Chapter 895 traces back to the source
The stitching monster priest looked at Fernando emptily with those eyes without pupils: "He dedicated this villa to the great gods."
"Then where is he?" Fernando asked solemnly, feeling more and more strange in his heart, didn't Tuke plan to escape from here? Why did you suddenly become a believer in an evil god?
Has he been completely distorted by the priests of the evil gods, or even the evil gods themselves, and has become a "devotee" without ego?
The priest's voice became uneven: "He is in the temple."
"I am his friend, I came to him, I hope you can take me to the temple to meet him." Fernando was originally unwilling to venture directly to the lair of this group of believers with grotesque behavior, but from a normal analysis, he came to find Tucker, and there is a "mage mansion" here, which belongs to a city controlled by magicians.
Of course, Fernando knew very well in his heart that in fact, this may not be a city controlled by magicians, which was inferred from the appearance of the "help-seeker".
The priest moved forward slowly, as if he could see things, and bypassed Fernando lightly: "Follow me, mage who is too suspicious, when you arrive at the temple, you will feel the majesty and nobility of the gods, and know that Tuk has chosen a better path from the bottom of his heart."
He didn't stop it? Fernando didn't have time to think about it and followed the priest out of the villa.
At this time, the night was deep, the silver moon was hazy, and the city was dark everywhere, and there were few lights.
Fernando followed the priest at a fast pace, but his brain was running rapidly, analyzing the whole thing: "A magician inexplicably became a believer in an evil god after leaving such a note, and the whole city could not be entered or exited, and there were people who specially sent water and food...... Is this what the magicians are doing with the city's secrets, or is it that the evil god believers have quietly infiltrated Kufrey, held it in their hands little by little, and then sealed off the city for secrecy......
It is not difficult to logically conclude these two guesses, because after all, this is an area controlled by magicians, on the verge of major god churches, and the hands of dark creatures, elves, dwarves, or the Church of Truth cannot be stretched that long, so they are easy to discover, and the former also contains the possibility of cooperation with evil gods.
He weighed and judged these two possibilities, trying to figure out the overall situation and find a way to escape, and the fact that the caller for help was a magician seemed to point more to the latter possibility.
The priest in front of me went to the market area and pushed open the door of a shop.
There were many miscellaneous goods placed inside the door, and there was nothing special about it, but the blind priest deftly walked through this mess without touching anything.
In the center of the store, a stone staircase leads diagonally to the ground, and a faint bright yellow light leaks out from inside.
"Kufrey also has this kind of underground secret room, no wonder that archmage can hide and ask for help." Fernando thought to himself, suddenly, he frowned and noticed the contradiction: "I have deduced before that the mysterious pursuer is at least a level nine powerhouse, otherwise the archmage who still has the ability to make me dream cannot be trapped here."
"Such a strong man, after knowing that his enemy is hiding in this city, will he investigate secretly, or will he directly use the strongest means to wipe out the entire city in two or three strokes?"
Fernando believes that the strong people of this era do not take into account the kind intentions of those who are not their own lives, and if they can complete the task as quickly as possible, they will inevitably choose the corresponding method, so as not to delay time and be rushed by the enemy's reinforcements and killed on the spot, so how could this strong man choose to "hide and seek" with the archmage Kufrey, and investigate little by little, isn't he afraid of which legendary lord passed by here by chance?
Obviously, directly using thunder means to destroy the city, forcing out or directly killing the archmage in the hideout is the most effective means - unless he hides deep and deep underground, or is protected by a ninth-level maze, and the former is easy to be discovered by extraordinary means if there is no magic effect protection, so once a huge enough blow to destroy the city comes, those maze locks and spell effects will be stressed to cause fluctuations, so they will be discovered.
There is another possibility, that is, the hidden means have already involved the deep mysteries of time and space, but a great mage obviously can't do it, if it is naturally formed, then he can recuperate with peace of mind, there is no need to rush to call for help.
The most important point is that this place is not a short distance from Alto, no matter what big movement happens, as long as you ensure that the "Mage Mansion" is destroyed as soon as possible, no one will find out within ten minutes
"So, it's not that this mysterious pursuer doesn't want to wipe out the city directly, but there is something that makes him take into account that makes him dare not choose such a drastic method, and he has to play 'hide and seek' with the archmage......"
Pushing the enemy's thoughts backwards from the choice of way of action, Fernando became more and more grasping the "truth" in it: "Either the ability of the evil god here exceeds the ninth level, making him scrupulous, or that is the only possibility!"
Combined with the previous speculation that "what the magicians are doing with the secret of the city, or is it that the believers of the evil gods have quietly infiltrated Kufrey, held it in their hands little by little, and then sealed off the city for secrecy", Fernando believes that he has seen through the fog!
"If the evil god has reached legend, with the current situation, as long as he wants, the magicians will definitely cooperate with him and give him a 'missionary territory', why be so sneaky......"
"Moreover, if there is a problem with one magician here, even if they can forge voices and letters, there will always be loopholes that are difficult to hide, such as those who deliver water and food but do not enter the city, and the source of this water and food...... In tense situations, it is difficult for these to go unnoticed by the magicians of Alto......"
"Therefore, this is and can only be a secret experimental site for the legends of Alto! Only they can isolate a city within their rule from the outside world without suspicion, and mobilize large quantities of food unnoticed!"
"That's why that mysterious pursuer didn't choose to destroy the city, which would attract legends as soon as possible!"
The fog "in front of me" dissipated little by little, and the whole situation was revealed to Fernando's eyes, but he was even more stunned when he judged this.
"It's here." The priest's rigid voice sounded in Fernando's ears.
He was clever and came back to his senses from his thoughts, only to find that he had unknowingly walked the steps and stood in a hall engraved with death patterns.
In the main hall, many people knelt down and prayed, men and women, old and young.
"Tucker." In front of the gods, the priest's voice became low.
A man in a black old coat in front of him moved backwards towards the priest and Fernando, he did not stand up, but simply knelt down.
It wasn't until he left the prayer line that he turned around and looked at Fernando: "Who are you?"
His eyes were confused and cloudy.
Fernando recognized that this was the real Tuk, and said solemnly: "I hope to attract a group of potential magicians, and Fran recommended you."
He specifically mentioned Fran and hid information about the Great Holm area, hoping to make people scrupulous, although it was unlikely, but it was better than nothing.
"Hehe, a potential magician......" Tucker increased his tone on the word magician, and said calmly and serenely: "I have understood the true meaning of life and will never study boring magic again."
"Really? I regret it." Fernando replied politely and normally.
In fact, if there are people who are familiar with his personality, they will notice his weirdness, how can the "Growler" not spray Tucker's face all over his face and degrade his faith and gods to worthlessness.
At this time, Fernando's heart was full of turbulent waves, not because of Tuk, but because he had already seen the true face of the matter!
"The matter can be divided into two parts, one is that the magicians are secretly researching something with this cult, and they have blocked the city for this, allowing entry and exit, and the other part is that an archmage was hunted down and hid in a hidden place in the city, and through a prayer ritual to let me dream and ask me for help."
"As soon as they were separated, the problem was completely exposed, the archmage and the pursuer obviously knew about the specialness here, otherwise someone would have tried to destroy the city long ago, and then lead out the legend to be killed."
"So, would a city so tightly controlled by a magician sit idly by and watch an archmage being hunted down? Even if the archmage felt that the magicians here were controlled by the mysterious pursuers, he could have made a big movement on his own to attract the legends who were monitoring here, but he didn't do that!"
"And the magician's secret research base, which mobilizes a large number of manpower and material resources to block the city's secret research base, will it be controlled so easily?"
"Unless, unless, the legend monitoring here is with the mysterious pursuer, and is even equivalent to the mysterious pursuer!"
"Therefore, the archmage who sensed something was wrong from a certain channel did not ask for help directly, so places such as the 'Master's Mansion' were easily controlled, because they were already under control."
"The reason why that legend didn't use strong means is probably because there are still many legends paying attention here, so he doesn't dare to make too much noise!"
Although he didn't know why this happened, and didn't understand if he was involved in internal strife, Fernando couldn't think so much at this time, he only felt a tingling scalp, was he an enemy of a legend?
He didn't wait for Antek and Fran to find his missing self, because that legend would definitely choose to kill himself before that, anyway, this is a rule jointly formulated by many of you - Kufrey can enter or not leave!
Tuk nodded, walked back to the prayer procession, Fernando thanked the priest mechanically, and walked outside.
"How can I save myself?" Fernando kept thinking, but he couldn't think of a way to escape from the legend's hands at all.
Stepping into the street, the cold silver moonlight shone on his body, Fernando's mind cleared, and he decided to change his mind and consider the problem from the perspective of the trapped archmage.
"Since the matter is related to the legendary monitor here, the archmage's move to let me dream is very risky, and from Turan's notes, there is no content in this regard, which shows that he asked me for help because he thought there would be some hope, rather than making a rash choice."
"So where is this hope? Is it my wisdom, magical strength, or something else?"
(End of this chapter)