Chapter Seventy-One: The Bloodstained Church
Spring nights are still very cold.
Although there is a fire in the castle room, it is not winter, and Sivi does not go out of his way to light a fire to keep warm.
He was wrapped in a thick quilt and lay on the soft double bed, looking at the curtain on the top of the bed, not knowing what he was thinking.
Theo didn't come to his room today, but slept next door with Elisa, except that they were used to living in this castle, probably they didn't want to let Sivi continue to sleep on the sofa because of their willfulness.
Although the two little girls are too immature, both in behavior and in thought, there is only one thing that is beyond doubt - they are both good girls who can think about others.
In any case, even if something happened to him, Sivi, who was sleeping next door, should be able to find out and rush over immediately, so he had nothing to worry about.
What really worries him is something else.
Judging from the information from the lord's wife who came back from the snooping worm not long ago, the border matter was unfortunately told by him: the lord's wife received a long-range communication magic for help at noon - since yesterday, a large number of orcs suddenly appeared outside the fortress of Lawrens, which is the gate of the eastern plains, and began to attack the fortress.
The mage team of the Frontier Guard Corps also fell into the dilemma of being besieged by many shamans due to the departure of several core personnel, and all in all, the situation was very bad.
It was in order to prevent the fortress from falling that the archmage Sharon Lange left Horadour and set off towards the fortress of Lawrens.
The magicians who had finally arrived in Horadour didn't even have time to go to the city to rest and catch their breath, so they had to turn around and set off again because of the other party's raid on the fortress, and began to rush back to the fortress in the dust.
And the Holy See had to organize a rescue team to rush to the battlefield, so it had to postpone the ruling against Wickran.
In this way, Her Royal Highness the princess's plan must also be postponed.
"Alas......" with a long sigh, Sivi sat up from the bed, and he didn't know what he was doing, and he had been restless since the afternoon, and always felt as if something was going to happen.
It's about 10 to 11 o'clock in the evening, but today's dungeon opportunities have run out, and if you want to get a dungeon, you can only wait a little longer.
He put on his robe, sat down on the couch and poured himself some water, then walked to the floor-to-ceiling window of the room with his cup in his hand and opened the window.
With the influx of the cold wind, which is not bitter but also piercing, characteristic of spring nights, Sivi shivered, and took a sip of steaming boiling water while looking out at the night view of Horadur.
There is a magic guide similar to an electric light in this world, but the energy consumption of that thing is not affordable for ordinary people, and the lighting used by civilians at night is only candles or ordinary oil lamps, except for kerosene lamps that are a bit like lanterns.
Therefore, although Horadur is the capital and economic center of Noaig, the night is not as beautiful as the small town in Sivi's previous life...... At least there is no feeling of bright lights, and the stars in the sky may be more beautiful and spectacular than the night of the city.
However, at this time, Sivi looked at a white building not far away a little strangely.
It was the cathedral of Horadul and the regional headquarters of the Holy See in Noaiger, from which almost the entire high-ranking members of the church in Noaig came out.
However, at this time, the building, which looked like a magnificent Milan Cathedral, exuded an extremely strange fluctuation outward.
The fluctuations were so faint that Sivi couldn't even tell if they were magical fluctuations or not—neither the magical elements nor the magic seemed to react to them, making them difficult for even a magician to detect. If it weren't for Sivi's whim to see the night view, and the church was on the other side opposite the castle of the city lord, maybe he wouldn't have found out. …,
What made him even more vigilant was that the uneasiness in his heart grew even more as he struggled to sense the fluctuations.
Just go check it out.
Sivi immediately decided, he put down the water glass, and while buttoning the button of his robe, he directly activated the traction anchor and dragged himself from the balcony to the door of the church.
He didn't know what was going to happen, so he didn't plan to call Alyssa and Theo—even if it wasn't, it wouldn't be a good thing if the priests found someone sneaking into the church at night, and it would be easier for him to run away if he was alone......
To be honest, Sivi's way of moving, although fast and efficient, was not worthy of praise, and the wind poured cold air into Sivi's robes mercilessly, and by the time Sivi switched his magic to a mage's hand to catch himself from crashing headlong into the long staircase peculiar to religious buildings, he felt that his body was almost frozen unconscious.
Rubbing his hands and legs vigorously, Sivi cautiously walked up to the door of the church while worrying about whether he would catch a cold or something.
Originally, there should be two temple guards equivalent to demon swordsmen guarding this place at any time, but at the moment, there is no one here.
This phenomenon made Sivi even more sure that there was some kind of anomaly in the church.
The Holy See in this world is different from the Holy See in many online novels, which hides filth and dirt and is no different from the Holy See of the underworld, although some low-ranking clergy will also use various names to cheat money, but no matter what, they will not do some things that are taboo by the doctrine - such as rape, alcoholism, killing innocent people in addition to sanctions, and not saving them when they can - because unlike the magic of magicians, the magic-like energy of the clergy such as priests and priests 'Holy Light' comes from their own beliefs.
By the way, they do not believe in the imaginary god of light, but in a more essential divine light.
When they act in a way that violates the teachings, the Light will punish them accordingly, ranging from a reduction in strength to a life-threatening experience.
That's why the clergy are respected and trusted by everyone, at least don't worry about them stabbing you in the back.
In this regard, it is not possible that the magic academy system that can allow Sivi to use magic to unleash divine magic has already violated the rules of the world world to some extent.
All in all, leaving the church without permission is disrespectful to the Light, and there will be some punishment, and if the temple guards are not bold enough to do so, what will happen in the church is already a certainty.
Although Sivi himself didn't want to be involved in anything strange, it was too close to the castle lord's castle, and if he left it alone, it might affect the castle later.
Convincing himself that it would be Tio's castle soon, so he couldn't leave it alone, Sivi tiptoed to the door, holding the Night Orb in one hand ready to cast a spell at any time, and pushing the door hard with the other.
Originally, he didn't think that he could open the door so easily, even if the church didn't have the habit of locking the door at night, if someone did something unsightly inside, it would definitely not open the door like that without locking it, right?
But the problem is that with a push without much hope, Sivi easily pushed the door open......
“……”
I should thank the people in the church for oiling the door shaft on time so that they didn't make 'crunch', 'squeak' and other sounds that would attract each other's attention.
Sivi chuckled inwardly, and then looked inside from the door.
The huge empty church is full of pews for worship, the walls are covered with all kinds of religious decorations, the high dome and the huge cross in front give the whole church a mysterious religious atmosphere and a sense of solemnity and oppression. …,
In the front desk, a figure was standing with his back to Sivi. The moonlight cast a cold glow through the stained glass of the dome, hanging over the figure like a veil.
However, this picturesque scene has no beauty at all, because an ominous magic is rising above the figure, this magic that seems to be full of blood and cruelty destroys the solemn and holy atmosphere around it, and the great contrast makes the front desk of the church have a strange horror, and the effect is highlighted by the several corpses that fell at the feet of the figure.
Although it is not very clear because of the distance and the darkness of the environment, it can still be seen from the general style of the clothes of the corpses that they were originally the remaining clergy of this church.
Has the other party found out about himself?
Sivi gritted his teeth, and then activated the shadow servant of the Dark Orb, allowing a small black creature to blend into the surrounding gloomy surroundings and tiptoe closer to the other party.
As long as you can get close to a certain distance and then suddenly attack, you will definitely be able to attract the attention of the other party, and then it will be a chance for Sivi to make a surprise attack.
Although the night watchmen would certainly not be much stronger because it was late at night and the main force of the church had left Horadul, it would not be easy to deal with them without alerting anyone...... At least not now.
Therefore, the odds of winning a head-to-head confrontation should be slim, and you can only try to make a surprise attack.
The success of the surprise attack is of course a good thing, but if it fails, it should be able to run away by relying on its own magic, and it is also a good way to lure the other party to the Horadur branch of the Seven Yao Mage Association when the time comes.
However, before the Shadow Servant could reach halfway, the other party had already turned around and released an unknown purple magic that shattered the Shadow Servant to pieces.
But in this way, Sivi also saw the other party's face exposed to the moonlight clearly.
"Wakelon...... Green? ”
★ It has nothing to do with the body
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