Chapter 23: The most primitive religion

023, the most primitive religion
"Are you an Eju? Carry a cat with you and make it for the cat first." This was what Medanzo asked Amon during the night camp. He has short golden brown curly hair, white skin, high and straight nose, and looks very handsome. In the minds of most young girls in the world, his smile must be charming, and his teeth are white and neat.
Amon asked puzzledly, "Why did you cat the cat first, the Eju?"
Medanzo: "The Iju people worship cats and treat cats as incarnations of gods. Only in this way can they pamper a cat so much, don't you?" When he saw that the theologian who had saved himself was so When he was young, he was surprised, but Amon did not take the initiative to introduce himself.
Amon replied with a smile: "Oh, this cat is a friend of my elders, and asked me to take good care of it. I do come from Aju, named Amon, and learned divine art at a very young age, but until now So far, it is only a second-level magician. Just now you said that you came from the city of Baron, the capital of the Kingdom of Baron. Why did you come to the mountains in Hati? "
Now that he had revealed his ability to divine magic in a hurry just now, he simply pretended to be a magician from Eju, and it was impossible for Medanzo to verify his identity.
Medanzo: "Hati? Here in Barron! ... Well, it may be that I am mistaken. There are no obvious landmarks here. It is true that my great-grandfather was also a theologian, but he Sacrifice here a long time ago in the war, I came to find his relics. Dear wizard, why did you come to such a difficult and remote place? "
Amon remembered something inexplicably, and he stunned before answering, "My intentions are similar to yours. A high priest lost something here many years ago, ordered me to find it, and told me it was also a kind of experience. . "
Medanzo blurted out and said, "Did you offend him, and sent you such a young wizard to come here?" Then he explained: "I didn't mean to offend you, just say it casually."
Amon waved his hand unwillingly: "This is indeed a punishment. It is because I have not done something well and am willing to accept such punishment."
Medanzo laughed: "It is impossible for an ordinary high priest to come here through the mountains. He must have left something while flying in the air. If it is nearby, I can find someone to help."
Amon was surprised: "Look for someone to help? Who can I find here? Aren't you also looking for the remains of your ancestors?"
Medanzo explained: "I've been here several times and met the largest dwarf tribe nearby. They should be the people who are most familiar with this area and can ask them to help you find things left in the mountains."
Amon: "Cave savages? You also deal with their tribe? What's going on today, how could you go to that pool to startle those iron beasts? I have never seen that kind of mutant iron beast."
Medanzo replied somewhat embarrassedly: "Although I didn't find the ancestor's relics, I became familiar with the dwarf tribes here, and often exchanged things with them. This tribe would smelt fine iron embryos without other good things. It ’s very valuable. I ’ve also needed money to travel to the mountains in the past few years, so I have to exchange with them. It may still be in Balun, and it ’s not smuggled, right?

Regardless of the country where the refined iron is officially controlled for sale, it is suspected to be illegal to conduct such transactions in private. However, Amon is too lazy to care about such gossip and asks, "Well, are you here to find ore? Still want to smelt refined iron yourself? "
Mei Danzuo said: "Isn't this your first time coming, how do you know that there is the finest fine iron ore here?"
Amon shrugged and said, "I am indeed the first time to come, but the best iron ore can be washed out from the feces of iron armored beasts, which I already knew!"
Mei Danzuo froze, his expression became weird in the firelight reflection, and he whispered a before saying: "The so-called first-class material of Marg steel ore turned out to be the feces of the Iron Armor! That patriarch is not so tell me."
Amon also froze: "Ah, you don't know, how did that guy tell you?"
Medanzo resentfully said: "The tribes here produce the finest fine iron embryos, which are much better than ordinary fine irons. They are called Ma Gegang in us, and they can make a lot of money by taking a small piece out of the mountain. , But the output is very small. I asked the patriarch if I could get more? The patriarch said that the ore is difficult to collect, and that the silt deposited by a pond in the mountain is rich in the best Ma Ganggang ore. But the Iron Beast King lives in the water pond and wants to collect it. The words are very dangerous, and their people dare not come.
I pretend to be a mid-level samurai too. It should be okay to deal with an Iron Beast King, so I came quietly. Want to slay the Iron Beast King to let those dwarves look at me. The patriarch didn't tell me that there were four, and he didn't tell me that the ore was the feces of the iron beast. I almost gave my life here, thankfully I met you. "
Amon looked at him and laughed loudly, the laughter grew louder, and then Medanzo laughed. The two laughed at each other, echoing in the mountains at night. Schrödinger, who was dozing off, looked up at the two people with a dissatisfied look, as if to say-what's so funny! Shame not shame?
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After the sun rose the next day, Amon leaned on a tree branch with Schrodinger on his back, and continued to walk up high under Medanzo's leadership. Although he didn't plan to let the cave savage tribe help him find Bell's whereabouts, it is always useful to ask about any notable places nearby.
The clouds on the high mountains look like a floating sea, and when they walk in again, they look like a mist, and Amon has almost crossed the clouds for the third time. Halfway through, he suddenly heard something moving in front, and a staff stopped and said, "Medanzo, there seems to be a sound in front, not like an animal, much like a human footstep."
Medanzo leapt to a big rock, looked forward with his sword, and suddenly drank after a while: "Linke, you old man, come here quickly! ... You fooled me so miserably, look at me Pack you! "
A group of people came out of the woods around the mountain road. The head of that person was the "undead" scolded by Medanzo. He didn't seem to be very old, he should be only about thirty. The skin color is slightly black but among these people is already the whitest. He wears clothes made of animal skins and has a pair of linen shoes on his feet. He is the only one among these people who wears shoes and is also the chief of the cave savage tribe.
When Lin Ke saw Medanzo, he hurried forward: "You're wronged me. I heard that you went to the cold lake mining sand where the Iron Beast King lived. It was dark and there was no way to come to you. The group gathered at dawn. The warriors in the team are here to save you. "
Look at Link behind him with more than thirty "Warriors", some holding rude bows and arrows, some holding wooden spears tied with iron heads, and several people's weapons are very interesting, that is, The slender and rough flat fine iron bar has a sharpened edge and can be stabbed or chopped, but it does not have the shape of a knife.
These people are not too short, but Patriarch Link said that they are the most powerful warriors in the tribe, and they should be the tallest, but they are similar to the average height of ordinary adults. Calling a dwarf is not without reason.
When Medanzo saw Link, he jumped down from the stone and knocked his head with the sword's spine: "When you come to save me, I've been eaten by the iron beast! Didn't I say there is an iron beast king? Me Why did you meet four! "
Link made a big "Ah" in the mouth, using a short stick in his hand to block it. He didn't know what kind of beast's bone this short rod was made of, and it was actually inlaid with a stone, much like the magician's staff.
He looked at Medanzo up and down and said, "You can still come back safely? You left quietly without saying clearly yesterday, but I have repeatedly told you not to go without permission. You did not meet the Iron Beastmaster, but the guard. The Beastmaster's lair is a large iron beast. The iron beast king usually does not come out until midnight .... Four big iron beasts! Are you all right? "
Mei Danzuo took out a yellow-black, five-inch-long pointed hook-shaped thing from his pocket, which was the "trophy" he obtained yesterday, and the beast claw that was cut off with a sword. See what this is! Fortunately, a noble magician helped me, and I personally cut off this claw. "
The crowd uttered an exclamation, and Link looked at the claw in Medanzo's hand with envy, and asked curiously, "The wizard, what the wizard? Is it your friend?"
Mei Danzuo replied proudly: "Not only my friend, but also my life-saving benefactor, you old unseen guy. Haven't even heard of the magician? It's much more powerful than yours! "
Amon then came out from behind the big stone. These cave savages had not even heard of the wizard, and saved themselves the trouble of introducing himself. Everyone only met him when he was a friend of Medanzo and a guest of the tribe.
This tribe really has the characteristics of a "burrowing savage". It was built on a flat half-slope under a low stone wall. There are many natural caves along the stone wall, and it can be lived by artificial excavation. A fire was ignited in the largest cave, and some people took turns to get firewood every day to make this fire inextinguishable. It is the public source of fire for all the people in the family.
Although the dwarves here already use ocher to catch fire, the pile of fire is also a symbol of the whole family. The large cave that is on fire is equivalent to the temple in the ordinary town. The open area in front of the cave is also the place where all the people gather. . There are also houses on the hillside not far from the stone wall, constructed of wood and thatch, and mud on the wall, although simple but strong.
The people who lived in the house were of higher status in the tribe. Medanzo seemed to be very respected here. There was a house for him, and Amon also lived in the cottage.
At dusk that evening, there was a rally in the tribe. A group of people bouncing around a pile of firewood in the open space, passing the beast claws cut by Medanzo to each other, imitating various choppings. The action was like the beak claws were cut down by themselves, and their expressions were intoxicated.
Amon and Medanzo, who joined forces to fight the iron armored beast, sat in the most honorable positions, and were with the patriarch Link in front of the big hole that burned the fire. Medanzo whispered in Amon's ear: "This is the happiest day of their day, they danced until the fire went out before going back to sleep."
Amon also whispered, "What are they doing with that paw? Each one is like drunk."
Medanzo: "It's a ritual, dreaming of gaining the power to slay the beast, giving them confidence and courage, don't have to be afraid when hunting, every time you can succeed, it is a witchcraft prayer."
It was getting dark during the talk, and a dwarf took a tree branch and went to the big cave to catch fire. It seemed that he was going to light a woodpile in the open space. Amon suddenly remembered one of the things mentioned in the message left by the old lunatic, holding up the fine iron sticks, and the other hand volleyed a finger to the distant woodpile.
A wind blew around the pyre, and there was light in the wind, the light turned into a flame, and the flame turned into a tongue-shaped flame in the wind, and the flame ignited the pile. Although it is only the simplest fire elemental summoning magic, the effect appears to be both magical and dazzling in combination with the gas elemental magic.
The dwarves who were dancing around the fire stopped, the others sitting around in circles stood up, and then Amon saw everyone saluting towards him with a look of reverence and terror. The patriarch Link was also saluting him, and Amon heard him say clearly: "O angel of the gods, you bring warmth and light!"
Seeing that everyone was doing the same, Mei Danzuo stood up and bowed to Amen, but quietly squeezed his eyes and whispered: "You really do, this hand is so beautiful! Unfortunately, I am not a theorist, otherwise I've been playing like this for a long time. "