40. Plans
Alain returned to the Purgatory Rift, his spiral tower.
This is the place where darkness gathers, and it is also the place where Arinda controls the Esoteric Religion.
Thousands of years ago, after her husband was killed by the North, she single-handedly formed this sect, and it is impossible for the dead gods to give strength to believers, so in general, the church that believes in him will slowly collapse, and the pastor of the church can only convert or change to other professions.
Alain thinks that these churches are very similar to banks, where believers (depositors) put their faith (money) into the gods (banks), and the gods transform the energy to give part to the believers (get back the deposit plus interest), and if the believers are not religious or dare to betray (equivalent to bank fraud), they will be dealt with directly (judged).
Of course, this kind of bank is not open by anyone, at least the most basic license (godhead) must be required.
And the death of the gods is basically equivalent to the failure of the bank, and the depositors have no money, at this time, of course, the more pious the more unlucky, the high-level priests will directly go crazy (bankrupt), and the small depositors (ordinary believers) have little impact.
But the Church of the God of Tyranny, Politics and Murder has survived to this day, thanks to Arinda's power to pay the believers in a contractual way, (other banks temporarily pay salaries to employees).
As early as when Alinda found Alan and accepted Alan as a disciple, she had already handed over Esoteric Buddhism to Alan to take charge of.
"Sue me, what kind of weapon can cause this wound?" He asked the high-ranking priest in the Esoteric Sect, and at the same time showed him the wound on his neck, which was as clean as a horizontal section, clean and without a trace of dust.
The skeleton in the red cloak did not feel the slightest displeasure at being interrupted, but only glanced at it and said without looking back, "Purify sin." ”
"What?" Alan was stunned, "Your Excellency North is not this kind of person who can sneak attack......"
Everyone knows whose weapon it is to purify sin, and Alain is no exception.
"He's not going to sneak up, Koko," the old skeleton let out a sharp scoff, "do you know who the world's first part-time paladin thief is?" It's the north! It's better to play than to hide in the shadows, and sin purification is a professional weapon when he sneaks up, and there are more than a dozen gods who died in his sneak attack, and if you are willing to read your bloodline memories, you can compare them directly. Back then, he stabbed Tarn's nine lives with nine swords. ”
"Bloodline memories are Tarn's, and I don't want my memories to be mixed up with messy things." For the former god of tyranny and politics, Alain didn't feel any need to get his memory, even if the soul he left in the blood of his body had been eaten by Percy, and there was no possibility of sequelae.
"It's really cool, after all, he is your ancestor." The old skeleton snorted twice, continued to look at his research records, and ignored him again.
"North really does it, I can't run away." Alan decisively refused to believe in this possibility, and then walked up with a smile and hugged the skeleton, "Teacher~ Can you help me go back in time to see who stabbed me?" ”
Although Alinda is his mentor, she has very little time to teach him, and it is usually this mage who does it for him, such as how to make an Abyss Knight, which he taught...... Don't think about this, otherwise you will die sadly, these high-ranking priests have no faith, they are just hired to take care of Esoteric Buddhism.
"How old do you think you are?" The skeleton glanced at him with disdain, "What if that man is right here and stabs me with a clean sin?" ”
"Your life box is well received, a few skeleton stabs shouldn't be a problem...... Right? Alain looked at him with admiration.
"You're asking an evil lich for help, so do you think about the price?" The skeleton asked coldly.
"What do you think of the research paper on the miniature structure and function of cells?" Alain asked earnestly.
"Yes, but I want you to pay more attention to the evolutionary effects of magical power on cells, I can't keep myself busy." The skeleton looked at him scrutinantly and nodded.
"Of course, we will always serve the supreme arcane!" Alain immediately assured.
The skeleton nodded, and nagged as he floated towards the crystal ball next to him: "You must know that Alinda has recruited almost all the members of the Esoteric Sect, and I only stayed because you have terrifying potential in the arcane, but you put too much thought on that knight, if you concentrate on the arcane, your achievements will be much greater......"
"I know, I'll be attentive." Alain immediately interrupted him.
"You will know in the future that being a man is far less refreshing than being a man, and the happiness that success in Arfa brings to you is long-lasting and long-lasting, and it is truly a satisfaction for the soul, far better than the loss and ......emptiness of the flesh and body for a few seconds, and after the tide," the skeleton continued to nag.
"Of course, we mages are the promoters of the world!" Alain said categorically, but he couldn't help but slander in his heart, You are all bones, why bother discussing with our young people which is more satisfying, these are all things that people know when they drink water.
"Don't disagree, the end of our mages is to retain an independent soul and the mysteries of magic to fight for life, when you are old, you will regret the impulsiveness and ignorance of your youth, no love is eternal, if there is, it also belongs to the ...... of the arcane"
"Teacher, I'm really in a hurry...... Please be considerate of me, who may be in danger at any time. Alain interrupted him with a smile.
"Okay." The skeleton finally floated to the crystal ball, and the two bony hands cast spells on the crystal.
The colorless and transparent crystal ball began to emit a faint light, and Alan also restrained his own mana fluctuations and let the opponent cast a spell, otherwise this kind of retrospective mage is very easy to be disturbed by the powerful mana of the target itself and get incorrect information, which is also a passive self-protection of the mage itself.
The crystal ball slowly replayed what Alan had done before he came, there was no sound, but he couldn't see the white knight's qiē, and when he really reverted back to the moment he was killed, a terrifying bloody eye with vertical eyes suddenly appeared in the crystal ball, and then exploded.
"Someone is interfering with my spell casting, judging by the characteristics of the eyes, the eyes of a reptile," the skeleton withdrew his hand and quickly floated back to his workbench, "but strangely, who could take the Purification from North's side?" ”
"Do you believe it's not Your Excellency North?" Alain asked excitedly.
"Of course, he didn't need a weapon to kill you." The skeleton took out a book from his bookcase, "This is the mana map I just left behind, take this and try to find the owner of the eye that interfered with me." ”
"Thank you." Alain walked away with the book.
The haunting white knight naturally followed.
"You seem to be more powerful than my mentor, he is a demigod lich, and he didn't even notice you." Alain flipped through the cover of the book with the demon's head and whispered.
The other party didn't speak, and Alain felt that he was really like a ghost, silent, and no one could see him except himself when he wanted to hide.
"I don't like you very much." Alain looked at him in disgust, "Get out, I'm going to sleep!" ”
You can't go to Percy for the time being, lest he discover Percy, who seems to be coming for Percy.
The White Knight watched him quietly, then suddenly turned around and disappeared into thin air.
Really gone?
Alain breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking down at the title page of the book, a hand-drawn map of the Enya continent was showing a coordinate intermittently.
Sometimes magic is not lost to science at all, and there are even places where it is more convenient, but the requirements are too high to be popularized...... In other words, the resources of a world can only support a limited number of mages, and it is impossible for everyone to become a mage, even if the capital of mages in all realms is only supported by the resources of the entire multiverse.
Is this what the teacher said was behind the scenes?
The location is...... On an island in the South China Sea?
Do you want to get him out?
Definitely, I'm not insured, I'd better take Percy with me! Bring another hundred dozen high-level scrolls! ——
In the cold night, the white mist swayed quietly, a horse as pure as snow slowly stepped out of the void, and a knight appeared under the bright moonlight, the thick shadow under his eyelashes deepened his handsome features, like a fairy in the moonlight.
In the shadow of a dead tree that has lost its leaves, there are already people waiting.
"Long time no see, North," the white knight said softly, his ethereal voice faint and dark, even more intoxicating than the moonlight.
"Don't follow Alain." North said.
"I thought you didn't admit him." The corners of the white knight's lips, which were as cold as snow, slightly hooked into a smile.
"He's not bad." This is also the reason why North acquiesced to Percy's behavior, otherwise he would not have allowed his children to mess around.
"I see in him a very interesting future, about you." The White Knight gave a reason, and ordinary people, he would not pay attention.
"You don't mean it well." Kita said calmly, "You don't have to sue me. ”
"It doesn't seem like you're going to be a good future. Then I won't talk about it. The White Knight nodded, "You came out of me, it wouldn't be just that, would it?" ”
"I want the whereabouts of the red dragon Netherella." The person who said North was Ms. Hong's name.
"I don't know why, but I'll help you." The white knight glanced at him, and through the visual distance, he saw what he needed, "South China Sea, the island of fear." ”
"Thank you." North turned to leave, and as he left, he raised his hand and pointed at Alain's tower.
There was a scream, and through the tall floor-to-ceiling windows, with the eyes of both of them, they could see the Purifier falling from the sky, the arm holding it, and Alain, who was holding the two things in his hand, looking confused.
"You didn't kill?" The White Knight looked at him.
"The fluctuation of the dragon god's contract, he is accused of zhì, and the sin is not to death." After Kita finished speaking, he disappeared into the moonlight.
The White Knight watched quietly in the direction he was leaving.
After a long time, the horse said quietly, "You have said more than you have in the past ten years." ”
"Tell him it's worth it." The white knight looked at the tower, and his eyes were like ice, as if reflecting the future.