Chapter 144: The Square of Refuge

Urs looked ahead. The front was illuminated by the surrounding flames and the eerie blood-red pupils from the sky, and the end of the city beneath its feet was there, and at the other end of the street was a flat bridge, below which was a dug river, which separated the two different parts of the city in front of and behind the bridge.

It was the "Bridge of the Prayers" in Twilight, the entrance to the temple area, at the head of which stood a four-meter-tall statue of the priesthood, and a small contingent of humans was still hovering at some point.

He reacted for a second, thinking that he had finally arrived.

And the human team in front of the Bridge of Prayers also noticed that the people who walked into their field of vision were the first man in armor with his body covered like a tin can...... Hmm, it's supposed to be a man, right? At least that strong body and powerful gait are more like a male veteran.

Anyway, he led the team and approached the young man as well. Gloriden looked at his barbarian captain and greeted him as the team's diplomat: "Hello, sir. We were adventurers, and there were some guards and refugees in the back. ”

"Hello, adventurer." The man held a long sword in his right hand, and his shielded left hand raised and took off the knight's helmet on his head, revealing a face full of wrinkles and scars, old and tough, and his voice revealed the maturity and reliability of the years, "I am Brian, the holy warrior of the god of justice, Gazteis, and the leader of the squad behind me for the time being. ”

"Behind you is the temple area." The old thief negotiated in a friendly manner, "So please trust us and let us pass, okay?" We have a lot of wounded in our team, as well as unarmed citizens who are in dire need of a shelter. ”

"Nature." The old paladin Brian nodded in agreement, "We'll take you to the Pious Square in the temple area, where some refuge people have already gathered. Justice reigns supreme, and in this time of crisis, the Holy Warriors will not abandon the victims. ”

"Thank you for your help then." Glorydon thanked him, then turned back to the Thorns, and behind them, the group of refugees under the care of Captain Eddie and Deputy Olandals, Rundel, and the remnants of the Shaved Adventures that landed on the tail of the entire team.

The adventurers of the Thorn Squad had all heard the conversation between the old thief and the old paladin. Koto and Stonefist saluted the paladins, the former had long heard of such warriors fighting for justice in the kingdom of mankind and recognized their ideals of integrity, and the latter also believed that the essence of goodness reflected the nobility of these people, but what attracted him most was the paladin's adherence to the idea of order.

The orc monk wanted too much to overcome the restless dark force in his veins. In a casual trance, he seemed to think of the Far Easterner master who gave him salvation, and the fellow he knew in the past, a self-depraved Tiefling......

In contrast to the dwarves and orcs, Raven does not like paladins, though she does not need to worry about them detecting evil.

Miss Poet lowered her hood and deliberately ducked behind the crowd, not wanting her race to cause any unnecessary controversy here. She has seen some foolish fanatics, whose heads are as rigid as sawdust, and whose fanatical beliefs command the consciousness of personality are pathetic than brainless golems.

Of course, the Paladins are not all "golems". She understands the error of generalization, but from the bottom of her heart, she is not used to the kind of person who consciously dedicates his life to some ideal. The light blinded her, as if she had looked up at the surface sky for the first time, and the warm sun had turned her into a blind man for hours......

Maybe that's why she doesn't like Fist of Stone and Koto very well? I can't tell what is wrong with the eyes, especially the half-orc warrior monk, who actually wants to get rid of the chaotic nature given by the bloodline and run to cater to an extremely orderly god?

Naive. She thought to herself with disdain.

And Thea herself is a priest who believes in the god of justice. The silver-haired wolf-eared girl was more than happy to accept the help of the other party, and then happily and expectantly persuaded the young people around her: "We can trust him, Urs. This old Mr. Brian is the Mithril Knight of Gazteth, and I've seen him a few times in the temple area. ”

Urs turned his head to look at the girl, thought thoughtfully, and nodded.

Mithril Knight.

One of the paths to advancement in the Paladin class, pronounced as Mithril Knight, is written as "Dragon Slayer Warrior" and "Demon Buster", because this advanced path will grant the Paladin a higher level of divine grace, allowing them to gain elemental resistance to endure fire and strong acid, which can spread their courage and aura to the surroundings, eliminate the fear in the hearts of their companions anytime and anywhere, and always receive a bonus for various abilities in battles against dragons, demons, and demons.

The reason why Mithril is named is probably because Mithril is the easiest metal to channel divine power?

Urs didn't know much about Castano's religious knowledge, but he still felt that both the "Necromancer" and the "Inquisitor" were better than the Mithril Knight, after all, as an advanced class of the Paladin, the Necromancer would shine in the epic war against the undead army of Byron Tas in the future.

The Inquisitor is even more "rogue", and while choosing this advancement will deprive the Paladin of the ability to cast the Priest's magic, the result is a variety of spell-like abilities with instantaneous effects, such as "Disarming Magic" and "True Gaze", which are based on double class level...... Yes, you can think of these paladins as law enforcers who specialize in punishing evil mages, who are generally seen as naked carcasses.

There is a famous saying in Castello's player circle that any class that can suppress a mage is a good class!

But the Mithril Knight is good...... At least it shows that this old knight named Brian is an advanced professional, and the person with advanced professional strength is actually a relatively powerful existence in Castano's main material plane, located in the middle and upper layers of the so-called pyramid system.

After all, you can't use the upper limit of genius as an indicator for everyone's qualifications, can you?

Lichs are everywhere, and there are as many gods as dogs? No, at least Castano's main material plane is not so terrifying, otherwise mortals have no way out......

Eventually, the group accepted the kindness of the paladin team, and led them across the Bridge of Prayers towards the Pious Square in the depths of the temple area.

The high monument is a large open space between the many church buildings, and the high monument records the history of the city's establishment in lingua franca, and many people sit or sleep on the brick floor next to the monument, and the clergy of different faiths take on the same duty on the night of the calamity, giving comfort and healing to those who have taken refuge here.

In particular, some priests who believe in Liv, the goddess of life, may not have enough divine powers, but as believers in the goddess of life, they also have a lot of medical knowledge, with bandages and corresponding alchemical drugs, and even surgical tools that are not yet perfect in this era, to try to relieve the pain of the injured.

The paladins play the role of guardians. The speed of the "tears" of the eye of the abyss is gradually slowing down after the first few minutes of the eruption, and the fire meteors that envelop the demonic monsters have indeed landed in the temple area in the previous time, and among those monsters there is even a powerful temptation demon - but the respectability of the holy warriors lies in this, they may always have some dead brains, rigid, inflexible, and admit death, but when disaster comes, they are often the first to stand up.

You can complain about their brains, but at least give them the respect they deserve.

The decoyant is said to have been slain by the old knight Brian. The Mythril Knight's knowledge of demons is as thorough as the Ranger's investigation of his old enemy, and the corpse of the giant is still lying in front of a church on the west side of the temple area, but the priests have also paid the price of more than twenty lives, but they firmly believe that noble sacrifice is the sublimation of the soul, so they have no fear from beginning to end.

That's why Urs chose this place for the refugees he met. Coming down the main street in the temple district, the young man saw the scene in the Devotional Square and thought that perhaps he had made the right decision.

Glorydon walked in front of Urs's gaze and behind the paladin squad with the crossbow in his hand. After the paladin stepped aside to signal that everyone had arrived at their destination, the old thief's gaze cursoryly observed the scene in front of him, and his gray eyes suddenly spotted a familiar face, and then fixed his gaze on one of the evacuees in the crowd.

The evacuee was a pointy-eared, half-elf woman, her emerald green eyes filled with a somewhat confused haze, her long hair tied into a ponytail and a compound longbow at the back of her head, dressed in dark brown leather armor and a dark green cloak, curled up on the side of the monument in the center of the square.

"Captain Akalira?" Glorydon leaned closer, trying to call her name.

When she heard the old thief's question, she looked up in a little surprise, and turned to look at the people standing at the edge of the square.

Ekarila Shadow, the half-elven ranger leader of the Hummingbird Adventures.

Urs also noticed her existence at this moment, and said that the people of the Hummingbird Regiment were actually here?

In this way, most of the adventurers who ran to the Spotted Axe Forest to carry out that urgent mission gathered together at this time, I don't know if it was a coincidence, or should we be glad that everyone is so fateful that they can even meet each other when they are suffering.

But where are her team members? Look at the reactions of the people around her, who don't seem to be beside her?

Did something happen?

Urs was a little curious about what had happened to the group of adventurers who had some intersections with him, but Thea suddenly noticed that the half-elf female ranger had an empty cloak on the side of her body, and there was space that should have belonged to one arm.

The girl's gaze is noticed by the female ranger. She seemed to be particularly sensitive to this, and then fell silent for two seconds, closed her eyes in anguish, and reached out her surviving hand to lift the cloak that covered her body.

She had lost an arm, perhaps in a battle with a demon, or perhaps from a meteor.

Regardless, the one-armed Ranger will never be able to draw the bow again, at least until she is healed by a high-level magic called Amputated Regeneration.

Orichalcum lost its door, its shaving blade blunted its blade, and the hummingbird broke its wings......