The change in the plot caused Luke to leave the Adventurers' Guild with mixed thoughts, and then it was time to really test the ability to develop the story.

Luke did not immediately return to the Fikochik house, and now was not the time to discuss world fashion with Mrs. Ficochik. Using his familiarity with the terrain, he crossed a path and climbed one more level of the mountain wall to get to the vicinity of the Abyss Temple before Egbert's sacrifice.

The former site of the Temple of Blood Oaths is a pyramid-shaped structure on the top of a hill, and the site is now only used for the celebration of the Great Festival. The hill below the temple was opened to create the Celtic Duke's castle, and the Abyss Temple was located on the lower level of the castle when it was not open to the public. Now that the Duke of Celtic openly recognizes the Abyssal Temple as the legitimate organization of the Tedgar Hills, the Abyss Temple has opened an entrance and exit for the handling of external affairs.

The gate of the Abyss Temple is located on the excavated mountain wall, and the four pillars with a height of ten meters are floating on top of the exquisite figures, which looks magnificent.

Outside the gate, guarded by a blood-sworn barbarian transformed by arcane magic, an eye dangling from the open foyer. The whites of the eyes are large, and the yellow orifices occupy only one-tenth of the entire front of the eyeball. The eyes are very alert, and anyone who passes by outside the gates of the Abyss Temple will attract its gaze. If you stay outside the door for too long for no reason, the yellow hole will turn red and a warning will be issued, and the blood-sworn barbarian will immediately come forward to interrogate him.

Luke saw that this eye was placed outside the gate of the temple, and quickly found the blind spot that the eye could not see. There are branches between a stone house and a large tree, and part of the view is blocked by stone pillars.

Luke hid behind a tree, observing the Abyss Temple through the foliage.

There are not many abyssal mages who come in and out, and they are all low-key, trying to wear hoods to hide their appearance. The eyes on the gate are very strict, and every person who enters and exits it must show his face and be recognized.

After waiting for a while, Luke saw the Egbert sacrifice.

He kept his head down, and his steps were a little hurried.

As he passed through the temple gates, he unveiled a badge and was about to go inside, but was warned by a piercing scream from his eyes.

A blood-sworn barbarian stepped forward, saluted respectfully, and then said, "Egbert Sacrifice, according to the orders of the apostles, anyone who enters or leaves the temple must be recognized by the True Eye. ”

Egbert sneered: "A guy who can only make small reports, has won the appreciation of Lord Victor by flattery and framing. ”

The True Eye let out a sharp sneer: "Egbert, I can take your slander as your envy of me. I was transformed into the Eye of True Sight by Lord Victor with the power of the abyss, and as Lord Victor's eyes, I watched your every move.

Don't do anything that harms the Temple of the Abyss, because you won't be able to escape my gaze on you! ”

Egbert lifted his hood and looked up at the True Eye: "I envy you, but I definitely don't slander you!" Don't think of making up lies about me, I accept the verdict of the abyss, and Lord Victor believes me. ”

The True Eye smiled, "Yes, you accepted the ruling of the Abyss, many people accepted the ruling of the Abyss, but what Lord Victor feared still did not come to fruition.

Who colluded with outsiders to betray the temple?

Is that you? ”

Egbert said angrily: "You don't have evidence, don't talk nonsense." ”

"Evidence? Go in, Egbert Sacrifice...... If it was really you, I would have found proof. ”

Egbert walked into the temple indignantly.

Luke cautiously exited the temple and stole a piece of clothing where no one was looking. After changing his clothes, he incarnated as an ordinary indigenous human in the Holy Mountain.

Follow the downward road for two blocks and turn into a narrow alley. I first spent money to buy a buckwheat cake at a pancake shop and exchanged it for some change.

After walking two steps, Luke gave the cake to the children who were playing on the side of the road, walked ten meters and turned to an ordinary stone house, and knocked on the slightly dilapidated wooden door.

A small window in the wooden door opened, and a man with sores on his face asked impatiently, "What's the matter?" ”

Luke took out the change he had just exchanged and found a worn-out note stained with a lot of Sacred Mountain's peculiar pine nut oil.

"My wife doesn't know what she is sick with, and she keeps coughing." Luke looked sad and handed the money in: "It was Old Ham who introduced me, and he said that you have a wizard's medicine here, a very magical medicine." ”

The sore-faced man took the money, looked at Luke again, and opened the door: "Come with me." ”

Luke looked around warily to make sure no one was paying attention before stepping inside.

Behind the door is a narrow passageway, with moss-covered stone walls on both sides, and large scorpions and centipedes can be seen everywhere. The sore-faced man walked ahead, chanting a spell in a low voice, and the poisonous insect was very spiritual to find a nearby gap to burrow into.

After walking about twenty meters down the crooked hallway, Luke followed the sore-faced man to a dark room.

In the middle of the room there is a large cauldron in which the bones of unknown animals are boiled, and the soup is thick green. The four walls of the room are shelves, filled with all kinds of materials, from animal limbs to bottles and cans containing unknown liquids.

The sore-faced man rummaged through the shelves and soon found a medicine jar. He took a small glass bottle, poured some powder from the medicine jar and filled the bottle, and finally scooped out some green soup from the pot and filled the bottle.

After a few hard shakes, he handed it to Luke.

"Let your wife drink before dinner, get some sleep, and you'll be fine tomorrow."

Luke took the bottle, and the green liquid inside looked disgusting.

"This ...... It's not what I thought, don't you ask about my wife's condition? ”

The sore-faced man said, "Ask or not, the potions I gave you are all this." A thousand Reichsmarks, you can pay for it. ”

"Didn't I just give money?" Luke asked, feigning puzzlement.

"That's just the door money." The sore-faced man smiled ugly: "Didn't Old Ham make it clear to you?" ”

"But this bottle of potion costs a thousand Reichsmarks, which is too expensive, isn't it?"

"A thousand Reichsmarks is not expensive compared to your wife's life. If the disease is not treated in time, it can kill people. ”

"But...... If the medicine is taken indiscriminately, it will also kill people. ”

The change in Luke's attitude made the sore-faced man suddenly alert: "Who are you?" ”

Luke handed the medicine bottle to the sore-faced man, "If you drink this medicine, I'll give you money." ”

The sore-faced man saw that Luke was not here to buy the medicine, and he immediately said sharply: "Boy, if you don't want to die, put the medicine down, and then leave the same way." I can be when you haven't been here otherwise, ......"

"Otherwise......" Luke took out his fiery feathered steel wings and flicked his hand into a two-handed sword, "what do you want to do with me?" ”

The sore-faced man was knowledgeable, and when he saw Luke take out such a high-grade alchemy weapon, he immediately softened and said, "Sir, I am just a potion buyer, and my medicine can really cure diseases." ”

Luke walked around the small room, and when he didn't see the person he was looking for, he asked the sore-faced man, "You're not a wizard, where is he?" ”

Hearing that Luke was here to find the wizard, the sore-faced man immediately said, "Something happened to the wizard, these medicines are left by him, they are very effective!" ”

"What happened to him?" Luke asked, walking back up to the sore-faced man.

The sore-faced man didn't answer immediately, and asked Luke vigilantly, "Who are you?" ”

Luke said, "The Abyss Temple will secretly use the nearby residents to conduct human experiments, and some people will unknowingly get sick and eventually die without being able to heal. An abyssal mage has a desire to make money, and whenever the Abyss Temple conducts human experiments, he develops corresponding healing potions.

And let you sell secretly. ”

The sore-faced man was shocked: "How do you know?" ”

Luke put his sword on the neck of the sore-faced man, "It doesn't matter how I know, I'm here to find this wizard, but he's not here." And also...... Let your little ones go back to their nests, my sword will definitely be faster than their poison. ”

Several scorpions that were secretly crawling towards Luke immediately turned around and left.

The sore-faced man said fearfully, "I'm sorry, sir." You didn't see the wizard this time because he was arrested. ”

"Go on!"

Luke's sword pressed against the sore-faced man's shoulder, and the heavy blade of the sword pressed against his body.

In order to get out of this situation, the sore-faced man immediately said what he knew.

"The other day, the wizard told me that he was fleeing from the Holy Mountain, and his whereabouts and a large amount of unknown money caused the Abyss Temple to investigate. I was supposed to pick him up and run away, but when it came to the appointed time, he didn't show up.

I think he must have been captured by the Abyss Temple. ”

Luke relaxed some of the pressure and asked the sore-faced man, "The wizard was arrested, but you didn't escape, did you hide something from me?" ”

The sore-faced man immediately replied, "I'm not done yet." Later, I received a message from a wizard using occult arts, saying that he was a minor character and that the Abyss Temple was busy interrogating the big names and did not have time to deal with him for the time being. ”

"And where?"

And then ...... He told me the recipe for the medicine and told me to continue buying medicine to make money. When he finds a way to escape, he can run away with the money. ”

Sure enough, it was the guy who wanted money to die.

Luke withdrew his sword and turned it into a dagger again.

He came to find a wizard this time, but the wizard was affected by the inner turmoil of the Abyss Temple.

This road doesn't work, what should I do?

Luke asked the sore-faced man, "It seems that your communication is smooth, do you have a way to pass on the message to the wizard?" ”

The sore-faced man didn't expect this kind of detail to be caught by the other party, so he had to continue to break the news: "The scorpion I trained dug a small passage to send the note to the wizard's prison." ”

Luke feels that the plot of the Abyss Temple has been changed too badly by the clear sky now, and finding other ways will not only have to face the changed plot, but also take a lot of risks.

Now that you've found this place, it's better to take it as a breakthrough point.

Luke took out a golden ticket: "I'm an Imperial agent." ”

The sore-faced man snatched the gold ticket from Luke's hand: "I am willing to serve the Empire!"

Sure enough, it's a raccoon dog!

Luke said to the sore-faced man, "Don't think that the wizard is a minor character, and the things he commits will not be taken seriously by the Abyss Temple. So many big people in the temple have been judged, and the fate of the small characters is probably to kill by mistake rather than let go. ”

Luke's words woke up the sore-faced man, he knew something about the Abyss Temple, and many powerful Abyss Mages said that they would never see each other again if they disappeared.

Under the pressure of this kind of wheel, what good end can a small character have?

"My lord, although I am in the Holy Mountain, my loyalty to the empire has never wavered."

Luke said, "I don't care if you're loyal to the Empire or not. As long as you work hard for the Empire, I guarantee that you will leave the Tedgar Hills safely and be properly settled. ”

As he spoke, Luke pulled out another golden ticket.

The sore-faced man immediately snatched it over: "Please rest assured, I will do whatever you ask me to do...... Can you rescue the wizard and pardon him for the crimes he once committed as an abyss mage? ”

"Absolutely!"

Luke's identity was revealed because he knew these two people, although they were greedy for money, they could be relied on at critical moments. They sell potions to people who have fallen for the secret arts, not only to make money, but also because of compassion.

A thousand Reichsmarks to save lives, it is indeed not expensive.

With Luke's promise, the crisis made the sore-faced man seem to grasp the straw that saved his life: "My lord, what should I do?" ”

Luke said, "Keep selling your medicine when nothing happens." Then tell the wizard that we are trying to find a way to save him...... Let him tell the story of the current state of the Abyss Temple. ”

"Yes, my lord, I'll contact him in the evening. Is there anything else I need to do? ”

"Don't be so nervous." Luke soothed the sore-faced man: "Relax, do whatever you have to do." You are doing things for the Empire now, and when the Empire's army captures the Holy Mountain, you will be the great hero of the Empire.

Only by putting the right mindset can you better serve the empire. ”

The sore-faced man asked, "Can the empire really fight here and capture the Holy Mountain?" ”

Luke said with a smile: "In terms of industrial power and war potential, the Tedgar Hills are not comparable to the Empire, and all Duke Celtic can rely on is the secret magic provided by the Abyss Temple.

What the Abyss Temple looks like now, you should know better than me, an outsider. Even the big guys are worried, every day is like walking on thin ice, how long can the Abyss Temple last?

The Tedgar Hills have been able to hold out until now because the northern frontier of the empire has been invaded by the Atlantic Union. Wait for the Empire to solve the troubles in the north...... There is no need to even settle the troubles of the North, the Empire can solve the rebellion of the Duke of Celts with the Northern Legion alone. ”

The sore-faced man said, "But I heard that the Northern Legion is negotiating with the Duke of Celt to unite with the Barbarian Legion to avenge the Grand Prince Fania. ”

Luke smiled and said, "Revenge, who to take revenge?" Is the emperor's grandson Zinke ready to kill his grandfather and kill the monarch to avenge his father?

This is a family affair of the Golden Shield royal family, and the imperial grandson Zinkelai wants to prove that he is different from Fania, re-participate in the competition for the throne, and defeat the Duke of Celt in order for him to qualify.

Do you think the Barbarian Legion is qualified to unite with the Northlands? ”