Chapter 692: The Weight of the Scales
It is not surprising that the government army and the rebel army have extraordinary people, after all, compared to fighting at the bottom of the dark world, you can die at any time because you see something unbearable, and it is obviously much more comfortable to become a high-ranking official of the government army or the rebel army, and anyone with a little bit of brains knows how to choose.
It's just that the Maris man in front of him is the first time Leo has seen a transcendent person other than a witch who has reached the level of a fourth-level psionic through his own bloodline, which also makes Leo pay special attention to the person in front of him.
Leo didn't use the spirit net to probe the other party's physical condition, because a strong transcendent like the other party should be able to detect the existence of the spirit net, which would inevitably cause some unnecessary misunderstandings.
However, even without a spiritual network, Leo can still discover some secrets of the opponent's power through supernormal perception, such as the opponent's energy should be related to flames, because his energy fluctuations contain a scorching aura, like a volcano that will erupt at any time.
Whether it is in the Velen world or in the universe, the thermal psionics are definitely the main combat power in the psionic energy.
Those psionics who are proficient in thermal psionic skills and can skillfully control psionic energy have extremely destructive power from the beginning, and in the middle stage, they are simply humanoid nuclear bombs, and when they reach the ninth level psionics, they can even produce a power comparable to that of stars in a short period of time, and some even directly turn into stars when they are upgraded to omega-level advanced life forms.
The transcendent person in front of him naturally can't be compared to those heat-based psionics in the universe who have undergone brutal training, but he still can't take a peek, according to Leo's estimation, even if the other party's strength can't compare to the firebather Thran, it won't be much worse.
While Leo was probing the mystery of the rebel officer's strength and judging his strength, the fat Robert and the rebel officer were also observing each other, and they both seemed to think of something and looked at each other in surprise, and the expressions on their faces became a lot more cautious.
Perhaps the officer took Leo as the bodyguard of the fat Robert, so after recognizing the identity of the other party, he didn't look at Leo more, let alone ask, and directly put the salute in his hand on the luggage rack on Leo's side, and sat on Leo's bed.
"I didn't expect to meet Mr. Robert, the manager of the black market in Dry Steel City, here. The officer directly revealed Robert's identity, and with a hint of mockery, he said: "Mr. Robert, is this an ordinary person who is ready to abandon Dry Steel City, and let those ordinary people suffer death threats from monsters day and night, while he escapes alone?"
"Your Excellency doesn't care about this, the crisis in Dry Steel City has long passed, and it is safe now. The fat man Robert snorted coldly, and then said in a confrontational voice: "On the contrary, Lord Sherf has come out so generously, aren't you afraid that the adjudicator of the Church of the King of the Hill will come to arrest you, an apostate?"
After hearing the name and previous identity of the officer mentioned in Fat Robert's words, Leo quickly realized who this man was.
Because of Sylvia's connections, Leo also learned a little about the adjudicators of the Orthodox Church.
Most of the adjudicators of the Orthodox Synod come from all churches, and they are the best paladins of each church, and only a few people like Sylvia will become adjudicators for special reasons.
Among the adjudicators, the vast majority will hide their identities because they are dealing with the most evil and murderous cultists, out-of-control dependents, etc., and if their identities are revealed, their families may be in danger.
But there are exceptions, and there are those who go out of their way to make a name for themselves, and Adjudicator Sherf Mourning is one of them.
The adjudicator Sherf Mourning is a well-known big man in the dark world, he once smashed the ritual of summoning evil gods of seven cultists, and none of the seven operations were alive, and more than 400 cultists died, and the ordinary people who were indirectly involved in the conflict between the two, and the casualties were also thousands of high, it is no exaggeration to say that Sherf is definitely a humanoid natural disaster, and the Orthodox Church will never use Sherf if it does not encounter reckless and need to use force.
However, during a mission to destroy the cultists' dens, Sherf suddenly left behind the ordinary combatants of the Orthodox Church who had assisted him in dealing with the cultists, and left the battlefield, leaving those combatants completely wiped out under the siege of the cultists, including several reserve adjudicators, and the Orthodox Court suffered heavy losses and did not recover from the struggle for more than ten years.
Some people speculate that the reason why Sherf did this was because he was a powerful adjudicator, but he did not get the corresponding status and respect in the Orthodox Church, and according to his position at that time, he was only one line higher than the new adjudicator, so Sherf was angry and directly cheated the Orthodox Court.
Neither Sherf nor the Orthodox Church responded to these rumors, but strangely enough, a month later, the Church of the Hill Kings declared Sherf an apostate, and while sending people to hunt down Sherf, it also offered a bounty on the black market, but the Orthodox Church did not react to this.
Since then, the Church of the Hill Kings has launched several massive arrests, all of which have ended in failure, which has also raised Sherf's reputation by several levels in disguise, and some even claim that Sherf should be the strongest adjudicator.
However, Sherf suddenly disappeared, and the King of the Hill did not pursue him closely, and the Orthodox Church did not inquire about the matter again.
Some people also saw some clues from these things, and felt that there might be something wrong with the relationship between the Orthodox Church and the Church of the Hill King, but neither side expressed their attitude, and over time, no one cared.
The reason why Sherf sneered at Fat Robert after recognizing his identity was entirely because when he was first hunted down, in addition to the people of the church, there were also a large number of bounty hunters and transcendents who offered bounties on the black market to participate in this matter, and his whereabouts were spread by the black market most of the time, so his attitude towards the black market was naturally not good.
And if it was another time, the fat Robert met Scherf, who was known as the strongest adjudicator, even if he was sneered, he would never dare to speak out against him, after all, Sherf's strength is clearly here, although he is a high-level black market, but if he is killed by Scherf, I am afraid it will be killed in vain.
However, now the situation is different, Leo is by his side, and agrees to protect him on the road, he reacquaints himself with Leo's strength from Leo's solution to the runaway, which makes him believe that Leo must be stronger than Sherf, which is why he is so bold to compete with Sherf.
The fat man Robert's-for-tat retort surprised Sherf, he obviously didn't expect Robert to contradict himself so directly, but he didn't teach the other party a lesson, but thought about it calmly, and found the source of the other party's confidence from Robert's expression, so he turned his head to look at Leo, who was sitting quietly reading a book, and his mind was also quickly searching for memories, comparing the transcendents in the black market that he knew.
"Sherf Mourning. Sherf didn't find Leo in his memory, so he reached out to Leo and said directly.
Leo raised his hand, shook the other's outstretched hand, and said, "Leo Dodd." ”
"Leo Dodd?" Sherf froze for a moment, he felt the name was familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was.
At this time, he suddenly noticed Leo's slightly accented Marish language, and thought that Leo might not be a native of the country, so he immediately opened the scope of comparison in his mind, and it didn't take long to find a possible object.
"Leo Dodd the Inge?" Scherf asked in a confirmatory manner.
"Yes. Leo didn't deny it, nodding his head in acknowledgement.
Sherf looked at Leo in some surprise, because according to the information he received, Leo Dodd should be in the southwest at the moment, how could he run to the northeast region in a completely opposite position?
Although the black market is the dominant player in the intelligence trading of the dark world, it is not without other organizations to confront the black market, and Shelf has also obtained a lot of information from these small organizations, and Leo Dodd, who attaches great importance to the black market, naturally also paid attention to it.
However, what really made Sherf pay attention to Leo Dodd was more due to the fact that the Chosen King was Saran, who had recently overheard the name Leo Dodd from Saran, and knew that Saran had listed Leo Dodd as one of the most dangerous figures.
The powerful existence of Saran, the chosen king, who is really at the top of the dark world, is regarded as extremely dangerous, and warns the people around him not to cause trouble, which is enough to make Sherf curious about Leo Dodd as a person.
But it was just curiosity, he didn't think he would have anything to do with Leo Dodd at that time, and at that time, the rebel army was weak in the confrontation with the government army in the northeast, and several middle-level officers of the rebel army were assassinated, so the top of the rebel army gave him the identity of a special commissioner and went to the northeast to deal with these baskets, until today, the baskets were solved, and the rebel army also achieved the expected goal, so he decided to leave.
Originally, he was not going to make a steam train, but was going to take the waterway all the way down the river, which would be a lot of lumps, but he heard that there was a big auction going to Yasha County, and he was curious about the goods in the auction, so he decided to take the train to Yasha County instead.
It's just that what he didn't expect was that he just got in the car and met a person who disgusted him and someone who made him feel that there would be no intersection.
"I've heard about you, Mr. Leo. Sherf looked Leo up and down, revisiting the legend he had inadvertently overlooked.
Leo responded directly: "A lot of people have heard about me. ”
Sherf was stunned for a moment, not irritated by Leo's indifferent response, but accentuated his tone a little, and said, "I heard Your Excellency from Lady Saran. ”
Leo was slightly stunned when he heard this, and continued to look at the book in his hand without saying anything.
Compared with Leo's indifference, the fat man Robert on the side was overturning the river and the sea in his heart, he didn't expect to hear a big secret, that is, the king elector Saran appeared and stood on the side of the rebel army, which made him have to re-examine the strength of the rebel army.
Although Saran, the Chosen King, was recognized as a witch by the Orthodox Church, and was wanted by the entire Orthodox Court because of her actions back then, even after hundreds of years, this wanted warrant has not been revoked, but for ordinary Maris people, Saran, the Chosen King, is simply the most legendary heroine of the Mares Kingdom.
Whether it is her efforts to turn the tide and save the Kingdom of Mares from the brink of extinction, or her subsequent series of reforms to bring the Kingdom of Mares back to the ranks of powerhouses, etc., are familiar stories to all Maris people.
And there are many people who think that if it weren't for the Orthodox Church interfering in the politics of the kingdom back then, forcing Saran to retreat, maybe the Mares Kingdom would have unified the entire Minsk continent, so the people of the Mares Kingdom have always been very hostile to the Orthodox Church, and the Hill King Church may also be involved if it is not deeply rooted in the Maris Kingdom.
It is precisely because of the respect for Saran, the Elector, that in the past two or three decades, when the Orthodox Church began to weaken, more than one member of parliament proposed in the Supreme Council to revoke the status of Saran as a criminal and give him the noble status of the mother of the protector, but such proposals have always failed in the last link due to some external reasons.
But even so, every time such a proposal appears, the people at the bottom will spontaneously organize various rallies in support of the proposal, and such meetings usually spread to the entire Mares Kingdom, which can witness the respect of the people at the bottom of the Mares Kingdom for the king Elector Saran.
There are often various legends among the people, saying that even after many years, the king elector Seran is still alive, and will appear from time to time in some powerful people bullying ordinary people and other incidents, with her identity to punish the powerful and evil, protect the ordinary people, which also makes the king elector Saran in the hearts of some people is equivalent to a god.
Compared with the people's doubts about whether the king elector Saran is really alive, the black market is very clear that the king chooser Saran is still in good condition, and his appearance has not changed at all after more than two hundred years, as if as those people think crankily, the king chooser Saran has become a god-like existence.
Because of this, the black market also has the highest level of specifications for the king elector, Saran, whose status is similar to that of kings or prime ministers.
Saran, the king elector who has not been hidden now, is actually on the side of the rebels, and if this is true, then the situation in the kingdom of Maris will be completely changed.
Because as the news spreads, the government army that now seems to have the upper hand is probably going to be unlucky, and even if the rebel army does not wait for the rebel army to attack, the government army's low-level troops may have rebelled, and then cut off the heads of those government army magnates and sacrifice them to Saran, the Elector of the king.