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An ordinary five-story house in the northwest corner of St. Yale's neighborhood, the entire house has been bought. There were people in black robes coming in and out. If you look closely, these people are extremely fast, as if they are flying at low altitudes. On the top floor of the house was a spacious room, where a dignified old man was sitting at a table holding a stack of documents and reading them.

Unlike the others, this man was not dressed in black, but in a wide robe with red trim and gold trim. His name is Tacit Harris, one of the three cardinals of the Stormwind Church, and the most powerful one, and the information he is looking through is all the information collected by St. Yale and its environs, which is the result of the Stormwind Church's mobilization of all available eyes, ears, and spies.

From time to time, he writes comments on the occasion, or asks for attention to be observed on someone, or asks for focused monitoring on someone. There are many talents in the Storm Church, and there is no need for Tacit to do this kind of thing in person, but this matter is too widely implicated, and the Storm God Cillesson has sent an oracle asking to do his best to find Wendy, and Tacit has to do it himself.

In addition to Tacit, the other two cardinals also gathered information and sought targets in two other towns, namely the Alchemy Guild's Montbere and the Sea Church's Mwanza, which were almost equilateral triangles that surrounded the mountainous area at the time of the fall of the Stormstorm Pope. These three cities are the most likely places for Wendy to hide, and other important towns and outlying areas are searched by other archbishops and bishops.

Unfazed by the need to deal with complex matters, this patience was one of the reasons why he was able to become a cardinal, and he flipped through the latest document, as if he had seen something interesting, and read it to himself, "I found that a player of unknown origin named Roberts who signed up for the Alchemy Grand Prix had no resemblance to the goal of recourse except for his name. It has been verified that this person is a master-level enchanter in the Dakko team, and his qi magic level is a magician or a magician. Since he didn't make a move, the specific level could not be determined, and he was wearing a cloak and his appearance could not be seen. Two meters tall, suspected of camouflage. ”

The Storm Church naturally has shadows in a big force like the Alchemy Guild, and as soon as the six members of Team Dakko signed up for the competition, their identity information was immediately sent to the stronghold of the Storm Church. In the process of registration, the contract compares the applicant's mental power with the previous applicants, and it is easy to confirm the identity information of the applicant. And although Wendy participated in the last Alchemy Grand Prix, after she plundered half of the soul of the storm god, her soul has changed, and even her spiritual power is different from before. Naturally, the Storm Church has also taken this into account, so the range of targets that need to be found has expanded a lot.

"Although there are a lot of hidden heads and tails in the Alchemy Grand Prix, there are so many conditions that match, but they can be listed as targets to check carefully. But it's also strange to say, if this Roberts is really Wendy, then he should take the initiative to avoid it after seeing us coming, why would he take the initiative to jump out to participate in the Alchemy Grand Prix? And use his own surname?" Tacit asked and answered himself like this, this is a habit of his, talking to himself and sorting out his own thoughts, "If she is really Wendy, I'm afraid she knows that she can't hide from the eyes and ears of the church, and wants to rely on the protection of the Alchemy Guild to prevent us from arresting." "It's just that she left the church a little earlier, and she didn't know about it...... The Alchemy Guild?hehe, it's going to be difficult to protect itself soon. ”

Only then did Tacit annotate on the stack of materials, "This Roberts, number 96, is temporarily listed in Class B, let's check the specific details first, and everything will be done according to the plan." ”

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The rising sun shines through the hanging foliage outside, shining a bright light in the tree fort. Darko rolled over on the bed and rubbed his eyes before slowly opening them and sitting up. He wiped his face with a shrunken version of the Ice Cage, and after a little time to adjust to the optimum condition, he walked out of the room full of energy, a habit he had formed during the year-long pursuit of the Mercury plane, which would ensure that he would soon move from rest to escape. They had just registered at the Alchemy Guild the day before, and there was only one month left before the Alchemy Grand Prix began, and they were ready to plunge into the practice of their professional skills in the rest of the day.

Going down to the living room, Darko saw Kevin doing something with his back to him. Darko was about to say hello but realized that Kevin was manipulating the flame to cast jewelry, so instead of saying hello loudly, he quietly came to the side and watched the process of casting jewelry.

At this time, Kevin's right hand palm was upward, and there was a small mass of magic metal melted into it that was slowly changing shape, and he fine-tuned the fluidity of this mass of metal by adjusting the intensity of the flame, and from time to time pinched a little powder and sprinkled it into the metal ball, as if he was sprinkling black pepper on the steak. Casting swords can easily break if they are made of pure iron, so a small amount of other metals need to be added, while jewelry does not need to be hit hard, so fewer other metals need to be added, and Kevin is sprinkled with some trace metal elements.

When the trace metal elements were completely evenly distributed, the metal mass also turned into a thick ring at the top and thin at the bottom under Kevin's precise control, the flame in his right hand had completely disappeared, and the manufacture of jewelry entered the final stage. Then the fingers of his left hand moved rapidly, and the fingertips ran across the surface of the metal ring, where he was either bulging or hollowing, combining into complex lines that eventually extended to the thicker end of the metal ring. This is the final and most important step in the manufacture of the jewelry, which needs to be completed in the process of its gradual cooling, if the action is not fast enough, then the jewelry will be finalized before the formation is completed. Kevin's movements weren't very fast, but there was a strange rhythm to them, as if every second was in his plan, and finally, just before the jewelry cooled completely, Kevin set a dark brown crystal nucleus on it.

The lines on the entire ring had already been hidden inside the ring during the solidification process, but at this time, a little light radiated from the crystal nucleus and circulated on the surface of the ring, and its path was along the pattern outlined by Kevin before, and these rays of light circulated around and finally returned to the crystal nucleus. This is similar to the process of self-checking the magic scroll, this loop of self-checking can also be seen in jewelry and enchantments, and those points of light successfully complete the cycle of a week to complete the self-check, indicating the birth of a new magic system. If there is a flaw, the magic light will gather in the gap, forming a situation of magic output.

Kevin's ring was naturally very successful, and Darko said, "It looks like a very high-end ring, Kevin, you have made another amazing piece of equipment." ”

"It's not even close. Kevin looked at the ring and casually threw it to Darko, "This is a protective ring, and on it is the crystal nucleus of the seventh-order demonic beast Iron Armor Rhinoceros. Well, let's call it the Rhino Ring. ”

"Seventh Order!" Darko subconsciously took the ring, and then exclaimed, he clearly remembered that the human-faced demon spider that he and Kevin had only killed with the combined efforts of the sixth-order, but he didn't expect Kevin to have killed the seventh-order demonic beast.

Kevin shrugged, "I'm lucky, half a year ago, I happened to meet an ironclad rhinoceros that was injured while fighting for territory with the three-armed demon ape, so I used some means to kill it. ”

Kevin said it lightly, but Darko knew that the process might not be easy, "Don't you need it yourself? ”

"This ring is capable of actively defending against external attacks, and trust me, it must be more effective than your magic scroll. Kevin was dismissive of Darko's magic scroll, "The seventh-order crystal nucleus is relatively rare, only when you reach this level can you maintain your defense sense uninterruptedly, as long as there is an object or magic approaching quickly, the iron armor defense will be activated." It is equivalent to level seven defense, which means that it takes level eight magic to exceed its defense limit, and as long as its mana is not depleted, you are not in danger. Kevin said and sighed, as if he was very reluctant to give up on the seventh-order crystal nucleus, "It's a pity that there is no mosaic master to assist me, if the mosaic master embeds the crystal nucleus, I can further improve the defense and magic stock." ”

Darko looked at the ring in his hand, still a little overwhelmed, "Why do you suddenly want to give me a ring? It's not my birthday." ”

"It seems that you are still so poor that you are not even a potential employer. Kevin casually took out a piece of parchment from the space ring and threw it to Darko, "This is the latest issue of the life book, you see who the 930th place is." ”

"Destiny spectrum, destiny spectrum!" Darko took the destiny spectrum and first looked at it from the top, sure enough, he did not find the name of Storm Pope Edward Harris, Darko's heart tumbled in turmoil, although the Storm Pope was killed half a month ago, but not many people know about it, and now removing his name from the life spectrum is equivalent to making the news of his killing public, which will inevitably cause an uproar among the major forces, and maybe it will also break the balance between the major forces.

Kevin saw Darko's face pale, patted him on the shoulder and said, "After all, you are also a big man ranked 930, maybe some people will think that your ranking has risen too fast and will not be convinced and want to challenge you, you should pay attention to your own safety." ”

"That's right, Costner was right. Wendy appeared at the staircase at some point, still using that mechanical hoarse blast bomb in the Tree Castle, as if she wanted to develop such a habit just in case, "There have been many cases in the past where people have been targeted because they have risen too quickly in the life spectrum ranking. ”

When Darko saw Wendy come out, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Hey, that's not the point!

Wendy flew down the stairs, she also held a life book in her hand, and casually placed it on the tree stump beside her, "Yes, at the beginning, in order not to be discovered by outsiders, the news of Edward's death has been secretly and secretly looking for me, but now that this news has been leaked, in order to prevent other forces from reacting, the Stormwind Church will inevitably step up the search and return the soul I stole to Cillesson as soon as possible, so as to prevent it from being divided by other churches." ”

The gods are based on faith, and the missionary qualifications of the diocese are the most valued by the major churches, and the proportion of the population of the diocese is now almost equal to the ratio of the power of the Church of the Gods, which is the result of thousands of years of coordinated tug-of-war. And the death of the Storm Pope clearly tells everyone that the power of the Storm Church has been lowered by a notch, and if someone is interested in investigating the cause of his death, it will be easy to know about Wendy, then the matter of the Storm God Cillessen's stolen soul may also be leaked, which will undoubtedly further reduce the power of the Storm Church and make those surrounding forces who are ready to move more motivated.

Darko was silent for a while, looked at the rhinoceros ring in his hand, turned his head and asked Kevin, "Wendy actually needs this ring more, in fact, it should be used for her first." ”

Kevin said noncommittally, "Do you think the danger she faces can be solved with a rhinoceros ring?"

Darko was stunned for a moment, and Wendy had already taken over, "Indeed, I need to deal with the archbishop or even the cardinal of the Stormwind Church, and that level of a person is not something that a small ring can handle." On the other hand, for you, the ones who may challenge you should be not much different from your level, and with the help of this ring, your battle will be easier. Only by defeating the challenger quickly can you stand out. ”

Darko nodded, and silently put the dim rhinoceros ring on the middle finger of his left hand, and the space ring on the index finger next to him was the space ring of Youlan, and the color and nature of the two did not conflict with each other.

Otto came out of the room silently, sat down on a wicker chair in the living room, was surprised to see the life book on the stump, and took it to look at it. Several people were accustomed to Otto's reticence, and continued to discuss the previous question, Kevin said, "This is not necessarily a bad thing for Darko, but he needs to fight a variety of opponents to make a breakthrough in his inscription technology." ”

Darko asked curiously, "What does the inscription have to do with the engraving being copied by the inscription and the battle?"

"The understanding of the auxiliary profession needs to be exercised in the war, and the understanding of combat can create better auxiliary technology. Wendy answered the question for Kevin, "There's a saying that an enchanter who hasn't been on the battlefield is not a real enchanter. In the same way, an inscription master who has never been on the battlefield is not a real inscriptionist. Because only by going to the battlefield can you know what kind of glyph is more suitable for what kind of battle, and conversely, only when you know what kind of killing technique is more efficient, can you make glyphs that play that skill. ”

"If you want to create a more powerful glyph, you have to know how to kill people more effectively. Kevin wrapped his arms around and concluded with a final sentence.

Darko listened to Wendy's words, frowned and fell into deep thought, although he chased and escaped with VitB12 in the Mercury plane for a year, but more in escape, early warning, counter-killing, defense, ambush and other gains, there is not much time to really fight, not to mention that it is only a battle with VitB12 alone.

"Ahh

"I'm amazed that you've ever received a life book. Kevin replied lukewarmly.

Phyllis clenched her fists, "What did you say?"

"You can't keep leftovers in the kennel, how did you save up the money during the time you received the life book?" Kevin asked rhetorically.

"Ahh Phyllis looked at the roof and suddenly shouted at Kevin, "What do you mean you can't keep leftovers in the kennel?"

At this moment, Liya also came down from the stairs upstairs with a solemn face, and she also held a life book in her hand, "It seems that you have all received a new life book, so let's prepare to build a defense system." ”

"The defense system, it looks like it's powerful!" Phyllis immediately became excited.

Leah pointed to the ground and said, "That's right, it's the defense system, and the tree fort itself has a certain defensive effect, but we just thought about living in it at the beginning, and we didn't think about this floor, so we bought the tree fort with the largest space, not the war-type tree fort." If you want to defend yourself against other people's attacks, you need to make some more arrangements. ”

Darko said suspiciously, "Even if we set up a lot of defensive magic arrays here, if the cardinal of the Stormwind Church comes, I'm afraid it will be difficult to prevent it." ”

Kevin explained, "Don't worry about this, after all, this is St. Yale, the territory of the Alchemy Guild, and other churches will not be allowed to come to the city." ”

Leah nodded, "All we need to do is to block the possible attack of the Storm Church for a short time in case Wendy is exposed, and guard the city defense forces of the Alchemy Guild." ”

Darko thought for a moment and said, "I've seen a super-large magic circle in the Mercury plane, and I can arrange a shrunken version of it in the clearing around the tree castle. ”

Kevin also said, "I can make some alchemy machine gadgets and set some traps around." ”

"What are you waiting for, we'll set it up today. ”

Several people immediately split up and got busy, leaving Wendy alone in place, and after a long time, she sighed faintly, "Thank you." ”