Chapter 599

A group of flying horses went out of the city to the northwest.

In the middle of the night, I came to the tulip garden in Brokeback Mountain.

Dewey met Chris in another yard. This guy, who recently became the head of a griffin breeder here, seemed to be addicted, but he began to murmur.

When he came to see Chris this time, Dewey didn't talk nonsense. He said straightforwardly, "I'm going to the front line to fight criminals."

"Well, I know." Chris is holding a small Griffin in his hand. After all, it is the body of an attached Golden Dragon. Although it has become human, it has a hidden dragon power. Although Griffin is fierce, it is held by Chris under the suppression of this dragon power, but it does not dare to struggle and looks afraid.

The old guy was holding the Griffin, but he looked lazy, which was similar to those lazy men in the imperial capital who were basking in the sun with cats and dogs. Dewey was a little dissatisfied and frowned, "I'm going to take a team of Griffin knights to the front line."

"Oh, take it." Chris was just a little more serious: "now that he has finished his training, I can make up a hundred for you."

But after saying this, the light in the old guy's eyes dimmed, and he continued to "nap" with his pet in his arms.

"Chris." Du Wei sighed: "I run to save you from the cage, but I don't want you to stay here for the elderly! I need your help! I need strength! I'm going to the front line. I'm not afraid of accusations... But what if I meet their gods? You said, God can't give me, the devil can. But you've been here since you came out with me... "

That's all. Looking at Chris's indifference, Dewey was a little annoyed: "the power you promised me! And the magic treasure... I need those things! "

"I'll give it to you." Chris raised his eyelids. "It's not the time."

"It's been months." Du Wei dissatisfied: "how to calculate the time?"

Chris laughs. The old man's body now belongs to Prince three of the dragon. It turns into a human figure, but it's still handsome. But Chris always has an evil look in his eyes: "are you worried, Dewey?"

"Nonsense. I'm going to go to the front and fight with the criminals. " Dewey shook his head: "I don't believe in goddess. Since she doesn't show up, I always have to do something... After all, I'm human."

"I'm a fugitive." Chris sighed, "I can't go to the front with you. I guess the goddess doesn't know that I escaped now, otherwise, I can't sit here so safely, she would have taken me back long ago. So, I can't show up to help you fight openly. That's one of them. "

Chris pondered for a moment: "second... The place left by his majesty. You can't go if you want to. Although I know how to get there, what I can tell you is that there are some gateways in that place, only at special times and under special conditions. Where will the door open! Hum, if it's not so complicated, how can it last ten thousand years! "

"Special time, special conditions?"

Chris smiles. He raised his head and pointed to the top of his finger, with a faint tone: "when the sun is annihilated by darkness."

Dewey left the other yard and, on the way, thought back to Chris.

When is the sun buried in darkness?

Is it night?

No, the old man said special times. It happens every night. It's not special.

So

Dewey's eyes brightened: "total solar eclipse!"

Then his heart immediately cooled down!

son of a gun! Total solar eclipse!!

God knows when the world's total solar eclipse will appear! What if it only appears once in a few decades! Then I have to wait?!!

Think of here, Du Wei rode on the horse, can't help shivering. If you have to wait for decades, the cauliflower will be cold!

His old Chris is an immortal creature with almost unlimited life, and his soul can be transferred repeatedly. Not to mention decades, even hundreds of years, it can wait!

But... I can't afford to wait.

Dewey couldn't help but raise the whip and draw hard, urging the horse to speed up all the way. Back to the imperial capital.

That night. Dewey didn't even dare to delay for a moment, so he immediately took someone with him. In the middle of the night, he ran and knocked on the gate of the imperial "planetarium".

The planetarium of the Roland empire is a national astronomical institution. Of course, in the Roland Empire, this kind of planetarium was not really an astronomical observatory, let alone NASA of the United States

This place is more of an astrologer's department.

People in this world believe in astrology, and even more believe that astrology can see the will of heaven or gods from the stars in the sky. Even in the Imperial Palace, the position of court astrologer has been maintained all the year round. Every national event, such as national day, memorial day, will use the court astrologer to observe the stars, some divination.

He is now the director of the astrology Museum and the chief astrologer of the palace.

Objectively speaking, although this kind of place has nothing to do with the real "astronomy", it is a real God stick institution with strong feudal superstition, even more than the church. But historically, there have been several remarkable figures in the imperial astrology Museum.

Among them, duvidina was a great great grandmother, Semel. In the past, he once served as the curator of the imperial astrology Museum for a short time. This position is very honorable.

To be a curator is almost to show that you are recognized as the first astrologer in mainland China.

There are many astrologers in the planetarium. They are also responsible for all kinds of divination for those aristocratic families in the Empire. They are indispensable in daily affairs such as weddings and funerals.

Although there is not much power among the local people, there is no doubt that they have a prominent position. Many nobles also respect the people in the planetarium.

But in the middle of the night. No matter how many, Du Wei sent a team of cavalry to knock on the door. At last, if someone didn't come out to open the door, he was afraid that the cavalry from the northwest would smash the door.

Dewey himself, too, had the title of court astrologer, which he almost forgot himself. Anyway, there are too many titles on his head: magician, imperial Duke, imperial general, former military minister in Northwest China. Member of imperial magic society, Dean of imperial Magic Academy, Dean of Imperial military academy, court magician, court scholar

Too many titles, too many titles to remember. But today, the title of court astrologer is of great use to him.

Because the planetarium has a special rule. Moreover, it was clearly stipulated in the imperial law: no outsider is allowed to enter the astrologer to consult the information!

Because there are a lot of secrets in the planetarium, all of which are related to national affairs over the years. The results of astrologers' divination are good and bad.

Although this so-called divination, in Dewey's view, most of them are deceptive tricks. But after all, people in this world believe in these things, and once there are adverse results of state affairs in divination, the Empire will keep these results secretly in order to maintain the stability of the people.

Therefore, it is not easy for anyone to enter the astrological museum to consult the information.

Fortunately, Dewey has a title of court astrologer on his head, and he is not under the ban.

Wake up in the middle of the night. Seeing a group of fierce cavalry rushing in, most of the astrologers in the astrology museum are weak. Where have you seen this? Two of them were stunned on the spot. Du Wei didn't talk nonsense. He directly showed his identity and said that he wanted to borrow some information from the astrology Museum.

The director of the planetarium rushed out to face the imperial red man, although he was the chief astrologer of the court. I dare not put on airs. The Duke is one of his own. He is also an astrologer. The curator still wanted to make friends with him, but Dewey didn't want to talk with him. He went into the archives of the library and searched for the ancient materials covered by dust for midnight. Finally, he found what he needed!

Solar eclipse!

Then Mingren lit the lamp, and Dewey sat on the dusty warehouse floor, covering his nose and frowning.

Eclipse... Eclipse

Du Wei spent the whole night, and when it was almost dawn, he finally found what he was looking for

Although astrologers in this world are purely superstitious divination activities, at least they have recorded some strange phenomena. Eclipses of the sun and the moon are naturally included.

When Dewey found a line on a ragged parchment, his heart immediately cooled.

"In the summer of 742, in the afternoon, the sky was invaded by darkness... The sky was full of light, and the day was like night..."

Fortunately, Dewey is very proficient in the ancient grammar of Loran characters, and it is not too difficult to read these ancient records.

But... The most recent total solar eclipse happened 200 years ago... When is the next time?!

Continue to search... Finally, found the content that let Du Wei breathe a sigh of relief.

There are several records of solar eclipses in the planetarium. The earliest record of total eclipses is more than 800 years ago. Dewey simply calculated that the time of total eclipses in this world is not very accurate. Generally speaking, it should occur once in more than 200 years. Of course, we can't rule out the loss, damage or omission of some records.

In this way, the last total solar eclipse was more than 200 years ago, so the next one should not be too far away.

If you're lucky, it may be in the near future. If you're not lucky, you'll have to wait more than ten years.

This is a mixed result.

When he got the result, Dewey went over it carefully again. After making sure there was no omission, he stood up. The air in the warehouse was really bad. The air was full of the smell of rotten dust.

Just as Dewey was browsing through the storeroom, his cavalry guards were guarding the door, and no one was allowed to enter and disturb him. Those astrologers who were woken up in the middle of the night, including the curator, had to wait outside. Just as Dewey patted the dust on his body and was about to leave, he turned around and saw a strange symbol on an iron frame in the innermost corner of the warehouse... Dewey just glanced at it casually, but when he saw that symbol, he felt a move in his heart. Subconsciously walked in the past, the iron shelf, placed is a row of boxes full of dust, the box is naturally added saltpeter antiseptic parchment information. But in the corner of this shelf, a black box looks very strange: the color is dark but not bright, but with a kind of faint luster. At a glance, it is impossible to distinguish whether the box is wood or iron. Half of the mark on it was covered by dust, and Dewey gently put out his hand to wipe it, which showed his original appearance. Dewey's expression was shocked, because he recognized the mark! Finger touch up, seven protruding such as stars general pattern, cleverly formed a spoon like general outline. Big Dipper!? Dewey carefully took the box down and weighed it twice in his hand. The weight was heavy. The opening of the box was a pull ring, and Dewey pulled it subconsciously. There was a double click, and it seemed that there was a sound of rotation. Yi? Is it mechanical? But then, suddenly, two small holes appeared in the opening of the box. Whew, two dark lights shot out of the box and ran to Dewey's face! Du Wei's eyes flashed. He put his finger in front of him and fluttered twice. He stretched out his hand to look at it. Between his fingers were two crossbows as long as a cigarette! The body of the arrow is black and iron, but I don't know what kind of paint has been applied, and there is no trace of rust. On the top of the arrow, with a faint blue light, Dewey moved in his heart, sniffed it, and immediately recognized that it was a highly toxic magic potion. His curiosity was hooked up!