Chapter 6: The Fall

After the battle, Richard began to interrogate the prisoners one by one. He asked a wide range of questions, from astronomy and geography to customs and even Baron Fosa's personality and hobbies. After each trial, Irene, who was accompanying her, would write down three or five dense pieces of information.

At dusk, the smell of food wafts through the base. After interrogating the tenth captive, Erin shook Richard's hand and said, "You need to rest now, and by the way, recover your magic." ”

Richard looked at the girl's face and said, "You should also take a break, so let's stop here today." ”

Erin sorted through the thick stack of records on the table and said, "Is this information useful?"

Richard nodded and said, "With them, I can decide what to do next." Then, with a sigh, he continued: "Just now, I suddenly realized that I had made a big mistake. ”

"Huh?" said Erin, surprised, "I think you've done a perfect job in battle." ”

Richard shook his head and said, "After the battle, I should immediately capture the small town of Osfa outside the mountains, where there are still war horses left by the knights, dozens of high-grade war horses!"

"You don't have to worry about those cute animals, they've been brought back by me. ”

Hearing Reilly's voice, Richard looked towards the door and saw him walk in with quicksand.

The Divine Favor still had an indifferent expression, but she spoke in a very gentle tone: "Richard, you are only fifteen years old now, and it is understandable to make some mistakes once in a while, don't be too yourself." ”

Richard smiled bitterly: "We have come to a completely unfamiliar plane, and the enemy in front of us is also very powerful. What's more, the gods of this plane have also sent down oracles detailing where we teleported, and we don't even know how we got there. We don't have anything right now except for some basic supplies. The original advance party has disappeared in the turbulence of time, and we are seriously understaffed, and we still don't know if we can recruit troops on our own plane...... There's no room for error!"

Erin worriedly shook one of Richard's hands and said, "Richard, don't put too much pressure on yourself. ”

Quicksand also put his hand on Richard's other hand, and said slowly and gently, "Calm down, Richard." You are the leader of all of us, the soul of the whole team. If something happens to you, the person you have a contract with will die. ”

"This responsibility seems a little too great. Richard sighed and said.

Quicksand looked him in the eye seriously and said, "Isn't this your own choice?"

Richard nodded, smiled again, and said, "I know what to do." The magic materials brought this time can still make four builds, and later, I'll add you a mana amplification build. ”

"Good. ”

"Richard, you've met a good woman again. Reilly laughed.

"When is this all right, don't joke around. Richard sighed helplessly.

"Don't you think I'm a good woman?" Quicksand looked at Richard innocently.

Richard was speechless and simply dragged Erin to dinner.

After dark, Richard and the others sat together and looked through the confessions of the captives. These materials are mainly divided into two parts: the map of the Barony of Forsa, the political structure and customs of the Duchy of White Rock, and the profiles of some important people.

After a while, Quicksand looked up and said, "Richard, are you going to subdue some Faroes?"

Richard nodded and said, "It is an inevitable choice to replenish troops in this plane. Right now, our biggest problem is the lack of manpower. ”

Quicksand flipped through the list of prisoners and said, "Five knights, seventy-five ordinary warriors...... What about the priest?"

Richard was stunned and said, "That's the priest of the God of Courage, how can he be subdued by us?"

Reilly shook his finger and said, "There is no loyalty in this world, loyalty is only because the bargaining chips for betrayal are not enough. Whether you can subdue him or not depends mainly on the price you pay. In addition, the method and timing of the bet will also have a great impact on the outcome. ”

Richard nodded thoughtfully and said, "That being said, we don't seem to have any good chips in our hands. Besides, who knows how far this priest is devoted to the god of courage?"

Quicksand smiled and said, "At the age of twenty-five or sixteen, he is only a third-level priest, which shows how devout his faith is. In fact, he is the easiest person to accept. ”

"How do you do that, if a priest loses his favor, won't he be able to be promoted?" Richard frowned.

Quicksand said, "You can leave this matter to me, you don't have to worry." The power of the dragons of eternity and time far exceeds that of the gods of these secondary planes. ”

Richard nodded and asked, "What now?"

"Call Minnie over first, and let her use the methods used to interrogate the captives. ”

Soon, a pig-killing scream was heard from the interrogation room. At first, the priest named Marven cursed Minnie Mouse loudly, but it quickly turned into a plea for mercy, followed by a simple wail, and finally silence, the whole thing was less than three minutes.

The interrogation methods passed down from the Demon Lord were truly extraordinary. When Marven was let go, he immediately hugged himself and whimpered, "I've already told everything I know!

"Quiet. Quicksand said lightly.

Hearing her words, Marven immediately suppressed his crying. In his mind, Minnie Mouse was far less terrible than the quicksand that treated him. It was this beautiful and cold girl that made him not even have a way to faint.

"Stand up straight. ”

Marven immediately bounced off the ground and stood up straight with his back against the wall, like a straight javelin.

"Just now, how many did I use to treat minor injuries?"

"Eight!" Marven replied without thinking. After saying that, he realized what the eight healing micro-injuries represented. Then the young pastor shuddered involuntarily again.

Seeing that quicksand could control the scene so calmly, Richard and Reilly glanced at each other, and took onlookers one after another to watch.

"Minnie, let him 'cool off' again. ”

"Don't!" Marven cried and threw himself at the quicksand, looking like he wanted to hug his thighs: "You can tell me to do anything, don't do it again!"

Quicksand took a step back, just in time to let Marven hug. Then the girl leaned down, put her index finger to her mouth, and made a silent gesture to him.

Marven's crying stopped abruptly, and he froze there with his hands folded, like a statue.

As soon as quicksand's eyebrows raised, Marven nodded slowly, although he certainly didn't understand what the former meant.

Quicksand pointed to the wall, and Marven immediately retreated to his place and stood against the wall.

"Are you willing to do anything?" Quicksand asked.

"Yes!" Marven replied without hesitation.

"Surrender, then!"

"Okay!" After agreeing, Marven felt a little dizzy.

Surrender? How to surrender? He is a priest of the God of Courage, and he is only level three. If he betrays the God of Courage, his level will be reduced, and he may not even be able to heal minor injuries. What is the use of a priest who has no divine arts, even if he surrenders?

Quicksand turned his head and said with a smile: "Look, he's already surrendered, isn't it easy?"

Reilly gave her a thumbs up, Minnie's eyes twitched, and Richard suddenly felt a darker look.

It's because it's so easy to surrender that there's a problem! Who would dare to use someone like Marven just by making a verbal promise? Of course, they can all see that there should be something to be done in the quicksand.

Sure enough, the Divine Favor took out a piece of paper and asked Marven to draw the emblem of the God of Courage on it. The young priest did not dare to disobey, and he not only painted it, but also attached a trace of divine power to it, which he had received from his prayers. In front of a priest who had cast eight consecutive treatments for minor injuries without changing his face, he didn't dare to play any tricks at all.

Quicksand handed him a piece of paper again and commanded, "Read it!"

Seeing the words on the paper, Marven's hands trembled, and his face turned pale. He looked up at the quicksand, then at the others, and finally read it word by word in a trembling voice. The young pastor did not have to worry about not being able to read the intruder's words, because there was only one passage written in the language of God. In every plane, the word of God is almost identical. And as a pastor of the God of Courage, learning the language of God is also one of Marvin's important lessons.

"With the power of my soul, I swear by this...... You will abandon your so-called glory and throw it into the land of filth......" The more he read it, the more Marven's voice trembled. When he had finished reading, the young priest suddenly felt a sense of weakness, and his face turned a sickly flush. All the divine power in his body burned, and the burning pain penetrated deep into his soul, and there was no escape!

As a sorcerer, he has issued the most vicious curse on the god he believes in, and he will inevitably attract the attention of the gods. From now on, Marven is already at the top of the must-kill list of the god of courage.

At this time, Quicksand opened the Book of Time in his hand, and a beam of light shot out from the page, outlining a flowing golden time sand in front of Marven. These sands exude an aura full of majesty, which represents the divine will that is high above.

"Let go of your consciousness and use your whole soul to take on the new charism, and what you see is the existence you will worship in the future. The voice of quicksand was majestic and solemn, and Marven, who was burning, couldn't bear it anymore, knelt down, and prayed loudly to the sand of time. As soon as the young priest spoke, Shi Sha turned into a ray of golden light, rushed into his body, and then let out a wisp of coolness, suppressing the burning divine power.

A pale golden light suddenly flashed on Marven's body, and he raised his hands in shock, almost unable to believe his eyes! After the new divine power entered his body, the priest level, which had already been reduced to zero, began to rise rapidly, and he didn't stop until the sixth level!

However, the golden light on Marven's body was a little pale, and it also exuded a smell of decay, which was completely different from the vast and solemn divine power on Quicksand's body.

Marven stared at his hands for a while, then raised his head tremblingly, and finally squeezed a sentence out of his throat: "I...... Depraved?"

Quicksand closed the Book of Time and said lightly, "Congratulations, you are now a sixth-level Fallen Magician. Let's take a good look at this power. ”

A priest who curses a god he originally believed in will inevitably suffer divine punishment for it, and the most common form is the burning of divine power. If you can survive this level without dying, you may be accepted by the hostile gods. Although the priest can gain strength from the new faith, the imprint of the original god will remain in the soul, causing him to become a fallen priest.

Marven stared directly at the Book of Time in Quicksand's hand, wanting to touch it. However, as soon as his hand approached the Book of Time, a little pale golden flame ignited on his fingertips. And so, the sound of killing pigs resounded throughout the room again.

"Divine power burns?!" Richard and Reilly said in surprise.

Quicksand nodded and said, "Now all of his fallen divine power is under my control. If this guy betrays me, the Divine Power Burning will kill him immediately. It was just a little punishment, and I hope he remembers. ”

As Quicksand's words fell, the flames on Marven's fingertips suddenly went out. He didn't even have the slightest scar on his hands, but the pain that penetrated deep into his soul was firmly engraved in the heart of the fallen priest.

"Go back first and listen to what the captives are saying. Hearing Quicksand's order, Marven immediately left with a foot knight.

After the Fallen Priest went out, Richard couldn't help but ask, "Why can he communicate with the divine power of the Eternal Dragon? In the Faro plane, I can barely feel the power of the Eternal Dragon." ”

Quicksand raised the Book of Time in his hand and said, "No matter what plane I am in, this Book of Time will allow me to communicate directly with the Eternal Dragon. ”

After the surrender was completed, Quicksand followed Richard into his room to work on the construction.