Clanging sounds could be heard everywhere as staffs, weapons, and armors fell to the ground one after another. Some of the broken pieces of armors broke into several pieces after landing on the ground, looking extremely rotten. Everyone's bodies disappeared, turning into ashes or smoke, including Bair and Nicong who were hugging each other on the platform. Amon couldn't see their faces clearly in the end.
Thirty years ago, the powerful strike had ended the lives of many people, including Bair, a ninth-level sorcerer. In the end, a force froze the space and froze the scene for thirty years. But everyone had already turned into ashes in the explosion of power. Even the weak armors were damaged and rotten.
Thirty years later, Amon, who was the first to come here, suddenly disturbed everything. It was as if a fast-running hourglass had been opened. The frozen scene instantly disappeared and became what it should have been. Bair did not know what kind of magic this was. It was as if he was waiting for someone to come and see his last appearance.
No words could describe Amon's feelings. He was too shocked to be surprised. He could only try his best to calm himself down and carefully look at everything around him. The golden Gods' Tear did not fall to the ground with the staff. It was still hanging high in the air, its golden light quietly shining on the hollow cave in the belly of the mountain. Amon closed his eyes and used the Eye of Puppetry to sense it. As expected, the Eye of Puppetry could not see the existence of the parangon. It seemed to belong to another space.
On the high platform in the middle of the cave, Amon picked up a crescent-shaped lotus petal corolla. It was very beautiful and made of gold. It was the Saintess Troni's hair ornament and one of her symbols. There was also a broken set of armor. It was made of Damasc steel, but its surface was covered with a layer of strange silver metal. It was also engraved with divine runes and some patterns of magic formations. It was clearly not an ordinary armor, but it had been badly damaged in the fierce battle.
Next to the armor was a long sword. Amon had seen it before. Gabriel's sword was exactly the same. The silver blade was sharp and tough, and there was a parangon embedded in the middle of each side of the blade. The sword was actually intact, which meant that Bair had not been in close combat before he escaped here.
Beside the sword was the Adoratrice's staff, but the Gods' Tear was no longer on it. Amon picked up the staff and reached out to touch the four special Parangons on the golden ring. As a result, the Parangons fell off and turned into dust in his hand. How powerful was Bale's final blow? Even the four special parangons were destroyed, and the staff was shattered into several pieces.
Amon stood under the Gods' Tear suspended in the void and looked up at the inscriptions engraved on the stone wall in the deepest part of the cave. There were cursive script and knife script, and the first one was an explanation of the writing of two kinds of hieroglyphs and the specific rules of interpretation. These must have been left behind by Bale. He was really a deviant sorcerer. He actually carved the things he learned in the temple here.
At the end of this explanation, Bale made it clear that all the books on magic that he had seen were written in hieroglyphs, and the magic scrolls had to be written in hieroglyphs because there were specific symbols and symbols that could be infused with various kinds of magic power. The next paragraph should be what Crazy 'Ole was most concerned about when he was alive. Bale wrote —
The high and mighty gods hid a secret, that is, people in the world can also become beings like them. Although this path is extremely difficult, it is not impossible to reach the other side of eternal life. I have found the starting point of this path, but unfortunately I can't verify it in the end. I left everything I know in the Gods' Tear, and the rib of Osiris can open it.
On the way to escape, I left the rib of Osiris in the vast mountains. Those who want to know this secret must pass my test and find it. Then they can easily pass through the final enchantment I set up and come here to collect the Gods' Tear. If the Gods' Tear is taken away by force, they will not see the message I left behind.
Respected teacher, if it was you who came here, there is no need to find the rib of Osiris. You can directly use your token to activate the Gods' Tear to see the message sealed in it. I have not thought through the mystery of the exploration, so I did not pass it on to you. The test I left behind is for those who stray into this place.
Behind this message, written in hieroglyphs, is how to use the rib of Osiris. It is said that it is a holy relic worshiped in the Temple of Isis. Osiris is the father of Horus, the king of gods, and the brother and husband of Isis, the Virgin of Eygut. Can an eternal god also fall and leave behind a rib? This holy relic is a secret collection, never open to the outside world, but Bale stole it.
Bale did not explain too much about the origin of the rib, only wrote his conclusion, which is similar to that of Amon. It has the function of a standard parangon, but there is no difference in attributes. It can almost be regarded as a kind of omnipotent special parangon, which can be used as a staff but cannot be embedded.
On the other hand, it is also a kind of spatial artifact, can be called a divine artifact, and can be activated and controlled by the power of advanced magic. It can be used as a carrier, like a ship sailing on the Nile. In theory, the minimum requirement is that the user must be at least a third-level mage who can practice advanced magic, but this is only in theory. Probably no third-level mage can really control it.
If the power of advanced magic is used to activate and control it, it can even be used as a flying artifact. In theory, the minimum requirement is that the user must be at least a sixth-level mage, but in reality, probably no sixth-level mage can really control it.
Bale, who left these instructions, probably did not expect that today, a third-level mage with a magical staff made by Crazy 'Ole would appear, steering the invisible ship made by the rib directly into the belly of the mountain through the flood. Otherwise, Amon would not have the chance to come here.
The most amazing thing about this rib, after reading Bale's message, is that it can also be used as a spatial artifact, just like the magic space created by the supreme mage with the Ventussalam. The Ventussalam that Crazy 'Ole gave to Amon had already been made into a magic space, but Amon could not use it before he learned how to use the supreme magic space.
This rib also needs to be at least a sixth-level mage to be able to use it, or even better, a supreme mage who is proficient in spatial magic. But in theory, the minimum requirement is that a third-level mage can activate it. Bale left the method to activate it, but he said that this is only a theoretical requirement, and that a mage with too low a level of attainment would not be able to use it at all. He did not explain further.
Bale's message on the stone wall ended there, and there was another paragraph written in cursive hieroglyphs. Amon compared it with the explanation of the rules of hieroglyphs left by Bale. This paragraph should be left by the Adoratrice Nicon.
"Great Goddess Isis, the god I have worshipped all my life, I hope that your light can calm the anger of Pharaoh. I left with Bale of my own accord, and I dare not ask for your redemption. Bale is a fire burning in the sky. I know that he will destroy himself sooner or later, but I just want to prevent more disasters. At the same time, please forgive me, I am full of curiosity about the gods, and this curiosity is my unhesitant reverence. I have not turned my back on you, I just want to know more about you. I don't know if this kind of prying is offensive … "
Nicon's message did not seem to be finished, and the last few words were quite illegible. It seemed that she was interrupted at this point. The pursuers had already followed them, and then the battle began.
One detail that surprised Amon was that Bale did not mention Schrödinger at all in his message. Crazy 'Ole had specifically told Amon that Bale had not only taken away the Adoratrice and her staff, but also a holy relic and a cat. The Temple of Isis had issued a secret order to search for them. The holy relic was Osiris's rib, but no one knew the origin of the cat.
Bale sealed the message in the token, hung it around Schrödinger's neck, and asked it to send it to Crazy 'Ole in Duc. Theoretically, Crazy 'Ole could get Bale's message whether he had the rib or not, but Schrödinger had never brought Crazy' Ole to this place for thirty years.
It wasn't until today that Schrodinger first led Amon to the sacred rib, and with the help of the flood, he guided Amon to transform the rib into an invisible ship, and only then did they arrive here. With Amon's ability, this was indeed his only chance to reach this place. Otherwise, he would not be able to come even with the token, and even if he came, he would not be able to pass through the illusory mountain wall and enter the belly of the mountain.
All this could only be attributed to Schrödinger's choice. It had waited for so many years to guide Amon to this place, and it was not willing to pay any attention to Crazy 'Ole. Why did the cat do this? And it had waited for thirty years! It was impossible for Amon to know the answer. Standing on the high platform, he took out the token with the emblem on both sides and activated the Gods' Tear hanging in the air. Sure enough, something happened.
In the golden light that illuminated the entire belly of the mountain, a huge curtain of light spread out like a veil. On the curtain of light, dazzling golden characters appeared, like a waterfall of divine characters pouring down from the void. What was written on it was the secret to becoming a god.
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