"... The recent situation in Houlier City is not peaceful. It has been reported that Viper Cross has never given up on courting and wooing the nobles in the city in the past six months, but the situation is still under control, so you can rest assured... "
The quill was wandering on the yellowed parchment, Bishop Benjamin frowned and thought, raised his hand to let the nib draw ink from the ink bottle, and continued to write—the "Viper's Cross" he called was an active in the southeast of the empire. Although the name of the sect is close to the "Rostic Cross", in fact it can be called an "enemy" that has lasted for decades. The other party split from the "Rose Cross". The massive recruiting of believers in the southeastern part of the kingdom made it impossible to avoid the situation of "Li Kui meets Li Gui" later on. About thirty years ago, the two sects clashed one after another, and now they have caused a large number of casualties, and even reached the point where fire and water cannot be tolerated. .
"There are many children in the monastery with outstanding abilities, but the characteristics displayed by Miss Sally are something I have never seen before. Her road to spiritual practice is bound to be smooth sailing, and she has now reached the threshold for advancement. If you can , I hope to recommend 'House of Roses' to focus on her, and I will write another specific report..."
"Everything is fine here in Houllier City. The condition of the Duke of Angmar has not changed, but this is an ominous sign. I suspect that his body will not last long. As for the members of the Luciferon family..."
The reply letter to Bishop Rubens is one of the tasks Benjamin will complete today. The old bishop is already sixty-three years old this year, but because he is the clergyman with the longest average life expectancy, his mental state and physical condition are always good. . At this time, Rubens, who replied to the letter, was an "old friend" of Benjamin, and the two of them seemed to be "old colleagues" who had worked together when they were young, so the tone of the letter did not seem too rigid.
After writing on two sheets of parchment, Benjamin picked it up and blew on it, then put it aside to wait for the ink to dry. When he turned his gaze out of the window, he happened to see Sally, Chris and others chatting and walking towards the church—the bishop smiled, exclaimed, "It's nice to be young", and turned around to get the wax seal.
Not far away, chattering discussions continued—
"Let's guess what story the poet will tell today... I think this time it will be, uh, maybe it has something to do with mages?"
"Scouts, knights, last time it was said that they went to the Wall of the Dead...Is that the Tasman Kingdom?"
"The kingdom of the undead! It sounds scary, but I want to keep listening. Will I meet those dead people who can walk?"
Chris and the others were very excited about the story they were about to hear today. They walked briskly towards the church, but when they encountered the priest passing by, they consciously restrained their expressions, and then continued to discuss in a low voice. —
"Lian, if you are interested, you can ask him if he has really experienced battles. I think the things he said seem to be true, such as how soldiers deal with wounds after they are injured, and the words shouted by the enemy when they fled. Oh, and he said something in Orcish the other day, but I don't remember exactly, but it sure sounded like that!"
"It's impossible for anyone to understand the orc language. Those guys are all gurgling. Who can understand what they are talking about?"
Ryan and Booker no longer had the tit-for-tat confrontation in the morning. At this time, the two were walking in front of Sally, and the topic had already revolved around the bard for a long time, but neither of them noticed Sally standing behind—the The nun seemed to have thought of something interesting, and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, but she finally held back her laughter.
In her memory, the scene where Rody frightened the wolf cavalry with the orc language, and then killed him with a knife left a deep impression on her. When thinking of this, Sally wanted to laugh heartily, but then she found that there were always some inexplicable emotions spreading in her heart, which made her a little flustered, but when she came back to her senses, she found that no one noticed her, so she hurriedly followed Chris Waiting for someone to enter the back door of the church...
At the same moment, Rody stopped in front of the monastery outside the main entrance of the church.
The two bored temple guards raised their eyebrows, and looked at the guy standing in front of them with some doubts—just as they were about to ask the other party why they came, they saw the adventurer mutter a few words that he couldn't understand. Then he raised his neck and looked suspiciously at the surrounding buildings.
Hey, another outlander on the wrong track.
The temple guard closed his mouth, lost interest in asking questions, and looked away.
The sound of Viele playing echoed in the street, and the atmosphere in front of the monastery seemed to be the same as in the past. But in Roddy's eyes, everything has changed.
"Character status information bar", "surrounding building information bar", and "surrounding object information bar" are all turned on, and the world in Roddy's eyes is almost instantly covered by a large piece of text that others cannot see. In the past, in the game, most people These auxiliary information bars will not be enabled in bustling areas such as "cities", because when they are all opened, a lot of information will make it almost impossible for players to see things in front of them.
But now that Rody opened them, he didn't want to see the durability of the building or how much water a certain wooden barrel on the side of the road could hold. It was because of these guys with disguised identities and high strength that he instinctively reacted to prepare for battle!
Where is suitable for shooting, where is suitable for escaping, and where can be covered, Rody scanned the information of all nearby buildings, and then found a suitable "sniper point". When he confirmed that he could get there within two minutes, he felt a little more at ease When he got down, and then turned his eyes to the church, he happened to see the group of young monks and nuns chatting out of the hall.
Under the sun, Sally with an oval face was brushing her long hair lightly, talking and laughing with the nun beside her, her eyes swept over here inadvertently...
Almost instantly, Rody moved his steps calmly, and stood in the blind spot of Sally's vision, then turned his head slightly, and looked at the red names in the numerous information labels in his vision.
The believer sitting in the corner raised his head and stood up slowly...
The fat businessman in the distance glanced here, and then walked towards the monastery gate while distributing snacks to the surrounding children...
On the other side, the singing bard bowed to express his gratitude, and then he acted like closing the stall and leaving, picked up the package, with a grateful smile on his face, but looked past the crowd, staring straight at the front of the church .
"I hope it's not... caught up in trouble."
While muttering this, Rody really had a bad premonition in his heart, and then he ignored Sally, who was only ten meters behind him, and rushed to the distance, disappearing into the house opposite the church. Behind the mansion...
On the other side, Booker, who had just walked out of the church, was discussing with Ryan the possibility of shooting the Wolf Cavalry to death with bows and arrows—
"The probability of a frontal shot is relatively high. If you shoot while running sideways, you need to calculate the prediction, otherwise 99% of them will be missed, and according to the bard, the scout is riding on a horse..."
Ryan talked about the relationship between the landing point of the arrow and the running speed of the wolf cavalry. Halfway through the talk, he realized that he had already walked out of the church, so he stopped, looked back at Sally who was sending them off, and said, "Then we will go out of the church first." Get out, Sally."
"Okay, I wish you a good time, pay attention to come back early, otherwise the bishop will say something about you."
Sally smiled and said goodbye to them standing in front of the monastery's gate. Her platinum-blond long hair shone brightly in the sun, her outstanding appearance and spotless white robes almost became a "landscape" in front of the monastery, attracting a lot of attention. There were a lot of stares - even words like "Praise God, this must be an angel"...
To be honest, such compliments and exclamations made Sally blush a little, and Chris took the opportunity to tease her, and the monks and nuns were about to leave the monastery, while Sally looked outside the street and ordered to stay here The two mercenaries and one connector...
But after raising her eyes, her original smile suddenly froze.
Because she saw that the subordinate who was about to meet with her didn't even care about concealing her identity, and was waving her palm anxiously at her tens of meters away, and pointed... in front of her!
This is a signal set in advance, the gesture means that it is dangerous in front of the monastery, don't come out...
Such precautionary measures were originally arranged just in case, but Sally never expected that she would actually encounter it—when she realized it, she happened to see a "believer" walking straight towards her. Reaching out to touch the package in his arms, the coldness in the other party's eyes is completely undisguised!
Francis is about to strike.
After such a message popped up in her mind, she was only stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately, stepped back immediately, and gave a loud warning to the front—
"Ryan! Booker! Get out of the way!"
Sally didn't want to involve these companions in such a dangerous matter, but this was obviously close to wishful thinking, because Booker and the others happened to be blocking the door of the monastery... blocking the assassin's path.
Hearing Sally's warning sound, Ryan was figuring out the difference in the destructive power of the arrow shape on the armor. The urgent shout in his ear made him stop, turned his head, and did not let go of his raised hand. This young man The monk looked puzzled and asked, "What happened—"
"Whoosh!"
Before he could finish the word "What", what happened next made his eyes widen suddenly - not only him, but also Chris, Booker and others were completely frightened by the scene that happened at this moment...
Ryan made a gesture similar to "OK" with the palm he had been holding up. He was originally explaining to Booker how big the hole the arrow would leave in the leather armor, but at the moment before he could blink, a long arrow shot straight Passing through the "circle" formed by his fingers, it nailed to the ground with a "duh" sound!
When his eyes turned to the long arrow, Ryan found that the arrow had sunk deeply into the stone floor, less than five centimeters away from the toes of the guard next to him!
"Someone attacked!!!"
Immediately, the temple guards who were also frightened roared and warned the surroundings...