At this time, the three people who originally planned to attack immediately chose to speed up and dodge. As the elite of the Intelligence Bureau, they all carried various scrolls on their bodies, Nata immediately pulled out a shield scroll and tore it open, but the spell shield that had just appeared was shattered by the continuous spell impact in the blink of an eye, if she hadn't retreated quickly, I am afraid that she would have been completely overwhelmed by this round of spell attacks!

Because the spells were all directed at Nata, Nora and Kaisen both managed to avoid them at the moment. But those figures in the distance did not stop, the light of the spell flickered again, Nata's cloak had been torn apart in the impact, she turned her head to look, in the smoke and snow mist blown up by the spell, those figures had already chased this way, the speed was extremely fast...

If they encounter ordinary soldiers, the three of Nata will naturally have to turn back to fight. They are not mere intelligence officers, but rangers and assassins with high combat skills. But as soon as the other party appeared, there was a non-stop spell attack, and it was obvious that at least seven or eight mages were besieging it... The cost of counterattacking in such a situation was too great, so Nata immediately shouted, "Scatter and run!"

"Roger!"

"Understood!"

Tevelyn was running much faster than Nata, Nora and Kaisen answered and sped to the sides, while Nata leaped sideways, dodging another round of spell attacks before turning around and firing a burst arrow - screaming was heard, and the continuous spell attacks finally stopped a little.

The Ranger's skills were put to full play in this dense forest, and Nata's detachment speed in the complex terrain was extremely fast, but the mages behind her were not left far behind. This made Nata suspicious, but she knew that her first goal was to leave with the evidence, so she still gritted her teeth and accelerated, even using a bottle of "powerful physical energy" that was worth a lot of money - this chase lasted for more than half an hour before those pursuers were completely thrown away by Nata.

It's not that she hasn't thought about going back to fight, but Nata knows very well that her first priority is to get information informed, so she always refrains from the idea of fighting the other party.

However, it wasn't until after the battle that Nata, who grabbed a handful of snow and stuffed it into her mouth, noticed that she had several wood chips stuck in her thighs and waist. Although her leather armor has some defensive ability, it is not completely encased. The power of the spell explosion just now was really amazing, and the flying wood chips also had a lot of lethality under the impact

Nata reached for the emergency healing potions she had with her, only to find them shattered, and she gritted her teeth and pulled out the shards, bandaging them with a simple strip of cloth from her broken cloak.

Reaching out and grabbing a handful of snow into her mouth, the cold snowflakes melted in her mouth, Nata swallowed the snow with all her might, then gritted her teeth and walked forward...

Five days later.

Outside the shrine of the "Luna God Cult", countless believers are bowing to the white marble statue of the god devoutly.

The image of the deity is of a woman in an elegant robe, with a beautiful countenance, a calm expression, arms outstretched, and a smile that seems to be absent. At this time, it was a full moon night, and even if it was unusually cold outside, it still could not stop this group of fanatical believers from praying and worshiping the moon god.

Pope Blake returned to the warm room after presiding over the opening prayer service. Wearing a thick coat, he drank warm ale in front of the fire, and chatted with several of his right-hand men about the events that were taking place in the kingdom:

"The Prime Minister is still very capable. I read that the policies mentioned in the newspapers were more than a step stronger from a theoretical and operational point of view than at the time of Charles II. ”

Blake did not belittle the other because of the previous war between the two sides, on the contrary, he spoke highly of Roddy: "After a few years of recovery like this, the national strength must be much stronger than before." When the people are rich, there will be more believers..."

He stretched out his hand and pointed to the venison roasting in the fire: "Joey, the heat is almost ready, let's cut and taste it." ”

Eating roast venison in this kind of weather is indeed a treat for the Arcanists. Blake would not take any stand on such an occasion, these people in front of him are the most reliable cronies, although he has the title of "Holy Lord", but in fact, everyone knows that this hat is only used to bluff people, and it is not true.

The arcanist named Joey picked up his knife and cut off a layer of meat that had been roasted until golden brown on the outside, and put it on his plate while smiling, "Holy Lord, your prescribed doctrine also says to keep a vegetarian diet!"

"Isn't it okay for these guys to eat less meat, won't it be cheaper for us to buy meat to eat?"

Blake's answer made everyone laugh. The "Luna Cult", like other religions, has a lot of cumbersome teachings. Among them, believers are allowed to eat meat only three days a month, and the rest of the time they are mainly vegetarian – and if they become priests or other clergy, they must maintain the "vegetarian" precept and refrain from eating meat for the rest of their lives.

Externally, Blake claims that this is all about making people more "pure" and killing less to become the darling of the moon god. And at the moment, they only ridicule those who really follow the doctrine as fools.

Joey munched on the fragrant venison and suddenly asked, "Holy Lord, it's enough to come up with these doctrines, isn't it? I feel that being able to explain some of the rules so clearly is more difficult than studying the arcane." ”

"I don't have time to study that. ”

Blake took a sip of the lukewarm ale and explained, "These things are actually written in a high elf notebook that I read before. ”

"From the time of the High Elves?"

Several arcanists next to him were surprised, after all, the arcanists were absolutely mainstream during the high elf period, and even the elemental schools were rejected, let alone "theism".

Blake laughed, "Don't underestimate religion, and the elves aren't all arcanists. Among the general public, there are actually not many high elves who are as dull as humans, not only the Luna God Cult, but there were even more than a dozen sects in the early stage of the high elves, but in the era of the prosperity of the arcane, only a few or four remained. ”

He ate two bites of venison and whispered to the attentive subordinates in front of him, "The Holy Society's grasp of the materials of the High Elf period is relatively scattered. In fact, no matter how many books are collected, it is difficult to restore the true original appearance of a complex era. The notes I took from a ruin belonged to a 'priest' who said that the elves who studied the arcane arts were demons with twisted minds, and that only faith in the moon god could be liberated. ”

This is the case in every religion, and the Arcanists scoffed at the Arcanists when they proclaimed that "whoever believes in me will have eternal life." Blake continued with a smile, "I suspect that the owner of this notebook is a standard fanatic. In order to win over believers, we always use arcane to create some light and shadow to fool people, but the person in the note says that he has witnessed a 'miracle'. ”

Several arcanists, you look at me, I look at you, and then laughed together: "Indeed, if you don't do this, who is qualified to be called a believer? Lie ten thousand times, and you believe it yourself to be a true believer!"

Joey twirled the venison in the fire and sighed, "I said that those prayers sound weird, they are translated from the High Elves." ”

"yes, it's a bit of a struggle to rhyme as much as possible. So I didn't change the prayers they recited most often, and you can recall what they mean. ”

As soon as Blake said this, several arcanists immediately realized: "It turns out that it's just a different sentence break, and in another way of breaking sentences, isn't it translated as 'May Stellian live forever in the starry sky'?"

Stellian is the name of the moon god, and the believers in the nearby villages have been singing this name day and night for days, but Black doesn't take his name to heart, and after a happy meal of venison, he returns to his laboratory to continue his research on the arcane. However, it didn't take long for the Arcanist Panda, who had been running errands outside, to suddenly announce that he wanted to meet.

He cleaned up the test bench, turned his head and asked Panda who entered the door, "What is the important news that you are here so late?"

"Your Excellency... A mercenary has found a clue. ”

Blake raised his eyebrows: "A total of seven teams were dispatched, all of them said they had clues, but you also know that those guys in front of them all went into the same ruins and found different things, this obvious trap really underestimated the Holy Order." ”

(End of chapter)