No matter when or what era, except for individuals, getting wet in the rain is always a not very good experience, especially in places where medical methods are backward or not yet popular, getting wet and sick often means death.
These passers-by were all wearing similar gray-white linen robes, and they didn't see any extra colors, superfluous styles, and only the groups of patrolling soldiers who passed by from time to time looked different, the bronze breastplates and shin armor, the iron-black sharp long swords and sharp spears, filled them with a sense of bravery and fierceness.
Lucian, who was wrapped in a linen robe, followed closely behind a middle-aged man who walked slowly and slowly, sometimes turning into alleys, sometimes walking on the street, seemingly no different from ordinary passers-by.
The sky became more and more gloomy, the wind began to howl, and the rainstorm seemed to come at any time, so the patrol soldiers had to speed up their march and rush back to the barracks in the city.
Stopped in front of a small stone two-story building, the middle-aged man looked around vigilantly, and after confirming that no one else was paying attention to the situation here, he gently knocked on the walnut door, the rhythm of the technique was very unique, first knocking twice in the center of the wooden door, then knocking three times on the left near the rotating position, and finally knocking on the door lock, different sounds were made in different positions.
After ten seconds of silence, a hole suddenly opened in the door, and a light brown eyeball appeared behind it.
The middle-aged man took a step back so that his eye could clearly see the gray rose pattern on the corner of his clothes.
This pattern is so inconspicuous that if it weren't for the long known, no one would have been able to find it at all.
And Lucian also turned sideways, making the "gray rose" on the corner of his clothes stand out.
The light brown eyes blinked and disappeared into the doorway, and then the walnut door was slowly opened, and a man with a hunchback, shaped like a dwarf whispered, "Two respected precept bearers, the 'Crown' awaits you."
The middle-aged man nodded slightly, flashing into the house while signaling Lucian to follow.
Lucian was not as agile and vigilant as he was, but smiled and pushed open the door and entered calmly, as if he were visiting an ordinary friend's family, without the slightest abnormality.
Seeing Lucian's performance, the middle-aged man nodded indisappropriately.
After being forced into the "Gate of the Other World" by the Night Watch assassin, due to the self-destruct attack of the gate, the space teleportation became disordered, Lucian was thrown into this inexplicable "Beritan" city, and because he was separated from the protection of the "Gate of the Other World" in the final stage, the whole person suffered serious damage from space shock, not only the body was seriously injured, but even the soul was in a state of malaise, leaving only the level of ordinary knights and mid-level magicians.
However, Lucian was quite lucky, he did not encounter high-ranking clergy or cardinals of the church, nor did he encounter false gods and monsters, but was taken in by a kind-hearted old man "Norton", and after two months of cultivation, his magical strength and knightly level returned to their original state.
The only problem is that the magical items worn on the body at the time, such as the Holm Crown Ring, need to find special materials to repair, of course, the near-legendary "Crown of the Sun" and the ninth-level "Sun Scepter" exert the "ability" of the matching level without the slightest injury.
Similarly, the "Frost", "Pale Justice", "Transformation Mask", etc. in the storage bag are also intact, even the old man "Norton" has only seen Lucian's transformed ordinary human appearance.
During these two months, Lucian did not meet a single magician or a clergyman of the Shinshin Church, nor did he hear any news about it, it seemed that they were still far away from the city, so far away that even rumors had not appeared. If it weren't for the strange feeling of suppressing the mental force field in his teacher Fernando's mouth, Lucian would have wondered if he had traveled to another otherworld.
From the mouth of the old man "Norton", Lucian knew about the situation of the city of "Beritan", which is located on the coast of "Eldor" and is the capital and economic center of the entire Eldor Peninsula.
At first, the indigenous Baal people ruled here and established a complete kingdom of Baal, believing in the "God of Fire and Destruction" Afandor, but more than a hundred years ago, the huge "Anknoma" empire crossed the sea and conquered this place, and the "God of Fire and Destruction" Afandor was also defeated and exiled by the "Lord of War" Annatans of the Imperial Faith.
In this regard, the divine servants of the Anknoma Empire even claimed that Afandor had been completely killed, in order to dismantle the foundation of the Baal people's faith.
Because the successive "Governors of Eldor" stationed by the "Anknoma" Empire were tyrannical and treated the Baliers as slaves, there was constant smoke on the peninsula, and from time to time there were rebels who claimed to be favored by Afandor and rebels who converted to other "gods" appeared, but due to the strength of the Anknoma Empire and the extremely terrifying "gods" of the lord of war, these struggles were suppressed one by one.
This aspect of the matter originally had nothing to do with Lucian, he was preparing to be careful, without exposing himself, to collect information about the surrounding terrain and the kingdom, in order to find traces of the Magic Council, after all, with sufficient preparation, the safety of travel can be guaranteed - the strange feeling of suppressing the mental force field also suppressed the electromagnetic transmission, Lucian estimated that the signal would be so bad that it could not be connected for more than ten kilometers.
Who knows if he will directly break into a place controlled by the Church of Truth or the Vampires, and the transformation mask can be hidden from others, but it cannot be hidden from the cardinals, let alone the Pope and Prince Dracula.
But the old man "Norton", who has entered the final stage of his life, seems to feel that Lucian's literacy in the past two months has crushed the young men and teenagers he adopted, and he can speak fluent Baaril language, obviously a loyal Baal tribe - the Ankenoma Empire forcibly promoted the "Anno language", unless he was cultivated since childhood, and usually practiced often because of the yearning for the independent Baal Kingdom, no young man can speak such a fluent Baal language, so before he died, He passed on a secret identity to Lucian.
This identity is the high-ranking official of the mysterious organization "Secret Prayer Society", the seventh disciple of the "God of Fire and Destruction" who descended into the incarnation.
Although Lucian said in his heart that this was all thanks to the magic of 'knowing the language', considering that he was here alone, it was much more convenient for an organization to provide information than to rely on his own inquiry, so he agreed - due to the continuous rebellion, Belitan City was under the dual high-pressure surveillance of "Governor Eldor" and the "Temple of War". It is very easy to be exposed for more than a day.
Even, if it weren't for Norton's identity protection on the surface, Lucian would have been interrogated many times, and "Governor Eldor" is rumored to be a hybrid of gods and humans, and can use "divine power" like the high priest of the Temple of War, which is equivalent to having two ordinary cardinals or even ninth-level cardinals guarding this place.
There are no crazy magicians in this world, and naturally there are no blood knights, but some false gods often promiscuous and give birth to many offspring, and they also have similar characteristics to blood knights.
The only thing to be thankful for is that the number of god blood heroes is scarce, and they will not be unemployed.
Following the fifth disciple "Anxius" in front of him, he walked through the hall, walked to the back of the building, and watched him open a secret door to reveal the upward stairs, Lucian was like enjoying an opera that had nothing to do with him, indifferent and indifferent, and kept thinking about whether to find an opportunity to study the arrival incarnation of the "God of Fire and Destruction", this was the first time he encountered the "False God Incarnation", which was a great opportunity to obtain first-hand information, and this was also one of the main reasons why he joined the "Secret Prayer Meeting".
After the secret door is an upward staircase, which seems to lead all the way to the ceiling and the mezzanine on the second floor, but halfway through, Anhuus suddenly stopped and opened a secret door again, this time a downward staircase.
In silence, the two of them went down for a while, and finally a bronze gate appeared in front of them, full of bizarre flame patterns.
Pressing his hand on one of the flame patterns, Anxius's body glowed red, and then pushed the bronze door open with force.
Behind the door was a hall with a row of braziers, empty, except for the stone pillars, only a round table was placed in the center.
There were a total of thirteen chairs next to the round table, the top of which was a golden throne inlaid with rubies, which was not yet seated, and on each side were six silver seats with similar flame patterns.
At this time, there were already five people sitting on the twelve silver seats, led by a white-haired old man with a thick beard, who looked at Lucian and said: "According to Norton's recommendation before his death, the Great God of Flame and Destruction has made a revelation, you, Leviathan, will become the seventh disciple."
"Leviathan" is a pseudonym given by Lucian based on the inspiration of the Great Demon King.
"But you have not yet shown your ability, you have not yet made a dedication to God, and in the next year, we will examine you until you pass the test before you can obtain the 'spiritual seed' given by the gods and gain extraordinary power."
"Yes." Lucian became curious about the "Seed of Spirituality", could it be that this is the key to cracking the mystery of divine magic? Do you want to catch other disciples or directly capture the "God of Fire and Destruction" research?
After the old man finished speaking, he glanced at Lucian lightly: "Sit down, wait for the baptism of flame for you, now, we have more important things to do."
"What's the matter?" Anhuus thought it was just the flame baptism of the seventh disciple.
"Discussion of the future path, a way to completely awaken and restore the gods." The old man, the first disciple Jacob, said in a deep voice.
It has been changed.
(End of this chapter)