019, Act thirty years ago ()

Thirty years ago, when the Eju Empire learned that Bell had crossed the border of the cape city-state and fled to the Youdi River Valley through the Syrian desert, it not only mobilized a group of magicians and warriors in Xia Eju to chase after him, but also asked the Hati Kingdom, especially the city-states near the Youdi River Valley to assist in the pursuit of Bell through official documents.

So the Kingdom of Hati issued a decree, symbolically sent it to various places. It was somewhat perfunctory. It only said that warriors were sent to hunt down Bell, but it did not say what would happen if they were not sent. The adults from all over the country knew in their hearts that they would kill a level nine-level magician. Not to mention whether they could find it, even if they found it, it would be similar to seeking death. It was not up to you. At most, there would be news and a message.

Duke Town also received a decree. How could they have news about Bell? It was even more impossible for them to send blacksmiths to chase and kill the great magician, so there was no action at all, and of course no one would pursue it.

Later, the Temple of Isis claimed that Bell had been eliminated by the saint Congni, but the official secrets about the matter, and no one would want to mention the name Bell again. Even if the matter ended, it became history. But there was a tail that no one noticed. The Kingdom of Hati issued a decree that would never be revoked, and it forgot to revoke it afterwards. In fact, no one had to do anything anymore. The matter was over, and no one would find trouble and chase a great magician who had long been gone.

What's more interesting is that Duke Town only received a law to assist in the hunt for Bell. Afterwards, the Eju Empire did not inform the Kingdom of Hati that Bell had been eliminated. The Kingdom of Hati naturally did not forward the announcements that it had nothing to do with it to various places in the territory. Theoretically, Duke Town was unaware of this.

In fact, the people in Duke Town really knew nothing about this. They had never heard of the decree thirty years ago. Except for the old madman, no one else knew who Bell was. Today, Dusty turned it out and published it in public, and this decree is still in effect!

The townspeople were all surprised. Who is Bell? I heard from the mayor that he seemed to be a magician, a magician who had been jointly ordered to be pursued by the Eju Empire and the Kingdom of Hati. He must be a very difficult person to deal with. There are so many magicians and warriors, so I need to send people from a young Duke Town? Why is the mayor so enthusiastic? Even if he wants to be charmed, he doesn't need to use such a thing to show his merits?

Everyone was looking at each other and whispering, the old madman Nietzsche stepped forward and asked, "Master, you said that there is such a warrior in this town. Who is he?"

Dasty pointed to a little expression in the crowd: "We have witnessed the miracles with our own eyes and knew how the guardian god blessed him, that is, Amon."

As soon as Amon heard the mayor read such a decree, he immediately understood what was going on. Last night, the old madman and Gore and Dasti discussed it, finding an excuse to let him leave Duke Town or exile him. But others didn't understand, and someone immediately shouted: "What, Amon! The mayor is going to send a child to destroy the magician?"

It's ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous! Not to mention chasing the magician, even sending a child to the sinister jungle is a mess. If this was not what Mayor Dusty said, he would have been scolded by people long ago.

Mayor Dusty asked coldly: "Oh, then send you there?"

This sentence dispelled most attempts to question, but a man walked out tremblingly and knelt down to the mayor and said, "Sir, please send me..."

This person is Amon's father. He rarely didn't drink much today. Mayor Dusty looked at him and asked expressionlessly: "Are you a warrior? Have you ever received special favor from the guardian goddess? I'm sorry, I've decided, just do it!"

Amon's father was stammering his lips and wanted to say something else. Amon and the old madman had already helped him up from left to right and whispered a few words in his ears. He was obviously shocked when he heard this, but he finally nodded.

Things decided so. As a warrior sent by Duke Town, Amon went deep into the jungle to hunt down the evil great magician Bell and enforced the kingdom's laws. The mayor of the town only gave Amon an hour, asking him to go home to pack his luggage and set off immediately, and did not allow anyone to send him out of the town.

As a supervisor, after letting everyone go, Dasty personally accompanied Amon home. In Amon's impression, this mayor walked into his yard for the first time. Amon was the "warrior" chosen by Duke Town and deserved honor. The mayor was in charge of his business and gave him a purse and a knife in the name of the whole town.

Warriors also need to spend money to buy things when going out, and they also need weapons. The knife given to Amon by the mayor is naturally a very good iron knife. It is both sharp and tough, very resistant to wear and not easy to break. It is just a little smaller in size and is less than a foot long. Instead of chasing the great magician, it is better to use it to peel and cut meat for the prey.

Amon didn't have much stuff, so he only brought the branch and two leather bags. A small leather bag could be held in his arms and a large leather bag could be carried on his shoulder to hold a lot of things. He left all the twenty divine stones in his hand to his father, but his father insisted that he took half of it, and he would definitely need money outside.

Mayor Dusty said on the side: "The money Amon needs to go out should be paid for in this town. I have already sent my wallet."

Amon's father opened the purse and found that there were five divine stones, five gold coins, ten silver coins and dozens of copper coins. Amon glanced at him and took out the five divine stones and said, "Father, leave these for you, I will bring the rest."

My father shook his head: "You should bring all the divine stones and bring more divine stones, which is so convenient."

Dusty couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Old alcoholic, you don't know much about the outside world. In rural taverns in many places, drinking a glass of wine only requires a copper coin. If you pay the bill with a magic stone, you may even be able to buy a tavern. You must bring change, which is convenient and not easy to cause trouble!"

A divine stone is equivalent to twenty zhu gold. Each gold coins passed through the continent is one weight. Each silver coin and copper coin weighs half a zhu. Each gold coin is worth twenty silver coins, and each silver coin is worth one hundred copper coins. Convert, if a cup of wine is sold in a certain place, Amon drinks a glass of wine and takes a divine stone to pay the bill, the tavern has to ask him 39,999 copper coins!

Amon's father opened his mouth and needed a silver coin to buy a bottle of wine in Duke Town. His small cup could only pour at most five cups. He was stunned for a long time before saying: "Child, you really should go to the outside world!"

Mayor Dusty left, Amon and his father shared the money. In the end, Amon only took away the purse given by the mayor and left all the twenty divine stones in hand to his father. After hearing Dasty's words, his father took another thirty silver coins and asked Amon to take it with him. This was the money given to him by Fayol last time.

Both the old madman and Amon told the drunkard that the mayor just made an excuse to let Amon leave the town because Xiao Gu wanted to take revenge on Amon and let the child go out to hide. Everything was arranged and there was nothing to worry about. He came back after a while. After only father and son were left in the house, he didn't know what goodbye they said. When Amon left, there was another bottle of wine in his backpack, which was the best wine for his father.

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The villagers of Duke Town sent Amon to the entrance of the town east like a warrior, watching him walk into the winding path among the forest. This path is usually left by hunting, and some people go near the edge of the town to pick wild vegetables and fruits. Further deeper, there are mountains and steep mountains, with dense vegetation covering the sky and the sun. The Youdi River passes through the deep mountains, about two hundred miles away from Duke Town.

There are savages living in the deep mountains. The savages living in the Kingdom of Barron are also called dwarves. However, Amon heard from the old madman that the savages living in the cave are not different from the residents of Duke Town. It is nothing more than that of the living environment and is in a state of innocence, so most people appear shorter.

Amon knew that the old madman was right. In fact, there were also cave savages in Duke Town. They ran out of the mountains to exchange things with the townsmen. They were often able to harvest the best iron ore and the best refined iron ore sand. They also knew that these things were the most popular among the townsmen. The cave savages who ran to the town for exchange should be considered the smartest. They also spoke the language of the mainland, but they did not master many words.

The mines north of Duke Town even hired strong cave savages to help mine ore. They are good miners. They have learned a lot after living for a long time. They are almost no different from the villagers of Duke Town. They are not like "savages" at all. However, most cave savage tribes in the deep mountains are still in a very barbaric and ignorant state, and often attack other tribes and people from the past, which is sometimes very dangerous.

The townsmen went to hunt in the mountains in the east and rarely went deep into the mountains. Except for the old madman, no one had ever reached the Youdi River for a century. Amon didn't know where he was going. What the old madman told him last night was just to find an excuse to let him leave Duke Town to avoid disaster, but he could only enter the deep mountains by following this road.

But Amon walked very simply, looking around while walking, as if waiting for someone to appear. The old madman said that there were still a few things he would not explain until he left. He did not see the old madman in the crowd who saw him off, nor did he see Mayor Dusty.

The path winds along the steep mountains and gradually becomes deeper. There are tall trees in the distance, which is very cool even in the sultry weather. The sun shines on the road in sparse spots, and lush bushes grow beside the road, many of which are thorns and unknown wild flowers of various colors. The surroundings are very quiet, but they always lurk like dangerous breaths, while the occasional bird songs from afar are so pleasant. Walking alone in the deep mountains, you probably feel this way.

Amon walked for a long time, and he could no longer see Duke Town. It was surrounded by lush and primitive jungles, and the road under his feet became more and more rugged and difficult to identify. He turned a mountain pass to a small high slope. He saw two people standing under a big tree. Mayor Dusty was waiting for him with the old madman.

Amon walked up and said, "Master, Mr. Nietzsche, are you waiting for me? What else should I explain?" The old madman told Amon yesterday that he should not call him teacher again, so today in front of Dasti, Amon called him Mr. Nietzsche.

The old madman didn't say anything and stared at Dasty, and his feet were squatting at the edge of his feet, lazily Schrödinger. Dasty coughed and seemed to have to take out something: "Among, you are a warrior in this town and deserve a reward. This thing was given to you by myself. It was inconvenient to take it out in front of others just now."

The old madman then added lukewarmly: "This is a private gift from Rod Dick to Mayor Dusty. As a thank you for the tears of the gods in Dusty. Mayor Dusty passed it to you. I think it is natural. He has collected a lot of things from others, and you only got thirty silver coins and almost got a finger cut off."

Anyway, no one was present, and the old madman spoke frankly. The first time Amon saw the mayor's face flushed. The mayor handed over two certificates in exquisite waterproof hard cowhide covers, which were personally issued by Rod Dick, the chief magistrate and priest of the Capeland of the Eju Empire.

The certificate document is written with high-end Aiju straw paper. This straw paper is flattened with a grass stem growing on the banks of the Ronnie River and is processed through multiple processes. It is the most convenient writing material and is also one of the important commodities exported by the Aiju Empire to other parts of the mainland. The high-end straw paper seen by Aimon is usually only used to write the official documents of the empire.

Amon was able to read and could recognize one of them as the identity certificate of the Eju citizen, but the column where the name was written was empty, and the signature of Rod Dick and the seal of the Strait City State were accurate at the end. No matter who got it, writing his own name was equivalent to obtaining the citizenship of the Eju Empire. Rod Dick actually gave such a thing to Dasty, which was not uncommon.

Dasty himself has obtained citizenship from the Eju Empire, but this document can be given to others, which is a great gift. Rod Dick left such a thing very thoughtfully, and as for how Dusty handled it, it is not his business.

Another document is the border pass of the Eju Empire, which is the most useful for merchants. All countries need passes issued by border city-states, otherwise they may not be able to enter the pass. If they are not lucky, they will even be arrested as spies. Obviously, this is for Dasty himself to facilitate his private business. At this moment, under the instruction or pressure of the old madman, Dasty also gave it to Amon.

"Child, the envoy of the royal capital will come to Duke Town in three days, with the decision to punish you in public. I found an excuse to let you leave. With these two things, there will be no problem with your identity. The road ahead is difficult, so take care of yourself... Don't thank me, actually I should thank you. If you didn't mine the tears of the gods, I wouldn't have received so many gifts. Even Xiao Gu made a fortune... What else do you have to say to Mr. Nietzsche, I'm going back to the town and see if anyone comes with you."

Dasti left, leaving only the old madman talking to Amon alone. The old madman looked at his back and said, "Dasti is a good person, you should thank him! Although he deserves a lot because of you, it is also worth giving you these. There are many things that a person can do or not do. Some things that he should do, but he needs to pay a certain price himself. As long as he does it for you, you should be grateful. Children, you must remember this principle."

Amon nodded and said, "I remember, what else do you have to give?"
Chapter completed!