Richard spread out the map on his table, pointed to a small town on it, and said, "This is what we're going to occupy, Jovan." ”

The town of Jovan is the point of connection between the mountains and the Barony's Domain, where the wood, minerals, hides, and other specialties of the mountains pass through, and adventurers who are about to enter the forest will choose Jovan instead of Osfa as a supply point.

"Seems to be Sir Goyo's domain, right?" asked Reilly.

"Yes. Richard nodded.

"It seems that this battle is not going to be fought. As he spoke, a portal appeared between Reilly's hands.

The next moment, a person who shouldn't have been there walked out of the portal.

"Sir Goyo?!" exclaimed Richard, "you have resurrected him?"

"How is that possible?" said Reilly, shrugging his shoulders, "I just turned him into a puppet." ”

Richard's heart moved, and he asked, "What about Mintai and Huber?"

"Hey, you know. Reilly smiled mysteriously.

That night, a small group marched into the town of Jovan.

In the light of the torches, the guards on the watchtower recognized several familiar faces, and he exclaimed in surprise: "Peel, why are you?, isn't that Uncle Yoman?

Before coming to Jovan, Reilly took Sir Goyo around the captives. As a result, all the warriors of civilian origin surrendered, including three knights.

The two recognized warriors stopped and shouted to the city, "We have fought hard, Sir Mintai and Ser Huber have been killed! Where's Captain Jack, who hasn't come out to greet Lord Gauyo yet!"

The guards on the watchtower looked behind Peel and saw that the man on the horse was none other than "Sir Goyo".

"Ah, Lord Gauyo, I'm going to call Captain Jack!"

Seeing Captain Jack coming in a hurry, "Gao You" said lightly: "You, go and call the mayor over." ”

"Yes! Captain Jack saluted and trotted away.

After a while, the mayor ran over with Jack, saluted "Gao Yue", and said, "Your lord, are you looking for me?"

"Things weren't going well at the front, and both Sir Mintai and Sir Huber were killed. Now write me a letter to the Baron, report the situation here, and ask him to send reinforcements. ”

The mayor was shocked and hurriedly said, "I—I'm going to write a letter." ”

"By the way, you have someone find all the books in the town and send them to my manor. ”

"Understood, sir. ”

Sir Goyo had a sizable manor outside the town, where he usually lived. And now, the estate has become a stronghold of Richard.

After entering the manor, the first thing Reilly did was to control the "High Covenant" to make a will, and distribute all the family property. Eventually, Sir Sir's eldest son inherited the estate and land, and the other children divided all the gold and jewels. Surprisingly, Sir Gold's collection also contained a few pieces of rare metal and three units of magic crystals, which were given to the traveling wizard Richard.

No one disputed this, but they thought that the "high covenant" approach was very sensible.

In the rich plane of the Pharo, the profession of magician has always been highly respected. Every tenth-level mage is more noble than a baron like Fosa. Thirty percent of the status of mages comes from their great lethality on the battlefield, and the other seventy percent comes from the monopoly of magical items by this group of people.

From the warriors brought back from the "High Covenant", people have heard that there is a powerful magician among the invaders, which is the root cause of the death of Mintai and Huber. Although the details are unknown, people subconsciously believe that "Sir Gold" was able to return alive because he met Richard.

However, "Sir Goyo" was obviously not sure if he would survive the next battle, so he made a will in advance to make the distribution of his property clear.

After sending Sir and his family away, Richard and Reilly spent their studies in the main building flipping through the books sent by the mayor. To them, the books were worth more than the entire town of Jovan.

It was not until noon on the third day that the baron's reinforcements arrived in the town of Jovan. It was a force of five hundred, far surpassing the one led by Sir Mintai. However, the leaders of these people were only three knights, and the average strength of the warriors was only level three. In good conscience, if this group of warriors fought against the army led by Min Tai, they would most likely be defeated by the latter in a single face.

It stands to reason that the Baron has already dispatched more than half of his army, and it should be led by a knight. However, when the news of Mintay's and Huber's deaths came back, the remaining two knights suddenly fell ill, and it was said that they could not even get out of bed, and of course they could not come out to bump. And the baron himself is over fifty years old, and with only an eighth-level strength, it is even more impossible for him to personally lead the troops. In the end, three knights who usually offended a lot were pushed to the front.

After the outpost team repeatedly confirmed that the town of Jovan was not attacked, the three knights let the troops into the town, and they themselves went to the manor of Goyo to hand over to "Sir".

Immediately after receiving reinforcements, "Sir Goyo" led a new force into the mountains. As a result, Richard captured two more knights and more than 300 ordinary soldiers.

At Reilly's suggestion, Richard coerced all the captives into a seven-day prayer ceremony. However, the content of the prayer is not a belief in God, but a curse. Seven days later, the bodies of these warriors were covered with a layer of black qi that ordinary people could not detect.

Today, all of these fighters have become "blasphemers". The black aura on their bodies can be seen by magicians, and it can also be detected by powerful magicians. If these men dared to return to Baron Fosa's domain, there was a high probability that they would be burned at the stake as punishment. If someone takes the initiative to confess to the temple and explain what happened to him, then he will also be burned at the stake, which is called "redemption".

Having lost their way out, all the captives joined Richard's ranks.

Less than ten kilometers from the Barony's town, on the banks of the river, there is a small town with beautiful scenery. Sir Cocut's domain is located here. This territory is not only easily accessible, but also rich in specialties, such as mackerel produced in the river and one of the most common foods at banquets.

Relying on this rich territory, Sir Cokat even built a castle of modest proportions. The castle retains the traditional style of high walls and narrow windows, and the interior facilities are gorgeous, and the decoration of the compartments is also very tasteful. The middle and upper part of the castle breaks with tradition and creates a semi-circular terrace that extends into the sky, allowing people to enjoy the scenery outside at their leisure.

The sight of the castle would have allowed some clever people to judge Sir Cocut's style.

While Richard was booby-trapping reinforcements sent by Baron Fossa in the mountains, Sir Cokart was venting his anger in his favorite little drawing-room. With a wave of his hand, a delicate vase flew out and smashed into the wall. Hearing the sound of the utensils breaking, the butler standing outside the door shuddered, and did not dare to knock on the door to ask, but crept out of a distance, so as not to hear something that should not be heard.

"Those alien invaders are devils! even if they are not real devils, they will be treated as devils. Whatever the reason, if you are involved with them, you will be treated as a companion of the devil, tied to the temple of the god of courage and burned to death......! How could you do such a thing!" Sir Cokat carefully lowered his voice as he roared, lest he be heard.

Marven leaned comfortably back on the sofa, sipping the rich black tea. When Sir's anger subsided a little, he said leisurely, "Father, the current situation is that I have become a companion of the 'devil', you can look at this." ”

As he spoke, Marven stretched out his right hand, and a dark red flame flashed, and the young man let out a heavy gasp, and his face became very pale. Although the flames lasted for a short time, they also consumed more than half of his mana.

Sir Cokat gasped and exclaimed, "Shadow Flame!

"I'm only level six now, so I can only be considered a fallen priest, and I am not qualified to be called a priest. Marven calmly corrected Jazz's mistake.

"Which god do you believe in now?" asked Sir nervously, staring at Marven.

"The dragon of eternity and time. Marven replied. Then he added, "It is not a god of the Pharotic plane. ”

Kokale's face changed for a while, and he said slowly: "Able to transmit divine power across planes, this dragon of eternity and time is indeed a great god. ”

Marven poured himself another cup of tea and said with a smile: "Dear father, now you should believe that I am bound to the devil and can no longer be separated." And you, as a father of a fallen priest, will be burned at the stake if discovered. So, instead of getting angry here, I might as well help me figure it out. These alien intruders are obviously not as weak as the temple priests say. They are very young, most of them are not yet twenty years old, but their combat effectiveness is amazingly strong. Can you imagine? Those invaders of the tenth level or so wiped out the army led by Mintai and Huber in a head-to-head confrontation, which is half of the Baron's elite!

Jazz snorted heavily, but said nothing. Marven is his son, and certainly wouldn't lie to him about such a big thing. Obviously, the identities of these invaders are not simple, and most of them have some very terrifying forces standing behind them.

Cokat walked back and forth in the meeting room for dozens of times, and finally made up his mind and said, "Duke Vicious Wolf Bilie, may be able to solve the problem of your foothold. Their family practiced ancestor worship and often clashed with the temple of the god of courage. I'll write you a letter of introduction, and you take it to Baron Fontaine, who is the cousin of the Duke of Wolves, and can introduce you to the Duke. But ......"

Sir paused, looked at Marven with concern, and said, "But Duke Wolf is notoriously cruel and tyrannical, you should be careful when dealing with that person! If he is in a bad mood, he may directly tear you apart! In addition, this is the structural diagram of the castle of Baron Fossa that you want, I can only help you so much." Be careful when leaving so that you don't get recognized. ”

Marven took a thick roll of parchment, carefully put away the letter of introduction, and then bowed deeply to Sir and said, "Father, I have a hunch that you will not regret your decision today. ”

Sir Cokart snorted, noncommittal. A sixth-level fallen priest is not an accomplishment at Marven's age. And the Prophetic Divine Skill can only be cast by a priest above level 12, and it must also have a strong enough divine grace. In his opinion, Marven's hunch is simply nonsense.