Now the sun is about to set completely down the mountain, and in addition to the fact that Layton Town is low-lying and surrounded by mountains, it gets dark very quickly. When everyone entered the town, it was already the beginning of the lights, and the majestic lavender light curtain in the sky was in the sky. It is even more spectacular in the gradually sinking night. .. However, not many people came to the street to watch such a spectacular night scene. Hao Ren followed the serious man in black robe and walked into the town. You can't even see a stall in the night market. The most common thing you see on the road is the heavily armed town guards. Some of them are national knights wearing standard armor or robes with the blue kingdom emblem on their chests. In addition to these two kinds of professional soldiers, you can also see some mercenaries with messy equipment moving on the streets. It can be seen that they are all veteran soldiers who have been killed for a long time, and they should have been recruited by the Knights to supplement their defense after the attack.
Such a depressing and solemn atmosphere lingered throughout the town. It seemed that the attack between the afternoon and evening put everyone in a tense state, and Hao Ren also saw a dazed look on the faces of some young soldiers. Later, these professional fighters were also stunned by the sudden strange monster. The man in the black robe has patterns of circles, triangles, and lightning bolts on his back, so this should be a church mage. The clergy of the Glory Sect in this world are very special. They follow the world's occupational classification while holding the priesthood. It is divided into many professions such as mage, warrior, alchemist, hunter, etc., and all races have them. It can be said that they are quite inclusive. The priesthood is just another identity for them besides their respective professions. Priest Hui Yao uses "divine magic" and his own professional power to fight at the same time. Apart from his own fighting ability, a church warrior must also know the priest's blessing technique. Similarly, a church mage must also practice the power of prayer in addition to magic. , although no one knows exactly how they obtained this extra "divine power". But every priest of Hui Yao is indeed stronger than ordinary professionals.
They interpreted this special power as "evidence of the Goddess' blessing," and most of the world believed in it. In short, the clergy of the Glory Sect are such a group of people with special powers, and all their clergy are divided into two types: those in white robes and those in black robes.
Those in black are professional combatants who fight with a firm belief in the goddess and only focus on their own beliefs. It belongs to "power", while the white-robed man is responsible for everything other than charging, such as missionary, medical treatment, research, administration, etc., which belongs to "wisdom". At the same time, the Pope must also be a white-robed person, which is stipulated by the sacred text of the Glory Sect: power must be under the control of reason to ensure balance. Therefore, the spiritual leader and command class of the church can only be those in white robes.
Of course, it doesn't mean that all white robes are civilians. It doesn't mean that they don't have combat power, on the contrary, white robes not only often appear on the battlefield. And apart from thorough copywriters, most white-robed priests are extremely powerful—it's just that their job is more focused on strategy and support, not fighting like black-robed priests. Knights and mages in white robes can also be seen on the streets. They belong to the cell commanders or staff members of the defense force.
The firm belief in the goddess, the fanatical admiration for the holy scriptures, the deep fear of the legend of the annihilation of the world, coupled with the wise rule of the popes, have jointly ensured that no one has surpassed this system so far.
In addition to these superficial divisions, there are many subtle divisions of labor within the Huiyao Sect. They influence the entire world as a complex and efficient multi-ethnic and multi-professional cooperation body, but these are not what Hao Ren can understand thoroughly.
Maybe the priests in black robes are not easy to get along with. The man in charge of leading the way always keeps a straight face and doesn't say a word. Nangong Wuyue feels that the journey is boring, so she can't help but bring up some topics: "Speaking of... afternoon Was the attack serious?"
The other party was silent for a while, but his face still had the same look of wood carving and stone carving: "Local defense, no comment."
Nangong Wuyue was bored, and Becky became a little dissatisfied: "We have important information about the stone giants, and we have witnessed their separation from the cliff with our own eyes. This information is worth at least twenty gold shields. How can we inquire about it?" Little things are fine?"
The black-robed priest was silent again: "Local defense, no comment."
This is still a repeater.
Vivienne stopped Becky who wanted to continue asking questions. She felt that now was not the time to care about such things, and everyone had already reached the depths of the town. A small but luxurious steeple church appeared at the end of the road.
In front of the chapel is a semi-circular square covered with red pebbles. A circle of magic light balls floats around the square, illuminating the place as bright as day. The church knights in black blouses guard the church door tightly. The middle-aged monks in white blouses prayed silently in a circle beside a purple crystal in the center of the square.
A tower in the center of the steeple church is exuding a mysterious glow. Layers of complex runes emerge from the ancient and luxurious carved stone bricks, slowly rising around the square tower, and reciprocating, a lavender The bright beams of light gathered at the end of these runes, rushed into the unfathomable night sky, and then scattered around the town and fell. This is the defensive barrier of Layton Town. The miraculous power to hold it up.
"Energy samples are collected," the voice of the data terminal rang in Hao Ren's mind almost at the same time, "Preliminary analysis... has no analytical value, it is a simple repulsion wall, which can offset external physical impacts above a certain speed, and the energy flow is normal. No high-level mystical properties related to the symbolic power of the true god have been found."
"The so-called magic of the Huiyao sect is really a special kind of magic." Hao Ren muttered to himself, and the black-robed priest who led the way handed over to the guards in the square, and then led Hao Ren They walked towards the church, and this time he finally spoke a little more: "His Excellency, the rector of the church, is discussing important matters with distinguished guests, but he agrees that you should meet first. Please pay attention to etiquette, His Excellency is a respected elder. "
The church was brightly lit, but there were no ordinary believers in the long hall for prayer and worship, only black-robed priests standing guard on duty. Hao Ren and the others arrived at the deep part of the church from a small corridor behind the long hall. In a special room, the black-robed priest who was leading the way stopped at the door: "Please."...
Becky pushed the door nervously and went in, and the scene in the room was presented in front of everyone's eyes.
Unexpectedly, it looks quite simple here. The office of the parish chief of Beinz is just an ordinary study room without decoration. The room is very spacious, but almost all the walls are occupied by thick bookshelves full of files, covered with plain The stone-brick floor doesn't even have carpet. In the center of the room is a large wooden table, and an old man and a young woman from the back are talking across the table.
The rector of Girton is an old man who looks to be in his sixties or seventies, with thinning hair, long beard, wrinkled face and short stature. He sits behind the desk with a hunched body, his hands shrunk in his sleeves as if afraid of the cold. The parish rector took his priests to patrol around the Blood Lake of Beinz all the year round, absorbing too much "bad air", which made him appear to be in poor health, but no one who knew would despise this seemingly slow The old man: His body may have begun to decay, but his spirit is still strong, as long as those wise eyes are not closed, he is still a powerful spellcaster, and the gifts of the gods will work with his thoughts .
On the opposite side of Gordon is a woman wearing a women's close-fitting armor. Since her back is turned to everyone, she can only be seen to have long chestnut curly hair, and the fair complexion on her neck and wrists shows that she should be still. very young.
When Becky opened the door, the rector of Girton was talking to the female soldier on the opposite side: "Your Excellency Ophra, the situation is still unclear. There is no evidence that these series of mutations are related, and there is no evidence that the goddess' test will In this form, we should first appease the people, and then with pious... Oh, it seems that our guests have arrived."
The old man stood up, nodded and smiled at Hao Ren. )