Wizard From Afar

Before the night's blizzard, Legion soldiers finally built a simple temporary camp-without enough wood, they built temporary walls with snow and ice water , Randomly find some fairly dry branches to prop up the tent, and in a hurry, I did not forget to build a few bonfires for heating.

The battle is over.

Snuggling against a black hair wizard by a bonfire and looking at the battlefield not far away, Legion soldiers have returned to the barracks one after another. Only the soldiers of the church are still cleaning the battlefield and removing their bones... In other words, the pieces are collected.

But Loren sees more than that.

When he was in Lothair, he had dealt with the priests countless times; in the ancient wood forest and Eboden, he felt their fear of the "Holy Cross" from Asriel's words; in Nine-pointed star wizard tower, he can feel the wizards’ deep fear of the power of the church...

Although all the signs indicate that the power of the Holy Cross is terrifying to the point where it cannot be added, for the Holy Cross Church...Loren Just treating it as a religious organization with huge power and capital is no different from the church organizations with huge power and capital in the previous life.

I have never considered that if the true "Divine Vestige" has not been shown, if there is not enough power to defend their status or prove the existence of the Holy Cross, why would Holy Cross Church become the only faith in the empire? And let Asriel, such a deep-rooted devil, die to the point that almost no one knows their existence? !

The oath Knight is the "power" of the Holy Cross.

In the battle between Forgetown and the guard Knight, Loren had already seen it once, and this time it was the second time.

They only need to "pray", they can recover from their injuries, block the curse and even become more and more courageous-this kind of "unreasonable" power is completely beyond black hair The wizard’s imagination even felt severely unimaginable.

Only relying on the so-called "power of oath", seven church Knights can lead more than a hundred lightly armed infantry to resist four times as much as they The incoming reinforcements converged.

Is there anything more unimaginable than that? !

Of course, the Knights of the church who have obtained this power are not without a price-the "sword of oath" needs to give up their identity forever, the "shield of defense" needs to stay in the north for a lifetime, and all need to pay sacrifice.

So it is not so much power, it is more like an "identity", a kind of "yoke"; these churches who have gained strength are imprisoned, so that they must wholeheartedly complete the "delivered by the Holy Cross" throughout their lives. mission".

But there is no doubt that this is still a powerful force, and it is stronger than any high-level enchantment or alchemy-magic always has to pay a price, and "oath" is not need.

Or the firmness of their own beliefs determines their strength, so how to judge whether their beliefs are firm? Or...

"Your Excellency Loren Torino!"

Hong Zhong's voice sounded behind him, and the black hair wizard knew who it was without having to look back; he did not ask for his opinion, The heavy-faced church Knight Nazer sat directly beside him.

Pretending to be surprised, Loren looked at the Chief Knight from the corner of his gaze-at the end of the battle, he saw with his own eyes that Naze was wounded, his waist, chest, shoulder blades and face , All are deeply visible bones, a slight deviation is enough to cause fatal injuries, and now...

It's as good as ever.

"You arrived in time. We are about to be wiped out in one step." Naze stared at the church Knight, who was still cleaning the battlefield in the distance, slowly opened the mouth and said: "Yes Because you spoke to His Highness Brandon, did you let him start immediately?"

"No, the Ranger who delivered the letter for you arrived in time."

Loren has no face. With a replied expression, he glanced at him calmly: "As for the person who made us march northward, it is you-we are impossible to risk the extinction of half of the army."

"You are rash without considering the consequences. The move left us no choice!"

Nazer frowned, but then he let out a long sigh:

"You know...when I was at first I don’t believe you—even if this is an order from His Highness Connold, I still see this as a mistake."

"Then we paid the price."

"It was an accident, no one can guess." Loren opened the mouth and said faintly: "And the warriors of the Holy Cross are indeed very brave in fighting, otherwise it is impossible to insist on us coming."

"I know it might be very inappropriate to say that...but without their sacrifice, we would also be impossible to sit in front of each other so peacefully, understand each other, and let us truly cooperate, instead of fighting separately and constantly Cause trouble for the other party!"

"Let me repeat, Your Excellency Nazer, we are not here to trouble you; our only purpose in coming to the north is to solve this threat The safe invasion of the empire!"

"It is indeed very inappropriate for you to say that, Your Excellency Loren Torino!"

Naze, who lifts the head, looked gloomy and stared coldly at the black in front of him. Hair wizard: "But at least you are right-for the faith of the Holy Cross and the safety of the empire, we must abandon the contradictions and suspicions between the two sides, and truly work together; even... even if we each still hate each other. "

Loren has a sincere smile on his face.

Believe these fanatics? That's impossible...especially when there is a time bomb buried among them.

For the faith of the Holy Cross and the safety of the empire, they can choose to cooperate with themselves and Brandon; then for the same reason, they will not hesitate for a moment when the killer is in pain, or even the slightest Mercy.

By the way, for the faith of the Holy Cross and the safety of the empire...

It will always be the "Holy Cross" in front.

"That's right, Lord Nazer." With a formulaic smile on the corner of his mouth, Loren proactively extended his right hand: "I assure you that I will listen to you as much as possible from today. I suggest, and will try my best to persuade His Royal Highness Brandon to stop embarrassing you."

"Persuade His Royal Highness Brandon?"

A trace of uncertainty flashed in the eyes of Church Knight. Therefore, shook the head: "Except for themselves, it is impossible for anyone to persuade a descendant of the Desalion family. This is their nature."

"Only one thing, you must let Brandon Your Highness believes that our Holy Cross Church is not the running dog of his big brother, and the fortress of Broken Boundary Mountain is not his big brother's domain. We fought for the crown prince Connold because of his loyalty to the Holy Cross and the empire. Indeed, I gambled everything to protect the empire!"

"So I hope you tell His Royal Highness Brandon this way-tell him that if he can firmly defend our faith and defend this hard-won, A powerful and fragile empire, Holy Cross Church will never mind offering him our loyalty!"

Standing up slowly, Naze pointed to the bloody scorched earth indifferently:

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"If you can do this, their sacrifices will not be wasted in vain!"

A moment of peace, a little bright fire burst out from the campfire, just like the Holy Cross shape.

The black hair wizard who raised his head still stared at each other with those calm black pupils: "I will do my best."

"I hope so."

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The church Knight who turned around turned his head back suddenly: "And...your guard, the illegal child of the Wiltz family is called Lucien's kid."

"He really doesn't look like it. A deserter, and indeed not a deserter-when he returns to the Fortress of Duanjieshan, I will serve as your witness to vouch for him, and let His Royal Highness Connold resume his Legion post and promote him; these all are him Deservingly, the fortress of Broken Boundary Mountain needs a warrior like him!"

"There is no disrespect for you, but such a good soldier should not only be the guard of a wizard."

"Thank you for your kindness, but Lucien doesn't need to prove anything anymore." Loren replied indifferently: "He decided to leave the fortress of Broken Boundary Mountain and never come back."

"Really, it's a pity."

When the black hair wizard raised his head again, Naze had already turned and left, and walked towards the blood-stained battlefield without turning his head, leaving only in the dark night. An extremely lonely figure...