Chapter 91: Faith

The once glorious Arcane Tower is now in ruins.

When the smoke cleared, all people could see was large areas of masonry, mud and debris.

The ruins look like a mountain of garbage, full of people running around.

Nicolas Cage walked blankly on the ruins, his eyes glazed and his heart aching.

At this moment, he didn't look like a holy realm, but more like a pale old man whose heart had been hit hard.

His eyes fell on a ruin, and Nicolas Cage saw something, and he staggered over, not even casting a single spell, just like that, he picked up the masonry with both hands, and then dug out half a badge from under the rubble.

"Cage-sama ......"

A magician shouted.

Nicholas raised his hand and stopped the other party's call.

He wiped the half of the badge with the sleeve of his robe and said in a calm tone, "This was given to me by my mentor thirty years ago. At that time, I had just become a full-fledged magician. Holding this badge, I didn't sleep all night with excitement. ”

All the magicians behind him bowed their heads.

Nicholas continued to dig through the ruins with his hands: "I remember that I put it together with other important things, as well as the golden robes I wore, the certificates that represented our honor, the certificates given by the Empire, and the seals and membership information of the Wizards' Guild, the promotion assessments, the Dharma books left over from the generations, and the spars...... Those were all handed over to me by the previous president. I had promised that the Wizards' Guild would only grow bigger in my hands!but where are they?Where are they?!"

The final question was almost shouted out with a roar. But no one could answer this question, which was as angry as a wind and thunder.

Several magicians looked at each other, and finally someone stepped out.

"Your Excellency...... They're all gone. One of the magicians replied boldly, "All ...... Completely dead. ”

"Whew!" roared Nicholas, looking up to the sky.

The sound was like thunder in the nine heavens, and the rumbling explosion in the sky frightened everyone back a few steps.

"Bastard!" Nicholas' eyes flashed.

As soon as he raised his hands, a thunder dragon with thunderbolts shining all over his body appeared in the air, shaking his head and tail, and countless thunderbolts in the air followed him frantically and smashed down on this ruin, booming like the roar of Thor, roaring out of crazy lightning.

All the mages were so frightened that they raised their magic shields.

Nicolas Cage was known as the God of Thunder before he became a Sanctuary. His attainments in thunder spells have far surpassed those of his predecessors. Even the elemental dragons he summoned had the strength to compete with the top ** masters.

Countless bolts of lightning slashed through the ruins, blasting large expanses of rubble. Nicholas finally began to vent his anger to the fullest, and the catharsis was like the sky falling apart, and everyone was terrified.

The thunder and lightning continued to thunder for about half an hour.

The entire northern suburbs over Winrington were like a large light bulb with unstable voltage, flickering on and off. The ruins of the original hill and a half were actually cut down by Nicholas's crazy and endless thunder and lightning, and if it was bombarded on the flat ground, a large pit with a radius of dozens of feet had already appeared.

Nicholas didn't finally stop until he had consumed most of the mana in his body.

The brontosaurus vanished, and Nicholas gasped for air with his left hand on his chest.

This venting finally made his mood calm and much better.

"Where is Raschel?" he said suddenly.

Everyone didn't react at once, and looked at Nicholas in a daze.

Nicholas roared, "I ask you where Raschel is, why hasn't he found that bastard in Huy Glare!"

The ** division named Kabuno hurriedly replied: "Cross just came back, it's clear to ask him." ”

Cross, the red-robed ** master, hurriedly stood up: "Raschel told us that the people of Huyglare are on the princess's side. Just as we were looking for him, the Arcane Tower collapsed. The situation has changed, and we can only come back and see first. ”

"The towers have fallen, what's the use of you coming back, can you still rebuild them?" Nicholas exclaimed, and Cross shuddered with fright. He hurriedly said, "I'll contact Raschel now." ”

Hurriedly taking out the crystal ball, Raschel's image appears in the crystal ball.

"Raschel, what's going on with you?" asked Cross anxiously.

"Everything is ready, Huigler is coming to me, and if you get there, you can catch him. Raschel's voice was as calm as ever.

"Let's get over here. ”

"I'm not on Meteor Avenue right now. Raschel said.

Cross snapped: "So where are you?"

"Hidden Moon Peak. ”

"Hidden Moon Peak, how did you get there?"

"Because Hue Gler is going to be here. ”

"What the hell is going on?"

"Don't ask so much, Cross. If you want to catch Hue Igler, come here. ”

Communication is lost.

Cross looked at Nicholas, who was about to say something, when a magician ran over not far away: "President, the Holy Knight of the Holy Spirit Temple is here." ”

"What are they doing here?"

"Looks like they're going to attack us!" the magician cried out in fear.

Nicholas took a long breath, and he laughed angrily, "Good, good. What day is it, even the Holy Cult wants to trouble us? I want to see what qualifications they have to attack us! Gather all the magicians and kill all the holy knights!"

Cross hurriedly shouted, "Raschel's ......"

Nicholas's eyes flashed: "You go first, I'll be there soon." Rest assured, Cross...... That won't take long. ”

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Turning off the communications crystal ball, Raschel let out a long breath.

He was in a ruined temple on the Hidden Moon Peak at the moment.

It was once an important place for the Bauhinia Dynasty to worship Harriman, the god of dawn. After the fall of the Bauhinia Dynasty, the emerging kingdom of Reims abandoned the holy land. As a result, the Temple of Dawn, which had once flourished, gradually declined and fell.

Today, the majestic temple is in a dilapidated state, most of the buildings have fallen into disrepair, and only the central hall is still intact. It is now home to the mountain keepers here.

In the center of the main hall, the statue of the god of dawn is also dilapidated to the point that it cannot even hold the gold lacquer, and the banti resembles a stone man with rough workmanship.

Raschel looked at the statue of Harriman with his hands behind his back and muttered, "There is nothing in this world that is eternal. Today's glory is, at best, a faint stroke left over from history. ”

As soon as his emotion began, he was interrupted.

Avril rushed out of the inner sanctum, dressed in full costume, "Raschel, where the hell is Huey, you said he was waiting for me here, why is there no one here?"

In the face of Avril's questioning, Raschel shrugged: "He's coming, Your Highness the Princess...... I mean, if he really cares about you. ”

"What do you mean by that? You'd better explain it to me. Avril had her hands on her hips, her willow eyebrows upside down, and her bulging cheeks were very cute.

"I'm afraid I can't explain anything more to you, but you'll soon understand, Your Highness. Maybe you don't know how bad you look right now, your face is all gray, and I don't think you like to let Huyglare see yourself like this. ”

As soon as Raschel said this, Avril immediately panicked: "Oh, this place is so dirty and broken, I should tidy it up." ”

"Don't worry, Your Highness the Princess. Raschel grinned, "There's a mountain spring behind here, you can go there and wash your face, or even take a bath." ”

"You ......" Avril looked at Raschel with a cautious gaze, "You won't be trying to ......"

The little girl's overly lively mind made Raschel cry and laugh: "Your Royal Highness, I am already a bad old man, you don't have to worry so much. Rest assured, I'm right here and I'm not going anywhere. ”

Avril bit her lower lip and thought about it, then nodded: "Okay, I'll go take a shower, wait for Xiui to come over, if you dare to lie to me, I'll pick your skin!"

"Of course, the great all-powerful princess. Raschel bowed.

Avril leaves, and Raschel finally regains her purity.

He sat quietly alone on a large stone outside the main hall, looking out at the distant mountain scenery, his eyes showing a deep sadness.

After sitting like this for a while, Raschel suddenly said, "You're here?"

Cross's startled voice came from behind: "How did you find me?"

Raschel didn't look back: "Some little secrets." ”

"Little secret?" Cross's tall figure turned out, and a red robe shone brightly in the afterglow of the setting sun: "What secret can a person like you have?"

Raschel laughed: "Indeed, there shouldn't be any big secrets for little people, so ...... You're the only one?"

"Master Nicholas will soon come over in person, after he has dealt with the clutter of the Holy Spirit Sect. If you can't hand over Huyglare when he comes, you know the consequences. ”

"Of course. Raschel replied crisply, "Don't worry, I will definitely hand over Huigler to Lord Nicholas." ”

Raschel uses a peculiar phrase here, he doesn't say it's in your hands, but in the hands of Nicholas, and Cross doesn't care about it.

He looked around and frowned, "I don't understand why you chose such a place to attract Huyglaire over, and what means did you use? ”

"Oh, that's my little secret, are you sure you don't want to know?" Raschel smiled at Cross.

Cross thought for a moment and finally nodded: "Tell me, maybe I'll be interested." ”

"To talk about this little secret, we have to talk about an incident that happened a long time ago. That was when I was twelve, almost thirty years ago, and I think you've heard of a great event that happened at St. Georgia's Law School. ”

"Inigo Dimon?"

"Yes. Raschel nodded seriously: "That evil terrible mage, he attacked St. Georgia Law School, and many students at that time were victims of his cruel methods, including me. ”

"I've heard something about you, you used to aspire to become a samurai, but in the end you had to give up cultivating Dou Qi because of that guy's attack, because his attack caused after-effects on your body, making it impossible for you to condense your Dou Qi. ”

"That's just one of the side effects. Raschel replied, "To be exact, it was the soul spell that had a terrible impact on my brain, causing me to have a regular mental disturbance, mainly with intermittent headaches, but sometimes it was so severe that I was on the verge of madness." There will be a thirst for killing and devouring blood, and there is even the possibility of losing one's sanity......"

Cross flickered, and he immediately realized what was behind the words.

Sure enough, Raschel said, "You understand, right? Yes, I have killed someone, an innocent man." That happened more than 10 years ago, and one day I was walking down the road and my epilepsy had a sudden attack, and it was so bad that I couldn't control myself...... I don't know what I did at the time, but when I woke up, I found a corpse lying next to me, the body of a civilian. ”

Cross sighed, "That's not your fault. ”

"That's my fault. Raschel said, "I killed that man, I know." I told Padget, who was my best friend, about it, and I told me I was going to turn myself in, but Padgett wouldn't allow it. He thinks that the law should not punish a person who kills people by the will, he thinks that I am just a patient and should not pay for it, and he thinks that if I have to pay the price, then he should also pay for it, because my problem is the result of trying to save him in the first place. For this, he found the family of the deceased and gave them a large sum of money. I was very depressed during that time, and it was Padgett who was always comforting me and helping me......"

Speaking of this, Raschel's voice deepened: "This is Padgett, he always thinks he owes me, and always tries to help me in any way." ”

Cross's heart skipped a slight beat: "And what about later?"

"Later?" Raschel laughed as he jumped off the boulder and walked towards the central main hall, "Then one day, I came here and found this temple. Since the God of the Dawn is not a deity of the Church of the Holy Spirit faith, it was abandoned. But for me, it gave me meaning in life. ”

Raschel turned to look at Raschel: "Do you know that a person especially needs faith to support himself when he is at a low point? The true meaning of religion should not be the unlimited worship of gods and interference in the worldly world in the name of God, but should satisfy the emptiness in people's hearts, so that people's souls will not be lost. The human world does not need powerful gods to protect it, it is the responsibility of human beings themselves. We just need to find our own direction in life in our devout belief in the gods. ”

Cross was stunned.

Raschel pointed to the statue of the god of dawn in the center of the main temple: "So during those depressed years, I came to this temple every day to worship the god of dawn. There are no believers in the God of Dawn in this world, and I feel that the God of Dawn, like me, is a character who has been abandoned by this world. The only difference is that I have a good brother who can take care of me and comfort me every day, and the god of dawn should also have at least one believer to believe in him, worship him, and serve him. ”

Cross sighed, "Fortunately, I'm not from the Holy Cult, and those guys never show mercy to heretics. ”

Raschel laughed, "Me too, but please be patient, because my story is not over yet." In my many years of worship, something very wonderful happened. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Power!" Raschel replied very seriously, "I have power." ”

Cross snapped: "Are you kidding? Raschel, I'm not belittling you, you're very intelligent, you're a very capable person. But if you say that in terms of strength, you are a waste at all, you can't do anything, you can't even beat a third-level samurai. ”

"Really, how did I get the sixth-rank samurai?" Raschel quickly retorted.

Emmanuel Daz, a sixth-level warrior who had run rampant through the empire seven years earlier, was captured by Raschel.

No one knows how he managed to do this as a second-class samurai, and some people think that perhaps Emmanuel Daz was too strong during his long career on the run, so he was chosen by Raschel, but only a few people know that this is not the case.

At this moment, Raschel slowly raised his hands, and the light flashed.

"Magic!" Cross exclaimed.

Who would have thought that Raschel would know how to use magic?

"Strange, isn't it?" Raschel chuckled, "What is it that gives me strength in this ruined temple? It's faith!"

He looked at Cross: "I've been battling eosis for years, and Inigo Dimon has done me serious damage, but it has also left a seed of soul magic power in my body. This seed is so small that no one has ever been able to really unearth it. But over the years, I gradually felt the will of the gods and the meaning of their existence. The god of dawn gave me guidance and helped me find a way to be free from the blood of pain and tyranny. So I started trying to control the pain and use it. Finally...... I did it. ”

Raschel looked at Cross and smiled: "You won't believe it, even I can't believe it, I actually became a soul mage because of this, a very special soul mage." The combat ability is not very strong, but it has a very unique place for the thinking and thinking of peeping people. And in this place, I can even borrow the belief in the god of dawn and discover the existence of every soul...... That's why I know you're here. ”

"I see. Close finally understood, "No wonder you're the best agent you can be." ”

"Yes, while most of the time I still rely on my own abilities to solve problems, when I am faced with problems that cannot be answered by observation alone, I have to use my soul spell powers. It allows me to get a lot of useful information. ”

Cross suddenly felt a trace of uneasiness in his heart: "What do you mean ......?"

"If a person has been dead for no more than a day, I can see the last sights he sees, the last words he utters, before he dies. Raschel said coldly.

Cross fell into an ice cave: "Oh my God!"

"Yes Cross, I know you killed Padgett, you and Nicolas Cage, and the rest of the Arcane Tower, they were all complicit. Raschel strode towards Cross: "I know everything that happened, I knew it from the beginning!"

Cross snorted, "Raschel, you bastard, you dare to fool us! Yes, we did it, but so what? Do you think you can defeat me with just a little soul spell of yours? Or do you think I'm as easy to deal with as a sixth-level warrior? Of course, if you use that ability to sneak up on me, maybe you'll have a chance, but you don't. Now that you've missed your chance, you're no longer able to deal with the wrath of a red-robed mage. ”

Cross roared and raised his hands, now that Raschel already knew the truth, he was no longer of any use.

Looking at Cross's angry appearance, Raschel sighed and shook his head, "Do you think my story is for you?"

"What?" said Cross.

Behind Cross, the young man's helpless voice came: "He told me." ”

Stunned, he turned around, and outside the temple gate, Xiu Yiglaire was standing there, looking helpless.

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In fact, Xiu Yi has already arrived.

Everything Raschel arranged was only hidden from the Department of Justice and Political Affairs, but not from Xiui.

From the beginning, Raschel was deliberately leaving clues for Huey.

But these clues are not clear, and you need to work hard to find them, so it took a lot of effort for Xiu Yi to find this place.

He couldn't figure out why Raschel had chosen to set his home ground here, but after hearing Raschel's story, he finally understood.

Everyone has their own source of strength.

Huey's true strength actually comes from the mature soul in his body, while Raschel's strength comes from his belief and sustenance in the Temple of Dawn during his most painful and confused period.

This is his ideal battlefield.

Huey was almost certain that Raschel must have been prepared for the situation.

The reason why he didn't rush to show up was because he didn't see Avril, so he wanted to wait for a while, but it wasn't until Raschel finished telling the story that he realized that it turned out that here, Raschel's power could actually find everyone who was hidden.

Just like the spiritual exploration in the soul spell, you can also feel the existence of the soul energy around you. It's just that it only feels the presence of soul energy, but it can't identify a specific target. And Raschel looks like he can even make out who his target is, which is a relatively powerful ability.

Who would have thought that this old boy would have such a hand?

At this moment, Cross saw Xiu Yi and panicked himself.

The current Huyiglare is no longer the Huyiglare of the former Purgatory Island. At that time, Cross could have knocked him down countless times with a wave of his hand, but now Xiui is very powerful. Cross doesn't think he has what it takes to surpass Leeburger.

"Huey......" he shuddered and made a sound.

Xiu Yi said helplessly: "I have three teachers, Lancelot is the first, and then you and Padget. If I could, I would never want to do anything to you. But when one of my teachers killed the other, I didn't know what to choose. Mistress Cross, you say...... What should I do?"

Cross took a long breath: "Lord Nicholas is coming, I may not be your opponent, but it is absolutely no problem to hold on for a while." When he comes, it will be your death. ”

"Is that what you're going to say, even when you're dying?" said Xiuy's eyes, with a deep sadness.

"Dying?" said Cross.

Xiu Yi said lightly: "Yes, dying...... The red-robed ** master may be very powerful, but if he encounters a surprise attack without preparation, he should be very ordinary people, right? Unfortunately, you are not a samurai after all, and you do not have the same reaction and strong body as them. ”

An alarm struck in his heart, and Cross screamed and rushed forward.

However, it was still too late.

A sharp dagger went straight into Cross's veins, and because Cross's forward posture was too fierce, it directly cut half of Cross's neck.

Cross's head spun limply around his shoulders and made a three-hundred-and-sixty-degree spin.

The last thing he saw was Raschel casually pulling back a bloody dagger.

"Good way, Master Cross!" Raschel said, kicking Cross in the head.