Solar Calendar October 1728 Secret Word Church

This is a temple of darkness

It's full of everything you need

There is nothing but darkness here

Creature with its ecumenical body moved around, forbidden incantations echoed around it, and blue fire scattered in all directions.

The secret word, as opposed to the Word, as opposed to the light, where darkness gathers, where countless forbidden creatures live, who together serve a great master, who they believe will eventually become supreme.

This is the main hall of the Secret Word Church, and it is also the only stronghold of the Secret Word Church, and the darkness and light are opposed, and they can only stay in this last fortress in the end.

Although the light is eliminated, the internal structure of the lobby is actually the same as the Cathedral of the Divine Word, there is also a high podium here, behind the podium is the symbol belonging to the demon god, and the carvings around it are also full of strange styles, as if to show the opposite of their own light, here is exactly the same as the cathedral structure of the Church of the Holy Word, but the pattern is diametrically opposite.

A crisp sound of footsteps broke the silence in the lobby.

"Z, you're back. An old mantle in the main hall said in an old voice.

"Hmm" Z nodded, she walked from the dark passage to the center of the church, it looked dark because there was no light, but it was just a superficial perspective of ordinary people, countless souls in her eyes were shuttling here, they beckoned to each other, Chatting, rushing around the room, as lively as an adventurer's guild, the souls serve the black-robed mages who are crouching on the ground, these people are bowing their heads and chanting all kinds of unusual incantations, and they will never stop until they become one of these souls, they want to see the truth behind this taboo.

Z took off his hood, it was a woman's face, but when the illusion faded, the original plump body instantly turned into a white bone, and the bones scattered on the ground as if they had lost their support, and Z had turned into a soul, slowly floating towards the mage in front of the podium.

"How does it feel to turn back into a human once in a while?" the black-robed mage asked her

"It's still cold, and since it's become a soul, no matter what you do, it doesn't make a difference. ”

"And how does it feel to see your former disciples?"

The mage's words made Z hesitate for a moment, "Which one do you say?" One of them has already gone to the Demon God, and the other has not opened his eyes yet. ”

The mage laughed, and the bones creaked, "The master has new instructions." ”

"I know 'Eska' has been found. Yass Langley told me. Z circled around the mage aimlessly, "Maybe it's fate, you have been looking for so long, and in the end it was he who took the initiative to appear in front of the demon god." ”

"How did she know that?" the black-robed mage thought for a moment, "She also knows 'Eska'?"

Z nodded, "Of course Yass Langli knows 'Eska', she has mastered all the methods of building angelic icons, and she has shaped the appearance of 'Escar' countless times. ”

"And how did you explain it?" The information was a bit tricky, and the mage didn't expect it to be known to the priests.

"I told her not to report it to the Holy Capital, and told her that the Demon God was here to protect Heaven and not for another purpose. ”

"She believes?" This is not something that can be easily convinced, and the mage is a little unconvinced.

"I hinted at who I was. The words of the soul are as beautiful and sad as an aria, and especially when it is said here, the tone becomes especially mournful and moving.

"You said you were Zhuo Cosi?"

"No!!, don't call me that, I'm Z!!" The originally quiet soul was suddenly enraged by the mage's unintentional words, and she yelled at the mage, but her voice was too shrill after death, and the roar was as piercing as a scream.

The mage hurriedly stretched out his hand and passed through the soul body, and the blue light shone in the soul body, "Calm down." Under the influence of the magic, Z's emotions gradually settled down.

Seeing that the soul had gradually settled, the mage continued, "The master praised Depp and said that he was very good. Looks like you taught him well. ”

"yes, excellent. Z was weakened by the magic, her voice was much softer, and she tried to grab the mage's hand, but the soul body of her body passed through the body, and she let out a whining voice and floated to the side.

"Master's next instructions" The mage's hand emitted a blue light, and the light entangled Z's soul, Z stroked the light with his hand, and the two fused with each other for ten seconds, and finally the light dissipated in her body.

"I see. Although it was a promise, Z's tone seemed a little reluctant

"What's wrong? Don't you want to be like that again?" the mage saw Z's thoughts at a glance

"Yes, hypocrisy is far less relaxed than it is now. "Z is also very frank, "Fake is fake after all, and changing back to that won't make me change in the slightest." ”

"But the task must be completed. The mage waved his hand, and the white bones that had been scattered on the ground stood up again, Z leaned over and burrowed into the skeleton as if he was wearing clothes, and then cast another illusion on the surface, and the appearance of a woman reappeared, putting the scattered clothes back on, Z looked at his beautiful hands, "I just came back and left again, and this time maybe I will leave longer." Z looked up at the wandering souls around him, "I want to be free."

"Are you relieved of your disciple? If you agree, I can set you free. "The mage knows her too well, but if there is a glimmer of unfulfilled wishes, Z will not agree to sleep, unless the soul itself is decayed, and she will never rest in peace.

"I have a request. Z slowly floated towards the mage again.

"Depp is gone, you're worried that no one will protect your disciple?" the mage saw through Z's thoughts again.

Z was stunned and didn't speak

"She's safe, she'll be bathed in the light. Don't you know about Phaucius?" the mage seemed to know the man well.

"Are you peeking into my past?"

"You have no right to reject me, soul. As your master, I can do anything. The mage's tone was not friendly, because he could see that Z was a little angry, but the master-slave position must not waver, "Go and complete your mission." ”

That's an order

Z can't disobey, now she is just a soul that lives in the world, if she wants, she can rest in peace at any time, but she can't, Z turned to look at the entrance in the lobby, she imagined the sun outside, how warm and soft the sun was, but now she hated it immensely.

Lozema's story continues

When Hopler's training officially began, the two teenagers really couldn't laugh, and the nightmare day began the moment they got up. Unable to eat breakfast after waking up early, the two of them were ordered to run around the hotel, and according to Hopler's estimates, they were now limited to five laps, with more to come in the future.

But after one lap, the two of them were already a little out of order, and after two laps the speed of the run was greatly reduced, and Hopler saw it, so on the third lap he picked up the axe and ran after them.

"Speed up for me!" Hopler roared, and the two teenagers looked back at the big axe behind them, and their hearts were shocked, they could only pull out their legs and run for their lives, regardless of whether they would be tired to death or not, if they were cut by this axe, they would be dead.

This effect was good, but the roar broke the silence of the morning, and soon the female clerk came out of the hotel door, she wanted to stop Hopler and teach him a lesson as she had done the day before yesterday, but when she saw the fierce face of the strong man wielding a great axe running past her, she had no idea at all, and the female clerk turned around as if nothing had happened, and closed the door of the inn.

The hellish run was followed by basic swinging exercises, as well as jumping exercises, dodge exercises, and training was not to use real weapons, but to swing with ordinary sticks. Hopler supervised their training until they were all over and to Hopler's satisfaction, and the three of them returned to the inn for breakfast, when they were all over and Hoppler was satisfied.

In fact, the intensity of these trainings is enough, but the content is far from enough, Hoppler knows in his heart, but what he can teach from his position is very limited, just because the two of them are not warriors. If you teach it any further, it's some basic axe-wielding routines, which he can't teach, and he can't teach physical training related to axe wielding. In the end, he came up with a clever way, after the two teenagers watched a day of gladiatorial fighting, let them recall their favorite tricks, and then they demonstrated to each other, Hopler was selected and perfected based on their choices, compiling special training and unique combat skills, although it was a bit of a miscellaneous, but as long as the training was sufficient and the actual combat experience was enough to become a qualified adventurer.

But since it was only a day later, there wasn't much to see, so for the time being, Hopler could only jot down the tricks they were interested in, and it took some time for him to come up with a preliminary set of tricks.

So, after breakfast, they set out again for the Colosseum. And this time they won't be able to ride in a carriage.

Hopler remembered the road so he wouldn't get lost, but the road was long after all, and it took half of Lozema to get outside the city, and there was still a way to get to the outside of the city, and with a lot of physical training in the morning, the teenagers had a hard time walking all the way. Hopler took them, this section of the road does not require speed, stop and go, in addition to ensuring that the direction is good and do not use the way of transportation, Hopler is still very tolerant along the way, he also observes their situation, and when he sees that they are really unbearable, he will take the initiative to let them sit down and rest.

"Uncle... Whew-hoo-hoo-hoo-huh ”

Hopler knew very well that the two of them would not understand, so he took advantage of Lot's question and explained to him: "The first thing to do this is to train your endurance, and the second is to train your will." Especially you Lot. ”

"Me?"

"I can see that Rod actually has some foundation, but you don't have it at all, and the test I gave you yesterday also shows that you are usually good at using some cleverness, if you encounter a fight before, you must rely on Rhodes to solve it, right?"

"I've never been afraid," argued Lott, "though it's true that I don't do much. ”

"That's it," Hopler patted his head, "I don't doubt your courage, but your will to fight is not trained, and as an adventurer you may often find yourself in all sorts of difficult circumstances or simply in desperate situations, and if your will collapses at this time, it will be like pronouncing your own death in advance." So this way, you two should take it as an opportunity to exercise, hold back!" Hopler finished smashing the ground with a giant axe, and the teenagers jumped up in fright, "Keep walking when you have rested!" Like herding sheep, Hopler screamed and waved, and the two teenagers could only continue to get up and walk forward.

Rhodes actually didn't feel better than Lot, although it was true that his physical fitness was better, but his willpower was not strong, the sweat kept dripping, his feet were empty, and he swayed from side to side making people feel that he didn't even have the strength to walk.

But as soon as Hopler's axe slammed into the ground, the two wilted boys suddenly came back to their senses and continued to walk on in style.

When they arrived at the gladiatorial arena, it was already afternoon, at least there was a seat to sit down, and the two teenagers just sat down on the audience chair, but they still couldn't rest under Hopler's watch, Hopler asked them to watch every gladiatorial match carefully, and also for themselves to find their favorite tricks, this time after knowing this relationship, the two of them also raised their interest to watch and memorize, because not only can they learn if they think they are so powerful, they must be able to reproduce the tricks themselves. But being able to teach Hoppler how handsome he thinks is a trick is really tempting for them.

However, because it was afternoon, they couldn't watch it for too long, and in the evening they set out on their way home again. On the way back, the two moved forward listlessly. It's slower than when it came. I sat down and rested for a while, but when I started walking again, the soreness became more intense. But Hopler had no sympathy at all, and either went back to the hotel to sleep, or slept directly on the street and left tomorrow, and he made his attitude to the teenagers so coldly.

People can often surpass themselves in desperate situations, although this is not a serious situation, but for the teenagers is indeed desperate, enduring great physical pain, they just go to the hotel step by step.

When I arrived at the hotel, it was already late at night. But dinner was long gone.

The two of them returned to the room in despair and lay on the bed, although they were very hungry, but since they had nothing to eat, they could only be hungry. At this time, they all hope that sleep can take away their current pain.

However, it didn't take long for the smell of food to reach the nose.

"It's... The smell of meat!!" Rod sniffed hard, "It's not a hallucination, is it?"

"It's meat!!!" Lott cried out, trying to brace himself, but the soreness made the first attempt fail, so he tried to rub himself against the edge of the bed, and then he stood up from the edge of the bed, and he pulled Rod up with his hand.

Just as they were about to open the door and go out to have a look, the door opened on its own. Hopler walked in with a hearty bowl of dinner, and he walked straight to the table and placed it on the table.

The two of them couldn't believe it for a while.

"Uncle... It's...."Lott gestured to the food on the table.

"I borrowed something from the kitchen from the boss and made something to eat, you guys eat quickly, you must not go hungry for training like this. Hopler pulled his chair away and motioned for them to come and sit down.

"Uncle, do you know how to cook?" Rod hurriedly came over and sat down, ignoring the pain in his body.

"Doesn't it look like that?" Hopler laughed, "Maybe it's not very tasty, but adventurers must learn to cook their own food, especially in the wild, where food is especially important." So you have to learn it later. ”

Lott listened and nodded, and his hands didn't stop at all, "Actually, the two of us can also do some basics, but we will only bake them in the wild, and we won't use them in the kitchen." ”

"Haha, I'll teach you later, after the first training is over. ”

"Uncle, come and eat, don't watch us eat. Glancing at Hopler, Rod looked up and said

Hopler shook his head, "Where is this enough for the three of us to eat, you two have to eat it, and I have to make another one for myself." ”

"Then uncle, you go first, and we'll send the plate later." Lott said

Hearing this, Hopler shook his head, "You guys now," he said, staring at the two teenagers with a subtle expression, "are you still standing?"

Hearing this, a soreness came from his legs, because he was so excited to see the food that he completely forgot about it, and at this time, he was reminded like this, and the speed of the teenager's eating slowed down.

"So I'd better wait until you're done. ”

"Uncle, we're so tired, don't you feel it at all?" Lott looked at the warrior in disbelief, and Hopler's face was relaxed at this time, and he really didn't seem to feel anything.

"I can't even do it to this extent. It's just that you're too weak. The old warrior looked at the teenagers, and suddenly remembered the scene when he was training at the Warrior Guild, and now he thinks that it is exactly the same.

The next day came as scheduled, and the soreness spread as expected, and the teenagers began to ache when they woke up. But under Hopler's coercion, they had to get out of bed even if their bones were broken, and they dragged their bodies to the limit of the load to continue the previous day's project.

"I know you're working hard," Hopler admitted, "but you can't help it, you're twenty years old, it's too late to start training now, and you have to work harder to catch up with the others." Don't worry, I know the passwords for both of your York accounts, and one of you will be tired to death, and I will hand over the inheritance to the other. ”

Hopler's tone was so gentle, but the content was extremely desperate, "Uncle, are you a demon!?" Rod screamed

"Rod, I'm a believer in Hoyle, the god of war, not a demon of the demon god, so add a circle. The smile on Hopler's face was so gentle.