Chapter 150: Clues
"Oh, you said you are a family that is collecting inspiration, and you want to know more about the deeds of the Night Force, welcome to welcome, the apex is the fastest update" Father Wilder said with a smile, the old man is eighty-five years old this year, in fact, he has retired ten years ago, but he is still very energetic, and he usually comes to the church to help when he has time. It is mainly responsible for explaining the history of the Church of St. An's Mind and the Armed Forces of the Night, but no longer accepts confessions and other work that can only be carried out by a regular priest.
Father Wild was very talkative," In fact, the world has a misunderstanding of the Night Force, the Night Force is not a violent organization that purely hunts monsters, and the nine founders only hope to help everyone in this way, otherwise the Night Force is no different from the bounty hunters who were active in various places at that time, whether it is hunting monsters or preaching, it is only a means rather than an end, their original intention has never changed, in order to let more people feel the benevolence of the gods, which I hope can be reflected in your future life. β
After the old man finished speaking, he seemed to remember something, scratched his head and said, "Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I shouldn't interfere with Mr. Writer's creative freedom, in fact, it's not bad to write a book of knights who defeat evil, haha, in short, if it's possible after the book is completed, please send me a copy of this bad old man." Okay, let's get down to business, there are a lot of stories about the Night Force, I don't know what exactly you'd like to hear?"
"Oh, I'm currently working on a story about humanity's victory over the devil, and I wonder if you can provide me with some information here. β
"Oh devil. Father Heard thought for a moment, "This kind of title first appeared in Norton's sixteen-page poem "Heaven and Hell", but there is no such monster in the world, the closest is probably the little devil in the abyss, and Norton also used this as the prototype to create the image of the devil, so the devil is essentially a very abstract concept, usually referring to some evil beings who are extremely vicious and have been working against the gods. β
"As far as you know, did the Night Armed hunt some humanoid monsters that the world called devils," Rob paused, and then finally asked the point, "Are there any special beings among these monsters that can use both divine power and magic?"
There's a reason why the great magician asks this, when he used the mimicry magic in the courtyard that night, Isabel's expression was extremely frightened, and blurted out that he was called "the devil", but unfortunately the female magician was later taken off by Erinia's heart, and Rob couldn't learn the devil's name from her mouth, but this clue was not completely broken.
The archmage took care of his wounds and came to the Church of St. Anxin the day after the battle, Rob had also read some of the deeds of the Night Armed in books, and knew that they were monster hunters who were active in the south in the early years, and wanted to find out if there were any records of demons from them.
"Monsters that can use divine power and magic, is there really such a thing in the world?" Father Heard frowned, "The Night Armed Forces were active in the southern cities for quite a long time, until after the First Magic War, because of the appearance of the magician, the defensive strength of each town increased greatly, and the activity frequency of nearby monsters plummeted, and gradually moved away from the towns and densely populated places, the Night Armed also completed their mission, and slowly faded out of the historical stage, until it was officially incorporated into the Third Holy Knights by the Temple." β
"Because the time span in the middle is too long, and most of the priests who joined the Night Arms have no intention of vain, there is no accurate count of how many monsters they hunted, but the battles with powerful monsters are basically recorded, mainly to teach the experience to those who come after them, among which there are thirteen of the most famous monsters, and the scenes of the Night Arms and their battles are painted on the ceiling of the church, some of which were indeed called devils by the local residents, and there are also cunning beings who are proficient in magic, but none of them can use divine powerγ β
The old priest shook his head, "Divine power comes from gods, and the gods are the most merciful, how could they give their own power to those monsters?"
While the two were talking, an old couple walked towards Father Wild, they are old friends of Father Wild, three daughters and two sons have been baptized by the old priest after birth, and now the eldest son is also married, and the daughter-in-law is about to give birth in October, the old couple hopes to invite Father Wild to baptize this little life that is about to come into the world, but the old priest said that he is now retired, no longer a clergyman, and according to the rules of the temple, he can no longer baptize others, the old couple did not insist, but hoped that Father Wild could recommend another person for themγ
Father Wild shrugged at Rob on the side, "I'm sorry, I'm going to help them ask which priest is available lately, take a look at the mural above your head first, if you want to know more about the Night Force, I recommend you go to the door and buy a copy of "The Origin of the Third Holy Knights." β
The archmage nodded and thanked the old priest, and then Rob walked around the church, he had already seen all the thirty-six murals on the top of his head shortly after entering the door, the strength of the thirteen monsters on it was very good, Erinia didn't even rank in the top three among them, these monsters can indeed be called devils in the eyes of ordinary people, but they are not enough to make a fifth-order magician so disgraced, not to mention that Isabel is from the Inquisition, and her mental quality is definitely stronger than that of ordinary magicians...... And, as Father Wilde said, none of the thirteen monsters were able to use divine power.
Rob wasn't too surprised by this, he still had too few clues after all, and it was just a matter of luck to come to the Church of St. An's Peace, and the Grand Magician himself was actually more inclined to think that the devil in Isabel's mouth was referring to people rather than monsters, but he still spent a silver coin to buy the copy of "The Origin of the Third Holy Knights".
Rob found a bench by the window and sat down, reading the book in his hand in the warm sun, not entirely looking for clues, but more just admiring the great achievements of his predecessors, and the current position of him and the temple did not affect his respect for the priests who formed the Night Armed Forces thousands of years ago, who were worthy heroes of that dark age.
Ten minutes later, Rob closed the book "The Origin of the Third Paladin" and was about to leave, but when he was leaving, he ran into Father Wilde again, who helped the old couple arrange the baptism, and when he saw the archmage, he came over again, "I just thought about the question you said earlier, but I remembered something else, but it has nothing to do with the Night Armament, are you interested in listening to it?"