Chapter 8: Rumors and Encounters

Rob arrived in Ravi a month and a half later, less than a cup of tea after he had gone from being the future patron saint of the Terrans and the new hope of the wizarding world to becoming a wanted criminal for the Wizards Guild, but while everyone was still digesting what had happened on Mitchell's Magic Tower that day, they soon heard another, even more shocking news.

Monster crossing.

This is the second major event that has occurred in just one month to shake the entire Dawn Continent, and there has never been a similar situation in the written record, and the monsters living in the abyss have been proven by countless studies to be the code of action for killing and destruction, and the existence of inability to communicate.

However, such a group of bloodthirsty and brutal monsters are now passing through the borders of the Lionheart Empire in groups, and they do not stop to attack the human towns they encounter along the way, and the pedestrians they encounter seem to turn a blind eye, and when they are hungry, they devour the weaker kindred in the team to replenish their strength, and then continue to bury their heads in the road.

Both the Church and the Wizards' Guild sent men to keep an eye on this strange procession, and at the same time, the temple also notified the churches everywhere to ask the priests there to calm the local people, but even then there was still a lot of fear, especially after seeing the monsters, even the most optimistic people knew that the little manpower of the local defenders and garrisons alone could not withstand these killing machines, and no one liked to put their lives on the mercy of the predators.

So the populace began to pour out of the churches and monasteries in droves, hoping that the clergy inside would give an explanation, because it is said that four of the five Holy Knights of the Temple were not moving, and only the Second Holy Knights sent a part of their men, but remained in the Gold Rush Town, and a week later His Majesty the Pope personally responded to the faithful and also decided the matter.

The answer given by Vannar V was simple, only two words, divine punishment.

Rob only learned about this after half a month, in order to avoid the search of the Wizards Association after leaving New Terte, he first found a place to hide for a while, and then chose a very remote route to pick up Lolo at the Laurel Magic Academy, after betraying the Magicians Association, his contact with D'Ardarion, Russell and others was interrupted, and there was no way to get new information through any official channels, and most of the folk statements were not very reliable.

There are basically all rumors about this monster crossing all over the place.,There's no accurate number in terms of quantity alone.,Some places say 30,000.,Some say 50,000.,Some places say there's a million.,From outside the city, just passing by passed by for three days and three nights.,As for the reason, there are even more opinions.ใ€‚

Rob couldn't find accurate information in it, no matter how powerful he was, so it wasn't until Vannar V opened his mouth that the rumors among the people were put to rest.

Divine punishment is very characteristic of the church, and the temple has also recorded several very famous divine punishments, but most of them are natural disasters, abyss monsters have always been the synonym for evil, for thousands of years, the temple has been committed to destroying these evil creatures, this time they will carry out divine punishment, no matter how you look at it, it reveals a trace of weirdness, but the Pope has spoken, or let many ordinary people put down their hearts, and it is because of the saying of divine punishment that the monster has passed through the town and the town that is about to pass through the security of the past few days has become unprecedentedly good, no one dares to do evil, this is a side effect that no one expectedใ€‚

Rob was silent as he looked at the path of the monsters on the map, he was the last to enter the city before the gates closed, and by this time it was already dark. Ravi is quite a distance away from Gold Rush and hasn't been affected much by the monster's crossing, but there are still a lot of people talking about it on the streets.

According to the address given by the dean, Rob quickly found the inn called the Fountain of Youth, the owner is a believer in the nature religion, this so-called nature religion is not strictly speaking a sect in the true sense, they do not have a god to believe in, nor do they have any precepts and creeds, just a small community that advocates nature to teach believers to keep their bodies and minds happy, it is said that it was first transmitted from the elves, but even on the elves, it is very small.

A few years ago, when the shopkeeper was not a shopkeeper, he was out doing business and unfortunately met a bandit, and was rescued by Lucia who was doing geological research nearby, and the two met at that time, the shopkeeper was very grateful for the life-saving grace of the female magician, and followed the principle of nature to maintain physical and mental pleasure, so he simply bought this small inn and settled in Ravi, thinking that being close to the Laurel School of Magic could also help Lucia, but in fact, the female magician was either doing research or lecturing over the years, and the two rarely met.

However, the shopkeeper's small life is also good, simply marry a wife and have children here, this time it is rare for Lucia to ask him for help, he is also very positive, Rob explained that he came to the next morning, as soon as the city gate was opened, he drove to the Laurel Magic Academy, and before noon, the Grand Magician of Lucia came back with him by car.

"Your Majesty. The sorceress entered the room and took off her cloak and hat and saluted.

Rob waved his hand, "Grand Magician Lucia doesn't need to be so polite, I'm not the future patron saint of the human race now." โ€

"Mana-sharing is the greatest invention of modern magic, and whether you have that title or not, you deserve it. Lucia was insistent, she knew what Rob cared about most, and then said, "Miss Hatfilia is now a guest in my hometown, about seventy miles from here, don't worry, my parents are very old-fashioned little aristocrats, only care about their own lives, and don't usually interact with people, I told them that Miss Hatfilia is one of my aristocratic students, and that she will stay in the manor for a while to recuperate, and I will write to Gary to send Miss Hatfilia over." โ€

"Don't bother so much, I'll just pick her up. Rob Evangelism.

The sorceress nodded, "That's fine, I'll go with you." โ€

It was still the innkeeper who drove the car, Rob and Lucia sat in the carriage, this time the direction of the carriage changed to the small manor of Lucia's family seventy miles away, along the way, the magician showed her true colors as a researcher, and she didn't know what to say at all, and finally Rob asked, "How is Russell now?"

The dean of affairs disobeyed the orders of the association, helped him send Luo Luo out, and then stopped the pursuers sent by Leonardo da Vinci, the nature of this matter is still quite serious, but the Magicians Association is not a hierarchical organization like the temple after all, plus there are Steines and Deman behind it, the problem is not too big, but punishment is always unavoidable, Deman originally planned to retire in a few years, and let the dean of education replace him into the council, but now this matter is estimated to be yellow.