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According to the city-state decree, nine out of ten **** stones mined by each family in Duque Town are to be turned over to the city-state, leaving one to be owned by them. But the statute also stipulates that every registered miner must pay at least one **** stone every spring, summer, autumn and winter every year, which is a basic tax.
The adults in the town love to drink alcohol, including mature women. Whether mining ore or forging iron embryos, they are extremely heavy manual labor. It is said that wine is a magical thing with some mysterious power. It does seem to be able to relax the mind and relieve the fatigue of the body, but drinking too much is not a benefit. Amon’s father is alcoholic, especially addicted to the rich and expensive expensive wine, and his hands have been shaking more and more in recent years.
In addition to wine, the residents of Duque Town also love all kinds of delicious meat, but apart from the few sheep in the vicinity and the occasional prey in the mountains, most of the meat is almost from Shipped from abroad. Amon’s father’s money was immediately exchanged for enjoyment, and the tax stone of this season has not yet been turned in.
The mayor of Dustin, who is in charge of the collection and statistical power of Duque Town, is usually very kind. For the occasional arrears of the miners, it is generally not too much to urge. After all, mining not only requires diligence and skill, but also luck. Even if you are in arrears, it is not impossible to fill up when you are lucky. Because of this, Mayor Dasti has long been supported by the residents of the town, and she has been very comfortable.
However, the mayor ordered three days ago that all the people who owed the Shenshi must be paid within three days. All the people in the town have been replenished within three days, and everyone basically has the balance of the past years to prepare for unexpected needs, except for the Amon family. The mayor’s order may have something to do with the distinguished Lord Iju who came to the town three days ago. It is unclear exactly what happened to Amon, and it was not his turn to ask a child like him.
When Amon ’s father arrived in the town, the last stone in his hand was replaced with fine wine. When the mayor ordered, he realized that his tax task had not been completed this season, so he I went to the old maniac Nietzsche in town to borrow, but only borrowed a mined core. The old maniac assured Amon’s father that there must be a magic stone in it.
Shen Shi may not always be in the core of the mine, but it will only appear in this kind of core. The father ’s hand trembling ca n’t control the mine hammer, so he was called 14-year-old Amon.
The rules of Duque Town since ancient times, after the man turned 16 years old, in the Mu Yun Goddess Temple by the priest manage prayer ceremony, after receiving God ’s blessing, he was qualified to learn the unique craftsmanship passed down through the ages. The talent can open the mine core and take out the **** stone alone. Those who have not obtained this qualification can only do some auxiliary work, such as finding the core of the mine in the mountains and extracting it, logging and burning charcoal to provide fire fuel.
In the past two years, Amon ’s father felt that his physical exhaustion was getting faster and faster, and his hands were shaking more and more. He waited step by step until that day. It might be too late for Amon to take over his own hammer, So privately taught the local miner skills to his son in advance. Amon has mastered quite well after two years of practice, which surprised his father. Generally speaking, teenagers in Duque Town want to master this unique power control method. They start learning from the sixteenth and probably cannot be a teacher until they are twenty years old, and it is impossible to use such proficiency.
My father was surprised, but Amon was even more surprised, not because of how fast he learned. Do not the priests and priests say that only after the blessing and grace of the patron saint can they learn the unique skills passed down from generation to generation in Duque Town? I have not experienced that solemn and sacred ritual. How did I wake up the legendary power of sleep? He didn’t ask his father but asked the old maniac Nietzsche, and the old maniac sneered at it and replied, but also told him to pay attention to confidentiality and not to talk nonsense.
When Amon waved a sledgehammer and hit the mine core, his father’s expression was very nervous, his hands were shaking uncontrollably, but Amon’s expression was focused and calm. My father thought he was doing this job for the first time, but he didn’t know the same thing. Amon has done it many times in the old man’s house. The person who teaches Amon ’s skills in private is not only the father, but also the old lunatics in the town who often drink while watching Amon help him work.
The sledgehammer knocks on the core of the mine, which controls more than strength. At the moment of contact, it bursts out a penetrating shock wave into the extremely **** of the mine, and there is a long time in the house. Echoes of buzzing. Then I saw countless fine cracks on the surface of this core that was harder than pig iron. The cracks continued to spread and become dense, and the core gradually changed from black to gray and dull.
The crack spreads to the extreme, and the ore core will naturally open or spread out, like falling fine sand. If you are lucky, a **** stone will appear in the center of the gray sand.
The **** stone cannot be taken out only by brute force. It is very strong. It is difficult to be damaged by ordinary forces, but it is very fragile when it is still in the core, and it will melt with the core if accidentally For powder.
The shape and size of all the **** stones are exactly the same, about the size of a cat ’s eye, which is a perfect regular dodecahedron. It has thirty sides, twenty corners, and twelve faces, each of which is a standard regular pentagon. It is said that in the far northwest of the mainland of Tianshu, a sage named Ta’at has said that there are only five kinds of regular polyhedrons in the world, and regular dodecahedrons are the most special ones.
It is the outline of the world outlined by God, containing the mysterious information of the fifth element, the source and symbol of the mysterious power. The most common magic stone is colorless and transparent. Holding it in your hand from different angles, it will show all kinds of unpredictable pentagram shapes. It is so perfect, eye-catching, charming and amazing the magic of the creator.
In addition to the colorless and transparent magic stones, Amon knew there were four other kinds of magic stones, showing blue, red, black, and white. According to a distant sage Empedocles, they symbolized The mysterious message of the four elements of water, fire, earth, and gas that make up the world. Of course, these Amon listened to the old maniac, and he couldn’t figure out the true or false. It was even more unclear whether the so-called distant sages really existed. Maybe the old maniac made up his own.
Regarding the God Stone, the old maniac Nietzsche also has a deviant way of saying that they are the crystallization of the bones behind the fall of the god, which can be called the skeleton of the god. Amon couldn’t believe this, once asked the old maniac-will the eternal spirit also fall?
The old maniac asked rhetorically-the legendary man was created by a god, and man will die, so who created the god, why can’t they fall? In the oldest legend, the area around Duque Town is the place where the gods fell during the battle of the ancient gods.
The old maniac also said that when he traveled to the mainland in his early years, he met monks from the far east, calling the **** stone the relic of the earth. Amun did not understand what it meant. When he said this, the old maniac’s messy beard was stained with bright red wine juice, and his smile looked very timid, and then squeezed his eyes to Amon: “Many countries on the mainland have legends about gods and the earth is ancient gods. What is wrong with the body of the god, the stone is the skeleton of the god? “
Amon can only treat these as drunk talk of an old maniac, but he dare not say that this is impossible, so he no longer thinks about it, and still does his own things in focused-this is his most Good habits.
Although Amun does n’t understand what a **** stone is, he is very clear about the types of **** stones. The number of four special **** stones is much less than that of ordinary **** stones. The probability of being mined is only a few hundredths. Meng is also unclear that the special **** stones that have appeared in the town of Duque are taken away by the city-state as an important tribute.
But tonight, after the mine’s nucleated gray sand was scattered on the anvil, Amon was stunned, and the heavy sledge hammer was fixed in the air. The father who was watching was also there, his eyes widened, his mouth opened and he forgot to close it, and the hand holding the glass was still shaking, but he didn’t realize that the wine had spilled on his clothes.
I saw a divine stone lying quietly between the gray and white sands. It turned out to be pale gold, translucent, and there seemed to be a mysterious flow of mysterious gloss in it, as if it contained tears that were not dripping-what a godstone this is!
When this **** stone appeared, there was a mysterious wave that was silently rippling around. Amon was keenly aware of it, but the unexpected surprise made him not care too much, and his father was completely stunned. . Time is not big, a polite voice outside the door made the father and son recover-
“Is anyone at home? I’m the clerk Fayol-Judah next to Lord Rod-Dick, Lord of the Promontory of the Great Empire of Egypt, and come at the order of Lord Dick.” With the voice, the speaker has already Push the door open, walk through the house and into the backyard, and come to the door of the workshop.
His voice is very self-cultivated, but he behaves casually. He walked in without the permission of the master. Two heavily armed soldiers stood outside the gate, and two other soldiers followed on both sides behind him. . When Amon turned back and looked at the door, Fayol just crossed the threshold with one foot, showing a look of shock and ecstasy.
Fayor is in his thirties, with a medium build, light brown skin, curly hair, and a burlap robe. His body is very clean. His lips are a little thin, his eyes are a little thin, and he always has a thoughtful look. Only in front of the noble adults like Rod-Dick, he will show the expression of incomparable focused. But now, in his eyes, only the divine stone shimmering with light golden luster.
“Thanks to the great Goddess Isis, thank the gods for their pity, the divine light will always shine on Ecu and protect the cape city-state forever …” In Amon’s doubts, Fayol had already crossed the threshold, hand in hand Kneeling down, he knelt down on one knee. The two soldiers outside the door also kneeled with Master Fayol on one knee, the long sword in their hands leaned on the ground, and the breastplate collided with a heavy sound.
“Who are you, just come in this way?” Amon asked hesitantly.
Amon ’s father has put down his wine glass and stood up, asking with diligence: “Honorable lord, what kind of stone is this, why have I never seen it?”
“Great God Isis, please forgive this ignorant voice!” Hearing the father and son, Fayol lowered his hand on his forehead, raised his head in exaggerated exclamation, and then saw Amon and his son again Still standing there, unpleasantly shouted: “You still don’t kneel!”
Fayor has already knelt down. The civilians of this foreign town are still standing there. It looks like Fayol is kneeling at them. How can it not be annoying? Amon ’s father ’s lips moved, and he did n’t dare to say anything. He did n’t know whether he should kneel to the **** stone on the anvil or kneel to the honorable adult in front of the door? After thinking for a while, he knelt down and saluted Fayol.
Amon gently placed the sledgehammer next to the anvil, and answered as quietly as possible: “When mining the Shenshi, you must stand to swing the ore hammer, otherwise how can you see it being taken out intact?” said After finishing the conversation, he also learned the posture of Fayol just now, kneeling on the knee in front of the **** stone in front of him. He had realized that the **** stone he picked out today was extraordinary, and these people came towards it.
When the father and son knelt down, Fayol had stood up. He just saw clearly that the child had shed tears from the gods. When Fayol came in, the hammer in Amon’s hand had not been put down. The sloppy old drunkard next to him was trembling with both hands, obviously it was impossible to mine the stone.
“Boy, you have been favored by Goddess Isis. Fortunately, the tears of the gods came to the world. What is your name?” Fayol asked Amon while looking at Amon.
Amon secretly said that this **** stone was called the tears of the gods. It seems that the old maniac said that the **** stone is the skeleton of the **** and it is not completely untouched. At the same time, he reverently replied: “My name is Amon, here People call me Amon. “
Amon has a full name called Arahao-men-Sus-Messiah-Hua-God-Ye-Montemont, but this full name was raised by his father, and only the father was when he was a child I said that even Amon didn’t remember too well. The people in the town usually called him Amon. His father gave him such a name is Yue Ju, only lineage nobility can have such a long list of titles and write it out, representing the hereditary glory.
Amon is not a slave but no noble, just an ordinary civilian in the town of Duque. The name given to him is just the self-consolation of the illusionary glory of the drunkard father. The long list of titles is not his family lineage. The father was drunk and made up, so even Amon himself will not mention it.
Fajol looked at Amon and nodded with satisfaction. His expression became solemn and solemn, and solemnly said, “My name is Fayol-Judah, from the Cape of Eju Great Empire, which rules the Kingdom of Hati. The city-state is the chief clerk of Lord Dick, the master of the city. Lord Dick got the great Goddess Isis oracle in his dream. . “
After finishing these remarks, Fayol cleared his throat and looked at Amon, and found that the child had no reaction, maybe it was already ignorant, so he continued with a cough: “Amon, in Isis mercy Under your eyes, you are fortunate to welcome the tears of the gods and thank you for your contribution. It will belong to the patron saint of Goddess Isis, and the goddess will remember your name …. These are generous Rod-Dick Lord gave you. “
After speaking, Fayol took out a bag and placed it on the anvil, reached for the tears of the gods, put it in a golden box he carried, and turned and walked out. Amon’s father saw him doing this, his lips twitched, but he didn’t dare to speak out.
When Amon responded and stood up, Fayol was gone. Two warriors followed behind him to protect, and the hilt made a cold and majestic sound when he touched the armor.
This voice made Amon understand that it was useless even to chase out the door. This strange stone that had never been seen was just mined and taken away by the uninvited guest, leaving only a purse. The man said, “Thank him for his contribution” as if Amon volunteered to give him the stone.
Armon felt angry and unwilling. He thought that his father would pay a **** stone tomorrow. This strange **** stone could have completed the task, but now it was taken away. Then he thought again that God Stone was taken away by that Dick Master. If the mayor wanted to pursue it, he should go to Dick Master. Their family was not without taxation.
A lot of thoughts flashed in my heart at the moment, but Amon did not think of another thing at this moment-Fayol doing this would reveal that he learned the skills of Duquestown miners without permission.
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Xu Gongzi Note: Thanks to the book friend “Disciples of the Three Dreams” for making the schematic diagram of the regular dodecahedron **** stone.
Characters in this chapter ——
Amon ’s father: The miner and blacksmith in Duque is a drunkard.
Nietzsche: a resident of Duque, an old friend of Amon, nicknamed Old Maniac.
Fayor-Judah: the clerk of Rod Dick
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