Thick dark yellow carpets, hanging high from the ceiling, chandeliers full of candlesticks, exquisite and delicate stone statues, lifelike murals and reliefs, and a bright and warm atmosphere make the small black building look like a villa of a nobleman, rather than a person. Known as the frightening "hell".
This was the first impression left by the "Judicial Court" on Fernando and Douglas. After following the "Gateman" through the tree-lined path full of statues, they officially entered the place where every magician feared from the bottom of their hearts.
In the hall, apart from Fernando, Douglas and the "Judger", there were no other referee personnel walking around, but the two of them sensed several people hiding in the dark with their keen senses. Road safety alert.
The "janitor" had a serious face, showing a little panic, and said angrily as he walked, "I doubt your piety to the Lord. You should come and report this kind of thing immediately. If you delay the big thing, you wait to be burned." .”
After a pause, he softened his tone: "If things go well, you will also be rewarded generously."
"Yes, sir." Douglas acted submissively, while Fernando lowered his head and said nothing, as if frightened.
The "normal performance" of the "gatekeeper" and the information revealed made the "night watchman" hiding in the dark do nothing, but swept Douglas with the intuition of the knight, the premonition of the priest and the spiritual force field of the magician. And Fernando, under the condition that the two had been prepared for a long time, this kind of inspection undoubtedly failed to discover their true identities.
Of course, Douglas and Fernando didn't go too far in pretending to be ordinary people. That way it is not easy to cover up the magic fluctuations in the magic circle. They are acting as low-level magicians who are ready to betray their companions. This identity is half-truth and half-false, which not only effectively covers up the facts, but also does not attract attention—Antifer After the fall of Le, there were too many similar situations, so many that it made people feel numb.
Therefore, the night watchmen who were the first cordon of the "Judicial Court" were only a little curious about what important information they had, but they were not qualified to pay attention to this kind of thing.
After passing through the hall. It is an east-west corridor. On either side are rooms that either shrink or open.
Through the half-open door, Fernando found that inside were ordinary clergy who dealt with writing, files, and records, and most of them did not even have the standard of an official priest.
Until then, he and Douglas looked at each other. From the eyes and slightly relaxed expressions, they understood each other's thoughts. Although the "Tribunal" is still in accordance with the original regulations. Layers of vigilance and defense are laid out, like the strongest fortress, but no matter how perfect the arrangement is, it needs to be manipulated by people. A careless and slack mind makes all this seem like nothing.
Halfway through the corridor, the "janitor" suddenly opened a closed door. There was no decoration inside the door, and the dusty floor was directly exposed. A downward staircase was located in the middle.
At the end of the stairs is a gray stone gate, engraved with simple but profound symbols of divine arts. They seem to be ten crowns symbolizing different meanings, connected in unique layers and ways.
The eyes of Fernando and Douglas narrowed slightly at the same time, feeling its powerful power. This door should be an intuitive reflection of the defensive magic circle of the entire referee office. After it works, it is almost equivalent to a ninth-level cardinal—the current church The strength is so powerful that only a legend can become a cardinal.
"The tree of gifts..." Fernando whispered in his heart, recognizing the symbol of the ten crowns connected together.
The "Gatekeeper" tapped lightly on the fourth crown a few times, and the rhythm had obvious changes in speed, and a voice without ups and downs soon came out from inside: "Who? What is it?"
"The second team, 'Twilight Touch', today's 'Gatekeeper', has invited two low-level magicians to inform. The information is very important. I am worried that they are concealing or lying, so I brought them in for the captain to ask personally." The "janitor" answered in an orderly manner, his eyes were sharp and sober, but if you observe carefully, there is a faint divergence and enlargement in the depths of his pupils.
Under normal circumstances, the whistleblower can only let the "gatekeeper" pass the news, and then the captain of the night watchman decides where to interrogate them, but the reason of the "gatekeeper" is also open and aboveboard, after all, some special magic circles for distinguishing lies can only The "interrogation room" only existed, and similar violations did not happen at the same time. The frequent victories made the night watchmen ignore the detailed rules set by their predecessors, or they couldn't remember them at all, thinking it was unnecessary.
The night watchman guarding the stone gate was silent for a while, as if he was using the identities of the three people outside the core of the magic circle. Thirty seconds later, he said in a calm tone: "Come in."
Rays of light lit up, the ten "Crowns of Divine Art" were shrouded in holiness, and the door slowly retreated.
Douglas breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a little happy. Although the captain of the night watchman came out for interrogation, he could control the other party, but there are many magicians in the underground court, and the fluctuation of spells is easy to be covered. The silvery white lightning and the thunder roared down.
Behind the gate is an endless corridor, and the guarding night watchman hid in the darkness and did not show his face.
The corridor was winding and winding, and there were rows of silver candlesticks on both sides, but what was shining on them was not candlelight, but the holy light from the magic circle.
The shining light contrasted sharply with the gloomy corridor, making people feel more depressed and gloomy.
Passing through this corridor, there was a commotion. In the wide hall, many people wearing black gloves came and went, and there were also "interrogators" with red gloves and "executors" who were covered in gray cloaks. people".
There are corridors around the hall, and from time to time the breath of magic fluctuations and divine arts fluctuations can be heard. It is obvious that someone is tempering their abilities or using them to interrogate prisoners.
Regarding the entry of the "janitor" and Douglas and Fernando, the officials of the referee did not pay much attention to it. In their view, there was an official night watchman leading the way, and they passed the previous checks. What else could be wrong
The "janitor" turned into a corridor and knocked on a door with a black skull painted on it.
"Come in." A dignified voice came from inside.
Pushing open the door, Fernando saw a middle-aged man with slender cheeks like a poisonous snake.
"They are?" asked the Captain of the Night's Watch slightly annoyed.
The "janitor" closed the door casually, and repeated what he had just said.
"Don't be so reckless next time, do a preliminary interrogation above." The captain of the night watchman criticized, but he was not too harsh, then he raised his head and looked at Douglas and Fernando, "You know where 'Dark Storm' is hiding ? Know the headquarters of the 'United Guild of Magicians'?"
His eyes dimmed, and the holy light began to flow on the wall. Obviously, he was looking for the answer unexpectedly with the help of the power of the special magical array.
To this. He is full of confidence. Although he is only a fifth-level great knight, with the help of the magic circle, a high-level magician is unprepared. will also be affected. The two low-level magicians on the opposite side had no chance of resisting.
suddenly. He saw a pair of deep and dark eyes, filled with stars, holy and charming.
"You guys really know!" The captain of the night watchman suddenly stood up. The sound got a lot louder.
The faint magical fluctuations are so inconspicuous under the flowing holy light, and it is almost nonexistent mixed with similar breaths around.
The captain of the night watchman paced back and forth: "This matter is too important, I must report to the 'Agents' and the others! No, I have to invite the 'Hunters' together."
The representative is the giant of the county court, and also possesses high-level strength.
He opened the door and ordered a night watchman who came over: "Go ask Lord 'Hunter' and let him go to the room of Lord 'Actress', there is important information about 'Dark Storm' and the Union of Magicians." !"
The night watchman who passed by nodded quickly and trotted towards the room of "The Hunter". This lord came here just to hunt down "Dark Storm"! This kind of information must be told to him immediately!
"Hunter" is what Fernando and the others called "vulture", which made him clenched his fists lightly, waiting for an explosion.
The captain of the night watchman took the "janitor" and Douglas out of the room, and headed for the "agent" room in another corridor. Along the way, Douglas and Fernando both looked at the magic circle hidden on the wall from the corner of their eyes. Arrangement, came to the same conclusion, here is very oppressive for magicians, it will be very laborious to fight all the way in, but even so, the two of them have already stood here aboveboard.
No matter how strong the magical array is, it can open a breakthrough from the "people's heart". Hundreds of years of victory and tranquility have made everything so slack, and there is no vigilance and vigilance to go out to perform tasks.
As he walked, the Captain of the Night Watchman suddenly stopped, and half-spoken to himself: "We must take the magicians who surrendered before and let them face to face."
So, he changed direction and went to another corridor first.
This is Douglas' will. He must ensure that the "hunter" rushes to the "agent" room before he waits for others, and then kills them all. After all, the fact that the "captain of the night watchman" and the "gatekeeper" are under control is hard to hide "Agent", at that time, I am afraid that the goal of "Hunter" must be given up-the time is not enough, as long as the action must be completed in a very short time, and then escape before the church notices.
In the room, Benson drank the spirits that usually affect his sanity, his expression was indescribably relaxed, and he was no longer frightened or uneasy.
Of course, only by being drunk can one forget the unbelievable hatred in his friend's eyes before he died.
"Some mages provided information to me at the 'Agent', and you can help to identify them." The captain of the night watchman was very polite.
Benson is a young man with a ruddy complexion. He has good facial features and a dignified appearance. He smiled and said, "This is what I should do."
He glanced at Douglas behind the captain of the Night Watch, and felt very strange, but he didn't know many mages in the organization, so it was normal to feel strange.
And Fernando, who had changed his appearance and breath, also hid it from Benson. He just thought amusedly, there is such a short male magician.
He never thought that Fernando would dare to come here, this is the "Inquisition"!
Along the way, Benson didn't pay much attention to the two magicians, only the low-level ones posed no danger to his status, so he was more talking with the night watchman captain, trying to build a good relationship.
The captain of the night watchman grabbed the people in the hall and asked a few words, and confirmed that the "hunter" had gone to the "agent" room, so he quickened his pace, and rushed over as if he was afraid of being blamed by his superiors.
The room of the "Agent" was surrounded by a "Hunter" wearing black leather armor and a shadow helmet sitting on a dark red armchair, asking the "Actor" in a silver-white armor opposite: "Is there really' darkness?" Storm's whereabouts."
"They haven't come here yet, and I don't know, but 'Lion' won't invite you blindly." The agent replied, "Lion" is the code name of the captain of the night watchman.
"Hunter" nodded, did not speak again, and waited quietly as if he had merged into the darkness.
There were footsteps and someone knocked on the door.
"Come in." The "agent" knew that it was the "lion" who had come.
The door of the room opened slowly, and seeing the heartbeat of the "hunter" at the door suddenly speed up, he had an intuition that death was coming after being promoted from the mountain of corpses and sea of blood.
"Not good!" He rushed towards the door without even thinking about it. His rich experience told him that only by going forward and interrupting the opponent can he have a chance of surviving.
However, everything in front of his eyes became gray and dim, and everything stopped, as if he had come to another world.