Chapter 44: The Sleeping Charm
It is rumored that the followers of the moon god Juno are all night walkers, who walk in the darkness and bathe in the moonlight, even if the other party is taken from life.
Joshua loved the feeling of being wrapped up in the night, as long as no female imp was flaunting it in his ear.
"How? Handsome. ”
Juno smug looked at Joshua as she had dived into the darkness, apparently her blessing in effect.
Although the fragments of Vulcan's godhead had spilled over most of their power, the remaining power had only brought Juno back from the brink of death.
But the empty fragment of Godhead was not useless.
In the battle of Black Mountain, Joshua began to establish a faith relationship with those townspeople, and now he needs Joshua's help to survive in Philipland, and his faith is more pure on this level of relationship.
These beliefs can be used by Juno, but they cannot be intercepted, but with this fragment of Godhead, it is equivalent to having a reservoir of faith.
Juno's wave can be described as a crazy stealing of the belief of the goddess of light, and thanks to this wave of stealing, Juno's recovery speed is also faster.
At this time, she finally gave her followers a blessing called "Moonlit Night Black Cat".
"It's really good."
Joshua commented truthfully, but he paid more attention to the convoy in front of him, from the time the other party left the Emerald to the time Joshua followed him today.
At this point, the opportunity to get your hands dirty has finally arrived.
["I am proud of the small profits, so the vision and the city government should not do big things, how about going back to my hometown to sell sweet potatoes? ”】
Why is this guy's mouth still so poisonous?
The contemptuous words and Joshua's slightly perfunctory expression at this time did not prove to Juno that she really did not have the appearance of a god just now.
But can she be blamed for this?
Being a doppelganger itself and a large loss of strength and memory will naturally tend to be infantilized in mentality, which is not something that Juno can control.
But when I think of the goddess of light, Bichi is always moody, and I can only say that the god is more dead than the god.
Juno quieted down, which made Joshua happy.
It's already some distance away from Fei Lengcui, and even if there is any accident, it won't affect the people in the city.
So, let's get started.
[The clowns in the circus rejoiced in their escape, and they ran around preparing sacrifices, congratulating themselves on their survival, and glad that they were protected by the gods, but they did not know that their gods had not protected them. 】
In a sense, there are no Riddlers in the fate text this time, and this wave of members of the Predator Brotherhood is indeed disguised as a circus and left the Emeralds before dark.
As for the sacrifices, if there is no problem with the information, it must be the living people who were hidden in the bodies of those animals.
In the night, Joshua's vision was even better than during the day, and even though he was still some distance from the circus tent, he could clearly see the men cut open the animal's belly and remove the bloody man inside.
In a sense, Joshua should have rejoiced that members of the Iron Brotherhood generally rely on live sacrifices, and for this reason they try to keep the sacrifice alive before the sacrifice.
In fact, with the strength that Joshua showed in Black Mountain Town, he attacked in the state of original sin at this time, and he could take away these people with a straight set of flat A.
However, Jessica's presence has made Joshua constantly have to worry about the possible attack of the Blood Lord.
He couldn't squander it as freely as before, and even if Joshua still had a lot of original sin power at this time, Juno could continue to fight for his life as he did that night.
Joshua didn't want anyone to die for him.
With the blessing of the black cat on a moonlit night, Joshua stepped in the darkness with every step, his hand held the steel sword, and as a magician, it was only natural that he would know one or two swordsmanship.
Gandalf gave a thumbs up.
"Son of Man, take the fragment of dreams."
Joshua chanted the incantation, and the patrolling members of the Predator Brotherhood near him inexplicably felt a sense of sleepiness.
Joshua still struggles to learn magic these days, and this Sleeping Charm is one of them.
The Sleeping Spell can penetrate the caster's spiritual power into the target's consciousness, and those with slightly weaker mental power will be led into sleep, and Joshua's mental power is also inherited from Juno's power, so that he can become stronger without deliberately cultivating, and can focus more on developing the small source of the human body.
However, the Sleeping Charm has an inexplicable flaw, that is, the person who falls asleep will soon emit a stench, and will inexplicably emit strange sounds such as "hum~hum~~ahhh~~".
This made it imperative for Joshua to deal with them as soon as possible.
Find or create a lonely, cast a Sleep Spell, and end their lives with a steel sword before they let out a foul-smelling howl.
[Life is such a fragile thing, no matter good or evil, it will be shattered as long as it is touched lightly, and the more fragile the thing, the more precious it is, at this time, Joshua is like a mischievous child who easily tramples on life, watching them shatter like glass, and the indescribable feeling of danger makes Joshua pull the flag directly. 】
I didn't pull the flag.
Joshua struggled to keep his character from spitting, and this time he only denied the last sentence of the Destiny text.
He acknowledges the fragility of life and celebrates the preciousness of life, which is why he wants to kill these trampled on life.
When a man falls, Joshua is like a capitalist harvesting leeks in the stock market, and a sword is a life.
Since Juno's existence alone can strengthen Joshua's soul, it also makes his progress in developing the small source in his body to extract magic power.
Ordinary apprentice magicians use magic a few times to reach the bottom of their magic, but Joshua's magic still has more than half of it.
The day of going from a trainee mage to a professional mage should not be far off, but the disappearance of a large number of people has also attracted the attention of the leader.
"Stop the ritual, hurry up."
This is a wise judgment, if the enemy is really strong, there is no need to break them one by one, which means that when they are together, it will be difficult for the enemy to move.
This is a very basic judgment, how can the cultists think that Joshua could not think of it?
It's hard to get together, but when the cultists get together, they inevitably stay away from those who are being sacrificed.
Joshua walked in the darkness, chanting incantations as the mana in his body began to drain rapidly.
There were ripples on the ground, and the wind became sharp at some point.
The cultists keep their eyes on the darkness but ignore the danger beneath their feet, fending off the dirt and turning it into blades that slash their legs off with a slight slash, and their unbalanced bodies inevitably crash into the blades condensed by the evening breeze.
Joshua, who did not use the power of original sin, naturally could not have mixed all kinds of magical elements together to weave an overwhelming sword web like he did in Black Mountain.
Fortunately, Charlotte took into account Joshua's "weak" strength and did not arrange too strong enemies for him, so this level of vacuum blade was enough.
Joshua did not rush to save people, but came to the corpse of the cultist, and mended the sword after sword, highlighting a steady.
After all, this was an assessment given to him by the Inquisition, and it was not surprising that someone was secretly observing, and the corpses of these cultists were not worthy of respect.
[The appetizer is not appetizing yet, the main dish is already on the field, who can be hurt by such a shoddy sneak attack? ] 】
So fast.
Joshua felt the sound of the air breaking behind him, and the cold feeling was completely different from these miscellaneous fish.
At this moment, Joshua concluded that this was not the time to exercise, but a killing game involving life and death, so he should also go all out.
The power of original sin was ignited, instantly making up for most of Joshua's previous consumption of mana, and strengthening his body and five senses.
This effect is comparable to that of fairy beans.
The negative emotions in Joshua's heart were then extracted by the power of forgiveness, transformed into original sin, and kept his spirit in a state of sanity.
"Ding~"
The clash of weapons is like the chirping of birds and beasts, bringing a little coolness to the night that has entered the summer.
Joshua felt the force coming from his hand, which should be vindictive, but there was an indescribable weirdness.
[The use of magic to change the characteristics of magic power, this conversion process will inevitably bring about a loss of power, and Joshua feels that he is being looked down upon. 】
Is this a fighting spirit transformed from magic?
Joshua was shocked that this was completely beyond his common sense, and more importantly, it was obviously a drain on himself, and should never appear when he was facing the enemy.
"What a cautious boy, newcomers to the Inquisition will always be so difficult."
The firelight reflected on the person who came, it was an old man with a white beard, and there was a strong strength in his thin body, obviously this was a grandmaster-level master.
Quick.
Purifying the sin and Cangyan began to attack the old man along the weapon, as if sensing the danger, the old man immediately gave up the sword in his hand and tried to distance himself.
"It's really a dangerous flame, you kid has been hiding your strength from just now now, you must be too cautious."
The old man wanted to test Joshua with words, but in the next moment, he found that Joshua's figure began to become illusory.
Afterimage?
"Picking the moon."
So fast.
There was no room for speech, and the old man folded his armor behind him with his fighting spirit, but he knew that the result of such a hasty defense was only a touch of a button.
In fact, the armor collapsed at the touch of a button, but it also stopped Joshua's sword for a moment, and for the grandmaster, this interval could have escaped from the ascension.
But without involving space, whose body is faster than climbing stars?
The distance between the two kept getting closer, and under the moonlight in the dark night, no one could escape the pursuit of the Moon God's messenger.
The old man who attacked him could not shake off Joshua until he ......
"How about the assessment at this point?"
Joshua stopped, which seemed to Juno to be a complete unsuspecting move, and it was obvious that continuing to attack was the best option, but ......
"Click~"
The old man, who had fled in the wilderness, stopped, and he looked at Joshua in some surprise, obviously not knowing when he had revealed his flaws.
Time is too short, and in such a short time, you have to think and even draw conclusions while fighting.
Is this kind of thing possible?
"So hasty a judgment?"
"Isn't that an objective proof of this if you are willing to stop? If my enemy is really a cultist, then he should take hostages as much as possible and not stay away from them, when the situation is not in his favor. ”
When the other man stopped, Joshua more or less understood that his guess should be eight or nine or ten.
The old man in front of him should be someone sent by the Inquisition to test his adaptability.
"It's too far-fetched, the people of the Inquisition can't be reasonable, hostage-taking is not the best option, and if I hadn't stopped just now......"
"It doesn't matter, I can catch up."
If Joshua guessed wrong just now, he would indeed be reduced to a clown, but the speed of the star climbing is far beyond that of the other party, and even if he gives up some distance to catch up, it will not be too difficult.
Of course, the core basis is still that the other party still has reservations when it can sneak attack, which is really a bit incomprehensible.
The old man thought that Joshua could only burst out at that speed for a short time, but listening to such a conversation, he understood that it was not Joshua's full strength.
"Although I understand that the divine favor should not be seen with conventional eyes, the strength, observation, and judgment you have shown are beyond my imagination."
The old man's voice began to change, his shabby robes turned into black tights, and his dry white hair turned into bright red.
"Captain Charlotte?"
Even though he relied on the power of forgiveness to keep himself calm, Joshua was shocked by what he saw.
This feeling is tantamount to telling you that the sloppy Jigong is actually Guanyin Bodhisattva pretending.
Joshua felt as if his virginity had been stripped of him at this moment, and he couldn't understand it, but he was shocked.
"There's nothing surprising about it, it's my ability to 'deceive the world and steal fame'."
Charlotte took off her gloves, and there was a sign of the Divine Favor on the back of her hand.
Bishop-level seal.
It is true that the bishop-level god is not the opponent of the legendary powerhouse, but Charlotte herself has the strength of a grandmaster, and with the various means of the Inquisition, she may be able to exchange one with some legends.
"Strange I'm here?"
"Hmm."
Joshua was not surprised that someone in the court was nearby, after all, there must be an examiner for the assessment, and if Joshua was really an embroidered pillow, then how could the lives of those innocent people be guaranteed.
Although the Inquisition is notorious, it is not an organization of murderers, otherwise it would have been liquidated long ago after the stability of the faith pattern.
Where is there any possibility that a makeover will continue to be used by the church.
"Putting the right people to do the right things is the only way to be efficient, and there are very few things that require me to do it myself in situations like this, and you're special, aren't you?"
"So I've passed the test?"
"Hmm."
Although the enemy he faced this time was not strong, Joshua still showed due caution, and his on-the-spot performance in the face of the surprise attack was also good, and there was no reason not to pass.
Joshua was relieved of his forgiveness of sins, and now that he had taken the first step to survive in Emerald Jade, a sense of peace of mind came over him.
Following this feeling, Joshua easily went one step further, and the professional magician came naturally, and the next thing to do was ......
"So...... Can the captain pay a salary upfront? I've been a bit tight lately. ”
The priest who was cold and handsome in the last second, and the rich woman was hungry and hungry in the second younger.
At this moment, the scene was a little cold.