"When I first saw this snake, it was summoned by the ghost of Jabir ibn Hayan. He was the maker of snakes. Maybe he felt that his alchemy 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 Basilik with her own eyes, so the snake it summoned was the same as the wild Basilik.
, without wings. Maybe there are some differences between the two snakes in details, 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 called out had 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 who summoned 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? Therefore, I can't be sure whether the snake you summoned will have wings. But before you summoned Baslik, I deliberately induced you, saying that this Baslik has wings. The result
Sure enough, Basilik grew wings, and they were very huge wings."
Ella touched Basilik'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 had seen a wild Baslik, it was still too difficult for him to believe that the Baslik could 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 felt his mouth was a little dry. When he touched his face, it was covered with sweat.
"Then the next step is another speculation of mine - about why Quetzalcoatl is described like this."
Baslik followed far behind Izcoatl. The distance between the two sides 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. Seven Hills Empire Gods
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 at 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
As I said, 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 it.
Shocked."
Basilik suddenly swayed.
"What's wrong, Dan?"
"I feel 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 talk nonsense to Amy and others. What her country needed now was not such heretical speculation, but a powerful magician.
They chased all the way to the border between Winchester and Southampton, the big forest that had blocked Ella for several days. Izcoatl looked back and saw that the giant snake was still chasing after him from a distance, and he couldn't help but feel sad.
Fear. He plunged into the forest, and then released his magic like crazy. The ground cracked under his magic, and the trees along the way fell in pieces.
"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 have not followed!"
"Did you just find out? 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 into a cold sweat again - it turned out that he had been doing such dangerous things.
"Why didn't you tell me this kind of thing 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. Therefore, there are many things I cannot say to you.
"
So Dan once again realized deeply: Ella has grown to a point he could not imagine.
Izcoatl ran at an alarming 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 became more and more panicked. Seeing that he was about to be forced to the seaside and into a desperate situation, he suddenly saw a ship docked at the port.
boat!
"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 out. He took up the oar and headed towards
Rowing into 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's water quality is. If the ship sinks and he swims back to England, it will be in trouble."
Dan didn't understand: "Then this is?"
"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'?"
