Chapter 7: Harvest and temptation

Chapter 7: Harvest and temptation

Breathing the pale red blood mist, Lucian's hands and feet were soft, his head twitched and swelled, and the scene of Correa and Haussen fighting turned into Correa and the giant mouse, and back again. When the two people kill each other, it is like the illusion and the reality are superimposed.

"Wait, hallucination ?!" Lucien thought about this, and had a general speculation in her heart. She focused her attention on letting the feeling of spirit spread like a tide, so the scene no longer changed, the red mist no longer distorted, everything They all stabilized. It was Correa and Hausen who were fighting for life and death. Blood from many wounds on their bodies was flowing out. Each of them looked very slow and strenuous, and seemed to have reached a limit.

"Is it because the blood of red-eye mice has hallucinogenic effects, or does the blood undergo hallucinations after being absorbed and transformed by that strange plant? It is a clever magic trap."

Lucien finally understood that whether Hausen's disappearance or Gary's sudden attack was due to the effect of hallucinations, and this effect was likely to start from the first red-eye mouse killing and to completely blind the senses. Then, only because Lucian was protected by the Light Shield and his spirit improved, he got rid of the illusion.

The "Holy Light Strike" just shot from the Holy Emblem of Truth not only vaporized Gary's right hand and part of his shoulders, but also penetrated upwards, directly hitting the stone roof directly above the closet, and hitting a deep hole, crushed stone If the rain falls, it seems as if the entire back room will collapse at any time.

The rubble and dust were diffused, and the reddish blood mist was dispersed, which restored Lucian's weakness in his hands and feet.

Balusian doesn't know if there are any other magic traps in the back, so even if he is temporarily safe, he doesn't dare to relax, and thinks quickly.

除了 "Holy Emblem of Truth" can no longer inspire any divine magic except for the two light arts. I no longer have the greatest reliance, and even my physical power has become very weak due to the paralysis effect contained in the pale red mist.

Suddenly, Lucien saw the strange plant shaken amidst the crushed gravel of Sissoso.

"It has no other ability to protect itself than to create hallucinations?" Lucian immediately came to his senses, stood up with his weak hands and feet, and walked towards the strange plant.

His feet were weak, he stumbled, Lucian walked very slowly, fell several times in the gravel, was scratched with bruises, pain was unbearable, and blood was even shed in several berths.

"呲." Lucian took a breath, held back the pain, and with the temporary sobriety and strength restored by the wound pain, walked to the strange plant hard.

After this series of encounters, Lucian's apathy and frustration were much less, without delay, holding his breath, carefully but firmly extending his right hand, and holding it on the trunk of the strange plant.

The meridians under my hand were beating, the stream-like blood was flowing, Lucian felt that he was not holding a plant, but a living creature, and then yanked aside.

"what!"

枝 All the branches and leaves of this strange plant shrank at once, sending out a sharp and screaming sound, as if dying.

I didn't break it for a moment, Lucien continued to force, while the strange plant screamed screamingly, while extending the branches and leaves, entangled around Lucien.

The wet, greasy, and disgusting feeling came from the skin. Numerous tiny burrs were piercing into his body. Lucian forcibly resisted the fear and fear, and pulled again.

"Woo ..."

The crying stopped abruptly, Lucien was sprayed onto the chest by the pale red liquid in the plant body, and the **** smell ran out. This made Lucien's hands and feet softer, and he could only lean on the stone wall next to him to avoid falling. .

As the plant was torn in two by Lucian, the pale red mist in the surrounding air became more dense and almost condensed into a liquid.

The three shimmering books on the nearby desk quickly corroded as soon as the thick reddish mist was sensed. From the first page to the last page, it took only two or three seconds to completely Disappeared, so fast that Lucien, who was nearby, couldn't read what was written on it.

Of course, Lucian's current state of paralysis must be too late to stop, even difficult to take a step forward.

The desk became empty immediately, but strangely, there were no signs of corrosion except where the three books were located. Lucien was briefly weird and understood the key point: "It looks like another magic Trap, when the concentration of the red mist reaches a certain level, the magic traps on those magic notes will start on their own, destroying themselves, so as not to be obtained by the enemy. "

"It's a pity these few magic notes." Lucian sighed sadly in her heart, but it was a magic note that could learn extraordinary power!

Suddenly, Lucien was stunned, and he found that the library in his soul glowed strangely.

Intrigued, Lucien pierced his spirit, and then stared at his eyes, a brand new bookshelf appeared in the library with the words "magic (Arcane)", and on the bookshelf, With three books, it was the three magic notes that Lucian had just seen.

"Does this library still have the ability to collect books? But where does the content come from?" Lucian was very surprised. "Or I need to see the content with my own eyes. Well, although these three books have been eroded very quickly, But if the whole process is slowed down, it should still be corroded page by page. It is strange that the library can write down the content from beginning to end, so there is a projection of these three books, otherwise it is impossible to make content out of thin air. "

At the moment, Baluchian can only guess, and will have to wait for a few experiments with other books in the future to be sure.

Looking at these three magic notes, Lucian, who was still quite regretful, hesitated instead: "If you learn magic, is it too dangerous in this world where the magic is powerful and you can burn the magician openly?"

I was unable to make a decision, Lucien temporarily put down, after all, he and others are still in the back room, and have not completely escaped the danger, so Lucien began to accumulate strength.

Without strange plants, the pale red blood mist is getting lighter and weaker, Correa and Hausen gradually get rid of the hallucinations and look at each other in shock, but they are awake much late, and both of them are on the verge of dying.

Uh ...

杰 Benjamin on the ground, while Lucien touched the "Holy Emblem of Truth" with his spirit and inspired the "Holy Light Strike", he moaned, put down his right hand, and looked at the secret passage in amazement.

"Master Benjamin?" Guard Paul hurried to see Benjamin's strange behavior.

In the light of Yinyue, Benjamin's face became very bad, he whispered: "There is a change below, my spiritual mark in the Holy Emblem was touched, **** it, just a magic apprentice, got this To the point, it's really useless! Paul, you're waiting for me here, and if I haven't come out within five minutes, you'll ask the bishop for help. "

It is because of the spiritual imprint in the Holy Emblem that Benjamin safely gave the Holy Emblem of Truth to Lucien for use. Otherwise, even the standard magical wonders assigned by the Holy Emblem are more powerful than Benjamin's own strength and others. His magical artifacts are much weaker, and he will not give them to others casually. Who knows that his spiritual mark was touched, and he could not prevent the spiritual magic from being stimulated at a critical moment.

Negligence and carelessness have always been companions of arrogance and prejudice.

In Benjamin's mind, knights who rely on blood and physical strength have always had a deep prejudice that they are crude and cheap, and they are no better than noble casters who explore the mysteries of the world, even if they are evil magicians. Therefore, they are not worthy of using magical wonders, so he subconsciously gave the emblem of truth to Lucien, whose spiritual power is higher than ordinary people.

This attitude comes from Benjamin's origin and from his experience.

The Lafati family, which is one of the most powerful families in the Principality of Vaurit, although also depends on the bloodline "divine power", but is different from the knights. They rely on the bloodline power to cast spells, which is true. The caster, and Benjamin as a member of the Lafati family, even though his blood is thin and unable to stimulate his own strength, he can emerge after entering the monastery from an early age, becoming a priest smoothly, and firmly walking on the path of the caster .

现在 But now, as a formal pastor, such a small matter has made a big omission, and his position within the church will inevitably be affected later, so Benjamin hurried.

Paul was astonished: "With the Holy Emblem of Truth, things will change? Is there any other official magician?"

Uh ...

Lucien's strength recovered a little. As he was about to walk outside the closet against the stone wall, he suddenly heard footsteps, and his heart lifted, his spirit was tense. If it was a witch's remnant, The magical creature or her friend was afraid she would be unable to escape.

I waited to see that it was Benjamin's white holy robe, Lucian was a little relieved, but still dare not relax, what a good place to kill people in the back room.

"Lapland Bloodvine?" Benjamin glanced at the conditions in the secret room, and quickly judged the approximate process from the learned magic knowledge and plant knowledge. He understood that Lucien, who was slowly moving against the wall, was on the edge of dying. Why did Gary and others end up like this, "Fortunately, none of them died."

"This boy has good luck. His spiritual strength has increased a bit, reaching the level of a low-level apprentice pastor. It seems that the impact of the breakthrough has touched my spiritual mark. Unfortunately, the church is no longer powerful than 300 years ago. The age of being able to learn divine magic by virtue of talent. Without a basic foundation and systematic knowledge of divine magic, I can never become a formal priest. I have to say that it is indeed the 'Arcane Emperor' that opened the door. The 400-year golden age of magic and magic. "

As a member of the Lafati family, Benjamin knows more about the world situation than most priests. He does not seem to be so religious in his own faith. To be precise, Benjamin as a member of the nobility and Benjamin is contradictory in his position.

What's more important is that after the "Supreme Conference" more than 300 years ago, the church split, one south and one north, accusing each other of heresy, but even then, no matter which side, the acquisition of divine magic was not affected in any way. This made many bishops and cardinals silently doubt in their hearts whether God exists or not. This is a test for believers.

的 This attitude has directly affected every young man who has been a pastor for centuries, including Benjamin.

Moreover, in order to adapt to the era of rapid development, several popes have introduced part of the knowledge obtained by the Arcanist to explore the world to transform the theological foundation. Although the theology has also developed rapidly and the strong have emerged, the Southern Church has maintained the greatest power. Position, standing under the eyes of many powerful enemies such as heretics, evil magicians, and dark creatures, but it also caused more cracks in the already unstable internal beliefs.

Benjamin relaxed, his hands slid down with thin white dust, his mouth made strange syllables, and a gust of wind blew through, leaving no trace of pale red blood mist.

Then he didn't read the spell, and didn't throw any casting materials. He just pointed at Gary, and a pale white light fell on him, letting the scorch of his body fall off, the wound healed, got rid of dying, and became ordinary. Seriously injured.

Every time he performed healing magic at intervals of one to two seconds, Benjamin rescued Correa and Howson, and healed Lucian's injuries.

After asking Lucien, Correa, Howson, Gary and others, Benjamin looked at the desk and made sure they were not lying. Then he ordered: "Move everything in the secret room to the church, well, including The bodies of these mice. "

At the same time, he caught the sign of Lucien who had returned: "Sin has been washed away from you, go back to rest, and may the Lord bless you."

Originally, if Lucien could successfully succeed this time, Benjamin would not save money rewards, and even if he had the opportunity, he would secretly try to cultivate it, but it was so dangerous that Benjamin naturally had no mood to encourage Lucien. After making sure that nothing was hidden in him, he was sent away early. After all, Correa and Hausen were fine, and Gary without the right hand would be more troublesome. The regeneration of broken limbs was not a divine skill he could master.

Lucien saw that Benjamin hadn't killed anyone, but he still had his heart left here, and went out to the dense outdoor. When he reached the sewer outside, Lucien suddenly broke a certain boundary and heard a word from Correa inside. Then, this made Lucian feel a little heavy, and he whispered to Hausen: "Gary has no right hand, I'm afraid he can't be a Cavalier, and he will be called out of the guard."

Lucien, who did not know what she was feeling out of the secret passage, immediately greeted the inquiries of the surrounding poor.

"Is Evans, have you purified the ghost?" Alyssa asked afar.

Balusian nodded: "It has been purified by Lord Benjamin and several guards."

Everyone relaxed, and began to ask and communicate eagerly: "Lucien, what is a ghost like? Isn't it terrible?"

"Master Benjamin deserves to be a formal pastor."

"Luxian seems to have been blessed by the Lord this time It is possible to use the Holy Emblem of Truth."

"It is a pity that Lucien is no longer a child and cannot be sent to a monastery for cultivation. Otherwise, it would be a great honour for us to admit a Lucien in Adage."

Hearing these arguments, Lucien whispered, "I can't be a pastor?"

Although due to the identity of the traverser, Lucian never thought of becoming a priest, but after experiencing the extraordinary and inhuman power of divine magic, he was told that he could not follow this path, and he was inevitably disheartened.

"Poor little Evans, look at your face, it must be exhausted, and go back to rest quickly." Grandma Alyssa said that Lucian's face was not good, and he said quickly.

Lucian had a lot of thoughts and really needed to be quiet, so he nodded, returned to his hut, sat by the bed, listened to Benjamin and others coming out, and went away, listening to the poor onlookers leaving, listening to the peace in the middle of the night. Quietly, the thoughts of my parents and others are buried deep in my heart.

"I can't be a priest, and it looks like I haven't trained since I was young, and I don't have much hope to become a knight and stimulate the bloodline power."

"If you want to obtain extraordinary power, you have to learn magic."

"But once you choose magic, you will be against the church, and you will be against most ordinary people, including Alyssa."

"Maybe there is another way?"

"Anyway, the magic notes are in my mind. Take a look and say, well, there should be no problem."

Hesitant and struggling, Lucian decided to look at the magic notes first, so she entered the library and opened the magic notes.

After a long while, Lucian's low, crying voice sounded in the room:

"What to do if you are illiterate?"