There was an inexplicable silence in the castle study.

The butler glanced at his master's expression, which was suddenly pale as paper, and thought of some of the things that had happened in the past two days, and his expression changed subtly.

"Sir?"

He called softly, and Baron Carter came back to his senses, and with a somewhat hurried sigh, he stretched out his slightly trembling hand to take the official document, and disguised, "I'm a little tired, you go down first." ”

"Yes."

When the butler walked out of the study and went downstairs to leave, the baron was the only one left in the dark brown room.

This middle-aged man with a slightly fat figure suddenly seemed to be holding his breath, his whole face was flushed, and he felt that the official document in his hand was hot for a while, and he had the urge to throw it away.

But he finally got under control, was silent for a few seconds, shuffled to the desk by the window, and pushed the window open.

Although it was spring, the chill of winter had not yet dissipated, especially in this early morning, when the cool cold wind was blowing in his face, making Baron Carter's chaotic thoughts finally clear.

Dragging the heavy wooden chair, he sat down slowly, unfolding the official document from the church, and because of his nervousness, he did not notice the slightest tear in the seal.

The document is short and official.

The general meaning is to ask the local lord, Baron Carter, to cooperate with the Church Knights to further search for the heretical wizard suspected of hiding in Oak Town on the wanted notice.

Sure enough, ......" With trembling hands, he put down the thin, cool paper, and Carter leaned back and closed his eyes in a little pain.

Just as he had guessed, the church had come to his door.

Not unexpected. In fact, Baron Carter had a vague premonition of this day from the time the church headquarters issued the "heresy trial decree".

He did not know exactly when the change would take place.

As far back as he can remember, the kingdom was at peace until a year ago, when the Church suddenly announced that it had received an oracle from the creator spirit.

The exact content of the oracle is unclear, but the general meaning is that the devil is resurrecting in the dark, and the wizarding community throughout the continent has long been secretly the servants of the demon.

In order to save mankind from demons, the Church and the King jointly signed and issued the "Inquisition Decree".

As a result, the Templars, who wielded the Church's extraordinary powers, began to hunt and kill wizards throughout the kingdom with the King's permission.

It all happened very suddenly, without warning.

The scattered wizards were even more caught off guard, completely unable to resist the menacing Templars, and the search began in the royal capital, and soon expanded to the entire kingdom.

Because of the poor exchange of information, the news in various places is seriously lagging behind.

Wizards in many places did not finally learn of this until the church chased them to the door, and over the course of a year, many wizards were captured and killed.

Together, the relatives and families of the wizards have suffered all kinds of unbelievable injuries.

In addition, during the search and arrest operation, some nobles colluded with the church and used the name of oracles to eradicate dissidents, which made all the people panic.

The whole kingdom was plunged into some kind of "white terror".

The sorcerers who reacted had no choice but to leave their homes and hide from the church to escape the pursuit of the church, and gradually, the fire of the prairie burned from the prosperous place of the royal capital to all corners of the kingdom.

As soon as he got the news, Carter hurriedly sent a letter to suggest that his brother, who was a wizard, was in hiding from abroad, but soon after the letter was sent, he suddenly heard bad news.

In the process of being hunted down by the church, the younger brother was tragically killed with his wife in order to cover a pair of children who were also witches, and a pair of siblings were missing.

His news was too late after all.

Fortunately, his missing nephew and niece had fled to Oak Town and fled to the castle, hungry and scarred.

Surprised and delighted, Carter hurriedly settled the siblings in the back house of the castle.

In order to avoid being seen by outsiders, he hid in a secret room all day long, and Carter personally delivered food every day.

Originally, in his plan, as long as he was patient and hiding for a while, waiting for this gust of wind to pass, and then finding a way to send his nephew out of the Delai Kingdom and to the safe southern continent.

However, what Carter didn't expect was that just yesterday, the Knights Templar came to town with the heretics they had captured along the way, and claimed to be hunting down a pair of wizards.

This kept Carter awake at night, as he didn't know how much information the church had, and was even more worried that he would be hanged in his sleep by the horrible Knights who stormed the castle and was hanged for hiding the crime.

But he didn't think that he didn't wait for the Knights to break in, but in the early morning, he received a letter from the church.

It seems that the other party should not be aware of the connection between the wizard they are chasing and their own...... This was the only thing that gave Baron Carter some comfort.

However, in the face of the terrifying knights, this little lord could not control the fear in his heart after all.

Once the crime of hiding the wizard is discovered...... That......

Thinking of this, Baron Carter, who was sitting in front of the window, shivered fiercely, his heart thumped, and cold sweat flowed down his forehead.

He stood up and began to pace around the house, his face cloudy.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and made a decision.

Turn your head and push the door and go in the direction of the back house.

He didn't dare to risk being hanged!

Of course, as an uncle, he could not hand over his brother's children with his own hands.

He planned to send the two children away before the church found out, hide in the nearby Pale Mountains, and wait for the church to leave before picking them up.

"That's it...... It has to be fast and discreet...... Otherwise, once discovered......"

Muttering these words vaguely and unconsciously, Baron Carter, who had passed middle age, went downstairs in a little panic, re-walked through the garden, and entered the back house.

The servants in the back house had been arranged by him to look around vigilantly for a while, and then Carter walked quickly through the corridor, took a key from his bosom, and came to the door of the storage room of the back house.

However, the moment he came to the door, the whole person suddenly seemed to be struck by lightning, and his body stiffened!

I saw that the heavy wooden door in front of me was slightly opened, and the metal lock on it had been broken, as if it had been forcibly twisted by some kind of strong external force!

"Ah...... Morey! Corrina! ”

In the next second, the middle-aged lord jerked out the short blade on his waist and pulled the door open.

Then, I saw a young brother and sister lying on the floor, unknown whether they were alive or dead.

In the other corner of the room, a strange, strangely dressed man was sitting leisurely at a table, flipping through a book.

"You...... You are the ...... of the church" At this moment, Baron Carter trembled, only to feel that the sky was spinning, and the knife in his hand seemed to fall to the ground.

In his opinion, the only one who could quietly break into the castle and control the two wizards was the church's search party!

Although the clothes and appearance of the people in front of him are a little peculiar.

"Shhhh

Lin Tuo, who was sitting at the table, slowly closed the book in his hand, and looked at the middle-aged man who was almost paralyzed at the door without too much surprise, and said with a smile in the local language he had just mastered.

After a pause, he tapped his forehead with his finger again, in a thoughtful and curious manner:

"The church? You're referring to the armor-clad guys in that church-like church in the center of town? Unfortunately, I don't know them. ”

Not...... Know?

At the door, Baron Carter looked dazed and froze in place for a while.

Seeing this scene, Lin Tuo sighed helplessly, put aside the knightly novel in his hand, pointed to a chair next to him, and said lightly:

"I think, you can sit down first, don't be so nervous, I don't mean anything."

Baron Carter looked at the young brother and sister lying on the ground crying, and said in his heart that this is called no malice?

"Ahem, it was just an accident." Lin Tuo coughed slightly embarrassed, "I originally just wanted to ask them about something, but unfortunately it was a young man, and he overreacted, so he had to faint."

But now, it's the same with you, well, you should cooperate with me, right? ”

While speaking softly, Lin Tuo slowly broke the corner of the solid wood table beside him, and Carter's eyelids jumped when he saw it.

"Dangchang." After two seconds of silence, Baron Carter dropped his weapon and smiled wryly, "What do you want to ask?" ”

Then he got a quirky answer:

"Everything."

……

……

Half an hour later, Lin Tuo finally got the information he wanted and established a preliminary understanding of this era.

In the same way, I finally learned that the unconscious young brother and sister on the ground were the so-called wizards.

Kindness...... Originally, he had only seen two obvious "aetheric lines" floating above the castle, so he had come here.

It's a pity that the other party's reaction was more intense, and the moment he saw him, he launched an attack, and Lin Tuo had no choice but to knock him out.

Changed to a little lord and asked, the process was really smooth and much more pleasant.

According to the little lord named Carter, this era was indeed similar to the Middle Ages, with nobles, commoners, slaves, and, of course, transcendents.

Wizards, knights, and clergy of the Church all wield powers far beyond ordinary people, but there are differences.

The most significant difference is that most of the power of knights and priests comes from cultivation, absorbing "magic" from the natural world, and then achieving extraordinary effects by learning specific "combat techniques" and "divine arts".

As for wizards, they also cultivate, but the difference is that these people are often born with some unique and strange abilities.

By learning the "cultivation method" the day after tomorrow, it is often only the effect of improving physical fitness and strengthening innate ability, and it is not very dependent on the acquired spells.

Of course, the three are not so distinct.

This is consistent with Lin Tuo's speculation.

"It seems that wizards are the bloodline descendants of those who were genetically mutated and had special abilities to evolve back then...... Knights and priests, on the other hand, are mainly ordinary people with cultivation talents.

As for 'combat skills', 'magic arts', and 'spells', the names are different, but the essence is that they are all human beings from generation to generation, and they have been summarized through research and drumming, and they are a kind of ability that can be learned......"

As for the so-called "magic", it is obviously the name of "ether" in this era.

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