Now that the sun was about to set completely, and the low-lying terrain of Leighton Town was surrounded by mountains, it was getting dark very quickly, and when everyone entered the town, it was already lit up, and the magnificent lilac light curtain in the sky was even more spectacular in such a sinking night. Hao Ren followed the man in the black robe all the way into the town, and everywhere he saw was the gate closed, and there was not even a single stall in the night market that should be bustling, and the only thing that was most often seen on the road were the heavily armed town guards, some of them were the National Knights wearing standard armor or robes and the blue kingdom emblem on their chests, and some were the Knights of the Radiant Sect wearing black or white robes over their clothes. In addition to these two types of professional soldiers, some mercenaries with messy equipment can be seen operating in the streets, although the latter is not as well-armed as the professional soldiers, but it can be seen in temperament that they are all veteran soldiers who have been killed for a long time, and should have been recruited by the Knights to supplement their defenses after the attack.

The whole town was filled with such an oppressive and solemn atmosphere, it seemed that the attack between the afternoon and the evening had made everyone here tense, and Hao Ren also saw the blank looks on the faces of some of the young soldiers, it seemed that these professional soldiers were also stunned by the sudden strange monsters.

The tall and thin man who was in charge of leading the way barely spoke along the way, just silently led everyone through such an oppressive street, and Hao Ren also took the opportunity to observe the other party's image to compare it with some of the knowledge he had just learned in the past two days.

The man in the black robe has a round, triangular and lightning bolt ornament on his back, so this is supposed to be a clergyman. The clerics of the Radiant Sect in this world are special. While serving as priests, they also follow the classification of professions in the world, which are divided into many professions such as mages, warriors, alchemists, hunters, etc. And there are all kinds of races, so it can be said that they are quite inclusive. The priesthood is just another part of their profession. Cleric Radiance uses both "divine magic" and their own professional power to fight, a church warrior must know the priest's blessing technique in addition to his own fighting ability, and a church mage must also practice the power of prayer in addition to magic, although no one knows exactly how they obtained this extra "divine power", but each Radiant priest is indeed more powerful than ordinary professionals.

They interpret this special power as "proof of the blessing of the goddess", and most people in this world believe in it.

Hao Ren was of course skeptical about this, he knew what the true gods were like, a group of creatures beyond comprehension, and they had a lot of knowledge. Raven 12345 is such an unreliable guy who always pays attention to the balance of the entire universe, so he doesn't think that the "goddess" of the dream plane, who has been holding back for a long time to burn a planet and finally hasn't burned it clean, will be a true god, he believes that there was once a powerful creature in this world, but that powerful creature is probably not the same as depicted by the Radiant Sect.

In short, the clergy of the Radiant Sect are such a group of people with special powers, and all their clergy are divided into two types: the white-robed and the black-robed.

The black-robed ones are professional combatants who fight with a strong belief in the goddess and also focus only on their own beliefs, which belong to the "force", while the white-robed ones are responsible for everything beyond the charge. For example, missionary, medical, research, administration, and so on, belong to "wisdom". At the same time, the Pope himself must be a white robe, which is stipulated in the sacred text of the Radiant Cult: the power must be under the control of reason to ensure balance, so the spiritual leader and command of the church can only be the white robe.

Of course. It's not that all the white-robed people are civilians, or that they don't have combat effectiveness, quite the opposite. Not only are the white-robed ones often present on the battlefield, but they are not only outright copywriters. The vast majority of white-robed clerics are extremely powerful—except that their duties are more focused on strategy and support, rather than on combat, as are the black-robed clerics. Knights and mages in white robes can also be seen on the streets. They belong to the community commanders or staff officers of the defense forces.

A strong belief in the goddess, a fervent reverence for the canon, a deep fear of the legend of the end of the world, and the clever rule of successive popes have ensured that this system has not been surpassed to this day.

In addition to these superficial divisions, there are many subtle divisions of labor within the Radiant Sect, and they influence the entire world with a complex and efficient multi-race, multi-professional cooperative, but these are not things that Hao Ren can understand thoroughly.

Maybe the black-robed priests are not easy to get along with, the man in charge of leading the way always has a straight face, and he doesn't say a word, Nangong May feels that it is boring to rush like this, so he can't help but bring up some topics: "Say...... The attack in the afternoon was not strict? ”

The other party was silent for a moment, and his face was still like the same wood carving: "Local defense, no comment." ”

Nangong May was bored, and Betsy was a little dissatisfied: "We have the heavy information of the stone giants, and we have also seen their separation from the cliff with our own eyes, this information is worth at least twenty gold shields, how can we ask about some small things?" ”

The black-robed priest was silent again: "Local defense, no comment. ”

This is still a repeater.

Vivien stopped Betsy, who wanted to continue her questioning, and she felt that now was not the time to think about such a thing, and the group had now come to the depths of the town, where a small but magnificently shaped spired church appeared at the end of the road.

In front of the chapel is a semicircular square paved with red pebbles, around which a circle of magical light balls floats to illuminate the place as bright as day, the Knights of the Church in black smocks keep the guards at the entrance of the church watertight, and several middle-aged monks in white smocks prayed silently in a circle next to a purple-red crystal in the center of the square.

One of the towers in the center of the spire church was emitting a mysterious glow, and layers of complex runes emerged from the ancient and luxurious carved stone bricks, slowly rising around the square tower, repeating the cycle, and a column of light purple light converged at the end of these runes, rushed into the unfathomable night sky, and then scattered around the town to descend, this is the defensive barrier of Layton Town, a miraculous power that relies on this church and is completely supported by "divine magic".

"The energy sample has been collected," the voice of the number jù terminal sounded in Hao Ren's mind almost at the same time, "preliminary analysis...... It has no analytical value, it is a simple repulsion wall, which can cancel out external physical shocks above a certain speed, the energy flow mode is normal, and no high-level mystical attributes related to the symbolic power of the true god have been discovered. ”

"The so-called divine art of the Radiance Sect is really a special kind of magic." Hao Ren muttered to himself, and the black-robed priest who led the way handed over to the personnel in charge of the garrison in the square, and then led Hao Ren and them towards the church, this time his words were finally a little more: "His Excellency the Rector Gelton is discussing important matters with your guests, but he agrees with you to meet you first. Please pay attention to etiquette, His Excellency Gerton is a respected elder. ”

The church was brightly lit, but there were no ordinary believers in the long hall used for prayer and worship, only the black-robed priest standing guard, Hao Ren and they turned around from a small corridor behind the long hall to a special room in the depths of the church, and the black-robed priest who was in charge of guiding the way stopped at the door: "Please." ”

Becky nervously pushed the door in, revealing the scene in the room.

Surprisingly, it was rather modest, and the entire office of the Governor of the Beinz region was a simple unfurnished study, a spacious room, but almost all the walls were occupied by heavy bookshelves piled high with dossiers, and the floor covered with plain stone bricks had not even carpets. In the center of the room was a large wooden table, across which an old man and a young woman were talking.

The rector of Gerton, an old man who looked to be sixty or seventy years old, with thinning hair, a long beard, a wrinkled face, and a short stature, sat hunched behind his desk, his hands tucked into his sleeves for fear of cold. The rector had been patrolling the vicinity of Beintz's Blood Lake with his priests for many years, absorbing too much "bad air" and making him appear to be in poor health, but no one who knew would despise the seemingly sluggish old man: his body may have begun to decay, but his spirit was still strong, and as long as those wise eyes were not closed, he was still a powerful spellcaster, and the gifts of the gods would follow his thoughts.

Opposite Gerton was a woman in women's body-fitting armor, with her back to the crowd, and her long chestnut curls could only be seen, and the fair complexion of her neck and wrists indicated that she was still very young.

When Betsy pushed open the door, the rector of Gerton was talking to the female soldier opposite: "Your Excellency Oprah, the situation is not yet clear, there is no evidence that this series of mutations is related, and there is no evidence that the test of the goddess will unfold in this form, we should first appease the people, and then have a pious ...... Oh, it looks like our guests have arrived. ”

The old man stood up, nodded and smiled at Hao Ren. (To be continued......)