Mage's Secret

These are a pair of gray eyes, the boundaries between the pupils and the whites of the eyes have become blurred, and the eyes seem to contain a thick fog that cannot be dispelled.These eyes have no focal length, as if they have been looking at the endless void.

There was no pity or fear in the eyes of the white-robed spell caster, no anger or joy, not even a stable peace, only a dead silence that could not be seen to the end.

"Black, evil, in the city, heresy, red..." She whispered words that could not form sentences, her voice was hoarse and ethereal, echoing in the silent hall.

Hearing the voice in the hall, several armored paladins came in from the door and asked, "Master Leila?"

The white-robed clergyman murmured repeatedly as if she hadn't heard their inquiry. She stood up slowly, her voice gradually raised, and finally all the words condensed into a somewhat sharp sentence: "God's will is, They must be expelled!"

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Watching the replaced bandage wither and turn into ashes in Murphy's hands, Traphael's expression became more serious.

Murphy sensed the change in his mood, so he raised his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

"How can you use black magic, what if someone notices it?" Traphael said.

"What's the matter, I used to deal with bandages like this before, don't you think it's a little too late to warn me now?" Murphy curled his lips, and said with some disapproval, "And besides you, there are other bandages nearby. Are there any other human spellcasters?"

"Although I don't feel that there are other spellcasters nearby, it doesn't mean that there are no other spellcasters in the city...and I always have a bad feeling..." Traphael whispered, in Murphy's Pacing up and down the room.There is a distance limit to the mutual induction between spellcasters, and this distance will not be very large.For example, Traphael can only sense that there are no other spellcasters on the street of their hotel, which is already a long distance.

Seeing Traphael's restless look, Murphy smiled and said, "Ha, what are you worrying about?"

Traphael ignored the sarcasm in Murphy's words. This anxiety was indeed unusual. Traphael counted in his mind any possible dangers that he had overlooked, but as he put all the hidden dangers Eliminating all of them one by one, the uneasiness in his heart has not been reduced by half.

He has always believed in his premonitions of danger, and judging from past experience, these premonitions are always surprisingly accurate.So he stopped and said to Murphy: "It's better for us to leave here as soon as possible. I'm going to buy supplies now, and we will set off early tomorrow morning."

"So serious?" Murphy frowned.

Traphael nodded, hesitated for a while and said solemnly: "I know you may feel disappointed, but like I said, if you still want to come here after you recover, I can come with you again."

After saying these words, Traphael turned around and prepared to leave.He needs to inform other students, and then take them to purchase supplies.

But before he reached the door, his arm was pulled.

"I'll go with you." Murphy said, showing a wicked smile.

Thinking about his recent honest performance, Traphael nodded slowly: "Yes, but you have to get dressed first."

At this time, the sun had just set, and as one of the most prosperous cities in the Ozevina Continent, Holtka was still brightly lit and crowded with people.The doors of the shops on both sides of the street were wide open, and pedestrians lingered on the street to carnival night and night. Candles and lanterns illuminated the road, and dense figures were elongated on the ground, swaying and intertwined into a blurred image.

Traphael walked slowly with the flow of people, and the list that needed to be purchased was neatly listed in his mind, so the shopping was carried out quite efficiently.What he needs to keep an eye on are the demons walking beside him to prevent the flow of people from crowding them out.

For him, this is not an easy task. Although there is a contract between them, the flow of people passing through often blocks his sight, which makes him feel particularly uneasy.

Once again, a few young men dashing past rushed him and Murphy away, and Traphael had to look around again to find the figure of the demon.Just when Traphael felt extremely irritable, his cloak was suddenly grabbed.Murphy's deep voice rang in his ears: "Are you looking for me?"

"That's right... I couldn't see you just now." Traphael looked at him with a frown, and stretched out his hand to straighten the crooked cloak and robe that were squeezed by the crowd.

Murphy let go of his cloak, shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's not my fault, there are too many people here."

"Indeed," Trafael said, looking at the signboard of a shop next to him, motioning for Murphy to go in with him, and he said as he walked toward the shop, "Even if Holtka is a prosperous big In this city, the number of people here is a bit unusual. Is today a special festival?" He said the last sentence to the shopkeeper standing behind the counter.

"Oh, no," the shopkeeper replied with narrowed eyes, "usually there are not so many people on the street after the sun goes down, but this evening, the priest of the temple suddenly delivered an oracle, so everyone went out to the temple to worship gone."

"Oracle? Isn't it normal for a priest to convey the will of the God of Light?" Traphael asked while picking out the products piled up in the store.

"Yes, Master Mage." The shopkeeper said with a smile, "You probably came from another place, so I don't know."

There is no Mage Tower near Holtka, so it is normal for the shopkeeper to know that Traphael is not from the vicinity.Traphael nodded, motioning for the shopkeeper to continue.

"Master Laila, the priest of Holtka Temple, is not an ordinary person. She was originally the sixth princess of Lutis," said the owner of Lutis, a small country nearby, with a yearning look on his face, "she At the time of birth, God conveyed his will through the priests of the holy city. A child with the blood of God will be born in the continent of Ozevina, and Lady Laila is the son of this god. She was born blind, but she is closest to the power of light. She is the most favored priest in the temple. It is said that she dedicated her body and mind to the gods, and never talked to others except to convey the divine will. She never took the initiative to divination for others. This time she conveyed it again after three years God's will."

"Her power is so powerful, why isn't she in the holy city?" Traphael showed a look of surprise at the right time, but in his heart he didn't take the term "son of God" seriously.Some people are indeed worthy of admiration, but they are inevitably overly exaggerated when they are sung by poets and singers. Even the legends about him have such sayings as "the clone of the God of Law", not to mention the priesthood directly linked to the God of Light the ones.

The owner of the store said: "She chose to stay here because it is the closest to her hometown. She said that God did not want her to stay in her hometown, which would bring disaster to her hometown, so she could only look at it from the city closest to her hometown. .”

Traphael nodded. Although he thought that there were many exaggerated elements in the rumors describing this priest, he did not underestimate her ability.After all, these rumors can't be completely groundless. There are so many priests in the temple, if she doesn't have any special abilities, she won't be praised like this.

"Then, may I ask what kind of will the priest conveyed to God?" Traphael asked.

The shopkeeper shook his head: "It seems that some evil force is spreading in the city, who knows, how can I understand such things related to magic."

Traphael thanked him solemnly, and after buying a few materials that could be processed into magic accessories, he took Murphy out of the store.

"You may have been discovered." Traphael dragged Murphy to the side of the road and whispered to him.

"How could it be?" Murphy raised the corners of his mouth, looked at Traphael's tangled face and said with a smile, "You didn't even notice her, doesn't that mean that she is outside your sensing range? I shouldn’t be able to find me at a distance. We passed so many temples on the road, which temple’s priest has divined my identity?”

"Don't underestimate the power of human beings." The mage warned him in a low voice.

Just when the devil wanted to refute, the crowd in front suddenly broke out into quite a commotion.Traphael looked up there, and saw a squad of paladins riding horses standing in front of the street, preventing the crowd from advancing towards the temple, and shouting for people to go back to their homes.

At this moment, Traphael felt trembling when he saw the clergyman, not to mention that there was a living demon standing beside him at this time.He looked at all the paladins, and he was a little relieved after making sure that there were no spellcasters among them.

The crowd walked back slowly under the orders of the paladins, but Traphael led Murphy to the front of the knight team.

Traphael was wearing a robe and cloak at this time, holding a staff, which was a typical mage dress.Before he could walk in front of those paladins, a man who looked like a leader walked out of the paladins, got off his horse and walked in front of him.

This is a paladin with a beard and no specific age. He gave a simple knight salute to Traphael.

Traphael immediately returned the salute. When he straightened up again, he said to the paladin: "I am the mage Traphael. I took my students through this place. May I ask what happened here?"

Trafael's name has been circulated in the continent of Ozevina for a long time. When he announced his name, the paladin's back seemed to straighten up: "It's a great honor to meet you, Master Mage, my name is Richter. Not long ago, Lord Laila, the priest of the temple, conveyed the will of God..."

When he said this, Richter paused for a moment, as if he was considering how to explain to the mage, and after a while he said ambiguously: "Holtka, a dangerous person has appeared."