Looking at the backs of Faras and Alina hurriedly leaving. Ryan grabbed Red's hand and said, "Okay, you've been hiding for more than half a year, and you can't run away for a while, right? ”

Red smiled and said, "Don't worry, I may not be as good as you when it comes to fighting, but you will definitely be inferior to me when it comes to drinking." ”

"Haha, Red, you're too modest, aren't you?" Ryan deliberately joked with him while walking with Red, "You have been cultivating for so long, it won't be for, uh, lose weight, right?"

"What!" Red jumped up at once, and shouted angrily: "Who is it? Who is slandering me behind my back? Damn, it must be Alina! A handsome man like me can be regarded as the standard among men in terms of bearing and figure, a man of men! Do I need to lose weight? Do I need it? Alina, you little girl, you are jealous, yes, you are jealous of me! I curse you for having no breasts, and you will not find a man when you grow up!"

Ryan shrugged his shoulders, and Red naturally understood that he had guessed the right answer, he scolded a few more words, and then whispered to Ryan: "Well, I just said casually, don't tell Alina, otherwise she will definitely cause more trouble." ”

On the street, Alina, who was sitting in the carriage with Faraz, suddenly shivered and whispered, "Damn, who is talking bad about me behind my back?"

Ryan and Red arrived at Luke's study, and a servant quickly greeted him, and Red was familiar with this place, and he said with a big grin, "Bordeaux, the best one." Of course, the servant recognized Red, but he looked at Ryan first, and when he saw Ryan nod, he respectfully withdrew. Moments later, a bottle of Bordeaux wine that is more than 170 years old was served. Red's eyes lit up when he saw the bottle of Bordeaux, like a wind wolf who had been hungry for days saw delicious food.

"Not bad!" said Red, admiringly, "I remember that Bordeaux of this grade was basically only found in Chad's cellar." ”

"Yes. Ryan said, "But it's all Luke now." ”

Red didn't say much, he poured half a glass directly into the wine glass in front of him, then held up the crystal wine glass from below with three fingers, shook it slightly, and then used his nose to sniff the flavor emanating from the wine that had been deposited for nearly 200 years.

Ryan pulled over a chair and sat down on it, watching Rhett sniff the scent of Bordeaux with a face full of enjoyment. After a few moments, Red drank the half glass of Bordeaux with his neck on his back contentedly.

"It's really good. Red rolled his tongue in his mouth and said vaguely, "Those days of penance are really not people's. ”

Ryan was a little curious, so he asked, "What the hell is going on with this penance?"

Red said to Ryan with a face full of vicissitudes: "It's very simple, it's that you keep abusing yourself, and then satisfy the gods who are high up, and if you do this, you will be given more power." ”

Ryan couldn't help but feel funny when he saw what Red said so badly, he could already believe what kind of life Red had lived during this penance, otherwise this pious pastor would not have said such ugly words.

Red sighed and said to Ryan, "Ryan, on this continent, there are two kinds of spellcasters, one is a magician, such as you. The magician increases his own strength through meditation, for example, and then unleashes spells. But there is also a kind of clergy who can cast spells, such as priests and holy knights, such as me and Orlando. We have a different understanding of power than you, but our power is not really our own strength, but is given to us by God. ”

Simply put, we are religious enough to the God we believe in so that as a gift, our God will lend us a small portion of his power temporarily. For example, if I release a divine shield, a magic that protects me from my enemies, I will praise the Lord God in my heart and ask Him to grant me this power. Therefore, the more devout the priest, the faster the spell can be cast, and the more powerful it will be. ”

"Penance is to free one's body from the endless desires of the world by using the simplest way of life, and in this way to reduce the distractions of the heart, so that one can believe in our Lord God more devoutly, and in this way gain greater power. ”

"The power of the gods, is there really such power?" asked Ryan curiously.

"Absolutely. For example, my teacher, Master Ibel, can unleash the most powerful magic on the continent, the 'Great Prophecy'! Well, I should say that it is the most powerful in theory. No matter how strong the power of mortals is, it is incomparably small to the gods, and this magic is to modify the laws of the human world by borrowing the power of the gods. ”

"Laws?"

"Well, you don't know. ”

"Hey, Red, tell me about it. ”

"Okay, but that's a long story. ”

"No problem, we have time now, don't we?" Ryan said as he filled the glass in front of Red.

Red picked up his wine glass, took a sip, and said slowly: "Air, fire, flowing water, and earth, this is the power of the elements, and magicians usually use one of these four, such as your fireball technique. ”

Ryan nodded, not speaking.

Red continued, "But these forces are not the power of the Source. There are also the powers of plants that we often see, such as entanglement, which uses plants in nature to entangle opponents. There are also fear techniques, which are spiritual powers, which are not true origin powers, they have their own strengths, but they also have fatal weaknesses. For example, life corresponds to death, and fear comes from the power of spirits, which may be effective for living beings, but it is useless for an inanimate undead being, such as a skeleton warrior. ”

"We pastors use the power of God, and God is called God because they have an original power, which is 'order.' As I mentioned earlier, my teacher's most powerful magic, the Great Prophecy, actually used the power of God to modify the laws of the world and replace the old order with a new one. ”

"Order? Can you elaborate on that?"

"Absolutely. Red goes on to explain: "All forces must have two states, order or disorder. For example, the free fire elemental around us is actually non-order for the magician who has not cast a spell, and you use magic spells to bring them together, that is, to replace their original old order with a new order through your power, so the fireball spell was born. ”

"Ah, then, according to what you say, we are all gods. ”

"Well, of course not. Red hurriedly said, "But beware, you don't really have the power of this order. To use an analogy, the daily life of the inhabitants of a small town is generally disorderly, some farming, some hunting, some weaving, and some may be idle. But individually, they are all obeying their own order, for example, they have to live in various ways. The power of the mage is nothing more than the temporary ruler here, and you cast spells, recruit them into the army, and command them to fight, so that their own order is changed. But no matter how strong your power is, it can't change our human instinct to eat, rest, and even reproduce, in fact, this instinct is also a kind of order. ”

"What about the 'Great Prophecy'?"

"The caster of this magic can set his own rules, such as depriving the recipient of his powers, expelling intruders who do not belong to this plane, and so on. Let's put it this way, there are many levels of power in order, and the magician may be able to use the lowest one, which is to recruit a group of people into the army, while my teacher can use the intermediate power through the 'Great Prophecy', and only the gods can use the highest power. ”

"It's complicated!" Ryan shook his head and said, "It's okay if you don't say it, but I feel like I'm getting dizzy when I say that." There are still many things I don't understand about the power of this order. ”

"Of course!" Red poured himself another glass of Bordeaux and drank it down. After doing this, Red said faintly, "Dear Ryan, if you fully comprehend and master this source power, you will be a god. ”

Ryan shook his head helplessly and said, "Forget it, the more you talk about me, the more confused I become, don't mention this issue again, let's change the topic." How many people did we come to ask for help from the Church of Light this time? I forgot to ask just now, did everyone else arrange a place to live? Do you have any special requests?"

When Ryan mentioned this, Red's face slowly changed, and it became a little red, as if he was drunk. Ryan noticed the change in Red, and joked, "You've been suffering for more than half a year, and you won't even drink less, right?" I remember you and Oz were able to drink a few bottles in one sitting. ”

"Ryan, I'm sorry. Red suddenly spoke in a low tone.

Ryan felt a little strange in his heart, and he asked Red, "What's wrong?"

Red gathered his thoughts for a moment and explained to Ryan, "Actually, the Church of Light didn't send anyone at all. I came as an individual. ”

"How so?"

"The 'Great Prophecy' is a powerful force, a power that transcends this plane. There are gains and losses, and this magic can have some negative effects on the caster. ”

"But, Red. This thing and "

"Hear me out, Ryan. ”

"Well, you say. ”

"My teacher is very old and physically not as good as when he was younger, and he has used this forbidden power more than once in recent years. At the last coronation ceremony of Fernando XIII, in order to deal with the frost bone dragon that passed through the gate of time and space, my teacher had no choice but to use this magic again, and the result was that he was ill and now his body is extremely weak. ”