When Luigi disappeared.
Everyone was still thinking about what the poet who suddenly came and left did.
Dox moves faster than anyone else and picks up the mask on the ground with a lightning speed.
In his opinion, if the poet talks with him and asks him to solve the problem, what remains should be his... Of course, Kael also has some credit. Well, it can be made up for by giving some help when he returns to the sand worm market.
Dox looked through the mask happily, but soon his face sank.
"What kind of junk is this?!"
Dox came back swearing, hesitated and handed the broken mask to angel.
He really can't see what the mask is and there is no extraordinary trace. The only thing worth mentioning is that he doesn't know the material of the mask.
Among the people present, the one with the strongest ability to identify materials is undoubtedly angel.
Angel didn't understand what DOX meant at first. After taking over the mask and observing it carefully, angel understood something.
Angel: "this mask is carved from old stone."
Old stone? When angel said the name, everyone present, including the black count, looked puzzled because they had never heard of this material.
Dox: you mean, old stone
Old stone is a kind of stone. The largest production is located in the seventh Prefecture of shisang Dynasty, which is also the location of punk theme park. The old stone is generally used to increase the feel of the alchemy weapon. After grinding it into powder, wipe the alchemy weapon with water-free leather paper to make your alchemy weapon more handy in battle; In addition, you can also use the same method to maintain extraordinary props.
For ordinary wizards, the role of the old stone is optional. But for the blood side wizards who pursue fighting with weapons and break through the limit, the old stone is still more useful.
The reason why DOX would ask whether the old stone is an old stone is the problem of cultural tendency and expression.
In the mainland, besides the discoverer and inventor, there is also the condition of cultural advantage. For example, the naming of all steel gears and steam machines is dominated by Yirong country, which has such cultural advantages. Another example is the Principality of Wunong, which has the advantage of naming flowers and plants because there are almost more than 50% of the breeding flowers and plants in the mainland.
In addition to accepting such a name, countries with cultural disadvantages have another choice: new terms.
To put it bluntly, it is the spiritual victory method of self comfort.
This leads to some items with different names in different regions.
In fact, this situation is relatively rare in the wizard world, because most extraordinary objects are rare, and their naming has its own rules. However, there are exceptions, that is, things that are not very rare but are barely regarded as extraordinary objects. This kind of things will be expressed differently by geographical and cultural dissidents.
Old stone, in DOX's view, is a very popular product. According to the translation, it seems that it can also be translated into Lao Shi. That's why DOX asked.
However, DOX forgot to consider that angel was born outside the mainland and was not "polluted" by the set of cultural differences in the mainland. All he said were standard words.
If the standard words are also unclear, it can only be said to be ignorant, not cultural dissent.
Angel shook his head at DOX. "It's different."
After a pause, angel sighed slightly: "in fact, I saw old stone for the first time. I thought old stone was a legend before. I didn't expect it to be true."
Angel saw the old stone record in Margaret's dark box in the nightmare world of Naro city.
In reality, angel has never seen any books related to old stone. Therefore, he even suspected that Lao Shi was actually a legend.
However, when Lao Shi was held in his hand, the "server" in the thinking space was quickly started. Through the analysis of details, angel's dusty memory was opened, and the information about Lao Shi surfaced again.
"What is old stone? Is it valuable?" Dox's eyes lit up. Since angel saw it for the first time, doesn't that mean that the value of old stone is very high?
The people also looked at angel one after another. Did they really have a big start in this "ordinary thing" that looked ordinary to them?
Angel thought for a moment: "it's worth it... But it depends on how to use it."
"What is' also count ', is there any precondition?" Dox emergency.
Angel: "it's not a prerequisite, but..."
Angel was just halfway through his speech when he suddenly stopped.
Dox did not ask, because everyone present no longer paid attention to old stone, but looked to the left side of the corridor.
A bent figure slowly emerged from the air.
"The arrowhead who wants to ascend to a high position, the whisper of the stars tells me that you are ready to fall into the devil's abyss?" Like the old voice from ancient times, it spread to everyone's ears.
As the voice fell, an old woman with a walking stick, a star moon three pointed hat, a star moon robe and a skin like chicken skin appeared in front of the crowd.
The old woman has the same characteristic as the previous poet, that is, she wears a mask, but her mask covers her left eye, which is complementary to the poet's mask.
After standing still, the old woman raised her head and looked at... The black count with a slightly turbid look.
The old woman was not surprised that the black count had only one nose, but looked at him quietly.
Like the poet, others were not seen by the old woman at all, as if they did not exist.
According to the conversation with the poet Luigi before, this old woman should be to test the black count?
"Fall into the devil's abyss? What do you mean?" The black count said faintly.
The old woman gently leaned on her stick, and a special Sun Moon pattern appeared on the ground, and above the sun moon pattern, there were little stars.
When people wondered about the old woman's behavior, the stars quickly combined and presented a circular chart in front of the black count.
The star disk forms a network horizontally and vertically, and the light spots at the intersection appear and disappear from time to time.
When they saw the chart, everyone was stunned. They are no stranger to this chart.
This is not so much a star chart as a chess board.
This is a "entertainment" method loved by prophecy wizards, called star chess.
Each crisscross point is a star. Each time it falls, both sides of the game will silently recite an event, a problem, or the same item. The specific type depends on the negotiation between the two sides.
After falling, they "guess" what the other party thinks in various ways.
Of course, this is a "guess" in the eyes of outsiders, but it is actually an "interpretation" for prophetic wizards.
Interpreting the successful party can make the other party drop one more piece.
When the more pieces fall, it is possible to connect them into a "Star" and let the other party interpret the final answer. The winner is to read the other party's "astrology".
Therefore, avoiding falling behind and misleading the other party's interpretation is the game in the process of playing chess.
The rules are roughly the same. It can be said that this is the exclusive game of prophecy wizards. Once a non prophetic wizard encounters this kind of star chess, it is basically useless.
"Play star chess?" The black count's ending tone was raised.
You know, none of the people present are prophetic wizards. Playing star chess is basically blind. Dox had cael's help before, but if he played star chess, he had to throw in the towel.
The old woman didn't answer, but touched the ground with a stick again, and a star fell on the plate.
At the crisscross places, one by one lights up, and finally forms a row of stars like a rainbow bridge.
"Listen to the whispers of the stars, the usurper who wants to ascend to a high position." When the old woman finished speaking, she closed her eyes and didn't speak.
This situation is the same as that of previous poets. When they have a problem, they don't say a word. You won't speak again until you solve the problem.
"It feels like a dummy. I don't answer any questions." Docs make complaints about him.
This is not just DOX's idea, but so are others. The poet had said at least a few words before, but the old woman was completely talking to herself, and she didn't answer the question of the black count.
Now the astrology is displayed, and the meaning is obvious.
She didn't want to play a game with the black count, but directly showed her astrology for the black count to interpret.
Although it is still different from the real star chess, it is much simpler... But can this thing be interpreted by non prophetic Wizards?
The people looked at the black count with bright eyes, and the black count looked at the stars on the chessboard in silence.
A few seconds later, the black count called VAI, then put his nose back, motioned VAI to stretch out his hand and point the first star that lit up before.
Soon, a message appeared above the chessboard: the other side.
Then the black count ordered all the chess that the old woman had left one by one.
Each is a place name, but it is different from the place name in the traditional sense.
For example: the other shore, the sky, the starry sky, the setting sun, the sea reflected by the bright moon
These place names, if played according to the normal star chess method, should be "interpreted" by the black count one by one, but now the old woman has given the answer directly.
Now the black count only needs to do one thing: interpret the meaning of stars through the meaning represented by these pieces.
The black count is very calm from beginning to end, which also gives people a little confidence. Maybe the black count can really interpret it?
However, before long, they heard VAI ask in his heart: "DOX, have you touched your inspiration? Come and have a look. What do you think?"
Although it was VAI's words, there is no doubt that the black count must have instructed VAI to do so.
Dox wanted to say that he couldn't understand it. But he knew that this time it was not VAI's request, but the order of the black count, so he had to bite the bullet.
As time passed, angel saw DOX scratching his head and ears over there and Wai sighing again and again. He knew that it was difficult to interpret the astrology.
In fact, angel has a way to interpret it. He can go to the wilderness of dreams and ask for foreign help.
The answer interpreted by asking for foreign aid is certainly not wrong. However, it is difficult for him to explain how he interpreted it.
It can't be said that he practiced prophecy across lines, can it?
Therefore, angel can only watch quietly.
In fact, he also wants to know what will happen if it is not solved? Angel looked at the old woman who closed her eyes and wondered, maybe she hasn't opened her eyes?
No matter what the old woman did in the end, what we can know is that if we can't solve it, the "surprise" in the mouth of the wise master will certainly be missed.
In fact, this also makes Angel wonder. Don't the wise masters know that there are no prophetic wizards among them? How can they arrange a test of star chess?
While Angela waited silently for the black count to give up, the turning point appeared.
The black count sighed softly, "forget it."
Angel thought count black was ready to give up, but his next words stunned angel.
"Astrology means... Evil god and evil abyss."
As soon as the black count's voice fell, the old woman opened her eyes: "the interpretation is correct. Since you have interpreted the evil god and evil abyss, you should understand what I mean. This is my message to you."
The voice fell, the old woman retreated gently, and her figure began to disappear slowly.
At the same time, the last words of the old woman came from the people's ears: "the usurper who wants to climb to a high position, please remember my name, astrologer, gripnier."
The old woman disappeared, leaving only the broken mask she was wearing.
VAI went over, picked up the mask, returned to the side of the crowd and handed it to angel.
From beginning to end, VAI didn't speak.
At this time, everyone was puzzled, but the question was not why the black count suddenly knew the answer to the Astrology - the black count had used prophecy before. Although he said he borrowed the ability of others and had run out, who knew whether it was true or not?
They wondered what gripnier meant by his so-called message to the black count?
Why is the evil god Moyuan a message to the black count?
From the black count's silent attitude, this message seems to really touch the black count?
Although everyone was curious, looking at the silence of the count of black and the way VAI was afraid to speak, they finally didn't ask, but focused on angel again.
Angel now holds half the mask in his left hand and half the mask in his right hand. The mask represents the left eye and the right eye respectively.
He tried to put the two masks together.
It fits very well. It can be said that it fits perfectly.
In other words, these two broken masks should come from the same source.
However, even if the two masks are combined now, a part is still missing.
The less is the nose and the lower half of the face.
According to the previous law, if there is no accident, it is estimated that a third "person" will appear immediately, and what this person should wear is the mask of the rest.
Angel looked up at the crowd: "shall we continue talking about old stone, or wait?"