"When I first saw this snake, it was summoned by the ghost of Jabir ibn Hayan. He was the maker of snakes. Perhaps he felt that his alchemical skills were not worthy of giving snakes wings. , so the snake has no wings."
Ella explained her thoughts on the snake's back.
"The second person to summon this snake was Mellie. She knew nothing about alchemy, but she lived in Britain and had seen the wild Baslik with her own eyes, so the snake it summoned was the same as the wild Baslik. , without wings. Maybe there are some differences in details between the two snakes, but overall I can't see any difference from the snake summoned by Jabir."
"The third person who summoned the snake was Paracelsus. She was an alchemist and had read the descriptions of Basilico. In those descriptions, the perfect Basilico had wings. At the same time , she lived near the Mediterranean Sea and had never seen a wild Baslik. Therefore, the Baslik she summoned took on a pair of small wings. Small wings, not big - to her, those in history All the alchemists in the world are just guys in vain, and she has no respect for them."
"And the fourth person to summon the snake is you, Dan."
Speaking of this, Ella's tone became serious.
"You have seen the wild Basiliq with your own eyes, but at the same time, you also respect Jabir Ibn Hayan very much. In your understanding, Jabir created the Philosopher's Stone, but this technology It's lost, right? So I can't be sure whether the snake you summoned will have wings. But before you summoned Basilik, I deliberately induced you, saying that this Basilik has wings. As a result Sure enough, Baslik grew wings, and they were very huge wings."
Ella touched Baslik's green-dyed wings. The wings were so strong and the feathers were so soft. Even if it was said that it could fly in the sky, Ella would not be surprised at all.
However, for Dan, who has seen wild Baslik, it is still too difficult for him to firmly believe that Baslik can fly.
"Jabir, Archimedes, Aristotle, everyone's explanation of magic is different. But I have roughly figured out some things - precisely because of their differences, they are legends rather than history. Magic not technology.”
For some reason, Dan's mouth felt a little dry. When I touched my face, it was covered in sweat.
"And then there's my speculation about why Quetzalcoatl is described the way he is."
Baslik followed at a distance behind Izcoatl. The distance between the two parties seemed to be constantly lengthening, but Ella didn't seem to care and kept talking about her inner speculation:
"People always want to portray gods as the most noble, so they add all kinds of noble things to the image of gods. And these noble things are not created out of thin air, but come from their own lives. The Gods of the Seven Hills Empire You can often see them wearing togas in their statues and paintings. If I want to imagine their costumes, it is nothing more than this. Gods always have to wear something, and they cannot wear the clothes of slaves and civilians when they work. And the reason why Quetzalcoatl is It is depicted as being covered with green bird feathers, probably because of this - green quetzal bird feathers are precious in Aztlan, but if this is the case, then gold is also equivalent. Bjorn and I I have said that in Aztlan, gold is as precious as bird feathers."
"The Aztlan people don't know Quetzalcoatl as well as we think, not to mention that this god has been 'leaving eastward' for a long time. They can't tell the real thing from the fake, they can only tell whether it is noble. Gold is noble enough. , as for the green bird feathers, it is enough to reflect them a little on the wings. To be honest, we have to thank Ravi. If she hadn't painted the snake scales gold overnight, Izcoatl might not have Shocked."
Basilik suddenly shook.
"What's wrong? Dan?"
"It feels like my magic power has weakened a bit." Dan's face turned pale. "Your words are a bit too shocking."
Ella sighed. It was precisely because she was worried about this kind of thing that she couldn't just say these words to Amy and others. What her country needs now is not such heretical speculation, but a powerful magician.
They pursued her all the way to the border between Winchester and Southampton, the great forest that had held Ella back for days. Izcoatl looked back and saw that the giant snake was still chasing him from a distance, and he couldn't help but feel fear. He plunged into the forest and unleashed his magic like crazy. The earth cracked under his magic, and trees fell in patches along the way.
"Why does he still retain so much magic power?" Dan turned around in fear, and then shouted even more frightenedly, "King of Sweden, we are the only ones left, and your soldiers did not follow!"
"Did you just realize that? They weren't following in the first place - that's why I allowed you to follow them from such a distance. If Izcoatl is pushed into a hurry and he turns around, we will all be dead. "
Dan broke out in a cold sweat again - it turned out that he had been doing such dangerous things.
"Why didn't you tell me this earlier?"
"I told you, do you still dare to pursue me?" Ella replied calmly, "You have realized it just now, right? The more you know about some things, the better, so there are a lot of things I can't say to you. "
Dan once again realized that Ella had grown beyond his imagination.
Izcoatl ran at an astonishing speed and quickly passed through the large forest. Ella followed slowly, through the town, through the countryside, and all the way to the port of Southampton.
"Wait a minute! Where is the trap?" Dan couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you say there is one last trap? Where is it?"
"It's right in front." Ella said, "Keep chasing and close the distance."
As Izcoatl ran, he looked back and saw that the big snake was getting closer and closer, and he felt more and more panicked. Seeing that he was about to be forced to the beach and into a desperate situation, he suddenly saw a small boat docked at the port!
"There's a boat over there!" Dan also saw it and shouted, "He's going to escape on the boat!"
But Izcoatl had already arrived on the boat. He looked back and found that the snake was still far away. But he was so frightened that he didn't even dare to speak loudly. He picked up the oar and rowed towards the depths of the sea!
Dan turned his head and looked at Ella's face from the side, and found that Ella was still calm and composed, and he already had a general idea in his mind.
"Is this ship a trap?"
"yes."
"Will the boat leak?"
"No. I don't know how Izcoatl is in water. If the ship sinks and he swims back to England, he'll be in trouble."
Dan didn't understand: "What is this?"
"Across the sea is the Alemannic Federation. There are powerful magicians there that you can't imagine." Ella said, "Have you ever heard of the idiom, 'killing with a borrowed knife'?"
(End of chapter)
