Chapter 43: The Dark Eye's Divine Stick Quest

"Three with one!"

"Bomb, bomb!"

"I'll blow it up too!"

"Hey, Barlow, four cards of the same kind are called bombs, and if you don't play four cards together, you're bombs. ”

"Tsk, that's troublesome. ”

"What's wrong with this rule?!"

"I, I'm out of a pair of fives. ”

"To 8. ”

"Then I've got a pair of patterns!"

"Barlow...... That's called the right king, this is also a bomb, you just hit this right 8?!"

"Why did the bomb become two again, are you kidding me?"

"I ......"

"Four for a while, two for a while, you're really playing tricks on me, do you want to fight?!"

“#¥%*(*”

A group of three people playing cards started fighting again, and Hades passed by the doorway, dodging the scattered sword qi with a blank face, and walked away slowly.

Finally tidying up the dormitory, Ivo munched on spicy grass and betel nut in the hallway, looking helpless.

"Son of the Devil. ”

Ivo's eyes flickered, and Paro suddenly appeared in front of him, and said respectfully: "The church has a task for me, and I need to leave for a while. ”

"What mission?" asked Ivo curiously.

Paro hesitated for a moment, thinking of Ivo's identity, so he no longer hid it: "The demon idol at the headquarters has sensed a new believer in the kingdom of Lasses, and needs me to recruit new members. ”

Sounding interesting, Ivo's eyes lit up: "Then can I go too?"

"Your Excellency is the son of the Devil, and of course you can go with you, in Squirrel Town, eighty miles north of Lasses City. ”

"Then I'll go and see. ”

......

Squirrel Town is a canyon town, built beneath a barren hill, full of wind and sand, and exuding a barren atmosphere everywhere.

Two men covered in black hooded robes and wearing white masks with only their eyes on their faces slowly walked into this sparsely populated town, their faces and figures tightly obscured, none other than Ivo and Paro.

Ivo looked left and right, "There don't seem to be many men in this town. ”

Paro pointed to a maroon mountain in the distance: "That's the Sharp Knife Ridge, there is a vein of silver, it is said that a thousand pounds of silver ore can produce a gram of Mithril, Mithril has excellent magical adaptability, it is one of the preferred materials for enchantment, Squirrel Town is a mining town, and most of the men are called into mine coolies by the town's march." ”

Ivo looked sideways: "You know a lot. ”

"The Dark Eye will go through a lot of investigation before recruiting new believers, and prevention is a trap for the Holy See. ”

......

In a remote low house in Squirrel Town, a wrinkled old man kneels in a strange charcoal-drawn array surrounded by several animal hearts, as well as bat wings and goat horns.

This is a folk method of sacrificing demons, which is considered a heretical act by the Holy See, and will be severely punished once discovered.

It is said that this method of sacrifice lasts for thirteen days before it works, and this is already the thirteenth day of the old man's sacrifice, and with excitement and fear, he folds his hands in front of his lips and mutters a prayer for his success.

Bang, the door of the low house was pushed open, the old man was startled, and when he looked back to see that it was his 16-year-old daughter Judy, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then said angrily: "Judy, I told you not to disturb me during my sacrifice!"

Judy has a lilac shoulder-length hair, tied into a ponytail with a white cloth, good looks, a beauty mole at the corner of her mouth, although she is 16 years old, her figure has begun to take shape, wearing a tight leather armor and leather boots, under the leather armor is a white wrap, binding the straight chest, easy to move, she carries a slender double sword, a heroic female warrior outfit.

Judy said angrily: "Father, how can you sell your soul to the devil, the priest of the church said that the devil is a fraudster. ”

The wrinkles on his father's old Ford's face deepened, and he sighed deeply: "The mayor of the town forcibly conscripted your brother to become a coolie, the Sharp Knife Mine is a real hell on earth, you can't live there for more than two weeks, and now only the devil can save your brother." ”

Judy stomped her foot and said angrily, "I'm already an elite fighter, and I can save my brother on my own." ”

Aggressively, there was a knock on the door, old Ford hurriedly packed up the sacrificial things, Judy opened the door with a vigilant face, and two white-masked and black-robed men stood outside the door, shrouded in shadows.

Judy's vigilance raised again, "Who are you?"

Ivo said in a hoarse voice, "Who brought the call of the devil? Who left a thousand years of hope? Who longed for the power of the devil? Who fell into despair? Who ......?"

Judy and Old Ford opened their mouths with a confused expression, and Paro coughed quietly, interrupting Ivo, who was self-effaced: "My lord, we usually introduce ourselves first. ”

"Tell me earlier...... Ahem, we are members of the Dark Eyes Church, demons are our common totem, who is calling us?"

Old Ford was instantly excited, and said incoherently: "I, it's me, I really came...... I hope you can help me!"

Ivo said hoarsely, "We are the messengers of the devil, and we will only help the devout believers." ”

Judy, who was on the side, suddenly shouted: "Wait, I can't trust you, who knows if you are impersonating!"

Judy didn't believe that the folk rituals of demons could actually summon demon messengers, and she thought that someone must have gotten the information that her father was trying to deceive them, and she had never heard of the name "Church of the Dark Eyes".

Ivo looked at Judy and continued to pretend to be a magic stick: "Girl, how do you believe it?"

"Take off your hood and mask first, so I can see what you look like. Judy said flatly.

"No way. ”

Judy suddenly drew her sword and pulled it in her hand, the long sword resting on Ivo's shoulder, and she said threateningly: "Then I can only do it myself." ”

The little lady has a pretty hot temper.

Ivo laughed dumbly, and the next moment after Judy finished speaking, Paro beside him almost condensed into a real murderous aura and attacked the girl, he could not tolerate anyone threatening Ivo's safety.

In Judy's senses, another silent man in black suddenly became tall and occupied all sight, obscuring the sky and the sun, and an endless sense of oppression and fear welled up in her heart, as if she had turned into a shivering little white rabbit, facing a bloodthirsty jungle cheetah, and her proud elite warrior strength was not worth mentioning under the pressure of terror.

Judy's face turned pale, her legs were so weak that she almost sat down, she couldn't hold the sword in her hand, and when there was a thud, the sword fell to the ground.

Paro put away her murderous aura, Judy stepped back again and again, gasping for breath, and looked at the two black-robed people she thought were liars in shock, at this time she felt that the two of them were full of mystery all over their bodies, especially the black-robed people who exuded murderous aura just now seemed to be looking at Ivoma, wouldn't that mean that the black-robed people who had been talking were more powerful?

She was secretly afraid that she would dare to threaten such a powerful existence, but fortunately, the two of them didn't seem to be angry.

"Now, you believe it. Ivo mentally gave this wave of pretense 82 points, and the remaining 18 points were treated to himself in the form of 666.

Old Ford hurriedly invited the two to sit down, and Judy's face turned red and white, picked up the long sword, and stood aside and stared at the two.

Ivo took on the role and began to communicate with old Ford, "Believer, what made you call us in despair?"

Old Ford sighed: "Alas, since the change of mayor four years ago, the adult men of Gray Squirrel Town will be forcibly recruited by the mayor to work as miners in the Sharp Knife Mine, the overseers of the Sharp Knife Mine are a group of bullies and moths, after the forced conscription period is over, less than half of the men can return to the town alive, my son Bruce was drafted two weeks ago, I'm afraid, I'm afraid ......"

Ivo took the portrait of the elder Ford's son, with brown hair, emaciated cheeks, and a look of chronic malnutrition.

Bruce uses the money he saves to support Judy's warrior practice in the town's warrior association. ”

Judy gritted her teeth and nodded silently.

Paro nodded, and took out the parchment scroll of the Demon Faith Contract, "As long as you sign your name on the contract, you can never betray the demon's faith, and we will help you rescue Bruce." ”

"I, I sign. Old Ford picked up the pen slowly, Judy immediately stopped her father, glared at Ivo and the two, although she was afraid of the unfathomable strength of the two, but she couldn't watch her father sell his soul: "I will save my brother myself, you can't exchange your soul for the devil!"

The scene was deadlocked, Judy did not agree to old Ford signing the contract, Ivo smiled: "In this case, we can rescue your son first, advance our assistance, whether it succeeds or not, we will force you to sign the contract." ”

The faith contract has long been invalidated under the black hands of Demacia, and no one has yet discovered the Dark Eye, so Ivo naturally doesn't care about the so-called "contract constraints".

Ignoring his daughter's resistance, Ford Sr. was pleasantly surprised: "I appreciate the generosity of the two adults. ”

Ivo and Paro glanced at each other and turned to leave Old Ford's house, Judy looked at the backs of the two and bit her lip tightly, she knew that once these two "devil messengers" rescued Bruce, they would no longer give their father the choice of betrayal, with the power they just showed, she and her father could not resist at all.

"No, I can't let my father throw myself into the arms of the devil!" Judy looked firm, "I must inform the priest of the Holy See and remove these two heretics!"

"But......" Judy clenched her fists: "They are going to save my brother, if I notify the Holy See now, it will be difficult to rescue my brother with my own strength." ”

Judy made a decision, she went to hide near the Sharp Knife Mine one step ahead, and if the two "devil's messengers" really rescued her brother, she would immediately go to the Holy See and let the priests deal with the two of them, which would not only save her brother from his predicament, but also prevent his father from becoming a heretic.

She secretly admired her wit.

......

In the church of Squirrel Town, a dusty team of eight people entered the back hall, all dressed in silver armor, and the priests of the church greeted them respectfully.

The official name of the Holy See is the "Garden of the Gods", and the doctrine is the four major god systems on the side of the order of faith, bringing together the followers of all the gods, and is a behemoth-like organization.

The Holy See has established churches in all the civilizations of the five continents, and the priest is the most junior position, the missionary who spreads the teachings.

The Holy See does not enforce the belief of the people in a particular deity, but rather sends priests who also believe in the gods of the region according to the traditional beliefs of each region (of course, it must belong to one of the four major gods of the order), which is very popular with the people.

In addition to the Abraham continent, the believers of the four major god systems are distributed in the other four continents, Friga believes in the northern gods, Muir believes in the celestial gods, Odin believes in the Odin gods in the Odin continent, and Carthage believes in the nature gods.

This group of knights in silver armor has many names, such as the "Night Watch" who guards the dawn, the "Bell Ringers" who ring the death knell for heresy, and the "Holy Silver Dagger" in the hands of the gods......

In the Inquisition, they are officially referred to as "Templars".

The Templars' duty was to clear heresies, scout areas suspected of being infested by dark forces, and hide in the darkness to protect the purity of the faith.

This small group of Templars wore silver-white temple armor, with a red, white, and blue skirt sewn on the waist of the armor, the skirt cloth covered their legs, and the "scepter" emblem of the Holy See was embroidered on it.

Seven of them wore white gloves and their faces were obscured by parrot-beak helmets, giving them the aura of elite knights.

The captain at the head was not wearing a helmet, his expression was grim, his armor was more elaborate and intricate, and he was wearing a red cloak.

The Templars were divided into four classes, the number of heads of heretics was the Templars' merit book, the senior Templars could command the low-ranking ones, and the highest level was the "Black Robe Grand Judge", which could only be promoted by the Pope, and was on the same level as the "Cardinal Archbishop", "White Priest", and "High Priest of the Holy Word" of the Holy See.

This group of Templars, the second-level Inquisitors, led by seven of the most rudimentary "White Gloves", had just completed a mission to scout the ruins and were passing by the area to renovate.

"Rest for the day in Squirrel Town today, and arrive in Lasses City tomorrow at noon, and hand over the 'key' we brought out of that ancient ruin to Lasses Cathedral, and they will organize a man to explore the ruins that no one has ever set foot on, and maybe there is a clue to the whereabouts of the missing Cardinal. ”

"Yes. ”

A brass-colored disc lies silently in the Adjudicator Captain's package, and on the surface of the disc there is a clear notch - "Augusta".

(Does anyone remember this guy, his name appears once.) )