In front of the passage on the last floor of the temple, the people of the Council of the Dead honestly retreated a few dozen meters to prevent the sudden attack. [No pop-ups.]

It's humiliating to do that, but everyone here is a pragmatist, not the kind of guy in the Light camp who can die to the end for the sake of honor, and he won't lose his life for this one.

According to Howard's request, the two selected disguised thieves were already disguised exactly like him.

These two men were originally members of the evil bandits, and after the bandits collapsed, they defected to the Council of the Dead, so they were eager to make a contribution to improve their status in the Council of the Dead, and they all applied for this action.

Although they are willing to take risks, it does not mean that they want to die, and it is not uncommon for them to abandon their partners to protect themselves if they encounter any danger, and they will not hesitate to make this choice if possible.

After all, you can only enjoy everything if you are alive.

But I'm afraid they don't have a choice.

Originally, they were still watching the jokes of the masters and swordsmen, but now they couldn't laugh anymore.

Behind the narrow corridor are their teammates, and if they are seen to have failed because they have not tried their best, it is believed that the end that awaits them will not be better than when facing the enemy.

Howard carefully examined the faces of the two people for a moment, and then asked the two thieves to make a few movements, and finally nodded with satisfaction, and said: "The two of you are indeed very clever in disguise, no wonder you can participate in this operation, whether it is the action or the details of the facial muscles, if you don't know your identity clearly, I'm afraid even I can't tell the difference." ”

The compliment only made the two thieves barely squeeze out a smile, and one of the thieves said cautiously: "It's just a few small skills, it's really not worth mentioning, and I don't know what help it can bring to the battle, I hope you don't hold back Mr. Howard." ”

"How so," Howard waved his hand, not as if he didn't care about the other party's attitude, he said very generously, "both of you are now members of the Council of the Dead, you are both the wealth of the Council of the Dead, and I still need the help of the two of you in the battle." ”

"I'm just afraid I won't be able to help much......"

Everyone can see the situation clearly, even the knights who claim to be the strongest defense go up, and they are also dead without corpses, what can they do?

And Howard's refusal to tell his plan made the two thieves even more uneasy, wondering if the other party wanted them to die in order to pave the way for their own advancement.

"You two have to have faith in me. Howard smiled and said, "In the battle, you just need to follow me, and if I die, please don't take unnecessary risks, and find another opportunity to complete the mission." ”

"Yes, Mr. Howard, we won't run away. Hearing that Howard was willing to rush to the front, the two thieves breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly expressed their determination.

"No, no," Howard said, waving his hand and smiling, "you misunderstood, I mean if I die, I want you to run as far as I want, and don't die with me." ”

"Mr. Howard, stop kidding. ”

The two thieves were shrewd men who had been through many battles and had carried out many missions, and they were very unimpressed by these reassuring words, and instead thought that the other party was tempting them.

They've seen it all if it's prettier, but once it's time for the actual battle, it's a completely different story than it was at the beginning.

"I'm not kidding. Howard shook his head and said, "Each of us is important, and now there are so many teammates left, we can't sacrifice for no reason, even if we die, we have to die worthwhile, right?"

Looking at Howard's expression and tone, it really didn't seem like he was saying polite words, and the two thieves were a little unsure of Howard's true intentions for a while, so they stood there and didn't speak.

Howard smiled lightly and said, "You two don't need to worry about anything, I am the main person in charge of the attack this time, you are just cooperating, so if I die, it means that this attack has failed, and you don't need to be left with no bones......"

The two thieves remained silent.

Howard seemed to suddenly remember something, "um", and said: "By the way, the other party makes people into a pile of pieces every time, have you noticed? That's not that he has a penchant for torture and killing, in addition to the meaning of shocking us, the most important thing is that he is afraid that the corpse left behind will be re-summoned into an undead creature by the necromancer...... I don't know if you want to be like that, but I'm not happy about it, and if the mission fails, I'll choose a way to kill myself cleanly. ”

"Mr. Howard is so relaxed, he must be sure of victory, and we will do our best to cooperate with you. ”

Since the other party said so, then even if he saw that the situation was not right, it was nothing, and one of the thieves even sneered in his heart: "It's really stupid, in order to let us cooperate with peace of mind, he actually promised such favorable conditions for us, instead of cutting off our back road, at first glance, it is just a fledgling with no experience." ”

"yes, that's for the best," Howard smiled, holding out his hand, palm up, "I hope we have a good time together." ”

This is the etiquette of a thief, and he will show his palm to someone else that he will let go without reservation.

The two thieves looked at each other and thumped their fists lightly on his palms to show that they were cooperating with him in the fight, but after doing so, they secretly double-checked their palms to make sure that nothing had been done before they were relieved.

"Oh no, my lord, there seems to be a group of people approaching the temple outside, apparently trying to block our back road. ”

A thief hurriedly ran in, because Howard was preparing to attack, so his clone could not bear the responsibility of transmitting the information for the time being, and it was temporarily passed on by other thieves, but fortunately, all the mage forces in the lower level of the temple had been cleared, and they were not afraid of being intercepted.

Baron Ulak frowned, and said, "Are they the Mages of Merlin, aren't they blocked in the road?"

"No, my lord, it's the Cross of Light, the banner of the Holy See!"

"What?" Baron Ulak was taken aback, but in an instant he calmed down and said in a deep voice: "The only people who can appear here now are people from Landiston, how many of them have come?"

"About fifty or so people, they just lingered at the gate at a distance, and they didn't make any other arrangements. ”

"Temple gates?" Baron Ulak was stunned for a moment, then he chuckled softly, "Hmph, this is a signal to us, it seems that Landiston doesn't want to contribute to the mage society, it should be so...... Anyway, beware of them. ”

He pointed at the female soul hunter and said, "Ankinsia, you take a few people to take a look at the underground passage, remember, if you encounter people from the Holy See who really don't make any moves, you don't take the initiative to conflict, understand?"

"Yes, sir. ”

"Mr. Howard, can we begin?" Baron Ulak turned, and began to urge Howard, who had not yet begun to make a move.

Hearing that the people of the Holy See had arrived at the door, although on the surface he seemed calm, but this was just what he made, he couldn't wait any longer, time was passing bit by bit, and his heart became irritable in the anxious waiting.

He knew very well that the team of fifty men of the Holy See was only a striker, and that the team led by Landiston was a full three hundred, and if Landiston himself was included, it would be enough to bury them all here.

"There's one more small problem to solve, please be patient for a moment," Howard raised his hand and pressed down. made a gesture of reassurance, although at this time, his movements were still unhurried, and he didn't seem to see that the crisis situation was imminent.

He walked up to the dark mage with a relaxed step and said, "Mr. Mage, your teleportation array should be able to be engraved on the scroll, right?"

"Engraved on the scroll?" The dark mage was stunned for a moment, then hesitated for a moment, and said, "Yes, but the conditions are very harsh, and it is difficult to find the material of the scroll alone......"

His words stopped abruptly as he saw Howard deliver something to him.

A blank scroll.

"You should be fine with this, right?" said Howard with a laugh.

"Dragon, dragon, dragon skin scroll?" The dark mage felt his tongue knot a little, this luxury was something that only the Supreme Senator could have, and he didn't believe his eyes when he appeared here at this moment.

He raised his head, facing Howard's expression suddenly became a little unnatural, he knew very well what the dragon skin scroll was, and this was not an ordinary dragon skin scroll, he could see at a glance that it was taken from an adult red dragon, and the time was definitely within twenty years.

In twenty years, he had never heard of anyone slaying a dragon in a successful slaying in this time, except for the black dragon Nimbast.

The most important thing is, can the person who can take out the dragon skin scroll be a little thief? It is absolutely impossible to be lucky enough to pick up or steal such a thing, but to keep the dragon skin alive and keep it in the most adaptable state to magic, it is necessary to sprinkle a special alchemy potion every once in a while, which in itself is an extremely money-burning item, and it is by no means affordable for a small thief.

Now he looked at Howard's gaze with some awe, and his tone became respectful, and he cautiously pointed out: "Mr. Howard, your plan should be fine, but I would like to kindly remind you that due to my limited level, even with the dragon skin scroll, the mana of the magic array can only be maintained within the time of three points, if you have not opened the scroll beyond this time, then this spell will be invalid." ”

"Three-point scale?" Howard thought for a moment and smiled, "It should be enough." ”

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