Chapter 123: Nightfall

The work of cleaning up the battlefield began, and wisps of calming smoke wafted on the battlefield, which was the incense burner of the Holy See.

Two of the most prominent symbols of the Templars and the Priest of Light are the incense burner and the cross. The cross motif is derived from the image of the goddess of gifts with her hands held in front of her chest and her wings spread behind her back. The incense burner is a ritual vessel for believers to perform prayer ceremonies, and after the goddess of grace bestows divine power, it is also transformed into a special equipment.

Most of the furnaces with handles are used in papal ceremonies, while in battles they are hung with chains, and the left hand hangs the stove and the right hand holds the staff.

In addition to the furnace and hanging furnace, there is also a special incense burner, which is the incinerator of the knights. The incinerator is actually a two-handed hammer, but the head of the hammer is hollowed out to make an incense burner, and when different spices are lit, smoke and sparks of different colors will rise, which was once called the most powerful weapon.

However, most Templars wore hanging stoves, which had a special structure of wrist guards on their left arm, allowing them to hold a shield while holding a hanging stove.

While the incense burner became equipment, it still retained the role of a ritual vessel. After each battle, the Templars and Priests of Light performed a ceremony, this time presided over by the Knight of Light, Osvid.

He laid his shield horizontally on the ground, knelt in front of it, raised his hands to the sky, and opened his arms. He held the sword in his right hand, and his hanging furnace hung from his forearm in his left hand.

Smoke was rising from his hanging furnace, and the color of the smoke caught Kaneshiro's attention.

Different spices will bring different effects when ignited. Therefore, the Light Priest and the Templars in the same team will allocate their respective spice choices in advance before entering the battle.

But it is the spice of battle, and the choice of ritual spice should be fixed, representing the direction of the believers' faith, which they made when they joined the Holy See.

The direction of faith determines the direction of the believer's career advancement, so Jincheng can easily distinguish these spice smoke representing different professions.

The Knights of Light have the strongest faith, so their ritual spice should be the loyal incense of milky smoke.

But what rose from Auswid's hanging furnace was gray smoke!

This is supposed to be the ritual spice of the knights of punishment. Due to the nature of the Knights of Punishment, they use more force than their companions, so they are required to repent of their killings during each ritual.

Gray smoke, incense of repentance.

In the player group, there will be no situation where this kind of ritual spice does not correspond to advanced classes, but for the plot characters, their beliefs are not purely for power, so this situation occasionally occurs.

Osvid obviously chose to advance to the Knight of Light, but he chose the incense of repentance as his ritual spice. In other words, the reason why he believed in the Goddess of Gifts was to repent, and he committed an extremely serious sin before he threw himself into the Holy See of Light!

"Auswed......" Jin Cheng looked at the knight of the Holy Light who was praying sincerely from a distance, with a strange look in his eyes.

As the first arcane mage among the players, Kaneshiro is active in every world event in Igu, including the Holy See's Cross Crusade. Because of that incident, he got to know all the bishops and knights of the Holy See, and all the legends of the Holy See also fought side by side with him.

And Jincheng can be sure that there is no Osvid among them.

But...... Kaneshiro felt that Osvid was familiar, he must have seen Osveld somewhere, somewhere that had nothing to do with the Holy See.

Jin Cheng frowned and thought for a while, choosing to put this matter aside for the time being. In addition to the fact that he couldn't think of any clues, there was another reason that the sound of music attracted his attention again.

It was Augustus, the bard playing a recorder and playing a song to bless the deceased, dedicated to a few mercenaries who had died in battle.

"Got you." Jin Cheng smiled in his heart, walked to Augustus's side, and quietly listened to his music, and then smiled and said, "Bard, which piece of music are you playing?" ”

"Faith Chapter 3, Nightfall." Augustus replied, looking at Jin Cheng with some caution, his eyes flashing.

"It turned out to be a trilogy of faith, no wonder it sounded familiar to me. If I'm not mistaken, the trilogy of faith is early morning, noon, and night, which means that no matter what stage of life you are, as long as you choose to believe in the goddess, you will be blessed with grace without discrimination, right? Kaneshiro smiled kindly.

"That's right." Augustus nodded, the expression on his face relaxed, "Even if their lives have passed, as long as their souls choose faith, the goddess of gifts will lead them to the blessed divine land of the crown of the heavenly vault." ”

This is an exaggeration, and the bishops do not necessarily have the privilege of going to the land of the Blessed God. I think they'll still be heading to the Astral Underworld. Jin Cheng narrowed his eyes, looked directly at Augustus, and said softly, "What's more...... The third chapter of faith you played is different from what I've heard before, and it doesn't seem to be the original, right? ”

Augustus's body trembled suddenly, his face turned pale in the blink of an eye, and cold sweat faintly broke out on his forehead, he looked at Jin Cheng in horror, held his breath for a long time, and then said in a little panic: "I...... I might be a little tired, so ...... So blow ...... I played a few syllables wrong......"

"You're already a second-order bard, you really shouldn't make such a mistake." Kaneshiro smiled, turning his head to look into the distance, at the rear of the battlefield, where Ella was discussing something with a few people.

The young Count Prohai seemed to possess some special ability, and she could always detect Jincheng's gaze for the first time, so she turned around and waved at Jincheng with a sweet smile on her face.

The discussion was abruptly interrupted, and several people around Ella looked in the direction she waved her hand in, including ...... Warrior Monk of the Northlands.

Augustus's body stiffened, and his true identity was a taboo, a taboo that absolutely no one could make known, especially the monks.

These die-hard believers in the gods of eternal life and eternal sleep will punish anyone who manipulates the power of death without permission, and there will be no end to death.

Never-ending is an adjective that represents an infinite and endless time.

But for Augustus, the end is likely to be brought soon—if the Northland monks discover his identity.

"You...... You know what......" Augustus gave in, his voice low and his voice trembling with a hint of pleading.

"What do you say?" Jin Cheng waved his hand in response to Ella, smiling.

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There's entertainment, I'm late to come back, and there's another chapter that is estimated to be in the middle of the night.

Don't wait, get up tomorrow morning and watch.