When Spike the Lich disappeared from view, the moonlit mountains and forests seemed to return to their previous tranquility—a vast mist swirled like light smoke between the tall trees, and some evergreen shrubs were also condensed with crystal dew.

The period after the New Year's festival is still a cold winter.

Gross couldn't help but glance around, and he suddenly remembered something.

In fact, due to the abridgement of the "Shadows in the Sun" task, the difficulty of the task has been raised to the highest level, and the probability of failure has increased a lot.

If Spike the Lich manages to escape, it will naturally be one of the circumstances in which the mission fails.

The Lich's opponent is the Mage, because before the Awakening Phase, classes outside of the legal system did not have spell resistance and the means to deal with spells-

In other words, in the face of a lich with the power of the first order of awakening, the warrior of the inaugural rank is tantamount to asking for trouble on his own, and even if multiple people work together, they must be careful enough.

Warriors can't use the rules to unravel the Lich's spell skills like mages, which is why this quest requires a powerful mage.

For Gross, although the "stallion mage" Joko has an abominable face, the role he can play must not be underestimated.

After more than half a minute, Spike the Lich was still hiding behind the cyan stone, as if it had disappeared out of thin air, without making any movement—

This is a blind spot in the vision of several people, and their rich combat experience tells them that they are currently in a stalemate situation, and it is not suitable for reckless and rash action.

That damn lich might be secretly preparing some evil spell?

No one has been able to answer this question.

Gross turned his head, his eyes blinking, and he looked at Stewart and the dwarf Tob.

"Don't be anxious, my fellows, Priest Enkers and his colleagues may be arriving soon."

He seemed to laugh a little, and there was a hint of joy in his laughter:

"According to the bounty amount of the Holy Radiance Church, a lich who has the power of awakening can be exchanged for quite a rich reward, well, let me think about it, it should be a lot of Rael......"

"Haha, it's so much that you can bury a few of us."

At this time, Stewart obviously understood Gross's intentions, and the two had a tacit understanding, "What time is it?" ”

"I don't know, I don't have a pocket watch in my pocket. Calculating the departure time, it is probably less than eight o'clock now. This mission is from the Cathedral of Karthus, and I don't think Priest Enks and the other priests will be late. ”

As the natural enemy of the spirits of the dead in Diar, the Church of the Holy Radiance has been tasked with fighting the fallen and unclean for thousands of years.

And within the Church of Divine Radiance, the elimination of a lich, especially an awakened level lich, is undoubtedly an extremely remarkable feat for the clergy.

Under normal circumstances, the clergy would never turn a blind eye to such a thing.

Priest Martti Enks, stationed in the Talon region, is a special exception.

In Gross's impression, the priest was about fifty years old, wearing a neat and clean white robe all day long, with a fair face and a small beard, and always maintained an unsmiling appearance—

According to his strength and age, there is a high probability that he will stop at the position of local bishop in this life, and there is no hope of promotion, so he shifted his future life goal to the grabbing of money.

He had a nephew who was very close to him, and although the priest of Enks never married, a descendant of the same surname made him very fond of this nephew, and it would not be too much to say that he regarded him as his own child.

Unfortunately, his nephew was a bad gambler, which made his thirst for money even more urgent.

Even, do not hesitate to collude with mortal enemies!

Gross's original plan was to overthrow Spike the Lich, then collect evidence and pass it on to the Church of Radiance—

At this time, he and Stewart were chatting like close old friends, and the wild mage Choko and the dwarf Tob on the side also understood their intentions.

"Praise the Holy Radiance! Wherever the sun goes, the unclean dead have no escape. ”

The dwarf Tob expressed his emotion in his characteristic tone.

"Tob, you misremember the content of the teachings!"

Choco corrected the error in the dwarf's words, and he looked at his companion who was glaring:

"This is an excerpt from the second volume of the 'Proverbs of the Divine Radiance,' which says, 'Wherever the sun goes, warmth shines on people's hearts, and shadows cannot escape.'"

"Hey, even if I'm mistaken. Well, my old fellow, I think you're a good fit for a job as a priest. ”

The dwarf Tob has always had the attribute of chattering, his "Scarlet Reaper" is still in his hand, and his dark gray eyes are looking left and right, and his words do not stop:

"I heard that there are a lot of young and beautiful girls in the church, don't you think about it? Jocco, don't keep a straight face like that, I said seriously......"

The conversation between the several people was a little deliberate at first, but with the participation of the dwarf Tobu, it quickly became lively.

The priests of the Church of the Holy Radiance are coming.

It's a bad thing.

These things fell on Spike the Lich, and he couldn't help but be terrified—

Surprised because they mentioned the name of Priest Enks, and they seemed to know his details very well.

The old guy made a secret agreement with him, and although so far, the old guy hadn't made any special moves, but there were some things that who could swear by with a pat on his chest?

When he was a nobleman of the Reicat Empire, Spike Calvin understood that a so-called oath or agreement was meant to be betrayed when driven by sufficient interests or motives.

As for fear?

Calthas Cathedral.

When he heard this, he thought of those terrifying high-ranking priests. Compared to the mediocre old guy of Martí Enks, the methods of those high-ranking priests against the dead are outrageous!

He probably knew that in a branch of the Holy Radiance Church at the level of the Calthas Cathedral, there were at least one or two high-level priests stationed there, and their strength was at least the middle level of Awakening.

The withered, yellowed teeth in his jaw clenched, and he had just made some improvised arrangements around him, but now, Spike had finally made up his mind.

The "Church of the Holy Radiance" was the mortal enemy of the deceased, and he reached into his arms and pulled out a scroll.

It was an old parchment that had been stored for some years, his eyes resting on the mark in the lower right corner.

That's right, this is it.