2nd of May, Rosicrucius, Temple.

The war in Brill Forest was nothing to worry about for the upper echelons of the "Temple" - in the eyes of most people, the "Rosicrucifer" sect had more than seventy percent of the kingdom's followers, and the resources were abundant, and the soldiers were strong, and it was absolutely easy to take out the "Viper Cross" guerrillas head-on.

Therefore, Bishop Mograini, who was in charge of the battle, was in an extremely relaxed mood at this time, and he did not even look forward to much of the "decisive battle", except for punctual prayers every day, his recent energy was basically focused on consolidating the authority of his "cardinal", and he did not prepare for a possible "summit" in the future...

The sixty-one-year-old Mograini is gray-haired, not tall, and his eyes are always calm and dignified - he has been in the position of "cardinal" for seven years, and he is already a very powerful "boss" in the decision-making circles of the "Rosicrucian", and if this battle is won, Mograine's status in the sect will rise even further, even to the point of "one family".

Often, this means the end of a round of "competition".

Factional rivalry exists even in religious institutions, and opposition to Mograine has been suppressed in the past few years, and the only thing he needs now is a big victory to silence everyone.

"Lord Mograine, the latest battle report from the front. ”

Walking out of the humble "retreat room", the bishop immediately came to report the information, and Mograine reached out and straightened the red cardinal's robe, and replied, "Tell me briefly. ”

"Three more heretic squads were destroyed, and each captain judged that the enemy had reached the end of his crossbow and had lost any fighting spirit. ”

"Then go ahead and attack as planned. Mograine was not in much interest, didn't even bother to ask superfluous questions, he just pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Is Rubens still stubborn in his plan?"

"The Overseer has been speaking to several other cardinals these days about the pros and cons of dealing with the undead, but he hasn't mentioned Roddy's name..."

"Oh, it's just a different way - against the undead, against the infidels, where does the 'Rosicrucifer' need any outsiders? ”

The bishop next to him just nodded yes, but he didn't dare to make any more superfluous comments, but he knew very well that Rubens, who was about to be promoted to "cardinal", was afraid that it would be difficult for him to go further...

And at this moment, Rubens is indeed feeling a lot of pressure.

Different factions do not mean that the two sides will fight each other, but the difference in concepts will eventually cause the conflict between the two sides to gradually increase... At this time, there was an unprecedented "dissent" within the sect because of Rubens's ascension.

Mograine believed that the only obstacle to the development of the sect was the infidels within the kingdom, so he advocated the elimination of dissidents and the complete "hegemony" of the kingdom.

However, Rubens firmly believed that "confronting foreign enemies" was the focus of the sect's next development, otherwise the "Rosicrucian" would inevitably face an unprecedented crisis.

The irreconcilable contradiction between these two ideas also meant that the struggle between the two sides was destined to intensify - Rubens introduced the name "Roddy" and urged the Pope to woo and promote him, apparently in order to forge it into a sharp blade of the "Rosicru".

But all his efforts were insignificant in the face of the war promoted by Mograini. Even Rubens himself understands that when the war is won, even the Pope will have to abandon the concepts and opinions he promotes for the sake of political trade-offs...

And he didn't have anything to do.

At this moment, the carrier pigeon flying from Everta to the Temple had just flown halfway through the total distance... As for the messenger on horseback, he had just left the borders of Ivota territory.

In the Silent Forest, Roddy was carrying a large stack of ropes and was slowly crawling on a huge tree.

He bit a dagger in his mouth, and his fingers pressed hard into the gap in the skin of the giant tree in front of him, and he silently and quickly came to the canopy - the bottom of this giant tree needs to be hugged by ten people, and the position of the canopy is more than thirty meters from the ground. At this height of more than a dozen floors, even if Roddy is not afraid of heights, he will inevitably feel a little dizzy when he occasionally looks down.

Shaking his somewhat sore arm, Luo Di stood on the thick tree trunk, confirmed that there was a target he was looking for in the canopy, picked up the rope and touched it, and after ten minutes, Luo Di, who returned to the same place, turned on the "stealth technique" and quietly began to wait.

It was the afternoon of May 2nd, and for Roddy, who had every second precious, the wait was far more anxious than facing the most formidable enemy - but fortunately, after only an hour, the target was in view.

The insects in the forest never ceased, but when a flock of giant birds flew towards the canopy from far and near, all that was left was their screeching and fluttering of their wings...

That's what Roddy was aiming for: Pintail Snipe.

The wingspan of an adult pintail snipe is seven meters, and some even reach eight meters, which sounds like this bird should be "domineering", but in fact they are extremely ridiculous: pointed beak, round body, cocked tail, short thick legs, talking about a bird, it is better to say that it is like a fat duck with a mouth pulled into a needle tube, their belly is white, and the body is brown and black striped spots, it does not look like a "high-end atmosphere and grade" feeling at all, it is completely like some kind of inconspicuous turtle bird has been magnified.

Roddy looked at these fat, stupid and noisy pintail snipes, his body remained motionless, until the largest of the fat birds stepped into the trap, he suddenly pulled the rope in his hand, and firmly tied the pintail snipher more than ten meters away in its nest!

The pintail sand cone that was suddenly attacked screamed loudly, and suddenly the entire flock of birds that had just returned to the nest "hula" and flew away into the distance... They look huge, but they don't have the guts to fight back. Luo Di was not surprised by this, and rushed to the struggling giant bird, opened the skill bar, and directly began to "domesticate"!

If you want to reach your destination thousands of meters away in a short time, the speed of riding a horse and drifting down the river can't be compared to "flying", and the only way that Roddy can think of is to use the special effect of his "Behemoth Master" set "+50% domestication rate against giant creatures" to forcibly domesticate the pintail snipe and carry himself straight to the "temple"!

Each Demon Hunter is allowed to participate in the battle with only one Pet, but can have up to three Pets. So Roddy temporarily let Nokia find food to live on his own in the rivers of the Silent Forest, and he rushed into the forest to domesticate this monster that had been ridiculed by players countless times...

"Domestication failed!"

"Domestication failed!"

"Domestication failed!"

Prompts appeared again and again, until the scream of the pintail snipe finally weakened, and a line of prompts finally popped up on the panel:

"Domestication successful!"

The "soul link" was completed in an instant, and Luo Di glanced at the giant bird in front of him, which can be called the attribute of a weak chicken, and then looked at the lonely "flight acceleration" skill, and sighed that the "waste wood" was really not called in vain...

"Pet naming. ”

"Up to the duck. Luo Di felt that the dumb look in front of him was similar to the second thing in the "Pokemon", so he simply applied the name directly, and after confirming, he immediately used a dagger to cut the rope that bound the other party, and pulled the stupid bird with a stupid expression all the way to jump to the ground, and then put on three layers of leather clothes, a bag with food and weapons on his back, and clenched the back of Da Duck a little clumsily, shouting: "Take off!"

In the middle of the flickering, the "Da Da Duck" flew up to the sky with Luo Di, and then began this journey of more than 1,500 kilometers...

The Pintail Snipe is an absolute waste in the eyes of the player: it has low stats, negligible attack and defense, and it does not fly fast in the air, compared to the average speed of the eagle close to 200 kilometers per hour, it is only half the level at most.

This timid and noisy fat bird seems to have no use at all other than to send experience. However, Roddy chose it because of the only quality in it...

That is, it can be 6,000 kilometers in a row without stopping - endurance.

May 3rd, Lennards Canyon.

The previously clear skies are covered in countless clouds, and the canyon, which has not rained for seven months, is about to receive its first rain of the year.

But just as the clouds that had been brewing for a long time were about to drop the first drop of rain, a sudden burst of fluctuations pierced the countless dark clouds that had accumulated in an instant.

The sound of the explosion echoed in the valley and finally became a continuous thunderstorm, and a large circular hole appeared in the black sky, leaking out of the blue sky - such a spectacle can only be truly felt when you stand in the deepest part of the canyon.

The mages chanting the incantation loudly ignored the deafening cracking sound, their bodies trembling with the pain of mana overdraw, but their faces all showed expressions of excitement and urgency...

"Click!"

The altar cracked, the seal shattered, and a dazzling purple light scattered, and Goethe, dressed in black robes, slowly took off his hood and walked slowly forward in the ruins filled with a dark atmosphere.

In his vision, the staggering mages, the shattered stones, and the swirling smoke were all ignored, and Goethe's fingers trembled and stretched forward, as if breaking through some invisible barrier, and finally grasped the "Pit Viper's Kiss" scepter that floated in the air, as if breathing the shadow element.

"Hum—"

The heads of the three pit vipers with different shapes scured and bitten at the tip of the staff, their open mouths flashed with purple halos, and the entire body of the staff was covered with fine snake scales, which was cold to the touch. And the moment Goethe grasped it, in addition to the roaring energy, he also felt the newly awakened...

Will.