only god

Chapter 457 The Curse of the Demigod (plus two in one)

As a court teacher, Belvan lived a very regular life.

He usually wakes up when the cock crows for the second time in the morning, and goes to the kitchen to enjoy his share of meals, and then goes to his study and laboratory. After staying in it for an hour, he prays alone. At that time, he would beg Herris to bless his research smoothly, and at the same time beg the Lord for his own safety. All along, in the alchemist's prayer, the two gods have performed their duties, and the well water does not interfere with the river water.

After praying, Belvan began to read for two hours. During the period, he might also enjoy a glass of malt wine. This depends on the situation. Sometimes it is mead, but it will not be wine. It is not something dwarves like to drink.

In the rest of the time until noon, Belfan will be busy with his own research. Due to the need to observe the stars, there is actually very little research that can be done in the morning, so he often invites several of his apprentices to the study during this time. , teach your own knowledge and the results of this period of time.

After noon, it was time for the official teaching. Dwarves are not like humans. They don’t have universities or colleges. The skills of craftsmen mainly rely on the inheritance from generation to generation or from master to apprentice, so it is impossible for Belvan to find a place to teach. He Just opened a small school in the palace.

There are not many apprentices in the school, only a dozen or so. Because Belvan teaches ancient Chinese, the dwarves who value practice are not interested in it, so there are only two nobles in it, and Mulla is one of them. The rest of the apprentices were either orphans from the orphanage or the children of the palace servants.

After three hours of lectures, Bellevin will return to his study and research room, and some students are always very eager to learn, and will ask to go to the research room with the teacher. At this time, they are fortunate to hear Bellevin individual lessons.

Belfan devoted his whole life to the study of ancient Chinese. Although his academic achievements were not worth mentioning, it still did not dampen his fighting spirit. On the contrary, even though he was middle-aged, he was full of self-confidence, and there might be accidents in time, and he forgot Spent his old ambitions in the long river.

For his own research, Belvan's begging for research funds can be described as shameless. He not only wrote letters or met with the king in private, but also encouraged his disciple Prince Mulla to ask for funds countless times.

Kraft VI had a lot of headaches about this. In fact, this king has always been a wise man, and he will not be stingy with money. He often rewards talented craftsmen with large sums of money, and the craftsmen wait for a year and a half. There are achievements, but Belvan...so far, I can't find any achievements.

Belvan's life other than research is extremely monotonous, like an ascetic in the temple, he eats and clothes frugally, and doesn't care about money. He goes to the temple to pray once a week, following the priests' two beliefs. He is not only familiar with the hymns and prayers of the dwarves, but also all the sacred scriptures and creeds of the true religion. Even if he does not engage in research, he can become an excellent priest.

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"Kagu, what's wrong?"

In the research room, Belvan saw his student Kagu staring at a manuscript for a long time without letting go.

That was the manuscript that Prince Mulla saw yesterday.

"Teacher... What does this mean... as long as you master the orbits of the stars and the ancient sayings representing each orbit, you can master the power far beyond ordinary people?"

Kagu raised his head and said in disbelief.

"It's not far beyond ordinary people...

Yes will be closer to the gods than ever before. "

Belvan said with some exaggeration.

In fact, he is not sure what the situation will be. This topic is still in its infancy and needs a lot of time to accumulate.

Kagu whispered to himself at this time,
"It's a bit like a book I saw...somewhat like..."

"What? Kagu, what?"

After hearing this, Belvan raised his eyes and asked curiously.

"A book... a book from a local stall. My friend picked it up in the farmland. He took it to the stall and sold it. I glanced at it when I passed by."

Having said that, Kagu paused, his eyes sparkled with excitement as if catching something,

"I'm going to buy it now, I'm going to buy it now!"

His tone was quick and his voice trembled slightly, from which Belvan heard a trace of irrational excitement.

Before Belvan could ask, Kagu's figure suddenly disappeared from sight.

Belvan sighed softly.

Kagu was a poor student and an outcast who was discriminated against.

He became an outcast not because he did any evil, but because his clan died in a mine disaster, and he was the only one left in the clan.

Compared with the nobles and craftsmen who are active in the palace, Kagu’s poverty can be seen from the clothes. In this royal city, all the people with heads and faces wear the clothes of human tailors, and he wears clothes he sewed by himself. clothes, with dozens of patches on them.

"Kagu... seems to be in desperate need of strength..."

Belvan murmured casually, he saw this from Kagu's eyes.

To tell the truth, Belvan once subsidized his poor student openly and covertly. Incagu was one of the most serious apprentices among his apprentices, and his intelligence was enough to make him proud. If his talent could be used to refine On top of forging and forging, within ten years, he will definitely be able to emerge in the royal city.

But Kagu still insisted on ancient Chinese, which made Belfan both moved and guilty.

After an unknown amount of time, when Belfan wanted to drink a glass of mead, Kagu's figure broke into Dao's study like a skinny ghost.

"Look, look, here, this is the book!"

Kagu's voice was as high as a rooster's.

Belvan took the book, looked up, and found that Kagu's eyes were bloodshot.

The court teacher was a little worried, but he didn't care too much. He just glanced at it and then set his sights on the classics brought back by Kagu.

This tome has no name.

Belfan opened the book, and it was densely packed with Logos language, which is written by elves. Most people can’t understand it even if they can read. However, he once went to the Deschanel Empire for further training. In the academy, almost everyone must master Logos, and he, who studies ancient linguistics, is no exception.

Belvan didn't pay much attention to it at first, after all, it was just a book that Kagu bought from a friend's street stall.

"There is no title on the cover, and there is no author's signature, um...it must have been written by some low-level scholar."

Belvan made a brief judgment.

If that scholar is famous for thousands of miles, then he will definitely not leave the title and signature of the book, and for a book like this without a title or signature, it is likely that the author himself does not want others to know who the author of the book is, why? How to do this?Probably out of fear of losing face.

Even though he knew this clearly, under the expectant eyes of the students, Belvan decided to turn over a few pages. He looked to the beginning, and the first sentence at the beginning was "Praise God's grace, praise the holy name of the Lord".

This prayer is extremely classic, and it immediately brought Belvan back to the years when he was studying in Deschanel.

"I have traveled, I have personally experienced, and I have seen the power of God with my own eyes. In the deep and deep place of the soul, there is a holy temple that no one knows about."

Belvan read the above text in a low voice,

"I see those old sayings dotted around, arranged in a regular pattern, and like roads, and these laws and roads are all from His great handwriting."

Seeing this, Belfan frowned, and his breathing was a little short.

He was originally reading while standing, but sat down unknowingly. He became more and more fascinated, and tried his best to see the truth from the handwriting. Astonishment, confusion, sudden realization, ecstasy... all kinds of emotions appeared on his face intertwined.

I thought it was a nonsense book.

But I was wrong,
The scenes described in it are completely written by the master!

It was only when the sun was setting that Belfan came to his senses. He slowly closed the unnamed tome in his hand, panting heavily. One is enough to shock the world of alchemists.

"This...is just a travelogue?"

Belvan was stunned and lost his mind.

Kagu, who had been waiting for an unknown amount of time, leaned over and asked excitedly:

"Teacher... what is written in it, what do you see from it?!"

"My hypothesis may be true, Kagu!"

Belvan jumped up suddenly, excitedly saying,

"The old sayings are really connected, they can converge into a path!

The author of this book describes the connection between some stars and ancient sayings, which coincides with my guess, and is far more reasonable and detailed than mine.

Oh damn, how can this be just a travelogue! "

Belvan wailed at this moment, he couldn't accept that this classic book was just a travelogue, not some more detailed academic work.

"The author in it said that he had God's permission to go to the deep and deep place of the soul, and saw the temple built by the Lord, and the temple was built by the ancient words."

Belvan relayed part of the content to Kagu, and asked after a while:
"Kagu, leave this book with me. I want to study it. There are some explanations of the order of ancient sayings in it. It is of great significance to my research. Please, Kagu, I implore you in the name of Heris and the Lord. "

Facing the pursuit of the truth, Belfan is extremely shameless. For this, he will not only plead with Kraft VI, who is much higher than him, but also plead with his students.

Kagu nodded solemnly, he did not refuse his teacher, and said in a slightly trembling voice:
"Teacher, if you find anything, you must tell me...

Because... I, I need those things, I look forward to that power. "

Facing the student's request, Belvan agreed without hesitation.

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The alchemist didn't really know Kagu.

In other words, Kagu was also unwilling to let his teacher know about his life experience.

His teacher only knew that all his clan died in a mine disaster. For the dwarves who live by the mountains and are keen on forging, mine disasters are not uncommon.

In the myth of the dwarves, the mine disaster is Heris’s punishment for the greedy people. Because they are unrestrained and excessively extravagant for wealth, so Heris secretly used his divine power to make the mountain collapse and let the greedy people die with the ore.

But Kagu knew that the mine disaster that destroyed his clan was not caused by the clan itself because of greed.

But someone did it on purpose.

The sun gradually went down, the night gradually ended, the streets and alleys were plunged into darkness, and Kagu's neck suddenly felt a sense of restraint.

It was as if a pair of hands were squeezing his neck, trying to strangle him to death.

Kagu's eyes seemed to be more bloodshot. He rushed back to the slum where he lived, and in a corner where no one saw, he felt a cramping pain in his stomach, which seemed to remind him of something.

The dwarf youth suddenly knelt down, he pressed his back against the base of the wall, and kept rubbing. In the silence where the hustle and bustle gradually receded, only the rustling sound of grinding against the wall was left, like a mouse gnawing on the wall.

Black blood flowed out from the clothes.

He tore off the clothes on his body, only to see a big sore on the thin back.

That's a curse.

A curse from a demigod.

(End of this chapter)