Chapter 24: Mutation
Gillian walked up the stone steps step by step, and she looked a little nervous under the gaze of so many pairs of eyes, and she tripped over something in the middle of the way, and almost fell, but when she looked up, she saw the kind smiling face of the old bishop on the steps.
"Come, my child, do not be afraid, come here, and let me bestow upon you the bounty of the gods, that their light may shine upon you, that thou mayest not be troubled by evil from now on. The old man encouraged.
Although the world has always been quite critical of the archbishop of the temple, even D'Artagion has to admit that at least from the appearance alone, this old thing is still very good-looking, with a tall body, full of silver hair, and a benevolent face revealed in his majesty, Morteris perfectly interprets the image of a clergyman, just standing there makes people can't help but feel respect, and his temperament is also very affinity, so when you see him with your own eyes, it is really difficult to associate him with the rumored nonsenseใ
"Don't be deceived by the appearance of this old thing, he can get to this point today is not by some kind of benevolence and courtesy, in addition to the things mentioned before, there is also a rumor circulating in the south, it is said that he was just a little-known priest in a remote village, but he has a deep understanding of the sacred scriptures, but unfortunately that small village is deep in the mountains, there are less than ten families in total, where he can not use his talents at all, so two years later he wrote a letter to the local bishop with hope, wanting to apply for a change to a large village near the town to be a priest, but it did not take long for his request to be rejectedAnd the bishop also wrote back to criticize him very seriously, thinking that his performance was because he could not bear the suffering, and his faith was not strong enough, and the average rookie priest served in a certain village for five years, but the bishop ordered him to stay in that village for twenty years in order to punish him. โ
This is a bit cruel, because Motellis was already thirty years old at that time, once he stayed in that small village for another twenty years, when he came out again, the world would have forgotten him, fifty years old probationary priest, even if he was capable, it was difficult to do anything, not to mention that he had left an extremely bad impression on his immediate boss, and it was even possible to stay in this small village that no one cared about for a lifetime, but half a year later, the accident happened, the small village where he stayed before suffered an unfortunate accident, and an iron-backed rhinoceros in the nearby mountains suddenly went berserk for some reason and rushed into the village, frantically rushed into all the living creatures in front of him, several families in the village were not spared, only Moteris who went to collect medicine escaped, and then he went out of the mountain to report the news to the local bishop, and the local temple sent the paladin to investigate, and found that it was because the iron-backed rhinoceros accidentally ate a poisonous weed, which led to a great change in the original docile temperament, and finally caused this tragedy, although the paladins killed the iron-backed rhinoceros, but they could not save those who had died. โ
Hearing this, Rob raised his eyebrows.
"I know what you're thinking, in fact, the bishop at that time also had doubts in this regard, but I couldn't find any evidence, at that time Moteris was just a rookie priest, and there was no vice, and such speculation is undoubtedly a very serious matter, so the bishop finally chose to believe what Moteris said, since the small village has been destroyed, naturally there is no twenty-year agreement, the bishop considered changing the village for Motellis, but the latter did not seem to have the intention of staying here any longer, at this time coincided with the accession of Vannar V, the temple wanted to recruit a group of servants to serve the pope, and Mortiris signed up, Because the servants recruited this time are only responsible for some dirty work, and there is no requirement that they must be clergy as long as they are faithful believers in the gods, so Motellis's priesthood added a lot of points to him, and he was finally shortlisted, and the rest of the matter is basically familiar to everyone, he relied on serving the night pot to His Majesty the Pope, and climbed to today's position step by step, becoming one of the nineteen archbishops of the temple, choking to death the most faithful lackey of Vennar V. โ
D'Ardarion had just finished introducing the old bishop's dark history, and on the other side, the latter had already opened the canon with a smile and placed a withered palm on Gillian's forehead, ready to begin the blessing ceremony.
The president of the Wizards Guild took off the special gown on his body, turned it over to reveal the black side inside, put it on his body, and then released a smoke spell on himself, enveloping his entire body in smoke, making it look like a villain boss.
As a result, when he finished preparing and turned his head, he found that the "Fawkes" next to him had disappeared at some point.
Almost at the same time, a scream erupted in the crowd, and an assassin dressed in black suddenly descended from the sky, his figure was like a ghost, and he stabbed the dagger in his hand into the archbishop's chest with lightning speed.
"Daddarion, what the hell, so fast, you don't say hello before you start!" D'Ardarion was startled, but he didn't dare to slack off in his hands, and hurriedly raised his staff, ready to support Rob, who had already rushed up.
But at this moment, a familiar voice came from his ear, "Wait, the situation has changed, don't be in a hurry to do it yet." โ
D'Addarion was stunned when he heard this, and saw a young couple of flowers not far away along the direction from which the sound came, the president of the Magicians Association was a little surprised, he seemed to be a big thorn when he came in, and he was extremely arrogant, but in fact, he didn't make a big deal, because he suspected that Motaris's old thing had brought other masters in, so D'Addarion used the time he had gobbled up before to observe the other guests at tonight's banquet.
He was sure that he had never seen such a little couple before, and the one of the men nodded at him, judging from the previous voice, it should be Rob Undoubtedly, but the question was who was the woman in his arms, why hadn't he seen it before, and it was the other masters he called?
And if the male in the couple was Rob, then who was the black-clad assassin on the other side?
D'Addarion was still in a daze, and the assassin on the stone steps seemed to be about to succeed, seeing that the dagger was about to stab Motellis in the heart, but the old man's face did not have any panicked look, the corners of his mouth maintained that kind smile, as if he did not see the dagger that stabbed him, and his palm did not leave the top of Gillian's head, those eyes looked at the assassin, there was no panic only a faint pity and mockery.
The next moment, a golden sword appeared on Moteris's chest, blocking the sudden blow for him, and the sword was held by an eighth-order paladin who had been following the old bishop.
(End of chapter)