As they walked through the forest again, the three of them became more and more silent, and Fernando seemed to be like a humanoid storm about to erupt, the more oppressive and terrifying it became.

The secret stronghold provided to Douglas is a hidden cave, with only traces of the operation of the magic circle in the deepest part, and the appearance is a pure natural cover.

"Mr. Douglas, you stay here for a few days, and then come back to you when we have arranged our affairs. Even though Douglas had a warm attitude along the way, which made people feel like a spring breeze, when it was time to say goodbye, Roland still chose a very polite title, after all, this is an archmage.

Douglas didn't feel left out at all, knocked on the situation in the cave, bowed slightly, and said with an unchanged smile: "I'm very satisfied to have a place for me to study." ”

He didn't mind being guarded against, on the contrary, he was quite satisfied, because the organization that had not been guarded against and tested by the magicians who had defected had almost died out and become dust in history, and he did not want the organization he was going to join to be like this, which was no different from sending him to death.

Before the fall of Antifleur, he was good at observing and thinking, he had already understood the cruelty of the situation, under the temptation, oppression, and coercion of the church, parents abandoned their children, apprentices assassinated their masters, friends attacked each other, and other incidents emerged one after another, and this did not disappear with the initial collapse of the magic empire, on the contrary, it was even more cruel, because for a large part of magicians, there was no longer the capital to wait and see and hesitate, either betray or die.

"It's best not to experiment with magic, black-clawed dogs have a keen sense of smell. Fernando reminded with a wrinkled face, afraid that the archmage from Antiphre would be too confident in his own strength.

Douglas pulled out a thick layer of white paper from the storage bag. Placed on the stone platform in the cave, he looked at them as if admiring the most perfect lover: "Don't worry, I have enough mathematical research to consume all my energy." ”

"Mathematical Research...... Are you from the Tower?" Fernando's mood eased a little when he heard about magic, and asked with interest, he had the impression that Tower Geometry was the first thing to frustrate his magical studies, and that the magicians in the Tower were fanatical about mathematical research, just like Douglas in front of him.

The magicians of the ancient Magic Empire have long been interested in the study of mathematics and physics, as it is closely related to the construction of magic models. And a series of results have been achieved. For example, the geometry of the towers, but most of their energy is still focused on spell learning and bloodline research, after all, the results of mathematical research are difficult to see immediately, and only a few magicians take them for fun. Most of them are astrologers. The Tower is one of the most famous astrologer organizations.

Wait until the dawn of war breaks out. The church began to gain the upper hand, and mages who were willing and free to study mathematics were even rarer, at least Fernando had never seen a guy with such a fanatical expression when it came to the study of mathematics.

Douglas looked up. Laughing self-deprecatingly, "Actually, I'd love to join the Tower, but they don't want me as a weird fellow, and I haven't seen them since Antiphre's fall." ”

"I'm glad you've always been aware of your eccentricity, and if you could ask less about anything, it would be a very good friend. "Fernando has always been willing to attack others, even if the other party is an archmage, he will not change.

Douglas smiled and did not respond to Fernando's words.

Roland glanced at Fernando complainingly, why did he make up for his mistakes every time?

He coughed: "Mr. Douglas, don't worry about Fernando, he is a descendant of Arthur's barbarian empire, you can tell from his accent, by the way, what do you need, you can make a list in the past few days, if there is anything particularly urgent, tell me now." ”

"Nope. Douglas shook his head and watched Fernando and Roland leave, knowing clearly that when they returned, it would be time for him to be tested.

What will be the test?

............

Leaving the forest in silence, neither Fernando nor Roland spoke, but very tacitly changed the place of hiding, hid in the city, and walked towards the villa of the Viscount of Erecan, the safest place for them to hide, a place that only the highest echelons of the organization knew about the road, and a place that the night watchman could not imagine.

When this nobleman had not inherited the title of baron, he hooked up with a high-ranking mage of the "Magicians United Union" in an operation to exterminate magicians, and then with the help of his strength, he eliminated powerful enemies and successfully obtained the title.

Fernando and Roland had already changed their appearances, and swaggered through the main gate with the familiar appearance of the viscount's housekeeper, and no one doubted it, because this was indeed them, and it was their identities on the surface.

The old butler remained as silent as ever, and did not ask a word of the two fellows who were often under special orders from the Viscount.

Back in his room, Roland had just washed up when he heard Fernando's familiar violent knock on the door.

"Is there something to discuss how to test Douglas?" asked Roland suspiciously, he just wanted to rest after a few days of intense life.

Fernando's spiritual force field spread, closed the door casually, and roared in a low voice: "Roland, we must fight back!"

"Assassinating the vulture?" This was something they had discussed before, so Roland reacted after being stunned for a moment, and said cautiously, "We have to make a strict plan to use the whereabouts of other people to lure the vulture, and then besiege him?"

"No, I can't. Fernando's bright red eyes were full of seriousness and anger, "Benson has defected, how many of us are here, the Blackclaw Dogs know very well, maybe it will not be us who will besiege the vultures, but they will besiege us, you know, this insidious method is Blackclaw's specialty, and I want to kill Benson together!"

"How is that possible? Benson must be hiding in the Inquisition right now. There's no way we can lure him out and kill him!" Roland rejected Fernand's proposal without hesitation, "Otherwise, let's wait a little longer and contact the headquarters to bring a few more high-level magicians, so that we can be more sure of strangling the vulture." ”

Fernando controlled his anger and shook his head: "The vulture's sense of smell is very keen, and once these few days pass, he will no longer raid so recklessly, but will unite the local nobles and clergy to act together, and even rush to other regions." ”

"And what are you going to do?" Roland asked, puzzled, and that wouldn't work. That won't work either. What exactly does Fernando mean?

Fernando almost roared, "Attack the Inquisition and kill the vultures and Benson!

"You're crazy!" Roland thought either Fernando was crazy or he was crazy.

In the past, when the Magic Empire was still around, there were indeed cases of breaching the Inquisition and even the Cathedral. But for a hundred years. No magician would dare to attack the Inquisition directly. This is the lair of the Blackclawed Dogs, with a powerful magic array and a high-level night watchman, where can a magician who escapes like a rat in the gutter be able to fight it. You have to choose a good way to commit suicide!

The breeze blew, and Fernando's slightly messy hair fluttered, like a prelude to the beginning of a storm: "Since you can't think of it, the church and the black-clawed dogs can't even more than imagine, for more than a hundred years, the Inquisition has never been directly attacked, their reaction will definitely be sluggish, and it will inevitably be very chaotic at that time, as long as we kill the vultures and Benson before the church and the nobles react, we can leave calmly!"

"This, this...... But, but our strength ......" Roland felt that his brain was in chaos, and he thought that this was indeed something that vultures could never dream of, and then he thought it was too crazy and funny.

Fernando didn't smile and said, "We have an archmage. ”

"Douglas?" Roland suddenly came to his senses, the magician's instinct recovered, and he muttered to himself, "The strongest in the whole city are vultures, eighth-level heavenly knights, and the others are newly promoted cardinals or heavenly knights, and maybe a few high-level magicians who have betrayed, but there are definitely no archmages, otherwise we wouldn't have escaped so easily, at least two-thirds of the personnel will be lost." ”

He paced back and forth: "The magic of the Nine Rings is weirdly powerful, the strength of the archmage is far more than the high-level, in the case of a surprise attack, there is no problem in breaking the Inquisition, it would be better if it would 'stop time', well, Benson doesn't know at all that we will pick up an archmage, except for Garros, only Mr. President knows about it, well, there is no problem with the comparison of strength, but Douglas has not been tested yet? Will it betray us?"

Fernando still had a straight face: "This is the test, kill the vulture, he will be one of us." ”

"That's right......," Roland thought there was a chance of success, but he was very swaying, "but it will anger the church, and I'm afraid that the 'Heart of Time' will be sent over at that time." ”

Speaking of the "Heart of Time", he has a fear that he is not aware of, that epic knight has forged his own glory with the bones and blood of magicians, and even killed a legendary lord, which is the nightmare of countless magicians, and the true demon of the abyss in their hearts.

Speaking of this, he suddenly realized that he was taken around by Fernando: "We have Douglas, we can use the method of seduction to kill the vultures, even if this is their deliberate plan, they will never think that we have an archmage, why attack the Inquisition directly? Fernando, don't be blinded by anger, next time find a chance to get rid of Benson." ”

Fernando snorted: "Let the others evacuate Pefos County in advance, and you also leave early, and the church will retaliate again, and you must find us first." ”

His expression became a little more serious: "We must kill the traitor immediately, only by proving that we have the ability to kill the traitor and cause trouble to the church, the nobles are willing to secretly cooperate with us and support us to cause more trouble, so that they will not betray us at will!"

"Roland, how critical the situation is now, you should know very well that if you are not willing to take risks, you can only wait for death slowly, and we must show our value so that we can be helped, and retreating step by step will only lose all opportunities for cooperation. ”

Roland gritted his teeth and thought for a while: "Fernando, you have to pay attention to safety, especially to prevent Douglas from being a mole." ”

He agreed to Fernando's suggestion, and according to the rules of the Wizards' Union, as long as the two leaders of the branch agreed, then the action could be initiated.

Fernando didn't smile because Roland agreed, his hands clenched, suppressed his anger, and prepared to explode again when the time was right.

............

In the forest, near a secret stronghold.

"I'm on the outside. Roland said to Fernando, afraid that there were already night watchmen in ambush around.

Fernando nodded and went straight into the hidden cave.

He had just crossed the backyard barrier when he suddenly stepped on a piece of paper full of words, and the ground was full of such paper.

Looking at Douglas, who had been writing hard, and seeing that his neatly combed hair was already very messy, Fernando curiously picked up the paper under his feet and looked at the contents on it.

At this glance, Fernando stayed where he was, he has always been recognized as a genius of magic, and he is also very talented in mathematics, but the formulas, words, and symbols written on the paper make him feel like he has never studied mathematics and physics!

What exactly is Douglas working on? (To be continued......