Holy See, martial arts arena.

Snort~

A sword slashed obliquely to repel the attacking Dylan, the knight's sword turned slightly in his palm, and he was behind him, his left hand reached out, and he pinched the long stick that the girl had smashed.

The white light appeared, but before it could be lit up, it was completely crushed by the cyan energy.

“…… Take a break ......"

Easily opening the stick head, Chu Lie waved his left hand, and with a clang, the knight's sword went straight into the sheath, looking at the relieved girl in front of him, Chu Lie sighed slightly in his heart-

Holding a spiritual treasure that has already recognized him, he can only exert the power of the knight apprentice level.

However, Beatrice is already a full-fledged priest in her own right......

Is this training method wrong?

Or should you go the more direct way?

Buzz Buzz –

The air shook slightly, and a huge black shadow fell, and above this courtyard, a huge airship flew slowly, and then landed in a large clearing behind the Holy See, where there were already several airships of this size—

Time has passed, and there is only less than a week left before the sacrificial ceremony of the Holy City, and the preparations in the Holy City have already begun, and the representatives of various countries and forces have gradually arrived in the Holy City these days.

However, Chu Lie's training of Beatrice was still the same as the exploration of the black devil, without the slightest progress.

"Well, that is the emblem of the Ring Alliance, it looks like the alliance is also here~" The guardian knight on the side put away his sword, looked at the huge emblem on the airship, and said with a smile: "The Eye of Wisdom, it seems that the archmage who is good at spiritual magic in the 'Light of the Heart' came as a representative." ”

"Well, yes......"

Chu Lie replied nonchalantly, but then his eyes lit up slightly, "Spiritual magic? Light of the mind? ”

Dylan on the side didn't notice the slight change in Chu Lie's expression, but just smiled: "Yes, it is said that this archmage once hypnotized hundreds of knight-level monsters at one time, causing them to kill each other. ”

“…… Hypnosis ......"

Murmuring and repeating in a low voice, Chu Lie's gaze moved to Beatrice, who was putting his palm on his forehead and staring at the slowly landing airship.

Or...... OK?

……………………

In the afternoon, after dealing with the greetings and greetings of the reception staff of the Holy See, Edgar Hansendon breathed a sigh of relief, and the old archmage violently drove the attendant mage out of his room, and then waved his robe.

A subtle spell fluctuation flashed, and more than a dozen translucent palms instantly appeared in the air, and then began to operate in an orderly manner, but in just over a minute, the standard room prepared by the Holy See for visitors turned into a standard mage laboratory.

The water elemental slowly flowed through his hands, taking away the slightest trace of dust, which was different from the archmage's old face, which were white and slender, and every strand of texture on his fingertips could be seen clearly.

Crash~

The pure elemental water was sent out of the house in an instant, and the old man solemnly took out a yellowed cowhide scroll, and two spell palms silently appeared behind the scroll, holding it up carefully, and the slender and white woman-like right hand immediately pressed lightly on the ancient scroll, gently and carefully caressing the reddened lines on the scroll.

A little bit of the light of the stars flowed from the old man's fingertips, covering the faint lines, and bursts of full magic fluctuations emerged from this scroll that exuded an ancient atmosphere, and the silk lines were outlined, and as time passed, slowly turned into a vague human form—

The whole body is pitch black, and the face is like a human-like outline, but there is no trace of facial features.

A trace of cold sweat appeared on the old man's forehead, and the old man's body trembled slightly, but only the fingers caressing the scroll lines were still calm and steady, and he slowly drew the last stroke firmly.

Crash~

With a soft sound, the old man's face turned pale in an instant, and in front of him, on the forehead of the black shadow that appeared on the scroll, a touch of blood appeared, and the color that seemed to condense countless unjust souls flowed slowly, and a subtle but almost cold chill appeared in this room.

"Whew~ Finally ......"

With a sigh of relief, the old man's expression relaxed slightly, but at this moment, a slightly hurried footstep came, the old man's expression changed, and the dead wood-like right hand waved violently, and the scroll was rolled directly with a bang, and then directly penetrated into a wooden box full of runes.

Dangdang~

Almost as soon as the old man put the scroll away, a crisp knock sounded rhythmically.

With a gentle and respectful manly voice.

"Your Excellency, the two Holy See paladins want to meet you, and they are now in the meeting room downstairs, do you have time...... Do you want your subordinates to invite the two paladins up? ”

"Paladin?"

The old man's pupils shrank slightly--in the Holy See Holy City, those who can be called paladins must be S-level paladins who have inherited the power of stigma, which is the strongest combat power recognized by the five kingdoms of the continent.

His gaze vaguely swept over the wooden box, and the expression on the archmage's face quickly changed several times, complicated, fearful, unwilling, and finally returned to calm, and gently exhaled a breath of turbidity.

Then he laughed and pushed the door open.

"Hahaha, since the two Paladins are coming, of course the old man needs to go down to greet him."

"How can you let the two Excellencies come up in person, this is too rude!"

In the midst of laughter, the old man slowly walked out of the upper attic, the faint fire element dissipated, and the cold sweat on his forehead was steamed, and when he stepped down, the whole person looked like an elegant and wise archmage like he had received before.

His gaze swept over the young faces of the two knights who were sitting in the middle of the hall, and a trace of horror flashed in Archmage Edgar's eyes, and then he shook his head at the two knights who got up and smiled bitterly:

“…… As early as the time of the Circle, I had heard that two young and powerful paladins had appeared in the Holy See, but I didn't expect it...... The two of them are really much younger than I imagined~"

"Talented, talented...... It looks like I'm really getting old~"

"Your Excellency Mage has a good reputation."

His right hand lightly tapped on his heart, and Dylan said slightly: "We take the liberty of disturbing, and please don't be surprised." ”

"Hehe~ No wonder, no surprise, being able to see two such young knights, I feel a lot younger."

Gently stroking the long snow-white beard under his chin, the archmage sat in the main seat of the living room, and waited until Dylan and Chu Lie both sat down, then he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said with a smile:

"So, I don't know if the two knights, come to me, this old bone, is there anything I can serve?"

"If there is, please just say it, the country of knights is a neighboring friend of our ring alliance, and the Holy See is a comrade-in-arms of the ring that lasts for thousands of years, if it is useful to my old bones, then I will definitely not refuse."