Wizard From Afar

After nominally carefully selected and enthusiastically recommended by colleagues, it is actually the list that Dalton Kander had already set in advance, and finally the executor of the entire plan and nine wizards were freshly released.

First of all, the executor naturally does not need to say much. It is certain that Loren · Torino impossible has a second-besides him, there is no second wizard that can open the second valve at the moment.

As the Sect Master of the Freswok school, Dalton and his former wizard advisor Al Bird follow closely from behind-regardless of academic level, they are now the "best fight" in the empire. Of the two wizards.

Following is the three elders of the nine-pointed star wizard tower...Although Dalton has tried to find a few "younger" among these Peak Masters, the ages of the three elders are added together, Still unfortunately over 300 years old.

The last four wizards are senior tutors from three places, all of them are sorcerers who have studied spell studies...Among them, there are two from the Imperial Family wizard Academy, one from the wizard tower, and one from Byrne name.

At this point, Dalton is also selfish-the Byrne wizard’s guild with only one wizard is the most complete spell studies in the entire empire; but whether it’s the wizard tower or the Imperial Family Wizard Academy also has no room for criticism, because Dalton himself is on the list, and Byrne has even "contributed" to his Duke.

Isaac and the little wizard who also wanted to participate, were beaten back by Dalton, and were ordered not to continue to intervene in this matter.

Especially Ayin, Dalton even sent a spy next to her to monitor her to ensure that she would not "knowingly commit a crime".

As for the task of protecting the nine wizards and executors, they were handed over to the Fiend hunter of Byrne and a group of ancient wood forest warfare dancers who took the initiative to invite them.

In terms of fighting alone, the war dancers who are good at being outnumbered can pretend to be the Azores warrior-leaving some small details, the elves of the two races are actually very good Difficult to distinguish-to a certain extent, it can confuse the enemy and buy time for action.

For this plan, Lu Sien focused on selecting nine warriors who had participated in the Eboden defense battle before, or had been in charge of the Eboden Intelligence Network in the night watchman, and let them learn and remember throughout the night. A map of the underground passage.

In fact, in the original plan, the job of hunting Fiend should have been given to the Knights of Holy Cross Church vows; these warriors who almost have Immortal Body and rich experience in "guarding", It is Brandon's first choice.

But at the moment, all the vows of Holy Cross Church Knight are "Shield of Defense", and except for a batch of warriors who have been sacrificed in the Fortress of Broken Boundary Mountain, all the shields of defense have been "guarded by the Church". Fettered by the oath of ", standing on a land without a cathedral, they cannot get the blessing of the Holy Cross. In a sense, they may be inferior to ordinary Knights.

After all, ordinary Knights know how to avoid the enemy's attack, no matter how violent they are, they know how to avoid the enemy's attack; but they are not afraid of death at all with the protection of "gods", and they have long forgotten to protect the vital points in battle. This matter.

Eboden’s cathedral had long been destroyed by the Azores so that there was no brick left. It was dismantled and turned into their Xiong Yingwang court.

As for a certain empire, it may even be the only "sword of oath" in the whole world... Except for himself, there should be no idea where he is now.

Nine wizards of cream of the crop, nine war dancers, nine hunters of Fiend, and one executor form the team that prevents Rodria from using last resort.

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"So, this is our last lesson?"

Tighten the curtain door In the camp, little priest Webber looked at the black hair wizard in front of him nervously with a hint of surprise and anxiety: "You are going to stop the Prince of the Azores and use Eboden's power to destroy the whole world?"

"Uh...it shouldn't be enough to destroy the whole world."

Shaking his head, Loren looked at Webber a little strangely: "Who did you hear?"

"Isaac told me that he said I should know it." The little priest replied honestly: "But don't worry, I know that this matter is still a secret at the moment, and I won't tell anyone."

No, when something is known to Isaac, it is no longer a secret.

Loren couldn't help but twitched the corner of his mouth.

The little priest on the opposite side didn’t notice the black hair wizard’s expression change, and was still immersed in some kind of self-blame regret: “When Isaac told me this, the first emotion I had was unexpectedly It’s not about worrying for you, but some kind of... some kind of regret! I regret that I didn’t help you more."

"It’s like studying the Old Classics...when Isaac told me I even feel a little regret when I regret it. Why do I have to wait until you have to master it as soon as possible, so that I will be reluctant to teach you instead of earlier; if you can master it a long time ago, maybe it will greatly improve this time. The planned success rate, not..."

"Uh, Weber, you seem to have misunderstood something, I didn't..."

"No, there is nothing to misunderstand!" With a tone of infinite self-blame, the little priest interrupted the black hair wizard's words: "I'm just sorry. I regret that every time you need help, you always have an afterthought."

"So As a last bit of compensation, I want to tell you everything I have about the Old Classics, Loren-this may not make much sense, but it is indeed the last thing I can do for you."

Looking at the little priest's increasingly serious expression, Loren also became serious.

"I am listening."

Weber is slightly nodded.

"A while ago, I and Isaac two people taught the spelling of the letters of the "Old Classics" and some of the proverbs, and related to the most important'rune' and 'Oath'-the former is related to the existence of each cathedral, and the latter is related to the foundation stone of the church, the oath of Knight."

The little priest lifts the head in deep thought: "But Loren, you know...why The church wants to put the "Old Scriptures" on the shelf, and only allow very few church members to come into contact with them, and have they created the scriptures they are today?"

Black hair wizard raised his brows.

"I guess, first of all, because the "Old Classics" itself has the effect of communicating with the Holy Cross...Although it is minimal, in theory, as long as you master it, anyone can directly contact the Holy Cross and no longer The need to go through the church is against the fundamental interest of the church as the'Holy Cross spokesperson'."

Under the gaze of the little priest, Loren speculated that pondered then said: "In addition, the content of the Old Scriptures itself And the text is too complicated for the believers to understand. A simpler and more straightforward theory is needed to spread the faith?"

Weber nodded.

"Sure enough, as both a wizard and a duke, you understand these things thoroughly, even more thorough than the general church deacon understands." The little priest couldn't help but said with emotion: "I even bear it sometimes. I can’t help but guess, if you did not appear as a wizard on the day we met, but as a priest, you may have long been a candidate for the Archbishop of the Holy Cross."

It’s just Loren who is laughed and didn’t. The emotion of the little priest is serious.

"...But besides these, there is another very important reason."

The next second, the serious little priest said solemnly: "That is the existence of the church The meaning of is completely different from the past."

Completely different?

"Yes, in a strict sense, the church today is completely different from the Holy Cross Church, which first appeared in East Sackland with the giant dragon queen Brunhild." Little priest nodded:

"Believe Loren, you have known it a long time ago. The earliest Holy Cross Church was brought by the giant dragon queen Brunhild—moving the capital to Golovin, establishing an empire, and fighting Sword preaching, resisting monsters, destroying Evil God...In many important historical events, the Holy Cross Church played a key role."

"And as I said before, In a sense, the past churches were more like the "tools" of the Holy Cross, unswervingly fulfilling every proverb in the Old Scriptures, turning them into "prophecies" that will surely happen."

The little priest’s gaze became extremely deep, as if returning to the era of the church fighting against monsters: "The church was very strong at that time, even surpassing the emperor in the sky palace to some extent, because the emperor’s legitimacy is precisely It was given by them."

"After that, after only two generations, everything is different."

Webber, who shook his head, didn't say any more.

He doesn't have to say any more.

As the empire gradually stabilizes, the concentration of power step by step toward the sky palace and the emperor will naturally gradually weaken the authority of the Holy Cross Church; after all, the real object of allegiance to the dukes is the empire, the emperor. Not the church.

The church that established the empire has gradually become a link that simply maintains the existence of the empire, allowing the Byrnians and Lothar to have the same beliefs and values, as well as the ultimate explanation of all problems in the world; and exist as an organization The churches began to rely on imperial power, and began to turn their attention to how to ensure their own existence, seeking wealth, power and influence.

Yes, just like the priest Loren once met in Ancient Wood Town...not so much a church member, but more like a local lord, the landlord plus the tax officer responsible for collecting taxes and The people who manage the land are no different from Lotaire's count or Imperial Capital's tax collectors.

"But today's Archbishop Innocent is extremely dissatisfied with all this." The little priest whispered: "He is not only dissatisfied with the corruption and degeneration of the church, he even wants Rejuvenate the church and bring this organization back to what it was when the empire was founded, and become a loyal servant of the Holy Cross!"

"I don’t know what all this is because of...but no matter what, It shouldn’t be a good thing.”

The little priest’s eyes were filled with worry: “Not only that, right now Innocent Archbishop has also closed Imperial Capital’s Holy Cross Church, refusing to contact the outside world...this It's something that hasn't been heard for hundreds of years. It must not be unreasonable."

The black hair wizard who listened carefully, concealing the doubt in his eyes.

"As for why you said this to Must and Loren..." The little priest whispered: "Besides the importance of these messages, there is also a reminder from Isaac."

"Isaac?"

"Yes, he used to talk to me about ancient runes-I was a little curious, because according to him, the source of these magics was actually born out of the "Old Classics" Things."

The little priest said silently: "He told me that the ancient rune itself represents a completely different way of understanding the world, and this is the basis for contact with the void world-because that is A world with no space and no time can not be understood according to the common sense of the past."

"This gave me some inspiration, because I found that in the text and spelling of the Old Classics, the same There is such a set of rules."

The little priest who continued, did not notice that the black hair wizard's expression in front of him changed at all: "It is different from the ancient rune, which is full of randomness, just like what we have learned. That way, the rules and systems inherent in the text of the Old Classics are as rigorous as its spelling, standard and regular, and this set of rules is very strong."

"As a set The scriptures, each of its words seems to be chanting and praying, writing sacred and compassionate or compassionate words."

But...its words are full of reason, Writers are even required to maintain concentrated attention completely, without any emotional fluctuations, so that there will be no grammatical and spelling errors. Even the slightest tampering may cause the difference between Heaven and Earth! "

"I and I are not a wizard, I don’t know how to describe the difference; but in my opinion, it’s just like constructing the entire world and the world precisely with words. The rules are the same! "

"Not only that, I also read my research and Isaac, and he also agreed with this point-the text of the "Old Classics" is full of mysterious, rigorous and complex rules, simply natural I don’t want others to easily understand and touch it.

And this is completely inconsistent with the original intention of any kind of writing, because writing is used to communicate and express! "

The slightly paused little priest said in a very affirmative tone: "So I came up with a...slightly aberrant view, that is the true function of the Old Classics, or The reason for its birth is a new set of rules. "

" is a set of rules that did not originally belong to this world, never appeared or even completely different from the current this world! "

"This explains why the Old Classics is so obscure to us; why Isaac emphasizes that before learning it, must leave the ancient rune behind! "

"Because it is completely different, brand new, and completely different from all the rules currently running in this world; in its rules, everything we have now is very likely They are all wrong, they need to be broken and destroyed; only by destroying everything, pushing it all over, and building from scratch on new things..."

"It is in compliance with its rules...world . "