When the sky was still bright, a huge rock rippled in the mountains and forests west of Bled, piercing two people. One is a deceased dressed in tight-fitting soft armor, and the other is dressed in the short robes of spellcasters that were popular under the rule of Fei Gong.

The spellcaster exhaled in relief and said to the slender figure squeezed out of the air, "Tina, it's done. ”

Tina took the recording chip from the caster, inserted it into her assistant, and said approvingly, "Yes, you wizards are getting better and better now." ”

The caster said humbly: "This is all the progress made by Master Yuzan, Master Madara, and Master Taha in technology, the soul carving technology allows the wizard's mind weaving to penetrate deep into the soul level, and the soul-mimic world created is too powerful." It can not only read memories that mortals themselves are not aware of, but also avoid various means of memory manipulation, and more importantly, it will not damage the soul of mortals. ”

The bat next to him said, "With the illusion recording technology, you don't have to go deep into other people's souls. ”

The spellcaster nodded, looking embarrassed: "In other places, I'm afraid this kind of thing will be banned as an evil technique." ”

Tina imitated Richie's tone and said in a deep voice: "The good or evil of technology is not determined by itself, but by what it is born and why it exists. ”

The bat patted the wizard on the shoulder: "It seems that you wizards will have iron jobs in the intelligence bureau." ”

Even though Theresia accepted the wizard with the Oath of the Broken Tower, the wizard was still an unpopular profession throughout the world of Finn.

To be honest, there are many types of wizards, there are bloodline wizards who find strength in flesh and blood, there are soul wizards who go deep into the soul, there are elixir wizards who study natural plants and creatures, and psychic wizards who cast spells through ancient spells and special catalysts, and so on.

The root of all wizards' power boils down to spiritual power, and unlike the druids, rangers, and rangers, who manipulate natural spiritual powers, they are the power of powerful beings. Because it is completely unsystematic, it seems very mysterious, the spell caster is not as "clean" as the caster on the magic and divine power side, and the side effects are large, and the effect is focused on flesh and soul, so it is feared and hated by the world.

However, as the times changed and wizards became more and more active in Finn, this impression was gradually changing.

Wizards under the rule of the Fei Gong had much less freedom in terms of the direction of academic research and restrictions on the use of witchcraft than those recruited by the Dawning Empire and the Divine Will Empire. Because all their research and activities have a clear purpose, that is, to serve mortals.

Ensuring the safety of mortals is also a service, and interrogating mortals through soul witchcraft is already a standard technical means for the Fei Communist Intelligence Bureau and the public security department. With the support of soul carving technology, this method has become more and more efficient and safe. Of course, there are restrictions on the use of such means by the public security departments, and the intelligence departments are much freer.

Tina activated the illusion reading mode of her companion, and a slight gleam flashed in her eyes, and she muttered, "Let's see what memories this Miss Olesha has had banned from Gronia......"

Last night they rescued the young paladin under Gronia, and when they came to their senses, they knew that Tina was from the Fei Gong, and told them what she knew without reservation, and begged them to go and rescue the tens of thousands of civilians hiding in nearby dungeons as soon as possible.

However, when asked about Mother Earth's situation, the wizards in Tina's team were keenly aware that Olesha seemed to be affected by the memory banning spell, and some of the statements were obviously instilled memories, but she regarded them as the reality of her own experience.

After the bat surveyed the scene, it was also determined that there was no need for Gronia to send someone to cut off the queen at that time.

So a belief surfaced that this Olesa, along with the other dead companions, had been deliberately singled out by Gronia and used the pursuers to kill them.

From this assumption, it follows that what Gronia wanted to cover up was not a secret to Sylvie.

Just as Sylvie's pursuers came to a halt in front of her, Tina decided to perform a soul operation on Olesha at night, bypassing the memory banning spell and digging up the secret.

The wizards in the team happened to be trained in soul carving techniques, but the first actual combat took most of the night to finally live up to their mission.

"Wow...... Oooh...... Ahhhh......h

Tina's expression changed as the illusion played, making the bats and the other dead itch unbearably, and she was using enhanced vision to see that no one else could see.

In the end, Tina ended the viewing with a long breath of cool air, and her expression became extremely solemn.

She said indignantly: "Gronia, and Sylvie, these two bastards have taken tens of millions of ...... No, tens of millions of mortals' lives are gambling against each other!"

She pulled out the chip and handed it to the bat, "See for yourselves." ”

frowned again and said, "We have to tell Li Qi quickly, we can't sit idly by and ignore such a thing, we can't do anything on our people alone." ”

After reading it, the bat gritted his teeth and said, "Crazy!"

The wizard sighed on the side: "Maybe in the eyes of Sylvie and Gronya, what will be affected is only the impurities in mortals, and it doesn't matter. ”

"Impurities?"

Bat said coldly, "Not just the Brads, all mortals are related to Mother Earth. If you cut off the connection between mortals and spiritual power, who knows what will happen? This is not affecting tens of millions of mortals, but all mortals!"

The wizard smiled bitterly: "Gronia must feel that if Mother Earth can really strengthen the main plane and filter out the power of faith, such a price is worth it, at least mortals can no longer be oppressed and enslaved by the gods." ”

"I really don't know where her news and confidence come from", Bat spat it, "Sylvie must also feel that it is just this opportunity to clean up the mortals who are still closely related to spiritual power, and then kill Mother Earth, and the order faith will have a purer and more stable foundation." ”

The wizard spread his hands and said, "I have to say that her faith is much more reliable than Gronia, Empress Theresia is the embodiment of the goddess of order, and she can get the support of the empress at the first time." Before she had eliminated the three Children of the Earth, the Empress had all appeared with her in a matter of minutes with a team of Legends. ”

"It's not just Olesha and the others who know, the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Legion know it. Olesha and the others followed Gronia to check the remains of Mother Earth's activities in ancient times, and confirmed that Mother Earth would gather the souls of the Bradians after being awakened, and then the memories were banned. ”

The wizard sighed leisurely: "If this land is really to be awakened, I don't know what impact it will have on ordinary mortals, but here in Brad, all wizards and druids who have strengthened the power of the ancestors must be the first batch of unlucky ghosts to finish." ”

"The Power of the Ancestors ......"

Tina muttered, "Sounds like the power that allows mortals to turn into vampires and werewolves." ”

"Vampires are the creations of bloodline wizards, and werewolves are creations of barbarian druids," the wizard explained, "but if you go back to the source, you should be the first to use the power of the ancestors in ancient times." ”

Tina thought of something, and then asked, "So is it related to the power of the Patriarch who is both a vampire and a druid?"

The wizard nodded naturally: "Of course, and it must be very closely related, it should be the ancient manifestation of the power of the ancestor." ”

He scratched his head and said, "But this kind of existence is only theoretical, in reality, at least I have never seen such a strange thing." ”

Tina's eyes widened, and she took a deep, long breath: "I've seen such a strange ...... Stuff. ”

She nervously rubbed the teleportation ring, "I need to inform Litch right away, Karin is going to be finished! Damn! Recharge again!"

Tina's magic teleportation ring is self-recharging, ensuring that she can teleport several times a day. If you want to send additional messages, you must use external mana to recharge, and the team has a magic guide that is charged with magic crystals.

Asking her subordinates to set up the charger, Tina reached into her waist bag with a painful expression on her face: "I can't save this magic crystal today." ”

Everyone turned their heads and looked around, pretending not to hear the boss's chatter.

How could the boss embezzle the magic crystals that were allocated? This must be an illusion!

Tina had just pulled out a magic crystal, and everyone's enhanced vision flashed red, which was an alert from the Dark Sentinel.

"Sylvie's brigade has appeared, approaching in our direction!"

The bat beckoned: "Retreat immediately!"

The rock rippled again, turning into a few magical metal pillars and a curtain of spider silk. The deceased dismantled the camouflage tent in twos and threes, revealing the maiden paladin lying inside, who was sleeping soundly.

Pack your things, strap the paladins on your back, and tell the dead to dive into the air. After a while, several light magic cars drove through the valley and continued westward.

On the side of the ridge several kilometers away from the valley, the dead lurked in the shade of the trees, watching the magic guide convoy pulling out a long queue, and the magic guide planes circling in the sky, all of which had a strong sense of powerlessness and unwillingness.

When the sun was shining, Tina's communication ring was finally fully charged, and she activated the ring and whispered, "Sylvie is going to do it, this thing is terrible, Richie, you listen to me slowly." ”

..................

"I see, I'll give you instructions later, stay safe. ”

Castle of Dawn in the Duchy of Norton, Li Qi ended the arraignment, and his expression became cold.

Theresia entered the room and sat on the edge of the bed, stroking Catherine's hair.

She just put on a nightdress at random, a large area of fair skin was exposed, the kiss marks on the collarbone were still there, and the eyes of the deep ravines extending below were charming and seductive.

Richie's blood couldn't be stopped, he sat on the other side of the bed, also brushed Catherine's hair, and whispered, "I came here yesterday for two things." The first one has already been done, and the second one I almost forgot to mention. ”

Theresia looked at him calmly, "I'll listen. ”

Li Qi was very direct: "You were talking to Sylvie just now, do you really know what she is doing?"

Theresia pursed her lips and nodded, "Of course I know, and I know you sent someone." Sylvie told me that she had spotted an unknown watcher, and that it was you, so her men showed no mercy to them. ”

Richie's heart trembled, and his attention almost turned to the safety of Tina, and he suppressed his worry and continued, "I don't know how Sylvie reported it to you, but I know that the situation is like this......"

He told Tina's report about the situation of Mother Earth, and finally stared at Theresia, and said sincerely: "This is like a repetition of the Benuin Old Gods incident, no, once something goes wrong, the harm is even more serious than that of the Benuin Old Gods." I think we should work together to solve this problem, rather than having Sylvie and that Gronia gamble with the lives of millions of mortals. ”

Theresia shook her head slowly: "Sylvie won't deceive me, of course we will try to avoid endangering mortals, even if things come to that point, it is caused by the Brad's people and that Gronia's stubborn resistance." ”

She curled the corners of her mouth and smiled scrutinantly, "Faith-wise, you must be supporting the Bled people and that Gronya." They represent the lower mortals, and Sylvie and I represent the power of the gods, right?"

Theresia, who had experienced the spirit world, was now well aware of the position of the Fei Gong.

Li Qi smiled bitterly: "So I'm trying to communicate with you, we promise not to interfere in Brad's affairs, and that Gronia, we can also leave it alone." But we won't sit idly by and watch Mother Earth run out to harm mortals, so I hope we can intervene as observers in this conflict and prevent it from turning into a catastrophe. ”

"Richie ......"

Theresia's eyes flashed with pity, and then they were obscured by the slowly flowing golden light: "Look at you, you still don't give up your efforts to let the crimson light shine on Finn. Have you forgotten our agreement?"

"This is the order I am weaving, in which you can exist as an isolated and closed system. ”

"Once you step out of this limit and interfere in the overall situation, you are making enemies of my order. ”

"But your cosmopolitan beliefs, whose goal is to liberate all of Finn, have even created a new theory of gods in order to defeat the gods. This is your survival instinct, and you can only barely suppress it, but you can't restrain it. ”

She smiled: "Look, just woke up from the night's lingering, and we had another conflict, and it was really ...... Ridiculous. ”

She said solemnly: "Actually, there is a solution, in the era you live in, didn't that banner develop a compromise line? Why don't we follow that model? In that case, we can still get along very well." ”

If we follow that route, why bother with the world revolution in Fein?

It is because I believe that under Finn's productivity, we can make a higher stage of Datongism appear, which makes sense.

Li Qi didn't say these words, he just sighed: "So, you refuse to believe me, and no matter what Sylvie does, even if it is to destroy the world, you choose to support her to the end?"

"It doesn't make sense to assume ......"

The experience of the spirit world has also changed Theresia's way of thinking a lot, and in the face of Richie, she is no longer the queen who is not the key and will be led by the nose.

She said solemnly, "I know much better than you what happened to Brad. Sylvie and I have dealt with three children of the earth in succession, treating us as enemies who will not hesitate to bring the whole world to the burial in order to resist us. ”

"Even if there is something along the way that looks like Sylvie is fueling the trouble, it's just a strategy to deal with these people, and our goal is not to exterminate all the Brads, or even threaten all mortals. ”

"Sylvie is my sibling, my sword, I don't trust her, do I still trust you?"

She sighed deeply: "Remove your people and leave this matter alone." Otherwise...... The vow I just made will be invalidated because of your offense. ”

"In that world I know the power of your faith, especially the power of destruction. Although I don't think you are my great enemy. But if there is a real threat to me, I will not show mercy. ”

Li Qi didn't speak, just looked at her quietly, and she also looked back at Li Qi.

The two looked at each other silently, and time and even the world seemed to be misplaced at this moment. Endless thoughts and memories turn into invisible torrents, intertwined and collided between the sights, as if they have become a battlefield of the soul. Crimson and golden shone on the battlefield, neither wavering at all.

What movement made this increasingly hot fire of war quietly dissipate, it was Catherine, she woke up.

She rubbed her eyes, then reached out and grabbed them one by one.

"Fighting?"

Catherine misunderstood the situation of the two, and Hongxia muttered all over her face.

Li Qi smiled and rubbed her head, leaned over and kissed Theresia.

The time was short, but the kiss was deep, and then Richie whispered, "I need to rush back at once, you can talk to Catherine again." ”

Theresia kissed him back affectionately, not saying anything, just nodding.

After Richie left, Theresia hugged Catherine and said, "Okay to stay? at least stay for a while, don't rush back with Richie." ”

Catherine shook her head: "Richie...... Urgent, things ...... Important, must ...... Go back!"

The resoluteness in her tone made Theresia lower her eyes.

It was just a blink of an eye, she cheered up again, and said with a smile: "You were really useless last night, you only fell asleep three times." ”

"Sister ——!"

Catherine was so ashamed that she pulled up the quilt to cover her face, and shouted unadmittedly: "Next time, go on, fight!"

"Well, next time to ......"

Theresia brushed her sister's hair, her eyes flashed with gold, and her expression cooled down a little: "Fight." ”

After that, the sisters didn't talk about anything, and although Catherine was unwell, she was in a hurry to rush back with Richie, gritted her teeth and cleaned up, and got on the plane with Richie.

Seeing the burgundy sardine plane disappear into the sky, Theresia returns to the castle and activates the Book of Trade Winds in the communication room.

Sylvie's image appeared, and he saluted: "Your Majesty......"

Theresia said with a calm face: "Tell me the situation of Mother Earth as it is, without reservation!"

Sylvie was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "Okay, Your Majesty." ”

As Sylvie spoke, the blood on Theresia's face disappeared little by little, and finally she gritted her teeth and said, "Sylvie!

Sylvie's expression did not change: "Your Majesty, I have never had my own thoughts, everything is based on your thoughts. In the name of Theresia, if this is false, let my soul fall into purgatory, from which I will never be transcended!"

Theresia was stunned for a moment, and her expression softened a little: "But this is still a concealment, even ...... Deception!"

Sylvie said calmly: "Your Majesty, I admit that there are some things to hide from you, but this is necessary, after all, you are the unity of man and God, if you know something in advance, it will be a disaster." ”

"And don't you think that's the best way to deal with it?"

Theresia subconsciously shook her head and said, "How can that be ideal...... That's tens of millions of mortals, or even all ......."

As soon as she said this, the golden light in her eyes burst out, and the light dust also overflowed from her body, making her suddenly lose her mortal color.

After pondering for a long time, she nodded slowly: "Indeed, this is also the case by the standards of that world, as long as we are in control of the overall situation, everything is a necessary sacrifice and a price that has to be paid. ”

Then she said to Sylvie, "Be prepared to summon me from your side, there will be a disruptor." ”

Sylvie sighed curiously, "Who else could it be?"

The corners of Theresia's mouth slowly curled, and she smiled indifferently: "My ...... Husband. ”

On the plane, Xiaohong seemed to have just woken up, and there was a lazy fluctuation in Li Qi's heart: "Why are you in such a hurry to go back? I thought you would continue to celebrate silver with the sisters." ”

Richie didn't bother to gag with her, and relayed Tina's report to her.

"Ouch, this is a repeat of the Benouin incident...... No, upgrade!"

Xiaohong exclaimed: "What are we going to do? It stands to reason that we have to take care of it, but last time there was the military god Shuma to help, and that Numan El sacrificed himself, this time we have no helper at all." ”

"We are not the same as we were then," said Richie, "and why don't we have helpers? We still have allies, although they are not reliable." ”

Li Qi's words made Xiaohong even more unconfident, and she said timidly: "Why don't we back down this time and don't meddle with it?" This is going to have a full-scale conflict with Theresia, and all our efforts yesterday were in vain." ”

What are you trying for? Whether it's negotiating or rolling the sheets, it's all me!

Li Qi sighed: "How can we back down? There is no room for retreat, even if we can sit back and watch tens of millions of people die, we can't watch Karin die." ”

Xiaohong hurt him: "So you don't hesitate to go to war with your new wife for Karin?"

"yes......"

Li Qi actually didn't deny it: "Otherwise, I'm a mutiny, do you really want that?"

Xiaohong was silent for a while, and said faintly: "Li Qi, you are really ruthless." ”