Chapter 25: The Mirror of Eternity I
The atmosphere on the three-masted galleon looked a little awkward, looking at the astrologer apprentice with a cloudy face, the Stuart siblings were a little overwhelmed, Danny walked over slowly and tentatively poked Jonah in the arm with his finger: "Hey, cargo friend, are you okay." β
Jonah shook his head heavily, unable to tell the traitor's prophecy to his new friend, "I...... I'm fine, I'm just a little tired, I'll go back to the cabin now. He walked to the gangway with his head down,
Danny clearly saw that he was preoccupied, but consciously chose to shut up, and Jonah walked down two flights of stairs, suddenly stopped, and turned his head to look outside: "What's that?" β
"Cemetery. Hannah replied,
After the "wind of Bactria" rushed down the big sand falls, riding the sand flow and the wind at high speed, countless pale bones began to appear in the desert, and the huge cylindrical exoskeletons buried by the yellow sand were scattered around, the broken bone stubble pointed to the sky like a sharp sword, and the deck shook, and the chirp sent out a strong tremor, but this was not the natural fear of facing the big sand falls, but the deep sadness of the same kind of rabbit and dead fox,
Seeing Jonah stop on the stairs to look around, Danny spoke: "These are the remains of sandeaters who died in the Great Sandfall, whether they rush down from above or go upstream, it is a very difficult challenge for the sandeaters, after the exhausted big worm dies, it is washed to this cemetery by the quicksand, and slowly rots, in fact, eighty percent of the newly-born females cannot pass the test of the first Great Sandfall, and are eliminated by the cruel choice of the main god Luta. β
The three-masted galleons passed through the center of an extremely large skeleton, their undecomposed tissues hanging from their thick ribs, each ring of bone half-hidden in the sand higher than the galleon's mast, "Giant worms, perhaps bigger than the Leiden sisters of the Racing Stars." Danny looked up in amazement, "It's a shame that she could have grown into a good girl with infinite strength." β
"Fate. Hannah looked into the distance,
"Fate...... Jonah bowed his head solemnly and walked into the cabin,
At this moment, he found that he hated the word "fate" immensely, if fate really could not be rewritten, I can't see why he was asked to get all kinds of clues in advance, so that he could surrender powerlessly in the face of the doomed end again and again, the astrologer apprentice clutched his chest, and outside the pounding heart, the few unnamed book scraps were sneering coldly, and the prophecy of the Well of Light was vague, but Elliott had already answered for him: the demon from the void would once again descend on his body and snatch this weak body from the pale soul of a seventeen-year-old boy,
He stumbled into the cabin, stumbled through the scattered debris, and fell headlong on the bed, the headache of the hangover, the soreness of the muscles, and the dull pain of the palms of his hands, but the pervasive pain made him feel a little comforted, the pain made it difficult for him to think, as long as he closed his eyes, the pain radiating in his vision like fireworks occupied all the consciousness of the astrologer's apprentice, and he could no longer be terrified of the impending prophecy, he could not breathe, he could not recall,
The sound of footsteps sounded softly around him, the sound of glass bottles and jars colliding, "boom", a glass of water was placed on the bedside table, Jonah opened one eye, and saw the clear water in the glass tilting left and right with the shaking of the three-masted galleon,
"Drink saliva. β
It was Hannah Stewart's voice, the red cloak stopped on the edge of the bed for a long time, swirled like a flower, footsteps came, and the blonde girl slowly walked up the ladder and left the room.
Jonah was reluctant to move a little finger, but another signal came from his body, the lack of nourishing tissue multiplied the allure of the water, he could even smell the fragrance of the steam in the mouth of the glass, his throat made a dry sound, Jonah sat up with difficulty, took the glass of water, drank it all, the swollen fingers made him spill a few drops of water on the sheets, he tried to control the instinctive urge to lick the sheets,
In the desert, water is the medicine for wounds, just a glass of colorless and tasteless water makes Jonah feel much relieved, in order to escape the fear of the fourth betrayer's prophecy, he prepared a pen, paper, and protractor before his ability to think returned, put the white cherry blossoms of summer flat on the small table, and began to draw a magic circle of thirteen red crystals,
There was a clanging sound overhead, and Danny was supposed to have started repairing the sailboat, and on closer inspection, even the interior of the cabin looked dilapidated, the unmaintained wooden walls were cracked, and the carved ornaments everywhere told Jonah that the ship was once a beautiful work of art, but now it has lost its life like bones in the graveyard, on the verge of weathering into sand, and no matter how hard the Stewart siblings tried, they lost their master's "Bactrian Blast" At this moment, the astrologer apprentice suddenly understood Danny's extreme thirst for money, maintaining such a three-masted galleon, it was an extremely expensive and energy-consuming thing to maintain such a three-masted sailing ship,,, speaking of which, although they were not asked how old they were, the Stewart siblings were only young people who were not a few years older than JΓΆrnah, and the inheritance of their ancestors had become a heavy burden, and this feeling, the astrologer apprentice seemed to be able to understand,
"Click. A large hole peeked out of the ceiling overhead, and a man's big foot protruded from the rotten plank, "Oh my great god Luta, what are you kidding, even the deck is going to be finished." Danny screamed and withdrew the foot, and Jonah saw Danny's sneering face appear in the big hole: "That, accident, accident, you're busy, cargo friend." β
Then a broken wooden board covered the light from the big hole, and there was a clanging sound of nails, and the hole was barely sealed, and Jonah sighed and continued to look down at the magic pistol,
Thirteen red crystals are strung together by spider silk threads as thin as spider silk, and to reproduce the magic circle on the flat papyrus, it is necessary to sort out the direction of each mythril thread, and reproduce the complex connections in a clear form, Jonah spreads out a yellowed papyrus, this paper has been pressed in the bilge for an unknown amount of time, so that each crease is branded with traces of dust, which cannot be smoothed,
He dipped his quill pen in blue ink and drew a small circle on the paper representing the first red crystal, which was located on the handle of the white cherry blossom in summer, and was a key activation switch that could activate the operation of the entire magic array by using the user's body temperature. March 644, love your Ray of Raylyn. β
Jonah was slightly stunned, 644 is the epoch method of the St. Borun national calendar, equivalent to the 2282nd year of the continental universal calendar, twenty-four years ago, I didn't expect to be in the far south continent, I could actually see items from my hometown, the astrologer apprentice sighed for half a minute, and began to use a magnifying glass to observe the magic pistol, the Mithril filament, which was as thin as a cow's hair, was much clearer, Jonah raised the mirror with his left hand, and drew a ray of radiation on the paper with his right hand, and there were as many as thirty-one lines emitted from the start of the red crystal, which were roughly divided into four categories according to the direction, and the drawing of the first crystal alone took him an hour and a half,
"I'm hungry. Danny poked his head out of the stairs,
"Not hungry yet. Jonah didn't look up, shook his head,
The man of the Stewart family said displeasedly: "Even if you are doing important work now, you can't be so disrespectful to the only chef of this ship, loyalty to food is a very precious quality, you have to be grateful, and start over now." After saying that, he disappeared on the gangway,
Jonah couldn't help but think of a guy with a lot of respect for food, Chop, the head of the Golden Hammer Guard, who didn't know what he was doing now,
"I'm hungry. Danny poked his head out of the stairs again,
"Very hungry. Jonah looked up cooperatively,
"It so happened that I happened to make a very tasty beef risotto with onions, cauliflower, potatoes and beans, all fresh from the stars yesterday. Danny walked down with a grin, holding a large plate in his right hand, gently placing it on the small desk, with his left hand behind his back, bending down slightly, and uncovering the silver lid on the plate with a mysterious expression: "Please enjoy, Mr. Cargo Friend." β
Jonah stared at the good-looking risotto and hesitantly picked up the spoon, "Now...... It's okay to eat, isn't it? β
"Be grateful. Danny angrily snatched the cutlery from his hand and slammed the lid shut, "Again." β
"But you didn't tell me what I should do...... Jonah said aggrievedly, stealthily removing the papyrus pressed under the plate a little to avoid ruining his own research.
The man of the Stewart family bent down again with his hands behind his back, gently lifted the silver cover, and smiled, "Please enjoy, Mr. Cargo Friend." β
Jona suddenly realized, picked up a spoon and shoveled a spoonful of risotto into his mouth, chewed it twice, and cocked his thumb: "Very delicious." β
Danny smiled reservedly and stinky, "Yes sir, of course sir, please give your opinion." β
Jonah secretly looked at the other party, and saw that Danny didn't have any eyebrows on his face, and immediately understood that he shouldn't speak at this time, so he ate the risotto by himself, and didn't make a sound.
"I don't have any opinions, thank you for your affirmation. Overjoyed, Danny bowed and stepped back up the gangway, "Please slow down, sir." The last few steps turned around and ran, staggering onto the deck, and soon his shouts came from outside: "Seeing that there is no Hannah, finally someone is willing to admit that the food I cooked is delicious, one to one, your endless complaints have been rejected, hahahaha." β
The astrologer's apprentice chewed on the grains of rice in his mouth, and in all fairness, it was a good plate of home-cooked risotto, but compared to the fragrant but blood-soaked beef risotto cooked by Daddy on Cherry Ferry Rent Day, Jonah felt that being able to eat a plate of food so calmly was a supreme delicacy no matter what the chef's skill was.
But he knew in his heart that such a calm must be very short-lived.