Chapter 66: The Holy Warrior Maiden, and the Power of the Abyss?

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Even though Faun was a new trading port within a radius of hundreds of miles, it could not escape the laws of development of this era, and after a dozen miles from the city, it was already a wasteland with no static to speak of, except for the overgrown weeds, the deserted mounds were roads that were compacted with mud and raised yellow dust. Even if there are occasionally one or two trees, the branches and leaves that grow arbitrarily are scattered and twisted due to the ravages of wind and rain, and even with the moisture of spring rain, it is difficult to cover them.

However, riding a horse and wandering in the wilderness under the blue sky and white clouds is still a refreshing thing. The breeze blows, the vision is vast, and even the slightest chill in the air that has not yet receded makes people feel refreshed.

If the group could travel a little slower, or if it was driven instead of on horseback, it would be closer to a comfortable hike.

"How long do we have to go?"

The gaze swept over the green fields in the distance, but there was not a trace of human habit, only a line far away in the sky, showing some gray color similar to that of cultivated land. Edward frowned, and couldn't help but ask. At the same time, he supported his body so that the thighs, which were hot from the friction, were a little away from the saddle - he was not resistant to this way of driving animals, but he also did not like it...... This is especially true when the time is long enough to reach a certain distance.

But the question was quickly drowned out by the sound of horses' hooves.

Beside him, the mage who was also covered in robes. The knights of the guards, who were still a few positions behind, seemed to put all their spirits on this journey. Edward had to pull the reins and slow himself down a little to get closer to the small group in the group that spoke the most.

“...... This time the evil ritual, no one has detected where the center point is?"

Miss Lisa was now in a position to be with the young paladin, and although she covered her face with a thick veil to keep out the dust, she could still hear the smirk in her voice.

Well, it has to be said. This paladin is indeed an ideal conversation partner for women...... Young, handsome, mighty, and extraordinary. And a noble and special status, and a temperament that goes with it seamlessly, like the protagonists of stories often heard in the mouths of bards - even the names of those people. A word that was clearly a pseudonym was used.

Sao Bao's terrible ......

"The first choice of place for such evil rituals should be the temple of evil gods, and these cowardly, insidious and cunning beings often set up their evil nests far from the people, or at least far from the good and civilized...... They love a lonely iron tower or stone tower in the middle of the wilderness, and then protect it with those terrifying monsters...... This time, though, there's a good chance they've built it in the middle of an evil town. This is also the castle lord who has concentrated most of the holy warrior spellcasters and half of the troops. The reason for the split search. ”

The young paladin replied, only in a rhetorical rigidity reminiscent of the way some of the information was written: "Of course, it is not usually possible for those cultists to establish their filthy nests in the sun, and instead choose secret locations that ordinary people would not think of. Underground in the old barn. An abandoned warehouse, or someone's backyard...... Wherever there may be a temple of zài evil. Therefore, we must be careful ......"

"But I don't think we need to worry too much, after all, this time, we have Lord Arryn with us, and she has been in the last ten years, nay, a hundred years. One of the most outstanding paladins in the temple of His Majesty Lansendel. She will inevitably lead us to eradicate this group of petty people who have fallen into evil. ”

"Praise it. Lord Hawke. ”

There was a pause. It seems that intentionally or unintentionally, he is still passing the topic to the female paladin on the other side. It's just that compared to the eagerness in his words, the other party's answer is only polite.

Edward couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

Her appearance was as always, or rather, more sophisticated and composed, even though she was covered in armor and rode in, but her calm gaze kept her eyes under the mask to observe the situation around her, and always held her sword, maintaining the necessary vigilance.

It's just that although he didn't deliberately show his identity, he didn't hide it either, especially the mutual names that call each other...... But along the way, the female paladin didn't seem to have any intention of communicating with him, which simply made Edward have a feeling of "did he recognize the wrong person".

Alas, forget it, it seems...... Or something, just some kind of delusion of your own?

When human beings are faced with a crisis, their emotions will be easily moved by the opposite sex present at the same time - it seems to be called the drawbridge effect? In fact, Edward does not deny that he has a certain affection for Elena when he sees her true face, but ...... In fact, that's what happened, when Pingshui met, a smile passed, even if you appreciated it, it would not make a scene of looking for each other at the ends of the world.

Although he really wants to become a mage, he doesn't want to spend his life in search like the legendary ** master who is said to have ridden a dragon and run all over the continent......

Or is it better that way?

Throw that unpleasant feeling out of your mind. Edward tried to distract himself,

But now there seems to be nothing to think about.

As for his own task this time, it seems that it is even more troublesome than imagined - the mage named Isaac must be of a high level and is not subject to the restrictions of the call order, and he has asked the mage in the team before to ask the name of all the mages who have been called in the city at present, and none of them have this name.

Anonymous seclusion, or did he use a pseudonym, or, because of his identity, the mage was reluctant to tell him about the information that involved some kind of problem?

It seems possible.

&2000nbsp;"Stop. There are discoveries. ”

An abrupt command sounded, directing everyone's attention to the front of the field of vision.

Edward's gaze stretched forward, falling on the distant shadow, and then he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows in delight—it was evident that this had lasted for two or three hourglasses, and the depressing journey of wandering slowly through the wilderness had finally come to an end.

Strange shadows were revealed on the floor at this time.

As the distance gets closer, you will notice that the shadow is nothing more than a few cows—but this cow is very different from the image that most people remember.

They do not gather among themselves like herds, but spread out at a considerable distance. The nearest one, Edward could tell, was at least half the size of an average cow! Not only that, but its fur was as sparse as if it had been infected with some kind of skin disease. Reveals dark red skin and traces of knotted muscles underneath, shoulders, and back. And the side of the leg extended a sharp white bone plate, and the two horns on the forehead were extremely thick, almost more than two feet long, and even a bone spur protruded from the center of the skull!

Noticing the arrival of a group of knights, this monster-like guy had a striking red light flashing in his eyes, and he directly lowered his head vigilantly in the direction of the crowd, snorting white gas from his nose.

Catch a glimpse of the wind. The strong smell of sulfur made Edward frown...... Generally speaking, this kind of thing is called a ferocious animal, and it is not a rare thing. The depths of the mountains are influenced by certain unique geographical factors. There is a faint possibility that some of these animals will be produced.

It's just that although the ferocious animals are alienated by ordinary animals, this alienation should have some harsh conditions - according to the mages, only in certain places where the magic energy is abnormally distributed, such as the junction of certain blocks in the Whispering Forest, the frenzied magic area where the magic web is relatively dense. Now, he is wandering in the ordinary wilderness. This seems to be a tricky situation.

In fact, there is nothing terrible about a few ferocious bulls, even if Edward encounters them single-handedly. It could have been easily handled, but the situation reminded him of the lizardmen not so long ago, a plane where land development was still underutilized. Basically, there are already beasts and monsters infested after ten or twenty miles out of the city, and if a large number of mutated monsters appear...... No, even a mutated ordinary creature like this is enough to threaten the safety of this squad.

Or fortunately, his current identity is only a low-level mage, and he can only be regarded as an assistant to the middle-aged mage in this group of people - the task is also very simple, which is to manipulate a sound transmission gem and report the situation to the city at any time. Although he was not optimistic about his abilities, the middle-aged mage was obviously not bad, and told him some things about his mission and the things he needed to pay attention to in the field...... At the end, I didn't forget to remind him to try to stay back when he was in danger.

But not everyone seems to think that way.

"Lord Edward, have you found anything?" Contrary to everyone's expectations, as soon as the female paladin spoke, she pointed her finger at the person who was not very inconspicuous.

So everyone's eyes were also nailed to that person, and inevitably, the expression was a little strange.

At this moment, even if one consulted for advice, it seemed that the older mage should be chosen, as for the young man shrouded in gray and black robes...... Do they know each other?

Among them, it was naturally the expressions of the holy warriors who were the most surprised.

Along the way, they didn't pay much attention to the half-way figure who joined the academy, or the half-elf girl who was also a priest, which attracted their already small attention, and this young man in a gray and black robe, although he claimed to be from that academy, was only an apprentice after all—Tumenis founded his country from that academy, so some of the rules in the academy were naturally known, even if not widely circulated, but they couldn't hide from these characters who also walked in the mysterious realm.

And the identity of that girl holy warrior is real...... Unbelievable.

These things, yo, could be far-reaching power effects.

Among the many other worlds, there is one place that must be mentioned, and that is the Abyss, a land of never-ending chaos and evil. Scorched soil, burning fire clouds, flowing magma, sulfur-filled air, this is almost the entire abyss, and this environment should certainly have endless horrors. The abyss is inhabited by violent, greedy, fickle, and depraved creatures of purgatory. The devil is the natural master of it.

Demons don't like to tempt mortals like their old enemies, the devils, and their personalities are ten times more ferocious than the most ferocious of the Earthwalking Dragons, but that doesn't mean they don't have intelligence. Demons have the darkest essence, ruin, destruction, rage, and chaos, but there are many mortals who worship demons in order to claim power, but there are very few successful among them.

"Speaking of which, who is the Lord Mage who was by His Excellency the City Lord before, it seems to be very powerful?"

"That's the City Lord's advisor. His Excellency Enwei, a High Mage, is also the president of the Magic Guild here. ”

It's just that in his opinion, this Lord of Enwei's name is really a useless guy - the result of such a large spell ritual. It had already erupted near Farn City, and he didn't even provide any clues, only mentioning that Yì was conducting a carpet search in such an inefficient way. Capabilities are obviously limited...... Although he is respectfully called the ** master, he is probably the material of a senior mage who has opened his real name, and if he wants to be worthy of that title, I am afraid it will take more than ten or even decades of hard work......

Or maybe he wouldn't have been able to do that in his lifetime, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to leave the Mage Academy and go to this harbor city to serve a small city lord......

Could a magical ritual that could envelop the entire region for tens or hundreds of miles be the work of a group of ordinary petty people?

Just a little magic with common sense. I know that the answer is of course no - there must be some casters involved, and it must be a strong caster, or even a team of casters.

But even on this continent of swords and sorcery. The number of casters is not very large.

The caster here is not in some yy, and can be infinitely flooded under certain conditions, and can be like the Chinese cabbage in autumn, which can be used as fertilizer if it can't be transported...... They have always been the elite of a sparse population, and the stronger their abilities, the rarer they become, even in the magically thriving Tuminis Empire, except near the capital. It's not easy to find a group of mages, but if you want to find a group of high-level mages with real names...... Then this is only possible in the Academy of Magic.

Even the shadow of the so-called Magic Kingdom. The number of spellcasters with official status in the Kingdom of Tuminis has just exceeded 20,000, of which there are less than 4,000 mages. And nearly half or even more than half of them are just non-traditional mages trained after the establishment of the magic academy, and the reason for their qualifications is doomed, they will not be able to climb the mountainside of the magic peak in their lifetime, and they can only linger permanently behind the gate.

In the eyes of those true mages, they are nothing more than beings who can only throw fireballs and lightning, and can barely be regarded as spellcasters.

As for the remaining close to two thousand people - it sounds like a lot, but among them, there are actually very few high-level ones, after being occupied by the mage academy first, there are hundreds of strategic forces cultivated by the empire, and then seven counties and four autonomous regions, the number has become extremely thin, not to mention that those nobles in the capital usually like to raise one or even several high-level mages as a symbol of strength,

And the pastors ......

Although there are many priests of evil gods on the mainland, they usually don't do such things...... The purpose of the gods is usually simple and clear, and the more powerful the gods, the more they are bound by the rules, and they usually act with grand plans, rather than such petty terrorists.

Well, it has to be said that conspiracy theories are a very dark and charming thing, which can make something out of nothing, come alive from death, and bring an absurd topic to life. But it's also a very technical job...... Well, the auspicious house is safe.

Under the rule of free thought, it is not for nothing that there are fools in the world, and only those who are wise are the wise. Of course, it can't be denied that evil spellcasters may also gather secretly.

But what is the ultimate goal of this spellcaster or team? Just creating a large number of ferocious animals or demonizing a group of monsters is obviously not a major goal.

Well, naturally, in exchange for something......

As one of the largest seaport cities in the south, the population here is large, but it also leads to a large number of religions, the sun god, the goddess of luck, the goddess of wealth, and the lady of pleasure have all built temples here, but because of this, the temple here has not appeared a monopoly situation, no matter which deity's belief is difficult to pull more believers, so the scale of the temple is maintained in a position that is not up or down.

Or there should be some kind of influence from secular forces...... After all, a religion with many followers is not good for any rule, so the lords and nobles of the city are very willing to see a large number of temples standing side by side competing with each other, and they are like grass in the middle of the wall, and they can get enough benefits from them with rewards and punishments.