On the Seven Towers

Xiao Chen and others waited in the living room for about an hour before Ansaldo hurried back.

He lowered his head, walked to his seat, remained silent for a while, then raised his head and said to Xiao Chen: "Okay, I agree to cooperate with you. But I am only responsible for sending you inside to meet the high priest of the Forging Temple. Anything and any actions that happen after that have nothing to do with me.”

"Don't you think you are the safest if we successfully achieve our goal?" Xiao Chen asked.

"No, you don't understand. It's not that I don't want to help you, but even if I really want to do something, I can't do it. For people like me, the relics of God are something that I have only heard of but never seen. . Although I am an important figure in the Huojing family and the governor of Port Crowell, I am not qualified to go there." Ansaldo said.

"You should be considered a big shot in the dwarf kingdom, right?" Luo Ling asked.

Ansaldo said: “The qualifications to enter the ruins of God have little to do with worldly power.

Only three types of people can enter that place. The first type is members of the royal family, because the first key to entering the ruins of God is in the hands of the king. The second is the high priest of the Forging Temple. He has the duty to go to the ruins of God from time to time to pray to the God of Forging. The third is the masters among the palace blacksmiths who have broken through the Grand Blacksmith level. When they break through, in addition to receiving the title of Palace Grand Blacksmith, they will also get an opportunity to go to the Blacksmithing Temple to learn forging skills. It is said that there is a forging wall in the ruins. By observing that wall, it is possible to understand various magical techniques. However, if you do not reach the level of a master and cannot bear the content above, you will soon become a madman. "

Farrell's eyes widened and he said: "How come I never know about these things? I have only heard about the Relics of God and know that it is a very sacred place. Very few people are qualified to go there. But no one has ever talked to me. I have said that you can learn blacksmithing skills in the ruins, but I have never heard of walls.”

Ansaldo said: "This is limited to blacksmiths recruited by the royal family. Experts like you from a small noble family have no chance to know these things."

Xiao Chen asked: "In other words, besides the high priest of the forging temple, there are two ways to enter the ruins?"

"No, it's actually a kind of thing. Because the great blacksmith still uses the king's key to enter." Ansaldo said: "But since the war between the two kings, the king rarely opens the relics of God. Even The Great Blacksmith and other members of the royal family have no chance to go in again. In my impression, only the king himself has gone in twice, all because he prayed to the God of Forging for the national destiny of the dwarf kingdom.”

"Why does the king reduce the number of times he enters the ruins of the gods? There can't be some rumors among you nobles, right?" Luo Ling asked.

Ansaldo said slowly: "I don't know what the real reason is. I just heard some rumors that the king was in an unfair position and was hated by the god. He was afraid that other people who entered the temple would gain the favor of the forging god. So it cuts off the possibility of others entering.”

Hearing this, Xiao Chen felt a little strange. Because at least in human understanding, the forging gods of the dwarves or the beast gods of the orcs are not real gods. Unlike the fallen ancient gods, most of them are fabricated false gods, racial fantasies without the blessing of gods. Something that comes out.

These tricks can often deceive the common people at the bottom, but it is difficult for him to believe that a king would be afraid of an illusory being interfering with his throne. This should not be the real reason.

While Xiao Chen was thinking, Luo Ling asked: "Can the high priest of the forging temple still be able to enter?"

"That's different. Dwarves who serve as priests in the forging temple are not eligible to obtain secular titles and powers. Whenever disasters such as earthquakes, landslides, and floods occur in the dwarf kingdom, the high priest will go inside on behalf of the entire temple. Praying, hoping that the God of Forging can help the entire dwarf kingdom survive the disaster, so their most important task is to ask the God of Forging to bless the dwarf kingdom, that is, to bless the major families in this kingdom. If the high priest of the temple cannot pray, It will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the great nobles.

What's more, the king who won the battle of the two kings now, that is, the second prince back then, originally came to power through the support of the temple. The teacher of the current high priest of the temple was the king's staunchest supporter back then. The current high priest was also the second prince's friend back then. Therefore, the king will not and cannot prevent the high priest of the temple from entering the ruins of God. "

Xiao Chen keenly noticed the other party's wording, and he said: "It's really interesting that this can't be used. It seems that there is still some gap between the king and the high priest in these years?"

Ansaldo sighed, "Yes, this happened after the death of the previous high priest. The previous high priest died the second year after the king ascended the throne. When the second prince won the throne, many nobles in the kingdom were still dissatisfied, because the eldest prince was the one who should have inherited the throne. But the eldest prince was defeated and died, and the second prince had the support of the high priest of high status. Although those nobles were dissatisfied, they had no choice. But after the death of the high priest, these nobles who originally supported the eldest prince could not sit still, and some even thought about controlling the dwarf kingdom on behalf of the royal family. The king at that time and these nobles started a lot of open and covert struggles, which later even developed into rebellion and suppression. Many nobles died at the hands of the king, but the new high priest's position at that time changed a little. He no longer stood on the king's side. He spent a lot of effort to save some of the people who had been The nobles who were to be executed by the king. Since then, the relationship between the royal family and the temple has not been as good as before. "

Farrell snorted and said, "In the Dwarf Kingdom, two more strands of beard are another world. The different worlds are like a wall that is impenetrable. I don't know anything about what you said."

Ansaldo said, "What's the use of knowing this? It's just that some great nobles know it, but no one will say it directly. "

"Sure enough, playing politics is a game that every intelligent life likes." Xiao Chen sighed, "Then your plan is to go the route of the high priest?"

Ansaldo nodded and said, "Yes, the high priest enters the ruins of the gods much more frequently than the king. The prayers in the temple are not public activities, so persuading the high priest to open the ruins of the gods under the pretext of disasters, and then secretly take you in, is the most feasible way now. "