Compared with blue magic, the emergence of black magic and white magic is much earlier, if black magic is derived from the power of demons, then the birth of white magic in the Holy See can be attributed to the natural magic of the elves.

Like the elves who worship the power of nature, the white mages continue to use the positive power of the elements like the elves, and they believe that only in this way can the elements be used properly.

Black magic and white magic are not exactly opposites, they appeared in this world at about the same time, modified by magicians.

The magic system was initially split in the era of King Sasson, because dissatisfied with King Sasson's desire to use magic as a powerful weapon, some magicians who studied white magic left Sasson and came to the capital of white magic in Thessalonia.

Originally a small country, Salonia could no match for the most powerful empire of the time, and in order to stop the empire's iron hooves, King Ian Colburn offered his palace as a courtesy, inviting the magicians to stay in the country.

Moved to comply, the magician complied with the king's wishes and began a centuries-long bond with the dark arts.

In the early days, the dark magic used as a weapon was indeed amazingly lethal, and some powerful dark magicians even had the power to raze a small city to the ground, while white magic, on the contrary, did not have such power.

Feeling that the gap between white magic and black magic was getting wider, he called on the magicians of Thelonia to work together to reorganize and improve white magic, but in any case, white magic that uses elemental positive energy cannot compete with black magic that uses elemental negative energy.

At this time, the white magician Christian Gairdner proposed the theory of "the power of faith", he found that human faith contains an amazing power, so far, the magician began to combine the damaged magic system at hand with the power of faith, thus giving birth to the great white magic, like black magic, is a great achievement of human civilization!

I have to say that the birth of black magic is because of the funding of King Sassen who did not hesitate to spend huge manpower, material and financial resources, and the birth of white magic is like a doomed fate, and in the case of almost no funding, white magic was born very unbelievable......

In fact, in the final analysis, it is thanks to the human geography of Salonia, after all, in the battle with the orcs a thousand years ago, the north was a territory directly bordering the orcs, and the war lasted here for one or two hundred years, which made the northerners more martial arts, and the country born hundreds of years later was also a monarchy like the empire, and the king of Sasson, who was the original monarch, was himself a brave warrior.

Unlike the north, there are very few wars in Thessalonia in the south, and even in the beginning, because of the geographical advantage, they have not seen the horror of the orcs, and they have always been in the rear of the alliance campaign, so that the inhabitants here are kind, prefer peace, and do not like fighting.

You know, there are many scattered small countries near Thessalonia, but it is inconceivable that these countries have not shown a single sign of aggression against other countries for decades or even hundreds of years.

The king, not so much the ruler of the country, is the most respected man in the country, and in Thessalonia, do not be surprised if you see a nobleman, or even a king, taking off his ornate clothes and taking part in the cultivation himself, because in the south it is a common phenomenon.

The most incredible thing is that there is no such thing as an army in the south, and the guards used to act as the basic defense, the guards composed directly of the civilians of the nearby villages, are only used to defend against the harassment and attacks of wild beasts.

Here, peace is advocated, and there is no need for an army!

Because of the extremely favorable humanistic environment, it has laid the most favorable foundation for the belief doctrine of the white magician.

But after thinking about which god to choose as the existence of the white magic faith, the white magicians finally reached an agreement.

Light!

The all-pervasive, all-powerful light!

Guide the way, drive out the light of darkness!

Isn't light the most suitable god for white magic?

As a result, unlike ordinary light, the White Mage combined his incomplete magic system with the power of faith, calling the newly generated light [Holy Light], and compiled some teachings to spread throughout the countries around Thessalonia.

More than ten years later, when the empire conquered most of the nearby countries by force and army, the small countries in the south actually merged into a big country, Salonia, without even a single war!

At that time, the king of Sassen was getting old, and he wanted to add to his brilliant achievements, so he sent an army and proud magicians to attack Thessalonia, but unexpectedly, there were a large number of magicians in the south, and these white magics were not inferior to the power of black magicians!

Eventually, King Sassen died with the only trace of regret he had......

In the years that followed, successive Sassen kings tried to conquer Thessalonia and fulfill the last wishes of their ancestors, but unfortunately, they were unable to do so......

Because Salonia in the south has evolved into a country different from imperial monarchy over the long years, it is a country built on faith, [Holy See - Salonia]!

Until a dozen years ago, the aged Sassen XIII wanted to emulate his ancestors and launched the largest battle in history, countless armies and magicians were used as weapons, and even the core of the empire, several powerful magicians, rushed to the front.

The battle claimed countless lives, countless families wept over the death of their loved ones, and both the empire and Salonia were immersed in deep grief.

This is an extremely brutal [one-year battle]!

A year later, the White Mage of Salonia took the initiative to agree to the Holy See's armistice, and for the first time in centuries, two hostile and most powerful human nations tried to make contact with each other.

This is a political dialogue, and it will be a big step forward in the history of human civilization, and [Paladin] is the political product of this dialogue.

And when it comes to the [One Year Campaign], we have to mention one person, one of the twelve cardinal archbishops of Salonia, the archbishop who was in charge of the [Inquisition] and the [Dark Inquisition] during the war, the most famous and knowledgeable holy white magician in the Holy See, and legend has it that one of the candidates for the Pope, St. Charles George!

Originally, in the white magic system of Thessalonia, there was no concept of forbidden spells, because they had [divine magic].

However, during the year-long campaign, the White Magicians of the Holy See did not use magic a few times, not because they could not use it, but for one reason. I won't mention it here for now.

And it is precisely because of this that in the face of the forbidden spell-level blow of the Imperial Great Magician, the Holy See can only be passively defensive.

At this time, St. Charles George unleashed a forbidden spell-level white magic that he had never performed before, [Heaven's Gate], which he had immersed himself in research for a lifetime!

About 20,000 royal knights and 40,000 or 50,000 emperor [***] teams disappeared in the endless holy light, as if the existence of the highest level of flame, [White Flame], the high temperature it produces can directly evaporate people or things, and the forbidden spell-level magic of [Heaven's Gate] is like a white flame at a glance, making the tens of thousands of troops disappear all at once, alive, leaving nothing behind......

When this magic is cast, we can only see an empty battlefield in the cold wind, which is so silent compared to the sound of the battle just now......

This forbidden white magic was eventually included in the Holy See's Magic Archives, along with St. Charles George, the holy white magician who protected Thessalonia.

However, after St. Charles George won the name of the Holy Magistic, he lost his whereabouts, so that the positions of cardinal archbishop belonging to him, the [Inquisition] and the [Dark Inquisition], were not in charge for a time, which was very inconvenient for the normal operation of the Holy See.

When the Imperial Magician was glad about this, the Holy See focused on finding this Holy White Magician for more than ten years, but unfortunately, there was no news of this Holy White Magician, and out of helplessness, the Pope was directly in charge of the [Heresy Inquisition] and the [Dark Inquisition] The two rival institutions on the dark side have cultivated a series of heirs who can inherit the position of the cardinal archbishop of the Holy White Mage, and in the ten years of training, the heirs selected from countless people were killed by an evil dark mage during the internship mission, how can this not make the Pope angry?!

The rumor is that the heir is the apprentice of the Pope, because the Pope is very old, he has been in charge of the Holy See for thirty-seven years, not that he is greedy for power, but that there is really no suitable candidate, among the twelve cardinal archbishops, St. Charles George is the youngest, and the others are almost all old fellows of the same generation as the Pope, because the Pope was originally selected from the position of cardinal archbishop.

And with the end of the one-year war, in addition to the whereabouts of St. Charles George, there are still as many as five archbishops who have left assistants and successors, and they do not know where they have gone......

The meaning is obvious......

There is no way, the Pope can only train an heir himself, as long as he is good enough, then in the future he will inherit both the position of St. Charles George and his own position, but ......

The old Pope was already strangely furious!

So angry that he sent the Holy Inquisitor of the Heresy Inquisition, and there were six of them!

The Holy Inquisitor, colloquially known as the Dark Priest, whose purpose is to "fall into darkness and guide the light", is not a normal, kind fellow!

A long time ago, the white mage also proposed to study the negative energy of the [Holy Light], but it was immediately banned, but well, just like the black mage also studied white magic, the white mage studied the negative energy, which is not unusual.

The definition of black magic versus white magic is a debate between the use of elemental negative energy and positive energy, but with the evolution of human magic history over the centuries, this distinction has gradually been confused, and in the end, the most fundamental difference between the two is only the difference in origin, one from demons, the other from elves, and nothing more.

And if the magicians who study the negative energy of energy are called black magicians, then among the white magicians, there are also those who study and use negative energy, and the Holy Inquisitor is one of them!

Unlike ordinary priests, the Holy Inquisitors have two diametrically opposed forces of light and darkness in their bodies, which requires them to have super willpower to suppress the struggle between the two energies in their bodies, so the Holy Inquisitors are usually only for fanatical believers, otherwise they may fall into the dark forces and cannot extricate themselves.

And it is precisely by containing the two diametrically opposed forces in the body at all times, feeling the torn pain, that the Holy Inquisitors have almost lost the most basic joys, sorrows, and sorrows as human beings, just like their purpose, "Caught in darkness, guiding the light", the only sustenance in the hearts of these fanatics is their supreme god!

Of course, this does not mean that they have lost the ability to think, only that their way of thinking has become much simpler.

The believers of darkness, the heathens, need to be given destruction...... Oh, it's salvation!

And God's people are to be protected from darkness!

Like now......

"Come quickly, good child, as a people of God, you should not stand with the apostles of darkness!, Lord, forgive this ignorant and kind child, he must have been bewitched by darkness......" The Holy Inquisitor, who had suffered a heavy blow from the werewolf but was unscathed, said to Jiang Zhe in a flat and unwavering tone.

As soon as his words fell, his two companions also whispered, "Forgive this kind child, O all-knowing and all-present Lord......

"......" Jiang Zhe suddenly felt that his situation had become very delicate, even if it wasn't for Lavia next to him tightly pulling his sleeves, he didn't plan to go to the three guys opposite, those three people didn't look like normal guys at all!

"Is it true that he has been seduced by the darkness?" the leading Holy Inquisitor glanced at Connell faintly, and finally fell on Lavia's hand, who was tugging at the boy's sleeve.

"Is that little girl a believer in darkness?"

"Hmm...... There doesn't seem to be a dark breath......" The other two Holy Inquisitors looked at the girl and muttered quietly, that kind of eyes without any emotion, which made Lavia feel a little chill, and quietly moved her steps and hid behind Jiang Zhe.

"She's my companion!" Seeing the actions of the three Holy Inquisitors, Jiang Zhe hurriedly explained, and then, he pointed at Connell and said, "He...... That person is also our companion......"

"What?!" For some reason, the three Holy Inquisitors suddenly felt an incredible anger, and the leading Holy Inquisitor even shouted, "How can the people of God be in the company of darkness?!, poor child...... " He said as he stopped at Connell and said in a voice that was hoarse because of the lowness, "Evil dark apostle, dare to bewitch God's people, damn it!"

"Damn it!"

"Damn!" repeated the other two Holy Inquisitors.

"Bear the judgment of the Light!"

"Judgment!"

"Judgment!" repeated the other two Holy Inquisitors.

"......" The werewolf looked at the three holy magistrates with incredible eyes for a long time, even if they had been locked up in the dungeon for hundreds of years, he could see that these three guys were obviously not normal.

"Who are you?"

"We are believers in the Lord, be in darkness, direct the light, and bear the judgment!" was as he spoke, when the leading Holy Inquisitor suddenly began to chant in a low voice, and with the gorgeous words full of praise, a circle of light rippled through his body, and then slowly spread out in all directions.

When I touched the hard rock on both sides of the tunnel, I heard only a few clicks, and the hard rock burst apart because of the seemingly disembodied circle of light......

The "......" werewolf felt bad at the first moment, and hurriedly took a few steps back, and to be honest, the narrow tunnel had greatly limited his extraordinary speed.

"Whoosh!" Three lightning-like rays of light jumped faster than just now, and one of them could graze the werewolf's shoulder, but even if it did, the werewolf's shoulder was burned in an instant, and it hissed white.

"Sure enough, it's the Apostle of Darkness!" the Holy Inquisitor said in a deep voice, and then, the three Holy Inquisitors crossed their hands on their chests, and suddenly, countless holy lights burst out from the fingertips of their index fingers, filling the entire tunnel for a while.

"Are you crazy?!" the werewolf shouted angrily, and he could clearly feel the energy contained in the countless rays of light, enough to destroy ordinary people.

The boy didn't seem to be afraid of the light, but the girl named Lavia ...... The girl with eyes that resembled Cecilia......

Out of concern, he looked back and saw that the boy could look down and touch his body, while the girl was standing beside him with a distracted expression, not behind him......

"Tsk!" Almost instantly, the werewolf rushed to the girl who had retreated out of fear, ready to block the blow for her, after all, Connell had a near-immortal life, and it would not be a big deal for him to consume a life or two.

But to everyone's surprise, when the countless rays of light passed through Jiang Zhe, they actually changed their orbits in an instant, and all of them shot at him...... No, it should have been absorbed by this boy......

What a spectacular picture......

Once again, there was an endless silence in the tunnel......

"I ...... I was struck by that lightning bolt again? that light...... Fold...... Refraction?" In the stunned eyes of the three Holy Inquisitors, the boy touched his body and said inexplicably.

The eyes of the Holy Inquisitor of the leader of the "Impossible ......" finally revealed the inherent emotions of human beings, and it was an incredible gaze.

"The Holy Light has twisted and turned?"

"Didn't we miss it just now, did that kid absorb the light automatically?"

The three Holy Inquisitors stopped their attack on the werewolf and looked at Jiang Zhe in shock.

They had deliberately avoided the boy just now, and although perhaps the people of God would not be harmed by the Light, they instinctively did not want to attack their 'companions'.

But the countless rays of light were absorbed as they passed through the boy...... It seems to have been forcibly absorbed......

"Soth, you...... Are you alright?" the girl looked worried, checking the boy for any scars in her eyes.

"I ...... I'm fine, it's fine......" Jiang Zhe couldn't say why, he just felt inexplicable, I think anyone who saw countless rays of light that jumped but tended to be straight lines suddenly turned around and shot at him, and he hadn't been hurt in the slightest......

It's incredible!

"Could it be that this boy is naturally affinity for the Light?" muttered the leading Holy Inquisitor.

No wonder he was so surprised, because in this world, there may be people who have a natural affinity for the fire element, and maybe someone who has a natural affinity for the water element, but there will be no one who is born with an affinity for the Holy Light!

Because the Holy Light is not a simple light element, but a light mixed with the power of faith, which is the foundation of [Divine Art]!

Only a person with a strong Light power can be spared this harm, but that child ......

The three Holy Inquisitors present all felt that the child only had the fire element by his side, and it was obvious that he was learning fire blue magic, and such a child had actually endured countless attacks of holy light unscathed, and it seemed that he had automatically absorbed those holy lights......

"Are you alright, kid?" The leading Holy Inquisitor walked straight towards Jiang Zhe, ignoring Connell who was looking at him with a wary face.

"I'm fine......" Jiang Zhe said with a shrug after checking himself for a long time.

"Yes," the Holy Inquisitor slowly stretched out his hand and put it on Jiang Zhe's forehead, then closed his eyes, and after a long time, he said slowly, "Have you ever studied the magic of holy light?

"No, all I learned was fire-based blue magic......

"That's right, but I can feel a powerful power of holy light in you......" The Holy Inquisitor looked at Jiang Zhe suspiciously, maybe for them who were similar to killing machines, they were not used to thinking, after hesitating for a while, he turned around and said, "Where is Father Andrew now?"

"Heal people in that village!" said one of the Holy Inquisitors.

"Do you want to tell the priest about this?"

"En!" The leading Holy Inquisitor nodded, and then said to Jiang Zhe, "You can call me Brother Cheshe, child, you have the talent to learn the magic of the Holy Light, and after I kill that evil dark mage, you can go to Salonia with us......

"Hey, Hey, ......"

"You can be our companions, as God's people, as believers in the Lord, and break through all darkness in the world......"

"Hey......" Looking at the inexplicable guy in front of him, Jiang Zhe was speechless, shook his head, and said embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, Brother Cheshe, I'm already a student of Reoks Academy......"

"Huh?" Brother Chesher looked at Jiang Zhe suspiciously, perhaps thinking innocently and paranoidly, thinking at the moment: So what?

With a wry smile, Jiang Zhe shook his head and said, "So, I like it here, and I don't want to go to Salonia!" As he spoke, he seemed to hear a slight sound of relief.

"That is the territory of God, where the Lord is......"

"Hehe, so ...... This ......" Jiang Zhe didn't understand why the Holy Inquisitor in front of him was so enthusiastic about himself, but this enthusiasm was really unacceptable.

At that moment, a low shout came from the tunnel behind him.

"Hey, you minions of the Holy See, what do you want to do to my apprentice?"

"Professor Hodd?" Lavia shouted in surprise.

In the sound of Jiang Zhe and Lavia's relief, Professor Hodd strode forward, his expression grim between Jiang Zhe and Brother Cheshe, and he frowned and said, "Remember! This is the territory of the Empire! Not in your Salonia!"

"Ignorant sinners, our Lord is everywhere, and wherever the Lord comes, there is a ...... of God."

"Ridiculous remarks! Your Lord is honestly in Heaven!"

"The blasphemer, unforgivable......"

"Pretentious guy ......"

"Teach...... Professor?" Looking incredulously at the confrontation between the usually amiable Professor Hodd and Brother Cheshe, Jiang Zhe remembered that the confrontation between the Empire and the Holy See for hundreds of years, as well as between the black magician and the white magician, did not seem to be groundless......

Eventually, the three Holy Inquisitors left, and although they were very angry at Professor Hodder's insult to the gods, for some reason, they still managed to restrain the anger in their hearts, and after asking Jiang Zhe's name, they left the tunnel.

"Hmph!" Seeing Professor Huo De looking at the three Holy Judges and snorting coldly, Jiang Zhe could see that the professor didn't seem to have much of a good impression of the Holy See.

Sure enough, after the three Holy Inquisitors left everyone's sight, the professor's expression was much kinder, and he glanced at Connell, who was almost on his upper body and covered in tattered clothes, and the professor asked suspiciously, "Who is Your Excellency?"

Before Connell could speak, Lavia replied for him, "Professor, he was the one who helped us block that group of Gangero, if it weren't for him, we might have ......."

"Oh," the professor nodded with relief, after all, there are not many people with incredible power in the Empire, even if it is a person who deals with demons to obtain power, the Empire has always turned a blind eye, and only the evil necromancer is the target of expulsion and eradication.

"Thank you, Your Excellency, thank you again for protecting the lives of my two apprentices......"

"Boom!" Connell smiled evilly, waved his hand to everyone, actually to Lavia, and said, "Since your teacher is here, then I'll leave first, I still have something to do!" As he spoke, he bared his teeth at Jiang Zhe and said with a bit of threat, "Don't bully her, little ghost!"

"Huh?" Jiang Zhe raised his head inexplicably, and happened to see a crimson-faced Lavia glaring at Connell.

"What a weird guy, like that guy......" Looking at the bewildered Jiang Zhe and Lavia with her head down and not speaking, Professor Hodd looked at Connell's departing back and said with a smile, and then the temporary 'companion' came to mind, the wanderer Argus Bart Cranfield.

"Who's that?"

"It's nothing, alright, let's get out of here......"

"But there are Scott and Allen!"

"Don't worry, they've left safely, I'm here to look for you!"

"Oh......"

Half an hour later, on a nearby hill, Jean Connell, separated from Lavia and Jiang Zhe, was standing beside the ruins of an ancient building, staring into the distance with a look that was sometimes tender, sometimes cold......

And at this moment, there was a light-hearted, witty laugh from the side.

"I knew you were going to be here, the legendary werewolf, the most powerful of Gangaro, Jean Connell!" With laughter, he walked out of the ruins and turned out to be Argus, a fugitive who had met Jiang Zhe and them.

"Who are you?" Without the gentle tone of Lavia on the other side, the werewolf just glanced at the other party and said lightly, "If you want to find fault, I'm sorry, I don't have the interest in it! I promised others that I wouldn't hurt other innocent people except for one person...... So, don't push me,!"

"Yo, don't be so angry," Argus said seriously in the face of the werewolf's cold words, without the slightest anger, with a slight smile, "Be my companion, Jean Connell!"

"Companion?" the werewolf turned his head in surprise, looked at Argus for a long time, and then sneered, "I don't need companions, get out!"

"Then there is no way...... the smile on Argus's face suddenly put away, and said word by word, "Legend has it that Gangaro has an eternal life that is almost immortal, and every soul devoured by Gangaro can increase Gangaro's life once, so ...... How many times do I need to kill you before I can actually kill you?" his tone proved that he wasn't joking.

However, the werewolf only glanced at the other party lightly, still looking at the ruins, and said flatly, "Who knows! Maybe it's two hundred and forty-three thousand two hundred and eleven, maybe two hundred and twenty-three thousand two hundred and twelve, if you have the time, you can help me count it!"

"II...... Twenty-four thousand?" Obviously, even Argus was frightened, you know, the real Gangaro's immortal body is not comparable to those inferior products made by Ivo Berwick, and for the real Gangero, Argus's dark devouring can only make that guy consume one life, not all of them......

He is the only powerful Gangero in the world to this day......

240,000, before I killed this guy, I'm afraid I would have been exhausted to death, right?

With a wry smile, Argus decided to change tactics.

"Want to know why I'm waiting for you here?"

"Don't want to know!"

“...... Well, actually, the guy you're looking for, I know a little bit of news, do you want to know?"

"Don't want to know, I have time to find him!"

"You!" Argus said with a sigh of frustration, shrugging his shoulders, "I'm going to tell you for free, why are you so cold?

"You're right!" The werewolf finally turned his head, looked at Argus and said in a deep voice, "You make me feel very uncomfortable! Including the unknown dark power in you! Hmph! Werewolves are always the most sensitive to the dark, and you can't hide it from me!

"Oh, is it?" Argus said lightly, narrowing his eyes, "I'm sorry...... ...... makes you look so unpleasant."

For a moment, the atmosphere became tense......

(To be continued)