In the early morning, the sun dispelled the fog in the forest, and the crystal dew hung on the leaves, reflecting a little light.

Two figures emerged from the dense dwarf tree, their branches swaying, and dew raining down on them, wetting their garments.

It was two men dressed as farmers, one tall and burly, the other short and thin. The dwarf farmer walked briskly through the bushes, turned his head to find his companion out of breath and unable to walk, and sneered: "Feken, haven't you recovered yet? Your physique is too bad, isn't it?"

The tall farmer sat on the ground, wiped the water from his face, and complained, "Hagen, I'm already strong enough that I haven't been killed by you." ”

Hagen exclaimed, "I can't be a horse! Besides, you have asked me to get ahead of the viscountess." If I delay the matter, how can I explain it to the speaker?"

"I'm a mistake when you're killed!" said Feken, finding a large rock, lying on it, and hatingly said, "I'm going to rest, and you can go get me something to eat." Yesterday's dinner was all out of you. ”

Hagen cautiously asked, "What if that maid is out of your range?"

"It's out of my senses. Feken said weakly.

"You。。。。。。 Why didn't you say it earlier!" Hagen was about to get angry, but thinking of the importance of the Bewitchers to the Shadow Council, he could only say in annoyance: "You said earlier, I could have run slower and not lose my sense of them." What if they are intercepted by Austin's men?"

Seeing that his companion had no intention of hunting, Feken had to explain: "You have not cooperated with me, and you do not know my abilities. I planted a seed in the mindfulness of that maid that she would act on the ideas I had weaved, thinking it was her own. When Randall arrived, she would encourage the Viscountess to dress up as a freedman and stay for three days, which was long enough time for Austin to chase after her. Moreover, she has the ability to charm for three days, as long as she does not meet a knight, other soldiers will be confused by her and will only help them. It doesn't matter if they meet knights, there are only a few knights in the Buryatia family?Austin's henchmen and knights are all in Wildwillow City, and the rest of the knights are sympathetic to the viscountess. ”

"I want you to hurry up so that I can find a Viscount Randall's escort and guide him to assassinate the Viscount. Now you understand, I don't need to sense the maid at all, but if you don't let me rest well, I can't fool the Viscount's guards. ”

"I see!" Hagen touched his head embarrassedly and said, "You wait, I'll get you something to eat right away." ”

Hagen straightened up, sniffed the air, turned his gaze to the woods, and his ears moved.

"There it is. ”

Before he could finish speaking, Hagen turned into a gray shadow and disappeared in an instant, and Feken only saw the branches of the trees swaying, and the dense bushes were slammed out of a path.

A moment later, Hagen came back with two fat badgers, and with his fingers he slashed through the thick fur, disemboweling his prey, eviscerating it, and putting it on a branch. Then, he collected some dead branches and leaves, piled them together, and then opened his mouth and spewed out a little spark, and the wet firewood suddenly ignited an orange flame. It didn't take long for the prey to be roasted and browned, and the two men each held one and ate it in large gulps.

Finn swallowed a mouthful of roast meat with difficulty, took out a lambskin wine sac, and took a sip of it, the rich aroma of which made Hagen next to him swallow violently, and the sound was as loud as a saber-toothed tiger roaring.

Such a thin body can make such a loud sound when sucking saliva, no wonder he is called the Beastmaster by the council.

Fein shook his head, handed the sac to Hagen, and said distressedly, "I can only give you a sip。。。。。。 Hey!"

It's too late. Finn snatched the shriveled sac and shouted distressedly, "This is 80 years of cellared dume, and I managed to get it!"

Hagen wiped his mouth and said with a sigh of relief, "That's a good wine! Where did you get it? I'll buy a barrel when the bounty for the mission comes down!"

"Hmph, buy a barrel?" said Finn, huffingly, "this is the finest dume that you can't buy even if you have money!" I got it in Red Harbor by hinting to Raymond Peter's butler. Raymond Peter is the heir of Duke Peter!"

"Someday, we'll be the great nobles, too!" said Hagen, wistfully.

Fein's mention of Raymond Peter reminded Hagen of the Fire Raven and the Soul Crusher, and he asked, "By the way, the Broken Soul seems to have died in the Centaur Hills, and the object that the Fire Raven asked him to kill was Viscount Randall?"

"It should be him. Finn said with a gloomy face: "Kill Viscount Randall this time, and I can be regarded as avenging the fire crow and the broken soul." ”

"The fire raven is an idiot! Broken Souls was killed by the fire raven. If you wait, the Speaker will be able to solve the problem of Soul Shattering. Hagen corrected.

Finn's face was a little ugly, and thinking of the mysterious Shadow Speaker, he asked curiously, "Speaker, can you really block the search for us by the Demon Detection Prayer?"

"Of course!" said Hagen, proudly and adoringly, "if it weren't for that, how could the Speaker have let us carry out this task." As long as there is a councillor, one day we will become nobles like knights and enjoy the worship of mortals. ”

"The Raven is an idiot, he killed the Broken Soul and almost killed you. Hagen leaned in front of Finn and stammered, "The Speaker said that he would propose to the Council that you take the place of the Fire Raven. With your ability, you will definitely be able to become the deputy speaker! In the future, you will at least be a duke!"

Finn's heart was hot, and he nodded, "Well, let's get things done first." ”

After drinking and eating, the two stopped talking and lay down to rest. When the sun was shining on the earth, Finn got up and said energetically, "Let's go, let's go to Viscount Randall's territory, what kind of village is it called?"

"Kawaguchi Village. ”

The two of them walked towards the hinterland of Randall's territory with laughter, and when they approached a valley, Finn thought of something, and he said worriedly: "By the way, it seems that Randall has a fierce wolf in the land. I can't deal with those brutes. ”

Hagen walked into the valley nonchalantly, and said as he went, "Don't worry! I can hear movement for hundreds of meters around, and I can smell the smell of beasts and people within a thousand meters." If I do encounter a ferocious wolf, I will skin it and sell it for a good price. It's a pity that there are only gophers nearby。。。。。 ”

The words stopped abruptly, and Hagen stopped abruptly, staring at the front. Finn followed his companion's gaze, his pupils narrowing to pinpoint tips.

More than a hundred meters away, an old man was throwing the herbs he had picked into a basket, his stature was short, thin, and his movements were skillful, if it weren't for the glaring priest's robe, he would have looked like an old farmer.

Seeing the old priest looking at them, Finn tugged at Hagen, who had not yet moved, and walked towards the old priest, saluting with sincere fear, and saying, "Good day, Father, Master." ”

"Good day, Father Divine. Hagen also greeted the priest honestly.

"May the Lord bless you. The old priest reached out and nodded on his forehead, and asked kindly, "I am Father Miller, the presiding priest of Randall, children, where are you going?"

"Father, sir. My name is Fein and he is Hagen. We are freedmen of the Buryat Territory, and we heard that the Randall Territory is recruiting men and want to come here to beg for a living. Can you show us the way?" said Finn, gleefully, without any flaws.

Hagen was a little uneasy, he had just heard the sound of a gopher digging in the earth, but he had not heard the old priest's movement. However, although I don't know why I didn't notice the old priest, as long as the priest didn't hold a prayer for demon identification, it was impossible to identify the wizard, and if the church did identify them, it should be a group of holy warriors waiting here, not an old priest who was collecting medicine alone. Moreover, the Speaker had used witchcraft on them, and Hagen had confidence in the Speaker's power.

Thinking of this, Hagen gradually relaxed, and he heard the old priest say: "Go west along here, there is a river, and along the bank to the south, you can see the village of Hekou." ”

"Thank you, Father. Hagen nodded and said, pulling Finn forward with his words.

"Wait!"

The two of them froze, turned slowly, and heard the old priest say again: "Randall is no longer recruiting farmers. Viscount Randall decreed that any bachelor who entered the territory without the permission of the sentry was to be convicted as a poacher, and if caught by the guards, you would serve two years of hard labor. I advise you to go back. ”

Finn breathed a sigh of relief, Randall had long known the rules of taking in free people and not accepting bachelors, but as long as he could sneak into the territory, none of this was a problem.

"Father, we really can't find a job in Buryatia, even if it's two years of hard labor, as long as we can eat enough, it doesn't matter. ”

Father Miller shook his head speechless, and the two bowed to him again, hunched back, took two steps, and turned to leave.

"Alas。。。。。 ”

Finn and Hagen walked 30 meters away, and a sigh rang out from the bottom of their hearts, and the compassion shook their hearts, and they could no longer take a step.

Hagen turned around and asked sharply, "Who the hell are you?"

Father Miller said to himself, "If you turn back just now, I can act as if you don't know anything. Unfortunately, this distance is your own destiny. When you take this step, everything is different, and you can only welcome destruction or new life. ”

Finn narrowed his eyes and sneered, "Fate, are you the Pope, can you stop us here, is it a great prophecy?"

"Great prophecy can see fragments of the future, and it can change the direction of the future, but that's about it. Any change will bring more changes, and no one knows what will happen in the future. The future is chaotic, and in the face of chaos, our lord must also grope forward. It is only your own choice that determines your fate, and the two are the Chosen One. I'm not a pope, I'm just an ordinary priest. Miller shook his head.

"A priest calls us the Chosen One, are you really a priest?" asked Finn, surprised

The clergy of the Church refer to shamans as evil ones, heretics, children of the devil. If the priest refers to the shaman as the chosen one, it is a blasphemy and will be prosecuted by the Inquisition. Father Miller said unconcernedly: "I pay tribute to the existence behind you, even though they try to destroy us humans, but the power is still the might. ”

Hagen said happily: "You still have to respect the things we have discarded." As the Speaker said, the Lord of Light is nothing more than a powerful whisperer, and you wands are wizards too. ”

"Slandering an opponent is the work of the weak. For me, it doesn't make sense. Miller said blandly, "The Lord of Light is not a whisperer either. ”

Hagen was sneering, but Fein cautiously probed, "Can we turn back now?"

Miller looked up at the sky, shook his head and sighed, "It's too late." There's no turning back from that step. Soon another being will be aware of you. Although they are gone, they will always see the existence behind you as prey. I can't risk it!"

"Hmph, what's pretending, I'm pretty sure you're alone!" Hagen sniffed deeply.

"If you were the ordinary Chosen One, I would let you in. Miller said lamentingly.

Finn's heart moved, and he asked, "Do you know that we are the Shadow Council?"

Miller nodded, and Hagen spat disdainfully, mockingly, "You know! Our Council of Shadows existed before the Pantheon. The Pantheon is finished, and our Council of Shadows is fine. Our heritage is not what you can imagine!"

"Child, the Council of Shadows and the Pantheon are older than the Church of the Radiant, but they will perish. ”

"Why?" asked Finn, curious.

"Don't you understand? They are here to destroy humanity, and when humanity is destroyed, how can they exist?" Miller said with a wry smile.

"Nonsense! We, the Shadow Council, never wanted to destroy humanity. We've blocked the whisperers. The Speaker will lead us to defeat the orcs and monsters, and we will regain the glory of the Chosen One and become the mainstay of humanity!" Hagen retorted loudly.

Miller was silent for a moment and said, "Your Speaker lied to you. ”

Finn grabbed the thunderous Hagen and asked with a frown, "Father Miller, your scepter, and without the White Crystal Scepter, do you really have the confidence to defeat us?"

There is a limit to the amount of magic a cleric can cast on a daily basis, and the White Crystal is capable of storing it. As a result, a scepter studded with white crystals can greatly increase the priest's spellcasting abilities. The members of the Council of Shadows know this secret. From the very beginning, Finn and Hagen have been testing Miller's hole cards, and they have confirmed that there are no ambushes around, and they have not found any powerful equipment on Miller.

Miller said embarrassedly, "This ...... There is no allotment to me above. I don't need to, though. Some devout believers do not pray in church, but when they pray, they also generate holy power, and the main function of the white crystal is to collect these scattered holy powers. My Lord has allowed me to use these powers. You see, it's like this. ”

A soft light appeared in Miller's palm, which was the priest's most basic divine skill: the light technique. The Light Technique is non-lethal and can only be used for lighting. Seeing this, both Fein and Hagen were speechless.

Hagen couldn't help but laugh, and Finn's mind flashed and he shouted, "Hurry up! He's stalling for time!"

Hagen's eyes lit up and he shouted, "It's just a priest! I'll kill you even if it's a golden knight!"

The sound was like thunder, and by the end it had become an inhuman roar.

Hagen's pupils turned into terrifying vertical pupils, and he kicked hard, and the ground under his feet immediately cracked, and in the blink of an eye, he crossed the distance of thirty meters. In the blink of an eye, black runes flashed, and dense scales grew on Hagen's skin, his clothes shattered, and his body swelled into a four-meter-long monster. With two horns, fangs and claws, a thick tail, powerful limbs, and a mouth full of flames, it is completely a humanoid dragon.

The humanoid dragon rushed towards Miller with unstoppable strength and momentum, its sharp claws slamming down on the old priest's head. Hagen was convinced that even the Golden Knight would be torn apart by him!

In the blink of an eye, Hagen rushed into the range of the Luminaries, and he turned back into his human form at the same speed. After a blink of an eye, Hagen's hand rested on Miller's shoulder, and he withdrew his glowing hand blankly, muttering, "What's wrong with me?"

"It's light. You have become clergy. Miller said regretfully.

"Why is this happening?" asked Finn, confused, looking at the light in his hand.

"Only the pious can become a clergyman, with one exception, and that is the Paladin. A knight who does not have firm convictions is not a knight! They have a glimpse of the vast elemental sea, and they will never believe in anything else, because there is no power that can be compared to the elemental sea, and neither can our lord. Our lord has granted the knights permission to use divine magic as agreed, and their veins bear the sacred mark bestowed by our lord. I've been trying to reconstruct the Divine Seal, hoping to cut them off from view. I'm sorry, I failed. Miller shook his head in shame.

"Are you the Pope?" Hagen asked calmly.

Miller shook his head again and said, "I'm not a pope, I'm just a priest." ”

"What rank of priest are you?" asked Finn, reluctantly.

"By church standards, I'm a second-class civilian pastor. ”

Finn laughed at himself, "I'm really unwilling! Before I could use my power, I was defeated by a second-level priest." ”

"In terms of the level of divine arts, the new divine arts I created should be counted as level 9. If...... It's going to make you feel better. ”

Miller muttered to himself, and the two Chosen ones unwittingly turned into two pure balls of light, their light fading and leaving no trace.

Miller crouched down and continued digging for herbs.

An alchemy crow flew in from afar, circled twice over the valley, and flew away again. In its red eyes, it was indifferent to the common people, like a god's mansion.