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“Great, solemn, benevolent, Goddess Isis, the mother of the earth ’s richness, and the hope of the souls; King Horus, the **** who protects Eju and illuminates the world with the ever-extinguishing light; was born in the beginning of the lotus to create everything God the Father, the Nine United Gods at the source of the Divine River, rule all the gods of the earth and the sky! …… Please listen to my prayers, the oracles of the gods, only the purest and pious heart can get God ’s mercy, I would like to dedicate everything to Isis, please give me the tears of the gods … “
Ai Kou-Mary is praying to the gods in a remote town on the border of the Hati Kingdom, which belongs to the Great Empire of Egypt. In this desolate and remote place, Duque Town is not small anymore. It has hundreds of families and 2,000 inhabitants. The town of Dalsty is an aristocrat with the title of Lord Hatti, and also has the identity of a citizen of the Egyptian Empire, and enjoys the citizen privileges of the Egim Empire.
In such a remote town, the status of the mayor is so prominent, of course, because of its special status. The town of Duque belongs to the southernmost jurisdiction of the Syrian city-state under the Kingdom of Hati. The three things produced in Syrian State are the most famous. They are also the most important commodities of the Kingdom of Hati for foreign transactions and the most precious tribute to the Egyptian Empire: Iron, **** stone, snow fir.
Iron can create the sharpest weapons, especially the high quality refined iron refined by skilled craftsmen. The armor and swords created are both sharp and tough. They are a symbol of power, a guard and a weapon for looting wealth. Many countries on this continent produce iron, but the output is still very limited. The production and trading of iron is strictly monopolized by the government. The iron produced by Hati is the most famous. Although the iron output of Duque Town is not high, it produces very rare high quality refined iron. The adults in the town are almost both miners and blacksmiths.
Snow cedars produced in the western plateau of Hati and the mountainous mountains on both sides of the Youdi River are the best shipbuilding materials after being soaked in cold water, dried, and immersed in oil. The boat built with it can travel the inner lakes, rivers and seas. It is not only a military army for battle, but also a must for merchants to travel between countries. Duke Town does not produce snow firs. Although the eastern part of the town is the mountainous mountain where snow firs grow, it is unimaginable to cut down huge snow firs and then transport them out of the mountains.
The most important property of Duque Town is not high quality fine iron, but God Stone. This kind of thing is very rare on the Tianshu mainland. The Syrian state of the Hati Kingdom is one of the important producing areas, and the **** stone produced by Duque Town accounts for almost half of the entire Syrian state. Every country on the Tianshu Continent needs the God Stone, especially the supreme divine arts and noble priests in all the temples who are extremely hungry for it.
Many ordinary civilians and slaves do not know the purpose of the **** stone, but they have seen the stone inlaid on the priest ’s scepter or the armor and weapons of the noble warriors. It seems to be a symbol of identity, wealth or divine power. . The magic stone itself is also the most expensive currency on the mainland. A magic stone is equivalent to twenty times the weight of gold and is indivisible.
As the noble currency in circulation, it is the most common standard **** stone. Its texture, size and shape are exactly the same, and there is no difference at all. Its weight is also the standard of measurement on the mainland of Tianshu. The common weight on the mainland The unit “Baht” is the weight of a magic stone. It is said that the luxurious priests even use the magic stone as the standard weight on the balance.
Ai Kou-Maria this time came to Duque Town with Lord Roddick, the chief political officer and priest of her hometown city-state, and it is of course not an ordinary **** stone, but the legendary gods. Tears. Only by obtaining it, can you be recognized by the high priests in Mengfeisi City Isis Temple and become the saint who guards Goddess Isis. In the legend, only the purest calling can communicate with the gods and get the tears of the gods, which means that her identity has been recognized by God.
Ai Kou-Maria ’s prayer is so pious, but in fact, any **** stone produced in the Tianshu mainland, including the invaluable tears of the gods, is not given by the hands of the gods, but by the miners. Hand mining.
Maria ’s residence is located at the southern end of the town, close to the Temple of Horus. It is one of the most beautiful courtyards in the town. It was originally the place where the mayor lived. Like other towns on the mainland, the most important building in people ’s settlements is the shrine, which worships and worships local patron saints. Whether the shrine is magnificent is also a symbol of whether a city-state is strong or not.
Of course, the temple of Duque Town cannot be compared with a large city-state, but compared with other ordinary towns, the Horus Temple here is magnificent, built with tall white boulders and inlaid with blue-black stone carvings . The white marble used to build the columns was shipped from outside the country, and the lapis lazuli shining with its lustre is a specialty of the nearby mountains. It may be expensive elsewhere, but it is the most common stone here.
There are two Master of Gods halls of equal size in Duque Town, a memorial to Horus, the patron saint of the Ai Ju Empire, who said that he was surrendered to the pharaoh of Ai Ju and built on the south side of the town. The main body is white marble. The other is the goddess Mu Yun, the patron saint that has been believed here since ancient times. She is widely admired in Hatty, Assyria in the northeast, and the Kingdom of Baron in the southeast.
The Kingdom of Hati is an alliance of dozens of city-states. Although the great empire of Egypt conquered this place, in order to better manage and make the Hatti people more submissive and surrendered, Pharaoh Thu of Eju allowed them to sacrifice. His own patron saint did not destroy the original temple, but at the same time ordered the guardian **** Horus, who must be enshrined in Egypt.
Mary prayed in the room on the second floor. After getting up early in the morning and washing, before eating lunch, and when night fell, she would pray like this. She had been in Duque Town for three days. She was pious, meticulous, and even Gabriel, the most rigorously trained warrior in the temple, couldn’t help but secretly applaud. She secretly said in her heart that she should meet the requirements of a saint, and the gods might have pity on her.
In the territory of the Egyptian Empire, there are two vast fertile soils along the Roni River, called Upper Egyptian Ju and Lower Egyptian Ju. Gabriel was the warrior sent to protect Mary by the Temple of Isis in the city of Mondhas, the capital of the city of Egypt, in response to the report and request of the Master of Gods officer and chief politician Rod Dick of the state of Ethiopia. Anyone who has passed the test of God and is qualified to be a candidate for the guardian saint of Goddess Isis will be protected by the Temple of Isis.
When Mary prayed, Gabriel stood downstairs at the door of the courtyard. She wore a heavy long sword on her waist, and the both sides in the middle of the sword was inlaid with a **** stone. Even in a non-hazardous environment, she was still wearing silver armor meticulously, with a solemn and solemn expression. At this position, you can see the blue-gold dome of Mu Yun Temple at the other end of the town. Her mouth is pursed, and there is a slight sneer in her eyes.
Obviously, the guardian warrior of the Temple of Isis, has no good feelings for the gods enshrined in aliens, but Pharaoh Eju is here to retain the original temple, and she ca n’t say much. Her duty is only to protect Eko Leah only, no need to worry about other people’s business.
Gabri is slender and tall, with a surname and a strong beauty. Her face has obvious characteristics of northern aliens, her skin is white, her nose is straight and her eyes are charming blue. The golden curly hair was draped over the silver armor, and the softness and perseverance were so harmonious. She is young and beautiful, but the children in the town who are throwing stones at each other are consciously far away from the courtyard and dare not play at the door.
When people saw her, the first thing they noticed might not be a beautiful woman. Around her, there was a sense of self-confidence and pride in majesty, as if full of power, without concealment.
Only Gabriel was guarding the courtyard, and the Temple of Isis only sent her as a warrior to protect one of the Virgin candidates, Echo-Maria. But Gabriel also knew that in the Temple of Horus, not far from Duque, the personal guard brought by Rod-Dick was stationed, and there were a total of sixty armed elite soldiers.
Obviously, this adult Dick does not believe that she can protect Maria alone. Although crossing the desert between Egü and Hati is full of danger, it is obviously a bit exaggerated to bring so many elite warriors. Lord Dick said nothing because of the good cultivation of an aristocrat, but Gabriel can also feel it He was dissatisfied.
Gabrielle did not care, not only because of a cultivation, but also because of a noble pride.
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At the other end of the town, in a small building near the Mu Yun Temple, Rod-Dick looked at Gabriel ’s courtyard with a glass of wine and a window, his brown eyes slightly Deep, thinking about something silently-
It seems that this temple warrior from Mengfeisi is not used to converging, and always exaggerates her own power. It is no wonder that one of her duties is to promote the dignity of the gods. But for hereditary city-state nobles such as Roddick, this is not a good habit. People always need to hide something. They ca n’t expose all their strength to potential opponents. They just show the real at the right time. the power of.
The battle for secular power and wealth is always cruel, and it needs to be prepared at all times, show proper deterrence, and leave a contingency card.
Not far from the small building where he is located is the temple of the goddess Mu Yun. Lord Dick did not feel anything wrong. People on this continent originally enshrined various gods of all sizes. Some are legendary gods, and others are the patron saints thought by residents everywhere.
The Pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire claims to be the human incarnation and spokesperson of Horus, the son of the gods, and the **** king who rules the upper and lower Egyptians. The traditional patron saint of Xiayiju is Goddess Isis, the legendary mother of Horus, and her Master of Gods hall is located in the capital of Mengfeisi in Xiayiju. Almost every country on the mainland of Tianshu is under the rule of monarchy and divinity. The monarchs are known as the spokespersons of the gods. The Temple of Isis in Mengfeisi is the most important center of power in Xiayiju.
This time the Temple of Isis only sent a warrior to protect the female candidate of Cape Point State. Lord Dick was obviously dissatisfied, thinking that he and the Cape Point State he was representing were despised. The cape state is located on the border of the northeastern corner of the Egyptian Empire. It is the closest place to the kingdom of Baron and Hati. Outside the border is a vast and desolate desert, which cannot be compared with other fertile and rich city-states.
Its geographical location is very important, but this important surname is not entirely beneficial to the Cape State. Once a war occurs, the Cape State will bear the brunt of the war. In the seemingly peaceful era, it is also an important port for trade transactions with countries in the Northwest, full of countless opportunities.
Now the kingdom of Hatti submits to Eju, but Lord Dick also vaguely hears that the lords of many city-states in Hatti are unwilling to the fate of today’s subjects and always want to unite to resist in secret. It happened that the Shrine was selected by the Temple of Isis. Dick certainly hoped that the Lady would come from the cape state. This not only means the glory of the city-state, in case of conflict in the future, but also hopes that the Temple of Isis and the power of the entire Egypt can protect Cape state.
Dick certainly did n’t want Maria to have an accident, so he brought the elite personal guards around him. Such a force is obviously superfluous just to protect a person through the desert, and Dick certainly has his own plans. . At a young age, he became the chief political officer and Master of Gods officer of Cape Point State, mastering the power of the integration of politics and religion, in addition to the distinguished identity of lineage, of course, with his own talents, he can maximize the use of all the benefits of one thing .
There is only one person sent to the Temple of Isis, which is good, saving a lot of bribes. Upon seeing Gabriel, Dick felt that this samurai guardian was different from many greedy priests. She was like a proud cock, disdain to accept any bribe, and it seemed that she seemed to wealth There is no concept.
It seems that Gabriel did not know how expensive the long sword she was equipped with was just hanging around her waist. If she walked alone, this sword might not protect her first. The robbers were recruited. Gabriel went to Cape Point from Mengfeisi with a long sword, and even Rod-Dick was surprised. How lucky she was to arrive safely! Perhaps it was because the thieves along the road knew her identity, and they dared not offend the Temple of Isis.
With so many personal guards and entourages, in the name of protecting the Virgin and serving Lord Gabriel, the huge convoy of course prepared a variety of supplies, mainly the most popular wine and food in Duque Town . With the presence of Lord Gabriel, the checkpoint on the border between Egypt and Hati will naturally be released without any inspection, and of course, no taxes will be charged.
The **** stones mined by the residents of Duque Town must be handed over to the city-state in the form of taxes. According to the law of the city-state, one out of every ten is owned by them, and that is the reward they deserve. At the same time, Rod-Dick certainly knew that the mayor of Duque, the mayor of Dusti, would not be so selfless, and must have retained a lot.
Shenshi is a popular currency, and its value is twenty times the weight of gold, even in Duque Town. However, Duque Town’s products are rich and barren. In addition to the production of **** stones and iron, only a small amount of barley is planted on the barren land for human consumption. All other life and enjoyment of materials need to be transported from other places. And its location is so remote, everything is much more expensive to transport here than elsewhere.
People in Duque Town may not know that they may be the richest residents on the mainland of Tianshu, and it is also the most expensive place on the mainland. Although the taxes imposed on the business roads are very heavy, but once Successful transactions are still profitable.
In order to provide cover for the trading materials he transported to Duque, Dick also organized the caravan of the Cape Town State to come with his convoy. Businessmen are naturally willing to follow the team of Lord Dick, which is equivalent to the guarantee of absolute safety and saves the cost of mercenaries, and there are Lord Gabriel and Lord Dick, and the tax collectors along the way will not maliciously blackmail Only official business, they are very grateful to this compassionate and respected Dick, many noble officials will not take care of businessmen in this way.
At dinner, Lord Dick just had a pleasant conversation with Mayor Dasti. What was more pleasant was the transaction between them. Both parties were very satisfied. In addition to the God Stone, Master Dick also acquired the precious high quality fine iron from the mayor. This is a smuggling and not a secret to outsiders. The two of them are indifferent in the company of wine and food.
Although the transaction was enjoyable, Rod Dick did n’t like this place, especially because it was filled with a smoky and unpleasant smell, which made him very uncomfortable. He felt a little anxious, not knowing when to wait.
The reason why he brought Mary here is not only to do a business in this name, but also an attempt to get the tears of the gods. The high priests of the Temple of Isis announced the Oracle, a tear of the gods will be given to the world, and the person who got it will be the patron saint of Goddess Isis.
Rod-Dick has his own ideas about this. The tears of the gods are nothing more than a more precious stone. If it does appear, the greatest possibility is in the place where the stone is most concentrated, then use the geographical location The convenience of rushed to Duque town to wait, most likely to get ahead first. This is of course also a kind of gambling, but the success or failure of this gambling is profitable, and if you are lucky, everything is perfect.
He told Mary that he had been guided by Goddess Isis in his dream, and Mary relayed it to Gabriel to persuade the temple warrior to come across the desert border.
In the town of Duque, Maria prays reverently every day, but Rod Dick, who made up this lie, is a little impatient. In this small town with blacksmith furnaces burning everywhere, the harsh environment made Lord Dick unbearable. I didn’t want to stay longer for a day, and I couldn’t help thinking of the legend about the tears of the gods.
He was already drunk and scolded: “The gods give mercy? Is it God’s will or the priests made up lies? When did this ancient oracle spread? It was just a stone, No matter how precious it is, it is a useful stone. It is better to ask the miners for help than praying to the gods. Does getting the tears of the gods mean a virgin? Then who is the miner who mines it? It may be a dirty one. Old man! “
I just thought of it here, a wind blowing in the fire outside the window, Dick inexplicably fought a cold war, and the wine also woke up, quickly put my hands on my chest and prayed: “Great Goddess Isis, the idea in my heart is not Disrespect to you, just a frank expression. “
At this moment, Rod Dick suddenly froze, what he seemed to feel was a mysterious power fluctuation, both mysterious and strange, the unpleasant fire and the inexplicable chill seemed to be all Received some comfort. The source of the volatility is from a family on the edge of the town.
Rod Dick immediately put down the glass and screamed: “Fayor, come in quickly, the tears of the gods may appear, you should do what I ordered immediately!”
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The Gabriel in Su Li suddenly raised her head and looked sideways in a certain direction of the town. She felt a mysterious and familiar power fluctuation slightly oscillating in the air. Clear, her inexplicable light flashed in her eyes and looked back at Maria’s window.
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The sound of “ding” was heard, and then a fine buzzing sound echoed through the room for a long time. Amon held a heavy mine hammer and smashed it on a fist-sized, shining round stone.
The hammer looks so heavy, and falls with a strong wind. When it falls on the surface of the stone, it becomes light and fluttering as if it were just a feather, and only a brisk “ding” is emitted.
Amon ’s posture of holding a sledgehammer is a bit funny. The position of the hand is very forward. The entire upper arm from the wrist to the elbow is attached to the hammer handle. His height is not too tall. After all, this year is only 14 Years old, hasn’t grown up sincerely.
But the muscles all over his body were strong and strong, and when the sledgehammer was tightened, there was a small snake moving on the raised muscles. According to the rules of Duque Town since ancient times, a child like his age has not yet been qualified to mine the God Stone alone. Using the unique hammer technique of Duque Town to open the hard-earned mine core is the last and most critical step in obtaining the Shenshi.
But today he had to do so at home, because his father had drunk too much, his hands were shaking and he could not control the mine hammer, and tomorrow he had to hand over a **** stone.
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Xu Gongzi Note: The background information in the first chapter is a little more. Thanks to the help of book buddies “Pan Ruoshui”, I made a background map of the Tianshu Continent, marking all the place names mentioned in this chapter. Read the text, otherwise it may be a bit dizzy:)
Characters in this chapter ——
Ai Kou-Maria: The candidate of the Virgin from the cape state of the Egyptian empire may become the patron saint of the Temple of Isis in the city of Morpheus. The Egyptian empire is divided into two territories, Upper and Lower Egyptian, and Mengfeisi is the capital of Lower Egyptian.
Dasti: Mayor of Duque Town, the town is at the border of the Syrian city-state of the Kingdom of Hati, and the Kingdom of Hati surrendered to Egypt.
Rod-Dick: The lord, the chief political officer and Master of Gods officer of the cape city state of the Kingdom of Egypt.
Gabrielle: Guardian warrior of the Temple of Isis in Mengfeisi City.
Amon: The son of a blacksmith in Duque Town.
The theological background of this chapter ——
Horrus: Lord and King of Gods believed by the Egyptians. Pharaoh of Egypt claimed to be the human incarnation and spokesperson of Horus.
Isis: The mother of Horus in mythology and legend, the patron saint of Xiaju, and the Virgin of the Iju people.
Mu Yun: The goddess widely admired in the kingdoms of Hati, Assyria and Baron, the patron saint of the residents of Duque Town since ancient times.
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