Shortly after Solarivan left, a thin mist rose from Shuitao Town, and even the bright sunlight could not dispel it. The fog was like life, it would grow, condense into a mass at a speed visible to the naked eye, become thick and viscous, and drift towards the main castle of Shuitao Town.

The bizarre unnatural phenomenon caused panic among the townspeople, and a large number of people poured from all sides of the street to the central church. Residents have come to report anomalies to the pastor and seek refuge in the church. They surrounded the square in front of the church, and the voices of arguments, cries, and pleas eventually turned into neat prayers.

"What are we going to do next, Master Dister?" asked Claudia Relgarel, who was beautiful and slender.

In Solarivin Testiel's absence, the silver-tiered paladin was the strongest in the team and was supposed to be in control. However, a priest can save a person's life, and even a strong paladin must show respect for the priest.

Diser glanced back, the atmosphere in the prayer hall was dull and solemn, and even Elizabeth, who had always been willful, was honestly accepting the guards of a dozen holy warriors at this time.

Bishop Sassan, who was known for his meticulous thinking, was in a dilemma.

A strange mist completely enveloped the main fortress of Shuitao Town, as if a curtain separated the inside and outside, and no sound was heard at all. Although the people in the castle escaped safely, the mysterious fog was enough to indicate that there was a third wizard nearby, and he, to be precise, their target was the Bostoke family.

Diser would rather the fog cover the church at the moment, and the wizard's target would be Her Highness Elizabeth Frederick.

The three wizards act collectively, and it can be called an organization of transcendentals, among which there are even legendary spellcasters. The little Bostok family is also worth their attention, so much so that the legendary spellcaster is willing to sacrifice his life and be willing to act as bait to trick the golden paladins of Shuitao Town into buying time for his companions to invade the castle?

Even the ancient archwizards needed the close protection of high-ranking knights. And this is not the time of the Chosen, no wizard can borrow the power of the Elemental Sea anymore, and they will hardly be immune to the pursuit of the Tempest Paladin.

That's right, that legendary-level wizard is dead. If he was a sorcerer raised by his lord, he would never dare to challenge the majesty of the Golden Paladin, unless he was dying, or had gone mad and lost his mind due to the temptation of the devil.

For the vast majority of people, the devil exists only in ancient legends, and the Church has always regarded him as the antithesis of the Most High Lord. If the devil bewitches the sorcerer and attacks the lord of Shuitao Town to get something, it is not a matter of political stance, but the core of the belief of the clergy.

The devil is involved, the battle for the throne of the Sassan Empire, and the life and death of Elizabeth are all trivial matters, and Dister's inner desire is of course to thwart the conspiracy of the evil wizard at all costs, but from a rational point of view, this is most likely a well-planned trap.

"Claudia, please take care of the rest of the matter until His Highness Solarivan returns, and I will obey your orders as a 5th rank priest and bear all the consequences in the name of the cardinal!" said Dist solemnly.

It was the practice of the priests of the Church to leave the most difficult and pressing problems to the Paladins of the Extraordinary Rank, and Claudia took over the command of the scene and quickly gave the order:

"Ring the church alarm bell, officially announce the attack of the evil one, release the letter crow, and ask the superior bishop of Shuitao Town for support. ”

"The Templar scout team immediately led the church attendants to disperse the crowd in the central square, and contacted the Shuitao Town Public Security Office to enforce martial law, requiring all residents to stay at home, close doors and windows, and not go out. Those who violate the order will be killed on the spot!"

"Go to the three paladins, find the young sons and daughters of Baron Bostoke, and take them up to the walls. Take the alarm bell as an order, and when necessary, guide the city defense troops of Shuitao Town to support the church. ”

Claudia drew her sword and said to the clergy at the bottom of the steps: "The church is a sacred place, and it will not be defiled by the wicked, and we swear to defend the church and protect the light of the Most High!"

The most dangerous place at the moment was the mist-shrouded castle, and Claudia had sent only three paladins to investigate the situation, apparently preparing to wait for the church to wait for Solarivan to rush back to Shuitao Town. However, her mobilization combined with the spiritual strength of the high-ranking knights boosted the morale of the clergy present, and the psychological burden of passive avoidance of war disappeared, and there was no negative impact of wavering faith.

Seeing Claudia Relgarel commanding and swaying freely, Elizabeth's eyes were full of brilliance, and she was even more determined to become a paladin.

The paladins acted quickly and followed Claudia's orders to disperse the crowd in the square to prevent ill-intentioned people from infiltrating the church. The soldiers of the police station recruited the gangsters of Shuitao Town to cooperate with the holy warriors to enforce martial law. Residents of Shuitao Town returned to their homes, closed their doors and windows, and prayed silently, and the bustling streets soon became empty. The holy warriors, heavily armed, spread their guard in the central square in front of the church, and a tense atmosphere of slaughter arose.

On the steps in front of the church gate, Elizabeth's face tightened, and she whispered to the paladin beside her, "Aunt Claudia, I ...... Ah. ”

Before she finished speaking, she received a blow on the head, and Claudia said coquettishly: "Call sister." ”

"Am I not nervous?" Elizabeth shrunk her neck, pursed her mouth aggrievedly, and then raised her head again, and said with bright eyes, "Sister Claudia, what should I do?"

Claudia rubbed her brown-red hair, and then said to Bishop Dist: "My lord, give priority to protecting Elizabeth, and if necessary, you can take her to escape from the battlefield." ”

Dister's heart sank, and he asked, "What? The evil one's target is Elizabeth?"

Claudia's gaze turned to the drainage gutter across the square, a confident smile on her lips, and said, "I'm not sure, but they're already here." ”

The ground where the ditch meets the plaza bulges with bags of dirt, and the hard limestone tiles can't stop what is underground, and many humanoid monsters emerge from under the cracked stone slabs.

They are slender and slender, made up of wriggling black gel and metal armor parts, two blades at the end of their arms, glowing purple in the sunlight, their helmet-covered heads have no human features, and in the center is a large one-eye silhouette that takes up almost two-thirds of their face, looking eerie and terrifying.

As soon as the humanoid metal golems crawled out of the ground, they approached the central square, and Elizabeth counted them carefully and found 35 golems.

Able to break through the limestone floor, their strength rivals that of the Bronze Knights, and their speed remains to be seen...... Could that the big eyes be a weakness? But they don't have pupils, they're just shapes...... Elizabeth thought secretly.

When encountering an unknown enemy, under relatively safe conditions, it is necessary to observe cautiously like a spotted tiger first, which is not a cowardice, but a ferocious premise.

Elizabeth took to heart the advice of the Paladin Instructor, she was the best pre-paladin, and her results in each assessment far exceeded that of her companions.

With a loud bang, the gray stone slab in the center of the square cracked and scattered, and in the violent air wave, a tall figure jumped from the ground into the air, taking advantage of the panic of the paladins to dodge the flying stones, and smashed it into the middle of a pile of people.

Claudia's eyes were green, and with a coquettish sound, she shot a green Mithril spear at the monster in mid-air. She had been prepared, and the spear she shot was like a flash of light, piercing the monster's head with precision, and the Void Water Elemental wrapped around its head flowed and corroded, and the frost spread, and the chill was deep.

However, the monster did not seem to be affected in any way, and fell heavily to the ground, cracking like a spider web on the stone floor, and the shockwave bounced the paladins away. The heavy weapon in the monster's hand threw a ferocious leap slash, splitting a beginner paladin who had used the Holy Armor technique in half.

Immediately after, the weapon swept and pulled out a sharp arc of light in the shape of a half-moon, but the rest of the holy warriors used their skills, moved and jumped, avoided the fierce attack of the monster, and quickly retreated more than ten meters away.

The monster that had launched the attack from the ground shook its spear-throwing head, as if dissatisfied with the results of the battle, the vinyl on its body wriggled and rolled, enveloping the frost that had spread to its arms, and with a twist of its regained agility, it turned to the stone steps of the church, facing Claudia and Bishop Dister.

A vinyl tentacle sticks out from its back, pulling out the Mithril spear from its head, and its writhing face forms a one-eyed and mouth.

Only then did Elizabeth see the full picture of the monster, and almost exclaimed.

It is 2.5 meters tall, and its stout body is composed of black gum, which is like a tough thin vine, densely bound into muscles and tendons, and the black glue on the shoulders, chest, arms and legs is crystalline, and in some places there are clusters of yellow-green crystals, which look indestructible, like the shell of a crab, protecting the vital points and supporting the body. Its black palm was attached to a giant axe also made of yellow-green crystals and vinyl, and the blood of the paladin was dripping from the smooth crystal axe, cruel and hideous.

"Your Excellency, who is it?" asked Claudia, in a cold and pleasant voice.

The monster was visibly stunned, its mouth opened and closed, and muttered in a hoarse voice like a bellows, "Who am I? I want to think about who am I...... I'm Vander...... No, I'm not him, I'm a villager from Niuti Village, my father, my mother, my brother and sister...... My family is dead, they are ...... They were been?"

Seeing that the monster's mind was in confusion, Claudia was secretly happy. She had already noticed that the monster had awakened underground, and she deliberately did not make a noise, so she was ready to take it by surprise. Unexpectedly, she couldn't kill the monster with all her strength in the Void Water Element, and although it caused a freezing effect, the effect was not so satisfactory to her.

This monster is difficult to kill, and it needs more information from its mouth...... Delay as long as you can, and wait for His Highness Tystir to return, preferably to capture it...... Claudia quickly made a judgment and immediately changed the subject, lest the monster now remember who she was.

"Your Excellency's puppets are equipped with Adamantite armor and Adamantite swords...... Can you tell me how you got all this Adamantite equipment?" the paladin's melodious voice was full of curiosity, making one inevitably wonder where the Adamantite came from.

However, the monster was unaware of it, and it seemed to be a very important thing for it to think about who it was.

"I ...... From the village of Niuti, my parents died, my brother and sister died, and they were worn on wooden nails and hung at the entrance of the village...... Who's going to do it, who's going to do it!"

The monster's muttered words turned hoarse to clear, and Claudia gestured solemnly, telling the paladins to raise their guard and prepare for battle.

"It's the vicious wolf of the church...... The paladins of the Inquisition, they killed my family, and the blood of innocents spilled all over the ground...... Hatred, blood feud ......"

The hollow and ethereal sound seemed to be infused into the soul, oppressing everyone's heart, as if a dripping blood and a raging fire of revenge could be seen.

"I think I'm Buckley, an ordinary farmer, a vengeful soul. A metallic voice echoed through Waterwaves, the monocone eye of the giant monster glowing blood-red, and the monocone eye of the humanoid golem made of adamantite gold and vinyl simultaneously glowed a dark red.

"The blood of the innocent shall be paid with the blood of the hypocrite, die, hypocritical servant of the Lord of Light!"

Streams of black gelatinous tentacles emerged from the monster's body, like dancing vines, and it jumped up and jumped towards Bishop Dister on the steps of the church.

The battle broke out in an instant, and more than thirty humanoid puppets rushed towards the door of the church at an astonishing speed, and were immediately intercepted by the paladins. The two sides are in a fight, but it's not the vinyl monster that starts the fight, it's Claudia.

The female paladin, whose whole body was wrapped in dragon lizard skin armor, swept down the steps, her posture was graceful, like a shock, before the monster took off into the air, the two Mithril long swords in her hands instantly slashed through the monster's legs, arms, neck and shoulders, and the dazzling white-gold sword light was connected, and a turquoise light mist rose.

The Holy Sword Technique and the Void Water Elemental were intertwined, like a silver green flower enveloping the monster.

"What a delicate continuous cross-sword!" exclaimed Elizabeth, holding the hilt of the sword in her hand.

Claudia frowned, not feeling happy at all, the Mithril longsword blessed by the Holy Sword Technique cut into the monster's body, there were many obstacles, those black gums were extremely tough, and they were cut by the Holy Sword Technique and instantly bonded, unable to create any effective damage. It still leaped towards the Dister Bishop on the steps.

The two ruling warriors held Elizabeth in their arms and dodged to the sidelines, exposing Dist completely.

"Boom"

The white-glazed stone staircase shattered and collapsed, and the monster's great axe made a terrible rift in the priest's place, but it failed to hit its target, shattering only a red robe.

"The wizard's target is me?"

At the last moment, Bishop Dist tore off his red robe, revealing the leather armor inside, and deftly avoided the monster's leaping slash and circled its back. A rune-swirling scepter of adamantite struck it in the back.

Evil Strike!

This is a divine technique unique to the sixth-level holy warrior, shaking the mind with holy power, destroying the movement of the elements, and restraining all witchcraft and the elemental manifestation of high-level knights.

Dist is not a holy warrior, he inspired a piece of holy crystal left by a sixth-level holy warrior, and temporarily obtained the holy warrior's combat experience and all divine skills.

The great axe swept in, the air shrieked, and a terrible yellow streamer chased the bishop's figure.

How can the Evil Breaking Strike be ineffective?!

Diser casts the Psychic Fire Divine Technique, which perfectly matches the power increase of the Paladin Crystal, unites body and mind, and dodges the pursuit of monsters.

Two white-gold lines of fire hit the huge but agile monster one after the other, and it was a holy fire spell performed by the battle priest, which can burn the soul and magic power, and feed back to the wizard himself.

The monster did not turn into a brilliant flaming torch as expected, and the white-gold firing line melted directly into the vinyl.

Still invalid!

Two Judgment Samurai join the fray and work with Diser to take on the monsters.

Claudia changed her two-handed hammer, cut into the battlefield, repelled the monster with exquisite combat skills, and said to Dister, who had a little respite: "My lord, this monster can't be killed, you take Elizabeth out of the back door of the church, leave Shuitao Town, I will stop it." ”

"No! Its target is me, I'll pester it first, you go and help the paladin deal with those puppets! Let the battle priest lead a team of paladins to protect Elizabeth from Shuitao Town, I'm afraid that this wizard still has evil methods hidden in the underground of the church square!"

The situation of the holy knights is no longer good, they are the elite of the Templar army, and they have the advantage of numbers, but those humanoid puppets are also unkillable. The most terrifying thing is that they have superb martial arts, and the combat skills they use are the same as those of holy warriors, reaching the level of mid-level holy warriors.

Under the attack of the puppets ignoring the damage, the paladins formed a formation to protect themselves, and many people were still killed by the puppets' twin swords.

Without hesitation, Claudia lunged at a metal humanoid golem, slashing it with a single sword, covering it in frost, corroding the elements, and the black gum wriggling and twisting, or turning into frozen sludge.

Her attacks are effective against metal golems, but the consumption of Fighting Energy and Holy Power is not small at all.

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

The monster roared loudly, leaving Dist and the Judgment Samurai behind, and turned to charge at the paladins who had just taken it easy. It ignored Dister's attacks from behind, and the great axe slashed to death two low-level paladins who couldn't dodge.

"Run! Don't fight it, use guerrilla tactics. The Judgment Samurai shouted loudly as he interfered with the monster's attack.

"The blood of the hypocrites will be drained!"

Many black rubber tentacles stretched out from under the broken stone slabs, wrapping around the ankles of several paladins, and the monsters jumped over a distance of more than ten meters, and the yellow-green crystal cluster giant axe slashed them alive.

The battle turns into a killing match, with Claudia, Dister, and the Adjudicating Paladins turning their heads to destroy humanoid metal golems, monsters specialized in slashing clergy who are confined to vinyl.

Blood flowed in the central square in front of the church, and when the last of the humanoid puppets were destroyed by Claudia, only Bishop Disor and a ruling warrior were left on the battlefield, and the rest had either been killed by monsters or fled with Princess Elizabeth Frederick.

"Evil wizard, son of the devil, how long can your witchcraft last?" Claudia asked, picking up a blood-stained flail and leisurely in the corpse-strewn square.

"Look, come out and see, it's a feast of blood from the Spirit of Vengeance!" the monster shouted into the quiet street, laughing, "It doesn't matter. ”

"What doesn't matter?" Claudia stepped forward alone with her flail, her delicate boots in a pool of blood.

At this time, the monster absorbed the summoned vinyl tentacles, and its body became taller and stronger, and three thick vinyl vines grew from its back, rolling heavy weapons such as two-handed hammers and one-handed halberds, and dancing wildly in mid-air.

It seems to be very difficult to deal with.

The transfer effect of the Paladin Crystal has ended, and Bishop Dist has lost his powerful melee ability, and Claudia now only needs to wait for Solaravin to return.

The Golden-Tier Tempest Paladin was not far from Shuitao Town, and she could sense it.

Sudden change!

The shadows that the twilight sun could not illuminate moved, and Dist and the two adjudicators suddenly stiffened, rolled their eyes, and fell limply to the ground.

And a helper, another wizard of the legendary rank?!

Claudia's form flashed, and she swept away at full speed in the direction of the outside of the city.

The new wizard hides in the shadows, her attacks are so unpredictable that she doesn't even notice her elemental sense, and if she stays, she will surely die, so she can only join up with Solariven first.

The tall monster didn't chase the fleeing paladin, and a dark figure blocked his way.

"You're ....... Shadow, we met at noon. The monster thought for a moment, and said almost to himself.

The Shadow Knight was silent for a moment, then spoke, "It seems that you did not follow the plan to kill the noble daughter of the Trigovar family. ”

"The noble daughter of the Trigovar family?" the monster looked confused again, remembered for a while, shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter, this place is sprinkled with the blood of vicious jackals, and I did it." Nice, very nice......."

The Shadow Knight saw the monster's one-eyed staring at the fallen Bishop Diser and the Ruling Warrior, and smiled, "They are not dead, but Your Excellency the Soul Bound is dead, why are you still alive?"

The thick vine-like vinyl tentacles wrapped around the hammer and shot quickly at the unconscious priest, but it broke off halfway, and the hammer fell to the ground with a dull sound, and the severed vinyl tentacles twisted a few times, and quickly withered into rancid mud.

"You will not attack me, you will only kill the clergy, answer my questions, and I can let you get what you want. The Shadow Knight put away his sword and said indifferently.

The monster pondered for a moment, waved the tentacles behind it, and said enthusiastically: "The Soul Bound is dead, the soul is broken, why am I still alive....... I thought of it, it is the new spell I have researched, based on the advent technique, the strongest emotions and will are engraved into the paladin crystal, and I will also engrave into my talent witchcraft model, imitating the soul, so the vengeful spirit is alive." ”

The Shadow Knight suddenly said: "No wonder the Evil Breaking Strike and the Holy Fire Technique are ineffective against you, the soul core you imitated is a Holy Warrior Crystal based on holy power, this is really a genius idea." ”

"Studying witchcraft is what I love. The monster said smugly.

The Shadow Knight nodded and exclaimed, "The Speaker has a high opinion of the Soul Bound Wizard, and according to him, both the Advent Technique and the Shadow Warrior's secret method are done by the Spirit Bound Wizard. He provided His Excellency the Soul Bound with many paladin crystals, one of which belonged to the fifth-level paladin Fandel, and that crystal should be the soul core of your body. ”

He looked at the remains of the puppets around him again, and said playfully, "It seems that you have taken the opportunity to covet a lot of paladin crystals. ”

The monster didn't react to the topic, the red light in his one-eyed flickered again and again, and he said impatiently, "Get out of the way, I'm going to kill them." ”

"Answer me one more question, and I'll get out of the way. The Shadow Knight asked, "The Speaker has obtained the mutilated Shadow Warrior Secret Technique from the priest of the Holy Mountain Monastery, and its spell principles and paladin crystals are the hands of the Ancient Chosen Council. This is a very esoteric and complex spell that goes beyond the usual model of spells and involves the secrets of the soul...... I don't think that His Excellency the Soul Binder, with his mutilated arcane inheritance, has completed the Advent and Shadow Warriors on his own, and has gone one step further to create an undead puppet with legendary combat power...... There must be a clever wizard helping you, tell me, who is he?"

"The mystery of the soul?, yes, the soul is made of soul fire and the will side, and imitating the soul can give life to the puppet, which is a great spell achievement......." The monster began to recount the spell he loved again.

The Shadow Knight was willing to listen to the results of the Soulbound Wizard's work, but time was running out, Solariven's sharp aura had reached the outside of the city, and the monster's imitation soul was about to be extinguished, and it was really dying.

"Tell me, who is the wizard with whom you study soul spells?" asked the Shadow Knight.

"Who is he? ...... Without him, it's her, it's him....... she's called 'Andrew'......."

Andrew?!

The Shadow Knight was shocked, the name reminded him of the culprit of the Chosen War, the first Legislator of the Council to sacrifice the Devil by blood, Andrew.

"Get out of the shadows!"

The monster loses patience, and the vinyl tentacles dance wildly behind it, whipping the air and making a pop. The Shadow Knight stepped aside, and as the monster walked past, his jet-black palm was like a sharp sword, easily piercing the tough vinyl, and pulling a dark red crystal from its back.

The powerful golem suddenly went limp, and the wriggling vinyl lost its vitality and finally withered into a pile of rancid mud.

"I forgot to tell you, I am also a paladin of the Supreme Lord, and I am in charge of the Shadow Divine Power, just enough to restrain your Radiant Holy Power Soul Core. ”

“...... Wizards are crazy guys. The Shadow Knight looked around at the tragic scene, sighed, and put the puppet's soul crystal in his bag.

The soul crystals of the other puppets have all dissipated, and if this crystal is left for Tystil, who is about to arrive here, it will cause big trouble.

"Elizabeth, it's your turn next. The Shadow Knight's silence blended into the environment.