Age of Apocalypse

People stared dully not far away, knowing that the scarlet skeleton turned into a powdery stone statue and collapsed into pieces of peeling smoke.

People looked at the huge golden bird in sluggish disbelief, and there was a brief silence.

Then they are ecstatic, cheering, or crying loudly.

"It's great... It's great..." The elderly people may still be a little reserved, looking at the shining sunshine, leaving tears of excitement, murmuring and repeating.

The women and children, the men and the young men, were crying, laughing and dancing happily.

"Let's go home!" The man hugged the little girl and laughed loudly.

The children chased each other, cheering and running through the crowd shouting "Go home! Go home!"

Cheers and shouts were heard one after another, and people's laughter even echoed in the spring breeze, passing through the grassland and forest.

...

In the garden, Perth looked at the water elements that were swirling and surging in the garden, like blue smoke, and the faint light of energy that lingered in the garden.

I recall the person deep in my soul, with long golden wheat-like hair, a golden wheat ear crown of emeralds and yellow emeralds, a long green dress, and golden hair embellished with pearls and gems.

The shawl-shaped goddess of harvest and fertility—Adratti.

Her beautiful face is like the spring breeze, always smiling so gently.

She is a powerful god who existed at the beginning of the mythical age. The flowers and plants in the ancient Hogworth continent are all her daughter. She is the eldest daughter of Gaia, the goddess of the primitive earth.

She touched his eyes and said softly, "Gods of the bloodline of Phoebus, go and let your light shine with the blessing of the daughter of the earth, Adrati."

As the light of her blessing spreads, a faint energy gradually covers the land of Tulip Territory, making the land slowly become fertile.

At the same time, Perth was also given a pair of "Finstillan Eyes" that can see elements and power. Legend has it that the most powerful "Finstillan Eyes" can even see through everything in the world.

Therefore, he can clearly see the flow of elements, feel the magic of the world, and discover the mysteries of the world more intuitively.

Through the memory deep in his soul, he knew that what everyone had forgotten was the original priesthood of the goddess Adrati - the God of Life and Youth!

I can't help but sigh at the magic and power of the original gods. It's just the remaining consciousness from countless years ago that has such miraculous abilities.

Just like the original God Pan, the aura is so vast and great.

Even if it was just a clone of God Pan's will, Perth felt as insignificant as a tiny piece of dust facing the forest.

And Perth also felt that maybe Old Chuck and Perth already knew his identity.

That's why when people hailed him as the "Son of the Gods", they immediately praised the long-dead gods and presided over the establishment of churches with idols to divert the people's attention.

After all, in the Kingdom of York, only His Majesty the King, who is said to be a descendant of the Great Emperor of Westeros, can be praised as the "Chosen Son" and "The Son of God's Favorite".

.........

Three days later, after experiencing the ravages of the tyrants, the Knights of the Tulip City Hall were ordered by Perth. The Knights worked almost as fast as they could, and in less than two days, the ruins along the Yunao River were basically cleared.

Under the ruins of the collapsed cave, it gradually emerged that in addition to the rugged stone hills and stalactites accumulated over the years, there was also a clam the size of a small boat. The undulations on the edge were like ocean waves. The curved and overlapping folds were covered with colorful dreams and crystal clear glaze.

shell.

The moist and dense jade luster appears between the layers of covered scales, telling of its precipitation over time.

The accompanying knights hurried to the castle and immediately reported the monster discovered in Perth.

This retinue of knights was quickly summoned by Perth. It turned out that when the knights of the militia were clearing the ruins, they dug out a very large Baker monster with a wavy shell that was even bigger than a bison.

Hearing the knight's description, Perth couldn't help but feel a little strange.

When he saw the Baker monster with his own eyes, he suddenly realized, "It turns out this is a giant clam!"

The mud on the shell, the brightly colored mantle, and even the clearly layered chakras all tell everyone its identity—a clam!

Of course, there are only a few gulf coastal cities in the Kingdom of York, and at least there is only one Pearl Harbor in the Nanshan Territory.

But because the sea at Hogwarts is full of sea monsters, the beautiful sea has become synonymous with deep, boundless, mysterious, and unknown. Especially after countless knights and ships died or disappeared at sea, few people on the mainland would

It's deep under the sea.

Therefore, even among the nobles of upper class society, Tridacna is an extremely rare item.

Not only is its flesh delicious and delicious, but its shell can be processed into expensive and gorgeous jewelry and used as gemstones inlaid on clothing and furnishings. Moreover, because it lives in the deep sea, it is also very rare and the annual output is very small.

When Perth looked carefully, he didn't know whether the tightly closed shell was dead. But the mud and mottled moss on the shiny surface were probably due to the years of wasted time in the underground river bed.

"Erudite Lord Perth, you seem to know what kind of shell monster this is, right?" Nader curiously circled the clam, touching it up and down, observing.

"This is a large shellfish and one of the rare king shells, called a clam." As he spoke, Perth's eyes shone with crystal light, and the "Eye of Finstillan" carefully observed the clam.

I found that there was just some faint moonlight and water elements lingering on it. It was so thin that it was almost invisible. It couldn't be said to be any kind of monster, Warcraft or the like.

But even at Hogwarts, he had indeed never seen clams living in the underground rivers of the freshwater basin. After thinking to no avail, he simply attributed it to the antiquity and mystery of Hogwarts.

After all, there are too many unreasonable things here, and this one is no exception.

But in such a big clam, Perth must have pearls inside.

Then he said, "Get someone to pry it open. There will probably be some pearls inside."

"Pearls? Can this kind of thing also produce pearls? I always thought that only the pearl oysters from Tina Harbor in the Pearl Territory can produce pearls."

Tina Harbor is one of the few five major trading ports in the Kingdom of York. It is also one of the sources of wealth and tribute paid by the Florence family after more than 200 years of development and construction. It was named after Perth's great-grandmother.

One of the specialties is the large number of pearl oysters that Perth's great-grandfather discovered from the belly of the cuttlefish sea monster during the "Blue Defense".

However, a kind of small magical beast, or a weak sea monster, produces water-based magic pearls with mild properties that can slowly nourish the human body and make people feel calm.

It is also the favorite decoration of nobles. Even the princess of the York royal family or many ladies of the royal capital will wear such a pearl necklace.

Perth ignored Nader's surprise and just pointed at the clam and said to Knight Case, "Knight Case, just open it and take a look."

Case quickly organized his men and prepared to pry open the shell of the clam. After a long time of prying, even Nader commanded the militia team from the city hall to come together, but still could not pry open the hard shell of the clam.

The angry Nader stared at the side and shouted, "Are you hungry?! Or a beautiful shell can make you hungry bachelors suffer from kidney failure?!"

"Mr. Nader, this thing is so strong that it even broke several axes!"

"Maybe this is just a stone, but it just looks similar?"

"I don't think it's better than a big fire. This is how I eat grilled oysters, and they open the shell on their own."

Everyone was talking about how helpless they were.

When faced with the clam that could not be pried open, Perth did not force it. Anyway, the pearl inside and this beautiful big treasure would not escape.

In order not to delay the progress of clearing the ruins, Perth ordered people to carry the Tridacna back to Tulip Castle and prepare to study it slowly.

The huge and colorful clams, as well as the strange and unique shapes, undoubtedly attracted residents of villages and small towns along the way.

Even when they arrived at the castle, many servants came out to watch. Everyone was curious about this strange thing that they had never seen before.

All I know is that it is a type of shell.

Finally, after meeting in Stone, Perth decided to place it in the pool in the lawn open space in the back garden of the castle.

It is close to the Sapphire Tulip Garden, has abundant water elements, and is spacious enough.

Keith pondered for a long time along the way. When everyone moved the clam to the edge of the pool and was about to put it in, he said, "I can feel that there is a strong tensile force in this huge shell, and the two shells are pulled apart."

Hold firmly.

But its sinuous wavy shell makes it inevitable that there are many gaps.

Maybe we can use a hook and hang it on its edge. Use the mountain scale horse to pull it apart.

Although this method is very primitive, it may be effective."

This is indeed a stupid method. After all, no one would use the Alpine Scale Horse to do any physical work. Even though it is a hybrid horse with thin terrain dragon blood, it is indeed very powerful.

But just when Perth was about to agree and order someone to pull away, Old Chuck's anxious shout came through.

"Please wait! Please wait! Mr. Perth, please don't do this!" Old Chuck ran over quickly and shouted anxiously.

"What's the matter, Mr. Chuck?" Perth rarely saw old Chuck so anxious and asked immediately.

Old Chuck straightened out his robe, saluted and said, "I'm sorry, sir. I heard that you found a clam in the ruins of Yunao River?"

"Why, the well-informed Mr. Chuck is also curious about the appearance of Tridacna?" Keith said jokingly when he saw this.

Old Chuck immediately choked back, "Come on, Knight Case. This is no ordinary clam!" After saying that, he couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Regardless of Case's embarrassment and reluctance to express his anger, he was indeed a little frightened when the brave Knight Case faced the mysterious old Chuck.

Especially, I was lucky enough to see old Chuck’s laboratory. There were even climbing centipedes in the green soup pot!

Old Chuck observed it carefully and said, "The colorful shell like glass is even covered with a layer of moist jade. This is a rare moon clam.

Although it is of no use to humans, the "Silver Frost Pearl" it produces is the favorite monster of elves, fantasy beasts, and even giant dragons!"

When Perth heard this, especially after learning that the pearl inside was useful to him, he said naturally, "That's why we have to pry him open, otherwise how can we get the pearl inside?"

Old Chuck was happy, thinking that the lord might still be too young. Even the gods did not have all the ancient memories.

He explained, "A long time ago, when humans were unable to master extraordinary power, many humans used these clam pearls to seduce and conquer magical beasts.

It is called the Moonlight Tridacna because it will spit out the pearls in its body only under the light of the full moon.

And if you break it open by force, it will die. Then it will be just a piece of useless stone."

As a golden knight who has awakened his ancient memory, Case couldn't help but ask, "But I remember, don't Moonlight Tridacna live in the sea? How could it appear here?"

When Old Chuck heard this, he thought to himself that besides fighting and killing, what else could be left in the memories of you knights?

Then he said, "Maybe it was the tsunami in Pearl Territory a few years ago that caused it to fall from the sea into the underground river here, and only then could we discover it."

"Not to mention the dark underground rivers that are dark and damp, are there still people pouring salt into the rivers?" Case curled his lips disdainfully.

See, that's it.

After getting to know each other well, Perth discovered that Keith Lanchester was really not a taciturn person. On the contrary, he was sometimes very enthusiastic.

But when Case mentioned salt, Perth suddenly had an idea!

No wonder, no wonder clams are found there!

Maybe the underground river is really a freshwater river, but maybe, "someone really poured salt into the river"!