After skillfully taking out Miss Killer, Xiao Zhi and Frost continued to pay attention to the battle situation in front of them.
Greata and Patrick have already fought.
From the perspective of strength, Greata, as the archbishop, should have an absolute advantage. But the spike that sneaked up on him before had a strong dead air on it. While eroding his body, the dead air kept conflicting with the light energy in his body, which greatly reduced Greata's combat effectiveness.
Patrick attacked Greyata with a light blade, but Greyata dodged it with difficulty.
Greata tried to fight back, but the energy of the holy light in his body was not stable, and the death energy always interrupted his spellcasting at critical moments, which made him only succeed once every two or three spellcastings.
But even so, Greata's attack is still very precise, and it can be seen that his usual combat quality must not be bad.
After being dodged by Greata several times in a row, Patrick had an impatient look on his face: "Trouble..."
After the words fell, Patrick's original casting action changed, and he smoothly drew a mysterious symbol in the air. At the same time, with the movement of his hands, he recited a complex and difficult prayer.
Seeing this, Greata, who was confronting him, couldn't help but widen her eyes: "How is it possible?! How could you know God's Punishment!"
God's Punishment is a high-level spell within Brace. Generally, only clerics with high status or who have made outstanding contributions to Brace will be taught by the Pope himself. However, as a bishop, although their achievements are outstanding, they have not reached excellence. How could the old Patrick master such advanced spells? !
The corner of Patrick's mouth raised, but he didn't answer the question. The bright brilliance was released from the top of his staff, illuminating the entire basement with light, as if a miracle had appeared.
The bright light rushed towards Greta, knocking his body out for a long time, and finally slammed into the wall hard. The rough wall suffered such an impact, and the white ash on the wall fell down, staining Greyata's gorgeous white robe.
"Cough..." Greata coughed out a mouthful of blood.
Due to the infestation of death energy, his blood was a lifeless dark red, and the temperature was also colder, no longer as scorching hot as a living person, with a sense of hopelessness.
One of Greata's hands became as black as charcoal, because the death energy had eroded his body before, hindering the energy flow in his body, and at the same time disintegrated some of his limbs. When the corpse body is attacked by light energy, it will suffer double damage just like the undead.
Oops…
Greata felt a sense of danger in his heart. If he dragged on like this, he would become more and more corpse-like under the corrosion of death, and his attack would definitely weaken. For Patrick in front of him, it would be a big deal. The chances are getting better and better.
Patrick walked towards Greata step by step, and he tapped the palm of the other hand lightly with the priest's staff in his hand, looking very leisurely.
A smile appeared on his face: "Do you want to know how I learned God's Punishment? Mr. Archbishop."
"…" Greata looked at him without answering.
Obviously, the purpose of this sentence is only to tease or humiliate.
"Hahahahaha..." Patrick laughed, "Silence is a good way to deal with it, because I won't tell you at all."
While speaking, he took out a small crystal clear bottle from the storage ring. The small bottle is very beautifully made, with golden patterns inlaid on it, and a sun symbol that symbolizes the Brace religion.
Greata's pupils shrunk, which he was familiar with. This was a bottle specially filled with holy spring water.
In this way, Patrick poured the holy spring water in the bottle on Greata in front of him.
Greata tried to dodge, but it was difficult for him to support his body. The corpse-like part of his body had been destroyed by the divine punishment just now. Just like that scorched hand, he was powerless to manipulate his body to do anything. Dodge action.
"laugh--"
The holy spring water contained pure light energy. The moment it touched Greyata, it began to corrode his dead body like a strong acid. Greyata's body gradually melted, and the blood was transpired into mist. There is a strong smell of rust.
In a short period of time, Greata's legs were corroded by the holy spring water, the flesh melted, and the bones turned into liquid, leaving only the empty trouser legs under the cover of the gorgeous archbishop's uniform, which looked very bleak.
"Well..." Greata fell to the ground, struggling weakly. He never thought that the holy spring water, which he regarded as a sacred object, would cause him such pain one day.
So, do the purified undead feel like this
"Hehehe..." Seeing Greyata's miserable state, Patrick laughed happily again. He had appreciated enough of Greyata's pain at the moment, and then slowly said: "Oh, I can't let you die like this , the death of the Archbishop will alarm the Pope, so it will be troublesome."
After finishing speaking, he reached out and roughly pulled Greyata's messy flaxen long hair, and lifted him up from the ground.
Greata spoke with difficulty: "What do you... want... to do?"
There was a trace of pity in Patrick's eyes: "It's a pity, you will never understand the truth of the world..."
Greata was puzzled: "What... the truth?"
Patrick just smiled without saying a word. He put away his staff, held a bead with his free hand, and drew a mysterious magic circle on Greata's forehead.
At the same time, he was chanting a difficult spell, which, just listening to it from a distance, made people feel chills down the spine, obviously it was not a good thing.
When Patrick finally finished chanting the spell, the magic circle in his hand was also completed simultaneously.
Then, Greyata's soul was suddenly pulled out of the body and forcibly collected into the bead.
Patrick looked at the beads that had darkened a bit, nodded in satisfaction, and then let go of his hand casually, letting Greata's body fall to the ground like this, making a "bang".
No matter how hard it is for a body that has lost its soul to resist the erosion of death energy, the blue lines spread crazily on his skin, and the gray color with death energy also spread simultaneously. It will probably not be long before Greata's body will change. For a living corpse that can't think or feel.
Patrick put away the beads, turned and walked towards the closed basement door.
Seeing the magic circle set up by Greata on the gate to protect the safety of everyone, he showed a disdainful smile, took out a golden dagger and stabbed fiercely at the magic circle.
As soon as the magic circle touched the golden dagger, it flickered a few times and then went out like a candle caught in a strong wind.
Patrick put away the dagger in satisfaction, stretched out his hand and opened the door.
"My, my lord... What should I, we do?" On a certain floor of the basement, a villager who was hiding cautiously poked his head out and asked. He was located far away from the battle circle below. He didn't hear the previous conversation between the two bishops. He only felt that the movement of the battle had disappeared, so he boldly asked.
"What should I do?" Patrick seemed in a good mood, and turned his head to look at the source of the voice, "You can pray and wait for God to save you."
"..." The villagers were a little stunned. The style of this answer was probably too different from the previous Greyata.
The villagers were not reconciled, hoping to get a little promise: "Master Patrick..."
But at this time, Patrick was no longer in the mood to comfort these ignorant and lovely villagers. He stepped out of the basement door with leisurely steps.
The villagers were stunned, there seemed to be something wrong with this development...
But what is wrong
He boldly glanced at the body of Archbishop Greata, who was faintly moving, and couldn't help but shudder. Forget it, let's hide first...
Xiao Zhi and Frost exchanged glances, got up at the same time tacitly, and quietly followed Patrick in front.
On the way, Xiao Zhi found that the living corpses around him would not attack Patrick at all, they turned a blind eye to him as if they saw the same kind.
Xiao Zhi signaled Frost with his eyes: This guy must have made it.
Frost nodded, understanding his eyes without hindrance. Although most of the memories are gone, the familiarity and tacit understanding between the two are still there, and have not faded because of hundreds of years.
They followed Patrick all the way, and there were many corpses lying on the side of the road, most of them were villagers, but they also included the two bishops they had seen before.
There were no traces of being bitten by living corpses on their bodies, only a long, narrow and deep scar on their necks, which looked like it was caused by a sharp weapon. Living corpses can only use weapons when they reach the level in Dana's tomb. These low-level living corpses in the church are not that powerful. Judging from the current situation, only living people can make such attacks.
Xiao Zhi speculated that it might be Patrick's killer who had hidden among the believers before. When everyone was advancing, he suddenly attacked the unsuspecting bishop, and then dealt with the ordinary villagers around him.
Probably this is the reason why Greata's disappearance has become an unsolved case, because most of the people who knew about it have been solved, and it is impossible for Patrick, a 25-year-old boy, to honestly say "yes, I did it" after he got out.
The truth is thus buried.
Facing the tragedy along the way, Patrick did not express at all. Although his back was turned and his expression could not be seen, his steps were still brisk, and his mood did not seem to be affected at all.
Patrick walked all the way to a remote place, and finally stopped in front of a bare wall.
Then, Xiao Zhi saw that he opened a mechanism on the wall, revealing a downward passage. Patrick looked around, but he didn't see anyone following him, so he didn't even bother to close the door, and walked into the dark passage like this.
The two just followed him into the secret passage.
The secret passage goes all the way down, leading to a very deep place.
Finally, Patrick made it to the bottom. This is a room with an area comparable to a hall. It looks empty. There is only a table in the middle. A magic circle is drawn on the table, and there is a box with mysterious patterns on it.
Patrick pulled out the bead that had sucked Greata's soul earlier, and opened the box with his other hand.
There is a book in the box. It has a white cover with patterns all over it, but there is no text. It looks a bit thick and seems to be a strange kind of leather.
Patrick opened the book and placed the beads on the open pages.
In the next moment, the pages of the book flickered with white light, and the light enveloped the beads, as if devouring something inside.
Faintly, it seemed to hear Greata's wailing coming from it, but he couldn't hear it clearly after listening carefully.
After a while, the light disappeared, and the beads returned to their previous color, but a picture appeared on the blank page.
It was pitch black, with large swaths of shadows, in which the silhouettes of humans and monsters seemed to be vaguely visible. At the farthest corner of the picture, one can see a lying down figure. His brows and eyes cannot be traced in the crude picture, but it clearly shows that he has no legs.
Patrick showed a satisfied smile: "Good night, Greata, I wish you a good dream in the Book of Dreamers."
Seeing this weird scene must be a pretty good "dream". I hope Greyata can enjoy it.
Patrick closed the book, and put it back into the box that engraved the magic circle.
Then he activated the magic circle below, and the originally quiet and ordinary table instantly seemed like a big mouth, swallowing the entire box and hiding it deep in the ground.
Then, Patrick took out a red crystal. The crystal was crystal clear on the outside, but there seemed to be lava flowing inside. This is a crystal that has sealed high-level fire energy. As long as the energy in it is released, it will instantly become a raging fire.
Patrick casually threw the crystal towards the corner of the room, and in an instant, the fire began to spread in the room, and the high temperature occupied the room, engulfing everything in sight.
A bright shield of light appeared around Patrick, isolating him from the frightening heat.
Suddenly, Xiao Zhi found that in the flames, Patrick's figure changed little by little.
The originally straight back gradually became stooped, the black curly hair faded a little bit, and finally turned gray, and the originally round figure swelled again, becoming a little bloated.
This is - Andre? !
It turned out that the person who shot Greata secretly was not his trusted subordinate, but Andre, who was facing him tit for tat!
As for Patrick...
Looking at the fate of other bishops and believers, if this person was not a young man, Xiao Zhi guessed that he would have suffered misfortune long ago. After all, Andre is a ruthless person through and through, and it makes no sense to let this person who is Greata's right-hand man and who may expose himself be unreasonable.
Andre took out the teleportation crystal with a smile on his face: "Disappear in history forever, Greata..."
Immediately, his figure disappeared.
The fire spread rapidly, and went up along the down passage, climbing rapidly at an irresistible speed, until it rushed in front of Xiao Zhi and Frost.
When Xiao Zhi was about to drag Frost away, he suddenly felt pitch black in front of him.
In the next moment, the heat wave felt by the skin subsided, and the first ray of sunshine in the morning came into view simultaneously.
Its daybreak.
The copy of Caesar's Church is also over.
The tip of the nose can smell the fresh smell of weeds, and the dew that has settled overnight in the air smells a little moist, dispelling the bloody smell that enveloped the entire senses before, making people want to take a deep breath.
Xiao Zhi really subconsciously took a deep breath, the fresh morning air filled his entire lungs, bringing a sense of refreshment.
He looked around, looking at this quiet deserted village, and suddenly felt a little cold. It turned out that... the people here were all slaughtered, died in the church they believed in, and died in the game of the high-ranking archbishops.
Xiao Zhi still remembered what Andre said to Greata, what does "the truth of the world" refer to? They know this is a game world
Or... is there an undiscovered part of Zero's canon? What does this have to do with Andre's actions
Seeing that Xiao Zhi was in a daze, Frost patted him on the shoulder lightly: "Are you all right?"
Xiao Zhi came back to his senses, looked at Frost's attractive face bathed in the morning light, and shook his head: "No, I was just thinking about Andre."
Could "Truth of the World" have anything to do with Frost
But now he can't remember anything, and naturally he won't know the answer to this question.
Xiao Zhi said: "Let's go, let's look for the Dreamer's Book, I hope it's still buried in the ground."
With that said, he was about to go deep into the church.
Frost stepped forward and stopped him.
Xiao Zhi looked towards Frost with puzzled eyes, but unexpectedly saw a small box with a simple appearance appearing in front of him, obviously it was for him.
"Huh?" Xiao Zhi stretched out his hand to take it.
When I opened it, I found a box of neatly arranged snacks inside. Each snack was exquisitely shaped, and the colors were matched just right. With the rich milky fragrance at the moment of opening, people couldn't help but twitch their index fingers.
Xiao Zhi pointed to one of the biscuits that looked like Alifa: "You made it?"
Frost nodded.
Xiao Zhi looked at the particularly silly Alifa biscuit, and asked, "When did you make it? Why didn't I know?"
There was a little warmth in Frost's eyes: "Before I set off here, I was afraid that you would feel bored on the road, but you prepared the pie yourself, so you didn't take it out."
Xiao Zhi smiled. He was worried that Frost would be bored on the road, so he bought a red heart tart, and Frost was worried that he would be bored, so he prepared a snack. They really thought of going together.
Frost said, "Eat it for breakfast, and it won't be fresh if you put it down."
"Come, come, let's go together." Xiao Zhi pulled him, found a flat place to sit down, used a water polo to wash his hands, and the two shared snacks together.
Xiao Zhi took a piece of puff pastry, took a bite, and showed a satisfied smile.
It has to be said that although Frost produced a lot of dark dishes that could ascend to heaven after eating in the early days, his cooking skills are already very good, and even if he opens a shop, he will definitely make a lot of money.
It's a pity that I can only think about it, except for Xiao Zhi, who would dare to eat the snacks made by Lord Hesse.
"this is delicious!"
"Um."
"This is delicious too!"
"Give you all."
"Asen, why did you make Alifa so stupid?"
"...it's inherently stupid."
The two of them just got together like many years ago, chatting while eating snacks, no matter the background is the weird Hesse or the gloomy cathedral.