In the Name of the Queen

The difficulty of making a batch of pots is neither high nor low.

The Garden of Eden is a doomsday paradise built according to the standards of rebuilding a home after the destruction of the world. It can be called a small city. There are both ecological protection areas that preserve various creatures and industrial parks that can complete basic industrial production.

Pots are very important daily industrial products, and there are ready-made production molds in the Garden of Eden.

If he was not worried about being too shocking, Roland could make this batch of pots in just one day.

Roland stayed in the Thorson tribe for five days, and only then did he take out this batch of large iron pots that could change the lives of the centaurs in their eagerness.

Seeing the large pots neatly placed there, the patriarch and elders of the Thorson tribe were dumbfounded.

"This is simply a miracle! Praise the great god!"

The centaurs also have their own indigenous gods, the Mother of the Earth.

Although no one has seen this illusory god, people always have to have some spiritual sustenance when they are alive. Other tribes have gods to protect them, but you don't. Doesn't it make you look stupid?

Lisa reluctantly accepted Roland's explanation.

Before becoming a magician, she also followed the crowd to believe in abundance and often went to the Abundance Temple to worship.

Although the gods never responded to any of her requests, her faith remained firm.

But magicians never believe in gods, they only believe that they can become gods.

After not believing in gods, Lisa's horizons were obviously broader than before. The vastness of the magic world made her realize that she was really muddled before.

But these ideas were too profound for the centaurs, who were used to believing in the Mother Earth.

And the Mother Earth did leave behind a lot of relics and knowledge, and was a powerful existence that really existed.

According to Roland's estimation, the Mother Earth should be a powerful existence that rose in the Fourth Age, but it was unknown whether she had the opportunity to play the final resurrection match.

Three thousand pots were just a piece of cake for Roland, but for the Thorson people, it was a gift to change their future destiny.

Although Roland said that this was fate and he did not ask for anything in return, the Thorson centaurs were unwilling to accept good intentions in vain.

The teachings left by Mother Earth made them have to repay every kindness.

After discussing with the elders, the tribe leader decided to open the ruins of Mother Earth to Roland and allow Roland to take away a sacred object that was destined for him.

Roland wanted to say that he was not interested, but seeing the pious and heartbroken expressions of these centaurs, he could not refuse.

You can't say that the things that others cherish most are garbage.

He could only express his high emotional intelligence that he could visit, and whether to take things away was up to fate.

"This is a gift left by Mother Earth for you, and I don't want to possess it shamelessly."

The Thorson tribe sent the oldest elder to accompany Roland into the underground ruins known as the Heart of the Earth.

The centaurs had some opinions about Lisa's desire to follow. After all, according to their logic, women were not qualified to show up in formal occasions, but Lisa killed their doubts in one sentence.

"Excuse me, is Mother Earth a man or a woman?"

The centaurs were silent.

They had never considered the problem from this angle before, but Lisa's critical hit made them unable to refute.

You can't say that the Earth Mother is a male mother.

The rock elder who accompanied them on the tour was an old man over 130 years old.

This age is simply an immortal existence in the Centaur tribe whose average life expectancy is less than 40 years old.

Although the old guy looked gray, he was still vigorous and spoke clearly. He looked like he could live for a long time.

Before entering the ruins, Roland smiled and asked him for the secret of longevity. The rock elder answered without hesitation:

"Eat more meat, drink more, and enjoy your young partner like a young man."

Lisa was stunned, and Roland laughed.

Eating more meat, drinking more, and sleeping with women may not necessarily lead to longevity, but the old guy really has a healthy and happy mentality.

Lisa subconsciously listed the rock elder as an old bastard who was not self-disciplined. She even wanted Roland to stay away from this unreliable guy.

But she thought that if she could eat meat and drink big cups of wine when she was old, it would also be a kind of happiness, so her contempt for the old guy faded.

The elder of the rock has no name. He uses the name of the tribe as his surname and the name of the rock as his first name, but everyone in the tribe calls him the elder of the earth.

In front of Roland, he did not dare to use this name, but insisted that Roland call him "rock".

"Sage of the rock, are you sure this is the remains of the mother of the earth?"

Lisa finally couldn't help but ask.

If it weren't for the old man's skillful guidance, she would even suspect that this was an ordinary crypt.

There was nothing except the winding underground passage.

The elder of the rock smiled and continued to lead the way.

There is a huge difference in body size between male and female centaurs. The combat power of female centaurs is far lower than that of male centaurs, so they have a very low status in the tribe. Apart from taking care of housework and giving birth to offspring, they have almost no power.

The elder of the rock did not dare to look down on Lisa for Roland's sake, but he did not respect her much.

Perhaps in his eyes, Lisa was just a reproductive tool for Roland.

Lisa was inexplicably annoyed. If she wasn't worried about Roland getting into trouble, she really didn't want to have anything to do with these stupid centaurs.

She took a deep breath and dispelled some of her anger.

These barbarians are still a long way from being civilized. Centaurs don't have control over production resources and their combat capabilities are weak. Their current status is quite consistent with their strength.

Feeling that Lisa was unhappy, Roland did not speak, but just held her slightly hot hand in his palm and passed the coolness to her.

This is the side effect of practicing fire magic. The temperature is higher than that of other practitioners, and the face is redder.

Feeling the coolness of Roland's palm, Lisa felt better.

She clenched her other fist and made a hammering motion in the void, venting the last bit of negative emotions, and the smile returned to her face.

At least Roland knows how to respect her and love her, that's enough.

I don't know how long I walked, the road leading to the underground became more and more moist, and the ground of the corridor was a little muddy. The rock elder stopped and looked back at Roland and Lisa.

"The Earth Court is in front. I am old and my legs are not good, so I will not go down. The two distinguished guests can visit by their own."

"The Earth Court contains three holy relics left by the Earth Mother, but unfortunately no one has ever been able to activate them. If you can activate the treasure, you can take it away, but only one."

Roland was a little curious. The Centaurs were so generous?

According to their description of the Earth Mother, after squeezing out the exaggerations, Roland believed that the Earth Mother also had the hard power close to the second rank.

As long as he took another half step forward, he could become the Chosen One of God.

Such a powerful person, his followers actually mixed into the current situation of the Centaurs, which is really a bit sad.

The Rock Sage did not intend to accompany Roland in.

This is a miracle, but also a sad place for the Centaurs.

The more he saw the glory of the past, the more sad he felt about the current decline.

The once glorious civilization was hidden thousands of meters underground. The race that left a brilliant chapter in human history now needed travelers to make pots. The elder of the rock could only sigh.

He estimated that Roland would stay down there for a while, so he simply unfolded the backpack he carried with him and built a simple tent as a temporary stop.

His estimate was very accurate. Roland was shocked the moment he saw the underground ruins.

Under the muddy ground, there is actually a complete underground palace hidden? !

Compared with the scattered and incomplete underground ruins of the Alemanni Empire, the ruins of the Mother Earth are too complete.

The giant guard statue at the door is lifelike, and the majestic shape and huge weapons intimidate the ill-intentioned visitors.

Roland certainly has no ill intentions, but he didn't have much hope before he came.

He even instinctively thought that the legend of the Mother Earth was exaggerated.

Even if it is not exaggerated, how much can she leave after several eras?

In the Age of Gods, there were many buildings more magnificent than the Garden of Earth, but most of them were gradually destroyed in various wars and disasters and have long disappeared.

The ruins of the Third Age disappeared with the tragic God's Punishment War, and only the golden ginkgo and the sea of ​​flowers seemed to tell of the past glory.

The Fourth to Fifth Ages were the eras when the gods left, and the elves and earth spirits withdrew.

This was the most chaotic era, and this was the era when many heroes rose up.

In this era, there were many powerful beings that could touch the edge of the God's domain, but they all fell without exception.

Roland couldn't tell how many powerful beings like Mother Earth were unable to continue their inheritance.

It was fate to meet each other. He bowed to the main gate of the Garden of Earth and strode in.

No matter how powerful Mother Earth was, she is now history.

Roland saw three sacred objects of Mother Earth in the center of the Garden of Earth.

A 40-meter-long war hammer, an earth disc comparable to a spaceship, and a set of earth attribute helmets.

No wonder the elder of the rock dared to say that you can take it if you can.

Can humans use this thing?

Based on the size of these weapons, Roland deduced that the Earth Mother was 27 or 28 meters tall in a fighting posture.

Based on the size of the murals and other remaining armor, the Centaurs were as big as elephants in their heyday, and their charge was simply earth-shaking.

Even in the fourth and fifth eras, only giants could compete with warriors of this size, no wonder they left a glorious history.

Although surprised, Roland was not too shocked.

In the Age of Gods, there were even larger war machine races, and even super giant humans that were 70 or 80 meters tall, and prehistoric dragons with wingspans of hundreds of meters.

Everyone has a glorious moment, don't take the past as permanent.

There are too many glorious moments in the past of mankind, and the Earth Mother and the Centaurs are just a touch of the vast history.

Very exciting, but that's all.

Roland's biggest gain was the murals and engravings on the wall.

Centaurs are huge, so it is difficult to make books suitable for reading.

It is hard to imagine the funny scene of a giant man with a body length of seven or eight meters holding an A5-sized book and reading it.

In order to pass on knowledge, centaurs prefer to leave knowledge in rock wall carvings.

Unfortunately, the ancient centaur language has been lost, and the current centaur descendants do not have the ability to decipher ancient characters.

Roland is a polymath after all, and has read many books from the Fourth Age, but he can only understand a very small number of words.

In any case, this is rare knowledge, and in Roland's opinion it is more precious than the three holy relics displayed in the hall.

Although the earth-attributed magic weapon is very suitable for the paladin, it is too large to be used at all.

After touring the underground palace, Roland did not find anything else valuable.

It is normal to think about it. If it is really valuable, the Thorson tribe would have taken it away long ago. How can it be left to outsiders?

He spent almost a week rubbing and copying all the murals and texts he could find and taking them away. Those who were difficult to rub also used a magic crystal ball to record the images.

After a period of busy work, he took away all the most valuable knowledge about this ruins and prepared to go back and slowly decipher it.

In addition to knowledge, he only took away one souvenir, which was the tawny brooch he saw when he first entered the ruins. This thing was simple in style and unremarkable in shape. Roland gave up the idea of ​​giving it to Lisa and pinned it on his chest casually.

After all, he came to the ruins. It would be unlucky to leave empty-handed, so he simply took this brown jade brooch, which looked ordinary but still existed after countless years, as a trophy.

When he walked out of the Garden of the Earth, he happened to see Elder Rock lying on the ground out of boredom, catching earthworms to pass the time.

He didn't expect that the old guy was actually waiting, and he felt a little embarrassed.

"Elder Rock, I'm really sorry. I've been busy here for almost a week and kept you waiting."

Roland smiled and greeted Elder Rock.

Elder Rock looked at Roland blankly, and finally couldn't help complaining, "Northern Traveler, you may not have any concept of time underground. According to human time measurement, you have only stayed down there for more than ten hours. "

More than ten hours?

Roland subconsciously thought that Elder Rock was wrong. After all, the Centaurs did not have clocks and might not have any concept of time.

But he quickly thought of another possibility, which was the real mystery of the Garden of Earth.

Change the time flow rate.

He smiled and put the topic aside, reaching for his pocket watch.

Just when he was about to take out the pocket watch, some past events flashed through Roland's mind.

No, this gold pocket watch was given by Sif, and sister Lisa gave her a silver pocket watch!

(See Chapter 120 for details)

Roland, who almost caused an own-goal incident, flicked his wrist and took out the silver pocket watch that had hit him in another pocket.

This pocket watch not only has hour and minute hands, but also has a days timer that is reset every month.

The date number displayed when entering the ruins was 2, and now it is 8.

One week, obviously.

A week is 144 hours, and the rock elder believes that the consumption time is about 14 hours.

To put it simply, for every hour that passes outside, ten hours pass inside.

The flow of time has changed.

This is a great place for time-consuming research.

The Rock Sage did not dwell on this issue. He saw the brooch on Roland's chest and did not ask.

It's just a small item, good as a souvenir.

He really hoped that someone would pick up the Three Holy Objects, but unfortunately there wasn't.

He led the way, followed by Roland and Lisa.

While Roland was busy just now, Lisa was beside him with her eyes closed and meditating, silently practicing magic control without disturbing him.

Thinking of his sister staying with him for a week, Roland couldn't help but hold her hand and said softly: "You stayed with me for a whole week in this dark environment. Thank you for your hard work, sister."

"It's not hard at all."

Lisa leaned against Roland with a smile, and her voice was as soft as a clip.

"Roland, I have no idea about time when I meditate, but it doesn't feel like it lasts more than a day, but that's not important. I didn't expect you to keep that pocket watch with you."

Uh, at this time, my sister’s focus is actually on this? Roland was speechless.

She didn't care that time was flowing ten times faster, but she actually cared that the pocket watch she took out was a silver pocket watch?

I have to say that women’s concerns are indeed different.

Roland shrugged and was about to put aside his doubts when something suddenly occurred to him.

Maybe it's just his flow of time that's different.

Looking down at the tawny brooch, he vaguely felt that this inconspicuous little thing was the real sacred object. (End of chapter)