Chapter 329: The Gatekeeper
"Your Excellency?"
The Noldor guards outside finally arrived, but it was dark in the barracks, and there was no sound, and the Noldor did not dare to release their arrows.
Risadiran heard Leon's shouts, and he led several Noldor with swords and shields to rush into the barracks, but the door was blocked from the inside.
The guards didn't know what was going on inside, and although they could all tell where Leon was, they didn't dare to act rashly, and Risardiran waved his hand, allowing the Noldors to surround the place for the time being.
"Your Excellency Leon...... You're not my opponent, let the people outside back out of the way, I'm not going to hurt you, but don't hinder me either! ”
Irano's voice could be heard from the dark barracks.
"It's true that I'm no match for you, but if you attack me again, you'll definitely be dead. So, let's talk...... lest one accidentally become doomed. ”
Leon felt a fire fold from his body—a fire fold that had been improved along with a grenade, made of a fire rope and cotton and linen mixed with some gunpowder, and it burned when it was blown, which was quite easy to use.
"That's good...... I just tried to coerce you out of here...... You ask the people outside to step away first. ”
Illano, or the prophetess, also knew very well that this was in Leon's barracks, and if she had succeeded in the sneak attack just now, it would have been fine, but now that Leon's guards had come, killing Leon again would indeed be tantamount to dooming together.
Prophets are strong, but they cannot be defeated by a thousand.
"Risa Dilan, step back fifty paces."
Li Ang gave a loud order, and indeed made his subordinates retreat.
Fifty paces apart was no different from five paces apart for Noldor - they were all within range of their bows anyway, and a little farther would be more powerful......
But seeing that Li Ang cooperated, the prophetess obviously felt a little more secure, and her voice became a little more relaxed: "Your Excellency Li Ang, I really don't want to be your enemy...... I also have questions for you. ”
Leon blew the fire and lit it, and the fire lit up the barracks.
The temperament of 'Illano' on the other side has completely changed - the youthful vitality of a twenty-year-old girl is completely invisible in her eyes full of vicissitudes, and her indifferent expression looks familiar.
This should be the prophet who once repelled Li Ang, the one who was beaten and beaten by the 'New Year's Greeting Sword Technique', and Li Ang saw it.
It's amazing, although the image has changed, but it can still be recognized through the temperament and tone of speech, it must be her.
Recognizing this prophet, Li Ang breathed a sigh of relief—this might be the most powerful of the three prophets, but since he had defeated her before, he could naturally deal with her now.
This is supposed to be the prophetess who called herself 'Sercy' and came to investigate the situation around Foxtown.
"What do you call it?"
Leon slowly squatted down, picked up the oil lamp that had fallen on the wall, lit it, and asked the prophetess very calmly.
"Midia. Where's my sister? Anna and Sersi ......"
The prophetess's attitude was also calm, and she even sat down, which was Leon's chair.
After losing the table, the chair was left alone in the middle of the room.
Leon took a step to the side with the oil lamp, pulled the table that was scattered by the wall, and sat on the half-edge of the table: "Are they really called Anna and Cersei?" ”
"Of course. I know you're in control of the Lion City...... I also know they're not dead, but I want to know, where are you trapping them? ”
Midia still clung to the Codex of Heresy in her hands, and her words seemed to be assured.
Leon was a little surprised—if the other two prophets really called these two names, then ......
No wonder I couldn't find Anna and Sercy!
That fat cook lady named Sersi is probably Serxi!
And Anna, I'm afraid she really jumped off the building - Anna deliberately drew Leon or others to look down from the window!
She just deceived everyone in this way, making Leon think that it was just a blood oath witch who jumped off the building, so that she thought that she had already changed her body and left!
In fact, that Anna must have been in the body of the blood-sworn witch at the time!
Then, the body of the Blood-Oathed Witch was thrown in the morgue of the House of Nobles for a few days, and then the body was transported out of the city and burned by the Noldors.
In between, no one except the Noldor Guard and Leon himself entered or left the House of Lords.
There shouldn't be any problems with the Noldors, which is why Leon has been using the Noldor Elves to seal the House of Lords, but Midia can still be sure that Anna is not dead......
Wait a minute...... King Ulrique's body was also placed in the same morgue - it could not be left out to dry, it would rot......
I see!
Fawsett had previously sent Wendy a message that he thought the Three Prophets might be hiding in the corpses of the House of Nobles. However, due to the existence of the Forbidden Demon Tower, forcibly casting spells will inevitably be counterattacked, so Forsette believes that where the corpse is, Anna is there.
And Leon burned all the corpses to be on the safe side, including the broken corpses made by Sercy, and the matter was over.
But King Ulrik's body would not be burned—the king would have to bury his whole body......
As for Sercy...... She probably also forcibly cast a spell to change her body, and she deliberately changed it to the fat cook lady Sessi - this cook lady is indeed called Sessi.
In other words, the three prophets conspired with Brennus for all the in the palace ten years ago!
Sersi should have been telling the truth from beginning to end, and she did cooperate like an ordinary person when she was in the throne room......
This allowed her to successfully hide from the world, but she must have also lost her mana, and is currently in the Lion Lake City prison, under supervision.
Amy wouldn't be in any danger, would she?
Hopefully, Sersi's mana doesn't recover......
May Anna still be in Ulrique's grave!
Leon was a little nervous.
However, this Midia seems to think that Leon has captured the other two prophets......
"You're trying to rescue Anna and Sercy, right...... Anna in Ulrique's grave; Sercy is in prison, and she's a fat cook now. ”
Leon wasn't lying, and Medea couldn't get out of here anyway, she couldn't save her sister.
Presumably this answer was quite in line with Midya's expectations, she breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "Good...... If you want to know anything, just ask. ”
"So, tell me first, how is Illano? How did you control her? ”
Leon first asked about the body that Midia was using at the moment - Irano was not some blood-sworn witch or doom inducer, this was a determined female warrior, and she could stay by Roland's side for so long, Leon could not believe that she was a puppet of the Three Prophets.
"You mean this girl, right? Give me a body and I'll be able to leave her, and she'll be safe...... This body wasn't for me. ”
Midia frowned again, she seemed to look a little pained.
"Can you take possession of anyone's body? If you have such ability, why should you be a prophet......"
Li Ang also frowned, if the Three Prophets could have the ability to forcibly control anyone's body at will, it would be terrifying......
But this can't be, otherwise why would they make so many famous halls?
"Of course not...... Like you, we can only forcibly suppress the souls of the weak. ”
Midia glanced at Leon, and her voice became very soft: "Your Excellency Leon, you are actually the same as us, right?" …… You have no body, this body does not belong to you...... You are the Chosen One! ”
Leon looked at Midia in surprise, this prophetess was actually right.
It seems that the three prophets were indeed able to see things that others could not.
Like what...... Soul.
But Leon didn't answer, but changed the subject: "Can you use witchcraft to suppress other people's souls and replace them?" That is, my soul is not safe either? ”
"You have Noldor blood in you, I can see it...... Noldor's bloodline is actually equivalent to the forbidden magic array, and our magic will not work...... Otherwise, I would have controlled you, not this little girl. I wonder, how did you take possession of this body? ”
Midia squinted at Leon, "If I hadn't been able to see your soul, I would have thought you were some abyss demon......"
"So, your sorcery is really only useful for human souls......"
Leon understood what Midia meant, and he and Agrim were truly of the same kind—both of them were spirits summoned from the Otherworld, except that Leon happened to be a human.
Midia shook her head slowly and sneered: "Witchcraft? Scold...... Your Excellency Leon, we are not using witchcraft. If I told you that soul possession is a divine skill possessed by both the Goddess of Justice and the Goddess of Darkness, would you believe it? ”
"I believe ......"
Leon smiled: "I even think that it is because you have mastered such a divine technique that you will leave the Temple of Justice and change from the priest of Astaria to the prophet of Ereda......"
Midia obviously didn't expect Leon to react like this, she was completely stunned: "Do you believe it? ”
Li Ang nodded very seriously: "Of course, the better the reputation of the god, the more such ability is needed......"
“…… You're not what we thought you were, and I thought you were Asteria's lackey...... In that case, Lord Leon, let's make a deal......"
Midia showed a surprised expression, she paused, and made a request: "You release Anna and Sercy, I will give this girl back to you, and we three sisters can do things for you—you should also know that we have done a lot for King Ulrik, and you will need us." ”
"I don't want to end up like Ulrique...... And, Midia, if I'm guessing correctly, you should have met Agraeme, right? ”
Leon glanced at the Codex of Heresy that was hugged tightly by Midia: "Agraim must have been summoned by you using the Codex of Heresy, right?" ”
"Heresy Codex? You mean the Gate of the Abyss, right? It's not me, it's another group of people who summoned Agraim, a bunch of fools who don't understand anything. I did meet Agraim two days ago, but it actually found me on its own initiative - it snatched the Abyssal Portal from me. ”
Midia shook her head, explaining it very cheerfully, without the slightest pause or reflection.
"What the hell does the Abyss Gate do? I've heard that you stole the heresy code from the Temple of Justice thirty years ago...... Why? ”
Leon looked at Midia, and judging by her attitude towards the heretical codex, he thought she was telling the truth.
"The so-called heretical code is the door to the abyss of blood...... We took it from the temple thirty years ago, just to better protect it from the reappearance of the Spooky Eye in this world. We were the appointed gatekeepers of Goddess Ereda, and we lived in the Abyssal Gate until then......"
Midia replied quickly, and it didn't look like a lie.
Leon looked at Midia in surprise: "So, the dark goddess Ereda and Agraem are enemies?" Then why do those heretical invokers who summon demons claim to be followers of the Goddess of Darkness? ”
"It's just a dirty splash...... Agraem is the Abyss Demon, and he is an enemy of all the gods! Goddess Ereda has always been the watcher of the abyss, the patron saint who keeps the demons at bay! But the world has forgotten her...... That self-proclaimed righteous Asteria even excluded Goddess Ereda from the main god line! But even in spite of such injustice, the goddess Ereda has not forgotten her mission......"
Midia gritted her teeth and said, "If it weren't for a watcher like Goddess Ereda, this world would have been occupied by the Abyss Demon a long time ago!" Why do you think the so-called Lord God never shows miracles? Because they're all deserters! Devourers are their natural predators, and they fear being devoured...... These so-called presiding gods will only hide in distant lands, sitting back and watching people fend for themselves, but they will enjoy people's worship with peace of mind......"
"I don't believe your words, Midia - I've seen you create a lot of Fallen, and I've seen your flesh armor ......"
Leon didn't expect Midia to suddenly have such a deep grudge, but he didn't think that the Dark Goddess was a righteous god who had been wronged - judging from the way the Three Prophets acted, it was obviously not very decent.
"Because our goddess is banished! We can only learn the spells of the Abyss Demons, and in this way we can force the so-called Lord Gods to give in and let the goddess Ereda return! ”
Midia replied without hesitation: "It is for this reason that we have been working with the Lion Kingdom to do some dirty things for the king and at the same time strengthen our strength. ”
This reason does seem to be a bit of a truth - to create the Fallen and force the other gods to release the banished Goddess of Darkness, after all, according to Midia, it was Ereda who sealed Agraim in the first place.
The Three Prophets created the Fallen from among their followers, and their methods were indeed half-, and probably self-taught.
"So, why did Agraem snatch the Abyssal Gate from you?"
Leon nodded, he didn't want to dwell on these things between gods, he was more concerned about how to deal with Agraem at the moment.
"It's going to summon its mate...... There is more than one Spooky Eye, they are the ruling class of the Abyss, and you can also call them Soul Eaters. They have no entities, so they cannot be killed...... The so-called demon warriors summoned by the fools who call themselves invokers are nothing more than the lowest demons in the abyss, the inferior creatures whose souls have been devoured. ”
Midia looked down at the heretical code in her arms: "As long as you sacrifice evil souls and clean flesh to the abyss, the gloomy eyes in the blood prison can obtain entities, and with entities they can break out of the abyssal gates and appear in this world." But thankfully, your men interrupted Agraeme's sacrificial ceremony......"
(End of chapter)