Hey, King!

2021-06-17

Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Pray for God's help
"Dagon, we have prepared an armor shirt for you, look Does it fit?"

Early in the morning, Corona called to the child, and laid a patched armor liner flat on the stone table. This armor lining is actually a light chain armor shirt, filled with ground and compacted rags and leather in the vertical and horizontal compartments, and then pressed and riveted with two layers of leather, and on the outside of the sleeves, shoulders, chest and sides. Simple armor with a few fins or thin metal rods on the ribs - if only the lining is done, there will be no fins and thin rods. Its advantage is that it is lighter than breast armor, scale armor or plate armor, but the protection ability is worse.

Really good armor needs to be tailored, which is much more expensive than custom-made weapons. Not to mention now, even when Tormund is not injured, the family's income cannot be used to customize the armor at will, and it must be accumulated for many years.

It's not that the weapon Master's income is low, but the armor of the Jiangu tribe has a high level, and there are more smelting and manufacturing skills in it, so it makes sense that it is expensive. In Jiangu City, this armor lining is nothing, but outside, it's pretty good armor.

"Dagon, what are you doing? Come here quickly." mother urged again, and then saw Dagon staggeringly appear. She noticed the child's dark circles and tired look at first glance. "You didn't sleep well last night? Too excited?"

"Huh? Huh!" Dagon nods: "Fell off the bed and didn't fall back asleep."

" That's not going to work, keep your spirits up." Corona picked up the armor and taped it to Dagon's chest. "Well, I think it's about the same, but you still have to try it on."

Dagon yawned as he slipped himself under his clothes. The armored shirt is slightly heavy, and it feels firm and safe when worn on the body. Through the four straps on the shoulders, chest and abdomen, the weight of the clothes can be borne by the entire upper body, which basically does not affect the activities of the body.

"Move your arm and let me see." Corona tugged here and there, then nodded. "Well, it's in good shape. Take it off first, and I'll adjust the belt for you. Would you like to go to sleep again? I don't need your work today."

"I haven't gone to feed yet. Kuku." Dagon pointed to the backyard. Their bear lizard has long been lying at the door, and from time to time sticks its tongue under the door to indicate that it is hungry.

"No, you go to bed, I'll feed it."

Corona touched the top of Dagon's head. In two days, Dagon will not be a child and will be the backbone of the family.

At this time, Tormund's reprimand came from the bedroom: "Don't spoil him, let him feed the bear lizard. Nothing else today? Dagon, go to the Temple of Auli today, it's good Adjust your mood. What does a warrior who can't calm down look like?"

"Oh, okay." Dagon rubbed his cheeks vigorously, then said, "Can I ride Kuku?"

"The hunting party will take you to the bear lizard den, and you will have your own mount soon. Underage Jiangu can't drive bear lizards, so you should be obediently and honestly!"

Corona also said, "Yeah, listen to Tormund. Know you can ride, but that's not the same thing as showing the ability to ride in public."

If it weren't for the one under the door The long tongue was tossing around like a madman, and Dagon might be fighting for it again.

The bear lizard is a large lizard about the size of a horse with the strength of a bear. It is a stubborn but friendly underground creature that is friendly to the Earth Element power, so it is quite compatible with the Jiangu people. Under the witness of the God of Oli, the bear lizard can reach a contract with the Jiangu people until the end of life and face the trials of life together.

The Jiangu people raised bear lizards as mounts, and the bear lizards thrived under the protection of the Jiangu people, a relationship that has lasted for thousands of years. In the underground biosphere, the battle strength of bear lizards is not strong, and they are generally driven and preyed on. The battle strength of the Jiangu clan did not say that it is not difficult to suppress all wild creatures. But the Jiangu people have two major shortcomings, which must be overcome with the help of bear lizards.

First of all, Jiangu people are not a race that is good at climbing. Don't look at living underground, it is basically a tunnel network environment, but this does not make the Jiangu people have the ability to adsorb on the stone wall or climb on the ceiling. When excavating the Underground City, Jiangu people rely on rope ladders, lift shafts, scaffolding and other tools to work. The bear lizard has suction cups on all six feet, and has a strong crawling ability.

The other is the most fatal flaw of Jiangu people: sinking into water. It is said that the Jiangu people are strong like rocks, then they are really rocks when they fall into the water. Except for newborn children, few Jiangu people can float. Using mana or acquired skills, Jiangu may be able to swim a short distance, but they are too close to elemental forces such as rock and metal, so they will eventually go to the bottom of the water. Only with the help of foreign objects - such as bear lizards, which are good at swimming - can the Jiangu people continue to expand their territory beyond the underground rivers and lakes.

"Kuku, it's still dry moss today." Dagon likes to put his hands on top of the bear lizard when feeding it. "Wait when I go to the hunting team and bring you some cave mice back to improve your life?"

The bear lizard at home lowered his head and chewed the dry moss with his rounded teeth, but ignored him .

Everyone is hungry, even the bear lizard can eat the tasteless dry moss so fragrant. Dagon was also starting to get hungry, but it was not yet time to eat, so he could only endure it any longer, or go to the temple to see his luck, and maybe have a meal with the priest there. Although he is nominally the lord's adopted son, he has never eaten a single meal at the lord's house. For as long as he can remember, he has lived in the Steelcast home, where his parents are Tormund and Corona. The biggest bond between him and the Neil family is the monthly ration of potato flour.

In the future, there will be more relationships: for example, after becoming a hunter, you have to pay taxes to the lord, you have to be recruited to become soldiers in war, and you have to maintain Jiangu City in the form of labor every year. This is the case with every adult Jiangu city resident, no exception.

His stomach started to growl again, reminding him that it was not too late. Dagon put away the dry moss feed, patted Kuku on the back, then slipped out of the house and headed towards the temple.

I'm lucky today, all underage children can get porridge made with potato flour. Dagon is the eldest of the children, and his size is a bit awkward. However, Jiangu clansman pays great attention to traditions and rules. If he does not have adult ceremony, he is underage, so he did not kick him out, and of course he did not give him more because of his appetite.

Holding a bowl of potato flour porridge the same size as the other children, Dagon lowered his head and ate slowly, while taking this time to think about a question: Do you want to ask yourself what is going on in your dreams?

The priests of the temple all possess the power of the dive technique, that is, in addition to the five basic elements, they all use the energy channel called "spirit channel". All the power from the high-level powerful intelligent existence enters the user's body from this "ling canal", echoing with the elemental force and the "Soul Power" that is endogenous from one's own soul. The five elements, together with soul and spirit, constitute the main constituents of all incantation spells.

Cultivation is the inner, soul and spirit resonance, every diving technique sorcerer should be trained in this area, so Dagon feels that they can guide themselves about the knowledge of dreams. It's just at this juncture, if the secret of his mana manifesting is exposed, and then he thinks of the awakening of the monster bloodline, wouldn't it be broken?

Dagon lowered his head to drink porridge, lifts the head to see the holy emblems hanging all over the Ori Temple, Dagon thought about it and thought it would be better not to say anything. As long as you have survived the adult ceremony and qualified for the hunting team, it will be better explained when it comes to dreams and mana. Oli God solemnly promises in "Steelcast Volume" that he will bless every Jiangu descendant, but Dagon doesn't remember whether Jiangu people who have mixed bloodlines of other races will be blessed in the same way, and he doesn't even know that it will be. will not be blessed.

Dagon kept silent, drank the potato flour porridge at the same speed as the other children, neatly packed the tableware, and walked out of the temple alone to the feet of Auli Divine Idol. He is one-knee kneels under the Divine Idol, with one hand on the toe of one of the statues of the God of Oli, and the other hand on the chest.

"Oli God, I can only pray to you silently from the bottom of my heart, and honestly tell you my current thoughts." Dagon cautiously poured out his thoughts: "I dare not go to your priest, but I also dare not hide it from you. I need your blessing to pass adult ceremony in order to provide a better life for my family with my own hands."

"My physique is different from other Jiangu clansman , causing me to eat a lot and never get full, but I didn't become greedy because of it." Dagon prayed: "My heart, my spirit, has always been a Jiangu person who knows tolerance and humility. My parents , Tormund and Corona of the Steelcast family, they are all very good people, they are taking care of me with all their strength, and more importantly, educating me - all my goodness is given by them, and I am willing to give my All good deeds to them."

"Oli, if my monster bloodline will disturb my mind and body one day, please make it later, slower, so that I can be first Take good care of my parents and give them a good and happy life. If I fall, please let the fall happen after they have left the world in peace, Perfection, and have been reunited under your knees, and don't let them grieve for me. Ori Great God, I swear, even if the blood of the monsters eventually erodes me and makes me worse than the wild beast, I will only bite the enemies of the Jiangu clan."

"God Oli, I don't ask you to arrange everything for me, just support me when I overcome difficulties. I'm about to do adult ceremony, and I'm willing to become a qualified Jiangu clansman. Not a monster, not a monster, definitely not a monster. ”

After praying under the Divine Idol, Dagon felt a lot more at ease, and the pressure was not as great as when he couldn't sleep before. He stood up and found that there were more people around, many of whom were also participating in adult ceremony. Of all the faces, Doma's ugly face was the easiest to distinguish, especially when he was still smiling.

Everyone came to pray and hope that God Auli would bless them. This is also a custom. Adult ceremony doesn't come every year. After all, every time the lord needs to take out some beard rings with spell effect, it is a rune device, and it is also a lot of money! This time adult ceremony, the youngsters in the past five years will come, so many people come to pray today. Dagon hurriedly made way for the others, and he decided to go back and get a good night's sleep.

Now he feels he can get a good rest.

He did get a good night's sleep too.

(end of this chapter)