Now the capital has a curfew every night, but this does not stop Xiao Chen from going out. He delivered a message through a special channel in the city in the afternoon. Before nightfall, he came to the tavern near the bank of the Legon River in the civilian area. He met Roland, the chief priest of the capital, here last winter, and he was waiting in this tavern again today.
Still sitting on the second floor, leaning against the railing, Xiao Chen leaned back in his chair, fiddling with the wooden cup in his hand, but thinking about something in his mind.
Roger sat quietly beside him without making any sound. Catalina did not come this time. She went to get a key piece of information again, but this time she was accompanied by Kalanda and Glade, so she was much more secure.
After thinking for a while, Xiao Chen said, "The enemy has completed the search and investigation of the noble area, and started searching the merchant area last night. They are now moving step by step, dividing the capital into blocks, and isolating the searched areas from the unsearched areas with magic circles. Our range of activities is getting smaller and smaller."
"The commander of this operation is very organized. If they were not divided internally and unable to mobilize enough resources, our current situation would be much more dangerous," said Roger.
"It's dangerous enough now. If we continue like this, they will soon find our hiding place. So we must come here today and prepare for the next action."
"Sir... Is Roland really reliable?"
Xiao Chen smiled and said, "Roland has his own stand. Gibran is a priest of the God's Advent Sect, and his interests are totally inconsistent with his. I don't think he will act according to Gibran's stand after his death. As for the risks, it has come to this point. How can you not take risks when you do things?"
Roger nodded in agreement.
The two waited for about an hour before two civilian-dressed people came into the tavern. They were Roland and Ganuo.
Roland saw Xiao Chen, smiled slightly, walked up to the second floor, and sat down next to Xiao Chen and Ganuo.
"I didn't expect you to come back at this time." Roland asked the boss to bring two glasses of wine and snacks, and leaned back in his chair and said, "But since you're here, that's even better. I've been guessing who will be the protagonist of the next big show. I originally thought it would be Luo Ling, but now it's you, and I think you're more suitable. Because you're more daring than her and are more likely to surprise people."
"Big show?" Xiao Chen asked after taking a sip of wine.
"Isn't it? Before you came, Luo Ling's people alone might not be able to break through, but now that you and Luo Ling have joined forces, it can be said that many masters have gathered. With the strength of you, if you want to get together and force your way through, the princess's people may not be able to stop you. On the one hand, the Qianren Sword Saint and the princess's guardian knight are both seriously injured, and on the other hand, the remaining people can't stay in one place forever. As long as you find a breakthrough, you are still likely to rush out.
Now that you are still not leaving, you must have other plans."
Xiao Chen said: "Before I tell you about my plan, I have two questions to ask you."
"Go ahead."
"We still don't understand what conditions Gibran brought to persuade so many magicians to betray and tie the princess to them?"
Roland raised a finger and said, "An oracle! The oracle says: If the mages give up opposing the gods, they will be forgiven by the gods after their spirits awaken. The God of Nature will grant them priesthood and divine power so that they can preserve their own strength."
Xiao Chen was shocked by the news. He opened his eyes wide and asked, "Oracle? Could it be that the God of Nature has really awakened? But I clearly destroyed his plan to absorb the energy of the World Tree in the Elf Kingdom, which should have delayed his awakening."
"So you were the one who did this... I was right about you." Roland's words were full of sarcasm. "What those guys have been working on for ten years was completely offset by your one action. If the guys from the God's Coming Sect knew about this, they would definitely want to chop you into pieces."
Seeing Xiao Chen's confusion, Roland said, "If you compare God to a seriously injured and unconscious person, and you want him to say a few words, what should you do?"
"I will definitely give him various elixirs to restore his energy, and then try to wake him up when the time is right." Xiao Chen said.
"Yes, this is what the God's Advent Sect has been doing in the past ten years. In the main hall of the Temple of Nature, there is an altar that can communicate with the gods. Before the War of the Gods, the agents of the God of Nature in the human world offered sacrifices to the God of Nature here, and also listened to the oracles of the God of Nature here. However, since the God of Nature fell asleep again after the War of Godslaying, the temple has not received any clear information."
Xiao Chen keenly noticed the word "clear": "In other words, there is also vague information?"
"It can't be called information. It should be God snoring or talking in his sleep." Roland smiled softly. "Ten years ago, the priests of the God's Coming Sect found that the God of Nature began to make more noises and was able to start collecting sacrifices again. This was something that had not happened in thousands of years, so they began to consider whether they could wake up the God of Nature earlier. They collected a large number of crystals and offered them to the God of Nature. This was obviously effective, and the feedback from God was increasing. They also prayed devoutly for God's awakening. But at this time, the priests of the Present World Sect secretly did another thing.
You know. The altar is guarded by several priests in turn. Our Alcala priest has prayed to God since then, saying that the world should not be deprived of all magic power, but should be given to the strong in the world. God is great only when there are strong people following him. He repeatedly instilled these ideas into the sleeping God, and this oracle came later. "
"It was actually a priest of the secular sect who concocted this oracle? I thought that according to the position of the secular sect, they did not want God to wake up so soon."
"We can't have only one plan for everything, right? If God wakes up unstoppably, then at least we can still retain our own strength. Moreover, even if we have similar views on the awakening of God, it does not mean that we will consider the issue from the perspective of the mage." Roland said directly.
"Do you think this oracle is the will of the God of Nature himself?" Xiao Chen asked.
"I don't know. But the most crucial problem is that the Divine Adventists seized this opportunity and used this vague oracle as a tool to destroy the alliance between wizards. The result was tragic. Both the Royal Magic Tower and the Kingdom Magic Association were turned upside down by a few words."