Charles didn't appreciate it.

He just wanted to ask Ingrid for more information about the Shadow Thieves, not to ask the hand of the dummy to catch the rats lurking in the city.

"Our territory has its own law enforcement agency, so we don't need you to do it." Charles added, "It's also my territory's own business......"

The implication is to disassociate himself with the witch.

Judging from what happened last night and now, whether it is the goddess of love or the eternal lover Yeyao, one is the extreme of fraternity and love, and the other is paranoid and coquettish, the characters of the two goddesses are directly reflected in their core believers, and Charles feels that no matter who he is, he must draw a clear line, and it is wonderful to protect himself.

In a word, it's better to be God's father, Ogma, who has not forced him to do anything so far. Although Charles had a hunch that the mission was coming.

Ingrid heard what he meant, and immediately raised her eyebrows and said, "I have already ordered the demon servant to do it." ”

“……”

Charles simply looked at the ceiling of the temple hall.

When it comes to such a strong female NPC, he really has no way to do it. Ingrid's legendary prowess made it impossible for him to disobey the lich.

Now he could only mourn for the shadow thieves.

Falling into the hands of a legendary Lich Servant is certainly more painful than being caught by the Rock Collar.

"Be sure to leave the leader of the Shadow Thieves behind, and don't kill him or make him kill himself." That's all Charles can say.

"No problem."

"Even if the leader of the shadow thieves commits suicide, I will have the servants imprison his soul. Feel relieved. Ingrid said lightly.

Meanwhile.

The Shadow Thief Leader is marked by a connection unique to the organization. Within an hour, the remaining Shadow Thieves in the Rock Collar had been summoned.

This is the corner of the eastern end of the city, where several newly-built low-rise houses are scattered, one of which is in one house. The staggered crowd was crowded with more than a dozen male and female shadow thieves.

"Bang"

The wooden door was closed, and a female shadow thief turned her back against the doorway and said to the masked man standing in the center of the room, "Lord Arthur, the trap and magic alarm have been set. ”

"Good."

Wearing a black silk mask and a small blood-stained sword engraved on his left cheek, Arthur, the leader of the shadow thieves, said slowly in a low tone, "Everyone, just an hour ago. I've received a magical message from the Gilded Rose Tavern HQ! ”

"An elder of the Shadow Council has conveyed to me an order that the mission must be terminated in the near future and return to HQ to report."

That is to say. We're running out of time, and we're going to have to target that pastor these days! ”

There was a commotion in the room, and the shadow thieves whispered to each other.

Arthur's eyes remained indifferent, allowing the group of shadow thieves to discuss.

The HQ magic teleportation was, of course, his lie. Arthur admits that he was selfish about the artifact. One way or another. As long as he can deal with the priest, seize the relics, and destroy the territory that has not really grown up as much as possible, then the Shadow Thief Headquarters will only reward him, and will not care how many people died in the mission.

The deceased did not have the right to speak. In Arthur's eyes, in addition to him, there were more than a dozen other shadow thieves in the house. are on the mission death list.

"Flamethrower!" The thought of the wanderer's relic, Arthur almost couldn't control his excitement and trembled.

As a middle- and low-level member of the Amm Shadow Thief Organization. Arthur, of course, didn't know the priest's 'guardian' status, and didn't know that the Shadow Council had sent them on this cross-border mission, which was just a perfunctory act to forcibly save face and dignity.

The Shadow Council knew that Charles was the guardian of the goddess, but the leader of the shadow thieves sent by the Shadow Council was only a half-hero, and there was no other explanation than perfunctory.

"Lord Arthur......" An aging shadow thief had just spoken, when a wave of magic erupted from the narrow room without warning.

"Truly."

Sen Ran's strange feminine laughter appeared with the fluctuation of magic.

At this time, the magic alarm set up by the shadow thieves outside the door finally let out a piercing chirp, and most of the shadow thieves reacted quickly, and at the moment when the alarm sounded, they started and disappeared, and jumped out of the window to escape.

But Arthur didn't move, his eyes exposed by the black silk mask were full of fear as he looked at the evil female professional who came out of the ripples of the void, and shouted in despair: "...... Lord of the Revenant! ”

The female professional wore the ice-blue sacrificial robe of the Priest of Nightshine, and held a black death scythe that emitted an icy cold light, and two unstable corpses were rotating around the scythe, turning into hideous white skulls from time to time, roaring at the sluggish Arthur's teeth, and there was a strong aura of death in his voice.

The Master of the Revenant, an advanced professional who enslaves the Void Necromancer!

Arthur heard the screams coming from inside and outside the house, and there were a few shadow thieves walking slowly, either being grabbed by the ghosts that suddenly appeared in the void, or being grabbed by the ghost hands that came out of the floor, in short, almost every shadow thief was entangled in the body of several shadows and bound spirits, and the contact of the necromancy weakened the attack, leaving the shadow thief's skin exposed, dehydrated and aged in the blink of an eye, and wrinkled all over.

The first deceased appeared, the unlucky young female shadow thief, entangled by a fearful spirit and a large ghost, and her beautiful face instantly withered into the appearance of a ninety-year-old woman.

"Arthur, save me!" The female shadow thief screamed before she died, but Arthur did not move, and watched as the female shadow thief finally turned into a dried corpse and collapsed.

Arthur and the female shadow thief knew each other and had an overnight encounter at the Gilded Rose headquarters.

Seeing the female face that had become as ugly and disgusting as an old ghost woman, Arthur's whole body trembled, his face turned pale, and he couldn't hold back a strong feeling of vomiting.

The Fearful Bound Spirit and the Great Shadow floated from the dried corpse, their cold gaze fixed on the leader of the Shadow Thieves.

Arthur felt a sigh in his heart, and at this time, the desire to survive finally overwhelmed the fear, and shouted to release his professional skills: "[Shadow Walk]!" ”

Sou.

His whole body turned into a flying shadow, half of his body was in the main material realm, half in the shadow realm, and ordinary spells and attacks could not lock on to him.

"Hehe......" The female Lord of the Revenant waved the huge Scythe of Death, and the scythe blade emitted the aura of summoning spells.

"Shadow Mastiff!"

Arthur, who was speeding around, suddenly let out a scream. Falling to the ground, several shadow mastiffs pounced on him from the shadows, roaring and biting around him.

But in the blink of an eye. The half-hero Shadow Thief was covered in bloody wounds.

"Get out of the way, my darlings!"

The female Lord of the Revenant stepped down from the void, and the shadow mastiffs that had pounced on Arthur retreated to the side and lowered their heads, letting out intimate whimpering.

"Do you want to kill yourself?" The Reaper's scythe of the Lord of Dead slammed down from the air, and Arthur closed his eyes in despair, but a second later his body was occupied by a sense of paralysis.

Arthur was horrified in his heart: "Human immobilization! What does she want to do! ”

The Shadow Thief Leader's breathing and senses were still normal. The huge pain of the wounds around his body made Arthur last less than half a minute before he completely fainted.

Before he lost consciousness. This corner of the eastern part of the territory has been completely silent.

"All ...... dead"

The shadow thieves on the death list are all dead, but the result is not what Arthur wanted. At this time, he did not have a trace of joy, and his heart was full of fear.

……

Dark and dreary underground space.

This is a confidential dungeon secretly built by the Rock Collar. It was dug under the ground of the Municipal Building.

Follow the plan of the dwarven craftsman Ruric. The future Civic Building is part of the castle within the territory, and the area is enclosed by a thick wall on the ground.

Naturally, the new dungeon had no prisoners, and even the incumbent jailers and wardens were not in place.

In the deepest part of a closed cell, the steel cell door was open, and several people stood inside and outside, namely Charles, Yuffie, Salin, Ren Qingwu, Antinoya, and Ingrid.

Salin, Ren Qingwu, and Antinoya waited outside the cell, while Charles and Yuffie were in their cells preparing to interrogate the leader of the Shadow Thieves.

"Wait."

Ingrid smiled and reached out to stop the two. "Your torture skills are not up to par, and the shadow thief is strong-willed. If caught, they usually bite their tongue and kill themselves or take poison. ”

"Besides, it's hard to ask what you're looking for with ordinary confusion spells." Ingrid said, clapping her hands at the void.

"Lord Ingrid!"

In the fluctuation of teleportation, a female professional who exudes a strong evil aura walks out of the void.

The most striking thing is the huge black scythe in her hand that does not match her size.

"This is my faithful servant, Agatha, who was once the priest of our Lord Night, but she lost her nature and fell into the arms of evil and darkness in the environment of contact with the dead......"

"My lord Yeyao didn't give up on me!"

A clear voice interrupted Ingrid, and Agatha, the Lord of Souls, swung her scythe and said with fervor: "Agatha swears in the name of love that Agatha's faith will not change whether she falls into the abyss or purgatory!" ”

Fanatics.

Charles gave the sudden arrival of the Lord of the Revenant, then turned to Yuffie and said, "Then let's go out and wait." ”

The cell door closed slightly, and the dungeon corridor began to echo with terrifying howls.

A moment later, Ingrid walked out with an expressionless Agatha.

Several people discover that the scythe blade of the Lord of the Dead is stained with donated blood. Charles looked through the half-open cell door and saw only a corpse on the ground that had been stripped of skin and blood.

"In the end, the method of imprisoning the soul was used." Ingrid, too, was helpless and moved out of the way for Agatha to stand in front of Charles with her scythe in hand.

"His name is Arthur, his code name in the organization is 'Thorn Face', a half-hero Shadow Thief, directly under the Shadow Thief Gilded Rose Tavern headquarters, and has completed a total of 121 large and small tasks, including 61 group activities and 60 solo actions......"

Listening to Agatha's mechanical retelling, Charles had a headache.

He waved his hand to stop the Lord of the Revenant, and said like a cannon, "So is there still a fish from the Shadow Thief Gang in the Rock Territory now?" Did they build underground stations? Is there anyone in the territory who is in cahoots with them? After this group of shadow thieves is eliminated, will the next team be sent by the Shadow Thieves headquarters? ”

The dungeon was silent for a long time before Agatha said, "...... No...... Didn't build ...... There is no collusion...... Unknown ......"

“……”

Charles looked at Ingrid, and the witch forced a smile, "Hehe, that's how Agatha works. ”

Either way, the Shadow Thieves gang has finally come to an end.

On the same day, the notice document sent by the lord's palace was posted all over the rock realm.

In the announcement, Charles did not save any face for the Shadow Thieves Guild, but directly stated the origin of the gang of thieves, and informed all the residents of the Rock Territory that the Shadow Thieves had been eliminated and that the territory promised that there would be no second gang of thieves that would disrupt their daily lives.

After the notice document is issued, the territory management panel will refresh a message prompting that 'the people's sense of belonging has increased'.

By the end of the incident, the newly built gallows in the Territory Bazaar had not been stained with blood after all.

A week later, the hall of the temple.

"Director Garden, it's a blessing." Charles leaned over to thank the director of the Arabe Guild, a middle-aged architect who was exhausted.

After intensive work, the temple was finally officially completed this evening.

Gaden Black Shield wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled, "It's also my pleasure. Of the temples I handle, the temple that Pastor Charles will be in charge is fully qualified to be in the top three! ”

Charles nodded, looking at the hall that had been enlarged after the temple was completed.

The tall statue of Lord Ogmar looked at the platform where he would preside over the big festival in the future. I didn't dare to say more, but Charles made a visual inspection, and there would be no problem for this hall to be crowded into more than a thousand believers in the future.

What's more, outside the hall, there are two side halls that are divided, which will be where his deputies will carry out their work. Of course, at the moment both deputies are vacant.

Opening the territory panel, a row of temple data text filled the retina:

"Ogma's Temple of Knowledge (Large Building)."

"Priest of the Lord of Knowledge: Charles (player)

Priest of the Partial Hall of the Dossier: None

Priest of the Side Temple: None.

Number of believers currently accommodated: 0 [Unknown]

Number of Temple Guards: 0

Knights of the Inquisition: None

……”

Compared to the territory panel, in fact, the temple panel is quite simple. Charles focuses on the buffs he gains when he builds the Temple.

"[Ogma's Favor] (Area Passive): When you are in the temple area, you can instantly invoke any magic that has been recorded on the magic web, just like casting a spell-like ability."

"Ogma's Sanctuary (Area Passive): When you are in the Temple area, your Spell Resistance is increased by 100%, and you are immune to all Confusion spell effects, and prophecy spells are invalid against you."

"Ogma's Divine Power Surge (ununlocked)."

"Ogma's Mantra (Ununlocked)."

"Ogmar's Descent (Ununlocked)."

Charles was secretly stunned.

There are a total of five Area Passive Attributes, two of which were activated even when the Temple was first built!

"This is the prototype of the kingdom of God, right?" Charles couldn't help but think to himself, "No wonder no professional dares to storm a temple with a priest in charge of the temple, and kill himself." ”

"Ask Salin and Antinoa to come over and see if I have the strength to stand up to the heroes in the temple area."

Charles called a Territory Knight and raised his hand to send a group letter to a group of friends and relatives on his friends list.

"Live?" Charles suppressed the thought.

It will take a few more days for the inauguration of the temple to be lively. (To be continued.) )