Crimson Servant

The steady footsteps outside the door made the adventurers slow down their breathing. Even though they were separated by a door, the evil aura released by the fear armor passing in front of the door made John and others feel the biting cold.

It seemed that the living armor team would not break into the room to search. Raven, who pressed his body against the door, breathed a sigh of relief. The armor didn't detect them, which was good news. As spirit creatures, fear armors can move regardless of terrain obstacles. They currently have no ability to block the activities of spirits.

After the noise outside the door disappeared, Barnes opened a small crack and peeked out.

"There is good news. The gloomy armor seems to have become the boss of all armors. He has removed all the living armors that were originally guarding the corridor outside. We have a good chance to escape, as long as we are not too unlucky and that Only the patrol encountered it head-on.”

Raven nodded, took what Barnes said and continued: "Barnes is right. The situation is not too bad for us. The existing dangers are better to prevent than unknown traps. We have ruled out continuing to explore the castle. possibility without risking injury for the treasures in the castle.”

John could hear that his teammates were spreading optimism and positive beliefs to prevent the warlock's mistakes from causing bad voices in the team. Barnes, who has been complaining all the time, was also laughing and making innocent wisecracks at this time.

They were trying to ease John's guilt. Extraterrestrial influences cause magic to go out of control. A spellcaster loses his magic, just like a warrior loses his weapon. This will greatly affect self-confidence and vitality, and increase the psychological burden on team members.

There are no pure good guys in Daystar, but they all know how to keep the team together, especially in times like this.

However, their worries now seem to be unnecessary, because there are too many smart people in the team.

"I lost control of my magic, but my perception ability is still there, and it seems that because the fear armor came from my hand, I can sense his general position. If he gets close, I will respond in time." There is no need to worry about past mistakes. It means that John is not depressed. Evaluating his current situation and actively cooperating is what team members should do.

"I found a map." Vivian's voice slipped past his ears. When John turned around, he saw that the female ranger had walked far away. She was standing at the desk by the window in the room, spreading out a rolled-up paper. parchment rolls.

After checking, John and others confirmed that the map was indeed that of the castle, and also discovered the approximate locations of several people. Barnes and John estimated the patrol range of the living armor and finalized several action routes with the greatest certainty.

The group of people set off immediately without hesitation, sneaking through the shadows in the corridor.

During the move, they encountered several unavoidable battles. Because of John's early warning, they did not encounter the large army led by Fear Armor. They were all small-scale living armor teams. Raven has found a way to get rid of this difficult enemy. He quickly attacks the lower limbs of the living armor, removes their leg armor, throws it far enough, and even breaks the window directly and throws it out.

After the living armor whose leg armor was removed by Raven felt that it lost contact with the lower body, the monster lying on the ground visibly stiffened for a moment, and then continued to pursue in a crawling posture. Of course, the upper body, whose speed was greatly reduced, could not catch up with a few people. John and the others escaped easily.

"You can be quite sinister sometimes, Raven." Barnes, who was in a good mood, said with a smile to Raven.

"As long as the tactics are easy to use." Raven did not hide the corners of his raised lips. He was very satisfied with the method he came up with. Raven would remember the kneeling living armor and imagine the emotions it would have felt in that situation if it had a mind. The warrior finally discovered that he was a little more evil-minded, which must be an adaptation caused by spending a long time with Barnes.

John intentionally stayed behind the group, staying with Arlington and Vivian. As soon as John realized that magic was out of control, he confirmed whether the contract between himself and the devil was intact. The connection still maintained in the soul proved that the Asmodean contract did not seem to be distorted, just like the engravings that maintain the action of the living armor. Like magic. It seems that only the re-released magic will be affected by the wild magic.

Arlington is still restricted by the contract, but after the Hell Guards arrived at the foreign castle, they seemed to have some extra thoughts. If he had not entered another world, the Warlock would have eliminated the possibility of danger around him, but now that the magic is out of control, John will leave Arlington behind. The Hell Guard is one of the most important combat forces of the Daystar team at the moment. Now is not the time to weaken the team. when.

Thinking of this, John looked to the other side.

Perhaps after sneaking into his own mind, he subconsciously paid more attention to Vivian.

After entering another world, this once enthusiastic and active female ranger changed her words and deeds. She preferred to hide herself in the shadows, and changed from a proud and fearless swordsman to a low-key and silent assassin.

This change seemed reasonable for the unfamiliar environment, but John was a little uncomfortable with it.

"Vivian." The warlock said her name softly.

The female ranger didn't answer, but she tilted her head away from the warlock to let John know she was listening.

"You are very nervous now." John said silently in his mind, for the sake of the team, "Can I know the reason?"

Vivian sped up to follow Raven and Barnes, passing John, trying to escape the exchange. But Vivian soon realized that this was meaningless. She clenched the dagger in her hand and floated to the side of the warlock like a gust of wind.

"A year of turmoil." Vivian gave a prompt. This prompt was quite brief, but for a warlock, this prompt was sufficient.

"The year of turmoil..." John repeated, falling into deep thought.

The War of the Gods and the Catastrophe of the Saints are all nicknames for the Year of Turmoil, and these terms all represent the same period. John Kemp, a sorcerer of Veltis, has studied many books about gods in order to understand the crazy and evil demon behind him. Even among the lengthy texts that pervade human history, John was deeply impressed by the accounts of the Troubled Years.

It was a time when the gods were expelled from the kingdom of God and walked the earth in the name of saints.

Through fragmentary records in broken books, John did not know the specific details of the turbulent year. But the part he knew was shocking enough.

The old gods fell during that period, and the new gods were promoted during that period. The gods lost their divine power, and the prayers of believers could not reach their ears. It was a dark and chaotic era.

The biggest feature of the turbulent years was the loss of control of magic and divine arts.

Mystra, the goddess of magic, lost control of the Weave, causing the caster to lose control of their magic. The gods left their thrones one after another, and the priests prayed to the gods for magic but received no response.

The Magic Network itself was greatly damaged due to the chaos during the Year of Turmoil. There was a dead magic area where magic failed and a wild magic area where magic was out of control. John once believed that this alien world was part of the wild magic area.

However, Vivian's reminder was definitely not to show John Cop what he already knew. It was far from enough to cause Vivian to be nervous. She was expressing another meaning.

The world seems to be in turmoil.

The gods cannot see here.