The Throne Under the Starry Sky Chapter 53: The Pool of Hidden Swords (Part 1)

The steep stairs seemed endless. Jonah quickly exhausted his strength. His legs were numb. He could only follow Danny in front of him to mechanically raise his legs, fall, raise his legs, and fall. He was used as a walking stick, and even so, he was thrown farther and farther by the Stewart male.

The only good news is that for every 100 steps up the stairs, the guide Tantuha stopped and knelt down on the ground to pray to the backworms. The harsh syllable prayers lasted for three minutes, which gave A precious opportunity for an astrologer apprentice to breathe, if it weren’t for this short rest, I’m afraid Jona’s lungs would burst due to lack of oxygen,

"Huh...how high is there anyway." After the fifth break, Jonah climbed up the steps with difficulty, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and asked breathlessly, steep and narrow. The ladder is like a streamer wrapped around the main peak. When you raise your head, you can only see the top of the peak covered by clouds. It is impossible to estimate how long the way out is.

"At the current speed." Hannah replied behind her, "I can barely make it to the summit before dark. Fortunately, we are now in a windless period, and the climbing risk will be much less, otherwise the northeast The wind will slow us down by another 30%."

Danny stopped and laughed condescendingly at the frail Saint Boren: "That’s not going to work, my cargo friend, a long day has just begun. If I’m hungry, I have noon oatmeal here. Don’t come here, or just give you a camp bed."

Jona ignored him, gritted his teeth and climbed up the steps, "Huhu...Hannah, there is no one left behind on'Bactria's Blast', Huhu...is it okay."

The contemporary Patriarch of Stewart glared at his brother and motioned to the talkative man to close his mouth, "It's okay, the tunnel of the posterior node is completely dark. For so many years, no one has dared to create any light in the posterior body. , Either climb over the Backworm’s Ridge and meet the sailboat on the opposite side, or just stay in the cabin and listen to the voice of the Mother of the Desert.

"So...huh, no one knows what will happen in the tunnel." Jonah raised his interest.

"Hmph, everyone knows." This time Danny replied, "When you get to the other side, you will understand."

Jonah was very dissatisfied with his mystery and murmured dissatisfiedly. At this time, the native guide stopped and fell to his knees, lying on the ground and praying for the sixth time. Jonah sat down on the steps. Leaning on, panting heavily, he inadvertently glanced outside, and immediately frightened himself into a cold sweat. He did not pay attention when he was climbing. At this moment, he found that he was already hundreds of yards in the sky, half a foot away. In the empty abyss, the astrologer apprentice quickly moved his **** and hung his whole body against the rock wall, wiping a cold sweat with lingering fears,

From this height, the sand eater is as small as an ant, and the majestic outline of the spine of the hind worm spreads out on the vast desert with endless shadows, pushing the bright yellow sand to the horizon.

Danny sat on the upper step, gasping for breath: "It's really high, don't think I am a child in the desert, in fact, I have always had a dream, that is to grow wings and learn to fly. Think about it, fly freely in the air , Looking down at the humble creatures crawling in the endless sea of ​​sand, what an exciting thing..."

Jonah nodded, and said to his heart that I had tried that taste. The "Lame Henry II" aircraft modified from the steam puppet robot sent him from the astrological tower in the red earth plain to the cherry nearly a thousand miles away. However, during the entire flight, fear and confusion occupied his heart. Jonah had no time to experience the feeling of flying. After he fell, the steam puppet aircraft should have been owned by his father. Where,

Hannah walked between the two men and sat down with her cloak: "Don't dream, brother, your only chance to fly into the sky in this life is to be the food in the stomach of the four-winged moa." /

Danny said anxiously: "Don't underestimate me. I have an idea. It is to catch a four-winged moa and install a control device on the back of the bird. With the power of the moa, you can fully support the weight of an adult. This idea was confirmed by Lao Bei. Lao Bei said that if I catch a live moa, he can help me complete the operating system..."

"Come on." Hannah waved her hand and turned to Jonah: "So far, I haven't found the fourth element, and you."

"I didn't find out. If there is such a special landform on this pilgrimage route, the guide must know it, but you asked her before leaving, and she didn't know it." The astrologer apprentice thought for a while, said,

"Climb to the top of the mountain and start the search from the north side first." Hannah repeated the policy of this trip,

After a short chat, the guide led the three Westerners to continue upward. This was a painful experience that Jonah didn’t want to look back. There were many times he thought that his leaded legs could not move any more points. , The body's load has reached its limit, but the exhausted physical energy has broken the limit time and time again, allowing his almost soaked boots to brand his footprints one after another, and keep up with Danny Stewart's steps.

Finally before the sun fell, the group reached the summit. The main peak of the Backworm's Ridge was a non-standard pyramid shape. The top of the peak was a basically flat rock flat with a huge semi-circular granite in the center of the rock flat. At the altar, as soon as Tantuha’s guide reached the top of the mountain, he knelt down and crawled towards the altar with his hands and knees on the ground. A sacrifice was held here not long ago. The brazier in the center of the altar was filled with smoke, representing Tan. Eighteen spears of the Tuha tribe are inserted around the altar, and the faded tribal flags are fluttering in the wind on the spears,

Danny climbed up the last step, fell to the ground with a plop, panting for a long time and couldn't get up. Jona leaned on Sila Fauna and climbed to the top after him, slanting westward. The sun dazzled the eyes of the astrologer apprentice. After walking in the shadow of the worm for a day, I finally saw the golden matrakhtiri hanging in the sky again.

The male Stewart exhausted his whole strength and raised a thumb: "...good friend, huhu, I'm looking at you with admiration...cough cough cough..."

Jonah sat down beside him, "I don't know where the strength is...whoop, if I carry your big package, I might not be able to climb a hundred steps..."

Hannah was the last one to come to the peak of the Backworm's Ridge. She also looked a little tired. The blonde hair on the temples was wet with sweat, and she pressed it to her rosy cheek, "rest for half an hour, and then move to the north. "Stewart's contemporary Patriarch issued instructions, "Sailor, translate to the guide."

At this time, Danny didn’t even have the strength to quarrel with his sister. He coughed twice and yelled a few words to the native guide. The Tantuha woman was lying on the ground in front of the altar and talking to herself, not at all. Pay attention to the employer’s call,

Jonah lay down, the hard rock under him was more comfortable than the softest velvet mattress at the moment, sweat flowed into the corner of his eyes, stabbing his eyes sore, he closed his eyes and sighed: "Hu... I am now lying on the greatest creature in the endless sea of ​​sand...all the mothers of sandworms... can't feel her moving at all..."

"Hahaha, great." Danny also learned that he lay down on his back, groaning comfortably,

Hannah looked at the two men with half smiles at the corners of her mouth. Her smile quickly disappeared. Her right hand reached into the cloak and quietly held the handle of the magic pistol "Summer White Sakura", turned her head slightly, and watched The last step of the pilgrimage road,

The eternal wind blows in the endless sand sea, and the windless period is over. No one climbs to the top of the peak after them. Hannah walked forward two steps suspiciously, looking down at the long and narrow stairs. The road is empty and the pilgrimage is usually carried out in the morning. No one chooses to walk on the road of pilgrimage at noon, because that means spending the entire evening on the Backworm’s Ridge.

"An illusion again." Hannah looked a little hesitant, she slowly let go of the pistol, and sat beside the two men, her eyes still scanning the way,

This time the Tantuha woman’s prayers took a full fifteen minutes. After replenishing food and water, Danny Stewart's spirit was lifted, walking around, looking around, looking for hidden treasures. Location, before he lost his patience, the guide ended his prayers and stood up, and said something to Danny. This sentence is very long. From the dark-skinned face of the indigenous woman, Jonah can see the solemn expression,

"She said she could move on, but..." Danny seemed surprised, and he considered the sentence, "But this morning the high priest of the Lumei tribe had sacrificed here, burning animal bones from the brazier. From the perspective of the cracks, something unknown will happen soon."

"Ask her for details. Isn't the Lumei tribe the enemy of my father, they are here too." Hannah stared at the hesitant guide with long, narrow, cold green eyes, with a deep guard in her eyes.

The male of the Stewarts family quickly spit out a string of nonsense syllables, the native guide shook his head, nodded, and replied a few short sentences,

"She doesn’t know the details. As the third daughter of the tribe’s sacrifice, she can only simply identify the animal bone stigma, but cannot interpret it in detail. As for the high priest of the Lumei tribe, she represents Lu from the eighteen tribal flags. The position of the American tribe’s dark blue and white striped flag can be guessed. Only a figure of the high priest level has the right to hang the flag on the top of the spear if he steps on the path of worship." Danny translated, "I think she was talking about it. Truth be told, she is a member of the Kaiea tribe and has always been at odds with the Lumei tribe, otherwise she would not be able to help us."

"Why is the tribe named Lumei the enemy of the Sand Pirate King?" Jona couldn't help but interrupt,

"After the dead ghost father came to the endless sea of ​​sand, the first to rob was the Lumei tribe." Danny Stewart mentioned this story, and seemed a little proud: "In the days without sailing ships, he gave The Lumei tribe caused a lot of small troubles. After the completion of'Bacteria's Blast', the small troubles turned into all-out war. There were more than thirty mobile buildings destroyed by the gunfire of the three-masted sailing ship alone. The title of the dean of the lunatic asylum has also been called the endless sea of ​​sand since that time."