The king of Assyria shrugged his shoulders: "I don't know what the reason is, I have to ask them themselves, the most arrogant people on the continent, I'm afraid they can't bear this kind of suspicion and questioning, and there will be a lot of excitement when the time comes." Although Queen Sémir did not make up for Enqidu, she did take on the shape of Enqidu. The bow and arrows she used were made of snake tendons and snake fangs, and everyone on the continent knew that Enkidu and Gilgamesh had slashed Humbaba and obtained snake tendons and snake fangs, and the great magicians of Monfils would not have recognized this weapon. ”

Alpha said with palpitations: "It's not a good thing to offend these two people, you must keep it strictly confidential." ”

Sinach snorted coldly: "It's just two people, and I may not be afraid of them! Even if the Kingdom of Barun wants to declare war on me, there is a plateau to block, and Assyria is easy to defend and difficult to attack, I still want to try the opportunity to establish a meritorious career...... But you are right, this matter is a secret of the kingdom, only you and I can know about it, and we must not disclose it to anyone. ”

The Prime Minister stretched out his hand and quietly wiped the corners of his forehead, and whispered, "Your Majesty, the old minister still thinks that your decision is too risky. Next time something as important as this, can you say hello in advance, and plan well. ”

The king waved his hand and said, "Alpha, it's not that I don't trust you, you are the most loyal minister in the Assyrian kingdom. But in the city of Mengfeisi, there must be no possibility of revealing the news, if the other party is prepared, it will be difficult for the queen and the national teacher to get out, so I didn't tell anyone. ”

Alpha sighed slightly: "Your Majesty's decision may be right, you summoned the old minister to discuss it at night, what is your will, what can the old minister do for you and the kingdom?"

King Sinach also sighed and said, "Your Excellency, you have a lot to do, and the army is ready to climb the plateau, establish a city-state in the new fertile land, and expand the territory of the kingdom. I have a burning ambition, but the Assyrian plateau not only guards our land, but also imprisons my ambitions. My kingdom is barren and small, and our warriors, as valiant as they are in battle, have been trapped beyond the plateau.

To the west of the Eude, a thousand miles of fertile land will appear, and it is my opportunity to expand my territory and build a legacy for the ages, and I will be a king who will be admired by the subjects of Assyria for all ages. But the other three would not give up the fight, and only by provoking their dispute first could the Assyrian army and people have a chance to climb the plateau and occupy it first. ”

While he was talking, someone outside the hall announced in a loud voice: "Her Majesty the Queen has returned, and the National Teacher asks to see her!"

Before he could finish speaking, a woman had already walked in, she was wearing a straitjacket, her long black hair was tied up and she was not wearing jewelry, it was Semir, the queen of the Assyrian kingdom. If Amon had been here, he would have been surprised, because she was the same assassin who had assassinated Mary in her dreams, and she had never expected it to be a woman!

Semir's figure is petite, and the tight-fitting suit shows the curves of the body, but such a delicate body seems to contain a dynamic tension, as if it is a perfect combination of soft body and resolute temperament. Her facial features are feminine, her eyes are dark brown, and she has a mysterious charm.

King Sinach rose from his seat, greeted him with open arms, and said, "My dear queen, all is well with your return so soon?"

Semir gave her husband a hug, then took a step back and nodded: "The assassination of the saint was not successful, but it doesn't matter, Your Majesty's plan should be smooth." It's just that the Holy Maiden's composure is beyond my imagination, and she may be the youngest great magician on the continent today. Then he turned sideways and gestured to the alpha chin and said, "It turns out that the prime minister is also here, I think the king must have something to discuss with you, I am tired, go and rest first." ”

Alpha hurriedly got up and saluted: "Her Majesty has worked hard!"

Semir said to the king again: "The national teacher is outside the door, you can ask him for details." After speaking, she walked into the apse, her attitude was a little cold and arrogant, and she did not use honorifics when she spoke to the king.

When the queen left, the prime minister whispered to the king, "Your Majesty, the queen's face is not very good, and she seems to be angry. The queen will not be happy if you send her so far away on a dangerous assassination mission. You have not seen each other for many days, and she hastened back to Nineveh overnight, and your Majesty will talk about it tomorrow, and coax the queen tonight to express her comfort and concern. ”

Sinah's expression was somewhat embarrassed, and he coughed and said, "The queen is tired and needs a good rest." I am the king, and I should take the affairs of the state first, and the national teacher is still waiting outside, so please come in and discuss it together. ”

There was a difference between the kings and the courtiers, with Queen Semir having direct access to the inner sanctum, while Faust could only enter if she was informed. The great magician was in his fifties, but he looked like an old man in his seventies or eighties, his curly hair was completely gray, and his face was wrinkled and very haggard. The three days and three nights of non-stop travel were indeed exhausting, and on the other hand, his appearance was like this, which was completely different from the pampered appearance of ordinary great magicians.

Faust was the chief patriarch of the Assyrian temple and was said to be the most knowledgeable man in the entire kingdom, and he was able to recite all the books in the Assyrian temple and the main temple of Assyria, retelling every page and paragraph accurately. His thirst for knowledge surpassed that of anyone else in the kingdom, and his greatest hobby was to collect all kinds of texts, and any precious document that he had not read would be remembered by heart.

Faust once said, "Knowledge is the pursuit, and I want to find the power to change the world and my life." He was called "the sage of the kingdom" in Assyria, which was not an official position, but later on, everyone including the king called him so. As a teacher of the country, it has become a noble title exclusive to Faust.

The king gave Faust a seat and asked kindly, "Honorable Master of the Kingdom, I didn't expect you to come back so quickly, how many flying scrolls did you use? ”

Faust smiled bitterly, "Her Majesty just wants to return to the royal capital as soon as possible, and although I am riding the Shadow Shuttle, I still use up all the flying scrolls. ”

Alpha was surprised: "So these three days and three nights have been flying without a moment's stay, no wonder you came back so quickly, and you look so tired." ”

Faust: "It is really nothing to be able to build up a meritorious service for the kingdom, and the plan is what I dedicate to Your Majesty, and of course it should be done by me personally." The assassination of the Holy Maiden was unsuccessful, but the purpose should have been achieved, and we are now ready to act quietly when the strife is together. ”

King Sinakh: "I was discussing this matter with the Prime Minister just now, and I want to go over the plateau to prepare for the establishment of a city-state, and I will start now, and I can't alarm the others." There will be a thousand miles of fertile land in the center of the continent, do you think that several other countries will know about this matter?"

Faust sighed lightly and said: "I have a hunch, of course, there will be high-ranking people in other kingdoms, even if they didn't react at the time, but more than two years have passed, and a large area of fertile soil has been exposed in the swamp, and everyone will realize what will happen." And we're wondering, wouldn't the gods be aware of all this, and would be guiding the people then. ”

Alpha continued: "I have studied the topography there, and at first exposed a large area of fertile soil where the swamp could rest, near the foot of the Assyrian plateau, while the other three sides were still surrounded by swamps. Climbing the plateau is an obstacle for us, but the swamp will block the brigades of the other three kingdoms, so the Assyrian kingdom is still the most advantageous in terms of geography. ”

Faust took out his staff, and a light and shadow appeared in the void, which was the terrain around Duk Town, and he pointed to the inland lake at the northernmost end of the desert and said: "The army cannot enter the swamp area for the time being, but that lake is a good place to set up a camp, and the battle will happen in advance, only if there is a war between them, we will have a chance to sneak into the south of the Assyrian plateau and gain a foothold." As the area of fertile soil that outcrops expands, so does the territory we occupy until it extends to the whole of the territory, and then we can gain an invincible position. ”

The king frowned as if he was thinking, and then asked: "The Eju Empire is the most ambitious and powerful, and it has long wanted to cross the desert to bring all the kingdoms to its knees, and what it wants most is such a territory. And this territory is within the territory of the Hati Kingdom, and sooner or later a war between the two countries will break out, and the assassination of the Holy Maiden is just a pretext to detonate. According to the National Teacher, when should it be?"

Faust mused: "The national war is not easy, the supply lines of both countries are very long, even if you have the intention to start a war, you have to make a lot of preparations, and a large-scale war will take at least a year and a half." ...... Prime Minister, can we prepare for this time?"

Alpha squinted his eyes and said: "It is not easy for a large group of centaurs to cross the plateau with supplies, the giant battle formation is the most suitable as a striker, the area of land exposed to the swamp at the beginning will not be very large, and it will be divided into many isolated islands." We spread out along the foothills of the Assyrian plateau and moved forward slowly, and as long as there were no other disturbances, there was no problem in the preparations. ”

...... Far away in the city of Mengfeisi, Amon probably could not have imagined that his future journey back to his hometown would be full of so many dangers. Princess Xiaoqian has already intervened and guided the plateau giant tribe to quietly enter the swamp to find an isolated island that has surfaced to establish a tribe. The Assyrian king, on the other hand, had greater ambitions, and he wanted to occupy the entire territory of the fertile land and open up new territories south of the Assyrian plateau, and in order to achieve this goal, he even sent people to assassinate the saints by further intensifying the contradictions between the nations.

Amon had been very quiet during this time, and he was now the captain of the guard, with dozens of warriors under his command and two slaves who specialized in taking care of daily life. Amon was not used to letting slaves do things around him, and usually just let them clean the yard, and if they needed anything, he would give them money to go out and buy them, which was a lot more convenient in life.

The guards have routine training, and when it comes to fighting skills, Amon is no worse than anyone else, but the cooperation between samurai, the battle formation between samurai and magicians, the use of various weapons, and the role of various equipment in different occasions are all knowledge, and Amon has also learned a lot. He seems to be a serious guard, but he is the most forgiving person in comparison, and he is like a child when he is happy.

As the captain of the guard, he has more opportunities to contact those divine texts alone, which can be corroborated with the high-level divine arts to be cultivated. It was inconvenient to display divine skills in the Temple of Isis, so he could only quietly practice the power rules of various divine arts in private.

However, some magic skills need to be performed to confirm the results of cultivation, so Amon sometimes walks out of the temple and comes back after spending the night outside, people think that the captain of the guard is going to relax, but in fact he is looking for a place where no one is there to confirm the effect of high-level divine arts. This toss made Amon himself feel inconvenient, and began to think about buying a mansion in the city of Mengfeisi.

If nothing else, there must be at least a place to house Schrödinger. When the cat came to Eju, he did not live with Amon in the temple of Isis.

The main deity of the temple of Isis is the goddess Isis, but almost all the gods of the Eju god system are also enshrined in the side halls, including the goddess Best, the attendant of Osiris. Best's idol is very distinctive, but the slender girl has the head of a cat on her body, and her long hair looks like a lion.

Because the goddess Bester is in the form of a cat, the cat is a worshipped and pampered animal in Eju. There are more realistic traditional reasons why cats are loved by people, a long time ago Aiju was often plagued by rats, and some people introduced domesticated domestic cats, which became good helpers to guard the granary, saving a lot of food for the people of Egypt every year, and of course will be appreciated by people.

Around the temple of Isis lived many cats, neither wild nor domestic, lazily lying under the walls or basking in the sun in the square. Passers-by like to feed the cats, and the priests in the temple will also put cat food in a fixed place every day, symbolizing the sacrifice to the people of the goddess Best.

When Amon first entered the temple of Isis, Schrödinger jumped out of his leather pocket and slipped away, and then blended into the various cats in the square, and it was too late to chase after him. Schrödinger was familiar with this place, as if he had returned home, and it was no wonder that it had been "stolen" from Monfilth by Bell, who had asked Amon to "take me back to Eju".

Amon never knew what Schrödinger was thinking or doing, the cat was guiding him, and he didn't know where Schrödinger was going. Living in the temple of Isis and not being able to see the cat, it is inevitable that he will have strange thoughts, after all, in the loneliest time of his life, there is a scary cat with a big shelf to accompany and help him through the difficult years. Whether Schrödinger wanted to use him or for some other purpose, Amon was grateful.

Amon didn't fail to see Schrödinger, every time he went out alone, a cat would often suddenly jump out and rub against his leg outside the temple, and it was Schrödinger when he fixed his eyes. Amon looked for a secluded place to try his magic, and Schrödinger would follow him and watch, crouching there with one paw on his cheek and tilting his head, looking very interested.

Every time he saw Schrödinger, Amon would buy the best wine. Later, he developed a habit of simply buying good wine and bringing it with him, and his guards often gave it to him when they saw that the captain liked it.

Amon didn't know where Schrödinger usually hung out, but the cat had grown more beautiful and energetic since he returned to Eju. It was slender and muscular, its coat was smooth and bright, and it was agile and quick when it jumped and galloped, and Amon had to do his best to keep up with it in the open field, apparently completely rejuvenated. If it weren't for the pattern, Amon would almost not recognize the cat, but Schrödinger has one obvious feature, that is, he can't detect divine magic.

Schrödinger's style is still very draggy, looking at Amun's eyes like a high king looking at his people, but his attitude is much closer. Every time it saw Amon, it was obviously happy, otherwise it would not have jumped out to rub his legs, which was unthinkable before.

In addition to finding opportunities to go out from time to time to have a "tryst" with Schrödinger, Amon is also waiting for Mary's summons, but the Holy Maiden is very busy during this time, and I heard that she left for the capital of Eju and has important matters to discuss with His Majesty Pharaoh, which may be related to the last assassination. A month later, the saint returned to Monfils, and Gabriel was the first to come to Amun.

Gabriel summoned Amon alone to speak in a samurai hall, a place where the great samurai usually conducted official business, and the reliefs on the left and right walls were the images of the great samurai of the past dynasties, depicting various battle scenes.

Gabriel invited him to sit down and said, "Amon, the Holy Maiden has already instructed me to give me time to guide you in your physical cultivation, but I was too busy a while ago, and I didn't have time to come to you until today. ”

Amon hurriedly said: "I know you are very busy, some time ago, Lord Saintess was about to break through the seventh-level achievement, and I also had to prepare for the Blessing Ceremony of Isis, and there was another assassin incident at the ceremony. ”

Gabriel looked at him and suddenly asked, "Amon, how old are you this year?"

Amon replied with some embarrassment, "I'm almost seventeen years old." ”

Gabriel exclaimed softly: "Amazing, at this age, your achievements surpass mine, as long as you don't take the wrong path, you will definitely become a great warrior, the Holy Maiden is right." If I'm not mistaken, you got a breakthrough in that encounter on the Ronnie River, and after coming to Monfils, you grew your strength in recovery and became a level 6 warrior. ”

Amon nodded, "Yes, you're right. ”

Gabriel continued: "Everyone's experience is different, but there are always some encounters that are similar, I think when I broke through from a fifth-level samurai to a sixth-level samurai, it was also in a battle on a mission. If it weren't for the presence of Great Warlord Wald, I might have died, but after I came back, my strength grew beyond the limits of the past, and it was like experiencing a new life. ”

Amon nodded again and again: "My feeling is similar, it is indeed a difficult experience, and you are now a great warrior, if you can guide me, I don't know what it will be like to break through from the sixth level to the seventh level?"

Gabriel smiled faintly: "No one can say this clearly, to tell you the truth, in fact, I forgot." ”

Amon was surprised: "Forget, this kind of thing can also be forgotten?"

(To be continued)