents of the ring, which was similar to Amon taking something out of a bone, and he took out everything in the ring at once.

Amon sensed that this great magician was using a high-level spatial magic technique, and his mana was very powerful. It seems that Nero's spatial ring is far less precious than Amon's bone, which can even be barely used by a third-level magician who has just mastered the spatial divine art.

The thing was taken out of the space ring, and half of the table was instantly piled up with a bang, and everyone let out a suppressed exclamation, and most of them widened their eyes and held their breath. Nero's relics consisted of only two things, scrolls of all sorts and a pile of scattered stones. At a glance, it is estimated that there are more than seventy scrolls, nearly half of which are high-level divine skill scrolls, and there are hundreds of divine stones, including four dark blue water hearts and two flame spirits.

What an astonishing fortune this is! The special divine stone was already expensive enough, and the value of the scroll far exceeded that of the divine stone, Julian, who was a great divine sorcerer, naturally knew it very well in his heart, and he almost jumped in surprise. And Hilary Linton almost fainted with her hand on her chest, her eyes fixed on the blue water hearts and flame spirits.

However, Rod Dick was the calmest, he coughed lightly, reached out and picked up a scroll of paper between the scroll and the divine stone from the table, opened it and looked at it, and said: "This is Lord Nero's will, which reads 'read and notarized in public by Lord Dick, the lord of the city', which should refer to my father." I didn't expect it to be so many years before we saw it, and thanks to Lord Nero for your trust, I'll read it out today. ”

Nero's will was simple, dividing all the scrolls into five parts: two for the temple of the city-state of the headland as a tribute to his role as the chief priest, two for the heirs of the family in the hope that the Lington family would have excellent magicians to carry on his business, and the last one for the returner of the relics as a token of gratitude for his selfless and noble character. And the Divine Stone is divided into three parts, two for the Lington family, and one for the person who returned the relics.

Nero's reward was very generous, but it was also appropriate from another point of view, if the person who received the relics did not return them, they could keep them all for themselves. At the end of the will, it was also mentioned that he hoped that the current chief priest of the city-state of the cape would be accommodating and let the person who returned the staff consult his personal record of making the scroll, and specify which one and which, presumably to explain the purpose of the nameless gray scroll.

This is Nero's heart, he once said in the message that the gray scroll is more precious than the staff and the ring combined, but only after returning the relics can we know how to use the scrolls, that is, I am worried that the person who got the relics will not return them.

When the will was read, Rod Dick handed the scroll to everyone present and passed it on for everyone to read, but Amon didn't read it at all, because he had already said in advance that he didn't know Egü cursive. Obama-Lington lamented in his heart that the distribution of the will was so unfair, and that Amon, an unknown and lowly foreigner, had received more than every one of Nero's nephews.

But in front of everyone, he couldn't object, so he pointed to those divine stones and said: "I don't know the value of the scroll, but the number of divine stones is clear, there are a total of one hundred and three here, if you divide it into three parts, each of the thirty-four will have one more." Amon, you can take the thirty-five divine stones, and leave the blue and red ones behind. ”

Rod Dick glanced at him with a slight frown, a contemptuous sneer on the corner of his mouth. Tashung-Lington spoke: "My cousin, don't you feel ashamed to talk like this? The value of special divine stones is completely different from that of ordinary divine stones, and everyone here knows it in their hearts. Since the uncle's will was notarized by Lord Dick, how to distribute it should also be arbitrated by Lord Dick. ”

Rod Dick didn't talk nonsense either, he wouldn't go and count it himself, let the clerk Fayol Judas stand up and count the total value of the Divine Stone on the spot. The value of various special divine stones is also different, the most valuable is the Wind Charm Dance, because it can make space artifacts and the number is quite rare, its preciousness is staggering, worth five hundred ordinary divine stones. The second is the Pupil of the Earth, which is worth three hundred ordinary divine stones. And the flame spirit and the blue water heart in Nero's relics are worth as much as two hundred ordinary divine stones.

The relics [***] have ninety-seven ordinary divine stones, four dark blue water hearts, and two flame spirits, with a total value of 1,297 divine stones. If it is divided into three parts, each part is four hundred and thirty-two ordinary divine stones, and there is one more. After the clerk's reckoning, Rod Dick first asked Amun, "How do you want to be paid, generous and selfless foreigner?"

Amon was also a little dumbfounded, he didn't expect Nero's relics to be so valuable, he mainly valued those scrolls, but it was not easy to reveal, and he replied when he heard the city lord's question: "These colored divine stones are so valuable, I don't want more, it's enough to take away a red one and add a blue one, and it's convenient to take it with you." Forget the odd and thin, thank you to the servants in the city lord's mansion, and ask Lord Dick to transfer it on my behalf, thank them for taking good care of me during this time. ”

Amon was crisp and beautiful, he only needed a blue water heart and a flame spirit, and the reason he said was also very valid - it was convenient to carry it with him. No matter who it is, it will not be easy to carry more than 400 divine stones on his body, if he exchanges them for gold coins, one person will not be able to hold them at all, and he will have to use a carriage to pull them! Amon generously transferred the remaining thirty-two divine stones to the servants in the city lord's mansion, which made Rod Dick very satisfied.

Amon brought all the servants in the city lord's mansion, and it was difficult for others to oppose it again. Tashung-Lington also took the initiative to say: "Our Lington family should also take out double fractions, a total of sixty-four divine stones, and let the city lord reward the staff and servants around him as a thank you for the notarized will." The remaining eight hundred and one divine stones can be divided into nine equal parts, and each of us will take eighty-nine. ”

Nero's nephews quietly glared at Tushun in dissatisfaction, but no one openly objected, and the divine stone was divided in this way, and the scrolls were distributed. Rod Dick humbly said to Julian: "Your Excellency, you are a great magician, and you know the usefulness and value of scrolls best, and I don't have the ability to tell so clearly, so I would like you to arbitrate." ”

Julian looked at those scrolls, there was also a look of longing in his eyes, and said with a wry smile: "The value of scrolls is not as clear as that of divine stones, sometimes they can't be bought with money, and their meanings are completely different in different occasions and in the hands of different people. Since it's not easy to calculate, I think I'll use the simplest method, there are thirty-six high-grade scrolls and thirty-eight intermediate scrolls, all divided into five parts according to the number. The lord of the castle took the first two on behalf of the Cape Temple, the Lington family took two more, and the stranger Amuna took the remaining one. As for the extra fraction, it is up to the lord of the castle to decide what to do with it. ”

(To be continued)