Mage's Secret

Richter spoke vaguely, and Traphael couldn't tell whether it was the priestess who failed to divination Murphy's identity, or the temple deliberately concealing this matter.

So he tentatively asked: "Dangerous person? Shouldn't it be the guard and cavalry's responsibility to guard the city? Why would a paladin like you leave the temple and walk on the streets?"

"No, it's not the same, Master Mage." Richter lowered his voice and said, "This danger comes from those evil forces."

"Mage in black robe?" Traphael asked back, showing disapproval, and said, "I think the research of mages has always been free, and has nothing to do with the temple."

"You misunderstood," the bearded paladin hesitated for a while before saying in a softer voice, "it is closer to the original, the evil that the gods must drive out."

As soon as Traphael heard this, he understood that the priestess had really noticed the traces of the demon, but for some reason, the temple was unwilling to make this matter public.He speculates that it is probably because ordinary people cannot detect the identity of the devil, so announcing this news among ordinary people will only cause panic among ordinary people, and it will give the devil an opportunity to take advantage of it—if the devil really has any evil purpose .

But the words of the paladin also reassured Traphael. The reason why the temple asked the paladin to take such an action should only be because of divination that there is such a demon in the city. No accurate divination came out.

So Traphael showed a clear look and said, "Is it a demon?"

As soon as he said that, Richter immediately widened his eyes, looked at him in surprise and asked, "You, how do you know this?"

"Don't be nervous," Traphael said gently. "You probably don't know that the paladin Lord Dewitt Ingrid asked me to assist him in his investigation after he discovered the traces of the demon."

Since Dewitt left Nakalun that day, he should have returned to the temple long ago, and he must have told the Pope about the discovery of the demon.This kind of matter is quite serious for the temple. The temple will hide ordinary people, but there is no reason to hide other priests.And it's not a secret that I assisted the paladin in the investigation, you can find out after a little investigation, so instead of pretending to be surprised in front of Richter, it's better to admit it generously, which will make people less suspicious.

Sure enough, Richter immediately showed an expression of "I see."

Traphael continued to pretend to be curious: "So, is that black robe also with the devil?"

"Black robe?" Richter was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized, "Oh, my God! Thank you, we have such an omission!" He slapped his head and walked towards his team Go, and gave some instructions to one of the paladins, and the paladin ran away on the gradually empty street with his horse's belly between his legs.

Seeing Richter walking towards him again, Traphael bowed his body with a smile and said, "Then, I will take my leave first."

Traphael made it clear that he would not participate at this time, and Richter had no choice but to bid farewell to the mage.

The mage led the demon back along the original path, and Murphy's tense body slowly relaxed until the group of paladins disappeared from sight.

"Why did you deliberately remind them about the black robe?" Murphy was a little puzzled. To let the temple notice the black robe, he took the initiative to tell the temple that besides a demon, there is also a human mage in this city. It was simply taking the initiative to make people suspicious of him.

But Traphael did not answer his words, but said: "If I guessed correctly, they should have blocked the city."

"So what, if I don't make a move, the paladins won't be able to detect my identity," Murphy said.

"But apart from paladins, they also have priests and spellcasters like priests. You are still injured, and you will be more dangerous if you stay in the city for one more day." Traphael said, Go back to the hotel where you should turn right at the intersection and choose to go to the left, which is the direction of the city gate.

"You have to get out of the city as soon as possible," Traphael said to Murphy.

When passing through a dark alley, the mage stopped suddenly, looked around, and after making sure that there were no priests, he dragged the demon into it.

Walking into the alley, Traphael first grabbed Murphy, waved his staff and recited a series of spells.Murphy let him drag him and waited for a while but nothing happened.

"What are you doing?" Murphy asked.

"I originally wanted to let us teleport out of the city directly," Traphael said, his expression becoming serious, "but there seems to be a magic pattern on the city wall to defend against the teleportation circle, and the spell has failed."

"Then let's go straight out." Murphy grinned as he said, showing his white teeth with a smile.

Traphael shook his head: "At this time, there must be a lot of paladins gathered around the city gate. It is a trap to break out."

"Then over the wall?"

"The city wall here can even be defended by a teleportation circle. Do you think there are no other defense mechanisms above it?"

"Then what should we do?" Murphy became a little annoyed.

"It's the only way...I need to make a disguise." Traphael quickly cast a spell on himself after finishing speaking, and when the spell was finished, the mage's face changed into another look—the smooth black hair changed Shaggy brown hair, soft brown eyes turned into hard black eyes.The facial features have become ordinary, and there are many wrinkles on the face, and he looks about 50 years old.

However, to the devil's surprise, after changing his figure and face, Traphael actually took out a black robe and cloak.

"It's really well prepared. Now even if you are discovered, you can change your identity immediately." The devil teased.

Traphael ignored his cheap jokes, and when he put on a black robe, a distorted expression mixed with pain, fear, and humiliation appeared on his face.This expression was fleeting, and Traphael still had that indifferent look, and Murphy almost thought he was wrong.

He opened his mouth to taunt as usual, but suddenly remembered the despair that appeared on the mage's face just now, and finally closed his mouth tightly.He originally thought that it might be a very interesting thing to let the mage fall into despair, but the reaction of the mage just now made him a little worried. This kind of sudden thought made Murphy a little confused and a little depressed-this kind of mood, there is no It's not like he should have.

But the mage didn't notice Murphy's rare thoughtfulness at all. After he wrapped himself tightly in the cloak, he continued to chant and took out another staff.It was a bare hawthorn wand without any decoration, slightly shorter than his usual staff.

Traphael weighed the staff in his hand for a while, then took out a few more scrolls and put them in his arms, then raised his head and said to Murphy, "I remember you said that you know some strong offensive black magic?"

"Yes, you still plan to force your way in?" Murphy raised his eyebrows and said, "This is the right choice. I said that our Norber family has a strong single attack. I'm not lying to you. If it weren't for too few people, we The rank will not be so low."

After finishing speaking, Murphy touched his nose and added: "The injury was due to a wrong judgment, and you have to know that most of the paladins are far inferior to the one I fought against last time."

But to his surprise, Traphael shook his head: "No, it's still too dangerous to do that. After a while, I will stand a little far from the city gate, and you will approach the city gate in stealth and cast a spell to blast the city gate open. I’m here to attract the attention of the paladins, you take advantage of the chaos to go out and wait for me outside the city. I will take other people out of the city tomorrow, we have a contract, and I can find you.”

"Are you here to attract the attention of the paladin?" Murphy's two brows almost knit together, "Can you shake off the paladin if you're like this?"

It's no wonder that Murphy didn't believe in Traphael. The mage's body is indeed not strong, and he can't beat the paladins for running, let alone the paladins ride those good horses with strong feet.

"I have a teleportation scroll." Traphael said, "I only need to change this robe in the city to escape the pursuit of the paladins. But you must be fast, as long as they find me, I have to evacuate quickly .At that time, if you didn’t open the city gate, you would have no chance.”

"Of course I'm sure of myself, it's just..."

"Then let's go." Traphael interrupted Murphy, and when Murphy was still in doubt, he disappeared first and walked out of the alley. Murphy had no choice but to follow behind him, and went to Go to the city gate.

Sure enough, more than a dozen paladins had gathered by the city gate at this time. They wore silver armor, held weapons that exuded a sacred aura that was deadly to demons, and rode tall horses that were also fully armed. It seems that they are waiting for "The Demon and the Black Robe" to throw themselves into the trap.

But Traphael knew that they must have made more than these preparations. On the way to the city gate, they encountered at least four Paladin squads, each with six members and a spellcaster.

Looking at such a formation, all the priests of Holtka Temple should have been dispatched, and Traphael couldn't help but feel a little startled—if he and the demon can't hide their magic fluctuations, they will really be killed. It's all over.

But Traphael didn't have time to feel thankful. He and Murphy stood together by a shop about fifty yards away from the city gate, looked at the city gate and whispered to the demon beside him with some worry: "There is a demon at the city gate." Defensive magic pattern, but this magic pattern should be some years old, and its power is much weaker than the improved defensive magic pattern I told you before."

Murphy whispered in his ear.

When Traphael felt that the demon standing beside him started to walk towards the city gate, he suddenly reached out and grabbed him.

The demon stopped and stood there silently, as if waiting for the mage's explanation.Traphael whispered, "I hope you don't kill people."

As soon as the mage finished speaking, he heard a small sneer.

Just when he felt Murphy pull out the small piece of clothes that he was pulling from his hand, he whispered again: "Be careful yourself."

After a few seconds, just when he thought the demon was gone, he felt a light touch on his shoulder.

After that, the feeling of having another person around really disappeared.

Traphael walked to the back of the shop, and erased the invisibility spell under the cover of the wall, revealing a black robe.He gripped his staff tightly, waiting for Murphy's move.

It seemed that even the flow of time had slowed down. Not far away, the sound of the paladin's horseshoes falling on the road gradually faded away, and the sound of the beating heart in the chest became louder and denser.Even he himself didn't realize that the palm of his hand holding the staff was already wet.

Just as Traphael's mind was gradually emptying out, there was a loud noise from the direction of the city gate.