Kingdom of Dordor, Northern Shire, Barony of Bortok.

In the damp and gloomy dense forest, hundreds of gray-skinned mice lined up in a circle, like specimens without the breath of life, quietly and silently surrounding four men wrapped in hooded cloaks, looking very strange.

"It has been found out, the target arrived in Shuitao Town yesterday evening, with hundreds of guards by his side. The lord here will have a feast tonight at the lord's manor outside the town to entertain the target. But she is a member of the Inquisition, and she will definitely stay in the church in Shuitao Town. A young man on the far left said.

He paused, and said with a little hesitation: "We can do it tonight......"

"Rat King, thank you for your hard work. The man in the middle raised his hand and took off his hood, took off his copper mask, revealing his old and resolute face, his earthy brown eyes revealed a little dark red, as if there was a flame burning, and said in a deep voice: "This is a righteous revenge, and there is no need to wait until the night." I'm going to let the civilians of Watery Town witness Buckley's vengeful wrath at the church in Waterway Town, just this afternoon!"

The young wizard known as the Rat King looked at the man's appearance in shock and stammered, "Tie ...... Soul Bound Lady, you ......"

"Don't call me a Soul Bound again. The old wizard patted the Rat King on the shoulder, took out a Kamen Brotherhood emblem from his waist pocket, handed it to him, and said, "I show my true face and quit the Shadow Council and the Kamen Brotherhood." This is my personal vendetta, it has nothing to do with the Order, as for my apprentice......" He turned his gaze to the other two men and smiled, "Of course the fog and the bats will help me." ”

"Willing to serve the teacher!" the two wizards said in unison.

The powerful Soul Bound Wizard had already developed a will to live and die, and the Rat King sighed secretly, but still advised, "Your Excellency, please consider it carefully. After all, we are now noble transcendentals, with power and wealth, and the Speaker has been planning great things. ”

The old wizard shook his head and smiled, "If I, like you, accept the protection of the shadows before being discovered by the vicious jackals of the church, I will also support the Speaker's ideals...... But my parents, brother and sister-in-law, young sister and nephew who had just learned to walk were all strung on wooden pegs, they didn't know anything, they were innocent......"

"I joined the Shadow Council, not for any ideals, but for revenge!"

"The blood of the innocent must be repaid with blood!"

The Rat King no longer advised, shook his head, and said, "Your Excellency wants to do it during the day, then I will immediately inform the members of the Brotherhood to evacuate Shuitao Town......"

"It's all some damn villains, leave them alone. The old wizard said with a grim expression, "I have always been reluctant to participate in the Advent Conference, and I have devoted myself to the study of witchcraft. This advent meeting was no exception, but the Lord's advent stand-in approached me and persuaded me...... But it's a pact, you know? I'll do things for the Speaker, the Shadow Council will be the heir of my ordinary enemies, and I'll complete the blood revenge myself, it's as simple as that. ”

"Did you say yes?" Lord Shadow......

The Rat King followed the old wizard's gaze and looked at the shadow of a large tree, where a person shrouded in a dark shadow with a blurred face was outlined, and he hurriedly saluted respectfully: "Vice President, you are here too?"

"I'm not here to help. The Shadow Knight glanced at the Rat King, turned his gaze to the Soul Bound Wizard, and said more politely, "The Council of Shadows has cooperated with the royal family of Ddor. The Speaker kept his promise to provide information and facilitation for His Excellency's revenge, but he did not want His Excellency's personal vendetta to cause the Friedrichs' cooperation with the Parliament to fail. ”

"As long as revenge doesn't involve the Shadow Council and the Brotherhood of Kamen...... It's okay to sacrifice some of the Brotherhood's shadows. The Shadow Knight said lightly, "I am under the orders of the Elder to come and see if His Excellency the Soul Bound has made any mistakes in his plan, after all, the Rat King, the Mist, and the Bat are still members of the Council. ”

The previous surprise suddenly disappeared, and the rat king's heart tightened. The last time the Speaker convened an advent meeting, he sent the Shadow Knights to contact the councilors. But no one knows the Shadow Knight, who first subdued the councillors everywhere with overwhelming strength before conveying the Speaker's order. The Rat King's teacher "Giant" is one of them, and seeing that his teacher was easily suppressed by the Shadow Knight, the Rat King deeply realized the horror of the other party.

The Shadow Knight spoke in a flat tone, but the Rat King and the other two wizards knew that if the Spirit Bound Lord's actions went wrong, he would kill the others before they were captured by the clergy.

The Soul Bound Man furrowed his eyebrows and said in displeasure, "Is this necessary? Each of us has received the Soul Burst Spell, and once captured, our heads will explode, so that we will not suffer the torture of the Holy Flame's soul-burning souls, let alone expose the secrets of the Council. ”

The Shadow Knight nodded and explained, "Soul bursting is not omnipotent, and the whole process takes more than ten seconds...... The Priest's Level 5 Appeasement Technique can calm the restlessness of the soul, repair the wounds of the soul, and perhaps reverse the burst of the soul. The Wizards of the Council have previously avoided the clergy, but this time, you will face the heart of the Inquisition, accompanied not only by paladins but also by high-ranking priests...... Maybe there's a Golden Paladin with you. ”

"By the way, let me explain one more thing, the 'Concealment Charm' that the Speaker has prepared for you can disrupt the church's demon-discerning ritual, but the elemental disturbance caused by the wizard's spell cannot conceal the perception of the high-level paladins. If you keep casting spells on the spot, the High Paladins will soon be able to lock on to your location and stun you. When you wake up, you don't know what just happened. ”

The Soul Bound didn't care about his own life or death, but he had to think about the safety of the Rat King and the two students, and he muttered, "Your Excellency knows so well about the clergy and the holy warriors...... Then, I will talk about the specific arrangements for the revenge operation, and ask your Excellency to help revise it and find a safe way out for the three of them. ”

He elaborated on the plan of action, and after listening to it, the Shadow Knight gave a new plan and explained why it needed to be changed. The Soul Bound and the three wizards each raised their concerns, and the Shadow Knight addressed them one by one, finalizing a new plan of action that was approved by everyone.

Seeing that the four wizards had no objections, the Shadow Knight bowed his head and said, "Everyone act according to this plan...... One last word of advice, Your Excellency Soul Binder, you are one of the few gold-level spellcasters in the Council, and even if you kill the core members of the Trigovar family, your family will not be able to resurrect, and you will have to lose your own life. You stop now, it's still too late. ”

"Don't convince me. The Soul Bound Wizard's eyes lit up with fire, and he said firmly, "I joined the Shadow Council only for today!"

“...... Then good luck to everyone. The Shadow Knight gave him a deep look, jumped into the shadow of the tree, and disappeared without a trace.

This guy is elusive and too dangerous...... The Rat King muttered in his heart, wiped the beads of sweat that flowed down his chin, and said to the old wizard, "Your Excellency, you can start. ”

The Soul Bound nodded expressionlessly, and with a spell, tawny and dark red witchcraft runes emerged from the void, and the ground beneath his feet squirmed as if a terrible monster was hidden, and the dead branches and rotten leaves that covered the ground were swallowed up by the earth, revealing black, gelatinous silt, and hundreds of small tentacles stretched out. These silt tentacles condensed and compressed into a thumb-sized black ball with a tough texture.

"Rat King, you send these puppet seeds to the designated location, and you can leave. I'll attack before evening, you hurry up and run as far as you can. ”

The Rat King wizard snapped his fingers, and the black-skinned mice moved, swallowing the black balls into their stomachs one by one, burrowing out of the dark jungle, and running in all directions.

"Your Excellency, my teacher has made three 'Giant Charms' for you, which can increase the effectiveness of witchcraft by up to 3 percent, or extend the cast range by 5 percent. The Rat King took out three sorcery charms made of white crystals from his waist pocket, handed them to the Spirit Bound Person, and said, "The teacher asked me to remind Your Excellency that the use of the 'Giant Charm' will increase the consumption of mana, and the stronger the effect of the increase, the faster the mana will be consumed. ”

A rare smile appeared on the face of the Soul Bound Person, and he took the "Giant Charm", and said, "Thank you on my behalf, Your Excellency the 'Giant', but unfortunately I have nothing good to repay him......" As he spoke, he divided the two charms among the two students, and turned his head and said: "I have left some experience about witchcraft in the Eastern Alliance's hiding place, and when the bats and mist return, they will transfer my manuscript to His Excellency the 'Giant', and also ask your teacher to take care of my two students." ”

Three witchcraft charms and a limited helping hand in exchange for the magic results of a high-level wizard and his two wizard disciples, the Rat King admired his teacher's wrist to the extreme, and couldn't help but sigh secretly.

The Rat King never regarded the servants of the Supreme Lord as enemies, but he embraced the ideas of the Speaker and longed to hide in hiding without wearing the hat of the wicked.

The Soul Bound is the best wizard among the council mentors, and he is determined to avenge his family, risking his life, God knows how much disaster he can cause, and his target is the core members of the Inquisition?

If the Soul Bound Wizard's revenge has ruined the council's plans for so many years, am I not an accomplice...... The Rat King was depressed, stroked his chest and saluted: "Your Excellency, my pet will bring the puppet seeds to the designated area, if Your Excellency has nothing to order, I will leave first." ”

"Take care. ”

The Spirit Bound nodded indifferently, watched the Rat King Wizard leave in a panic, and said to the two students, "Let's start preparing." ”

In the church in the center of Shuitao Town, 12 shining angel statues are painted on the walls of the prayer hall, and a group of people are surrounding a noble girl to see the angel statue closest to the altar of holy light.

"Mikelmels, the first Archangel of Radiance under my Lord's throne, and the Vice-Monarch of the Kingdom of Radiant God...... He is the only shining angel with a name, who oversees all evil, and is the embodiment of wisdom and holiness, also known as the omniscient eye. The aristocratic girl said with great interest.

She was wearing a simple set of paladin leather armor, her short brown-red hair only reached her earlobes, her facial features were beautiful and delicate, her yellow-brown eyes were bright and bright, and she looked more like a handsome and handsome young man.

The eyes are bright, and that is a characteristic unique to the direct lineage of the Nakhtigarh family.

"Your Highness Princess Frederick, do you know what the 'All-Seeing Eye' is?" asked a middle-aged priest in a red bishop's robe with a kind smile.

"The omniscient eye, the power of foresight, time and prophet is all in one, and the insight into the past, present and future, the first Pope Enoch is the embodiment of the 'omniscient eye' Micklemels, who foreshadows the outcome, which is the Great Prophecy. Elizabeth Frederick replied earnestly, paused, and asked, "Your Excellency Dister, is my explanation correct?"

Cardinal Dieston nodded and pointed out in a gentle tone: "Your Highness is right, but it is limited to the descriptions in the theological texts. If His Highness can interpret the theological scriptures in combination with real-life examples, he will have unique and profound insights. ”

"The followers of the Most High Lord are the eyes of the Lord, the ears of the Lord, the hands of the Lord, and the feet of the Lord, and what they see, hear, think, and experience, whether they are ordinary or grand, or trivial, or concrete, or evil, or righteous, or filthy, or pure, are all gathered together and are omniscient. ”

"His Majesty Enoch is, of course, the embodiment of Miklemels, but we clergy and secular lords can also be 'omniscient eyes' as long as we follow the teachings of the Lord....... and there is no superiority in the face of pious faith, whether you are a paladin, a paladin, a priest, or a secular lord. ”

Elizabeth twisted her head, her face was full of displeasure, and she said sourly: "I don't understand, I'm not a paladin......"

Bishop Dise's exposition of the "omniscient eye" is indeed a bit awkward, and that is also relative to ordinary people, if the nobles and clergy do not understand what he says, they are either idiots or fools.

In reality, the faithful of each parish will nag the church priest about any trivial matter, and one of the essential skills of the resident priest is to listen to the words of the faithful, select valuable information, record it on a parchment scroll, and report it to the diocese on a regular basis, which will be summarized and analysed by a special person.

These trivial reports contain immeasurable magical value, and the Church can grasp many secrets based on the "day-to-day" of the believers, such as the type of herbs purchased according to the caravan, and the priest of the monastery specializing in pharmacy deduces the recipe of the potion secretly developed by a certain high lord.

This is the all-knowing eye of reality.

At the level of faith, there is almost no omission or concealment of the prayers, confessions, and prayers of the believers to the Most High Lord, which are precisely the basis for the casting of the Great Prophecy, the omniscient eye of the Radiant Lord.

The Great Prophecy is costly, and the omniscient eye of reality is more feasible than it. Churches and lords can predict changes in certain things through information gathering, plan ahead of time, eliminate threats or gain advantages, which is equivalent to another form of prophecy.

Duster is worthy of being the heir to the priesthood of Friedus, and with his help to Elizabeth, the Sassan Empire can maintain stability for at least a few decades...... Paladin Solareven Testiel secretly praised, but seeing Elizabeth's stubborn and unwilling look, she felt a big head.

This sister of his, single-mindedly wants to be a paladin. It's no wonder that the children of the Paladin family don't want to be Paladins?

The Testiel family is thriving and has many children, and the number of paladins is limited, and it is impossible for the family to let all the children inspire the light mark, and some can only follow the path of secular knights and go to the Blood Wolf Castle of the Sassan Empire to find a way out.

As a result, "sending you to Bloodwolf Castle if you don't train hard" became a means for Testier to scare the little guy, and it was tried and tried.

Elizabeth grew up in such an environment, and of course she didn't want to go to the Sassanian Empire to be a princess. But she has a special identity and must bear the burden of Emperor Sasang, but she has a noble bloodline, is favored by the elders of the family and sought after by her peers, and has developed a conceited and willful personality. Because Grand Master and Patriarch Friedes decided to put Elizabeth on the throne of the Sassan Empire, Bishop Dist came to the El Church to pick her up. She tried to escape more than twenty times along the way, which was a real headache.

Solar Reven had just been promoted to the Golden Paladin not long ago, and Elizabeth wanted to disappear under his nose, and there was almost no chance of it.

Even if he didn't advance to the Golden Rank, Elizabeth wouldn't be able to escape. Grand Master Testiel sent 200 paladins to escort Elizabeth to Sassan, including not only the high-ranking priest Dister, but also two silver-rank paladins, 8 ruling warriors, and 6 battle priests. These people were all experienced and experienced, how could they let the immature Elizabeth escape?

Solariven joins the escort to ensure Elizabeth's safety and prevent the Barcelius family from making a risky move to assassinate the future Empress of Sassan.

Although the two are brother and sister, Solar Rivan is actually 45 years older than Elizabeth, and has always regarded this little girl as a niece. Elizabeth was sullen, and Solareven felt uncomfortable. During the journey, he would pick some interesting things to explain her. At first, Elizabeth was still interested in the Wharton Prairie and the customs of the Sassan Empire, but as she got closer to the Sassan Empire, she repeatedly told Solareven that she was homesick, and the frequency of her escapes gradually became more frequent.

Solareven indulged Elizabeth as much as he could, playing several cat-and-mouse games with her.

After all, she is still a child, and she will be able to adapt to it when she becomes an adult...... The Golden Paladin thought to himself.

In the eyes of the high-blooded extraordinary knights, all family knights under the age of 40 are underage, and only after the age of 40 can they start a new life when they set foot in the silver realm.

"Isha, if you're bored, I can have someone take you around the civilian area of Shuitao Town. Solarivin said with a smile.

Elizabeth's eyes rolled, and she began to think about her escape plan again, but her delicate little face was full of surprise, and she said, "Really? Then I'll go change my clothes and put on makeup." ”

Solarivan didn't know Elizabeth's careful thoughts, and smiled: "Of course, you have to dress up first, so that people can see your knight and noble status at a glance, it's not interesting." ”

"Brother, it's not the status of a knight nobleman, it's the identity of a paladin. Elizabeth pouted in correction.

Solariven had no choice but to raise his hand in surrender, changing the subject and saying, "Alright, alright...... Where do you want to go?"

"The Mercenary Tavern in Watertao Town. Elizabeth pursed her lips and snorted to the backyard of the church.

Bishop Dist watched Elizabeth run away, shook his head and smiled, beckoned to the priest stationed here, and asked, "Are there any rangers of unknown origin in the mercenary tavern in Shuitao Town, or mercenary groups that have only recently registered?" ”

The priest bowed and replied, "My lord, the Whitewater Fortress is recruiting mercenary groups to clear out the gnolls and goblins at the Wraith Forest Frontier. Mercenary groups and rangers from all over the country rushed over, and Watertao Town was the only way to the Whitewater Fortress, where many mercenaries and rangers settled, including many strangers. However, please rest assured, I received a notification from the diocese that we drove away all the mercenary groups and unknown rangers who had registered within 3 years. At present, there are three mercenary groups living in the mercenary hotel, among which the Fire Lion mercenary group is a fresh face, but they are from Gangbys, they have more than 30 years of mercenary experience, they have a record in the church, and the personnel list can also be matched. ”

"How many people are there in the Fire Lion Mercenary Regiment?" Dister asked with a frown.

"Twenty-four people, the leader is called Octavier, 21 years old this year, the illegitimate daughter of noble blood, she also registered as a ranger. I have here the information they have presented, would you like to take a look at them?" said the resident priest respectfully.

"No hassle. Diser waved his hand and commanded lightly, "Order them to leave the mercenary tavern in Shuitao Town immediately, and only camp in the free folk shanty outside the city walls." ”