The Throne Under the Starry Sky Chapter 47: The Backworm’s Ridge (Part 1)
The astrologer apprentice’s mind was blank. He slowly put the old book back to its original place, stepped back two steps, respectfully, bowed deeply, and signed the book "Ellan Dantlier" The owner is an eighth-level astrologer. This title shocked Jona’s mind. The seven-level astrologer Koshava’s lifelong dream is to be promoted to the eighth-level astrologer, but it lies between the two levels and is an astrology. The deep gulf of the ancient rules of the magic code,
The Association of Astrologers stipulates that only candidates who have made great contributions to astrology and have passed the qualifications of the academic committee of the association can apply for the promotion of an eight-level astrologer, and the reply is made by the president of the association and five nine-level astrology The master presided over and implemented the one-vote veto system. In the long history of astrology, only a few 147 people were fortunate to pass the defense and were promoted to the eighth-level astrologer. One third of them passed the ultimate test and were crowned astrology. Highest Practicing Title: Level 9 Master of Astronomy, it can be said that Level 8 Astrologer is the only way to the highest position, the title in the dream of countless astrologers, and, of course, it is also the apprenticeship of Level 4 Astrologer Na’s distant dream,
There is no doubt that on the third shelf are the personal belongings of the astrologer, including broken boots, old wine bottles, star dust, a book, and the large blue he is wearing. In the color robe, Jonah stood in the middle of the storage room and fell into confusion for a while. According to Danny Stewart, the personal belongings of the Sand Pirate King and the seven sailors were stored in this room. Why did they belong to the astrologer? Erlan Dantlier’s things will appear here, the unknown astrologer is the victim of the looting by the sand, the passenger on the "Bactria's Wind", or... he is simply One of the seven sailors,
Jonah was shocked by this sudden thought. He shook his head quickly. With the respected status of an eighth-level astrologer, no matter where he pointed his finger, a tall and beautiful horoscope would emerge out of thin air the next day. Shuta, countless servants, cooks, gardeners and assistants will line up in front of the tower to greet the master ascending the stairs. This is the supreme power of the five guild members above the country, nation, and faith, named Dantlier. The predecessors had no reason to condescend, pretending to be a sailor on a three-masted sailing ship, following a crazy (according to the description of the Stewart brothers and sisters) sand thief who was born to death, this is not logical at all,
The astrologer apprentice whispered a guilty complaint, took down the big book again, and barely stuffed it into the deerskin bag around his waist together with the star dust. He needs to become strong. No matter what is written in the book, he will It’s a precious asset. Jonah said respectfully to the incomprehensible astrologer: "If you are still alive, I will be held accountable for theft someday. I won’t make any excuses, because this is I'm sorry for the price I have to deal with."
The voice reverberated in the dimly yellow room, looking muffled and dull. Of course, there was no answer. Jonah bowed again, and then began to check the rest of the shelf.
There are not many things on the second shelf. After brushing the dust off, Jonah found a silver mask with a hideous expression and a gorgeous long sword with a sheath. The mask was heavy in his hand and felt Smooth and exquisite workmanship, Jonah tried to make gestures. After putting it on his face, his eyes could clearly observe the outside world through the thin crystal flakes like cicada wings, and the two air channels in the nostril were cleverly from the cheek. Fresh air is delivered, so that the wearer of the mask does not feel bored or restricted in vision,
"What is it for?" In addition to curiosity, the astrologer apprentice was a little puzzled. Despite the exquisite design, this mask obviously has no defensive function. At best, it is an advanced prop for a masquerade party. Putting down the mask, he picked it up again. The sword is heavier than imagined. Only with the strength of two hands can I barely hold it. Jonah grasped the hilt of the sword inlaid with gold wire and tried to draw out the sword, but the sword body embedded in the crocodile skin sheath did not move. , I don’t know if the organic spring is stuck, or if it is left unused for too long, the inside is rusted,
"A swordsman." He nodded, put the sheath long sword back on the second shelf, and bowed honestly,
The bottom shelf is full of objects, most of which Jonah can’t be named. The large and small glass bottles are filled with various plant rhizomes, powders of different colors, dried animal specimens, and I don’t know. Famous liquids, strangely shaped insects, and even a human eyeball. None of the bottles have labels and no sorting. Jonah accidentally bumped into a glass bottle. The bottle fell to the ground, and the astrologer apprentice hurriedly bends it. I caught it with my hands on my lower waist and looked intently. There was a naked woman in the bottle, no longer the size of a human palm, but the naked woman was well-proportioned and lifelike. I saw that Jona's face was red and red, and he just tucked the bottle somewhere. Stand up,
"Cargo friends, come out soon, we are almost there." Danny's faint cry sounded, and Jonah agreed, reluctantly leaving the secret room and going up the deck along the gangway. He found the worm It looks even taller, like a wall covering the sky and the sun.
The Stewart man leaned on the mast. His face was wiped clean, but his swollen cheeks and bruised eye sockets could not be covered anyway. Danny glanced at Jonah expressionlessly and handed out one. Oatmeal biscuits come over: "Make do with it, given the condition of the kitchen, there is no way to make lunch today."
The astrologer apprentice took the pancake and asked carefully: "Are you... okay? Does it hurt?"
"Get used to it." Danny answered calmly,
The sound of hunting sails caught Jona’s sight. Now a very strong northeast wind blows up every sail. The "Bactria's Wind" is galloping in the desert at its highest speed. A pulse of vibration passed from under her feet, and Jonah could feel the excitement of the sand-eater worms rushing to the great mother,
"Fifteen minutes later, lower the mainmast horizontal sail and rear spinnaker, and slow down to 5 knots." Hannah issued a command from the bow,
"Yes, Master Captain." Danny saluteed obediently, murmuring something secretly,
Jona shielded the dazzling sunlight with his hands, and carefully observed the worms close at hand. From this distance, it can be seen that its body surface is covered by hard rocks, without any plants living, and a steep winding path Snaking up, winding around the main peak, disappearing into the clouds, this must be the road that Hannah said that the indigenous people had digged to worship the worms,
A huge tunnel appeared directly in front of the three-masted sailing ship. Its width was large enough to accommodate hundreds of sand-eaters entering side by side. It was a black hole, and it was hard to see how deep it was. Jona surrounded the surroundings, and suddenly found that Chirping was not alone anymore. , The sand-eater sisters gathered from all over the endless sea of sand appeared in front, back, left, and right. No matter which direction you looked at, you could see countless yellow-brown spine walking through the floating sand, and the big bugs spewed out. The sand grains formed hundreds of yards of dust and fog. The closer to the back worm node, the slower the sand worm’s advancement speed, "lowering the sail." Stewart’s contemporary patriarch pointed his fist to the sky, and Danny immediately untied the rope and descended in turn. For the sails on the main mast and the rear mast, the speed of the three-masted sailboat dropped rapidly, and quickly dropped to a speed of 5 knots, only a little faster than the surrounding idling bugs.
The sand eater, slightly larger than the chirping, approached "Bactria's Blast". Jonah saw a low wooden house built on her back. Several people were dark-skinned and slanted with sky blue prints. The indigenous people of the cloth are curiously observing here,
"Yeah, man." Danny stood on the side of the ship and waved his arms. "Can you understand the lingua franca of the Western Mainland."
The indigenous people whispered to each other without answering,
The boy from the Stewarts family changed his language to shouting, but Jonah couldn’t understand it. He guessed that it should be the lingua franca of the South Continent.
A middle-aged male indigenous person with bright red feathers on his head waved his hand, indicating that he could not understand,
Danny rubbed his chin, changed another language again, and whispering short words constantly popped out of his mouth, like the chirping of some kind of bird,
This time the other party reacted, with red feathers cheering and squeaking in the same language to respond. As the three-masted sailing ship was slightly faster than the other party, the distance between the two parties had gradually increased within a few minutes of the conversation. Turning on, Hannah looked back and said, "Lower all the sails and go on idling."
"Yes, Master Captain, of course, Master Captain, nonsense, Master Captain." Danny groaned and lowered the sail, and the native mobile home took a few minutes to catch up again, parallel to the deck. Red Feather waved and said something. Danny nodded while interpreting to Jonah: "We speak the Tantuha dialect, which was taught to me by a sailor when my dad was alive. I asked if they had any. The guide can take us to the backbone of the queen worm. They have to ask the owner of the house before he agrees."
"Patriarch." The astrologer apprentice repeated the word,
"Women, Tantuhas are matriarchal society. Every family has an old woman who is in charge of the house, huh, woman." The Stewart male Ding glanced at the bow angrily,
Red Feather bowed his head and walked into the room. After a while, he walked out angrily and yelled something. Their sand-eaters leaned to the outside and gradually moved away from the three-masted sailboat. Several indigenous people were armed with knives and guns. Make gestures, seemingly irritated by something,
Hanna turned her head and asked: "What did they say, what did you do to make the aborigines angry."
Danny said angrily: "I didn't do anything, it's not a good thing that the dead ghost dad did. The man said that the Patriarch recognized the'Bactrian Wind', the devil-like predator, the whole endless sand The Tantuha tribe of the sea knows the reputation of Stewart’s Sand Pirates. It’s a ghost if they can help us..."
"Keep looking, there are a few large worms over there, I will lean over." Hannah calmly turned her wheel rudder,