"Tell me, do I seem like the kind of person who doesn't speak strictly? After all, I am also the goddess's priest. At least I am more trustworthy than you." Zhao Xu comforted Lei An.
Leian grinned upon hearing this, his words made sense but didn't quite sit well with him.
Originally, he didn't want to say more about it, but Zhao Xu had reacted faster recently and had already guessed a hint of the clues.
"Or is it that the goddess cannot perform a miracle in the Sacred Heart Cathedral?" Zhao Xu suddenly said.
"I'm going, did the goddess tell you?" Leian was startled and almost turned his head to look at Zhao Xu.
As a liaison officer, his daily "negotiation", "intimidation", "bluffing" and other skills were all improved with spells. Naturally, these skills immediately fed back, allowing him to forcibly control his facial expressions.
"About a week ago, the goddess sent an oracle to the Pope. Within this month, she will only send miracles when necessary. Although everyone is not sure what is going on, but before the matter becomes extremely urgent, the church leaders will not He rashly asked for a miracle from the goddess.”
"And I don't dare to expose this news and let everyone know that the goddess is currently in a semi-sleep state."
I see.
Just like before at Falling Star Lake, when he asked for the "miracle" it was as smooth as drinking water.
Although there is a reason for him to be "favored by God". But like the popes, their divine relatives are not much weaker than him. They would rather compensate him with another kind of "resurrection" than ask for a miracle, which is a bit opposite in itself.
Only in the situation Leian said can everything make sense.
But the more he knew, the more he worried.
"Furthermore, there is another reason. It is that Abyss and Hell have been collecting information about divine power over the years and trying to take action against the gods. So for incidents involving demons and demons, if those people standing behind the other party are If you are a lord with powerful divine power, you will be very careful when performing miracles. Especially in a place like a temple, it is easy to cause resonance and there are more traces to follow."
Zhao Xu understood this sentence clearly.
That is to say, if the level drops too much, the Abyss Hell will send more pawns to extract more information about divine power, which will actually disadvantage the gods in high-level battles.
By now, Zhao Xu had pieced together the entire incident in his mind.
So during this hour, all he had to do was run outside, holding on to the "Succubus Priest" and preventing him from leaving or choosing other weak targets.
And one hour is also the time set by many strong men in the church for them to search for the succubus priest.
If it takes more than an hour, give up and direct divine intervention.
"By the way, have you had any strong feelings from just now?" Leian suddenly asked.
"You mean the power of the abyss?"
"Yes, otherwise, you would think that I would really lead you around aimlessly."
Zhao Xu responded simply: "No."
"That's strange. Why did the other party pretend to be a trainee priest?" Leian was surprised.
At this time, he was taking Zhao Xu past some meditation rooms and teaching classrooms, many of which included a few low-level priests. At this time, they did not know what big fluctuations had occurred in the outside world.
"Is there any new information?"
"You are smart, guess what?"
If Zhao Xu's intelligence had not improved before, he would sometimes be confused when looking at problems and needed to clarify them bit by bit.
Now with an intelligence of 22, basically all the outlines of the context in his mind are clearly displayed one by one, and Zhao Xu is constantly allowed to build and analyze the relationship between some clues.
Hearing Leian's rhetorical question, he was speechless and said, "The only one who can investigate now is Peter. Have you found out why the succubus caused extra trouble and turned him into a semi-purgatory creature?"
If the succubus was just trying to cause a commotion, then this would make sense.
But the other party wants to do big business in the Sacred Heart Cathedral, and it cannot be justified even if the succubus itself is from the chaotic camp and does things without logic.
Because the succubus brought a divine weapon and the power of the abyss, it meant that it was a major event involving the lord of the abyss, "Graz'zt".
The demon clan is also famous for its pain of waiting for thousands of years to climb the ranks, and its intimidating power of being punished for hundreds of years in the abyss after making a mistake.
No matter how clueless the succubus is, she will act according to maximizing interests in Mystra.
Leian explained at this time, "Preliminary judgment is that the other party's method of teleporting to the clone is to consume this 'half-purgatory creature', and it must be a 'half-purgatory creature' that is at least a level 1 mage."
Zhao Xu nodded after listening.
This revealed that the succubus' actions were not just today.
And Peter thought he had transformed into a powerful "half-purgatory creature", but in fact it was just the fuel for the succubus priest to launch a teleportation replacement effect.
At this time, Zhao Xu couldn't help but frown.
He noticed that the other party happened to be in the same class as Zheng Xinyun, and he was still taking the trainee priest route.
No matter what class Zheng Xinyun takes in the next few days, the succubus will follow him and take the same class together.
Eventually, they will meet Zhao Xu to give them a lecture, just like the elderly pastor today.
Could it be that you came here specifically to wait for him
No.
Zhao Xu immediately revised his judgment.
If you wait for him, a better way to ambush him is at the Civilian Academy.
Even the other party could just wait for him at Peter's house, instead of in the most dangerous "Sacred Heart Cathedral".
At this moment, it seems that no one can catch the succubus, and it is lurking in the church freely.
In fact, the top management of the entire association must have deployed many legendary mages to study the location and identification of the succubus.
If they had not been misled by the information about "today's" operation, acted rashly, and continued to wait and see, there would have been more than a 50% chance of successfully capturing the succubus.
Perhaps the church didn't realize that they would find the succubus so quickly and force the other party to take action.
If Zhao Xu's guess is correct.
The succubus didn't know who it was looking for, or in other words, it was just waiting for that "target" to appear on the trainee priest's podium.
Thinking of this, Zhao Xu couldn't help but hold the "Legendary Necromancer Staff" tighter.
If everything is as he speculated, then the succubus probably hasn't recognized that he is actually the target until now.
"Wait a minute." Suddenly, Leian waved his hand to signal everyone to stop.
He lowered his head and kept listening to the feedback from the church's senior officials.
"I just found traces of the succubus in the northwest corner of the church. It seems that the target is not you." After a while, Leian reorganized the news he had just heard.
"Now the church has re-launched the encirclement there, and many legendary mages have rushed over. According to what has been deduced now, it is estimated that they can trap the opponent for a while."
"Based on this, the church has made new arrangements. You should go back to a secret base nearby. There are enough Rosicrucians guarding there to ensure your safety."
"Let's go, I'll escort you wherever you go, and then go to the battlefield." After Lei An said that, he took Zhao Xu directly out of the building. At the same time, he also directed the two followers behind him to go to support him.
But looking at the two mages leaving, Zhao Xu was still a little confused.
Because he noticed that the two of them were only between the sixth ring and had no absolute advantage over the succubus.
"They used to provide spell slots." Lei An understood Zhao Xu's confusion and grinned.
"We are going to perform a legendary spell next, and we need these mid- to high-level mages to provide spell slots and reduce the difficulty of the legendary spell."
When Lei An said this, it was the first time he showed admiration in front of Zhao Xu.
Legendary spells can be said to be unlimited spells.
Whether it is the power or the range of the spell, or even the specific form of action of the spell.
It is also a dream for mages.
It's just that the legendary spell itself is difficult to cast, so many times a bunch of assistants are needed to provide spell slots to reduce the difficulty of casting.
At this time, Zhao Xu and Lei An still walked to a small domed auditorium in the church whose walls were covered with plant vines and had not been cleaned at all.
Then the two of them walked inside and walked across the bright red carpet to the empty second floor. Lei An took Zhao Xu to a hidden corner and gently tapped an empty tile. .
The wall that was originally painted white suddenly slowly rose up, revealing the gate of an alchemy elevator inside.
"Underground is our Rose Cross station. It is usually responsible for guarding certain things, so it is set up in a relatively remote location. There is more than one entrance, but this entrance is the closest to us."
As he spoke, Leian took off the control panel on the elevator, and the sealed metal gate suddenly opened in place, revealing a narrow space more than one and a half meters wide.
Zhao Xu stood directly in first, and when he turned around, he happened to see Lei An staggering as if he had tripped on something, but he walked in smoothly.
Then the elevator gate slowly closed.
At this time, Lei An and Zhao Xu were standing side by side in the alchemy elevator. They were both looking at the numbers on the floor panel, jumping down one by one, until they reached an unknown number of floors underground.
At this time, Lei An suddenly turned around and looked at Zhao Xu with a kind smile: "Do you think I look like Lei An?"
(End of chapter)