Before Ella could say anything, Amy rushed to answer from below: "What's so difficult about exercise? Isn't it just that if you push hard, things will move?"
"Yes, it must be because of force. But why can an iron ball still fly forward after being released? Where does the force that allows it to continue flying forward in the air come from? Girl, can you answer it?"
"Isn't it because of the push of the air?" Ella took over. "While pushing the iron ball, the hand pushes the air, and the moving air pushes the iron ball to fly forward."
"Oh! It's Aristotle's point of view. You are indeed very knowledgeable. This is also the point of view of us Tepuis all the time. But we still can't control movement with our magic - think about it carefully, explain movement like this, There will be a refutation. Let me ask you, if I throw a piece of paper with the same force, who will fly farther, it or the iron ball?"
"Of course it's an iron ball."
"But if the same gust of wind blows, who will fly farther, the iron ball or the paper?"
"Paper……?"
It was the obvious answer, but Ella looked unusually hesitant when she answered it.
"Sure enough, you also discovered the contradiction! If the iron ball and paper are driven by the air after they are released, why do they behave completely opposite in the wind? I have thought about it for more than two thousand years, but I still haven't got the answer!"
Ella only felt that her body was a little unsteady. The question raised by Jabir sounded like an interesting anecdote to Amy, but for Ella, who was devoted to academic research, it was tantamount to shaking up the entire world she knew. The originally clear world suddenly became extremely strange and chaotic, but she was unable to solve the root cause of this phenomenon - the weight of the problem raised by Jabir was beyond Ella's wisdom.
Jabir seemed to have expected this reaction from Ella, and smiled lightly, leaving Ella to think by herself, while he went to the observation deck to play with the Eye of Hermes.
Ella found that the more she thought about this question, the more confusing it became, so she shook her head vigorously to expel it from her head temporarily.
But the series of conversations just now made her deeply interested in the lost Tepui civilization.
"Jabir ibn Hayan, are you willing to lend me your wisdom?" Ella asked solemnly, "You must hate the Semites very much, and the Semitic Empire established by the Semites They are also the sworn enemies of my country, the Seven Hills Empire. Tepui’s wisdom and technology combined with the national power of the Seven Hills Empire will surely defeat the Tianfang Empire!”
Unexpectedly, when Jabir heard Aila's words, his hand shook and he knocked the Eye of Hermes to the ground. Ella's words seemed to remind him of something terrible, causing that ferocious face to tremble in fear:
"Victory over the Semites? In this day and age? Oh no, how dare you say such a thing! There are still nearly a thousand years until the prophesied day, and no one can defeat them until that day comes!"
"Why are you so afraid? You have mentioned the prophecy more than once. What exactly is the prophecy? And what exactly is the day of the prophecy?"
"My God, my God, don't ask me this question! The magic of the Semites is extraordinary. If they want, they can hear our conversations in Antilia in their capital!"
"What are you afraid of! This world is so huge and has such a large population. Even if they can do such a thing, why would they eavesdrop on Antilia at such a time!"
"It...makes sense. It has been more than two thousand years. They should not focus on searching for a Tepui priest. There is no need to be afraid, no need to be afraid, no need to be afraid..."
Jabir comforted himself by saying "Don't be afraid" while groping his way to the chair next to him. After pressing his entire body weight on the chair, he finally felt relieved.
From his mouth came a long list of history:
"As early as three thousand years ago, we Tepui people had predicted the rise of the Semites through astrology. The priests at that time predicted that after more than seven hundred years, the Semites who had been slaves of Tepui would The people will have a powerful leader—whom they call the Antiprophet.”
"Then, a man named Moses actually appeared. Under his leadership, the Semites crossed the Red Sea and escaped from our reins. But that was just a precursor to all events."
"In my time, all the priests unanimously predicted that when the sun's vernal equinox moves from Aries to Pisces, there will be an unprecedentedly powerful magician who will unite all the Semites and establish a powerful empire - we will He called it the "Antichrist." However, Tepui was destroyed before he could see that day come."
"As for whether this prophecy has come true later, you should know better than me."
Ella swallowed a mouthful of saliva down her throat. In this era, no one does not know the terrible magician who established the Tianfang Empire. He exists in various stories together with the hero Longinus who killed him. Even a newborn baby must stop crying when he hears his name.
If the Tepuis really predicted the arrival of the "Son of God" 2,200 years ago, then their predictions would undoubtedly have a very high degree of credibility.
"Of course, we also predict the destruction of the Semites."
Jaber's words suddenly changed.
"The powerful magician represents the beginning of the Age of Pisces. But Pisces is made up of two fish, which are opposite to each other. The first fish symbolizes the terrible power of the Antichrist, and the second fish symbolizes the The opposite opposing force - this force will appear when the sun moves from the first fish to the second fish. We have sealed Tepui's knowledge and technology, waiting for that day to come."
"——We originally thought that this time was two thousand years later, but you see, two thousand two hundred years have passed, and the sun has not yet reached the position of the second fish. It was our calculation that made an error. It is far from the prediction There are still a thousand years until that day, and during this thousand years, no force can stop the Semites!"
Ella couldn't sit still.
"Are you trying to say that our Qiqiu Empire can only sit back and wait for death under the attack of Tianfang Empire?"
"The prophecy is not wrong, it is the fact! The atmosphere of Semitic magic has become more and more intense. Come, come with me and see how the Semitic people fight. This is more powerful than the description of words. many."
Jabir stood up from the ladder, raised the Eye of Hermes from the ground, and adjusted the focus in the direction facing the sea.
Ella sneered at Jabir's words:
"You keep saying that you detect the magic of the Semites, but as far as I know, it is our Seven Hills Empire's fleet that is approaching Antilia, not the Semites."
The Seven Hills Empire's fleet should not appear in Antilia at this time, and Ella knows this better than anyone else. The ships of the Seven Hills Empire are not as small as Hestein's ships and cannot sail on the Volga River. To reach Antilia Island in the North Sea, they had to detour through the Strait of Gibraltar, which was thousands of miles away, and it took two to three times as long.
What's more, the Seven Hills Empire didn't even know that she and Hestein were in Antilia. There is no need to go "treasure hunting" on this unheard of island.
However, the unique smell she smelled before entering the cave forced Ella to conclude that the Seven Hills Empire's fleet was nearby - it was the smell of "ocean fire". That is a weapon unique to the Qiqiu Empire. In the past few hundred years, the Qiqiu Empire has been losing territory, but it has only been able to fight back and forth with the Tianfang Empire in naval battles. One of the reasons is that it has this top-secret weapon.
