Chapter 50: The Bishop's Visit
During his days of recuperation at Lynches Manor, Ivo discovered that the Templars often came to interrogate them, and after questioning, he learned that the Holy See had defined them as high-risk heretics and carried out a city-wide manhunt.
Ivo thought to himself that it was good that he and Paro were tightly wrapped at the time, otherwise they would have been gg.
The Templars were suspicious of his identity and often interrogated Ivo, who had been in the city of Lasses for less than a year, when he suddenly appeared in the circle of nobles of unknown origin, and was now half a member of the Linchez family, which was very suspicious.
Ivo was not afraid, but he was also overwhelmed, and the tone of some Templars in particular made him very unhappy, as if he had decided that he was guilty, and that he was quibbling everything.
Of course, with Linches's protection, and the lack of heresy in him, the Templars finally died.
After ten days of recuperation, Ivo has recovered from his injuries, and Paro reports the good news that the Dark Eye is curious about the identity of his Demon Son, and a bishop will visit him to investigate and determine Ivo's Demon Son.
Ivo was looking forward to it, too, but he didn't expect the bishop to come so soon.
In the middle of the night, Ivo was reading a book in his room, when the curtains suddenly went windless, and Palo and another man in black robes and hoods appeared by the window.
Ivo had gotten used to their habit of walking through the window and looked at strangers, "May I ask who you are?"
"Sistin Gloma," the stranger lifted his hood, and a long brown hair flowed out, revealing a thin and handsome cheek under the hood, which looked to be only about twenty years old, with a pair of emerald green pupils, like fluorite texture, he maintained a graceful smile, turned his head slightly and nodded: "One of the bishops of the dark eye." ”
"Hello, Bishop of Sistin," Ivo shook his hand, feeling that the palm of Sistine was not warm at all, not at all like a living person, he was a little surprised, "I am Ivo Harrican, the son of the devil in your mouth, no offense, but Bishop, your hand seems to be a little cold. ”
The Sistin smiled nonchalantly, "Well, because I'm not human, I'm a Bloodline." ”
Ivo sighed in surprise, the blood race, the race that thinks they are noble and awesome! The most important thing is that they can resist aging by sleeping, and their lifespan is almost infinite! After listening to so many legends, today I finally see the living...... Although it does not count as alive in the physical sense.
Sisdin smiled, "Seeing is believing, I wish I could feel your demonic aura for myself." ”
Ivo nodded, allowing Demacia to release his breath, and the aura like a demon king descended again, even the breeze was suffocated by this, the trees stopped shaking, and turned into a silent picture, and Sistine was a little calm.
This scene lasted for a second, Demacia retracted his breath, and Sistine exclaimed, "It turns out that this is the son of the devil, to be honest, there were three bishops who were suspicious of you at first, but I believe that they will not have any doubts in the future." ”
Ivo laughed, "That's good. ”
Confirming Ivo's identity, the Sistin relaxed a lot, sat down gracefully, and said with a smile: "The Dark Eye was established fifty years ago, and Lord Darkness is our totem, and in fifty years, Lord Darkness has only manifested three times, but each time he has saved us from great evil, and he is the true god of mercy (Demacia scoffed). The power of the Dark Eye is mainly concentrated in the Abraham continent, we have thousands of believers, dozens of deacons like Paro, and six bishops, compared to the really huge force, the Dark Eye is still very immature, but we are hidden in the shadows, and we have a natural advantage. ”
Ivo asked suspiciously, "Actually, what I want to ask is why the Eyes of Darkness is founded to worship the darkness...... My lord, or is it for some other purpose?"
Sistine: "The first manifestation of the Dark Lord tells us a secret, the last prophecy of the old gods before they disappear - the Dusk Prophecy, which predicted the end of the gods, the species, and the world, a cleansing and reorganization. ”
"'The seven suns will go down, the three moons will perish, and those who steal the fruit will never be forgiven. The three crows of fate kick off the Fallen Age, and the Forsaken will reappear in the world. When the red and black demons turn against each other, when evil bears the name of sin, and a fire appears at the end of dusk, burning the world, the devils gaze at the ashes and ruins, and smile at each other. This is the twilight prophecy. ”
"What the sun and moon crows," the corners of Ivo's mouth twitched slightly, "Isn't this similar to the line I pretend to be a god stick." ”
Sistine: "We don't know when the prophecy will come true, but the church is ready to face the time of prophecy. ”
Ivo hehe, after I survived 2012, I no longer believe in the so-called prophecy.
The Sistin didn't care either, and suddenly smiled mysteriously: "Ivo, I actually brought you a gift." ”
"What gift?"
Sistin took out a black ring, the texture was shiny, like black jade, the surface was flowing with a dark green luster, and silver characters were engraved on it, the bishop handed the ring to Ivo, and suddenly stood up and said: "Ivo Harrican, wear the Ring of Darkness, you will be the seventh bishop of the Dark Eye." ”
Ivo was mentally prepared for this, the son of the devil had a high status in the eyes of the dark, and Paro also decided that Ivo would become a bishop early on.
Taking the ring, Ivo put it on his left index finger, and Demacia sighed, "It actually contains a dark trace of origin, and I am really willing to pay for it, this is a good thing." ”
Sistine explained: "The Ring of Darkness is a treasure ring given to the bishop by Lord Darkness, there are nine in total, each with different abilities, this one has the ability to turn the afterimage generated by high-speed movement into an entity, which is equivalent to a doppelganger, with 30% to 50% of the strength of the body, the doppelganger remains for half an hour, and the number of doppelgangers depends on how many afterimages can be left by the wearer's speed, and can only be used once a day. ”
Ivo was amazed, the abilities of clones were rare, and physical clones were even rarer.
Demacia said that the abilities of the four lords of Purgatory are different, Lao De's specialty is the Frost Flame, which is versatile and powerful, and the power that Ivo can exert is less than one thousandth of his peak moment, and his body can't bear the too strong Frost Flame for the time being, only when he becomes stronger, the power of the Frost Flame will gradually be liberated.
The abilities of the Darkness focus on the shadow, spirit, and illusory aspects, and the Darkness and the Plague are the two oldest Demon Lords, and although Lao De does not admit it, these two have more comprehensive abilities.
Ivo doesn't rely on speed and can only throw out an afterimage, but it is foreseeable that as his strength increases, the effect of the Ring of Darkness will become stronger and stronger.
"Thank you for your gift, Bishop of Sistine. ”
"It's just an appetizer," Sistin said with a smile, handing Ivo a black book, "The Church will hand over the property in the Kingdom of Lasses to the new bishop." ”
Ivo gasped, but he used a straight hook to fish two days ago, and someone really wanted him to be the CEO, so he would simply change his name to Jiang Wo in the future, or Yi Ziya would be fine.
There are very few followers of the Dark Eye in the Kingdom of Lasses, only one hundred and twelve, and Paro is the only deacon and master, and Ivo is full of sympathy: "No wonder you are so busy, you need to go out in person to attract believers to join the church." ”
Although the number of people is scarce, but resources are the most important thing, Ivo looked at the property accounting on the black book, and secretly said: "Hoarded weapons, equipment, food, leather, magic gems, alchemy props, spell scrolls...... There are even war horses in captivity in the valley, worth tens of millions of Benas. ”
"It's all an asset to the church, and you can mobilize resources in small amounts, and if there is a plan for a large transfer, you need to inform the church and all the bishops vote together. ”
"So what am I going to do?"
"Just supervision," Sistin laughed, "and you don't need to be involved in the operation of the industry." ”
Ivo thought to himself that this was reasonable, and if he gave so many assets to the new bishop, anyone would be at ease.
Although he got a lot of benefits, he was worried in his heart, pie will not fall from the sky, all the investments are to achieve greater benefits in you, and the ability to be favored by the dark eye is only this "son of the devil".
He didn't know exactly what the purpose of the Dark Eye was, but he could feel that it could be very dangerous for him.
Sistin took out a dark gold pocket watch and looked at it, and said, "It's not early, I'm very satisfied with this meeting." ”
Ivo shook the ring: "I am also very pleased with Your Excellency's gift. ”
"A word of advice for you, don't go out on the streets these days......" Sistin smiled meaningfully, and his body suddenly dispersed into a group of small bats and flew out of the window, blending into the night sky, and quickly left.
Ivo looked out at the flock of bats in the distance under the night sky, "Paro ...... Don't you all think it's awesome not to go through the front door?!"
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Early the next morning, Ivo returned to the academy and took a deep breath of fresh air.
After putting the bed away, ignoring the shouting Ander and the shouting Barlow, he came to Maboyav's office and said straight to the point: "Teacher, I want to learn the art of shielding. ”
Maboyav raised his head with a slightly different expression: "Shield?" He stood up, walked back and forth, patted his head, pulled out an old book from the shelf, and handed it to Ivo, "This is my private collection of shield combat skills "Spin Step", I have traveled to the elven country, this is the elven high-level shield combat skill, very rare, you take it to practice, if you don't understand anything, just come and ask me." ”
The academy teaches many common schools of warfare, but Ivo only understands and borrows from them, and does not practice them in depth, because the combat techniques he has learned are obviously more subtle, and he does not need to spend energy on other combat techniques for the time being.
The instructor only teaches the students ordinary combat skills, but Ivo is a student who is unanimously favored by the president and vice principal of Hurricane Academy, and Maboyav can do almost everything he wants, even teaching him high-level combat skills in his private collection.
Ivo took the book of combat skills, bowed and thanked him, then opened the Spin Step, read it carefully, and gradually revealed joy.
The elves' combat skills are known for their agility, subtlety, and flexibility, and the "spinning step" is not so much a shield combat skill, but rather a flexible footwork with a shield, characterized by moving at high speed with a shield to block a stormy attack.
The spinning step is also one of the advanced foundations of the elven combat skills, Ivo's impression of the elven battle is only that I don't stop spinning and jumping, I used to watch "The Hobbit", and those elves fight are not always turning.
The book describes the training methods in detail, the exercises of the body, the speed of the exercises, and the detailed explanations of footwork, and Ivo only needs to follow the map and slowly become proficient.
The spin step focuses on speed, and it just so happens that you have the Ring of Darkness, and speed has become an important part of your strength.
Ivo secretly estimated that when he mastered the spin step to the mastery level, his speed would be greatly increased, and he would be able to throw out two afterimages, which would double the effect of the Ring of Darkness's afterimage clone.
"Thank you so much, Mentor Maboyav. Ivo thanked him sincerely.
"Train well and you'll be the pride of the academy. Maboyav smiled.
After Ivo left, Maboyav continued to work at his desk, when there was a knock on the door, and a middle-aged man with a mustache and dressed in the standard aristocratic attire of Lasses entered the study, wearing a white aristocratic shirt with a wrinkled neckline, a white fur scarf, a white feathered wide-brimmed hat, high riding boots, and leggings, and a curved cane hanging from his forearm in front of his abdomen.
Sir David, the only nobleman of the Hurricane Academy, is also the mentor of the Swordsman Department.
David frowned and said, "Just now I saw the freshman of the warrior department leave with your treasured combat skills book, which you handed him over?"
Although Maboyaf is the vice-principal, there is a natural gap between the status of commoners and nobles - although he is only the lowest-level knight, and David is also an old man of the academy, he has helped them solve many problems with his aristocratic status, Maboyaf hardly puts on the majesty of the vice-principal in front of David, and said kindly: "Yes, David, I gave it to him." ”
David snorted: "You forgot the rules of the academy, high-level combat skills can only be taught to students who have been in school for two years and above, you have broken the rules." ”
This rule is mainly to protect the high-level combat skills of the academy and not spread widely.
Where there are people, there is fighting, not to mention the professionals whose combat effectiveness surpasses ordinary people, and the fire is very strong, although the Hurricane Academy is not well managed, but the swordsman department and the warrior department have always maintained the momentum of competition.
"Ivo is a very talented student and I think very highly of him. ”
Davy's tone was not good: "I think he's average, he looks stupid, and Ocott has more potential than him." ”
Maboyaf said helplessly: "Time will prove his potential." ”
David snorted coldly: "In two months, it will be the academy's outing experience, this time I will lead the team, and I will take good care of the genius you said." ”