God seal

The holy city of Iranpur.

The children were strictly ordered by their parents to stay inside the house and could not play outside without worry.Passers-by walking to and from the city hurriedly walked, with a hint of worry in their brows.Compared with the leisurely days a few days ago, the atmosphere in Iranpur has changed.Whether it is a resident or a tourist, there is a layer of faint anxiety on the face. Can you still see people gathering in the dark and whispering, seeing the patrol team approaching, and the birds and animals scattered.

The paladins naturally discovered these abnormalities when they patrolled the city as usual. During this special period, nothing can be underestimated. The patrolling paladins are preparing to report the situation in the city to their superiors.

However, I got this reply.

"Master Yvonne is not here?"

The young paladin was stunned for a moment, and his arm was lightly bumped by a colleague beside him.

"Did you forget what day it is?"

Someone nearby reminded me in a low voice.

"Lord Yvonne will go to the cemetery to worship on this day every month."

"...I forgot," the paladin who asked was stunned, "It's already been another month."

It is no secret among the paladins that Yvonne goes to the cemetery every month to pay homage, and the paladins also know the objects he misses when he goes to the cemetery.That was Yvonne's younger brother, who was once a candidate for a paladin, but shortly after Yvonne left the holy city with Salanduel at last year's carnival, he chose to commit suicide.

For a paladin, it is undoubtedly a cowardly act to commit suicide instead of committing his life to the battlefield.Even so, Yvonne's younger brother still chose to do so.He is the age to bloom, but has withered.

Because he did not complete the training of the paladin, and because he committed suicide, the young man was not allowed to be buried in the tomb of the martyrs of the paladin, but buried his own bones in a remote cemetery in the suburbs.

Yvonne's hand swept gently over the dusty tombstone, shaking off some dust, and seemed to see this young man's smiling face full of vitality and pride when he was still alive.Someone came from behind him.

Yvonne didn't look back, but said, "You said, if that lord knew about Lan Qi's death, would he still stubbornly think that we were wrong?"

He didn't say who it was, but the person who came had already sighed softly.

"If you still mind him, next time there is a task that conflicts with him, I will send someone else."

"Others? No, other people will not be his opponents, and they don't know him well enough." Yvonne stood up, looked at the saint and shook his head slightly, "Please send me. Even if you have turned against each other, treat him A worthy enemy must at least show our respect. Besides, he has written the gauntlet."

The Saint of Light didn't say anything, but looked at the tombstone together with Yvonne.

"Let's go," said the old man, "the imperial envoy will arrive soon."

"Yes."

The two walked away one after the other, leaving only the tomb alone.The tombstone is simple, with a simple biography of the deceased, and a sentence is engraved at the end almost as if it is blinding people's eyes and ears.

[Lanch, died of 'magic loss'. 】

……

Archie didn't expect that he would return to Vann City one day, and under the leadership of his grandfather, he returned to this city of mages in a fair manner, instead of always leaving in despair like the previous few times.

"It's been a long time since I used the teleportation array dedicated to the college." Archie sighed, "It's really fast and stable, and I don't feel dizzy at all. The few times I left secretly before..."

"You have the nerve to say so." His grandfather gave him a glare.

"Bailey!"

Friends who were waiting for them outside the teleportation circle greeted them.

"It's a good thing you're back! You don't know what kind of chaos has become in the academy these days."

"How could I not know?" Archmage Bailey temporarily gave up teaching his grandson, but replied, "It's nothing more than factions fighting. How is the situation in the city now?"

The old mage who came to greet them said: "The news that Sarandir has declared war on the holy city has caused a lot of noise. Now the parliament is roughly divided into three factions. One faction insists that it cannot participate in the battle of gods, and the other faction wants to Consider the situation and choose the opportunity, and there is..." Speaking of which, the other party carefully glanced at Archmage Bailey, "And the group of people who had a covenant with Leviathan before, except you, all chose to support the Holy City .”

Old Bailey sneered.

"That's when they knew they had offended Salanduil."

The old friend sighed and said, "Yes, they also have no choice. But, it's strange, Bailey, you also supported the alliance with Leviathan at that time, why now?"

Archmage Bailey glanced at his grandson without a trace.Archie immediately smiled and said, "Grandpa turned to the light and made a wise decision."

Old Bailey hit him with his staff.

"Go back to school!"

"Yes Yes!"

But before leaving, Archie did not forget to ask his grandfather.

"Don't forget our mission!"

They returned to Vann City this time to win over the allies for Sarandir.Seeing that Archmage Bailey was about to beat someone up again, Archie quickly slipped away.

But this time at school, he is like a man of the hour.

"You kid is not dead!"

"Where have you been?"

"Teacher Bosian is gone too, did you go on a secret mission together again?"

Facing the overly enthusiastic classmates he hadn't seen for a long time, Archie was able to cope with it at first, but later someone mentioned Bethien, and his face darkened.Someone hastily stabbed the mage apprentice who said something wrong and winked.

What happened to Mr. Boxien, who doesn't know the edict of the holy city?Although the mages in Van En City did not believe the words of the Holy City, but looking at Archie's reaction now, something must have happened.

"Oh, I seem to have a headache! I'm sorry, everyone, I'll go back to rest first." Archie found an excuse to get rid of the crowd and hurried to the dormitory.

Just walking on the road, he could not help but sigh.He and Berthian can't be said to be close. Before that, Archie didn't even like Berthian.However, after a few months of getting along day and night, I still have some feelings.Archie recalled that day when he got the news from Sarandir, he ran into the classroom excitedly, and then was caught by Bossian and punished to stand.What felt extremely embarrassing at the time, now feels bitter when I think about it.At that time, Teacher Bossian, he—

"—Knowing that you will fall in love with Salanduil, desperate?"

Unknowingly, Archie read out what was in his heart.

"Who likes me?"

"Scared?!" Archie was startled, and then looked aside. It turned out that he had walked to the rose garden near the Astrology Tower at some point, and a figure was standing under the flower wall.

A year later, the roses bloomed as before, and the figure came out from the corner, just like when they first met, the silver-haired elf sneaked into the Vann College and walked up to Archie.

"Sarandir!"

Archie exclaimed first, then covered his mouth and looked around nervously.

"Why are you here?" he whispered.

Searle looked at him amusedly, "I'm not a wanted criminal, why can't I be here?"

"But...there are people from the Holy City faction in the academy, if they find out." Archie said worriedly, "And Shuhai has been waiting for your news, you should go back first to reassure them. Eddie and Hani and the others have been out for half a month looking for you."

Searle was taken aback, and then said with some shame, "Sorry, I was negligent. I will contact them later. But now, I need to find someone in Van En City."

"Who are you looking for?" Archie couldn't help looking in the direction of the astronomy tower not far away, "There are no other mages in the prophecy department except 'Olivier the Prophet' and Mr. Bossian."

Searle also looked in the direction of the Astronomy Tower, his silver eyes flickered slightly, as if he was recalling something.

"...Now, there is no need to find a prophetic mage." He asked again, "Archie, who is the most experienced mage who studies theology and mages in your college? Can you introduce me?"

"God, theology? This course has always been very unpopular. You need to find a professional teacher in this field. Wait, let me think about it." Archie frowned and thought hard, "But why do you want to ask this? This is not the same as Is it related to the battle of gods between Eli and Dui?"

Unexpectedly, Searle glanced at him and said, "Who told you that Eli was going to participate in the battle of gods?"

Archie opened his eyes wide, "You clearly said that day—" He then thought for a while, Searle only said that Eli declared war on the Temple of Light in the name of Eli, and did not mention that Eli himself would participate in the battle of gods.Thinking about it, how could the gods of the gods, who have never interfered with anything in the mainland, be involved in such disputes.

"Could it be that you made your own claim! Eli didn't know?"

"I think he knew it, and he was angry." Searle said and pointed to his forehead, where a red mark like a branding iron was looming on his skin.

Archie felt pain just looking at it.However, he admired Searle's courage even more.

Dare to behead Eli before playing, there is no one else in this world.But then, he was troubled again.If Eli didn't participate in the battle, they would have no chance of winning against the God of Light who was second only to Eli.

Seeer comforted him when he saw this: "Don't worry, even if Eli doesn't participate, it doesn't mean that we don't have the support of gods here." "And, am I here to find the odds?"

"You mean a teacher who teaches theology?" Although he couldn't understand why Searle would value a teacher of an unpopular subject so much, Archie still remembered the name of the mage after racking his brains, "Mr. Frans is Teaching theology!"

"Take me to him." Searle said immediately.

"Well, this..." Archie hesitated, faltering, obviously there was something hidden.

Searle raised his eyebrows.

"Speak straight."

Archie was in a dilemma for a while, and said loudly as if he was going all out: "It's true that Mr. Frans teaches theology, but he is also Mr. Bossian's teacher and adoptive father! I think he doesn't want to see you now! "

Searle's fingers jumped slightly.

Bethian's adoptive father?