Chapter 52: The Cultists
The atmosphere of the entire Sunset City is relatively depressing, including the architectural style, etc., under the banner of such an academy as Sengu, and it is the center of the entire Diya Kingdom, where there are all kinds of people, it can be described as a paradise for the rich and a hell for the poor.
Here, the commoner in cloth is inferior to a dog of a noble family.
Lynch and the three walked from the city gate to the Forest Bone Wizards Association, along the way, most of the expressions of all kinds of people were very gloomy, some were begging on the street, some were arrogant and domineering young masters on the streets, and some dancers were forced to laugh in front of the powerful.
The Forest Bone Wizard Association has a long history, and its overall strength is considered to be the upper reaches of the fifty-third district, which is much stronger than Haisha. On the huge iron gate of the Forest Bone Association, many black crows rested.
A young man in a gray robe greeted him, a fifth-class apprentice.
"Three, but I'm from the Academy, my name is Ted, and I've been sent by the Association to pick you up. Ted laughed.
"Trouble. Lynch and Wendy looked at each other and nodded.
The three of them followed Ted inside, and along the way, many people in formal wizard robes walked back and forth, worthy of the headquarters, and the official wizards could be seen everywhere. Most of these people are joined by wandering wizards, and generally after reaching the official wizard level in the academy, they can choose to stay in the academy as a mentor or come to the management of associations in various places.
"This is the first time you've come to headquarters?" Ted said. He is a person who specializes in receiving students from the academy, and many students from the academy have sent out a long experience in the past few times, and he has received them.
"Yes, by the way, Ted, I have something to ask you. Lynch frowned.
"You say. ”
"What's going on in town lately?" Lynch said. This is Lynch's greatest concern, the atmosphere of Sunset City gives him a very depressing feeling, although there are a lot of people, but Lynch obviously feels that people seem to be on guard against something, and that weird atmosphere makes Lynch a little surprised.
Wendy and Grace also looked at Ted.
Hearing Lynch say this, Ted shook his head and said.
"It's not just what happened, I wanted to say before, it's really not the right time for you to come this time, a lot of big things have happened in Sunset City recently, the old king just died a few days ago, the cause of death is very strange, these days the city is full of wind and rain, all say that the old king was cursed, because the matter is related to the forbidden curse science, these days the association has also been sending people to investigate. ”
"Isn't the curse technique banned by the White Tower a long time ago?" said Grace, a little uneasy.
"Maybe it was discovered by some wandering wizard from some ruins, I heard that the witchcraft of the White Tower was made from the ruins. Wendy said.
Lynch was thoughtful, he was very talented in the field of curses, but it was a forbidden subject, Lynch was full of interest in this mysterious discipline, for him, Sunset City had come to the right place this time, maybe he could find some news about curses.
"In addition to the matter of the old king, there have also been some troubles these days, the villages east of Sunset City have been attacked by monsters one after another, and many believers have appeared in the city, preaching church theories, and even threatening to overthrow the wizarding civilization, and also, the breath of alien creatures has appeared in Sunset City, the strange thing is that the wizards of the association can't find any clues at all, and the wizards of the association are busy these days, and they are not skilled. Ted said.
"Overthrowing the wizarding civilization, scorn, ridiculous. Grace scoffed.
"It is recorded in the books that the first batch of wizards who appeared were inspired by the power left by the ancient gods, and I am a little puzzled, where did those so-called gods go, what did they send before the wizard civilization?" Lynch asked.
"A blank history, no one knows. Ted shook his head and said.
While current wizard apprentices are guided by formal wizard initiation, Lynch is a little different in that he was enlightened because of the dark goddess Morellia, which is a very contradictory place. The source of the power of wizards comes from the gods, and most wizards do not agree with the power of the gods.
In the past 10,000 years, the world has undergone fusion, and after that period of Ragnarok, which no one knows, the world began to move towards a wizard civilization.
"Let's go first, the association has prepared a room for you, you can walk around the city these days, get acquainted with it, and if you want to help, you can go to the association to apply on your own." Ted said.
After the three of them followed Ted to their respective rooms, Lynch refused Wendy's request to come and discuss necromancy with him, leaving him alone in a dimly lit room.
Looking at the flickering candlelight on the candlestick, Lynch fell into deep thought.
Lynch is self-doubting, what exactly is a wizard, in the books he has been exposed to in the past, the disciplines he has taught in the academy, the teachers are all asking a question, they all say that wizards are a symbol of freedom, a symbol of walking in the forefront of world civilization, a group of people who seek the truth of the world, admit the history of the existence of the gods, deny the meaning of the existence of the gods, but forget that their own power is born from the legacy of the ancient gods.
It's like being in the dark behind you, you don't know anything, but you still have to walk forward to see what's in front of you
Lynch thought about it all night.
The next day, there was a knock on the door, and Wendy stood in the doorway.
"Lynch, let's go have breakfast. ”
"I don't eat, I'm going out for a walk. Lynch said expressionlessly.
"Then let's go together, I just want to go out too. Wendy suggested.
"No, I want to be alone. ”
After Lynch finished speaking, he didn't care about Wendy behind him, and walked straight towards the outside of the association, Wendy looked at the back of the departing Lynch, and bit her lip with a slightly angry expression.
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On the way, Lynch said.
"Monica, do you have the breath of perceiving the existence of alien creatures?" "Alien creatures still have a strong sense of their own kind.
"If so, I'm not sure. ”
"That's it. ”
Sunset City, there is the headquarters of the Forest Bone Wizards Association, and the president is a third-level wizard, and there are alien creatures who dare to appear in the city, and Lynch has to find out this creature.
Lynch walked all the way to the central square of the city, it was very lively here, there were a lot of people, something seemed to be going on here, Lynch squeezed through the crowd to the center, only to see a dozen people in black church robes in the central square tied to a cross stake, under the stake there was a pile of firewood, and the soldiers of the Kingdom of Dia in neat armor were holding torches in their hands. Yesterday, the believers who preached the civilization of the gods were caught, and today they will be burned in full view of everyone in the central square.