On the Seven Towers

There is now a curfew in the royal capital every night, but this does not stop Xiao Chen from being active outside. He was in town in the afternoon delivering a message through special channels. Before nightfall, we arrived at a tavern in a civilian area near the banks of the Lygon River. He met Roland, the chief priest of the royal capital, here last winter, and today he was waiting in this tavern again.

Still leaning against the railing on the second floor, Xiao Chen leaned on the back of his chair, fidgeting with the wooden cup in his hand, but thinking about something in his mind.

Roger sat quietly next to him and made no sound. Catalina did not come this time. She went to inquire about a key piece of information again, but this time she was accompanied by Calanda and Glade, so she was naturally much more sure of her safety.

After thinking for a long time, Xiao Chen said: "The enemy has completed the search and investigation of the noble area. Last night, they began to search the merchant area. They are now working step by step, dividing the royal capital into blocks, and dividing the searched area and the unexamined area." The searched area is isolated with magic circles. Our range of activities is getting smaller and smaller."

"The commanders of this operation were very organized. If it weren't for their internal discord and their inability to mobilize enough resources, our current situation would be much more dangerous," Roger said.

"It's dangerous enough now. If this continues, they will soon find our hiding place. So we must come here today to prepare for subsequent actions."

"Sir..., is Roland really reliable?"

Xiao Chen smiled and said: "Roland has his own position. Gibran is a priest of the God's Advent Sect, and his interests are completely inconsistent with his. I don't think he will act in accordance with his position after Gibran's death. As for the risks, they are all At this point, you can’t go out and do things without taking risks.”

Roger nodded in agreement.

The two waited for about an hour. Two people dressed as civilians came into the tavern, it was Roland and Gano.

Roland saw Xiao Chen, smiled slightly, walked up to the second floor from below, and sat next to Xiao Chen with Gano.

"I didn't expect you to come back at this time." Roland asked the boss to bring him two drinks and snacks, and leaned back in his chair and said, "But now that you are here, it's better. I have been guessing what will happen next. Who is the protagonist of this big drama? Originally, I thought it was Luo Ling, but now I think it is more suitable because you are more bold in doing things than her and are more likely to surprise people."

"Big drama?" Xiao Chen asked after taking a sip of wine.

"Isn't it? Before you came, Luo Ling's people alone might not have been able to break through, but now that you and Luo Ling have joined together, it can be said that there are many masters. With the strength of you people, if you want to get together and forcefully break through, , the princess’s people may not be able to stop them. On the one hand, Qianren Sword Master and the princess’s guardian knight were seriously injured, and on the other hand, the remaining people cannot be blocked in one place forever. As long as you find a breakthrough, there is still a chance. He rushed out with little confidence.

Now that you are delaying to leave, you must have other plans. "

Xiao Chen said: "Before I tell you my plan, I have two questions that I need to ask."

"Say it."

"We still don't understand what conditions Gibran brought, persuaded so many magicians to betray, and could still tie the princess to them?"

Roland raised a finger and said: "An oracle! The oracle said: If the mages give up fighting against the gods, they will be able to obtain his forgiveness after the gods awaken, and the god of nature will grant them priestly powers. Let them preserve their strength.”

Xiao Chen was shocked by the news. He opened his eyes wide and asked: "Oracle? Is the God of Nature really awakened? But I clearly ruined his plan to absorb the energy of the World Tree in the Elf Kingdom. It should be delayed. It’s up to him to wake up.”

"So it was you who did this... and sure enough, I saw you right." There was a hint of sarcasm in Roland's words, "What those guys have been busy with for ten years was completely offset by your one action. , if the guys from the God’s Advent sect know about this, they will definitely want to chop you into pieces.”

Seeing Xiao Chen's confusion, Roland said: "If you compare God to a seriously injured and comatose person, and you want him to say a few words, what should you do?"

"I will definitely give him various magical medicines to restore his energy, and then try to wake him up when the time is right." Xiao Chen said.

"Yes, this is what the God's Advent Sect has been doing in the past ten years. In the main hall of the Nature Temple, there is an altar that can communicate with the gods. Before the war of the gods, the God of Nature was the agent in the world. They offer sacrifices to the God of Nature here, and also listen to the God of Nature’s oracles here. However, since the God of Nature fell asleep again after the God-killing War, the temple has never received any clear information.”

Xiao Chen keenly noticed the word "clear": "In other words, there is also vague information?"

"It can't be called a message. It should be God snoring or talking in his sleep." Roland chuckled softly. "Ten years ago, the priests of the God's Advent sect discovered that the God of Nature began to make more noises, and could start again. Collecting sacrifices was something that had not happened in thousands of years, so they began to consider whether they could awaken the God of Nature early. They collected a large number of crystals and dedicated them to the God of Nature. This was obviously effective. There were more and more responses from God. They also prayed devoutly for God’s awakening. However, at this time, the secular priests secretly did something else.

You know. The altar is guarded by several priests in turn. Our Alcala priest has prayed to God during his duty time since then, saying that the world should not be deprived of all magic power, but should be given to the strong in the world. God is great only when there are strong people following him. He instilled these ideas into the sleeping God over and over again, which led to this oracle later. "

"It turned out that the priests of the present-world school concocted this oracle? I thought that according to the position of the present-world school, they did not want God to wake up so soon. "

"There can't be only one plan for everything, right? If God wakes up unstoppably, then at least in this way, we can still keep our own power. What's more, even if we have similar views on the awakening of God, it does not mean that we will consider the problem from the standpoint of the mage. "Roland said very directly.

"Do you think this oracle is the will of the God of Nature himself?" Xiao Chen asked.

"I don't know. But the most critical problem is that the God's Advent Faction seized this opportunity and used this vague oracle as a tool to destroy the alliance between the mages. The result was really tragic. Both the Royal Magic Tower and the Kingdom Magic Association were turned upside down by a light word. "