083, the land of Malduk
Lescott Lee had been worried about the troubles or dangers that Amun's status as a magician would bring, but now it seems that this possibility is very small. Amon had acted side by side with Prince Feng Nu, rescued Princess Akane from the tribe of giants, and had a relationship with two of the most noble men in the kingdom, who would offend such a person for no reason? As long as Amon himself did not say it, I am afraid that no one would ask whether he was a magician or not.
This boy is really amazing, he has caught up with all the big things!
Medanzo learned about Amon from Theo, and he didn't expect that Amon's experience after breaking up with him would be so exciting. In Medanzo's mind, Amun's status is that of a god, and it is not inconceivable that he can do even more miraculous things. Now that he knew where Amon was, he made a request to Theo to follow his caravan back to Amon to find Amon as a bodyguard, and Theo of course agreed.
Medanzo was a noble warrior in the capital of Baron, and was willing to deign to be Theo's bodyguard in order to see Amon, much to Theo's flattery. After coming to Monfils, Medanzo wanted to find an inn to stay, but how could the enthusiastic Theo let him go, and he must stay at home and entertain him.
The two of them had already come to Xi'o's mansion while talking, and Xi'o heard the news and hurriedly greeted him, and saluted as soon as they met: "Lord Amon, you haven't been here for a long time, Xi'o has been looking forward to your presence!"
Amon hurriedly stopped: "No need to be polite, in front of you, I haven't changed anything, and don't call me sir, I'm not a nobleman." ”
Theo said, "You are already the captain of the guard, the captain of the guard in the temple of Isis, and your status is much more noble than that of ordinary nobles...... You haven't been to my house for three months, and it just so happens that Mistress Medanzo is here, so be sure to have a few drinks today. ”
Amon was also not easy to refuse, and held a banquet in Xio's mansion that day, during the banquet, Xio was drunk and vented his dissatisfaction with Amon's identity, he held a wine glass and said: "With your merits, you should have become an adult a long time ago, and you seem to be the only one who became the captain of the temple guard as a civilian." I heard that the Holy Maiden has taken special care of you, why don't you make such a request?"
Amon smiled wryly and explained, "I have been rewarded enough for what I have done, but as a civilian warrior, how can I make even more excessive demands when I am promoted to the captain of the guard of the Archives? ”
Xi'o muttered drunkly: "The laws of the empire are really strict, even if you have more money, it is difficult to become a noble." ”
The nobility of the Eju Empire could only be obtained in two ways, one was hereditary, and the other was a special gift. The second method is very difficult, and it is necessary to make great contributions to the empire, specially nominated by the nobles above the lord of the city-state, and granted by the decree of the pharaoh. This kind of feats are mainly military exploits or deeds praised by the people, and Amun is only throwing a shuttle spear at the ceremony, he is loyal to his duty, and he has not yet reached that height.
If anyone can become a great samurai, it is not difficult to obtain the status of a nobleman, but the hope of a commoner learning physical arts and having the achievements of a great samurai is too slim. Theo's displeasure is also spoken to himself, he is a very wealthy businessman, but being rich alone does not change the identity of a commoner. He once said that if he could obtain the status of a nobleman, he would even be willing to give half of his family property, but unfortunately there was no such opportunity.
Amon and Medanzo listened to Theo's hair at the feast and spent the night scratching until the night when they had the opportunity to speak alone. Medanzo, who was already a fifth-level warrior and magician, said to Amun: "The firmness of faith and the temptation of the devil may be difficult to face, but after I recovered from the pain, my life seemed to have undergone a change, and my faith became clearer, and I quickly passed these tests." I don't know how to describe my gratitude, O Amon, you are the god who guides me!"
Amon also sighed: "Faith comes from your heart, I didn't force you to do anything, and I don't want some things to be like that." With your surname, it is indeed not easy to promise Princess Xiaoqian anything, no wonder you will pass the test of the devil's temptation. Of course, I'm not saying that Princess Xiaoqian is a devil, nor is it saying that the title fief of the nobility is a devil, you should understand. ...... You already have a fifth-level achievement, have you ever interrupted your cultivation during this time?"
Medanzo grinned and said, "O god Amun, you know that my ambition and pursuit was once to restore my nobility and the glory of my ancestors, but when I became a nobleman again, I realized that what I really wanted was another kind of detachment and a path that you had guided. The cultivation of the power of two sides of one body, except for the few days when I walked with you, was interrupted, and then I have been persevering, and it has become my life. ”
Amon nodded thoughtfully and said: "The cultivation of the power of one body and two sides, what it obtains is a kind of power, but at the same time, it is also a kind of consciousness that is accustomed to it, and forgetting it but naturally possessing it may be the real pursuit." Medanzo, now that you have embarked on this path, I hope to remember that. ”
...... Medanzo took up residence in the city of Meffils, and Amon gave him the task of buying a mansion in the city as a place to stay, and gave him a document to prove his identity, with the name Aroha written on it. Of course, it is convenient for someone to do things, but there are some things that cannot be handed over to the guards under him, and Medanzo came at the right time.
Amon was rich enough to buy the most suitable place, and on the west side, near the edge of the city-state, Medanzo bought a large mansion, the estate of a down-and-out nobleman. Not only with the front yard and backyard, but also with a small reading garden, a spacious front hall with a fountain, and a small private house shrine in the backyard for worship of the gods and meditation and prayer, it seems that many years ago the owner of this manor was also a magician.
Now it is Amun's house, and everything is taken care of by Medanzo, and a group of servants are also hired, such as the porter groom, Medanzo is the butler, and the real Arroho rarely shows up, and is said to be very busy.
Amon also brought Schrödinger into the house, and Medanzo knew the cat and instructed everyone to be respectful to Schrödinger, which was the cat offered by the old man. But Schrödinger didn't like to live here, and spent most of his time hanging out with the idle cats outside the temple of Isis, and couldn't find them, so he had to wait for them to pop out.
In order to make Schrödinger like it, Amon ordered the statue of the god enshrined in the backyard temple to be replaced by the god Best, the god of the Ejucat, and put the best wine and fresh and delicious grilled fish every day, whether Schrödinger came or not, it was actually prepared for it. In this way, Schrödinger would come every day, eat and drink enough, and then slip away, as if he was very satisfied with this arrangement.
Mary persuaded Amon to stay in the temple of Isis and openly become a warrior of glory, the main purpose was to protect him, but in fact, the temple of Isis did not lack a warrior at all. Maria had promised that she would not prevent him from returning to her hometown, and that if Amon had something to do, she would send him to the town of Duk to carry out a mission.
There were still a few months left in the original agreed year, and Medanzo himself had come to Monfils, so Amon was not in a hurry. Whether it was a divine technique or a physical technique, the higher the cultivation level, the more profound and complex the content became, and Amon suffered his first failure since cultivation. He wanted to process the snake tendon he had obtained on the Barron River into a magical artifact, but he didn't control it properly, and watched as the precious snake tendon broke in his hand and was destroyed into useless waste.
But he also had another unexpected gain, which was again derived from Schrödinger's guidance.
There is nothing surprising about Amun's purchase of a private house in the city, and it is not normal for him to not buy another residence in the city as the captain of the guard and as a servant. Amon would only leave the temple when he was not on duty, and once he came to the back of the mansion and entered the small temple dedicated to the goddess Best, where he found Schrödinger drinking wine and eating meat on the shrine.
Amon smiled, and stood there quietly watching, not disturbing the cat's good interest. Schrödinger didn't look back, but he knew that Amon was coming, and after he had eaten and drunk, he jumped off the case, stretched out his paws and made a wave like a man, and then ran into the courtyard.
When Amon chased him out, Schrödinger was gone, but he left two lines on the ground, which were not written in divine script! This cat was writing secular words for the first time, and Amon was a little surprised. What is written on the ground must not be incomprehensible to another person, but Amon recognized it at a glance, it is the archival book number of the Temple of Isis.
It seemed that the cat was in a good mood, and after drinking, he instructed Amon to find two documents in the archives. What exactly did Schrödinger want to tell him to see? Amon was also curious.
Although he is the captain of the archives guard, he can't look through the collection of classics at will, and can only arrange for himself to be on duty alone in the corresponding reading room, and wait until no one has the opportunity to take out the archives and look at them carefully. The first document was quickly found, in a high-spec document storage room, on the lowest floor of a shelf protected by a detection magic array. Fortunately, Amon's detection magic has been cultivated to a high level, and he can take out the paperwork without raising an alarm.
To his surprise and delight, the document was called "The Land of Malduk", and it contained the legend of the town of Durk that Maria had mentioned. Amon spent more than half a year searching but couldn't find it, and if it weren't for Schrödinger's guidance, he wouldn't know when he would have found it, and it seemed that the cat understood what he was thinking.
Amonwan didn't expect that the name of Duk Town was actually related to Marduk, the main god of the Barun Kingdom, and thought that it was the place where Marduk became famous in the first battle, which was the battle of the gods that had been around for a long time in the Anuna Enlightenment God system.
In the myths and legends of Anunnaqi, the first to become gods were the male god Apusu and the goddess Amat, who in turn gave birth to the male god Lahem and the goddess Laham, and Lahm and Raham gave birth to the god Anu. The Anuna Enlightenment is named after the god Ano, who is said to be the supreme god of the highest status, and what is the matter with it, which involves a very long World War.
The god Anu had two sons, Enriel and Eah, the legendary god of wisdom, who had a son named Marduk. Enriel gave birth to the moon god Nannar and the god Utu, and the moon god Nannar gave birth to Mu Yun, known as the goddess of Venus. Myths and legends are like this, these gods do not necessarily symbolize the moon and stars, but only their claims in the world.
Goddess Mu Yun once said to Amon personally that the relationship between gods and spirits is not the kind of kinship blood relationship that mortals understand, and she did not explain much about what was going on. But in the classics and legends that Amun saw, it was still recorded according to kinship.
It is said that the gods were at odds when dividing the gods' domain, and Ea attacked and killed Apsu. In order to take revenge, Amat created nine kinds of monsters, namely the Hydra Monster Snake, the Swamp Giant Serpent, the Scorpion Tail Dragon, the Sea Monster, the Giant Lion, the Three-Headed Vicious Dog, the Human-Faced Poisonous Scorpion, the Charming Mermaid, and the Wild Bull, and handed over the holy relic "Heavenly Mandate Book" that represented the supreme god status when the god system was founded to his other son, Jin Gut, to take revenge.
The gods split into two factions, one headed by Amat and the commander of the battle was Gingut, and the other was headed by Enril and the commander of the battle was Marduk. A battle of the gods broke out in the center of the Tianshu Continent, and I don't know how many gods fell at that time. As a result, Marduk was victorious, killing Amat and Jingut and capturing the Book of Destiny, so that battlefield was also known as the "Land of Malduk".
There was friction on the winner's side, as Enriel, as the leader of the gods, should have received the Mandate Slip, but Marduk gave the Mandate Slip directly to the god Anu, so that Enriel did not become the supreme god who mastered the Anuna Revelation system. Anu and Ea had no intention of continuing to participate in the battle between the gods, and since then they have retreated to the legendary kingdom of Anuna.
A conflict broke out between the two great gods, Enriel and Malduk, and the result was that the gods were divided, while the rest of the gods were attached to the gods of the two gods, enjoying their own gods according to the size of their merits in the war of the gods.
Legend has it that the blood of the fallen gods condensed into flame spirits, their muscles and flesh into the pupils of the earth, their breath condensed into the charm of the wind, their sweat condensed into the blue water heart, and the crystals of their bones turned into ordinary divine stones. And the tears of the gods are the condensation of the tears shed by the gods. Duke Town is not the only place on the continent that produces divine stones, but the production is very high, which is naturally related to this ancient war.
When the two great gods divided the Divine Domain, the land of Maldok was divided on the edge of Enriel's Divine Domain, and Enriel did not want to have the name of Maldok in his Divine Domain, and later the place where people lived was simply called Duk Town. There is no mention of this legend in the local temple, but it is recorded in the documents of the temple of Isis in Aeju.
The land of Malduk, once very rich, has been devastated and desolate by the War of the Gods. It is the place where the gods fell, the place where they were rejected by the gods, and the place of exile. For generations, the miners who lived there mined the sacred stones for their god-worshipping people and were not allowed to leave their homes, a form of punishment, supposedly because their ancestors had supported Amat and Jingut in the War of the Gods.
Legends are just legends, and no one can say whether this is the case. Amon grew up in Duke Town, and knew that the patron saint there was Mu Yun. How the goddess Mu Yun became the patron saint of Duke Town is not mentioned in this document, but it mentions two other things that attract attention.
One is that the miners of Duk Town have been cursed by the gods and have been engaged in heavy labor for generations. The miner skills of Duk Town are also taught by the gods, including the awakening ritual of power, and even the most basic divine skills, similar to the two awakenings of power, but there is no real breakthrough. The purpose of the gods to pass on the skills of the miners was only to enable them to work for generations until they were redeemed and forgiven.
No wonder Maria once said that Amon was a miner from Duk Town, and it was not difficult to pass the second awakening ritual of power. She is the patron saint of the goddess Isis, and she doesn't care much about the legends of the Anunnaqi gods. The true or false of the legend is unknown, but the miners' skills in Duk Town are true, and the last step of the mining of the Divine Stone is done by the magicians, and only in Duk Town is done by the miners.
The second is a prophecy handed down from an unknown age, that when the land of Malduk is restored to abundance, a new god of the gods will appear. There is also a theory that a new war of the gods will break out at that time. These legends are not verifiable, but in the main temples of the Hatti and Assyrian kingdoms, it is clearly recorded that the oracle of Enriel will make it fertile again, and he will become a true god of gods.
After reading the myths and legends recorded in this document, Amon gasped, these should be legends from a long time ago, no one knows whether they are true or not, but Duk Town is indeed a very special place. He couldn't intervene in the affairs of the gods, but the area around Duk was about to become a fertile land, and if he wanted to guide his people back home, the road would be full of thorns and blood.
Then it occurred to him another thing, that the search for a way to become a god was a task given to him by the old madman, and that it had something to do with this old legend and prophecy? Bell had been here before, and there was a connection between him and the old madman, and the old madman should have known about the records in this book.
Amon turned to the last page of the paperwork, and sure enough, he confirmed his suspicion. Someone left two marks in the blank space, very blurry, but the lines looked very similar to the front and back of the old madman's token for himself.
The sign used to be Bell's token, so why did he leave the mark here? Could it be that he was waiting for someone to look through the book, and what was it implying that? Amon subconsciously wanted to take out the brand and compare it, and then thought that the brand was not on his body.
It is not difficult to find the first volume, but it is not easy to consult the second volume of Schrödinger's instructions. According to the numbered index, the scroll was locked in a cabinet with many important texts, the key in the possession of the high priest in charge of the archives, and the cabinet and lock were blessed with divine blessings. Amon couldn't quietly open it without leaving a trace, so he had to wait for his chance.
Amon had not yet waited for the right opportunity, but first waited for the summons of the Holy Maiden. It was still Gabriel himself who gave the message, and the place where the Holy Maiden summoned him was the study, which was said to be very spacious, like a small palace. The saint gave him enough courtesy to still give him a seat, which was far away, and there was a blanket in front of him, on which Amon could only bow and sit down to speak.
Mary sat behind her desk, it was a private meeting, there was no one else in the study, and Mary had asked Gabriel to step down. The distance didn't matter anything, Amon could still see her clearly, even if the curvature of each eyelash was extremely clear.
It was common sense that Mary should first praise Amun's actions at the Blessing Ceremony, but she didn't say that, but looked at him and asked, "Amun, are you doing well?"
(To be continued)