Volume IV Behind the Scenes IX
For the first time in his life, Hess, the leader of the mages of the Dragon's Tooth Knights, was so grateful for the protection of the god of magic, Foys.
When Prince Verdor Klein and the Knights of Light who had followed her into the Imperial Capital Prison angrily walked out of the door, the mage, unable to move due to the entanglement of his hands, feet, and neck with vines, thought that his life was about to end. In fact, the Archbishop of the Green Leaf Church, Zeni Keamo, did mean to kill all the Dragontooth Knights present, but it was the Prince Princess Shana who prevented the Knights of the Holy Light, whose eyes were red and the sword in his hand was waving his sword at Isis, the superior knight of the Dragontooth Knights.
"Don't. It hurts innocents and does not help His Royal Highness the Prince. Even if it's a Dragontooth Knight, as long as it doesn't get in our way, let them go. Shanna's face was full of tears, and her voice revealed a little desolation. "These vines will wither before dawn, and you will be able to move freely. Shanna looked at everyone in front of her, whether it was the Dragon's Tooth Knights led by Isis and Hess, or the Knights of Light under the Archbishop, when Shanna's eyes swept over, they only felt cold all over, as if they were placed in a 10,000-foot ice cellar.
The mage Hess, whose throat was tightly entangled, couldn't say a word, and the superior knight Isis didn't know when he had already focused on the few knights of light who had followed the princess out, to be precise, what the superior knights were looking at was a stretcher carried in the hands of these knights of light. The man with a gray face and lying motionless on the stretcher was none other than Prince Verdor Klein, at least in the eyes of Isis, Prince Verdor at the moment. There is not a trace of life at all.
Hear Shanna's words. Archbishop Zeni Keamo hesitated: "These lackeys of the bloody count...... Hmph!" the sword was retracted into its scabbard. The archbishop looked around at the knights of the Light, who were staring blankly at the prince lying on a stretcher. "The head of the Holy Light Knights, even His Royal Highness the Prince can't protect him, what's the use of this title?" Zeni Keamo raised his head and said loudly: "In the name of the earth goddess Lina, I, Zeni Keamo, will leave the Holy Light Knights from this moment on. With that, the archbishop turned to Prince Fodor Klein on the stretcher: "His Royal Highness has been assassinated. I will accompany the Prince, Princess and His Royal Highness Prince Leo as they leave Onyx City. I don't force you, in fact I'm no longer qualified to ......."
The archbishop's words were not finished, and the Holy Light Knights present jumped off their horses one after another, kneeling on one knee: "Your subordinates are willing to follow the Bishop and His Royal Highness the Prince to leave." ”
"Good!" the archbishop bit his lip and could no longer hold back the tears that flowed from the corners of his eyes: "May the holy light of Goddess Lena shine forever!"
When the other Dragontooth Knights arrived to untie the vines wrapped around Hess and Isis, Archbishop Zeni Keamo, the Prince Princess Shana, and the Knights of Light had not been gone for long, but when the Superior Knight was about to lead the Knights of the Dragon's Tooth to go after the Knights of Light, one of the Knights of the Dragon's Tooth stopped his command: "Something has happened to the Earl, we had better go back and see first." ”
The Dragontooth Knights who had arrived from the Greenleaf Church all had different trepidation and panic on their faces, and Hess and Isis looked at each other, and they all remembered what Prince Fangcai had said: "Aren't you dragontooth knights ashamed to have a demon leader?"
In fact, when they met Earl Brad Klein. No evidence was found of what Shanna said that "the Count is a demon", and for some unknown reason, the Count seemed to have lost all strength in his body. There was not the slightest trace of blood on his face, and the bulging muscles showed signs of atrophy.
Before the fall of the Green Leaf Church, many of the Dragon's Tooth Knights had fallen behind in the battle with the Blood Griffon Knights besieging the Green Leaf Church, after all, there were more than three times as many Blood Griffon Knights present, and the famous and warlike Knights of the Dragon's Tooth Order, Count Brad Klein, and the chief knight Isis were not present. As soon as the Earl Fu arrived, he rushed into the Green Leaf Chapel alone, and no one saw him after the door of the church collapsed, and the superior knight Isis was outside the Imperial Capital Prison, and if it were not for the Minister of State, Baron Wesley Rueda, and Princess Sayarily Klein who heard the news and rushed to stop the battle, all the Dragontooth Knights present would have died under the sword of the Blood Griffin Knight, and the Blood Griffin Knights would have suffered a heavy blow.
Isis was listening to the knight's report while the mage Hess looked at Count Brad Klein, who had been found by his men from the ruins of the Greenleaf Church. "Is it the spell, the bone-cutting wind above, the waters of annihilation below...... It has been said that if the true name of the demon is not pronounced, the person who pronounces the spell will be like this: the whole body is weak, and magic cannot produce any effect, if the person who pronounces the spell knows how to use magic. Hess thought to himself, until the count, who was lying on the bed, let out a muffled snort of pain. Hess's eyes rolled, and he immediately made a decision: "No, let's fix it before he wakes up...... You don't have to do it yourself anyway. ”
Still unconscious, Earl Brad Klein pulled out the crystal ball from his pocket - the crystal ball was one of the mage's personal equipment, and if the scepter was a mage's sword, the crystal ball was the mage's shield. Several dark figures were reflected in the crystal ball, huddled in some unknown corner, and Hess looked closely at the wooden walls and floors where the figures were located, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face. It's just that his smile completely retracted before he stepped out of Count Brad Crane's room on the Caroline, and changed to a heavy expression: "Lord Count hasn't woken up yet, but unfortunately the priest of the Green Leaf Church has already ......" The priests of the Green Leaf Church are basically members of the Knights of the Holy Light, and when Archbishop Zeni Keamo and Prince Princess Shana left, most of them also followed. Hess didn't finish the sentence, but gently closed the wooden door of the count's room, Isis had finished listening to the other Dragontooth Knights' reports about tonight.
"What about the priests of our Order, where have they gone?" said Isis, the superior knight, who had been cursed by someone on this past night. The operation to protect the Imperial Capital Prison had apparently failed without anyone knowing. The condition of Prince Verdor Klein, who was carried out of prison, was definitely plotted. It is unknown whether it came from magic or poison, but the knight of the Dragon's Tooth Knights who followed Count Brad Klein to the Green Leaf Chapel. In addition, he lost most of his losses in the battle against the Blood Griffin Knights, and even the head of the Dragon's Tooth Knights, Count Brad Crane, was seriously injured and unconscious. "Hess, can't you mages do something for the group leader and cast some healing magic or something?"
There was almost no emotion on Hess's face: "Don't you remember? We didn't bring a few priests to Onyx City, and now they are taking care of the wounded on other ships. As for us...... We are teachers, not priests. Asking a mage to cast healing magic is as ridiculous as asking a priest to throw a fireball. ”
"Yes......" Isis was clearly in no mood to care about the contempt expressed in the mage's words, "I think I'd go in and stay with the captain, maybe he's woken up." With that, Isis turned and pushed open the wooden door of Count Brad Klein's room.
The Count was still lying on the bed. It's just that his head has disappeared from his neck.
Moving from the Halfling Elder Edgar of the Thieves Guild's "Sumel's Flaming Sword" weapon shop to the magic tower in the Onyx Mage's Guild took about the same amount of time as taking a sip of ale in a wine glass, and the dungeon's archmage Archmage Akiman had already been transferred to the halls of the magic tower under the mass teleportation magic of his teacher, Fakui Yeman, before he could see through the dust raised. The demon Amtils was surrounded by the light that emanated from the scroll in Aqiman's hand, which came from the archmage's teacher, and Aqiman did not know too much what the light would do to the demon.
"Is that demon really gone? I didn't even know it before it was transferred back. A mage looked at Fa Kui Yeaman, who was standing in the center of the room, and Aqiman noticed that on the floor at his teacher's feet, there was a huge magic circle painted on the floor, three layers inside and out.
"Trust my apprentice to clear the magic of demons. Just as effective as his ball lightning magic. Fagui Yeman looked down at the magic circle on the ground. "Anyway, our goal is the Book of the Moon, not the exorcism of demons. Aqiman, my apprentice. Now may be the time for you to get the Book of the Moon out. ”
Archman looked around, it was the first time he had come to this room, the last time he visited the Onyx Mage Guild, he had engaged in a magical battle with the mages of the Onyx Mage Guild in another dimension, and was then teleported by his teacher to Fa Kui Yeman's own room. The current circular room is lit by candles on all sides, and many tables are arranged in a circle around the magic circle on the floor in the center of the room, indicating that this room should be the room where the mages of the Onyx City Mage Guild study magic and meet on a daily basis, and the mages should often display their new creations or new skills in the center of the room, which is now the place where the magic circle is painted, except for two along the walls of the room. Beyond the staircase that stretched upwards, Aqiman found no other way out of this room, or doorway, and there was not even a single window in this huge circular room, which, combined with the lower temperature around his body than on the ground, should have been built underground, a huge basement in the magic tower of Onyx City. Without saying a word, Aqiman walked over to one of the tables, which was not occupied by magic books, utensils, and medicinal herbs, and reached into the magic pocket at his waist.
In addition to the Book of the Moon, and the obsidian and rubies needed to open the Book of the Moon, there are also many magic scrolls and medicinal herbs, which have been taught by the teacher many years ago when he was studying magic with Fakui Yeaman, and that when the staff is damaged, or there are no magic herbs, or there is no opportunity to chant spells or make the gestures or postures necessary to cast magic, it can be triggered with little energy Magic copied on magic scrolls can be of great help. Archman didn't pay much attention to his teacher's words, until he suffered a loss at the hands of the dark elf mage Nia in the tavern of Thor, and he often kept many scrolls in his magic pocket.
Aqiman quietly looked at the mages of the Onyx City Mage Guild who were surrounding him, after the last battle. Aqiman can be sure that the vast majority of them are not his opponents. You don't even need to use a magic scroll. The magic cast by the Aqiman with his bare hands can defeat them easily. Thinking of this, Aqiman relieved his heart a little, it didn't seem that it was too difficult to escape from here, as long as his teacher Fa Kui Yeman didn't intervene to stop him, and from his previous actions, it seemed that the teacher had no hostility towards Aqiman, so Aqiman was not in a hurry to leave here, and his teacher had copied it on the magic scroll hidden in the ball of light. It's definitely not some kind of magic to drive away demons, and Aqiman knows that very well. With a subtle sneer on the corner of his mouth, Akiman pulled out the Book of the Moon from his pocket.
When the gold-covered box was placed on the table, the mages around him let out unconscious exclamations. You don't need to touch it, just stand near this box and you can feel the power that is incomparably powerful. The Grim Reaper Dis and his giant dog carved on the surface of the box seemed to be watching everyone present, and the recess in the mouth of the three heads of the giant dog beside Death Dis should have been the place where the keys to the box were placed, but Aqiman did not take out the keys to open the Book of the Moon, obsidian, and rubies with the Book of the Moon, nor did Fagui Yeman debunk this.
"Obsidian and rubies are in her pocket, and the succubus who traded with Amtils says she has a way to get the rest of the emerald and amethyst, but now may not be the time to leave with the Book of the Moon, what is the role of the Mage's Guild in the recent events in Onyx City?" After stopping the mages who wanted to touch the Book of the Moon, he put his hand on the Book of the Moon on the table and closed his eyes, and soon his eyes opened again: "Sure enough, it's a treasure handed down from ancient times." Even if it is not yet opened, as long as the magic power is put into it, it can stimulate a certain kind of dark energy. ”
Archman remembered the day when he had escaped from the Thieves' Guild, or was it the dark energy of the Book of the Moon that had been activated? Archman didn't say anything, he found his teacher looking at his face, and Fa Qu Yeman's skeletal jaw moved, as if about to say something, when a silver ball of light suddenly appeared in the air in the center of the room. The ball of light swelled violently, and in the blink of an eye, it became taller than a person, but the mages around him stood silently and silently stared at the silver ball of light as if they had become accustomed to it, and from their actions, Aqiman seemed to smell a hint of respect.
In the blink of an eye, the silver ball of light stopped expanding, and began to slowly spin and pour soft silver light in all directions, and a graceful figure floated out of the ball of light and landed gently on the ground, it was a woman with shining blonde hair and eyes shining with turquoise, her clothes were as gorgeous and dazzling as royalty.
So the archmage of the dungeon, Aqiman, suddenly found himself in this room as a standing being: except for the woman who emerged from the ball of light, he was the only person still standing in the room, and the other mages, including his teacher Fagui Yeman, had already knelt down on one knee, his right hand caressing his left shoulder. This made Archmage Aqiman feel a little embarrassed.
By the time the dark elf Ness arrived at the Chancellor's Palace, it was already slightly light. The overnight noise in Onyx provided excellent cover for Ness to jump from Earl Brad Klein's Caroline into the Lena River, and then ashore and then trot all the way to the Chancellor's House. Ness's sister Nya and Elder Halfling Edgar followed, and the three, also drenched, rushed to the Chancellor's Palace, where Baron Wesley Rueda was waiting for them to complete a deal with each other. The deal was to exchange the head of Count Brad Klein in the package next to the halfling for the life of the traitor Isaac and the chance for the thieves' guild to remain in Onyx.
"The Chancellor's calculations are shrewd. Ness cautiously poked her head out of the corner to look out at the street, thinking about Baron Wesley Ruda's plan.
From Isaac's handwriting on the secret letter, it can be proved that Count Brad Klein instructed Isaac to assassinate the president of the Thieves' Guild, so the halflings who are members of the Thieves' Guild and the Dark Elf sisters go to assassinate the head of the Dragon's Tooth Knights, which can not only remove the last stone in the way of Princess Sayarily Crane's path to the throne of the Holy Asserr Empire, but also fulfill the desire of the Thieves Guild to avenge the president. Yes, Earl Brad Crane was already the last member of the royal family in Onyx to be eligible for the throne, and Baron Wesley Rueda claimed to have made arrangements for Prince Verdor Crane, who was imprisoned in the Imperial Capital Prison, "even the ignorant little Prince Leo will be dealt with." That's how Nia repeats the words of the State Secretary. Both Ness and the Halfling Elders suspect that the Chancellor's plan has something to do with the two visitors from afar, and since the Thieves' Guild headquarters was breached by the Dragon's Tooth Knights, the whereabouts of the demon Amtils and the archmage Archmage Akiman have become quite secretive. (To be continued......)