Chapter 49: The Secret of the Sanctuary

There is such a thing as a god, Xiu Yi has always disbelieved in it. He has always believed that the gods are the product of man's self-fantasy, the hope of the empty, helpless mind.

It doesn't exist, but it's mysterious because it doesn't exist, and it seems tall.

It is born out of human fantasies, so it is a manifestation of human self-worship and pinning hope on the unknown.

Even in the wizarding world, everything is unreasonable for a reason. But the gods, Xiu Yi really can't think of any reasonable explanation.

This named Isardo Nepper told him that the gods of the Church of the Scourge really existed, much to the surprise of Xiuy. If the other party is not a character who has stepped into the Sanctuary, Xiui will scoff at him. The problem is that many times the weight of the words depends first on the person who speaks, not on the words themselves, so Xiu Yi does not dare to talk nonsense about the other party at will, and can only repeat: "The real gods?"

"Yes. Patriarch Isardo Nepper nodded affirmatively: "The Church of the Cataclysm was established under the guidance of the gods, and it was the gods who told us that sooner or later, the demon world would invade here. ”

"Sounds incredible. ”

"If you don't believe me, you can take a trip to the Southern Continent, and I can help you communicate with the gods. ”

"Wait until you have a chance. Huey thought for a moment and said, "I'm more concerned about the outcome of the senator's deal. ”

"Deal. Patriarch Isardo Nepper said very cheerfully, "We will send three beast tamers to the Northern Continent at once, along with forty knights and mages from the Church of the Scourge. ”

"Does the Nightmare Horse need so many people to take care of it?"

"It's just a necessary precaution, and in a way, the Nightmare Pony is on loan to you, and as the owner, it's necessary for us to keep an eye on the Pony to make sure you don't use it in dangerous situations. ”

"But then, isn't my movement under your watch?"

"Huygliel, please don't think we're spying on you, in fact you might as well see this as a form of cooperation. If you are in danger, our people will also help you. You can even use them as your combat strength if necessary, as long as you don't put them in too dangerous situations, of course. ”

"Sounds pretty good, I'm afraid it's not as good as you say. "According to the meaning of the head of the prison, Isardo Neper, the people who are about to be sent will not only ensure the safety of the Nightmare Horse, but also accept the dispatch of Xiuyi. Just look at Keith. Being able to have up to forty church knights and mages come to him is definitely a skyrocketing force, and the only question is whether he will be able to control them.

"Hue Igler, please let your guard down. From the moment the Church of the Scourge made a deal with you, you were already an ally of ours. We are never stingy with our allies. By the same token, we won't have just these three transactions. I believe that with your ability and the magic weapon you have in your hands, you can help us in many cases. For example, when we need a real magic weapon to appear, we can ask for your help. In addition, you are also an alchemist, and the Church of the Plague is also interested in some of the alchemy in your hands, such as teleportation circles. ”

"I'm not going to sell how it's made. ”

"But you can make it for us, right? Teleportation from the South Continent to the North Continent, like that, it would save us a lot of time. Senator Isardo Nepper smiled.

Xiu Yi thought for a moment and nodded: "You're right, but I still have to remind you again, Elder, I am not a believer in the Church of the Scourge, just your ally." Your people may come to me, but they must follow my commands. ”

"As long as it is not a matter that harms the interests of the church, and it is not for them to die in vain, they will obey. If there is a dispute, you can notify us through the teleportation crystal, and the Senate will make a decision. At the same time, the Church of the Scourge swears in the name of the gods that no matter what the future holds, the Church Knights will not reveal anything about you. ”

"Very good, sincerity is the biggest foundation for cooperation, I believe we will have a happy cooperation in the future." Xiu Yi was satisfied.

Three deals, and that's it.

After negotiating the details, a question suddenly came to Huey's mind.

"Master Izado, I have a question for you, I wonder if you can answer it conveniently?"

"What do you want to ask?"

"First of all, you're a Sanctuary, aren't you?"

"Yes. ”

"There have always been many legends about the power of the Sanctuary, but no one has ever known what the Sanctuary is all about. Compared to ordinary powerhouses, there are different opinions about how powerful the Holy Domain is, but there is no unified answer? To be honest, I also want to know about this. ”

For Xiuy, if he used to only think about how to take revenge on the Empire, then with the alliance with the Francks, the attitude of the Reims Empire has softened, and the revenge has come to an end, and the need to replace it is how to strengthen himself as much as possible.

What exactly is the Sanctuary, and why does every Sanctuary be so secretive?

He had tried to find the secret by searching for the path Lancelot had taken, but Christine's men had not been able to find any clues until now.

Providence made him acquainted with the patriarch of the Cataclysm Church, and if he didn't seize the opportunity to learn the inside story, I am afraid that he would lose the opportunity in the future. Judging by the current situation, Isardo Nepper thinks very highly of himself. Xiui doesn't guarantee that the other party will answer this question, but it is absolutely impossible to say that he will kill himself because he has touched the taboo.

Sure enough, Isado Nepper clearly hesitated.

"Elder, I really want to know the answer. Because my future opponent may have the existence of the Sanctuary. Xiu Yi said seriously.

Isado Nepo nodded and replied in an old and deep tone: "Actually, it's not a big secret, Xiu Yiglaire, if I tell you that the true combat power of a holy realm is actually not much different from that of a star warrior or a seventh-level ** master, will you be surprised?"

Huey immediately froze.

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Grade has always been an important criterion for judging strength. Although Xiu Yi himself has had examples of beating opponents by skipping ranks, that doesn't mean that he can easily cross the rank limit, in fact, the higher he goes, the greater the level difference.

Generally speaking, it is easier for a samurai below level 4 to move up the ranks, and the strength of the samurai will double with each level of promotion.

From level four to level seven, it is relatively difficult to increase the level, and the strength increase will increase to about three times.

When it reaches level seven or above, each level of improvement is almost equal to four to five times the strength increase.

Therefore, a Sky Samurai can easily deal with four or five Earth Samurai, or twenty Sea Samurai, and as for a fifth-level Samurai like Xiui, it is not a problem to deal with one or two hundred. This shows the wide gap between the two sides.

Xiu Yi was able to win Kevin Beers in the first place, to put it bluntly, because he was not a simple samurai, but also a mage. Add Dragons, Nightmares Guardians, Alchemy, Vajra Puppets, Memory Gem Rings, and Lilith's Devotion Spell to join forces. In fact, each of these auxiliaries is much stronger than Xiu Yi himself, and in the end, the dedication of the magic pattern directly raised Xiu Yi to the strength of a seventh-level samurai, which laid the foundation for victory. Even so, Huey was out of danger.

However, at the level of the Star Warrior, this strength gap has been magnified again, and a Star Warrior can deal with seven or eight Sky Warriors alone, and his strength has become extremely terrifying.

A star warrior like Hampton, who is an army on the battlefield alone, can come and go as he pleases unless he is caught in a sea of thousands of troops.

Therefore, in Xiu Yi's understanding, the strength of the powerhouses of the Sacred Domain is probably strong enough to withstand ten star warriors.

But now, Isado Nepo had told him that the true strength of the Sanctuary was not much different from that of a Star Warrior or a Rank 7 Mage.

This was something he couldn't figure out.

"I don't understand why. ”

"The reason is simple, because the power has reached its limit. Isador Nepper said solemnly: "The Star Warrior is the pinnacle of the development of human power, and the seventh-level mage, who can release the magic that manipulates the power of heaven and earth, has also reached the peak. ”

"I thought there was no limit to power. ”

"That's just philistine prejudice. How can there be no limit to power? We are all mortals, and mortals have mortal limits. It's like a bowl, the water is already full, and no amount of water can be put down. ”

"But can't the bowl be turned into a bucket through cultivation?"

Isardo Nepper laughed: "If a bowl can be turned into a bucket, then is it still a person?"

Xiu Yi was stunned.

Isadore Nepper earnestly said, "If a bowl can be turned into a bucket, then man is not a man, but a god." The Sanctuary is still human, so the bowl will not become a bucket, but after becoming the Sanctuary, we have a new power. ”

"New powers?"

"Yes, new power. After becoming a sanctuary, we can still cultivate, but the power can no longer remain in the body, but will automatically spill out. This overflowing force is like water on the top of a mountain, forming a waterfall as it flows down. The power is generated in a new environment, feeling the heaven and the earth, combining with itself, and finally forming a new power, that is, ...... Field. ”

"Domain?"

"Yes, the new power formed by the overflowing power after being tempered is called the domain power, also known as the law power. Isadore Napper laughed, "In fact, that's what makes the Sanctuary a Sanctuary. Under the influence of field forces, we can give full play to our strength to a greater extent. ”

With Isado Nepper's explanation, Huey gradually learns the secrets of the realm.

It turns out that domain power is not generated for no reason. It is a qualitative change caused by the quantitative change after the strength of the powerhouses of the Sanctuary has reached its peak. This qualitative change allows the Sanctuary to create its own law realm within a certain range.

Law is the foundation of the survival of all things. Just as the sun rises in the morning and the moon only appears at night, spring is the season of sowing and autumn is the time of harvest. This law is the law of the earth, and no one can change it. Even if a magician can forcibly reverse the flowers in winter by magic, he will only change the flowers, not the laws of the region.

Domain power is the power of the strong to formulate new laws within the scope of their influence. It can reverse time, reverse space, bring the dead back to life, and make the living eternal.

Sounds amazing, doesn't it?

Unfortunately, it's not that simple.

As Isado Nepper said, it is a qualitative change that is produced by an overflowing force. In other words, it is not in the bowl and therefore not subject to the absolute constraints of the master of power. A samurai can manipulate the fighting energy in his body at will, but he can't do it so freely with the power of the realm.

One of the most obvious points is that no matter what kind of law the Sacred Domain powerhouses make, they themselves must abide by that law.

"In other words, when the Sacred Realm powerhouses are fighting with people, they have the ability to change all the laws of existence of the things around them, but the problem is that they themselves cannot transcend the laws and are also limited by the changed laws, is that right?" Thuy quickly captured the crux of Isador Neper's words.

"To be exact, you can't easily detach. ”

"I think I get it. It's like an uprising, a revolution, where new heroes defeat the old country and establish a new order. But the new order is also binding on the new monarch and cannot be easily violated. Of course, as the maker of order, he can choose to formulate a system that is beneficial to him, and occasionally he can use the power in his hand to forcibly break the law, but the consequences of forcibly breaking it will inevitably have a harmful impact on himself. ”

"That's right, smart boy. Isardo Nepper clapped his hands and laughed, "The only difference is that if the Sanctuary breaks the law by itself, it will immediately suffer a serious backlash, and the cost will be much greater than the consequences of the occasional use of privileges by the lord of a country. ”

"Well, the true strength of the Sanctuary ......" Xiu Yi lowered his head and thought for a moment, then raised his head with certainty, "It's about making laws that are beneficial to you. For example, a samurai sanctuary can enact laws prohibiting all magic in its own realm. Since it is the realm of law, it is supreme, and no artifact can be broken by anyone. In this way, I am afraid that the concentration of ** divisions in the world will not be enough for a single Sacred Domain warrior to slaughter. Well, although you can't break the law by yourself, just by formulating the law that is beneficial to you, the Holy Realm is already invincible. ”

"Exactly. But it's not that simple. There is also a difference in overriding laws. The forbidden demon realm is a law of high coverage, which requires that all magic cannot be used, and the consumption of domain power is very large. And it only works on magicians, and it doesn't make sense if it is against samurai. Therefore, the vast majority of the Sanctuary will not choose the realm of forbidden demons or forbidden fighting spirits. For the Sanctuary, it would be much more practical to formulate a low-coverage rule for its own weaknesses. For example, it is forbidden to use a single spell, or a combat skill is prohibited, or a certain combat method is prohibited, and so on. ”

"I see, no wonder the Sanctuary never wanted others to know the secrets of the realm. ”

"Once a domain is created, it must be made a law for it. Once the law is in place, it is easy not to change it. Therefore, the law realm of each sanctuary is also different. These law areas can protect themselves to the greatest extent and improve their strength, but in the same way, there will inevitably be loopholes. Especially in the field of low coverage law, there are bound to be loopholes. If known, they are likely to target this vulnerability. In this way, even the Sanctuary will be defeated. So you can know what the realm is, but you should never wonder what kind of laws a sanctuary has made for its own law domain. Unless you survive the fight with him. ”

Like Lancelot, Huey thought.

He finally understood why Lancelot had survived the Sanctuary in the first place.

The Sanctuary of the Banist family is a samurai Sanctuary. Eighty percent of the rules of this samurai's sanctuary are likely to be low-coverage domains, and it is very likely that it will not have much impact on a samurai like Lancelot. And the power of the Sanctuary itself is stronger and limited than that of the Star Strong.

So although Lancelot was defeated, he was able to survive.

If he was challenging a magical sanctuary, and the other party had a rule realm that prohibited combat skills or some restrictions on fighting spirit, then Lancelot wouldn't want to leave alive at all. No one can escape the rules of the realm, not even the Sanctuary of the Manufacturing Realm itself.

The so-called Sanctuary, to put it bluntly, is that after the Sanctuary has the power to formulate the rule-making domain, they try their best to create a combat field that is most suitable for them. But only as much as possible, it is impossible to have an effect on all opponents.

And according to Isado Nepper, the use of the domain consumes the power of the domain. Since this kind of domain power is born from the qualitative transformation of the overflow power of the Sanctuary Realm, it must not be easy to generate. Therefore, the powerhouses of the Sacred Domain also need to cultivate, but they are cultivating in the domain, accumulating enough domain power as much as possible, so that the domain power can be maintained for a long enough time, and at the same time, they also try to choose the law that consumes less domain power to formulate, after all, the wider the coverage of the law, the larger the area, and the greater the domain power consumed. In times of non-necessity, it is not easy to use the power of the field.

"Elder Isador Nepper, I'm glad you told me this, it has unraveled a puzzle in my heart. Huey bowed to Isado Naper.

"You're welcome, Huygliel, I hope you understand that even the realm itself is a secret. You must know that every sanctuary will inevitably have enemies. If the secrets of the realm spread, many people will try to find a way to defeat the Sanctuary. Even if a Sanctuary doesn't tell others what their domain laws are, that doesn't mean they can't guess. The enemy is often the one who knows you best. As long as you know the meaning of the existence of the domain, you can often guess by yourself what the other party's domain rules may be. Once it is made public, the Sanctuary will face endless trouble. ”

"I understand. It's like you're a magical sanctuary. For the vast majority of mages, they are never afraid to face countless enemies, but they are very afraid of one or two strong warriors. So I can guess that most of the rules you set are aimed at the samurai. In this way, the real threat to you, in addition to the Sanctuary, is probably other magicians. And if you choose a low-coverage area and are guessed what kind of law restrictions are, then even the samurai can be a threat to you. ”

Isado Nepper smiled, "So if you're my enemy, you can find a way to deal with me in this regard." Even if you don't do anything, just get the word out about it...... I'm not necessarily scared, but it's going to cause me some trouble. ”

"I'm grateful to you now, Elder Isardo Nepper, for telling me such a great secret. It's no wonder that the Sanctuary has conventions and never divulges the secrets of the relevant realm. ”

"There are no secrets in this world that will never be revealed, but those who can know the inside story know how to control their mouths. ”

"You're right, Elder, and I'm not going to make an exception to this matter. ”

"I believe in you, Hue Igler. Despite your youth, your intellect is very mature. ”

"Then may I ask Your Excellency the Patriarch, if the two Sacred Domains fight and the two realms collide, what will be the result?"

"Different or identical in nature, coexist. The nature is reversed, and the elimination is reversed. ”

"Last question, is there a Sacred Domain powerhouse who can transcend the restrictions imposed on him by the rules of the realm?"

Isadore Nepper pondered for a moment, shook his head, and said, "I haven't heard of it. If there is, it is also ...... Above the Sanctuary. ”