After explaining, Marcus left with a dark look on his face. He also greeted Titus and walked in the other direction of the forest, where the temple was. Shangluo remembered that if they followed the original arrangement, they should actually teleport directly from the temple. It was just because the other Jinyiwei couldn't carry out phlogiston sneaking and couldn't dive at all, so they came here by plane.
Marcus and Shangluo also went out of the normal way at the beginning - it seems that sneaking is not a wonderful experience for them. But after knowing that the Dragon Tooth Soldier ran away, he could only rush back to the Oracle to report.
"By the way, why did he go back to the Oracle? Shouldn't he go back to Constantinople or Rome?" Shangluo asked Titus.
"Because it is the Oracle that manages the inner guards." Titus replied, "All the inner guards are under the management of the Oracle and also receive training at the Oracle. So I told you before that the apprentices come from Tel He set out to participate in the Golden Bough Ceremony. The oracle is at Delphi."
"So it turns out that the Oracle is actually very high-ranking?"
【It's very high~as high as the ceiling. 】 Apollonia’s voice rose.
Titus thought for a while before answering: "The Roman Empire was actually composed of three empires - the Latin Empire in Italy, the Greek Empire in Achaia, and the Egyptian Empire. So six Roman They are also divided into priorities, just like they were divided into priorities when the Four Emperors ruled together in the past. Specifically, they are the [Oracle] in Delphi, the [Muse Palace] in Alexander, and the ones that were originally in Rome and moved to The [Senate] of Constantinople. Therefore, the Oracle is an equal institution to the Senate. We are not actually responsible for the Senate or the Muses. We only obey the orders of the Oracle."
Shangluo immediately asked Apollonia: "So can you give orders to the internal guards? That would be very convenient."
[Oh, just ask him yourself. 】
Shangluo asked Titus directly.
"It's an interesting question. Do you want to say that if the gods gave direct orders, would we obey them? To put it simply, no. Since ancient times, the spiritual leader of the Greek world has been the Pythian high priest of the oracle. She sits On a high three-legged stool, the stool spanned a ley line of energy. She relied on the ley lines to achieve a state of ecstasy, and her words represented the divine will of Apollo."
The more Shangluo listened, the more familiar it seemed. Apollonia seemed to have asked him to do similar things. He remembered that when he was in Las Vegas, Apollonia passed the formula to him in an awkward way like "Pen Fairy". Compared with inhaling natural gas, Bixian is still normal, but the principle is the same. They all perform miracles when the user is in a "crazed" state, which is common in both East and West.
For example, the word "ban" is a pictographic character. Taboo, good or bad taboo. Its original meaning is a wine table on which sacrificial wine is placed, and the two "woods" on it represent wine vessels. In ancient times, the ecstasy of wine was used to express divine will, because "wine can channel the spirit." Later it was extended to power.
"But if you can get the oracle directly from the Pythia, why do you say you don't obey the gods' orders?"
"Because the infinity of divine will cannot be directly understood by the limited human consciousness. From the perspective of information theory, divine will often does not contain useful information because it does not eliminate any uncertainty. For example, there is a famous prophecy: Lu The Kingdom of Dia was about to go to war with the Persian Empire, and the King of Lydia came to ask the oracle. Pythia replied: "A great empire will be destroyed. Then Lydia fought out, and Lydia was destroyed. "
"This is meaningless. If anyone dies, it can be said that 'an empire' has been destroyed."
"There is something even more outrageous. Or Persia. In 306 BC, Athens went to ask how to resist the Persian army. Pythia replied: wooden wall! wooden wall! wooden wall! The Athenians were confused. What is a wooden wall? What is a wooden wall? ? Then they fought step by step, and the result was the decisive destruction of the Persian expeditionary fleet in the Battle of Salamis. The wooden wall means that the warships of the Athenian navy in this battle will be as closely connected as a wooden wall."
"What's the point? Then if I build a wooden wall on land, I'll win. It's also a wooden wall."
"Tsk, so that's why Pythia's words do not contain information. Because they are often meaningless gibberish. It depends on how people interpret it - how to interpret it is not a metaphysical issue, but a political issue. So in Beside Pythia, there will be a priest in black standing, who will understand the profound and mysterious language of Apollo. And the priest in black is our general, the commander-in-chief of all Roman internal guards. He is also responsible for analyzing A person who speaks from the oracle, any oracle must be interpreted and promulgated by him before it can be considered an oracle. The actions of the Roman inner guard are also based on the oracle, and they will not be dispatched without the oracle."
“I remember that my ex was given away by a big truck”
"Alas" Titus shook his head repeatedly, "I'm wondering why he has read countless history books and witnessed oracles that reveal the future, but he can't even calculate that he is going to be killed by a truck. It's also possible It’s probably because the oracle has become extremely confusing now.”
[Nonsense, I’ll give you a little black bean. I can still predict whether he will be killed by a truck. But that nasty guy deserved it for not trusting me after the Akashic records became cloudy. 】
"Sometimes I also wonder if the oracle is just toilet paper as others say. You can pull it as much as you want. Maybe Helios is the real god. After all, his contract really exists."
【Big black beans! Big black beans! All the red flowers are shining! Deduct all! 】
Shangluo could hear the sound of smashing the keyboard, and Apollonia was very angry. He quickly came out to smooth things over. After all, Titus was a pretty good person. It would be bad if he lost his job because of this matter. It's not a good thing to make Apollonia angry.
"Ah, what, what about Karin?"
"Karin. They actually discussed it and came up with the result. But they didn't tell me. They planned to tell you personally."
Karin, holding the sword, leaned against the tree tiredly. There are several scars on her arms, which were left by the King of the Forest at that time. Originally she did not need to be injured, but her anger drove her to charge forward and suppress the Forest King immediately. And after the Wild Hunt army rushed out, they were still dealing with the Forest King. Without their hard work, they might not have been the only ones injured this time.
Karin - Karin at home was kneeling on the grass nearby, making a bandage from her own skirt and bandaging her. He didn't even notice Shangluo standing behind him.
Shangluo knew that Karin, who was holding the sword, was a spirit body and bandaging was useless. In fact, there was no need for bandaging. She didn't seem to mind though, just looking down.
(End of chapter)
