Chapter 7: Secrets of Duke Town

Chapter 007: The Secret of Duke Town ()
Amon fell to the ground suddenly, and there was a blanket in front of the door. He was not injured. At this time, he stood up and flashed to the side. "I was not careful. I may have tripped on the carpet when I stepped back."
"I was not careful. I just showed strength but I didn't control it well ..." Maria said at the same time, her voice a little flustered.
Gabriel's attention was immediately attracted by Maria's words, his eyes brightened and said: "Sir, you have been able to ...?" Speaking here and stopping, he turned to Amon and said, "There is no you here What's the matter, go out and close the door. "
Inexplicably frugal, and suddenly pushed away and fell, Amon couldn't soberly know what had happened, but had calmed down from the confusion. He should be lucky. If Maria made a mistake, he would probably kill him. Even if Gabriel let him go, Rod Dick might send someone to kill him.
After Amon went downstairs, Gabriel said to Maria in surprise: "Master, you really did not disappoint the goddess Isis. Just now you accidentally overthrew Amon. You just started using this power, often Will not be used to it. "
Maria nodded and said, "Yes, as soon as I reached out and pushed him far away, was this the power of the gods?" Amon was sitting on the ground when Gabriel came in, and Maria was standing. Reaching out a hand, it looks like it knocked Amon down.
Maria didn't mean to lie, but when Amon came the first day, she heard Gabriel's order, and she was not allowed to touch her, otherwise she would be punished. What kind of punishment would it be, would it be terrible to cut off a finger like the priest of Duke Town, this is not Amon's fault.
Gabriel didn't care about it. She was attracted to another topic and said with a smile: "Yes, this is the power given by the gods. You just grasped it, but it is not strong. Amon is very strong, but you can push him down with your hand .Anyone can do it by pushing open a door, but you can push the door open without reaching your hand. This is a miracle created by divine power.
Lord Maria, you must pay attention now, and do not use it lightly before using it. In fact, a person like Amon who has mastered low-level body arts, if you understand the rules of divine arts, and take precautions to prepare, you cannot push him down. But in the future, the divine power you have will be extremely powerful, especially with the help of the tears of the gods. "
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Amon stood downstairs, feeling that she hadn't fully recovered yet, still holding the breath of Maria in her hands and on her body, and was fascinated by the warm fragrance. He couldn't figure out what happened just now, how could he hold her like that, and was pushed away again, he was not very clear as if he could understand. During the day, their eyes seemed to be provocative. He almost dreamed of the same scene last night, but he really put his hand on her breast just now!
He didn't know how long he stood, Gabriel went downstairs, and suddenly asked, "Amon, what did you see just now?"
Amon returned to God, and bowed down and answered, "Sir, I haven't seen anything, I haven't heard anything, just to send water to Lord Maria."
Gabriel's gaze was like going through his soul: "Don't you tell me?"
Amon: "Yes, sir, you have ordered me to see and hear everything here. Do n’t mention it to anyone. You are also a person, of course, you ca n’t mention it." He is very smart, Aristotle. The syllogisms have been learned, so to answer Gabriel's question, what happened in Maria's room just now, he really didn't know what to say.
Gabriel's serious face finally came out with a slight smile: "Okay, good! Remember what you said, your work has been done, the reward has been paid to your father, and you can go home now . "
I did not expect Gabriel to send him away now, his work has been completed, and his compensation has been received. Amon was supposed to be very relaxed and happy, but when he left the yard, he had an indescribable nagging, and looked back, as if saying goodbye.
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Rod Dick was finally happy, because Gabriel told him that he could leave, and he had to be prepared overnight, and finally he could leave this ghost place.
Gabriel also explained one thing to him. The reason why she stayed in the town for three more days was not only because Maria was ill, but she also taught Maria Isis the temple to perform some special rituals and regulations so that Successfully passed the recognition of the Virgin, and Maria has now learned.
This made Roddick even happier. If he changed someone, he would definitely send a heavy thank you, but the Gabriel is obviously unwilling to accept bribes. For a long time, Roddick sent Gabriel a carefully crafted shield blessed with divine magic, which is a glory weapon of the samurai, and explained that this shield was originally intended to be dedicated to the temple. . Gabriel accepted.
What kind of gift to give, how to make people not to refuse and to be happy, is also a science, Lord Rod-Dick is obviously proficient in this.
After three days of nursery, Maria's maid was ill, and after breakfast was over the next day, Lord Roddick's huge and gorgeous convoy started. The merchants who came to Duque had long been impatient, but they did not want to leave on their own. They could not hire guards in Duque. They received the news that Lord Dick was about to return last night. They were all happy. Packed up overnight and followed the adult's convoy and left.
The town of Duke, which had been buzzing for many days, finally restored peace. The townspeople were enjoying the fine wine and food brought by the caravan, and the fire of many people stopped. After so many days of busy work, it is rare to relax. Even the mayor of the town did not urge the miners to work quickly. During this time, the townspeople turned in a lot of stones, and it should be easy to relax.
Everyone is very relaxed, only Rod-Dick is a little nervous, because before going back to the cape city-state, to cross a desolate desert and rolling Gobi staggered area, everything can happen, there is no guarantee Ma Leah and the tears of the gods must be safe.
He confessed to the mayor of Dashty in private, and the news of the tears of the gods must not be spread. But the night before, he got a secret return, and the temple priest Xiao Gu sent a messenger to the city of Suya, and sent the gods there every quarter to the temple. This is a rule, and no one can stop it, but Rod-Dick always finds something wrong.
He even thought about sending someone to kill Xiao Gu's messenger, but he didn't do it in the end. From Duke Town to the city of Syria, there is no way to pass through the post road of the black fire jungle. There is a card on the post road. It is impossible for his people to pass the checkpoint before catching up with the messenger, and it is difficult to conceal his whereabouts. Besides, here is the territory of Hati Kingdom after all, he sent someone to intercept the temple priest's messenger is a very serious crime. Once exposed, Lord Dick may not be able to bear such charges.
When the team entered the desert, Rod Dick glanced back at the direction of Duke Town, which had disappeared from the horizon, and secretly said, "It's a strange place whether this place is favored or abandoned by the gods."
In Duke's history, the miner's skills have been passed down to the Dick. From the point of view of Master Dick, it includes physical skills. The qualified adult miners in the town practice no less than the lower-level samurai, and the outstanding ones have mastered the secondary body. Surgery awakens the power that sleeps in the blood, and can be used skillfully.
A low-level warrior who has mastered the physical skill is even elite in the army of the Eju Empire!
What's more terrible is that the miner's skill actually contains basic divine magic. Although it is only the simplest and has not passed the test of divine magic, it is also divine magic after all. If it is used with physical skills, the power will be amazing. The miners here just use this technique to mine, not to fight with it.
If you gather all the miners in the town, teach them formations and orders, and then learn how to use weapons, the town can simply resist an ordinary army. Even if the miners spontaneously assembled and used only the hammer to fight, it would be difficult to deal with. When living in the town, Lord Rod-Dick even thought that if a large-scale civilian riot occurred here, his pro-guards would not be able to squeeze, at most, he could only protect Maria from escaping quickly.
The Syrian city-state is located at the border of Haty, Assyria, Barron, and Ecu. During the historical battle, it was ruled by different dynasties, but the small Duke town that belongs to the Syrian city-state has never been captured by the army. That's it.
Each dynasty that captured the Syrian city-state sent an emissary to Duke town to inform them of the change of ruler, and still guaranteed the status of Duke town. As long as the subordinate relationship was maintained as before, it would still send troops to the black fire jungle. Post roads charge the same taxes and provide protection to commercial roads.
The reason is simple, not that the absolute power cannot capture it, but that the cost is not worth it. It is not necessary to launch an elite army to cross a difficult road just to conquer a small town. Moreover, all the dynasties and kingdoms need the stones and iron produced by Duke Town. It is not necessary to kill or enslave the miners there, as long as they can control the Duke Town.
The location of Duque is so special. To the north of it is the Syrian Plateau, and the low mountain range near the town is where the nucleus of the stone is produced, and then it goes to the peak, which is an insurmountable natural barrier. To the east is also Chongshan and Lingling. It is said that cave savages still live, the jungle is lush and the terrain is complex, and it is difficult to cross the Youdi River Grand Canyon to go further.
To the west of it is the Black Fire Jungle. There is a hundred-mile post road in the jungle leading to the main city of the Syrian city-state. This is the nearest and most convenient way to get to Duke Town. To the south is the endless desert Gobi, which stretches to the border of the cape city-state of the Aegean Empire. If you go from the cape city-state to the syrian city-state, it is more convenient to go directly to the desert, without having to cross the black fire jungle to Duke town.
The arable land around the town of Duque is very barren and lacks sufficient pastures to barely support the local population, but its properties are so important. This special situation makes it difficult for the town of Duque to separate from the city of Syria, and the temple in the town is also obedient to the temple in the city.
Another special feature of Duke Town is that there are almost no slaves in the town. Except for the two households of Dusty and Xiao Gu, the remaining residents are almost all civilians. This is completely different from the rest of the Tianshu continent. The reason is very simple. All countries in the surrounding area have the same statute: slaves' hands cannot touch the stone, and every time they violate it, they must cut off a finger.
Interestingly, Amon was almost punished by cutting off a finger.
However, there is another decree in the surrounding countries that seems to have been deliberately ignored. Both the Kingdom of Barron and the Empire of Eju seem to ignore the situation in Duke. This decree is that slaves cannot learn physical skills, and only nobles are eligible to learn divine skills. Those who privately learn divine skills without permission are considered to be disrespectful to the gods and will be severely punished by the major temples.
In fact, it ’s so difficult to learn divinity. Even aristocrats with this qualification, many people ca n’t pass the threshold of
waking up the power given by the gods
. Without the priests ’teaching and guidance in strict rituals, they would practice it privately. Even harder. But there are many people in the world, always have excellent geniuses, and have obtained similar powers without permission and without the guidance of the priests.
Such people are called magicians or sorcerers on the continent. In short, they are a derogatory, evil name, and will be chased and killed by the temple according to the law. The priests or nobles who master the magic are called magicians.
Divine stones are also produced elsewhere on the Tianshu continent, but the final step of removing the divine stones from the nucleus is done by a low-level divine magician, because it must use some of the most basic divine skills, so the divine stones are not only expensive And it seems very sacred. The situation in Duke Town is obviously different. The environment here is so hard, the location is so remote and closed, and the production of stones is so large. There can never be so many noble magicians working here. All stones are miners. Mining.
Maybe it's the face of the gods who gave the stone. The miner's skill passed down through the ages of Duke Town contains the basic divine art. The insider who knows the power does not mention it, as if he has not seen it at all, but the residents of Duke Town They themselves are not clear.
Every ten of the stones mined by the miners in Bangn Junduk, Syrian city can keep one of them, which is extremely enviable to others on the mainland. But at the same time there is a decree, "Duke Town registered miners registered in the temple, can not leave this place without permission", I am afraid it is also for this reason. In fact, due to geographical constraints, it is difficult for them to leave without permission.
The town of Duke not only produces stones but also iron, especially fine iron, but the blacksmiths here are not allowed to build weapons, and only produce forged iron embryos. Rod Dick quietly smuggled this time, a batch of fine iron embryos.
Rhodes-Dick was thinking about the special aspects of Duke Town, pressing his hilt on his waist and sitting under the shed, looking at the dunes in the distance. The convoy set off in the early morning when it was just dawn, and now it was getting closer at noon. The hot sun was shining on the sand, and the heat reflected on all sides gradually became unbearable.
There is a rolling hill in the distance to the right, and weird megaliths stand on the hills. You can just find a shadowy area to rest for a while, avoid the hottest sun in the afternoon, and walk in the desert. Rod Dick insisted on sitting in front of the team's first car, and Gabriel exaggerated: "Master, you are brave!"
Rhodes-Dick was uneasy, afraid of encountering an ambush on the way. It is said that there are dangerous desert races here, which specifically attack caravans, and may be disguised by robbers from border countries. The so-called murderous and dangerous desert race may be just a legend . However, ordinary robbers cannot attack a convoy such as Lord Dick. You can see elite soldiers escorted far away.
But if someone comes for a special purpose, that's probably not the case, otherwise Rod Dick wouldn't be able to bring a pro-guard. The Lord Dick knew that no one in the pro-guard was higher than his physical skills. His physical skills had reached the sixth level, and he was only a rare high-level samurai.
Most of the guards are in the first three cars of the team. Maria is the second car, and there is Gabriel on the car. Rhodes Dick saw the hills in the distance, and was preparing to order the team to turn. Then he suddenly heard Gabriel's stop drinking: "Everyone stops!"
This scream was like a thunder, and it spread far away over the desert.
Lord Dick had commanded that what Gabriel had said was an order, which was the same as his own order. The well-trained masters in the convoy responded very quickly, holding their animals in their mouths, and more than a dozen vehicles stopped in front of them at the same time, and the soldiers who accompanied them also held the reins. The rear caravan was a bit messy. Some cars bumped together, some fell off the camel, and some goods fell over.
Rod Dick had jumped up, reached out and pulled out his sabre, but found no danger. At this moment a flash of silver light burst from his head, flying towards the sand dunes ahead. Looking up, Gabriel, holding a shield and waving a sword, was already standing on the roof of his carport.