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Amon was caught off guard and fell heavily. There was a blanket in front of the door. He was not injured. He had already stood up and flashed to the side and replied, "I was accidentally, maybe I tripped on the carpet when I retreated."

"I was accidentally shown my strength just now, but I didn't control it..." Maria spoke at the same time, her tone a little flustered.

Gabriel's attention was immediately attracted by Maria's words, and his eyes lit up, "Sir, you can already...?" He said this, but he stopped talking, turned his head to Amon and said, "You have nothing to do here, go out and close the door."

He was suddenly pushed away and fell. Amon could not yet wake up and knew what was going on, but he had calmed down from the confusion. He should feel lucky. If Maria said something wrong, it would be very likely that he would have lost his life. Even if Gabriel let him go, Rhode Dick might have sent someone to kill him.

After Amon went downstairs, Gabriel said to Maria in surprise: "Sir, you really didn't disappoint Goddess Isis. You accidentally pushed Amon down just now. When you first started using this power, you often didn't get used to it."

Maria nodded and said, "Yes, I pushed him down as soon as I reached out and got far away. Is this the power of the gods?" When Gabriel came in, Amon sat on the ground, while Maria stood and stretched out a hand, looking like she pushed Amon down from the air.

Maria didn't mean to lie, but on the first day Amon came, she heard Gabriel's order, not allowing Amon to touch her, otherwise she would be punished. What kind of punishment should be? Will it be like the priest in Duke Town want to cut off one of his fingers? How terrible it would be? It's not Amon's fault.

Gabriel didn't care about these things. She was attracted by another topic and said with a smile: "Yes, this is the power given by the gods. You just mastered it, and it is not very powerful. Amon is very strong, but you wave your hand and can push him down. Any ordinary person can do it by pushing a door open, but you can push it open without reaching out. This is the miracle created by divine power.

Lord Maria, you should pay attention now. Don’t use it easily before using it. In fact, if a person like Amon who has mastered low-level physical skills understands the rules of divine arts and is prepared for it, you will not be able to 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 he had not yet fully recovered. He still had the breath of Maria in his hands, which was intoxicating with warm fragrance. He couldn't understand what happened just now, so why did he hold her like that and be pushed away again. He was not very clear and understandable. During the day, the two of them looked like they were provoking. Last night, he almost dreamed of the same scene, and he really put his hand on her chest just now!

He stood there in a daze for no reason, but Gabriel went downstairs and suddenly asked, "Among, what did you see just now?"

Amon came to his senses and bowed and replied, "Sir, I saw nothing, heard nothing, I just brought water to Lord Maria."

Gabriel's eyes were as if he was about to penetrate his soul: "Don't you tell me?"

Amon: "Yes, sir, you have told me not to mention everything you see and hear here. You are also a human being, of course you cannot mention it to you." He was very smart. He had learned the syllogism of Aristotle, and answered Gabriel's question in this way. He really didn't know what to say about what happened in Mary's room just now.

Gabriel's serious face finally showed a faint smile: "Okay, very good! Remember what you said, your work has been completed, the reward has been paid to your father, and you can go home now."

Unexpectedly, Gabriel sent him away now, his work had been completed, and his reward was also received. Amon should have been very relaxed and happy, but when he left the yard, he felt an indescribable melancholy. He looked back and seemed to be saying goodbye silently.

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Rod Dick was finally happy because Gabriel told him that he could leave and asked him to prepare overnight and finally leave this ghost place.

Gabriel also explained to him one thing. The reason why he stayed in this town for three more days was not only because Maria was sick, but also teaching some special rituals and regulations of the Temple of Maria Isis so that she could successfully pass the recognition of the identity of the saint. Now Maria has learned it.

This made Rod Dick even happier. If someone else had changed, he would definitely give him a large sum of money to thank him, but this Lord Gabriel was obviously unwilling to accept bribes. Rod Dick thought for a long time and personally sent a carefully crafted shield to Gabriel with the blessing of divine art. It was a glorious weapon of warriors, and explained that the shield was originally intended to be presented to the temple. Gabriel accepted it.

What kind of gifts are given, how people don’t refuse and are very happy is also a science, and Lord Rod Dick is obviously proficient in this.

After three days of recuperation, Maria's maid's illness was cured. After breakfast the next day, Lord Rhode Dick's huge and gorgeous convoy set off. The merchants who came to Duke Town had been a little impatient for a long time, but they didn't want to leave themselves. They couldn't hire mercenaries from guards in Duke Town. Last night, they received news that Lord Dick was about to return. They happily packed up their luggage overnight and followed the adult's convoy.

Duke Town, which had been lively for many days, finally returned to peace. The townspeople were enjoying the wine and food brought by the caravan, and many people's fires were also turned off. After so many days of busyness, it was rare to relax. Even the mayor of the town did not urge the miners to work quickly. During this period, the townspeople handed over a lot of divine stones, so it was appropriate to relax.

Everyone was relaxed, only Rhode Dick was a little nervous, because before returning to the cape city-state, they had to travel through a desolate desert and a scattered area of ​​the undulating Gobi. Everything could happen, and it was not guaranteed that Maria and the Tears of the Gods would be safe.

He privately told Mayor Dasty that the news of the tears of the gods must not be spread. But the night before yesterday, he received a secret reward. The temple priest Xiao Gu sent an envoy to the Syrian city-state and sent the divine stones presented to the temple there every season. This is a prescribed rule, and no one can stop it, but Rod Dick always felt something was wrong.

He even thought about sending people to intercept Xiao Gu's envoy, but he didn't do that in the end. From Duke Town to the Syrian city-state, he traveled through the post road in the black fire jungle, and there was no way to go around in advance. The post road was checked, and it was impossible for the people he sent to not accept the checkpoint before catching up with the envoy, and it was difficult to conceal his whereabouts. Besides, this place was in the territory of the Hati Kingdom, and it was a serious crime for him to intercept the envoy of the temple priest. Once it was exposed, Lord Dick might not be able to withstand such a charge.

When the convoy entered the desert, Rod Dick looked back at the direction of Duke Town, which had disappeared from the horizon, and thought to himself: "Is this a strange place to be favored by the gods or abandoned."

The miner's skills passed down from generation to generation in Duke Town are, in the eyes of Lord Dick, which includes physical skills. Qualified adult miners in the town practice no less than those of low-level warriors. Among them, the outstanding ones have mastered the second-level physical skills, awakened the power that sleeps in the bloodline, and can use them proficiently.

A low-level warrior who masters physical skills is an elite even in the army of the Aju Empire!

What's even more terrifying is that the miner's skills actually contain basic divine arts. Although they are just the simplest and have not passed the test of gods, they are also divine arts after all. If they are used in combination with physical art, their power will be amazing. The miners here only use this technique to mine, rather than fight with it.

If all the miners in the town are gathered together, teach them the formation and command, and then master how to use weapons, the town can resist an ordinary legion. Even if the miners gather together spontaneously and fight with only mine hammers, it will be difficult to deal with. When living in the town, Lord Rodddick even thought that if a large-scale civilian riot occurs here, his personal guards will not be able to suppress them, and at most they can only protect Maria from escaping quickly.

The Syrian city-state is located at the border of Hathi, Assyrian, Barron and Eju. It was ruled by different dynasties in historical wars, but the small town of Duke, which belongs to the Syrian city-state, has never been captured by the army. This is probably the reason.

Every dynasty that captured the Syrian city-state would send envoys to Duke Town to inform them of the changes in the rulers, and still guarantee the status of Duke Town. As long as it maintains a subordinate relationship like before, it would still send troops to station the post roads in the Black Fire Jungle, collect the same taxes and provide protection for business roads.

The reason is very simple. It is not that absolute power cannot be captured, but that the gains and losses are not worth it. It is the fact that it is not necessary to mobilize an elite legion and cross the difficult road just to conquer a small town. Moreover, every dynasty and country need the divine stones and iron produced by Duke Town. It is completely unnecessary to kill or enslave the miners there, as long as the control of Duke Town can be guaranteed.

The geographical location of Duke Town is so special. To the north is the Syrian Plateau, and the low mountains near the town are the places where the sacred stone ore cores are produced. Going farther, it is a natural barrier that is insurmountable. To the east is also high mountains and ridges. It is said that there are still savages living in caves, with lush jungles and complex terrain. Going farther, it is the difficult to cross the Youdi River Grand Canyon.

To the west is the black fire jungle, and there is a hundred-mile post road in the jungle to lead to the main city of the Syrian city-state. This is the most convenient way to get to Duke Town. To the south is the endless desert Gobi, which extends to the border of the Cape City-state of the Eju Empire. If you go from the Cape City-state to the Syrian city-state, it is more convenient to go directly to Duke Town and pass through the black fire jungle.

The arable land around Duke Town is very barren and lacks enough pastures, which can hardly support the local population, but its properties are so important. This special situation makes it difficult for Duke Town to exist from the Syrian city-state, and the temples in the town are also obeyed the temples among the city-states.

There is another special feature of Duke Town, that is, there are almost no slaves in the town. Except for the two families of Dasti and Xiao Gu, the rest of the residents are almost all civilians. This is completely different from other parts of the Tianshu continent. The reason is very simple. All countries in the surrounding areas have the same laws: the slave's hands cannot touch the divine stone, and every time they violate it, they will cut off a finger.

Interestingly, Amon was almost punished and was also cut off a finger.

But there is another decree in the surrounding countries here that seems to have been deliberately ignored. Both the Kingdom of Barron and the Empire of Eju seem to ignore the situation in Duke Town. This decree is: slaves cannot learn physical skills, and only nobles are qualified to learn magic skills. Those who practice magic skills privately without permission are regarded as disrespect for the gods and will be severely punished by the major temples.

In fact, it is so difficult to learn divine arts. Even aristocrats with this qualification have many people who cannot overcome the threshold of "awakening the power given by the gods". It would be even more difficult to practice privately without the priests in the temple according to strict rituals. However, there are many people in the world, and there are always outstanding geniuses who have mastered similar powers without permission and guidance from the priests.

This kind of person is called a magician or a wizard on the Tianshu Continent. In short, it is a derogatory and evil title. According to the law, he will be chased by the temple. Priests or nobles who master divine arts are called divine arts masters.

Divine stones are also produced in other places on the Tianshu Continent, but the last step to take out the divine stone from the mine core is completed by a low-level divine magician, because it must use some basic divine skills, so the divine stone is not only expensive but also very sacred. The situation in Dukezhen is obviously different. The environment here is so arduous, the location is so remote and closed, and the output of divine stones is so large that it is impossible for so many noble divine magicians to work here, and all the divine stones are mined by miners.

Perhaps it was because of the face of the gods who gave the divine stones. The miners' skills passed down from generation to generation included the banned incident of basic divine art. No one of the insiders who held the power mentioned it, as if they had not seen it at all, and the residents of Duke Town themselves did not know it.

The divine stone mined by miners in the town of Enjundoke in Syria can keep one out of ten, which makes others on the mainland envious. But at the same time, there is also a decree, "Registered miners registered in the temple of Duke are not allowed to leave this place without permission." This is probably because of this reason. In fact, due to geographical restrictions, it is difficult for them to leave privately.

Duke Town not only produces magic stones but also iron, especially high-quality fine iron. However, the blacksmiths here do not allow weapons to be made, and only forged iron embryos are produced. The ones that Rhode Dick secretly smuggled this time were a batch of high-quality fine iron embryos.

While thinking about the various special things in Duke Town, Rod Dick pressed his hand on the hilt of his waist and sat under the carport and looked at the sand dunes in the distance. The convoy set off in the early morning when it was just dawn. Now it was getting closer and closer at noon. The scorching sun shone on the sand, and the heat reflected from all sides was gradually unbearable.

There was a continuous hill on the far right, with strange boulders standing on the hills. You could find a shadow area to rest for a while, avoid the hottest sunshine in the afternoon before walking. Walking in the desert is so troublesome. Rod Dick insisted on sitting in front of the first car in the convoy, and Gabriel praised: "Sir, you are so brave!"

Rhode Dick was worried, afraid of encountering an ambush on the way. It is said that there were dangerous desert tribes here, and they specifically attacked caravans, which might be disguised by robbers from various countries on the border. The so-called brutal and dangerous desert tribe may just be a legend. But ordinary robbers could not attack a convoy like Lord Dick. You can see elite soldiers escorts from a distance, and you might have avoided them long ago.

But special people come for special purposes, so it may be possible, otherwise Rhode Dick would not have brought his personal guards. This Dick knew in his heart that no one in the personal guards had higher physical skills than his. His physical skills had reached the sixth level, and he was only one step away from being a rare high-level warrior.

Most of the personal guards were around the first three cars of the team. Maria was on the second car, and Gabriel Rodddick saw the hills in the distance and was about to order the team to turn. At this time, he suddenly heard Gabriel's shout: "Everyone stopped!"

The shout was like thunder, which was spread far over the desert.

Rod Dick ordered that Lord Gabriel's words were orders, which were equivalent to his orders. The well-trained masters in the convoy reacted very quickly, shouting and exerting force to pin the animals. More than ten cars in front stopped almost at the same time, and the soldiers riding horses also tied the reins. The caravan behind was a little messed up, some cars bumped together, some felled camels, and some goods flipped down.
Chapter completed!