Chapter 55: The Real Adventure Squad
After dropping this sentence, Ling Chang left Acoste's side and returned to his room, Acoste stood in place for a long time as if he had been petrified, and he also understood something, and shook his head with a wry smile and returned to his room. The night returned to tranquility, and on the roof of the cloister, the warrior monk Li Qing had been meditating on it, and after the two left, the corners of his mouth slowly curled upward.
"Mr. Acoste, are you up?" The next morning, there was a polite shout outside the door of the room, Acoste opened his worried eyes, at night he was disturbed by Ling's sudden "attack", and he didn't know what time to fall asleep in a daze, but this is not a difficult thing for a professional, it only took 2 seconds, Acoste made his head sober, because it was still early, Lavis turned over and was still sleeping, Acoste climbed out of bed lightly, and immediately put on his equipment and opened the door.
"Great, so you're awake." Standing in the doorway was a childish boy, about the same age as Acoste, dressed in bright white light chain mail and wearing the insignia of a cadet knight on his chest. "Bishop Boggs asked me to come and call you, as if I had something important to discuss with you."
"Let's go." Acoste was a little surprised in his heart, he didn't expect the speed of the temple to be so fast, in his influence, the efficiency of the temple's general military operations is extremely slow, every time he either waits for himself to be there and others run away, or the evil has completely grown up, and he has to fight. It seems that Boggs used some special authority to be able to do so quickly.
"You're here." Passing through a long corridor, Acoste came to the main hall, which was not as empty as it had been when he had been there last night. Under the statue of Tyr, several bishops in gorgeous robes stood there, and the front row of the hall was a paladin and chief paladin of different temples, judging from their resolute faces and the holy light condensed outside their bodies, these were at least 13 grades or higher, and then looked down, the knights of the judgment, the arbitration guards, the knights of the temple, the rows were neatly arranged according to their strength and their own camps, even outside the main hall, Acoste could see the crowds, This grand spectacle shocked Acoste, far exceeding the power of the temple in the small town of Belgost! It is estimated that the guards of all the temples of Baldur's Gate can be mobilized together to have such a large number of people.
"You're Acoste." A kind old man smiled kindly at Acoste's surprised eyes, and he walked straight up to the half-elf boy to say hello.
"It's me, Your Excellency the Archbishop." Yakoste saw that the beard of the old man who could reach the waist actually had three gold rims on his sleeves, and hurriedly lowered his head to show his respect, the priests who can wear this kind of clothing are all archbishops in charge of a region, with 15-20 levels, and may have mastered the existence of the 9-ring divine art, maybe the vast majority of ignorant people on the Feren continent will not know the power of the 9-ring divine art, but Yacoste, a warrior who has already crossed the legendary hurdle in his previous life, knows very well, The magic in the 9 rings has been able to fully express the power of the gods they believe in, what do you think of the divine blade enchantment, the law: shock, the law: death, the extreme effect of the yang flame, summoning the otherworldly god [legendary creature], etc., the priests of different priesthoods can obtain the magic in different fields after entering this level, but it can be said that each one is very dangerous and can even pose a threat to themselves who entered the legendary realm at that time. Of course, there is a difference between the power of the high-level and low-level priests using divine magic, here can be a very simple example, although the low-level priests can also use the power of their belief in the gods through prayer, but because their spiritual power is not strong enough, and their beliefs are not pure enough, they cannot obtain or use most of the power of the gods, to put it bluntly, the priest is like a bucket, the amount of water in it depends on how much the person who pours the water is willing to inject into it, and on the other hand, it depends on how much the bucket can hold.
"Very well, you have a lot of knowledge, half-elf. My name is Chasim, and I am a devout servant of Tyre, the god of justice, and the head of the Temple of Justice in the West Hartland region. The old man introduced his identity, but although he was smiling on his face, his eyes were deeply fixed on Acoste's slightly handsome face. Do you know what it means that Boggs has used more than his authority for the sake of your intelligence? ”
"This" Yacoste was very surprised, he looked at Boggs standing next to him in disbelief, he didn't expect the other party to fight so hard, but Boggs waved his hand disapprerovingly at Yacoste's surprised gaze, indicating that he was fine.
"This means that if we can thwart the great evil force you are talking about, then my old friend Boggs will not be in trouble, otherwise he will lose his divine grace, be stripped of his bishopship, and be exiled from the temple." Chasm's tone gradually became stern, for no other reason, Chasm did not expect Boggs to be so bold, and overstepped to convene the temple of the surrounding forces, the original normal process was that Boggs passed the news to himself, and then organized people to investigate, and then held a meeting to decide, and finally mobilized people to do it, Boggs is good, the first step and the last step are carried out at the same time, and now that everyone is present, he can only bite the bullet, of course, if this is a farce, then Boggs's fate is undoubtedly tragic.
"I am willing to swear with my life for what I say!" Acoste himself is not very clear about this specific process inside the temple, but he knows that Boggs is undoubtedly taking a very big risk, thinking of this, Acoste can't help but salute the bishop who is over half a hundred years old, the other party has always taken good care of him, from the necklace of loyalty to help him treat the wounds left by the berserk demon for free, and now he believes in himself unconditionally, and would rather risk being exiled to overstep the ranks, Acoste's influence on Boggs has always been very good, If it weren't for the rules and regulations in the temple, maybe Acoste would have joined the Temple of Justice.
"You're good, young man." Archbishop Chasm saw everything in Yacoste, he patted Yacoste on the shoulder, and then turned around to face the army of priests standing densely in the hall and began his routine encouragement, and then did not talk nonsense, with a wave of his big hand, all the priests turned around in unison, and set off towards the Thousand Needles Forest in an orderly manner.
"Wait for us!" Just as Acoste was following behind the clergy army, suddenly several shouts came from far and near, Ling led Lavis and Li Qing out of the temple rest area panting, Ling was even more unreasonable and grabbed Acoste's collar on the spot, and asked menacingly, "Do you want to leave us here and go alone!" ”
"Uh. No," Acoste touched his head, he didn't know what to answer, because he had thought so in the first place.
"Hmph, you're overestimating yourself. What can you do without us, let alone revenge, you can't even meet the enemy! Ling Bingxue is smart, and when she sees Acoste's action of touching her head, she knows what Acoste is thinking.
"If you dare to act without permission in the future, I will tie you up and throw you under my bed every night! Lavis, let's go. She nudged Acoste viciously, and angrily took Lavis's hand and followed the group.
"Brother, you're too much! Hmph, Lavis won't bother you anymore. Lavis turned his head, grimaced at Acoste, and gave the back of his head to Acoste.
"We are partners in the life and death of the Scarlet Frost Flame Adventure Team. I am not afraid of death, but I cannot bear to be pitied. The taciturn Li Qing also rarely said a few words to Acoste, which shows that the warrior monk's heart fluctuates very much at this time.
"You, you fools." Acoste felt a sour nose, in fact, after all, this matter has something to do with him, Ling and they can walk away, but at this moment they choose to go to the evil battlefield for themselves, even if the possible price is to pay for their own lives. Acoste suddenly understood that from before to now, it was he who had never really regarded everyone as a real partner, in the abandoned mine, and still is, always thinking of bearing the consequences of all disasters himself, and letting his companions wait in a safe place. It's simply a babysitter and not a real adventure buddy! This kind of behavior does not win their gratitude, but disgust.
"Hey! Wait for me! Am I wrong? Acoste, who suddenly woke up, caught up with everyone from behind, and asked for forgiveness from others, in his heart, after the blood frost flame, he was a real adventure team, living and dying together, never abandoned!