The spooky basement.
A group of mages in gray robes are busy.
Dim candlelight illuminates their masterpiece - a huge magic circle.
The complex and mysterious lines shone with a bright red light, and ordinary people would feel dizzy at a glance.
There are two strangely shaped eyes carved in the center of the magic circle. Although they are just patterns on the ground, they are like living creatures, emitting a breathtaking light and exuding an extremely strong smell of blood.
The mages seemed to be trying their best to avoid contact with the two eyes on the ground, as if something terrible would happen just by looking at them.
Among this group of gray-robed mages, only one white-haired old man was wearing a distinctive silver robe.
And if you know something about the Yevil Mage Council, you will know that there is only one mage who likes to wear silver robes, and that is the chairman of the Mage Council—Ernest.
Hearing footsteps coming from the stairs, Ernest immediately walked over quickly.
"Mr. Xie." After seeing the person coming, Ernest nodded with a smile.
There was even some flattery in this smile.
It was hard to imagine that Ernest, as the speaker of the Mage Council, had such an attitude towards his former subordinates.
You must know that just two years ago, Ernest tried his best to crusade against Mr. Xie for what he did in Eagle Fall City, and he also hated the curse of [Judgment Eye], which can be called a sanctuary killer. It will improve the status of the mage, but it will bring disaster to Yeville.
But now, Ernest finally surrendered to Mr. Xie.
The defense of the nobles of the Glorious Empire against the mages made it difficult for Yeville to find a large number of mage apprentices with arcane talents. Without enough fresh blood, the decline of the mage council was a foregone conclusion.
In desperation, Ernest had no choice but to go to Mr. Xie for cooperation.
As for [Eye of Judgment], an evil forbidden spell that hurts nature and justice, if it can be used by oneself...but it will be different.
That's right, Mr. Ji is not the only one who will cast [Eye of Judgment] in Storm Fortress this time.
The target is not only the orc emperor!
If it was just to kill the orc emperor, there would be no need for so many sacrifices.
After all, although the Skull Crusher in the Sanctuary is indeed stronger than the Paladin, Mr. Xi is no longer the sixth-level mage he used to be.
With his current paladin's body, he can resist a large part of the backlash of the forbidden curse, so in fact, there is no need to sacrifice so many people.
These sacrifices were actually prepared for Ernest.
That's why the magic circle on the ground has two eyes.
And Ernest's target is Prince Leahy!
This is also the real reason why Ernest couldn't refuse Mr. Xie.
You know, [Eye of Judgment] actually has a follow-up linked forbidden spell, which allows the caster to occupy the body of the subject.
This is the body of a paladin!
It is the sanctuary body that mages yearn for day and night!
Mages have been imprisoned for thousands of years, and now there is finally a way to break the shackles, even though this method is so evil, but when it became an option for him, Ernest found that he could not resist the temptation at all.
Mr. Xi looked at Ernest who was smiling flatteringly in front of him, nodded reservedly, and asked, "Is the magic circle ready?"
"The drawing has been completed, and I am doing the final inspection to make sure nothing is lost!"
Mr. Ji glanced across the basement, with a satisfied smile on his face, but then he added:
"Oh, by the way, add another formation eye."
Ernest froze for a moment, then asked carefully:
"Mr. Yu, is there a third mage who wants to use [Eye of Judgment] here?"
"Yes." Mr. Yu nodded affirmatively, then turned around and walked back.
Ernest hurriedly chased him up the steps, approached Mr. Xie and asked in a low voice:
"Mr. Yu, can the sacrifice of Storm Fortress support three [Eye of Judgment]?"
"Don't worry, it's enough. I have more experience than you. Besides, it's not a big problem even if you bear some backlash now. Anyway, your body will be replaced soon."
After listening to Mr. Ji's explanation, Ernest felt relieved a little, and then asked:
"So, who is this third mage...?"
Mr. Gu glanced at Ernest beside him, and said a name:
"Queen Midella."
"Is the queen still a mage?" Ernest was obviously shocked by the news.
As the chairman of the Mage Council, Ernest certainly knew that Queen Midella had never been to Yeville, so who taught her arcane knowledge
And more importantly, who is Queen Midella's target
The answer to the latter question is actually pretty easy to guess.
After all, there are only three paladins in the Glorious Empire, and after excluding Mr. Li and Prince Lexi, only the Duke of St. Grian remains.
And even more coincidentally, the Duke of St. Grian is also a woman...
At this time, the two had arrived at the exit of the basement. Mr. Yu stopped, looked back at Ernest who was about to ask, made a silent gesture, and said:
"Okay, Ernest, don't ask any more questions. Prepare the magic circle well, and it must be completed within three days!"
"Yes." Ernest could only forcefully suppress the doubts in his heart, and watched Mr. Ji walk out of the basement.
In fact, Ernest didn't have much resistance to Queen Midella's joining.
After all, in this way, their mages will have greater confidence in taking this opportunity to control the authority of the Glorious Empire.
However, Ernest was still very curious about how Queen Midella achieved such great achievements in arcane arts.
You know, the one who can cast the forbidden spell [Eye of Judgment] must be a sixth-level mage.
Queen Midella is not very old, and she is already a sixth-level mage.
In addition to the extraordinary talent, it must be inseparable from the guidance of a powerful mentor.
And it must be carefully taught from an early age.
In this way, Mr. Xi was ruled out.
After all, when Queen Midella was young, Mr. Xi was not very old, and his strength was not outstanding.
So, who will it be
Ernest walked down the steps alone, and suddenly remembered a detail—
When Vera St. Hilde came to Yeville, the mage council actually had a lot of controversy over whether to accept the daughter of the northern duke. In the end, it was the white-robed mage Cusius who lobbied hard and volunteered to accept her. Vera was an apprentice, so Vera successfully entered the mage's tower.
Ernest originally thought that Cusius had accepted the benefits of the Duke of the North, but now that he thought about it, it might not be the case.
Cusius is the son of Kurd, the previous president of the Mage Council.
And this Kurdish mage tried to break into the Huiyue Forest to find out the secret of the disappearance of the elves, but he never appeared again.
More importantly, this Kurdish mage is also Mr. Xi's mentor.
(end of this chapter)