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Although the priest had saved many civilians before, he could not get a title in the Holy See after all. The low-level priest's robe could at best make the city lord Tines treat him a little more politely, but it was impossible to obey him.

Chris wasn't there, but when Mulderfan spoke, the nature changed.

"But, but..." The city lord did not dare to be rude to Master Fan, so he rubbed his palms and tried to speak, with [-] reluctances in his heart.

"Your Excellency, please think about it carefully. La Serena fell but there were no civilian casualties, and the civilians were buried with La Serena. Which result would you be more guilty of?" The priest reminded coolly, "It's more important. What's more, they are still civilians now. Once the situation is bad, it's not necessarily the case. These people are all potential undead and potential dangers. At that time, I can't save so many people by myself, even if the people around you No matter how many guards there are, can they still defeat the undead in the city?"

The priest's assumption made Tines shudder, and the terrifying scene of himself becoming an undead couldn't help appearing in his mind.He is not stupid, he weighs the pros and cons, and knows which option is better, but as a bureaucrat, he always takes chances.

"Evacuate the civilians and let them go through the underground passage of the city hall!" Finally, the city lord gritted his teeth and made a decision.

"Thank you Your Excellency, I thank you for your kindness for the common people of La Serena!" the priest said politely.

He didn't forget his purpose. From the beginning, he searched for Chris in the crowd, but unfortunately he never found it.

In terms of Chris' ability, he should not put himself in a dangerous situation, but the attack of the undead is too sudden, and in the face of these tireless and powerful monsters, magic cannot be uninterrupted. Use, this is the lack of magic, but also the weakness of the mage.

Yannick didn't ask Tines for help, because the city lord really likes to make a fuss. If he heard about Chris' disappearance, he would spend a lot of manpower to find it. By then, Chris would be fine, but La Serena fell because of it. Funny.

"Yannick, I found Chris' staff!" Afra, who had just run to help, ran over out of breath, holding a staff in her hand.

"How did you get it?" Yannick took the staff and weighed it. It was indeed Chris's staff, and his expression became serious.

"It's in the hands of a mid-level mage. He said it was lent to him by a mage who couldn't see his face clearly. It's over there. I'll take you there!"

Yannick and Sophia came down to the position closer to the front line defensive sand wall led by Aphra. The mage holding the Chris staff was the one who killed many undead with the "Pop Fire Rain" just now, thanks to Ke Reese's staff, otherwise he would not be able to use such advanced spells, and the side effect that followed was that he consumed too much magic power and had to withdraw it to rest first.

The mage didn't have any prejudice against the priest, but maybe Chris had told him. In short, when he saw Yannick and the others, his expression was quite calm, and he happily explained the ins and outs of getting the staff.

"At that time, the situation deteriorated step by step. The mage in black killed a lot of undead. If it weren't for him, we would have been defeated when the first wave of undead arrived. lent me the staff."

"Did he say where he went?" the priest asked.

"No, but I think he is going in the opposite direction." The mage pointed in the direction.

Seeing the direction he pointed, Sophia and the others were taken aback. Chris went to the dark forest?

"What did Chris go to the dark forest, isn't it more dangerous there!" Afra said worriedly.

At this time, there was a scream from somewhere, followed by a series of noises and the sound of running in a hurry, because it was close to the front line, all kinds of noises were already loud, and they didn't pay much attention, but Yannick realized that No, quickly walked towards the source of the sound, and Sofia and Aphra followed closely behind.

Those who panicked were a group of civilians from La Serena. They were well dressed, but they did not have the luxury of nobles. They seemed to belong to the middle class. Many people were carrying luggage, and some were driving carriages. Terrified, too, pacing around like a headless chicken, refusing to run forward as ordered by its master.

"What's going on?" Yannick stepped forward and asked.

Seeing the priest, they gathered around Yannick as if they saw a savior.

"Priest, please save us!"

"Your Excellency, what should I do, the whole city has been surrounded by undead!"

"The priest..."

Everyone was chattering, and Yannick had to stop it loudly: "Shut up, be quiet! Listen to me, what happened, why are you running here!"

One of the middle-aged men tremblingly replied: "We live at another city gate, but there, there are undead appearing again. We rushed here, but we heard that there were already traces of undead here. We, we..."

"There are undead at another city gate?!" Sophia and Aphra were both taken aback, "Haven't they already been repelled!"

But as soon as the words were finished, they realized that they had asked a stupid question.

If they are repelled, they can come again, not to mention that those undead know how to go around half of La Serena to attack the city gate here, and of course they will continue to attack the original city gate. Anyway, the city wall was so high before, they can still climb up , Now the mages and swordsmen are basically concentrated here, and the defense over there is even weaker.

"Listen to me," the priest lowered his voice, and said to the people who were panicking like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, "Now the city lord of Tines has issued an order that everyone can go directly to the city of Saint-Mar through the underground tunnel at the city hall. , Maybe you were running for your life and missed the soldiers who went to deliver orders, now you go to the city hall! There are mages here, there are swordsmen here, and I am here, things are not that bad yet."

His gentle and calm tone soothed these people, and everyone looked at him with gratitude, and some even knelt down and kissed the corner of his robe: "Thank you, Your Excellency, you are our hope and La Serena's." hope!"

With power, there will be doubts. When you have the power to challenge God, you will naturally question the existence of God. This is the case with mages.But the civilians are different, they are weak and weak, and they are not as politically wise as the nobles. , much more reliable than the city lord.

A group of people who thanked the priest hurried to the direction of the city hall, not even the carriage, Sofia asked Yannick: "What should we do now?"

Yannick thought for a while: "When Chris went, the undead probably hadn't attacked from the city gate over there. I want to go and see."

Aphra objected: "No, Yannick, it's too dangerous!"

Sophia said, "I'll accompany you!"

Yannick said: "Chris doesn't even have a staff with him now, and now there are undead haunting, the situation is probably very dangerous, so don't come with me, I'll go and see alone."

In fact, Yannick will not do things that are not sure. He still has two scrolls on him now, one ultimate teleportation scroll, one meteor fire rain scroll, and even the valuable bracelet that Chris gave him on his wrist ——In fact, it is also a defensive bracelet. As long as the corresponding spell is activated, it can have a defensive effect in a short period of time, so as long as you are careful, even if Chris cannot be found, he believes that he can escape safely.

Just explained it to Sophia and the others, but they still objected. To be honest, their affection for Chris is not as deep as that of Yannick, even for Aphra, although she knows Chris better than Yannick. It's early, but who told the mage in black not to manage interpersonal relationships? After Asur and Lily disappeared, and Dantonio was often not with them, the priest naturally became the core of the small team.

Although Fei Zeer and others occasionally stay with them, but at this time, all the swordsmen get help from the front line. Although Fei Zeer wants to personally escort Sophia until she arrives safely in the imperial capital, he can only obey Master Fan Deployment, please ask Yanick to take care of Sophia, so sometimes it looks like Sophia and Aphra are protecting the priest, but in fact it is just the opposite.

"Listen to me, Sophia, I will protect myself, but if I add you two, I can't guarantee your safety, so you'd better go to the city hall now, and wait for the civilians to retreat safely. Follow City Lord Tines, he is so afraid of death, following him will always save you from danger."

Sophia wanted to say something more, but Mu Defan had already strode over. "No, Your Excellency, I think what they said is right. Now another city gate is about to be invaded by the undead. The mages are short of manpower. We are planning to evacuate La Serena after the civilians have retreated. You can't go deep dangerous area."

Yannick raised his eyebrows: "Your Excellency Fan, I think where I am going, this is my personal freedom."

"No, dear priest, maybe you didn't understand what I meant." Master Fan's tone was very gentle, but there was no doubt about it. "You are now the only priest in La Serena. Although no mage has been injured yet, none of us can guarantee it. You need to stay by my side so that you can heal the mage at any time until we retreat safely."

Normally, Yannick might still think about it, but now he just raised his eyebrows again: "Your Excellency Fan, I think you made a mistake, I am not your subordinate, let alone your confinement, I want to go to No one can stop me anywhere."

"No matter how valuable the identity of the person you are looking for—even if he is His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire, it cannot make me change my mind. As a commander, I need to consider the overall situation. In my eyes, no one's life is better than the current one. The lives of these mages are more important." Although Mu Defan still had a faint smile on his face, there was no smile in his eyes, and the conversation between the two was not low-pitched. Mu Defan's words undoubtedly moved the mages very much. .

In contrast, Yannick is worthy of being a member of the Holy See. Before, he only cared about buying the hearts of the common people, but when it came to this kind of thing, he didn't worry about the safety of the mage. His shamelessness as a priest was fully exposed.

Seeing the two tit for tat, Sophia and Aphra raised their hearts. Compared to Sophia who stood on Yannick's side, Aphra seemed very embarrassed as a mage. She felt that Mu Defan had something to say Reasonable, I also feel that Yannick did the right thing, all in all, each has its own reasons.

The silver-haired priest laughed softly: "Your Excellency Fan, I admire you very much. This kind of behavior of buying people's hearts all the time is much better than me!" His words made many mages stare at each other, but then the priest said: " Even so, I'm sorry, but I can't do what you say."

Mu Defan's smile completely disappeared from his face: "Then, I also regret that you will have to stay."

With a touch of his staff, unknown plants popped out from under the priest's feet, and those plants burst out of the ground one after another, directly entangled the priest's ankle and wrist firmly, making him unable to move.