880 Different People (2/2)
The light came from a silver candlestick. Tannanois, the Liege of Death who was covered in a cloak, looked at the unopened book before him quietly. The words on the cover suggested that it might be from the Meshkate Empire.
”The Secret Research of Previous Sorcerers on the Original Body”.
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After a long journey, Fernando finally landed. He was close to Tria in the northwest of the Holy City. It was the area with the most legendary experts. Therefore, he dared not fly in the sky carelessly.
This was a narrow, long territory. The Holy City lay in the southeast, the North Province of the Holy Heilz Empire lay in the northeast, Aalto—the last camp of the Magic Empire—lay in the southwest, the battlefield of Tria lay in the northwest, and the heresies who worshiped the Mother God of the Earth lay in the north. Further north, it was the Schachran Empire that was completely controlled by the Saint Truth.
”The Angel King, Griffith, Ivan, and Rudolf are four top legends. Plus the Sword of Truth and the Shield of Truth that are as good as top legends, as well as five seraphs and more than eight level-three saints, the Church is terrifyingly powerful to resist all the other forces combined, not to mention that they have the aid of the allies…” Fernando traveled in the area in the form of a mouse and recalled the intelligence he obtained recently, both frustrated and somewhat angry.
He didn't even count the saints, the grand cardinals, and the legendary knights that did not participate in the war!
”Is it impossible to defeat the Church without letting in the devils from hell and the demons from the abyss?” Fernando thought. His heart was in a mess.
Suddenly, he discovered that the tallest building in the city up ahead was trembling violently. In the places governed by the Church, the tallest building could only be the cathedral!
”What's going on? Have the legends launched another attack?” The coalition army had been driven back to Tria by the forces of the Church after they were gathered. That was why Fernando speculated as such.
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”You have the intelligence on the headquarters of Red Eye?” Kritonia looked at the night watcher before him solemnly.
The night watcher lowered his head. ”Yes. It's from reliable sources.”
He knew that the legendary knight before him had just been trapped. So, he introduced his sources and the specific content carefully.
Kritonia picked up his longsword and said in a hurry, ”They must be evacuating. I'll go and block them now. Inform Raymond to come with me.”
”Yes, Your Excellency,” the night watcher replied, not surprised at all.
The hazy light moved among the clouds and soon reached a plain-looking city.
Kritonia shouted, ”Evil sorcerers, die now!”
He turned into an overwhelming river of time and fell at the center of the city.
Nielson, who had yet to evacuate, thought that he was doomed when he saw the light.
However, after the time washed him like water, he was still living in this world, and so were the senior-rank sorcerers next to him. Only an eighth-circle sorcerer was killed. Of course, the Red Eye sorcerers further away from him had all collapsed to the ground. They seemed to have been dead for years!
”Has the Heart of Time been weakened into a non-legend now?” It was Nielson's first thought, but very soon, he saw that Kritonia turned around and shouted at the outside of the city, ”You can never run away!”
What? Nielson suddenly realized what was going on. He dragged the senior-rank sorcerers next to him to escape in a different direction. That was the Plan B of their evacuation.
Soon after they left, Raymond and the other legendary knights arrived. Kritonia said to them expressionlessly, ”We're late. The leaders have run away. Only the dozens or so low-rank sorcerers failed to escape.”
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The Liege of Death put down the thick book in his hands and took out a mirror that was covered in deep darkness from his magic pouch.
He touched the mirror, and it gradually became clear. The scene on it was a room that had a cross.
In the Radiance Church, where Kritonia was treated, the shadow in the corner was suddenly enlivened. It was dark and twisted, just like the curse on Kritonia's wounds back then.
The Liege of Death extended his right hand and pressed the mirror. His body blurred and melted into it.
The shadow wriggled and stood up. It became the Liege of Death that was fully covered in the cloak.
Red lights flashed on his fuzzy face, and he locked onto Francois who was near the transmission circle.
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After the end of a session of research, Douglas returned to the ground and sat on a rock while watching the sky turn dark.
”The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, but why?” Douglas was still murmuring. He was too fascinated by everything.
In the west, the setting sun dyed the horizon red.