Wizard From Afar

The dark tunnel is still bleak, but it looks more reassuring than when it first came.

Loren and Lucien, who left the "room", found the silhouette of the Oath Knight in a corner of the tunnel; the blood-stained one-armed Knight glanced at them silently and staggered with In the back.

Following the previous dwarf Paulis's tips, after the three of them searched for a while, they found another railroad track at the other end of the tunnel, and it was one-way.

Thank the Holy Cross...or the giant dragon kingdom wizards who ruled the dwarves for creating such a "sincere" race.

Sitting tightly in the narrow minecart, accompanied by the roar of the ears, the three people looking at each other in blank dismay were speechless and silent for a long time.

Fifth of an hour passed, and only when Loren thought they would be so silent all the way, did he see the other person raising his head.

"How long has it been?"

"Not good said..." Loren guessed the replied: "One night, two or three days... It's possible."

"Successful?"

This is the second question of Oath Knight.

After hesitating for a moment, Loren was nodded first, then shook his head.

Fucked his brows and swore intently, Knight stared at the black hair wizard's expression for one minute, and his expression only relaxed a little...He already knew what the other party meant.

Farnesis has been defeated, but "Black Cross" Seror has not.

When he got the answer, he didn't seem to have any intention of continuing to ask, and his expression was still solemn—as if he didn't care about everything that happened in that room, let alone care about it.

The silent oath Knight slightly nodded, the only left arm raised the hilt of the sword, and put his forehead against the "Splendid Star" Holy Cross accessory; in the dark, he could only see the lightness of his lips Moving, like chanting, but also like praying.

This inexplicable silence made Loren very curious.

If he guessed right, he vowed that Knight also entered the Dragon King Tower, or at least he knew something about the "Truth of Niederhogg."

In other words, oath Knight... he knows what kind of existence the "Holy Cross" is.

The black hair wizard is thinking quickly.

He glanced at Lucien next to him—according to the gray pupil, the other party had already noticed the Asriel mark on him, but he still chose to cooperate.

Even in the situation that Lucien and himself are riddled with scars, there is no sneak attack from behind...If the previous cooperation can be explained as "there is a common enemy", then the latter is completely Breached an oath of Knight's due responsibilities.

For the sake of faith, he can abandon his name, his identity and even his own existence, abandoning all rights, only to preach with the sword, behead the Evil God and defend the belief of the Holy Cross... This is definitely not an ordinary person. Conceivable sacrifice.

Loren has no doubt that if he changes to the previous vow Knight, he will kill both himself and Lucien very decisively, and he will not even leave the opportunity for negotiation.

He doesn't think that a "priest" that pops up casually can really easily change his belief that he has persisted for more than ten years and can even dedicate his life to it countless times.

So the question came:

Why...he didn't do that?

This is the strangest part of myself.

The minecart is still roaring forward, and the fast biting gears and bearings threw away a string of flickering sparks on the icy rails-at this speed, I am afraid that it can be reached in half the time at most ground.

It's almost here.

Twitching his throat, Loren deliberately turned his head to up ahead, and the right hand quietly pressed the hilt of the silver sword.

"Don't try to guess my thoughts, wizard."

Amid the roar of wheels, Oath Knight suddenly spoke coldly.

The black hair wizard has a stiff expression.

After hesitating for a long time, Loren turned his head slowly, looking at his expression with complicated eyes—like an eternal sculpture, vigorous and cold.

"So, about the Holy Cross and Niederhogg...you already knew it?" After weighing it for a while, the black hair wizard asked after hesitated.

Swearing that Knight was silent for a while, then said in a low voice: "At least...more than you think."

Sure enough...

Pushing the corners of his mouth tightly, Loren stared intently into the eyes of Oath Knight: "Then what do you think, and what are you going to do?"

"If you really know what the'Holy Cross' is, you should understand That is the kingdom of giant dragons to rule the empire...No, their ambitions are much more than that."

"They once tried to rule the world with advanced mechanical technology, advanced magic knowledge and the threat of giant dragons. , But this plan failed. The resistance of the civilians made them understand that there is no slave who will always bow down to them and work hard;"

"So they changed a plan, a...better plan."

"Awe, vision, fear...the source of faith, they used the emotions inherent in life to build an empire belonging to Niederhogg, the giant dragon Royal Family that never collapses."

Loren paused, the expressionless oath Knight didn't seem to stop him.

"Tell me...you, not as a servant of the Holy Cross, but as yourself." The black hair wizard whispered: "Really willing to...become a tool for a group of slave masters to eliminate aliens. ?"

"Or, what are your concerns?"

Loren looked at him calmly.

next moment, the expressionless vow Knight opened his eyes suddenly.

murderous aura overflows!

The gray-eyed boy next to him shook his body, and instinctively grabbed the hilt of the sword and rushed forward, but Loren held him tightly.

"I said, don't try to guess my thoughts, Loren Torino." Swearing that Knight's expression was indifferent to terrifying, with a trembling color in his eyes:

"You are too arrogant, wizard."

Clang——!

In the narrow carriage, the mottled long sword "Can Star" hit Loren's injured shoulder, and the cold sharp blade was against the edge of his neck.

"Loren?!" Lucien, who exclaimed, was still clasped by the black hair wizard on his shoulders, and pressed on the seat impossible to move even a little bit.

Loren, whose expression is still plain, glanced at the long sword on his neck-just a little short of it, he could kill himself on the spot.

But these Xu distances are thousands of miles away.

"You don't know anything about faith!"

Like a thousand years of ice, Knight’s voice is extremely heavy: "Don’t use your thinking. Predict the things you don't understand at all, the weight of your faith, and the awe and fear in your mouth, these self-satisfied pastimes, understand?"

The black hair wizard didn't say a word.

"I know how your wizard views faith and the ordinary people who believe in the Holy Cross; I know what arrogance is hidden behind your hypocritical humility."

"You regard faith as the sustenance of the weak and incompetent, and regard the'Holy Cross' as terrifying existence that is the same as Evil God... arrogant as you are, and even think that you can become that kind of existence."

Knight's vows are spoken word by word, very slowly:

"But it is the faith that is extremely ridiculous in your eyes, which has maintained the order of the empire and will not collapse, and has brought peace that lasts for twelve generations; "

"For ordinary persons living in fields and forests, land and swamps, villages and countryside, shacks and straw huts, faith... is the whole meaning of their survival, and everything they have ;"

"The church is the only home for their souls and beliefs. The scriptures and poems extolled to the world allow them to get a new life from the walking corpse and save them from this dangerous and evil world. Come out;"

"For their faith, in order to prevent their well-being from being arrogant, the guy who believes oneself infallible tears up all split up and in pieces, I will fight at all costs!"

"No matter how much you have to pay and no matter how many decisions you have to make, I...will never regret it!"

next moment, he took back the "Star", An ironic expression was shown for the first time: "Loren Torino …you said that I was willing to fall, gave up myself and became a running dog of the Holy Cross, right?

No, don’t try to refute me, because of you That’s how I think.

Then I also tell you that although you have done many actions that undermine the authority of the church, I have never hated you; if you are enemies, most of them are just their own masters. ;

And now, I only pity you... You keep on saying that I am willing to fall and give up myself;

I would like to ask if I believe Farnesis and the "Black Cross" Serel Which one is the'truth'?"

He was speechless.

Looking at the vow Knight, who was no longer speaking, Loren's mood was extremely complicated.

Seeing that the other party took the sword back, the gray-eyed boy was finally relaxed, and he was wary of Knight's every move with lingering fears.

The three people with different moods in the crowded carriages of the long distance said nothing.

Along with the minecart slowly stopping, this exhausting and full of disaster journey finally reached the end.

"We are going to solve the Silverhelm Mountain fortress controlled by the law...'Serel', and by the way, we will clear the corroded dwarves in the mine."

Looking at the one who turned and got out of the car. Oath Knight, Loren indifferently said: "Want to come together?"

"This kind of thing, an army is more suitable to do than me." Looking back at the black hair wizard, he vowed that Knight's tone was the same Quite calm:

"The presence of someone from a church like me will only get you in the way of dwarves who don’t believe in God...My Duke."

Loren regretted it a bit. This proposal is made.

"Where to go next?" Under the embarrassing atmosphere, I can only move out of this old topic: "Farnesis is dead, Seryol has been driven back to the void world... There is no need to be hunted by you anymore. Evil God apostle.",

took a deep breath, with a calm expression, Knight spit out gently: "Eboden."

"Eboden?"

"At the invitation of the Crown Officer of Corona, to investigate the truth of the death of the ocean fleet." Knight silently opened the mouth and said: "The Corona Master is the chief veteran of the wizard tower and has a deep understanding of the void... He opened his mouth to explain this. It's not as simple as it seems."

"Any guess?" Loren asked casually.

"The elves, or rather...the Yasul elven kingdom under Xiong Yingwang's rule, something may have happened over there. The Yasul elves can’t help but have magic, and there is no unified belief. Corona suspects that there is an Evil over there. The extent of God's ravages may far exceed us."

Loren didn't say anything.

His knowledge of the elves of Yasul is limited to being a relative of the female elf Liya of the ancient wood forest. Forging skills are comparable to dwarves-considering that the elves of Yasul are one of the origins of the giant dragon kingdom , This doesn't seem to be surprising.

The culture is prosperous, the weaving industry, metallurgy industry and pottery industry are very developed, using mithril forging, similar to katana or the same kind of long blade weapon Yasul long knife, can not help but magical and once prospered …Referring to the previous sentence, there seems to be nothing surprising.

Because the other side is a country of archipelago, separated by a vast ocean of mist, so the exchange with the empire is basically limited to the luxury trade, so it can be said that there is basically nothing to understand.

"I have to go now?"

"There is nothing worth keeping."

Knight's vows were cold: "The last time, the wizard, I Abandoning everything is not for this power, this sword is not to become the running dog of the Evil God in your mouth."

"It made me crawl back from hell again and again...it is ten thousand times smaller than this, and important. Wanbei-just laugh if you want to laugh. In the eyes of you who are'sane and calm, I must be ridiculous and stupid."

Loren stared blankly at his leaving back.

For a second, he seemed to see a towering shadow behind his back.

With unspeakable tragedy.

Shrugging and pursing, Loren turned his head and looked towards Lu Sien behind him, and the two of them looking at each other in blank dismay couldn't help showing tired smiles.

"dong! dong! dong!"

In the deep tunnel, there was a sudden noise.

The shocked two suddenly turned their heads, and Knight, who hadn't gone far, stopped.

The black hair wizard's expression was so ugly that he couldn't help swallowing.

It should be... an illusion, right?

"dong! dong! dong!"

Well, it's true, not because I think too much.

The strange sounds are getting closer and closer, getting denser, stirring around like a wave, even the walls of the tunnel are shaking slightly.

How is this possible?

Feeling the vibration at the feet, the black hair wizard frowned...According to the dwarf Paulis, those corroded dwarves are so-called "wanderers" and were exiled in abandoned mines. Yes, and where he is now, it should be at the top of the entire Silverhelm Mountain fortress.

Wait! Could the entire Silverhelm Mountain Fortress have been...

"dong! dong! dong!"

The earth, rock and gravel are constantly shaking down from the tunnel overhead, accompanied by continuous Absolute vibrations, hundreds of thousands, even countless black shadows appeared at the end of the tunnel.

The shocked gray-eyed boy grew his mouth and looked at this scene in disbelief.

"Loren · Torino, are you sure..." Knight squinted his eyes, right hand swapped out the "Candy Star" on his waist:

"We are in that tunnel Here, only stayed for one night?"

There was a roar not far away, and the adjacent tunnel had collapsed in continuous shaking.

The eyes of the three people turned to the direction of the sound.

"Uh...maybe something has gone wrong." The corner of the black hair wizard's mouth twitched: "But fortunately, it has no effect on our next plan."

"Next Plan?" Lu Sien turned back curiously: "What plan?"

"Run——!!!"