Alexandria, located on the north side of the estuary of the Jinshui River, is an important port connecting the seven major islands of the United Kingdom. In order to build Alexandria, five powerful lords joined forces to wage the famous Fishman War. After more than 80 years of war, more than 20,000 human soldiers were killed and wounded, and more than 150,000 fishmen were cleared.

Although the war was won, the strength of the five families was greatly reduced, and in order to protect themselves, they eventually united to form the United Kingdom of Borui. With Alexandria, the Borui Kingdom finally landed on the seven large islands at the mouth of the Jinshui River and reaped great rewards. The seven islands are home to staggering reserves of pure gold, precious juniper berries, fertile land that crops twice a year, and an endless stream of fish.

The bounty of the Seven Islands led to the rapid growth of the Borui Kingdom, and Alexandria grew more and more prosperous, with countless caravans and freedmen flocking to it. To date, Alexandria has a permanent population of more than 200,000, of which more than half are freedmen.

The Borui Kingdom does not have a strong royal family, but is governed by five major families in turn. Therefore, the forces within the Red Harbor are intertwined, which gives the Free Folk organization the soil to survive. Crime is rampant in the city, and the number of gangs has brought many security problems. Whenever the ruling family wanted to manage the security of the port, it would be constrained by other families, and over time, the port city was strictly divided into three areas, the aristocratic district, the trade district, and the commoner district.

In the heart of Alexandria's aristocratic district stands a magnificent cathedral. The 30-meter-high dome of the cathedral is awe-inspiring and at the same time, it is also particularly deserted.

It was afternoon, and there were only two noble men and women and a few church attendants in the empty church hall. The tall young man pointed to a huge statue of an angel in white glazed rock and said, "Eva, this statue shows the scene of the Archangel of Radiance suppressing the Witch King. ”

"Yes, Vincent. It is the great Lord of Light who saves us humanity, and I have great respect for that. Eva replied gently.

Looking at the beautiful and enchanting Aiwa, Vincent's heart was hot, but the perfunctory tone in her tone made Vincent a little embarrassed.

It's rare for a nobleman to visit a church with a female companion of his choice, and it's obviously not a good place for a nobleman who lacks faith, but Vincent is different, he's a paladin.

For thousands of years, the paladin family has continued to intermarry with ordinary knight families, and many branches have been formed, Vincent is the son of one of them, and Eva is the branch blood of the great nobles of the Borui Kingdom, and the object of Vincent's marriage. In the Red Harbor, Vincent first saw Eva and was smitten by her beauty. Although their marriage is doomed, Vincent still longs to win the heart of his fiancée. However, this is clearly not Paladin's strong suit.

Vincent could imagine that Eva did not refuse his invitation just out of courtesy. Now, Eva's lack of interest makes Vincent regret it a little, and he thinks about how to win back his fiancée's favor for him.

Seeing the prayer table in the center of the church covered with white crystal, Vincent was struck by the idea, and he said to the object of his affection: "Eva, until now, evil wizards still threaten this world, and it is our paladin's mission to destroy wizards. Have you ever seen a ritual to purify a wizard?"

Eva shook her head, she had just turned 18 years old, the last purification ritual in the Red Harbor was more than fifty years ago, and the wizard was a legendary monster to Eva.

"Dear Vincent, have you ever exterminated wizards, what do they look like, are they all horns on their heads, as rumored to be, with a serpent's tail dragging behind them?" asked Eva curiously.

The intimate salutation made Vincent happy, and he smiled: "Dear Eva, although wizards are the children of the devil, they are like ordinary people, they have neither horns nor tails. As a paladin of the Lord of Light, I am eager to destroy the evil wizards with my own hands. It's just a pity that now wizards are very cunning, they are hidden among ordinary people, and it is difficult to distinguish them. ”

Seeing Eva's disappointed expression, Vincent hurriedly said: "Wizards can hide from ordinary people, but they can't hide from the Lord's gaze, our church has a demon identification ritual that can find those evil ones among ordinary people. Of course, there are very few wizards now, and most of them are hiding in some deserted place, otherwise, I must let the evil wizards learn the power of holy swordsmanship. ”

"Demon Identification Ceremony?, my dear, can you let me take a look?" said Eva's eyes lit up and she said coquettishly.

Vincent's bones were half crispy, and without thinking about it, he instructed the attendant beside him, "Go and prepare, I'm going to hold a prayer for demon inspection." ”

The paladin's order stunned several of the squires, and a clever squire reacted first, and he quickly ran out of the hall. After a while, the priest in charge of the church walked in with a grim face.

Father Ram was annoyed that the Demon Identification Ceremony was not something that could be held casually. In fact, the Witch Identification Ritual can only lock the Wizard after the Witch has been used. If a wizard has not performed witchcraft all along, there is no way to distinguish a wizard from an ordinary person. The normal procedure is to discover traces of witchcraft and then perform a demon identification ceremony. And each ceremony consumes 12 white crystals, which is a lot of money. Now, in order to please his sweetheart, the paladin actually wants to hold a demon identification ceremony, and the presiding priest Ram is naturally very dissatisfied.

Although Father Ram did not want to be wronged, he also did not want to offend the paladin, so he took Vincent aside and whispered, "12 white crystals." ”

Vincent's eyes darkened, and 12 white crystals were worth 6,000 gold soles, which was equivalent to his subsidy for two years. Looking back at Miss Eva with an expectant face, Vincent gritted his teeth and said, "I'm out!"

Under the chanting of Father Ram, the white crystals on the prayer table lit up one by one, and the soft light washed everyone's body and mind from the outside in, and the sacred and warm feeling made everyone smile heartily, only Vincent smiled a little reluctantly.

Suddenly, the white crystal turned a blinding blood-red, and a group of runes were generated in the blood light, and everyone froze in place as if they were being targeted by a hydra lizard.

"What's the matter, my dear? Is there a wizard?" Miss Eva covered her cherry mouth with one hand and took Vincent's arm with the other, her delicate body trembling, not knowing whether it was excitement or fear.

Vincent was unaware of his fiancée's actions, what beauty, love, and 6,000 gold soles were all left behind him, and at this moment, there was only a blood-colored flame in his eyes.

"Ring the alarm! Gather the paladins!" shouted Father Ram, his voice hoarse and high-pitched.

"Don't ring the alarm, we'll go quietly!" Vincentra said in a deep voice, stopping the squire who was running out.

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In the downtown area of Red Harbor, at the end of a deep alley, a cracked wooden sign creaks and sways, which reads: Eternal Sleep Hotel.

The location of the Eternal Sleep Hotel is not good, there is no business, and there will be no business, it is the lair of the Black Scythe.

The name of the black sickle is very loud, but it is a small gang that does not enter the stream, although it does not enter the stream, but there is also a group of vicious outlaws who eat here. It's just that from this day on, these outlaws don't need to eat anymore.

A slender man sat on a shabby bar chair, wiping his slender fingers with a snow-white hand towel, his expression attentive and careful, as if the two dozen or so corpses on the ground had no effect on him.

"Bach, you bastard! You killed all of my men who I managed to gather so easily!" the boss of the black scythe, Harman, stared viciously at the casual man.

"Senator, with demagogues working for you, isn't there a lot of such garbage?" said Bach nonchalantly.

"You still know I'm a councillor, come in and kill all my people! Do you still have council in your eyes?" Harman snarled under his breath, but with a hint of guilt.

Bach casually threw the handkerchief on the ground and said nonchalantly: "If I don't kill all these eyesores, how can I talk to the councillors?"

"If Fleet is here, how dare you be so arrogant?" said Harman hatefully.

"If the Soul Breaker were here, of course I wouldn't dare to be arrogant. I won't even come. Bach scoffed.

Harman's face changed, and he asked eatingly, "You, what do you mean?"

"The Soul Breaker has died in the town of Black Castle in the Centaur Hills! The Deputy Speaker wants me to ask you, what are the Soul Breakers doing in the Centaur Hills?" Bach looked at the pale Halman with a cold gaze.

"How is this possible? How is this possible!How could Fleet die?He's a Soul Crusher! He's killed even the paladins of the Inquisition!Who the hell killed him?," Harman said incoherently.

Bach said coldly: "Fleet is dead, and this is a great loss to the Parliament! Now, tell me, what are you sending Fleet to the Centaur Hills for?"

Halman was silent for a long time, and then spoke, "I don't know what Fleet is doing in the Centaur Hills, I ordered him to assassinate those Moon Elf Bloodline Awakeners. ”

"You're crazy! the Moon Elves are all nobles!You're going to kill us all!" Bach said coldly as he grabbed Harman by the collar.

"What do you know?!" Clapping Bach's hand away, Harman said feverishly, "Only I can hear the voice of the Lord, the great Lord of Shadows wants me to kill the Awakened Bloodline of the Light Moon Elves." I have to do the will of the Lord, those old fellows don't believe me at all, and one day they will regret it!"

Bach wanted to strangle the idiot in front of him to death, the Lord of Shadows was created to unite those rookie wizards, corresponding to the Lord of Light, the upper echelons of the Council of Shadows knew that it was fake, only this madman took it seriously.

"You idiot! you're going to expose us all to the Inquisition!" Bach cursed through gritted teeth.

Harman smirked, "Don't worry, I've got a great scapegoat, the church can't find our head。。。。。。。!" ”

"Bang!" the door to the inn was kicked open, and a paladin in armor and a sword burst in, "heretic, accept the fate of purification!"

Looking at the stunned expressions of the two wizards, Vincent was extremely excited. The clergy of the church are divided into five levels, and each level of advancement grants access to new divine skills and more abundant divine powers. There are two ways to move up the clergy: unwavering faith and divine grace. Compared to ordinary clergy, most paladins increase their level of magic by obtaining charisms. Against the aliens, purifying wizards can obtain divine graces.

In Vincent's eyes, these two wizards were the resources for him to raise the level of paladins. Under the pretext of not alarming the wizards, Vincent persuaded the priest to carry out this secret arrest, in fact, he did not want to capture the two wizards at all, he wanted to cut the wizards under the sword, so that he could get the most divine favors.

"False gods' lackeys! Die!

Harman roared frantically, his eyes turned pitch black, and a black light came out of his body, and the fierce explosion instantly drowned Bach and Vincent.

After the explosion, the grizzled paladin stood blankly in the ruins of the inn, spared by the dual protection of holy armor and vindictiveness, but the wizard's fanatical gaze made Vincent shudder.

"Why do you look so much like a paladin?!"