Chapter 45: Prelude (The First Monthly Pass)

"How did you go missing?" asked Lucien, taking a deep breath.

Tang Pu flipped through the report in his hand again to make the most confirmation, and the sound of the paper rustling came into Lucian's ears: " Watching them was a high-level battle mage and two mid-level mages, they arrived at a small church in the west of Rentat yesterday and never came out, the high-level mage initially thought that it was a normal continuation of the marginalized transfer of those radical clergy and night watchmen during this time, and did not care, until today he still did not see any of Juliana and Minsk, he had doubts, turned into a rat and entered, who knew that there was no trace in the road at all. ”

This is the Kingdom of Holm, and the number of magicians is many times that of the church personnel, so Tang Pu can be extravagant to be monitored by high-level mages.

"Did they find out and deliberately get rid of it?" Lucien thought of another possibility.

Tang Pu knocked on the table: "I can't rule out this possibility, but it's not very likely, because they have also been monitored like this in the past few months, they didn't have any abnormal behavior that they detected, and yesterday was as calm as usual." ”

"What about the other clergy, the Night's Watch who have been marginalized by Salder?" Lucien expanded.

Tang Pu laughed, his voice was a little serious: "If they also disappear, I will report it directly to the Supreme Council, which means that there must be something wrong with Salde, and the plan must be adjusted, and only the two of them are confirmed now." ”

Lucien rubbed his brow: "There are still twelve days before the start of the operation, try to find them." But don't get Salder's attention either. ”

Tang Pu was not disgusted by Lucian's suggestions and reminders, and the entire Magic Council was speculating about when he would become a Grand Arcanist and enter the Supreme Council, and his authority was now above the Affairs Committee, the same as several Nine-Ring Archmages such as Lavendi.

"The radicals are a little resentful, but their mood is relatively stable, and the great prophet of Salder is really good at demagoguery. Tang Pu made a brief mention of the student of Storm Domination as a member of the Governing Committee. A high-level magician who has been tested by faith. He knew about the cooperation of Lu Dao, but he did not know the specific action arrangements of Lu Dao.

Lucien had a quill in his hand, not sure what strange things were hidden and what secrets they meant. But it doesn't matter. MΓΌnster and Juliana were the night watchmen who hated themselves the most. In addition to "justice", there is also a personal vendetta, and it is likely that any means can be used, so he asked Tang Pu to increase the guard on Joel's family.

After the end of the communication. Lucien looked at the "Arcane" in front of him, he couldn't concentrate for a long time, a little impetuous, the big operation that was about to start was really too much pressure on anyone who knew, even if he was a person who was good at keeping calm, in the face of unknown dangers and unknown changes, there was still a feeling of depression before the storm, of course, more importantly, he was not alone, he didn't need to think about other things, he had a lover, a teacher, a student, a friend, a relative, once things failed, the result would be terrible.

"Or go and remind the teacher and tell him about the arrangement. Lucien knew that the soup would report to Fernando, but decided to go to the "Thunder Hell".

Just about to leave the office, Lucien saw Cherie knock on the door and come in, his face was a little apprehensive and melancholy: "Teacher, are you free?"

"What's the matter?" asked Lucien calmly.

Cherie timidly sat down in the chair in front of Lucian's desk, her hands cluttered: "Teacher, I have a couple named Jacques, you should know about it, right?

"I remember, he's coming to get the bloodline-boosting potion?" Lucien nodded.

Cherie smiled embarrassedly: "He was originally very talented, and he had the hope of becoming a knight on his own, but after signing that magic contract, his will could not be greatly strengthened, and after several years of hard work, it still didn't work, so he planned to use the contract and not leave himself a way back." ”

With the contract, not only did he have no way back, he didn't even have hope. Lucien himself found a lover who wanted to be with him for the rest of his life, and he was more sympathetic to Cherie and the couple.

Cherry's face turned red: "So, so I want to ask you for help, teacher, I have saved a lot of arcane points in the past few years, and my father has given me a lot of gold tales and materials, plus the wealth accumulated by Jacques who has worked hard to complete the mercenary mission, I should be able to exchange for the 'blood source' of high-level vampires, but I don't have this permission." ”

"It's a trivial matter, and it's a magic contract signed itself, I'll help you redeem it when I get back. Lucien said kindly.

Cherie breathed a long sigh of relief, she had a gentle personality and a thin skin, this matter had been lingering in her heart for a long time, and she didn't dare to speak, but now she mustered up the courage to ask for a satisfactory answer, and naturally she was inevitably excited: "Thank you so much, teacher." ”

Lucien laughed and said, "Redeemed the Blood Origin and prepare to complete the ritual by yourself?" Speaking of which, Jacques is not bad, knowing that he will complete mercenary tasks to make money, rather than blindly relying on you. ”

"This ritual is not complicated, I'm sorry to trouble you, teacher, I will go to the mission area to issue a quest and ask a mage from the necromantic or transformation faction to preside over it. Cherie mentioned Jacques with a happy and warm smile on her face, "He used to be a more pompous knight, but now he is much more down-to-earth. ”

Following Lucien, who came and went to meet outstanding men, Cherie had a new understanding of the previous Jacques, but fortunately, he changed a lot, and the relationship continued.

Before Lucien could speak, Cherie praised and complained to Jacques: "His last mercenary mission was very dangerous, it was actually to investigate a cult, he didn't activate the bloodline, and he almost died in it." ”

"Cult?" Lucien was sensitive to the word.

Cherie nodded: "It is said to be a cult, but it actually has a close relationship with the Church of Truth, and it is an organization privately established by some of Stewart's radical low-level clergy, as if it worships the King of Angels and deviates from the teachings that you can only believe in the Lord." ”

After several years of magical life, her faith was almost gone. It's just that he still habitually calls "Lord".

Lucien's brows furrowed again: "King of Angels...... What is Salde thinking?

Listening to Cherie finish the matter as it was, Lucien thought for a moment and said, "With the Church and the Council consolidating their respective areas of control in the new dimension, the situation in Holm will definitely become more and more dangerous, you remind your father to prepare as soon as possible, and divide what should be divided, so as to prevent a full-scale war." ”

"Well, my father has always been prepared for this, starting from the agreement between the family and the council. Cherie didn't think much more.

Sent Cherie away. Lucien went straight to the thirty-third floor of the Alinge Magic Tower. Preparing to go to Thunder Hell through a fixed teleportation array, the teacher turned out to be in the study.

"You're here. "Fernando seems to have known for a long time that Luxien will come.

Lucien nodded, "I learned something unusual from Tang Pu. ”

"He told me, but nothing else was found yet. Fernando had a map of the city of Rentat in front of him, "which marks the marginalized areas of the radicals." The region where the different nobles were located. and several parts of the Lentat Divine Array. ”

This is a classified map from Hathaway.

Lucien walked over to the teacher. Looking at the map, I found that Salder had really marginalized the radicals, starting from the west. The further you go to the southeast and northeast of the city, the Radiant Cathedral and the Nexer Palace, the number of radical clergy and night watchmen becomes scarcer, and when they reach the area where the noble district and the Radiant Cathedral are located, there is no one, and even Stone's Grail Knights residence has been changed to the northwest of the city near the Lentat Monastery, completely waiting for the Magic Council to take action.

"It feels a little weird. Lucien looked at the map and said, there was nothing strange about it, even with astrology, he couldn't get the answer.

Fernando also frowned and said, "It's too smooth, but it's unsettling." Lucian, when the time comes, Herculi will deal with the diocese of the Northland Coastal Corridor, Erica will control the Duchy of Calais, Vicente will go to the kingdom of Colette, and the diocese of Briana, which has not yet been drawn up by Saldela, will be personally intervened by Brooke and Holt will cooperate. ”

Herculi is the "Monarch of Air", another legendary magician in Palmeira's hut, who has deep control over the Northlands, and Erica is the "Transfiguration Master" and historian of the Wizard's House, because the headquarters of the Wizard's House is located in the Duchy of Calais, and it is inextricably linked with the power of the local nobility, so it is most appropriate for her to make a move, and the same reason, the relationship between the two can be seen from the Immortal Throne Award being jointly awarded by the Kingdom of Camelot and the Pale Hand.

The headquarters of the Song of the Silver Moon League is located in the Kingdom of Briana, which is personally handled by Brooke, with the cooperation of "Silver Moon Scholar" Chelsea Holt, so it should not be a big problem.

"It is necessary to drive away and control as soon as possible, so that the nobles of these countries can no longer sway, otherwise they all have epic knights, and with the cardinal, the situation will deteriorate rapidly. Lucien whispered.

Fernando nodded: "What I want this time is the time difference, the matter of the Holm Parish, Hathaway and I will go head-on, Douglas will control the overall situation in Alinge, and the rest of the Grand Arcanists and Legendary Magicians will join different battlefields at any time as a reserve force." ”

"When the time comes, don't stay in Alinge, I will arrange for you to go to the northeast of the city near the Nexer Palace, which is a balanced place where several forces in the Divine Enchantment meet, and it is easy to be opened, if the situation becomes very unfavorable, you will immediately teleport away with Natasha Chaos. Although Alinge is safe, if something goes wrong, he must be the first target, and you are the one who is the secret of fate, Natasha has the sword of truth, and it is not easy for a few people to be locked down. You can hide in the depths of the endless ocean, and when you become a legendary magician, you are the hope of the council's revival. ”

"This is the 'Night Travel' scroll I requested from Stannis, he has some connection to the Dark Council, obtained from a vampire prince, and will help you break the spatial anchor and spatial barrier blockade. ”

Listening to the teacher's arrangement for the worst of the situation, Lucien suddenly felt that the atmosphere around him had become oppressive and solidified. (To be continued......)

PS: Change first, then change.

PS: To correct the first two mistakes, one is that when I wrote the special theory of relativity, I originally wanted to write to solve the inertia problem and generalize to a more general frame of reference, but when I wrote it, it was mixed up and written as an inertial frame, which has been modified.

The second is that Oliver's eyes should be black, and if I remember the mistake, they were blue, which has been modified.