Chapter 18: The Mask Under the Throne
"Playing cards, as always, I'm afraid that the world will not be chaotic. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" The old priest smiled bitterly and took a few steps back, and in front of him was the holy word of the technique that could not be saved in the face of collapse.
Even if the masked man and his strength are in the person of the sage, it is already very difficult for a person to maintain such a large forbidden spell as the Space-Time Law, let alone having a person of the same level exert influence from the "past".
"That person ......" Yi Xuan was worried about the old priest's injuries while marveling at the strength of that person.
In the haze, at the moment when the realm development finally shattered, Yi Xuan saw the man's sharp gaze.
-- That's enough to pass through the rules.
Several local officials helped the old priest up, and in fact, this was the most help they could.
The elders of the Red Moon Council have made it clear that they are neutral, and although it is really detrimental to the council to let others hunt for such grievances, since this place has been chosen as a battlefield by so many big people or unknown beings, the protection of the city-state itself has become their only priority, and no matter which side they favor, they will suffer.
"Should I say that he really deserves to be a servant of the throne, this damn noble crown......" George didn't seem to be hit too badly, maybe the existence that launched the attack was simply trying to prevent the execution of the spell.
The vast majority of the old priest's damage actually came from the backlash of the forbidden spell - and the cost of this backlash, no matter how great, would not outweigh the consequences of the completion of the spell.
In a sense, the masked man seems to have done a good thing.
"Noble......" Yi Xuan was a little puzzled.
"Hmm...... is a ...... Earl. Lifa interjected.
"That guy is a true nobleman who has been enthroned by the royal power that bears the name of Bacharles, one of the only forty-nine thrones that exists in the world." Harut's eyes flashed with solemnity and disappointment.
It seems to be resentful that people were not rescued.
"So, that guy is the one who slaughtered civilians?" Yi Xuan asked.
"He?! He was a madman, a pure gambler, but he couldn't do such a thing as a massacre. The reason why we are stopped is probably because what the slaughterer did was useful to him. ”
Harut reached out of his pocket for the cigarette case, only to find that it had long since been shriveled and withdrawn, and retracted the hand holding the lighter.
"This kind of behavior is just as bad," Yi Xuan said with some righteous indignation.
"Anyway, the only thing that can please the clown who plays cards is to fight, right?!" The priest frowned and pushed away the hands of the two council investigators, the negative vitality transmitted by the two of them made him slightly uncomfortable when he concentrated on suppressing the rebellion of the imperial spirits in his body caused by the forbidden spell.
"Yes, I still remember that madman three hundred years ago actually dared to challenge his own king,
After being beaten to the point that even his own existence was about to be erased, he was actually crowned from a baron to an earl by the whim of the throne. Harut smiled.
"Hey, guts?! As a gambler who sees life as a game, this kind of thing simply doesn't make sense. Mockery flashed across the old priest's pale face.
"I see, that guy in the mask should have seen someone from the Red Moon side a long time ago." Harut suddenly thought of something, and it dawned on him.
"I don't want to wade into this troubled water, that's what I mean. A girl of unknown origin but rich wealth, coupled with a great nobleman of the Fifth Underworld Fraud Domain, does have the capital to play with the expatriate officials of Dawn. Harut smiled, but the smile was a little dry no matter how you looked at it.
"More than enough, I think so......," the old priest sighed helplessly.
Yi Xuan looked at Lifa's cowering expression while thinking about his next move. On this battlefield called Red Moon City, the situation is getting more and more complicated. The girl and the dragon, the masked count, the people who fell into a slumber, and, to this day, the root cause of the slaughter.
[The civilians of the three districts of Red Moon City have been slaughtered, and what remains after that is the Eastern Cross Courtyard where Father George is located. In the current situation, the possibility of the continuation of the massacre cannot be ruled out.
However, after an experience of being transferred out of the country for a long time, the uncle and the old priest, who are sages, will definitely be on guard against Dongcheng District, and with their strength, once there is a change, they will probably be able to arrive before it happens. 】
Yi Xuan groaned.
"Hey, boy, there's not much to do." Harut sighed and looked at the priest, who had recovered most of his life.
"The enemy is in the shadows, and we are too passive. And ......," Yi said helplessly.
Neither friend nor foe, but the masked man who makes a mess of things, and the diviner girl who stalls for the slaughterer, these don't seem to be real enemies, and enemies are still hiding in the shadows.
[The real enemy, the culprit, has not surfaced yet. This is what Yi Xuan has never finished, but is thinking about in his heart.
Harut and the old priest also understood what he meant, and the expressions of the three of them were a little serious. Even Lifa, who was standing on the side, raised her head rarely, revealing a helpless expression.
"Ladies and gentlemen, what are you worried about?" The abrupt and sleek tone suddenly echoed in the space, and the timbre of this voice was slightly frivolous but magnetic, which made Yi Xuan feel as if he had heard it somewhere for a while.
Where the hell is it?!
Suddenly, as if a flash of lightning flashed in his mind, Yi Xuan suddenly turned around, and in the same position as in the development of the forbidden spell, a masked man in a white dress was facing the sunlight of the colored windows of the church, standing in front of the group, and bowing gracefully.
"Ahh From the eyes of the Masquerade Count, Yi Xuan saw the banter.
"Hehe, mad dog, gambler, clown, it really won't stop." The old priest used three different scornful names to abuse the man at once.
"Kamen, I'm not in the mood to fight you right now, so many people died in the mission." Harut seems to want to avoid pointless battles.
"How, then, Knight-kun. How can you refuse an invitation from a gentleman because of such a thing? Kamen shook his head, and a deck of cards with a dark glow appeared in his hand, washing it to himself.
"Really, can't you be a little more restrained? Every time I show up, I have to mess up my tasks. Harut frowned, and it seemed that he had become more agitated as he had no cigarettes to smoke.
[But...... Uncle seems to have a good impression of the masked man?! Why...... Apparently he prevented the rescue. 】
"Oh, that's rude. But let's start with a game. The man known as the masquerade replied lightly.
"It's my turn, which card is better?"
The man appears to have drawn a random card in the deck.
"Ah, that's it!" Kamen smiled and showed his cards.
-- The card is painted with meteorites and destroyed buildings, and the bright yellow firelight gives a great sense of realism.
"If the man's upcoming action matches the card......" Yi Xuan suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, pulled the daze Lifa and directly mobilized the pitiful Imperial Spirit in his body to overdraw the space that could not be used a few times to transfer to the outside of the Cross Courtyard.
"Hey...... Can you stop playing so big!! ”