It turned out that the biggest reason for the closure of the country was because during the rest of the prayer ceremony of the July Festival, one of the saints of the central temple, Rosalind from East, poisoned the tea, resulting in the death of three members of the Central Curia, including the archbishop, and the other two were also greatly injured, and the remaining seven bishops were very angry, and asked Rosalind about her motives, who knew that she suddenly committed suicide by poisoning, and the suicide note she left only expressed her guilt, saying that she was forced, but did not mention the reason for her doing so at all

But there is evidence that someone had seen her two days before she had done it, and after seeing this person, Rosalyn was very uneasy, very different from usual, and fought over the work of pouring tea for the bishops, which had been done by someone else

No one knew the identity of the man, except for the temple maid who had seen this man before, and remembered that he spoke with an Easter accent, and when he asked to see Rosalyn, another saint who happened to pass by, Elena, who was also from East, nodded to him

This made Elena's situation extremely awkward, but fortunately she had been gentle and kind for many years, and the bishops did not reprimand her severely, but summoned all the maids around her for questioning

This question went wrong, they found that the Mandheling family had just sent a few boxes of daily necessities a few days ago, all of which were seasonal clothes, shoes and socks and the like Since Elena became a saint, her family will send things every year, just like the East royal family will also send things to Princess Diana from time to time However, at this sensitive moment, the people of the Mandheling family were almost the only foreigners who entered the Central Curia area at that time, and the mysterious person suddenly appeared in front of the shrine, does it really have nothing to do with their family?

If Elena has not been suspicious because she has been in the temple for a long time, she has a good impression, Alex is not so lucky, he is the youngest in the family, he is one of the few people in the family who has outstanding magical talents, he has studied with famous magicians since he was a child, in order to be able to further his education, he ignored the opposition of his parents, asked his aunt to come forward as a lobbyist, and finally became a disciple of the archbishop three years ago, he is very talented, and he is also diligent, but sometimes he speaks and acts a little harshly, advocating "peace" In the Central Curia, the man who was not very well received by the Mandheling family to deliver things to Elena had been living in his residence during his stay, and the place of victimization, who happened to be his teacher, had reprimanded him the day before

In order to prove her innocence, and Princess Diana, in order to prevent this from ruining the relationship between East and Van A, both decided to enclose themselves in a small side courtyard in the central temple, praying for Van A and the people of the mainland to bless the god of light until the end of this expected decade-long blessing ceremony

Their actions calmed the bishops' anger somewhat, but Alex, for his part, refused to admit his involvement in the matter and had no evidence of his guilt, so the end result was that he had to leave the territory of Van Ah immediately with his servants and not enter the kingdom until he was proven innocent

Alex gritted his teeth and said, "I can't accept this decision!" I obviously didn't do it, why should I be charged with iodine?! The teacher scolded me for my own good, and I never hated him, but now the other students of the teacher regard me as an enemy and a sinner! I wasn't even allowed to attend the teacher's funeral! ”

Father Riddle asked the names of the poisoned bishops, and sighed: "I know all the seven who were not poisoned, and they have always been a little extreme, but unfortunately the most rational and peaceful have all met with misfortune..." You're going to Shaonan to continue your studies of magic? ”

"Of course not," Alex shook his head, "I was sent to Sico, at that time, because all the Van people in the border towns were harassed by people from other countries, and several temples were burned, and many monks were injured or even killed, Van Ah suspected that other countries were deliberately provocative, and suspected that the poisoning was the cause of East, so he simply announced the closure of the country, I was unwilling to leave like this, so I stayed there" He turned to look at Minter: "My family originally arranged a position for me in the Legal Affairs Department, but I am a magician, It's too strange to be an official, and I don't want to be a little nobleman with the shadow of the family, so... As soon as I saw that East and Noga were working together to resist the invasion of Warcraft, I immediately signed up to participate in the war, I didn't mean to hide my surname, but I didn't want others to ignore my strength because of my surname."

Minter understood what he meant: "I understand, I won't forget everything about the past just because your surname is Mandheling, and I don't mean to hide my identity, this matter is complicated, and I'll tell you slowly when I have time."

Alex accepted it at a glance, and Father Riddle smiled horribly, and asked softly, "I've also heard about the Battle of Sikodi, but I didn't expect you all to participate, it's amazing!" So how could little Mandheling come to Shaonan? ”

"He's here to ask for advice," Minter replied for Alex first, and then pulled out the stack of papers, "I also saw a magic array in the mountains east of Normonca, and here it is almost exactly the same as yours, and Melori told me to come to you right away, and it might help you."

Alex immediately grabbed the drawings and looked at them again and again, without looking up: "Tell me about the situation at that time, how did you find the land?" ”

Minter told everything back and forth, Alex tilted his head and thought for a long time before sighing: "So that's the case, if it weren't for the fact that I saw that the Earth Magic Array was almost ineffective, I'm afraid it wouldn't be so easy to destroy, and the effect of the things made in a hurry is really limited, and the one you see is probably a normal formation, this kind of thing is really terrifying, if those Demon Domain people quietly draw a few in the hinterland of each country, how can this battle be fought?!" ”

Minter was also horrified: "No, no, right? If these magic arrays are so easy to draw, then why did Esparo and the others go to the trouble of hiding the magical beasts in the carriage and transporting them to Siko?! Why don't you just draw a magic circle nearby? ”

Alex frowned: "Yes too... So why exactly? ”

"Haven't you asked the magicians of Shaonan? I've heard that several great magicians are coming."

"I went to consult a few seniors who are good at magic arrays, only two of them felt familiar with the graphics, but I couldn't remember for a while that now Ori was busy preparing for the battle, they all had to help, so I had to promise to wait for the matter to be over, and then come to help us interpret it"

But how long will it take? Minter looked down at the drawing, a little discouraged

Then Father Riddle suddenly said, "Can I show the drawings?" I seem to be a little impressed..."

Minter and Alex looked at each other and immediately shoved the blueprint into his hand, who pulled out his share again

Father Riddle squinted his eyes and carefully flipped through each picture, and then closed his eyes to recall that Minter and Alex were both afraid to come out, staring at him and waiting for an answer, and it was more than a quarter of an hour before he saw Father Riddle clapping his hands: "I remember!" ”

The two of them immediately perked up and listened carefully to his explanation

"About a hundred years ago, the Demon Domain also had the idea of invading the continent, and they used this magic array at that time! This is the most evil thing, and it is necessary to use the soul of a person to quench the soul crystal, and then use this magic crystal as energy to activate the magic array."

Min Tezhen asked with some hesitation: "You mean... That Soul Shard... Be sure to use... Does the human soul do it? ”

Riddle sighed: "Not only if it is human, but also have a certain amount of wisdom, otherwise after the monster eggs transported from the magic array are born, the intelligence will be greatly reduced, I also understand a little, the gang of abductors and traffickers you track down will be drugged into fools, in fact, the water may not be real, but it is very likely that this evil magic has been cast."

Alex said with some disgust: "No wonder... I found that the people in the two villages near the magic camp were missing, but the village didn't look messy, maybe the people who drew the magic array took the souls of the villagers in advance, and later gave the villagers' bodies to the monsters as rations, probably because the souls were too mixed, so the power was affected, right? ”

Minter shuddered and asked Father Riddle, "You said that the Demon Domain used this method more than a hundred years ago, so how did you defeat them later?" ”

"I remember... It was the archbishop at the time who used a very powerful magic, and... The elves provided help again, which drove those demons away, alas, but I didn't expect that only a hundred years later, they came again, but now Van A is sealed, the current archbishop has passed away again, and the elves... It's been a long time since I've been in contact with humans."

Minter suddenly felt as if he had grasped something, and hurriedly asked, "What kind of magic does the archbishop use?" What did the elves do? Father, did you know? ”

Riddle tilted his head sideways and thought for a long time before he said: "By the way, I remembered that the archbishop at that time couldn't afford it, it is said that he was the most powerful bishop in the history of the Central Holy See, and the light magic he used, with the help of the temple holy relic, the light scepter, can make a large number of demonic creatures suffer heavy damage in an instant, but because the magic power is consumed too much, others can't use it, and he can't support it all the time, so he came up with another magic array, which can allow twelve light magicians with the same deep magic power to use this magic together, It can exert the same power, which is why the number of cardinals in the last hundred years or so has been twelve, do you remember? When we met before, you used to ask me why it was twelve people instead of ten."

"So that's the case..."Alex finally understood, obviously two of the twelve people were only magically strong, and their personality could not be compared with the other ten, but they could still be ranked among them, probably because of the rules of the "twelve", right?

Minter swallowed, he felt like he was getting closer to the truth: "That... Does anyone still know that kind of magic? ”

"There should be, right? There is a special document in the Central Church that records the method of casting this magic, but because it is not easy to practice, so few people study My teacher used to study with the archbishop for a while, so he would mention it to me, but now... There are only seven of the twelve bishops left, and even if they do, they will be..."

"What did the elf do?!" Mint interrupted him eagerly

Alex glanced at him strangely, but Father Riddle didn't care, and replied frankly: "There is a fountain of life in the elven forest, and the water in it is said to have mysterious power, which can bring the dead back to life, eliminate filth, and dissipate evil. The two races had a chance to reconcile, but unfortunately something unpleasant happened later, the war between Noga and Easter spread to the grasslands on the outskirts of the Elven Forest, so the Elves simply stopped interacting with humans, I heard that there were still people who could go to their town a few years ago, but now they can't go at all" He sighed and sighed, very sorry

When Alex heard this, he said: "Even if different races can coexist peacefully for the time being, there will always be conflicts due to differences in lifestyles and opinions, even the kind and hard-working race of dwarves can only accommodate them in a few places on the continent, let alone arrogant elves?" ”

Father Riddle sighed even more: "That's why I think it's a pity... In ancient times, all races could live in harmony with each other, and people were able to do it then, so why not now? ”

Alex didn't try to comfort him again, just looked down and said nothing, suddenly felt that Minter seemed to be too quiet, so he looked up to ask him what was wrong, but saw him staring at a pattern on the carpet with an unpredictable expression

"Hey, why are you here to stay?" Alex asked

"I see!" Minter jumped up suddenly, startling Alex and Riddle, with the former asking, "What do you understand?" ”

Minte's eyes sparkled and he turned his head to look at him, "I understand the conspiracy of the Demon Domain!" Why did so many things happen and so many people died?! Why did the Elven Forest suddenly close? Why would anyone go to the Elven Forest to make trouble in the name of treasure hunting?! He pointed to the drawing: "That's because of this!" ”