Palladia was thoughtful, and after being stunned for a while, she suddenly grabbed the old knight's collar:

"Wait a minute, I almost forgot, you said earlier that your men stabbed with knives, and you saw the witch's blood?" He asked with great concern.

The old knight felt a great force grabbing him by the collar, lifted him from the ground, and said in fear:

"Ah, yes, the rumor is true, my lord, it's blue blood, it's amazing."

"Blue Blood! Oh, my God! Demigods really exist! It really exists! They have been lying to me, they say that it is all legends and lies, and I have always been steadfast in my faith and have been trying to find the real miracle! He was so excited that he muttered to himself, and then went on to ask:

"And then? You just killed her? ‘’

"I hesitated when I saw the blue blood, but my lunatics didn't care, they crucified the witch, doused her with kerosene, and burned her to a pile of charcoal."

Palladia was furious, and her handsome face became distorted, "Such a precious bloodline...... You just killed her? What a bastard! ”

He seemed to remember something again, stamped his foot vigorously, and asked eagerly, "Have you found anything of value?" Say it! ”

The old knight was frightened and panicked: "Big ...... My lord, there is nothing of value in that shabby hut, but ...... It's just that the witch was wearing a quaint collar, and she wanted to take it for some money, but when we turned back to the hut, the collar mysteriously disappeared. ”

"Demigod descendant...... Quaint collar...... Could it be that? As the clues in her mind gradually connected, Palladia pondered for a moment, then turned and took a scroll from the cabinet and unfolded it, a portrait of the princess in uniform of the Duchy of Valstad, and the girl in the portrait was now the king of a country.

"Was the collar of the witch in the woods the same as the one worn by Princess Salantos Midknight in this portrait?"

"It's exactly the same, my lord, this is it! Antiquities of this style are rare and impressive, and I promise I read that right. ”

(That's right!) Originally, I thought it was a fake, but it turned out to be a real artifact! Palladia let go of a pair of giant palms and put the old knight back to the ground, he clenched his fists, stamped his feet vigorously, and shouted hysterically:

"For many years, I searched for miracles, and finally got the result! Progenborn Blue Blood ...... Three-color collar, I finally found my way! I have found the meaning of my existence!

God, this must be your guidance, and faith will be rewarded! I am God's chosen one! I was chosen! ”

After a moment of ecstasy, he slowly calmed down, turned to the old knight, and said:

"During the peace talks, the Duke of Valstad demanded that we hand over the murderer of her mother, Miss Irene, and I sent a few unlucky people to die for you in order to save your lives, you should remember this?"

"My lord, you are my savior, and I will never forget it in this life!"

Palladia nodded, then pulled open the drawer, took out a heavy bag of gold coins, and placed it in the old knight's hand.

"I'm happy with what you just said, and this information is vital to me.

Your mission is accomplished, and with this money, it is enough for you to spend all your days and enjoy it for several lifetimes. ”

"Hey, thank you, my lord!"

"Do you know what to do in the days to come?"

"Of course I do! I'm going to roll away from you! Leave this country and never talk about these things! I'll find a good place to be a rich man incognito! Take these secrets to the grave! ”

"Well, clever answer, you can go!"

The old knight bowed, "My lord, thank you for giving me wealth!" With a smile on his face and a palpable display of joy, he left the room.

Palladia pursed his lips, he thought: (Only the dead can keep secrets, they have no value in existence, tonight, I will eliminate the original Inquisition First Squad), and then pulled a hidden rope, the other end of which was connected to a rattle in the distance.

A crisp bell rang, and soon, the secret door disguised as a wainscoting was pushed open, and a slender masked figure emerged from inside.

The masked man knelt down on one knee and said, "My lord, the Templar Assassins are here at your call, please send them at will." "It's a woman's voice.

Palladia came to the window, he pointed to the back of the old knight in the street, and gave instructions to the masked man:

"Templar Assassin, kill the old knight, destroy his body, and all the gold on his body will be yours. Then take your colleagues and infiltrate the Maple Leaf Hotel on 5th Street to kill all the guests on the second floor. ”

"Yes, my lord."

With that, the masked man examined the raiser and dagger on his belt, then jumped onto the ledge, opened the window, threw out the rope he had carried with him, and glided down with agility.

Soon, she silently followed the old knight, and at the corner of a street, both figures disappeared into the darkness.

The Templar Palladia sat at his desk, stretching, his eyes sharpened, and the night was dark, but he was not sleepy, and the wound on his back ached.

He used a silver key to open the locked drawer and took out a heavy book, the first edition of the Templar scriptures, with a cover made of steel.

Engraved in ancient Flemish language, the words "Holy Codex" are a rare manuscript from thousands of years ago, and are his favorite collector's items.

Open the lock of the book jacket and open this holy book, the text and illustrations inside are still quite clear, and the parchment soaked in special grease can be preserved for thousands of years, the only drawback is that the smell is quite unpleasant.

For the pious Palladia, the rancid smell was as fragrant as a flower, for he loved the pictures and the words, and believed in what was written in the book.

After checking the catalogue, he turned to page 701, which contains information about the ancient demigod ritual "three-color collar", as well as beautiful illustrations, which he used to discover the secret hidden in the portrait of the princess.

Underneath the illustration, a text reads:

The following text is an excerpt from the book "A Study of the Mystic Sect of the Stars" by the theologian Dr. Steinor

The three-color collar, a precious magic weapon born in the era of the advent of the outer gods, has two pieces.

The outer god Solan fell in love with the mortal Sid, intermarried with him, and gave birth to twins of the half-human god.

These demigod descendants called some of the divine power they inherited as occult magic, and slowly developed into the famous Star Mystic Sect.

As the descendants of the demigods continue to multiply, the bloodlines of the gods merge with mortals, continue to fade, and the divine power is gradually weakened.

Recognizing the danger of losing many powerful spells, mages have carved magic spells into artifacts for future generations to use.

The three-color collar is made of three materials: black iron, holy gold, and mythril, and is made of a lost secret technique.

At the cost of consuming a large amount of life energy, the demigod descendants use this artifact to release powerful Star Secret Sect spells, according to the principle of equivalent exchange of their sects, the greater the consumption, the stronger the power.

The artifact itself needs time to gather energy, and it should not be used continuously for a short period of time, at least a year apart, otherwise it will wasted the opportunity to cast spells meaninglessly. It cannot be used even when the body is weak.

The best spell effect can be achieved if the user voluntarily sacrifices his life and does everything in his power to energize the weapon.

There are different types of spells sealed in the three materials, holy gold is space transfer, Mithril is life revival, and black iron is dark lightning, each spell can only be used once, and after all of them are used, the magic weapon will turn into a mortal ......"

There is a large number of descriptions of the use of the artifact, and the last one is the most shocking.

"In 986 BCE, Noah, the last inheritor of the Cult of the Stars, the demigod archmage, joined an epic magical war.

Seeing that his army was about to retreat, Archmage Noah took off the three-color collar and freed the power sealed in the black iron, and in order to turn the tide of the battle, he sacrificed all his life energy in order to achieve maximum power.

And the effect was indeed extremely terrifying, black lightning slashed into the earth, destroying the enemy army in an instant, and the bodies of three thousand people were reduced to charcoal along with the armor.

The power of this spell was so powerful that even the battlefield landscape was permanently changed, the topsoil was salinized, the rivers and lakes were evaporated, and the original fertile oasis was turned into the Gobi Desert.

As a result, a large number of rare species have gone extinct, and magical remnants have seeped deep into the soil, polluting the groundwater and leaving the place without vegetation for centuries.

In this history-changing magic war, the demigod archmage Noah was killed along with the enemy, and his magic weapon tricolor collar was depleted of its power and turned into mortality. The Star Mystic Sect also perished, and there is no record of its successor.

The only remaining tricolor collar is still in the world, and it is kept by a reclusive female mage.

Legend has it that this person's name is Salantos, an ancient demigod name, her demigod blood is quite primitive and pure, and she still retains quite strong divine power in her body, but she does not want to use this power to participate in the battle, and is willing to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests.

This man has mastered the secret art of perpetuating his youth, healing mortals in seclusion, and has done many good deeds. ”

Reading this ancient text again, Palladia still looked as excited as he had been when he first read it.

Now, at last, he had the opportunity to prove that God really existed, that the records in the holy scriptures were not fictionalized.

There is evidence that the slain witch Miss Irene is the young demigod mage Sarantos, the bearer of the tricolor collar, in the records of the Holy Scriptures.

And her child was none other than the Duchess of Valstad, Sarantos Midnet.

This female mage with an ancient bloodline allowed her daughter to inherit her name, and must have given her the artifact.

A living descendant of a demigod lives on the earth, and he is also wearing an ancient artifact, and a golden opportunity beckons him.

He wanted the whole world to witness the miracles and strengthen their faith.

Shut up the nasty scholars who question the existence of the gods all day long.

Let the common people bathe in the glory of the gods.

This is the mission of him, Palladia Chiaramonti II, for whom he is willing to live and die for it.

Moreover, he did not have the patience to wait for decades to fulfill his wish in the prime of life, and a terrible plan began to brew in his mind.