——— sick at home this week, the update time will be later than normal, and it will return to normal next week.
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Benjamin glanced at Lucian, and walked slowly towards the ruins of the witch's hut in a characteristic and elegant rhythm, his voice low and soft: "Evil wizards always like to play with the minds and perceptions of good people, especially on this silver moonlit night, but the witch has not yet received the truly terrifying evil power, and her magic can often only affect one or two people."
Lucian was confused at first, and it wasn't until Benjamin finished speaking that he understood that he was explaining why only he heard the crying, while the nearby residents were still asleep.
Without giving Lucian a chance to speak, Benjamin stretched out his hands with white gloves and continued: "And I and the four church guards have the Lord's favor, so we can hear this evil voice."
The four guards walking back and forth, after hearing this, immediately drew crosses on their chests and shouted in unison:
"Only the truth endures."
With this chant, their spirits became slightly higher.
The slum residents who watched from afar also whispered in their voices: "Only the truth endures."
Then they whispered, "This is the power of the gods, worthy of the honorable pastor."
In the faint voice of praise, Benjamin's face with a unique arc became more and more serious and solemn, and he slowly opened his hands with white gloves, and whispered a strange short syllable in his mouth:
"Paso."
As soon as the short and hurried syllables ended, the entire ruins of the hut were covered with a faint white light, like a silver moon in the sky casting bursts of brilliance.
In the white light, on a broken wall connecting the ruins and Lucian's house, a strange blood red appeared in the shape of a hole.
Infected by this mysterious and bizarre spell and magical effect, Lucian was as shocked as the poor around him, and his mood fluctuated, but they were more intoxicated and afraid, while Lucian was afraid mixed with deep yearning.
Benjamin put away his hands and gave an order to the guard in front of him: "Gary, that's the secret door, there is no magic trap, you go open it."
Gary's chest straightened, and the chain mail on his body made a clanging iron plate impact: "Obey, Master Benjamin."
As Gary and another guard walked by, Lucian, who was on the tip of his ear, heard Benjamin curse in a low voice: "Those megalomaniac in the court, can't they learn to 'detect secret doors' just by using 'detection magic traps'? Hmph, because they are just magic apprentices, are they so negligent?"
With the instructions of the divine technique, Gary showed off his powerful muscles and broke the broken wall in two or three strokes.
Then, another guard drew his long sword, roared and struck hard, smashing a mechanism, exposing the black hole in the corner of the wall.
The cave entrance was not large, only accommodating one person to pass, the wind blew, bringing a foul smell from the hole entrance, Benjamin frowned slightly, covering his nose and mouth with his right hand with white gloves, while Lucian almost felt sick to his stomach and took two steps back unconsciously.
Gary took a closer look inside the cave entrance and ran over: "Master Benjamin, this secret passage leads to the sir."
Benjamin looked at Gary with golden eyebrows, his mouth and nose seemed to be a little deformed by oppression, and his voice became low: "Sure?"
"Yes, if you look down diagonally, you can see a section of the sewer." Gary replied in the affirmative.
Benjamin didn't speak, as a noble and elegant priest, as a member of the glorious Lafferty family that had been passed down for many years, he felt uncomfortable when he thought of the dirt and stench in the sewers, and he mastered the structure of the divine magic and constructed the imprint model in the soul Among the several divine arts, there was no "purification technique", if you want to cast it, you must rely on spells, gestures and casting materials to cooperate, and no one knows where the secret room is in the sewer.
"Anyway, if you are just a magic apprentice and hold the Holy Emblem of Truth, there will be no problem." Benjamin didn't care too much, then he looked at Lucian, let go of his right hand, and his voice became majestic and softened again: "You are with the witch, your body must be contaminated with evil powers, and you need atonement to wash away, but your piety to the Lord has touched me, and I lend you my emblem, once you can purify the power left by the evil witch, you will be able to regain the Lord's favor. Go, Lucian, do things for the Lord, and the eyes of the Lord will be on you."
With a pastor and guards, it should not be difficult to get rid of the ghosts and ghosts, and no matter how difficult it is, it will not be the turn of an ordinary person who has just recovered from his body, so when he heard Benjamin's words at this time, Lucian's mind immediately buzzed: "He actually asked me to purify the ghosts?! I, I'm just an ordinary person!"
Seeing Lucian's face full of surprise and resistance, Benjamin asked calmly and kindly: "You, don't you want to?"
If he answered that he didn't want to, he might immediately turn into a corpse, and agreed, listening to Benjamin's meaning, it seemed that he also planned to lend the Holy Emblem to himself, and the guards would probably follow two or three, dealing with the mutilated ghost left by a magic apprentice that Benjamin didn't pay much attention to, the danger should not be too great
Whether Benjamin really liked the dirty sewers and was unwilling to go down, or he had other ideas, it was not good for him to mess up this seemingly simple thing.
Suppressing the hatred in his heart, Lucian smiled very stiffly and replied: "I am willing to serve the Lord."
Benjamin didn't take Lucian's stiffness to heart, took off the emblem amulet on his neck with his right hand, and handed it to Lucian: "This is the Emblem of Truth, I will apply a 'blessing technique' on you later, with it, you can concentrate more easily, and then cooperate with the spell and rub the spirit and fingers to communicate the emblem, you can stimulate the power of the Lord contained in it."
After Lucian suppressed his emotions, he was full of curiosity about this sacred emblem that could cast divine magic.
The Holy Emblem is made of gold and is engraved with a white cross that emits a faint light, and around the cross, in the deep gold, there are many horizontal and vertical lines and patterns such as circles, triangles, squares, and rectangles, which are strangely connected together to set off the cross, making it mysterious and solemn.
Holding the holy emblem in his hand, Lucian immediately felt a warm and gentle power coming, soaking his whole body, even in the face of the cool breeze in the middle of the night, it was warm as if he was basking in the sun.
"There are two informal divine spells in the Holy Emblem: Illumination Technique and Healing Minor Injuries, which can be used three times a day, and three first-order divine techniques: Holy Light Shield, Radiant Sword, and Holy Light Strike, all of which can only be used once a day, okay, listen to their spells clearly."
Lucian had no way out, he had to go down, so the power of divine magic was particularly important to him, and he studied the spells taught by Benjamin with his heart.
The spells are all short syllables, but the intonation changes extremely awkwardly, and it takes a lot of effort for Lucian to barely make mistakes.
Benjamin nodded slightly invisibly, and stretched out his right hand.
This time, without a spell, a white light enveloped Lucian's body, slowly dissipating, making Lucian feel that his body was full of strength, unprecedented health, and at the same time his mind was focused and sharp, and he could hear voices from further away clearly.
"The priest actually let Lucian go down and gave him the Holy Emblem?"
"Didn't you hear that? It is the kindness of the pastor that allows Lucian to go down and wash away the sins on his body."
"Praise the Lord, praise the pastor."
Lucian didn't have much common sense about this world, so after accepting the "Blessing Technique", he quietly waited for Benjamin to perform the "Blessing Technique" for Gary and the other two guards.
Each time Benjamin finished performing the blessing technique, there was an interval of about two to three seconds.
After doing all this, Benjamin looked at Lucian and the others: "Paul is guarding the entrance of the secret passage, Gary, Howsen, Correa, you three, go down with Lucian."
Then, his expression became serious, and he drew a cross on his chest: "May the glory of the Lord bless you."
"Only the truth endures!"
Gary and the other three guards looked a little excited and replied loudly, Lucian slowed down by half a beat, answering no, not answering either.
Fortunately, Benjamin didn't care about this, and watched the four of them slowly walk into the secret passage leading to the sewers.
Another guard, Paul, lowered his voice and asked a question that had been wondering for a long time: "Master Benjamin, why is it?"
There are spells, there are holy emblems, and he and guards such as Gary can also stimulate the divine magic inside, but each time he stimulates it is a little slower than that of priests such as Master Benjamin, apprentice priests, or those evil magicians, but even so, it is better than that boy who can't do anything, and his body has not been officially and fully trained.
Benjamin looked at the entrance of the secret passage, covering his nose and mouth with his right hand, and his voice was low and soft: "His mental power is slightly higher than that of normal people, and he can better stimulate the magic in the holy emblem."
"But he is too old to have no cultivation value."
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As soon as he entered the secret passage, the stench mixed with countless flavors came to him, and Lucian couldn't help but retch twice.
"You kid living in Adjean is so uncomfortable with the smell of the sewers, it doesn't seem to be as poor as I imagined, whether it's the City of Psalms or Antifleur, there are many real poor people living in the sewers who don't even have dilapidated houses," Correa, who entered the secret passage in front of Lucian, said sarcastically, he had black hair, a different silhouette from Gary and Benjamin, high cheekbones and thin cheeks.
Before Lucian could answer, Gary, who followed in, said directly: "Be quiet."
Correa shrugged her shoulders, closed her mouth, and took a few steps forward in the secret passage one person high, then jumped out of the sewers in all directions.
Lucian jumped out, stepping on something slippery and slippery under his feet, not knowing what it was.
These things were everywhere, and the surrounding walls were covered with strange moss, which emitted a faint glow, preventing the entire sewer from being completely dark.
Gary lowered his voice: "I, Hausen, and Correa are all high-level knight attendants, so pay attention to cooperation when using the Holy Emblem, and when you encounter danger, immediately summon the 'Radiant Sword'." He had a golden beard, but his every move was very calm, making people feel at ease, and among the four guards, he faintly dominated the situation.
After saying that, Gary held the long sword in his right hand and a small round shield in his left hand, greeting Hausen, Correa, and Lucian, looking for the place where the ghost's cry came from.
Lucian, who had no common sense, followed with laughter and tears: "How do I know what kind of strength a high-level knight attendant should have?" But Lucian didn't dare to ask Gary and the others directly about this kind of thing.
The miserable and sad crying echoed more and more violently in the narrow environment of the sewer, as if it was coming from all directions, making it difficult to distinguish the specific location.
But Gary and other guards who had undergone special training, as well as Lucian, who had a good mental strength, easily distinguished the direction with the blessing of the "Blessing Technique".
This section of the sewer was so quiet that it was frightening, and there was not a poor man living in the sewer that Correa said.
After passing several forks, Lucian and the others stopped at the corner of a sewer that looked no different.
Gary looked at the walls covered with blue moss and said to Lucian calmly and seriously: "Summon the 'Sword of Radiance'."
Lucian was both scared and eager to try, with the help of the blessing technique, he calmed down, focused his mind on the Holy Emblem, felt the warm and moist power, and then held the Holy Emblem hanging around his neck in his left hand, rhythmically and gently rubbed the white cross in the center of the Holy Emblem, and while rubbing, he recited a spell with a strange tone:
"Chision."
Lucian only felt that his spirit concentrated on the holy emblem seemed to be infected by bursts of white light, and a little bit of white light appeared in front of his eyes, converging together to form a shining lightsaber.
"Is this my voice?" The sound that stimulated the divine magic, as well as the strange and awkward tone, under the background of the power and effect of the divine magic, appeared low and hoarse, mysterious and weird, which shocked Lucian himself.
Holding the lightsaber and feeling the extraordinary power, Lucian couldn't help but feel excited, but Gary's words immediately made Lucian wake up: "Where the wall is split, there is the power of the Radiant Sword, and any magic trap is broken. Just a magic apprentice."
Looking at the position indicated by Gary, Lucian trembled slightly, he would face a mysterious and powerful magical force, what would appear, what dangers would be, all unknown.
"A timid and ignorant guy." Correa sneered.
Lucian understood that he could only bite the bullet, so he took two deep breaths, the terrifying stench made Lucian slowly calm down, and he gritted his teeth and shouted in his heart: "It's just death!"
The sword of light held in his right hand slashed out fiercely, slashing against the slippery and disgusting wall.
A touch of white light shone, and the stone was like soft mud, unstoppable.
While Lucian cut it, it seemed that he also cut through some strange things, and an inexplicable sense of shattering came out, and a faint black gas quickly disappeared under the blade of the Radiant Sword.
The entire wall completely collapsed.
Inside the walls, there was deep darkness.
Suddenly, two strange, indifferent, and ferocious reds lit up in the darkness.
These two dots of red became more and more dense, filling the entire darkness.
Lucian's mouth was dry, his spirit was broken, and his palms were sweaty, which seemed to be a pair of eyes!
(End of this chapter)