Chapter 22: Old Friends
Six years is enough time to change a lot of things, and those who once knew and those who didn't know are following the trajectory of their own lives. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Lin continued to study magic in Black Dragon City, and it was said that the freckles on her face had disappeared, the bridge of her nose, thin lips, and a pair of bright eyes flashed on her white face from time to time, and her figure had become exquisite, and it was difficult not to see the traces of the past. It's just that she is not as keen on taking care of her appearance as ordinary girls, a double ponytail is combed from small to large, and she always wears that black mage robe.
In addition to studying hard every day, she often visited the old magic apothecary who lived in the most remote corner of Black Dragon City.
Ash's physical condition has begun to deteriorate in the past two years, but his once straight back is a little bent this year, not only his body is showing his old state, but his energy is not as good as before, and the proud magic apothecary can't resist the erosion of time, and no matter how powerful the pharmacist is, he can't match the potion to stop aging.
Ash sat down on a bench in the courtyard with Lynn's support, where he liked to bask in the sun more and more, and after the age of seventy, he grew old every year.
The things in the attic were neatly laid out there, as if looking forward to the return of the master one day, a dark red young dragon the size of an eagle flew into the attic window, it would go out to fly and play on the sea every day, only at night it would fly back to the man's bed and sleep on it, there was a warm feeling and a smell of déjà vu.
The situation in the royal city has also changed dramatically, the queen was found to have poisoned the king, hanged, and all the other relevant personnel were quickly dealt with, and a quarter of the nobles in the royal city were lost overnight, and the eldest prince claimed that he did not know that the king seized all the real power in his hands and stayed in the palace, similar to house arrest.
The third prince's fief is very close to the royal city, and he misses his mother under the pretext that he often runs around the royal city and the fief, and the third prince seems to be destined to be the heir to the throne at this time, and has become the object of everyone's stammering, including Yier's former parents.
His Majesty was sixty-five years old, and his health was deteriorating day by day, and he felt more and more powerless, and his actual control over the kingdom was once again declining, and perhaps that was the last time he exerted his power.
"What! St. Peter's Tenora's Prison is on fire?" The Church General Assembly is located in the center of the Star Emblem City of the Free Federation, and even the City Lord's Mansion can only be confined to the side, at this time, Archbishop Parks, who was sitting in a chair and talking to a row of missionaries, jumped up from his seat suddenly, "How is it possible? There has been no mistake there for decades, how can it catch fire in a good way?"
The archbishop is the supreme head of the entire church, he has been in this position for more than twenty years, under his leadership, many towns without churches have rebuilt churches, arrested dozens of infidels, and he is also a powerful magician, even in the magicians' guild, only the elder can barely compete with him.
In the past twenty years, the church has not made a single mistake under the leadership of Archbishop Parkes, but he never imagined that the prison of St. Peter Tenora, which was isolated from the world and imprisoned demonic believers, would be the first stain on his leadership of the church.
"God above, may you bless the Holy Church for eternity. ”
The believer who delivered the message watched cautiously as Archbishop Parks prayed, he didn't know what to do at this moment, did he want to soothe the archbishop's wounded heart?
"Your Excellency, would you like to examine it yourself? There are forty-four prisoners, forty-four corpses, not a single one. He asked tentatively, and if nothing else he was going down.
Archbishop Parks sighed, "God is merciful, and God's mercy shines on every one of His believers. What about the people in charge there?"
"Nothing happened, the people in charge of delivering the food and the guards all performed their duties, and there was no ......"
"Hmph!" interrupted Archbishop Parks forcefully, he knew that it was not that simple, "the fire has burned down the whole prison, and nothing has happened to them! It must have been that the fire had grown uncontrollably before they discovered it! and then they found that they could not be saved, and then they fled the disaster themselves, didn't they?"
The believer was shocked, it was the first time he saw this kind archbishop angry, could it be that this prison was so heavy?
"Your Excellency...... It's just that some of the prisoners who have committed the religion have died, and they are all imprisoned for life anyway, and there is no difference between living and dying. ”
"Who taught you to speak like that?God has mercy on the world, and every life lost deserves our guilt!Don't let me hear you say that again!" Archbishop Parks glared at the faithful, and when he heard such cruel words coming out of the mouths of the faithful, didn't they remember the daily prayer before the idol?
Or do they not really believe in the gods at all? That's not a good sign.
It's just that things have already happened, and it won't help him to hold anyone responsible.
"Have all the cells been checked? Are there any underground passages or anything like that? ”
After receiving a negative answer, Archbishop Parks sat back in his chair, closed his eyes, and continued to pray for God's forgiveness.
Forty-four black figures shuttled through the rain, and although such weather was not suitable for hurrying, it was close to the appointed time, and the rain would cover everyone's footprints and smells.
"You're finally out! I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for you!"
A young man in a brown cloak wore the usual fur hat, and the leader of the crowd saw him and gave him a heavy hug.
"Long time no see!"
The leader took off his hat, his skin was unusually white from the sun all year round, his pale blonde hair was knotted into willows under the rain, and his dark blue eyes under his deep sockets caught people's hearts.
It seemed that this hug hurt the young man, and he hissed in pain, "In the past few years in prison, you are much stronger than before." ”
Il checked the number of people, and it was good, there were no team left.
"Let's catch up later, let's get out of here. ”
The rain was still falling, and they had climbed over a low hill overnight, and behind it was the fiefdom of the young man, who had prepared a large, secret basement with direct access to the interior of his castle, and in the basement there was enough supplies for them to use for months.
Once in the basement, the men finally breathed a sigh of relief and took off their rain-soaked clothes to celebrate.
"Boss, I said that your friend is really powerful, knowing that you are a prisoner of the church and dare to help you like this, it's funny!" Adorno drank wine and ate meat at the same time, he hadn't been so cool for a long time, his mouth faded out of the prison and he licked his fingers as pickles every day, and now he can finally eat and drink spicy food, thanks to this magical magician.
"In the future, I, Adorno, will also mess with you for the rest of my life!"
Il looked at the satisfied smiles on people's faces, and he was infected by the happy emotions, but he knew that this was only the beginning, and what was going to be done was the most difficult.
The Church has existed in this world for too long, and the power accumulated over thousands of years cannot be shaken by him overnight, but the first thing he needs to do now is to secretly destroy all the 'Demon Probes' in this territory, so that he can use this as a base to develop industries, establish laboratories, and create weapons against the Church.
And these people who escaped with him were his most direct helpers.
Il sat in a corner, quietly contemplating what to do, when the young man came over and patted him on the shoulder.
"Old friend, to be honest, if I didn't know your face too well, I really doubt that the person in front of me is still the Ilkoror I knew back then, you haven't been so taciturn before. ”
Yir also looked at this familiar face, the boy who used to like to play tricks on people was gone, and now the person in front of him was already a big lord of a territory, His Excellency the Prince, and the favorite child of His Majesty the Emperor, Alan.
But luckily I can trust him, my only good brother.