"Come with me. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

The eyes of the chief priest of the Xuanwu Temple changed slightly, and he dropped a sentence, turned around and walked towards the innermost room of the temple branch.

Lance looked around and glanced at the back of the head shaman, expecting him to say something halfway, but at the end he didn't spit out a word, the whole process was like avoiding the passers-by, deliberately pretending to be dumb.

"This is it. ”

The head shaman paused and put his hand on the doorknob.

Lance followed the head priest in, and when he entered, he noticed that the door was depicted with the pattern of the basalt beast god, and when he came over, Lance noticed that the other doors did not have any patterns, only this door had it, which may mean that this room needs a certain qualification to enter.

Closing the door, Lance turned around to find that it was a comfortable study, with two rows of five-story bookshelves facing the doorway, a long glass table with a wall and a white sofa seat on the right side of the bookshelf, a blue nylon carpet was laid out from the open space under the sofa seats, that is, in front of the two rows of bookshelves, and a coffee table and a couch were placed on the left side of the room.

The whole layout looks very warm, as if it is like a study at home, and I feel doubly relaxed after coming here.

Lance had a new understanding of the Temple of the Four Directions, and looked back at the head shaman, who was standing in front of the bookshelf, and at some point took out a wand, and the head shaman raised his wand and recited a spell, and the four walls of the room seemed to move quickly.

Lance couldn't catch it, it felt like it should be a light, and faintly, there were strange magic fluctuations in the air, not like the usual fluctuations of elemental magic, which made Lance wonder if he was wrong.

"What the hell is this?"

"It's a magic of the temple, except to prevent it from being heard by people outside, from now on, every word I say to you will be heard by people in another place, that's all. ”

"By the way, we've met a few times, I don't think I've told you my name yet, but reacquaint, my name is Kozmo, the head shaman of the Xuanwu Temple. ”

"Well, I know your name, have you believed the people who heard our conversation?"

"Of course, there were two people who were originally here to listen to our conversation, and a while ago, one of them died saving his childhood friend, and now there is only one left. ”

Lance felt that when the other party said this, the air around him became a little strange.

“…… I'm sorry. ”

"Why does the famous Mr. Dragon Slayer Knight apologize to a shaman?"

"That's enough, Kozmo. ”

At this moment, the wall quickly swept through something that appeared to be light.

"The voice?"

"Well, Cyrus, I shouldn't dwell on that. ”

"Back to the point, Lance Jepéry, although you can't see me now, I can hear your voice, and you can hear my voice, I'm sure you've already guessed it, I'm the chief knight of the Xuanwu Temple, Cyrus. The head shaman near you may be in some mood, please don't mind. ”

"That's what I ...... about"

"Stop!"

Kozmo placed his wand on the long table next to him, "After all these years, I didn't think I would lose a companion again, yes, I can't help but mind. So, I'm here to remind you, the Sifang Temple intends to cooperate with every Dragon Slayer Knight, but if you hold us back, our Sifang Temple has the authority to take back your Excalibur. ”

"I swear I won't let that happen. ”

This is really a terrible warning, Lance couldn't help but sigh, this is equivalent to exerting an invisible layer of pressure on himself.

None of this is the most important thing, the most important thing at the moment is Danica's matter, Lance made a pact with her, and compared to that agreement, the pressure is insignificant. They agreed to work together, Danica worked hard as the lord of Ridimpa, and Lance worked hard to become a good dragon slayer.

"I'm asking you not only about planning, but also about what kind of shadow mages are. ”

"Shadow mage, I have a rough idea of your intentions, well, now it's time for storytelling. ”

Two hours later, Lance walked out of the temple branch.

The two hours of listening to the story changed Lance's understanding of the current world, what kind of people the shadow mages are, and for this cognition, Lance's heart is as heavy as pressing a boulder.

Lance learns the so-called truth, which is the real darkness.

Walking down the street step by step, the noise of the passers-by next to me sounded like the sound of another world, and it was the first time, the first time I felt so depressed, as if I couldn't even breathe smoothly.

It was the most terrifying reality, and it made ordinary people tremble with fear.

"It's likely that there are shadow mages mixed in there, cloaked in the skin of familiar people, quietly carrying out evil deeds. ”

"Who it is, among the people I know. ”

"This is more cruel and terrible than being betrayed by one's own brother. ”

Creeps.

During the time it was listening to the story, the Thunder Sword was silent and silent, and he probably didn't say anything about it, probably for it. However, in the face of Lance's current situation, leaving it alone will have problems sooner or later, Lance is its owner, and it must say a few words.

"Master, isn't her safety more important than your feelings after listening to those stories? ”

Lance paused, his attention returned to reality, passing by the smiling people, even if they were all strangers who didn't know their names, it was very likely that they would never know each other in the future, but this moment of passing by, Lance understood something new from it.

"Thank you for reminding me. ”

You can't just stop halfway.

It's hard to imagine that a well-born noble kid can become a dragon slayer knight, hear the dark truth, and even get involved in it from now on.

Ten years ago, Lance would never have imagined that he would have such an experience in the future.

"I'll just have to get used to it. ”

In those two hours, Lance heard a lot about the affairs between the Temple of the Four Directions and the Shadow Alliance, how many knights and priests died, and over the past few hundred years, he has heard more than a dozen stories one after another, the horror of the Shadow Mage...... At this moment, Lance has completely understood.

Danica's side can't be delayed, and Lance's task at hand can't be delayed, and if the calculation is correct, he can start from His Highness Norn.

In order to catch the shadow mage hiding in the palace, Lance had no choice but to suspect everyone he knew.

Over the next five days, a large number of Templars entered the palace, and the official theory was that there were defecting knights hiding somewhere in the palace with temple treasures. There will be traitors in the Temple of the Four Directions, this is the first time since the establishment of the Temple, in the eyes of everyone, the Temple of the Four Directions is the most sacred, and there will be people who betray it, and it will never be forgiven.

The atmosphere in the palace was quite tense, and the people were very frightened, and they stiffly looked at the knights of the temple everywhere, and even the maids, who usually liked to spread all kinds of gossip and anecdotes, did not dare to say anything.

"That's what we want. ”

"But what if the other party escapes?"

"How is it possible, there are our knights and priests everywhere, and we can find out as soon as the other party makes a move, where else can we escape?"

The above is the conversation between Lance and the chief shaman who came with many knights and priests.

The original plan was to throw out a bait of important information about a shadow mage to lure the other party to the bait, but after waiting for a few days, the other party never moved, so he changed to another plan halfway, entered the palace with great momentum, and conducted a carpet search on the grounds of looking for a traitor knight, forcing the other party to have nowhere to hide.

"Does this really work?"

Lance was a little worried, more than half of the knights and priests of the Xuanwu Temple had run into the palace, although it took a lot of effort to get the permission of His Majesty the Emperor, but this meant that the number of people in the headquarters of the Xuanwu Temple had been reduced by half, if the Shadow Alliance took this opportunity, wouldn't it be to give the other party a chance?

However, the chief shaman still insisted on this plan.

Lance knew from the stories he heard that the shadow mages were a sinister bunch, not normal guys, a bunch of terrible lunatics who wanted to make the world dark, what if they ran away?

"Today is the third time and he will be able to return to normal after the treatment. ”

The head priest, Kozmo, said suddenly, reminding Lance of the main purpose of coming to the palace today.

The day before yesterday and today, Kozmo had been to the palace every day, the reason was to instruct His Royal Highness Norn in magic classes, and the magic class began with only a considerable number of three people, namely the Grand Prince and Lance and the head shaman Kozmo.

The magic class is just a pretense, but it is actually a treatment for the anomalies in Norn.

Lance remembered the question he had asked the head shaman after listening to a series of stories a few days earlier.

"From what you know about shadow mages, shadow mages are capable of making a person do things that they would never normally do, like turning a person into a deranged madman. I have a very likely suspicion that His Highness Norn must have been in contact with the Shadow Mage. ”

After explaining the matter, it turned out that the head shaman and the chief knight agreed with Lance, which is why the head shaman visited Norn several times.

"The magic potion to unlock this curse potion has been concocted, and His Highness Norn will be able to return to normal after drinking it. ”

The first time I came to visit Norn was to check Norn's physical condition to find a way to cure it, the second time I came to use healing magic on Norn, and the third time was to add a concocted potion and healing magic to unravel the curse on Norn. ”

"I don't know about light magic, chief shaman, after drinking this bottle of potion, will this child really be okay?"

"His Highness Norn's condition is not serious, this is thanks to the blessing given by the previous and previous high priest when he was born, which greatly reduced the impact of the curse on him, and after this treatment, I will give him a new blessing, free from all shadows. ”

"That's good, I let the kid wear that badge necklace all the time, it has been white for so many years, and I suddenly saw it turn black that day...... I didn't expect ......."

Lance looked at Norn, who fell asleep after drinking the potion, so the important badge necklace that the eldest prince pulled out at the beginning was just a lie, this kind of temptation was really speechless, Lance could only smile bitterly in his heart, he really wasted a lot of time, chasing a trinket that was not lost at all and ran around for many days.

"By the way, you're in trouble with Norn, Lance. ”

"No, it doesn't matter. ”

The eldest prince comforted Lance afterwards and made Lance feel a little better.

Next, Kozmo waved his wand and chanted light magic to Norn. The white points of light that had been swung by the wand fell like feathers and landed beside Norn, and when those bright spots of light began to dissipate, Kozmo breathed a sigh of relief and turned to the nearby Grand Prince.

"Alright, the treatment is over, and after that, just wait for His Highness Norn to wake up. I will stay here until he wakes up, and the eldest prince doesn't have to worry, if he still doesn't feel at ease, he can stay here. ”

"How long will it take for him to wake up?"

"It's up to him, it could be tens of minutes, it could be hours. ”

"Yes, thank you. ”

"The Temple of the Four Directions will never leave any innocent person eroded by the shadows alone, this is what I should do. ”

"Since it is a good thing that His Royal Highness has recovered, the air may be dull for so many of us to stay here, the eldest prince, the chief priest, I will go out first, and you can call me if you need anything. ”

"You get busy first, you have to go back to report this, it's really hard for you. ”

After coming out, Lance walked around the nearby courtyard.

“…… I'm so tired, physically and mentally tired. ”

This is the first time I've felt tired? Lance doesn't know how many times.

He stretched out and yawned hard, trying to get all the depressed gas out of his chest and get fresh air, while also soothing his stiff mind.

“…… Then, can we only expect a carpet search by these knights, no, if His Highness Norn wakes up soon, then I can get information about the shadow mage from him. ”

"Is it really her......

After hearing so many stories about the Shadow Mage that day, the first name that came to Lance's mind after coming out of the temple branch had to be the first one to doubt, Neuva Eisen.

"Where are you hiding now?"

Lance said to himself that Noeva was the number one most suspicious person, and he rushed to her home as soon as possible, only to find that the person was no longer there, and no one said that they had not seen her. Even, Lance discovers a major secret, what looks like a noble mansion on the outside, but when you enter, it turns out to be a mage tower.

Lance walks through all the places in the Mage's Tower, discovering cruel torture instruments, potions of unknown use, and ...... There was a lot of blood on the walls, which had already deepened.

It's really hard to imagine that the cousin in the past will be ...... These are the truths, and Lance forced himself to accept them.

******

"Hee-hee......-hee

In a dark and silent area underground, there was a sudden burst of eerie laughter.

"There's footprints, hee-hee-hee-hee-hee, isn't that guy dead?"

Walking around this area, no, not walking, it was a sliding figure, a black creature that slid like a shadow on the ground.

"What an accident, what an accident, hee-he

The sliding shadow creature let out an ugly laugh as it spoke, and suddenly, the sound stopped abruptly.

The surroundings are plunged into an incredible silence.

Reflected on the nearby dim wall, it was in the shape of an arrow inserting into a shadow, and because of this arrow, the shadow-like creature turned into a puddle of liquid.

"Huh, is that you?"

A pair of feet appeared behind the liquid, and a young girl with a lantern stood there, surveying the suspicious puddle of liquid on the ground.

"I thought it was a rat that broke in, why are you here? No, you shouldn't be here, it's your interest to do that body-changing research in the lab, it's disgusting...... You came to this stronghold, I thought everyone had forgotten about these little places. ”

"Hee-hee, really, really...... Heehe!!he

"I'm disgusting, I don't want to hear your laughter!! hurry up and explain, why are you here!!"

"I hate your arrows, get rid of them, I don't want to be here at all. I can't wait to get out of here, by the way, I can consider sending you a message, you don't know yet, he ”

"As I said, I hate your laughter. ”

The girl took out another arrow from her back.

"From now on, I'm not going to laugh, hee...... No, I'll take it all in, and get rid of the arrows, and in that case I'll slip away as soon as possible, and not get in the way of your ears. ”

“…… Okay, let's get out of here. ”

"I'm free! It's uncomfortable to be stuck with your arrow, if it weren't for the current state, you would never be my opponent. ”

"Disgusting guy, get out of here!"

"Before you get out, I'll send you big news! The Shadow Alliance has completely disbanded!