The Witcher: From the Academy of Knights

However, those Red God believers whose fighting power was no less than that of knights were just ordinary people before.

It seems that they have not received any training at all, they just offered their faith to the Red God, and within a short period of time, they gained power beyond ordinary people.

This made Sauron very surprised.

If mortals can gain knight-level combat power as long as they believe in the Red God, then doesn't it mean that the Church of the Red God can create such powerful cannon fodder without restriction.

Sauron narrowed his eyes slightly, thoughts flickering in his mind.

It is said that since the end of the Old Lington incident, the Church of the Red God has continued to grow and grow, and within a short period of time, it has already had hundreds of thousands of believers.

If all these believers have the combat power of knights, then forming an army may be enough to sweep the entire Lost Continent.

Swish!
Just as Sauron was thinking, a sound suddenly came from his ears. He raised his head, but saw a few red snakes quickly attacking him not far away.

Sauron's face remained unchanged, and a dark light appeared around him.

All the attacking snakes were knocked away, and in the depths of the alley, a figure in red came out slowly, staring at Sauron with cold eyes.

"Get on your knees, heretic!"

The red-clothed believer was expressionless, and said coldly: "In the name of the great red god, I will bestow death on you!"

Sauron's heart moved.

According to the rules of the Red God Church, ordinary believers are not qualified to wear red clothes. Only bishops can wear red clothes, which means they have a higher status and greater strength in the church.

Before Sorrendo could think, the cardinal on the opposite side had already made a move.

He raised his left hand, and from the cuff, red snakes shot out, as if turning into mist, they rushed towards Sauron quickly.

On the spot, Sauron stepped back a few steps.

"Spell ability?"

Sauron was thoughtful, different from the ordinary believers of the Red God, the cardinal in front of him had the same appearance as a human, except that his arms were covered with red scales.

Moreover, he has the ability of spells.

"This should be the so-called divine technique, right?"

Sauron nodded slightly. In some ancient books, he had heard information about divine arts. It was said that it was a blessing from the gods that only the most loyal believers could get.

The power of divine magic is very similar to that of witchcraft.

It's just that witchcraft belongs to wizards and is the power of human beings, while divine magic comes from gods and can be bestowed, and naturally it can be taken back.

In other words, the gods can bestow magical powers on believers with a single thought.

But at the same time, as long as the gods are willing, they can also take back the magic and deprive the lives of the believers at the same time. It is for this reason that in the perception of the wizarding world, all believers of the gods are puppets.

On the opposite side, the cardinal's lips trembled.

He chanted an ancient incantation, and blood-red mist seemed to surge out of the red robe under his feet, continuously spreading towards the surroundings.

In an instant, the alley seemed to form an independent area.

Sauron looked around, but there was not much panic on his face. To him, even if the cardinal in front of him possessed magical powers, he was nothing to be afraid of.

According to Sauron's judgment, the opponent's strength is definitely not up to the wizard level.

Sauron didn't need to use his hole cards at all, and it was enough to deal with it, so he naturally didn't panic. The reason why he didn't end the battle immediately was because he wanted to learn more about the followers of the Red God through fighting.

Whoa!
On the ground, the turbulent red mist seemed to turn into a magic hand. The moment the sharp claws struck, Sauron also stabbed out the Star Broken Cross Sword in his hand.

call out!
This sword pierced the hand of the blood mist, but at the same time, the Broken Star Cross Sword seemed to be corroded. Sauron frowned slightly, and stepped back quickly.

After opening the distance, Sauron looked down.

However, he saw that the Broken Star Cross Sword in his hand was still intact, but there was a trace of blood red on the surface, as if it had been polluted by some kind of force.

Sauron was thoughtful.

The power of the followers of the Red God all comes from the Red God. Therefore, in a sense, what Sauron is facing now is a clone of the Red God.

"Controlling the spirit!"

On the spot, Sauron thought, and black mist surged behind him.

Four wraiths were summoned, and under Sauron's will, the tyrant Bakar took the lead, raised his warhammer and rushed forward.

And Qiansi Gwen followed closely behind.

However, the long black hair continued to spread and grow, covering the entire alley in just a moment, and forming a cobweb-like environment.

The cardinal frowned slightly, but there was not much panic on his face.

As a follower of the Red God, he has a firm belief, thinking that the person in front of him is just a heretic, how could he hurt the people of the Red God.

Immediately, the cardinal opened his arms.

The red mist behind him began to surge continuously, and the huge snake's head slowly poked out. The cardinal looked frenzied, and slowly cut open his palm with a dagger, letting the blood flow down.

With the sacrifice of blood, the head of the giant snake became more and more complete.

"This breath..."

A solemn expression appeared on Sauron's face. Feeling the breath of the giant snake, he couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly, and ordered the four wraiths to attack.

Bang!
The tyrant Bakar took the lead, raised his warhammer, and slammed the cardinal fiercely, but an invisible light glowed around him.

The cardinal was unscathed by the blow of the hammer.

At the same time, the black hair around him also struck like a shadow, binding the cardinal's entire body in an instant.

However, the cardinal was unmoved.

He still stood there expressionless, with a blood-red mist all over his body, and the black strands disappeared like ashes in an instant.

Immediately afterwards, the cardinal uttered syllables.

The giant snake surged up behind him, twisting its huge body, and opened its fangs and bloody mouth towards Sauron. At this moment, the will of the ancient gods seemed to come.

Sauron's pupils shrank, and a thought suddenly moved in his mind.

"The Swamp of Darkness!"

As Sauron uttered syllables, a dark void emerged from the ground, trying to trap the giant snake, but it didn't work.

boom!
Fortunately, at this time, Fire Demon Brand made a timely move. In mid-air, as Fire Demon Brand waved his hand, the huge fireball roared away.

Under the impact of the fireball, the giant snake also turned into a phantom and disappeared.

"A hallucination?"

A trace of thought appeared on Sauron's face. Looking at the phantom of the giant snake that disappeared, he frowned slightly, then raised his head, his eyes gradually turned cold.

"kill!"

Sauron had no expression on his face, and he didn't hesitate any longer. With a wave of his hand, the four wraiths attacked together and went straight to the cardinal.

Qiansi flurry, war hammer bombardment!
The fire is burning, and the dark blade sneak attack!
Under the combined attack of the four wraiths, the cardinal was injured almost instantly, but the other party did not show any panic at all.

Instead, the cardinal had a strange look on his face.

"Death to me!"

Sauron's face was slightly cold, and he moved forward quickly. He swung the star-breaking cross sword in his hand, and cut off the head of the cardinal in an instant, and the headless corpse fell slowly.

Seeing this scene, the uneasiness in Sauron's heart eased slightly.

However, immediately after the red mist surged on the ground, an incredible scene happened. The head of the cardinal grew like tentacles and slowly merged with the body.

"Humph!"

On the opposite side, a strange expression appeared on the cardinal's face, and he said quietly: "Ignorant mortals, I am a citizen of the Red God, and there is no sword in the world that can kill me!"

As soon as the words fell, the cardinal turned into a red mist and disappeared in place.

Sauron's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly felt a sense of crisis.

Immediately afterwards, the cardinal suddenly appeared, swiping the scimitar-shaped weapon quickly, directly across Sauron's arm, leaving a bloodstain.

"Dark Soul Wave!"

Feeling the pain from his arm, Sauron's eyes flashed a coldness, and he uttered a syllable, and the dark element turned into a flame and roared away.

Bang!
Hearing a sound, the cardinal was sent flying, and the black flames burned his chest, as if forming a huge hole.

However, the hole soon healed as before.

The cardinal got up from the ground, with an increasingly weird smile on his face, opened his mouth, stretched out a long and narrow tongue, and licked the blood on the scimitar.

Sauron frowned slightly, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

"Pretend to be a ghost!"

The next moment, Sauron gave a cold shout, and with a wave of his hand, a cursed arrow shot out, piercing through the cardinal's body, blinding him in both eyes.

However, even so, the cardinal's expression still showed a bit of sarcasm.

"Feel the greatness of the Red God's power!"

The cardinal made a hoarse voice, and then suddenly raised the scimitar in his hand and stabbed fiercely at his chest, blood gushing out immediately.

It was at this moment that Sauron's face changed.

When the scimitar pierced the cardinal's flesh and blood, he actually had a feeling of empathy, as if the knife also pierced his own body.

"Uh……"

Sauron's face turned pale slightly, and his body trembled for a while, but he quickly recovered. The state just now seemed to be cursed by some kind.

"what happened?"

On the opposite side, a trace of astonishment appeared on the cardinal's face. The previous invincible means did not seem to cause the expected damage this time.

On the spot, a thoughtful look flashed in Sauron's eyes.

The magical technique used by the cardinal just now should have the same effect as the incantation, but because he has been promoted to the realm of a wizard, his mental power has broken through ten points.

Sauron itself has a certain resistance to such divine arts.

"It seems that your Red God is not so omnipotent!"

Sauron sneered, locked his eyes on the cardinal, and rushed up quickly. He couldn't believe that the other party really had an immortal body.

The next moment, Sauron quickly swung the Broken Star Cross Sword in his hand.

The sharp blade slashed across the cardinal's neck again, but this time the cardinal dodged backwards and did not allow Sauron to stand his head down.

"understood."

Sauron couldn't succeed with one blow, but a smile appeared on his face, and he said quietly: "Sure enough, as I imagined, your immortal magic is not completely unlimited."

Seen through by Sauron, the cardinal's face was a bit gloomy.

In fact, as Sauron said, the cardinal did gain various incredible abilities after believing in the Red God.

However, every time a divine spell is used, for the cardinal, it is an overdraft of vitality.

In the same day, he can use the magic of immortality three times at most, and there is a big limit. If the power bestowed by the red god is exhausted, the fighting power of the cardinal is not even as good as that of an ordinary person.

"The Red God will bless me!"

On the opposite side, the cardinal made a hoarse voice, and then his figure twisted for a while, turning into a red-scaled boa constrictor and attacking Sauron.

In situ, Sauron was also welcome.

He threw out the Broken Star Cross Sword in his hand, and then controlled it with the Psychic Rune. The Cross Sword shot out immediately, stabbing the red-scaled python to the ground.

sizzle!
The red-scaled boa constrictor continued to struggle and twist, making piercing sounds.

"die!"

Sauron's eyes flashed, and in the sea of ​​consciousness, the ghost fire runes flickered, and a faint green flame of nothingness immediately burned on the broken star cross sword.

Immediately, the red-scaled boa constrictor on the ground howled in pain.

Immediately afterwards, he returned to his human form, but this time the cardinal did not have the magical ability of immortality as before.

Devoured by the phantom fire, the cardinal was quickly reduced to ashes.

Looking at the remaining corpses on the ground, a trace of thought appeared on Sauron's face, and he gradually realized that the power bestowed by the Red God was not omnipotent.

Those believers who were ordinary people gained extraordinary power under the gift of the Red God.

However, these powers are by no means inexhaustible. The power each believer gets is limited, just like water without roots. Once exhausted, the life of the believer will also come to an end.

On the spot, Sauron shook his head.

If his guess is true, then in the eyes of the Red God, believers may be a bunch of consumables, and the Red God doesn't care about their life or death at all.

Therefore, the firm belief of the Red God believers naturally became a joke.

Sauron shook his head and hid his breath in the alley. Casterly Rock City was still in chaos. The confrontation between the bald wizard Hank who turned into an eight-meter cyclops and the giant snake was coming to an end.

It has to be said that although the bald Hank is arrogant, his strength should not be underestimated.

Under his fierce offensive, the giant snake was quickly defeated, and finally turned into a cloud of red mist and dispersed in full view.

At the same time, Wizard Fulun and the other two wizards from the Morun family had already made their move.

They each faced their own enemies. Since the Church of the Red God dared to attack Casterly Rock City, they were well prepared, and the number of strong men was not weaker than that of the Morun family.

It's just that this group of Red God believers don't seem to be smart.

Knowing that Casterly Rock City was a trap, they continued to forge ahead, and it was precisely because of this that they suffered a lot. Now they can only rely on the power of the Red God Church to forcibly attack the city.

"There shouldn't be a problem, right?"

At the same place, a thought flashed in Sauron's eyes. Although the Church of the Red God was coming in menacingly, since the Morun family dared to provoke this war, they should have certain confidence.

Therefore, in the chaos tonight, the Church of the Red God might not win. (end of this chapter)