Fang Yu stared at the pale purple changing sky, like a burnt flame fading from the horizon, replaced by a deep blue, and the stars twinkled above the clouds, a rare winter evening.

The arc-shaped spire of the sanctuary and the tall arched windows are shining brightly. On the eaves of the window, the image of the monster guarding the sea of storms is carved, one next to the other, looking solemn and silent.

"Captain, the monks of Adan should still be eating together at this time, but in half an hour it will be their prayer time in the morning and once in the evening," Miss Nightingale's eyes reflected in the faint light of the stars, and she put one hand on her waist and was watching in that direction.

She then raised her eyebrows, turned her head in this direction, and said, "As far as we know, the pastor from the parish of Altoria will not be present at the prayer meeting. During this time, the entire Templar will be gathered in the Antechamber Prayer Room, which is the best time for us to capture him. ”

Fang Yu took out a small piece of jerky and bit it into his mouth, chewing it gently, the taste was like dehydrated firewood, but he could always recover a little strength.

He knew that the patriarch from the diocese of Altori would certainly not be present at the prayer meeting.

The other party should hide their whereabouts, preferably disappear from everyone's sight and not appear in any public place - although that is not of much use to them.

"What time is it?" He asked.

"It's six o'clock, Captain."

"Half past six." Fang Yu said a word silently, he raised his head to look in that direction, and above the temple, the emblem of Adan Rian stood high above the vault. The lights of the aristocratic quarter were reflected in this direction as if they were the stars in several blocks, and the towering steel bridges in that direction were hidden in the faint twilight and mist.

While the Grey Knights won't necessarily participate in the Silent Prayer, Alyssa is right, this is their only chance.

He saw a shadow silently tumble over the fence on the periphery of the templar courtyard and fall into the thick rose bushes there. That sneaky figure was none other than Parker.

"Ha, as expected, those guys have set up some tricks," the Paparal man jumped down from the fence, and before he could get to his feet, the voice of boasting was heard, "but this is nothing at all for a former king of the night thieves, just a little trick of carving insects." ”

Fang Yu threw the crystal in his other hand over, and watched the crystal fall steadily in the Paparal man's hand in an arc, before he asked a little surprised, "Magic alert?" ”

"No, it's just a toy, and they're not going to use it to defend themselves against foreign enemies," the Paparal grinned and pointed the crystal in his hand at the fence, and an invisible ripple slammed against the iron fence, and the space there seemed to be twisted, as if something was falling apart, but it was back to normal in a moment.

The crystal in Parker's hand shattered, turned into a cloud of dust, and disappeared with the wind. "Alright," he clapped his hands, "without this barrier, we can all go in, but our Elemental Master is still a bit unattainable, and this suppression spell will only work for an hour at most, after which the monks who set up the spell will notice the anomaly." ”

Fang Yu looked at this guy with a little curiosity.

"How do you know he can do it?" He turned around and asked about Alyssa.

This job was supposed to belong to Miss Nightingale, because she was the real 'Night Thief' in their team.

"Isn't the King of Night Thieves?" Alyssa smiled and replied with some shrewdness: "Although there are some elements of bragging, but if you think about it carefully, there is actually some truth?" ”

“……？” Fang Yu didn't expect that Miss Nightingale really believed the nonsense of the Paparals.

But Alyssa smiled, "The Seven Seas Traveler is so big, but how many people have really captured our 'Night Thief King'?" Whether it's in the kitchen or in the warehouse, he can always get it, doesn't he...... Giggles, if it weren't for the stupidity of the old man who likes to leave a handle on his own—I don't think Miss Attila would have caught him a few times. ”

That's the case—

Fang Yu had never looked at the 'King of Confinement' in their team from this direction, and now it seemed that the title of 'King of Night Thieves' really had something.

But that's just a joke.

Alyssa added, "Compared to my sister, I'm only an enhanced shadow dancer, good at infiltration and detection. But he was more familiar with it than he was at mechanics and magic. I discussed it with him carefully before coming here. ”

Fang Yu suddenly realized.

But an hour is enough, and if they don't find their target for a long time, there's no point in them staying here other than increasing the risk.

"What should we do next?" Alyssa looked back at him, "Our captain?" ”

Fang Yu looked up at the towering church, and the majestic silhouette seemed to be deeply imprinted under the night.

"Use the Shadow Path," Fang Yu replied, raising his right hand, and the pride of the Lone King pointed in that direction. The edge of the silver handmail reflected a faint arc of light, and it seemed to hesitate slightly, but quickly made up his mind: "Go to the corridor on the right." ”

"Wait, the corridor on the right?"

Alyssa looked a little surprised.

She was looking at Fang Plover with a suspicious gaze, which was far from the rest area of the monks in the apse of the Sanctuary, but if the Patriarch of Altori was likely to be in any part of the sanctuary, the apse was the most likely place.

However, Fang Yu had already confirmed his judgment: "Yes, it is exactly that place. ”

The sanctuary is a religious building from the Lorperpel dynasty, in the style of that era, and consists of a main nave, two side naves and an apse.

Theoretically, the apse was the living place of the monks, but if Fang Ou thought about himself in the place of the Crow's Claw Temple, he would hide here from outsiders, and the first thing he should do was to minimize contact with outsiders.

The antechamber and apse of the sanctuary are crowded with people, and the left side of the hall often holds some daily meetings and sermons, and only the right side of the nave, where there are only a few libraries, and some meditation rooms and confessional rooms that are not used daily.

The scale of the right hall and the left hall is not small, and it is easy to hide a person in such an inaccessible area.

He explained his thoughts, but Parker was clearly not convinced—of course, it was possible that the Paparals were just trying to raise the bar, and said, "You may be right, but that doesn't mean he's necessarily there, and I don't think Miss Alyssa's judgment is necessarily wrong." ”

"That's true," Fang Yu didn't bother with this guy this time, "but there are fewer people in the right hall, and the corridor on the right side is even more on the periphery of the side hall, and it is inaccessible." We don't have to search the whole church, it's impossible for them to be unprepared, and sometimes precautions are signposts for the way - in that case, we can prioritize safety. ”

He was clearly thoughtful, and Parker only snorted lightly, indicating that he had accepted the statement.

Fang Yu looked at Alyssa, who nodded as if he understood.

She immediately took off her leather gloves and walked forward, through the rose fence there, and then held her bare hands on the iron fence.

A black cloud of smoke poured out of her hand, enveloping the entire fence, and the next moment a crack opened in the smoke, as if a door had been opened on it.

Miss Nightingale then turned around and made a gesture of invitation to the two of them.

That's the Shadow Path.

As Fang Yu passed through the door, he whispered to Alyssa, "Call back Momiji and Sand Night." ”

Alyssa bowed slightly.

Momiji, Sand Night, Sky, and the Redeemed Centaurs were letting out wind nearby, but now that they had opened a gap, the outer defenses were no longer needed.

Since Parker had removed the outer defenses of the Templar Courtyard, Alyssa's Shadow Path made its way through the courtyard area and into the Templar's interior.

When Fang Yu passed through the door, his eyes were full of flowers, and when he was refreshed, he found that he was already in a long corridor. He looked back and saw that there was still a dark forest beyond the verandah, it was the middle of winter, and there was silence around him without insects.

The corridor on the right is not actually there, but at the edge of the courtyard, but the Shadow Dancer perceives the environment through a network of shadows, and the shadow forces can only distinguish between living and non-living things, not buildings.

In order to avoid accidentally teleporting people into the wall, Alyssa can only use the limit of her vision as the destination of the teleportation, although it is a little conservative, but fortunately it is safe.

After him, Parker and Alyssa arrived, and the shadow passage continued for a while longer, until Momiji, Sandy Night, Sky and Kweed appeared from there, and then it disappeared completely.

During the waiting time, Fang Yu was of course not idle, and had already released a goblin to walk around the hall on the right side, first constructing the terrain of this place in his mind.

Of course, there is a certain risk in doing so, as the clockwork elves only have vision, but they can't distinguish magical powers. The exterior of the Sanctuary is home to a large number of detection spells, which will be discovered by the spell casters if they collide.

Nightingales and Ranger are nuanced observers compared to their scouting abilities, and Alchemists are powerful high-breadth battlefield scouting abilities, but the Warlocks have the most outstanding fixed scouting abilities in all of Aitalia.

However, Fang Yu is not without purpose.

There will definitely be an order of magnitude difference between the detection spells inside and outside the Templar, first of all, the protection is external rather than internal, the spells have no judgment ability, they can't tell which people are intruders, and those people are their own people, and no one will make trouble for themselves.

Moreover, the Sanctuary is part of the gods in the mortal kingdom of gods, and the divine power that pervades here naturally repels other forces, including other etheric powers.

Of course, if the resurrection of Aidanrian is just a false pretense, and the owner of this temple does not exist in this era, then the so-called divine power will naturally not exist.

But from the moment Fang Yu stepped into this holy hall, he faintly felt an unknown force lingering over the entire holy hall.

He was an alchemist and was naturally sensitive to the aether—and while he was not a priest and could not discern the nature of the divine aether, the power was clearly distinct from the other attributes of the aether.

That feeling......

It was like an omnipresent eye, as if it was watching them from some space, that gaze came from all directions, and when he focused his attention, the faint feeling disappeared in an instant.

This feeling was all too familiar to him, and it was actually from a higher dimensional gaze.

"What's that......?"

Alyssa apparently sensed the anomaly as well, frowning a little uncomfortably and asking in a low voice.

And Fang Yu went to see the others, whether it was the red leaves or the sand night, or the redeemed person did not show this abnormality. They just looked left and right, and felt that the corridor was uncomfortably quiet.

Although the Seven Seas Brigade group is obviously not ordinary, they have had the experience of dealing with Ameya, the War Lady Marlan. He is also familiar with the methods of the Dark Saints, who have experienced it more than once in Istania under Fenris.

But apparently not because he and Alyssa could perceive this power, and others couldn't.

Parker looked bewildered on the side, and the Paparals were also part of the Seven Seas Brigade.

He also frowned, vaguely aware that this might be a hint given to him by the three goddesses, he was the chosen one of Marlan, and it was natural for him to instinctively reject other divine powers.

Alyssa had the emblem of Amea, which Miss Attila had given them before she left, and she was given to Miss Nightingale for safekeeping.

Although Miss Elf didn't say what her intentions were, it was now thought that it might have been the work of the Forest Lady.

When he noticed this, Fang Yu couldn't help but be slightly shocked in his heart, of course Marlan's divine power would not be so boring that he could reject any power, and those insignificant natural aethers would not be placed in the heart of this war lady.

And the goddess of the forest is the same, what can be valued by them is only divine power.

In other words, what permeates this temple at this moment is the true divine power, the Aether of Light.

But to whom do they belong?

Could it be true that what the people of the Ravental Sanctuary said was true, and that the Lord of the Storm, Adanrian, had really returned to this world?

He hadn't forgotten that this place was the territory of Adan Ryan, the earthly kingdom of the former god Orin.

But the problem is that if the other party is really Adan Rian, Marlan, Milella, and Ameya, who are also Orin gods, have no reason to support him against the Grey Knights.

Historically, Aidan Ryan and the goddess of life, Mirera, are also quite related, and can be said to be half of the latter's gods.

He didn't quite understand in his heart, but he only shook his head at Alyssa.

Being watched by the gods does not mean that the owner of this place has noticed them, omniscience and omnipotence are just good wishes for the existence that the believers reveal, and the perception of the gods is not infinite.

But if that name is mentioned here, it may really attract the attention of the owner of this place.

Although it was just a rumor, it was better to be cautious, they had fought against the false gods in Istania, in the underground of Fenris. But on the territory of a true god, it is better to clamp the tail and be a man.

"The guards in the north and south are very tight," Fang Yu had already withdrawn the clockwork fairy at this time, and said: "It seems that our judgment is not far from ten, the right hall is not an important area, and the other party has laid such a tight guard here, most likely because the target is in this place." ”

He pointed to the front again, "I've noticed something I'm a little concerned about earlier, there are quite a few monks on the way to the meditation room, but theoretically they should all rush to the front room for evening prayer now." I kindly suspect that the Ravental Patriarch from Altori is there, but there are plenty of Grey Knights guarding there. ”

"If you want to pass from there, it seems that there will inevitably be a battle now," Fang Yu turned back to look at the others at this time, "But I have a way, maybe I can not startle the snake." Alyssa, Parker, Momiji, and Miss Sandnight, I need your cooperation......"

Behind the sand night, Sora took a light breath and asked in a low voice, "What should we do?" ”

Fang Yu bit everyone's ears and whispered a few words.

Everyone couldn't help but nod.

……

After returning from the Canal Zone, Cole did not go to Silver Gull Lane and deliver the letter to Silver Westland as Fang Ou and the others had promised.

He was still a little nervous, and in his opinion, although the Electors looked a little different from the other Electors, and there was no malice in them, it was clear that what the other party was doing was not a legal and compliant thing.

What's more, he has such a large sum of money in his arms, of course, he must hand over the money to Uncle Walid first to rest assured, he held the money bag in his arms tightly with one hand, and looked around a little nervously, as if he was afraid that someone would take away this 'huge money' from him at any time.

However, although the security of Gula Harbor is getting worse day by day, the imaginary situation did not happen, and after he crossed the arch bridge between Yinou Street and the Outer Harbor District, the shed community was almost close in front of him.

But this was about the difference between the commercial street and the slum in the inner harbor area of Gura Port, and he could see an open iron fence gate in the alley across the bridge from a distance.

In order to prevent the poor security environment in the lower city from affecting the business district, local residents and shop owners have installed such an iron gate here to separate the entrance of Silver Ou Street from the shack community.

This is certainly a bit unpleasant, but as the lowest group of people in Gula Port, they have no right to speak.

Cole was used to such situations, and it was not surprising that he was only a little surprised at how the iron door was open, and it should have been locked at this time.

But he had barely crossed the bridge when he heard a rush of footsteps coming from that direction, and then a teenager stumbled out of it. As soon as the other party looked up and saw him, he couldn't help but show a look of surprise in his eyes, but immediately the surprise turned into horror, and the young man immediately shouted to him:

"Brother Cole, run, run......"

"Those people are looking for you, and they put Uncle Waled ...... The others, and your sister, have been arrested! ”

……