Chapter 47: Respective contributions

Chapter 047: Their contributions
At that time, the two brothers were young, and the awakening of power was unsuccessful, and then their grandfather died. Although the family did not lose their aristocratic status, they lost their title and title, and their status is similar to that of ordinary civilians, but they do not have to pay ordinary civilian taxes.
In theory, the two brothers could practice divine skills, but after losing their title, no priest in the temple would continue to teach them. If they had awakened power at the beginning, it would be okay to continue to cultivate. This is not illegal, but it is difficult to achieve higher achievements, not to mention that the awakening ceremony of power was not successful.
Cain whispered in Abel's ear and reminded: "My brother, don't forget that our names have been registered in the ceremonial records of the city-state shrine. If we have learned divine art, it is perfectly legal. If there is another chance, Becoming an intermediate-level wizard can fully restore the title of our ancestors, and our family status can be more glorious than ever. There is no need to keep this farm to be a farmer and herdsman. Now there is a rare opportunity in front of you. Amon wakes us up and teaches magic. "
Abel Ben asked nothing for Amon, but Cain said for a long time that he finally moved his brother. For ordinary people, being able to master that magical power is as fascinating as the old lunatic wants to unlock the secrets of the gods. Whether it was Medanzo who was not qualified to learn the magic, or Lin Ke, the patriarch of the Savage Tribe in the mountains, when he saw the opportunity, he asked Amon to learn the magic, not to mention that Abel and Cain were qualified but nowhere. What about the aristocracy of learning?
The two brothers discussed in the middle of the night and decided to go to Amon early in the morning and present their respective gifts. Amon heard what they said in the field, and decided to agree to the request of the two brothers. The two brothers are qualified to learn divine skills, so doing so will not cause them trouble, and should be the best reward.
Early the next morning, Amon left the farmhouse for a walk in the ranch, and came to a place far away from everyone's eyes. Unexpectedly, the two brothers followed him with a gift. They kneeled in front of Amon and said, "Dear Lord, please receive our most devoted dedication. This gift is not precious, but we have obtained it by laboring with both hands. It represents the true heart."
Cain presented a bunch of golden ears of grain. He is a farmer and sometimes goes to work in the field himself. This millet is also planted by his own hands. Abel slaughtered the first lamb born this year among his flocks. The mutton was marinated into dried meat, and the fat was cooked with lamb fat and presented to Amon.
Amon looked at them and smiled. After a meal, he said, "Your hospitality is already the best gift. Since I promise to answer your request, I will naturally keep it. I know your intention is to Let me perform the awakening ritual and teach the magic for you. It is all right. "
Cain exclaimed: "Before you speak, you see our heart. Are you a messenger of the gods? No, in my mind, you symbolize the who gives power!" He was afraid of Amon's taboo As a magician, he intentionally said something like this. In fact, Amon also heard Link and Medanzo say the same thing, but Cain's tone was not so frank.
Abel also saluted: "Thank you, distinguished benefactor! I will always remember in my heart that you have given us life and also given us magical power!"
Amon waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, thank you first, I promised to hold a awakening ceremony for you, but whether you can succeed depends on you, not everyone can learn the magic through the test. Get up first! Tonight at the foot of the hill behind the farm, I will prepare for the ceremony for you, but you must first promise me two conditions. "
The two brothers nodded together and said, "What are the conditions, Lord Lord, just say that."
Amon thought for a while and thought: "First, you can only practice in the way I teach. Do n’t take another path. Have a firm conviction and regard it as the only source of strength. Second, you ca n’t paint Show my face or make my statue, show my face and name to others. "
The reason why Amon put forward the first condition is simple. What he is trying to awaken for the brothers is the strength of both sides. He will only teach them the path of cultivation he has proven. In the same way, he also said to Link. As for the second condition, it is easy to understand that Amon himself is a magician, and the "deeds" on the ferry have been made public by the Uruk city-state. Naturally, no one would want to know his appearance and name.
The two brothers nodded and agreed immediately. Although Amon's first condition was special, they had nowhere else to learn, so there was no need to consider other options. When returning, Amon took Abel's gift and said, "Thank you, these things happened to be on the road, and I accepted them." He returned the ears of wheat to Cain, because he really did n’t need them on the road again. .
That night, when the moonlight illuminated the treetops in the forest, Abel and Cain came to the open space at the foot of the mountain. Amon was already waiting, with his branch-like staff in front of him. Amon's nonsense has never been much. When he saw the two brothers coming, he waved his hand: "The awakening ceremony of power will start from now on. This cane is the source of it. This is the initial ceremony. What is power? It is both the power given by the gods and the power to sleep in the blood.
Awakening power also awakens desire. This desire comes from both the body and the mind. It has two sides, and you have to learn how to face it and not be controlled by it. Awakening power through rituals is only the first step. In fact, this test is not a temporary one. It will run through your life and even eternal life. Pray to my cane. Please examine your body and mind. It is not the you know who gives you strength. This kind of prayer may be difficult. I hope you can find that state of concentration and devotion. "
Amon now has a new understanding of the various tests in the practice of divine magic, whether it is "wake of desire" or "firm conviction" or "temptation of the devil" has two meanings. The first level of meaning is that when practicing basic meditation, he will not be controlled by it, and can continue to practice higher abilities. The second level of meaning is more complicated. It does not pass the test in form. This test disappears. It will run through the conviction of everyone, just like the temptation of the devil always exists, and the desire is always accompanied by it. Human body and mind.
Amon lived in the farm for another seven days. With the help of the magic cane, both brothers and sisters showed signs of strength, and Amon was completely recovered. He stayed in the farm for half a month, and felt that his energy and physical strength had reached the best state again, and even his strength was faintly stronger than before.
He was a little surprised why he took so long. In fact, Amon was not clear. Excessive use of mana beyond the limit is dangerous for the wizard, and he will be in a state of weakness and unable to protect himself. In the same situation, the average magician will probably recover in two or three months. After only half a month, he jumped on the road alive, this speed is really amazing, not only thanks to physical training, but also thanks to his usual practice method that is different from ordinary people.
Before leaving, Amon left a stone to each of the two brothers. The purpose was nothing more than to let them use this as an intermediary to stimulate the power and continue to awaken the power. It is impossible for Amon to leave his staff here. The most difficult first step has been taken. The rest is up to the two brothers themselves. How to face the test of desire requires them to go through.
The two divine stones were enough to compensate the two brothers for entertaining him. Abbbon did not want to accept that although he was not rich, he still had the divine stones in his ancestor's collection. Amon persuaded him to leave the stone, and told him that he would use the stone in the future when setting the staff, and the cost would be more expensive than a stone. Amon was very thoughtful. Even thinking that after the two brothers became the magicians, they might not be able to afford a decent staff, and taught them the skills of making the staff.
Before becoming intermediate wizards, they were not capable of making wands. But it doesn't matter, Amon's own habit is not to use the staff when practicing the magic power normally, it is natural to ask the people to practice in this way. He awakened the strength of both sides for the two brothers, and found that the two were different. Abel was better at mastering divine skills, while Cain's talent was more focused on physical skills.
The situation of the two brothers reminded Amon of Bell's comment on the practice of strength on both sides of the body-"Anyone may have a focus on abilities. These do not affect the cultivation on both sides of the body. To the extreme, I am afraid that it will take a lifetime of energy to do it, and the road itself is so difficult, so it is reasonable to first meet the basic requirements and then focus. "
Amon left the two brothers with one to six strength training methods, each with a different emphasis. The most important purpose of this is to confirm Bell's guess. Amon himself and Bell pointed out that the situation is somewhat different. The old lunatic wants him to become an encyclopedic master of theology and explore the path that Bell has not yet completed, so he has to try all possible possibilities. Therefore, Bell's note can only be confirmed in the case of the two brothers. Amon, whose mission is to unlock the secrets of the gods, cannot focus too much on a certain path.
The two brothers sent Amon far away, only to leave the jurisdiction of the city of Uruk and return to the official road to the city of Barron. Although Amon was a magician, he did not encourage these two to offend and desecrate any of the gods, but only awakened their power and taught all the cultivation contents before becoming a great magician. This is not in any temple. Will learn once.
The gratitude in Abel and Cain's heart can be imagined, and he said to Amon when he said goodbye, "You are our eternal benefactor, shining the light of the gods!"
Amon hurried to the carriage to continue on the road, and no one knew who he was in the great kingdom. Amon did not encounter any trouble along the way. He passed through the city-states such as Raja, Nippur, and Kish in a row, and it was not fast, and it took more than three months to reach outside the capital city of Baron. At this time, Amon was no longer the young boy who had just stepped out of the mountains. His temperament seemed to have matured a lot, and after so many things, he gradually began to understand this strange and vast world. His journey in the mainland was indeed a wealth .
He understood what the so-called "devil's temptation" was. He could be promoted through a test when he practiced divine skills, but this test still persisted. The words he said to the two brothers were also understood and confirmed by him. among. Amon was not stupid. The experience of this way has taught him a lot of things, and always pay attention to observe the people around him.
In his eyes everything is so novel, there is always something new under the sun. If you can't see it, it only means that you haven't experienced it with your heart. Amon was unhappy because he had been waiting. Schrödinger had said that he would come back for him, but the cat never appeared.
Amon missed Schrodinger a little, and he even wanted to go back to Sumer to find it, where the cat left. Can it cross the Youdi River to catch up with Amon? However, Amon still suppressed this idea and proceeded to Wangdu. When he sees Medanzo, let's talk, he will go back sooner or later anyway.
He wanted to see Medanzo without any other purpose, because it was because he didn't know anyone else on the mainland when he first stepped out of the mountains, so he set Barron as his first stop. By the way, let's see how Medanzo ’s strength is cultivated on both sides. The message that Amon got from Bell was that after Medanzo's departure, there were many things that did not come and taught him.
If Medanzo's strength has reached the bottleneck, but he doesn't know how to continue, Amon's visit can just guide the way for him. Amon wanted to see Medanzo with another idea. After all, Medanzo was an intermediate samurai who grew up in the capital of the king. He systematically learned the fighting martial arts that Amon was unfamiliar with. These are also what Amon needs to learn from.
As he approached the city of Barron, Amon couldn't help thinking of Yin Nanna again, would he meet the princess again in Wangdu? She must be with her fiance Gilgamesh at this moment. I heard that Gilgamesh is going to Wangdu recently, will Princess Xiao Qian be with him? If she came to Amon again as Yin Nanna, how would she meet? But this possibility is very small. How could Yin Nanna know where to go to find him?
When he reached outside Barron, Amon encountered his first obstacle since traveling to the mainland.
After all, Barron is the capital of the kingdom, although it is still closely guarded in peacetime. The guards at the gate are all samurai, and even the captain is at least an intermediate samurai. There are three wizards in each gate, at least one of which is an intermediate wizard. They do not show up in the tower, but they can use magic to detect all suspicious people at any time.
Amon also thought about sneaking into the city walls at night, but he noticed in time that there was a weak wave of magic power on the wall. It turned out that there was a large array of magic power around the entire city of Barron, and only the king Only in this way! Glie had once deployed such a large array temporarily in the city of Syria, but in the known city-states on Tianshu Road, there were only five cities guarded by a permanent array of magical powers: Aegis, Mengfei Sicheng, Hatusha, the capital of Hati, Tunimich, the king of Assyria, and Baron, the capital of Balun.
The magical array here is much more complete than the magical array temporarily deployed by Ge Lie. It can be attacked and defended after being fully stimulated, and it can protect the city. However, it is not fully open at all, and only the detection function is retained. If you want to detect anomalies in and out of the entire city, you will consume several divine stones every day, and there is a great magician to preside. Only Wang Du has this strength and can send enough great magicians to take turns performing this task.
Amon could not pass through the detection of this magical array without any alarm. He could only enter through the city gate during the day. He had a document issued by the cape city state of the Empire of Egypt, just fill in The name proves the citizenship of the Aju Empire. But here is the Kingdom of Balun. Amon has no entry formalities, and holding such a document is more likely to cause trouble.
People who enter the kingdom of Balun City do not have to produce proof documents, but they have to be investigated by the guards, who may be checked. Amonke didn't want to be found out that something was wrong with his body. At least that bone was not picked up by the average person. In the event of a search, it would attract special attention.
Amon did not expect that this time he relied on Gilgamesh for his help. He heard a message that Gilgamesh will come three days later with a gift dedicated to the great God of Marduk and Princess Xiao Qian. There will be a grand celebration. The king ordered the people to greet out of the city, and followed Gilgamesh's convoy into the city to hold a grand parade. Amon could enter the city in the procession, and there could be no guards to investigate.
Will he see Yin Nanna sit on the luxurious carriage of Gilgameshna, enter the palace with the hero in the cheers of all peoples? Amon thought so in his heart.
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However, Amen did not see Yin Nanna three days later. Gilgamesh's carriage was still the original one. There was no carport or compartment supporting a large umbrella. Gilgamesh himself put on the majestic and noble city lord's dress, with a beautiful samurai sword, standing under the Chinese umbrella to accept the cheers of the people, smiled and nodded, beckoning from time to time.
Gilgamesh's own carriage was the second one to enter the city. The first carriage did not have a shed, and two altar-shaped decorations were placed on it. Snake tendons and snake teeth pulled out. This is the bones of the legendary god! Gilgamesh let them be exposed to the sun, so that the people of Mancheng welcomed by Jiadao could see clearly!
Amon also saw it very real. Those snake tendons were larger than the ones he got in the river. Each one had the thickness of the thumb. They were more than a foot wide when they were put together. The whole body was golden yellow and shining blue in the sun. The luster is like the flowing water flowing under the golden glow of the setting sun. On the left and right altars, three coiled snake ribs are placed, and four snake teeth are placed on each coil, two long and two short, longer than three feet, and short two feet. You can imagine How terrible the snake kiss was!
The bones of the snake's tendons and deities are all contained in Amon's bag, so he was particularly interested. At the beginning, he was careful not to use the detection of magic to find out, lest he would expose himself in the crowd. But when the convoy passed the city gate, Amon sensed numerous mana fluctuations, coming from all directions in disorder.
Some came from the Kingdom Guards who greeted Gilgamesh, some came from the city walls, and some came from the crowd of people welcomed by Jiadao. Amon did not find anyone in the crowd beside the road dressed as a wizard with a staff. It seems that many the wizards today disguised themselves to meet the city.
Who can't be curious about the bones of the gods in the legend? Even the big magical array that guarded the city wall was intentionally launched. It must be the big magician who is hosting the magical array. With the powerful detection ability of the big array, he carefully studied and analyzed the snake passing through the gate. Tooth and snake tendons.
Since Gilgamesh put them on the first carriage, they entered the capital of the king unabashedly first, which is for everyone to see, to prove that this is true, and to increase his and the prestige of Enqidu. Not only is Zhang Yang proud to the extreme, but also frank and chic to the extreme!
There are still many women in the crowd. They are not interested in snake tendons and fangs, but they are screaming at Gilgamesh with various headscarves: "Dear Gil, great hero, I adore you ... look at it, He smiled at me and nodded and beckoned. It was the great Jill who beckoned me! "The screaming girls looked happy and fainted, but Jill still had a humble but noble smile , Beckoning to everyone again and again.
Unlike the idiot girls, Amon is taking advantage of the opportunity to be undetected, and he also starts to detect the magic to carefully sense the embarrassing snake teeth and long teeth. Those fangs are not the same as the bones in his leather pocket. Detective magic can be clearly sensed, with a terrifying horror on it. At the same time that Amon condensed them, the roar of thousands of bisons roaring in unison, with a huge impact and shock.
Amon had heard such a voice on the night that En Qidu beheaded Humbaba. If it wasn't for his strong and deep mind, I am afraid that the state of divine meditation would be interrupted. He has determined that these cavities can be the material for the best wands and can also be used to create precious and rare artifacts. But they are not the same as Osiris's ribs. The bone in his own pocket is either the true deity bone or has been magically processed.
The holy relic of the Temple of Isis, "the ribs of the gods", has only one, and those fangs are already treasures that are hard to find in the world. Amon also has another feeling that if these fangs are directly used as weapons, they can bring the effect of spiritual attacks like "snarling impact", and after processing by the master craftsman, this weapon will be even more terrible. .