Payne, a kind and stubborn old man, is well-known in the Temple of Light. He was also the teacher of the current saint... the basic enlightenment teacher. In the first department, he held an important position.
So, is Nadette a villain
No! In Echo City under the rule of Nadette, I dare not say that the road does not pick up lost things, but at least people live and work in peace and contentment. He manages the nobles in the city very little, and bullying rarely occurs. The people of Echo City, generally speaking, live a relatively happy life.
Since both parties are good people, why should they hurt each other
Without him, the position is different. For believers, heretics are ten times more hateful than heretics... Priest Guangming may even forgive a demon, but he will never forgive a heretic.
What is heresy? Everyone believes in the goddess of light, but if you don't agree with my beliefs, it is heresy.
There will always be differences in concepts between people, and there will always be differences in the interpretation of some doctrines. When the differences are so big that they are completely different from each other, it is the time when factions are divided.
It is actually very simple to avoid this situation, just like the God of Wealth, there is a universal doctrine recognized by the gods.
But the Goddess of Light has not performed miracles for three hundred years, and now it is said that only saintesses can communicate with the Goddess of Light, but the Pope does not believe it.
Contradictions arise from this.
Of course, this is only the superficial reason for the internal strife in the Temple of Light. Beta has no way of knowing what the real reason is.
Late at night, because Payne is also a kind old man, so he can't die in the city, can't die outside the public, and can't be killed by the city lord.
A set of black clothes was sent out, and everyone put them on, covered their faces, and then set off from the official road behind the city lord's mansion according to the original team.
A long secret passage leads directly from the underground of the City Lord's Mansion to the outskirts of the city... This secret passage is very narrow and can only be passed by one person. Everyone walked in the dark secret passage for a long time, which seemed to be as long as a century, but this was actually just a psychological illusion caused by the secret passage being too dark and quiet.
Coming out of the secret passage is an outpost stationed in the outskirts. Two expressionless soldiers are guarding the outside. After they all come out, they will seal the secret and hide it. There is a secret passage.
The four teams quietly left the sentry post and plunged into the darkness. Beta's third team was in charge of ambush on a high ground and was responsible for finishing operations.
Although it was a summer night, the night in the mountains was always a bit chilly. The six members of the third team hid in the bushes on the hillside, looking at the road below.
Because of the reflected moonlight, the road looks much brighter than other places.
Beta restrained her mental power to the lowest point, squatted behind the bushes, and remained motionless.
After a while, Heidi leaned over, probably because she wanted to speak in a low voice, she and Beta were very close.
"You seem to know how to hide yourself? Have you done similar things before?"
"Battle is also a part of magic. The mentor taught us how to cooperate with teammates, and also led us to sneak attack the enemy."
"What kind of enemy?"
Heidi turned her head and asked, although their voices were very small, it was too quiet around here, only the chirping of night bugs, so everyone could hear it. Now everyone gathered around, and they seemed to be very interested in Beta's affairs.
"Orcs, and bears." Beta replied without any hesitation or hesitation. These questions were actually already in his consideration: "There are also some strange and valuable monsters."
"Then you said before that you have no combat experience?"
"I really don't have much experience in fighting humans." Beta said helplessly: "Humans are far smarter than orcs. I think the previous fighting methods may not be so useful."
Heidi, who was wearing a veil, smiled slightly, feeling that this young man was indeed as hardworking and honest as Nadette said.
She is different from Nadette. The latter is an aristocrat, a high-ranking person, and she considers the overall situation. Therefore, she has a lot of goodwill towards Beta, who is also an aristocrat. Heidi is just an ordinary professional. Her intuitive woman told herself, This young man is very unusual, and there must be another reason for coming to Nadette, so she has always wanted to test Beta.
Heidi gently leaned against Beta and asked, "When I was a child, I also wanted to be a spellcaster, but I didn't have that talent. I'm still very curious about the world of magic... For example, what is life like in the magic tower?" ?”
Beta knew that Heidi was testing himself, so he smiled in his heart... Although he has never been to the Magic Tower, there are many mage players who have lived in the Magic Tower for several years. The way of life is posted on the forum in the form of video.
"It was hard at the beginning." Beta thought for a while and said: "When we first started learning magic, meditation was the most difficult for us. Many people could not successfully control their mental power, enter the state of meditation, and then will be punished by the instructor."
"What kind of punishment?" Robben next to him suddenly asked, although his voice would be distorted when speaking with a mask on, but it wasn't to the point where he couldn't hear it.
"We are the Red Magic Tower, and we are good at fire evocation magic, but this does not mean that we will not use other spells. In addition to fire magic, my instructor is also very good at lightning magic. We have not finished his magic. He would be tied to a hard bed and charged with a not-so-strong lightning bolt for half an hour. Although it won’t kill people, incontinence is a very normal thing.”
"It is also for this reason that the teacher is called the King of Thunder and Lightning by us in private."
The other five laughed at the same time, but because they were on a mission now, they all kept their laughter low so that everyone could hear it, but it definitely wouldn't spread far.
"Is there anything else interesting?" Heidi asked.
"Many... The instructor will take us to explore some special ruins every once in a while. We once found a dragon's lair, which can only be opened with golden dragon claws. There is a dragonborn undead inside..."
Life in the magic tower is actually similar to ordinary college life, but because of magic, there is an extra layer of mysterious aura, and because of this aura, life in the magic tower is particularly attractive to the other five members of the team.
The 'story' told by Beta makes these people yearn for it.
About twenty minutes later, Beta suddenly shut up and stopped talking. The others didn't find it abrupt, because a red light appeared in the night sky ahead, and disappeared after a few seconds, and then there was a booming sound.
"There is a fight ahead, and Arnold should have used my big fireball scroll." Beta explained to them.
Heidi is the captain of the third team. She immediately made a gesture, and the thief Xiong turned into a black shadow, slithered down the hillside, and ambushed in the shadow of the road. The other two team members were pure fighters. They walked Go down the hillside and hide. Robben was a shield guard, he pulled out the shield behind him and squatted in front of Beta. The shield warrior's first priority is naturally to protect the spellcasters in his team.
Hai jumped slightly, hooked her left hand on the branch, and hooked her whole body on the branch like a bat, using the leaves to hide her figure, while holding the short bow in her hand.
Beta didn't move, but everyone could feel the magical elements surrounding him.
The third team is in charge of finishing work. According to the previous plan, they will lie in ambush here together.
But after more than 20 minutes, still no enemy came over, and neither did our own people.
A little tension and anxiety began to fill the air.
Beta quietly took a long-distance detection scroll from the space of the mansion, stuffed it into his cuff, and then began to pretend to chant the spell. When the spell was over, two transparent water balls, one large and one small, appeared in front of him. in front of.
He pointed forward, and the little water polo flew into the night sky.
Apart from him, there is no other spellcaster here, because no one can see through his little trick. Everyone thought that he used the spell with his own ability.
Heidi jumped down from the branch, pressed his right hand on his back, and asked slowly, "What kind of magic is this?"
There was an inaudible alertness in her words, and Beta pretended not to hear it, and said, "I think something is wrong, and I cast a spell to see what happened in front of me."
As soon as he finished speaking, a picture of the big water polo floating in front of Beta appeared... In the darkness, nearly twenty white-robed men surrounded more than a dozen black-robed men. It ended in failure, and on the nearby ground, there were already three men in black robes lying there, dead or alive.
"They are in danger and we have to help them."
Heidi got anxious and was about to rush down, but Beta grabbed her hand.
"We've obviously been tricked, and the other party deliberately lured us out." Beta said calmly, "If you rush over in a hurry, you will only fall into the tiger's mouth."
Heidi shook off his hand and shouted angrily: "They are companions, are we going to die without saving them?"
"Of course we need to save them, but we can't rush forward blindly." Beta explained: "We have to make a proper plan."
"A proper plan...we don't have that time." Heidi still wanted to rush out.
At this time, the other three team members who had descended to the foot of the mountain also ran back. The thief Xiong stopped Heidi and said, "In this case, I think what Cook said is reasonable, and it's not too late to listen to him."
Robben also chimed in: "Yes, yes, the caster must be smarter than us."
At this time, an old man in the water polo screen suddenly looked towards this side... Then he pointed out, and after a flash of white light, the big water polo disappeared from the screen, and turned into a puddle of ordinary water, falling on the grass.
Seeing this scene, Heidi took a deep breath: "You'd better hurry up, they are very dangerous now."
"Since there is not enough time to make a plan, let's use the simplest tactic, you will listen to me later..."
After Beta finished speaking, she quietly deducted a group light spirit spell from the mansion space, put it in her cuff, and cast it as if chanting a spell.
Feeling that his body seemed to be half lighter, Heidi ran down immediately, and the other four followed closely. Beta deliberately fell to the bottom. After all, what he was playing now was just a warlock with amazing magic power but not very good physical fitness.
On the official road about a kilometer away from Beta and the others, Arnold and the others were indeed surrounded, and an old man faced them far away.
This old man was Payne, and his expression was very gentle. In front of him lay three men in black robes.
These three black-robed people were all killed by him. Before killing each of them, he must sing a simple prayer of the Sun God Sect, which is a prayer for the undead to find the kingdom of heaven.
Seeing those men in black who failed to break through several times, Payne smiled slightly, and then he found the small water polo in the air, and with a light finger, the white light shone, turning the small water polo into a burst of steam.
"There is another spellcaster?" Payne looked at the black-robed magician who was obviously protected among the black-robed people, and looked quite surprised: "Where did Nadette find so many talents?"
He didn't intervene in the battle, as far as he was concerned, as long as he used himself to lure these people out, then he won half the victory. Nadette calculated Payne, but in fact Payne was also calculating Nadette.
Just as Nadette felt that Archbishop Payne should not die in the city, Payne also felt that Nadette should not die in the city. After all, Nadette was a good lord. Know what's going to happen.
Payne also arranged to have his own internal response in the City Lord's Mansion. Although there was not much information that could be found out, at least he knew that Nadette wanted to kill himself, so he used his own life as a bait to finally kill the City Lord Nadette. Please come out from Echo City.
He smiled and watched as three men in black fell down in the encirclement... Now there were only nine men in black who could stand in the encirclement, and all of them were injured. On their side, the white-robed priest had only a few minor injuries, which would not affect their battle.
Looking at the men in black robes who were in a state of distress, Payne said loudly: "Nadette, don't you judge your flaws, as long as you go to the goddess statue, admit that your popes have deviated from the teachings, and ask her for forgiveness, then we really forgive you."
None of the people in black robes spoke, they were just taking a short rest, trying their best to recover some energy.
More than 20 priests connected their spiritual power in series to form a magic circle that effectively prevented the black-robed man from attacking. Although the lowest-level magic circle was used, it was not something that Nadette and others could break through. After all, the combat power of both sides was somewhat Great disparity.
"You guys are so stubborn...huh?"
Payne turned around suddenly, and saw more than 30 golden light balls smashing down in the night sky behind him.
Arcane Missile? This thing is not powerful, so what does it matter if there are more? Payne was a little amused. He raised his hand, and a huge light curtain appeared above their heads. This is a light magic shield, which can resist most magic attacks.
In Payne's judgment, it is very simple for the Bright Magic Shield to block the thirty-odd arcane missiles that seem to have little power.