At this time, the great priest of the temple, the old man with gray hair on his temples, was walking with his subordinates in the sacred area of the temple. The divine guard beside him had a solemn look on his face, looking in all directions. Behind him was a series of people who had just been in the hall of the temple.
Members, they were shocked when they looked at the walls that had turned into spider webs and the cracks on the ground that were like lightning. When they arrived at the square in the Chongsheng District, they looked at the dark obelisk that had fallen into silence again.
Even more incoherent.
"how……"
"How can it be!"
"In the end what happened?"
"What are they from?"
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All kinds of questions suddenly erupted in the center of the square as the footsteps approached. They were walking on the city streets that were already desolate due to the earthquake, and they had already been holding back their anger. After all, what happened to them?
It's the same for everyone. Looking at their home, which suddenly changed from a bright marble road to a broken and withered street with cracks and gravel everywhere, I'm afraid I have the desire to kill the instigator.
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"Be quiet!"
"Look at you, you don't have any composure at all."
The old man seemed unable to bear the noise spreading like flies in the square, so he sternly stopped and reprimanded.
Anyone could see that his brows were full of disappointment at this time.
However, these people obviously don't care about these opinions. After all, they have long been accustomed to the high priest suppressing their behavior in any uncomfortable aspect. The only difference this time is that the high priest did not make any clichés after speaking.
He spoke some long speeches, but after finishing speaking, he immediately turned his gun and spoke to a priest.
"How is Ton doing now? Have you caught the group of outsiders who invaded the temple?"
His voice was cold, but from the thick veins popping up on his wrinkled forehead, it can be seen that his current state is that his whole body is tense and his mood is ups and downs, and the reason why he became like this is naturally not
It was the pastor in front of him, but the movements of the people he spoke of.
"Reporting to the high priest, Lord Ton briefly communicated with me just now and told us that we have found the group of outsiders. They are very cunning and understand that the gap we deliberately exposed is a trap. They did not go southeast as planned, but
We chose the north, which has medium combat effectiveness but no follow-up reinforcements, and our team was dispersed once..."
The priest was repeating the news he had just received in a serious manner, but the old man's doubts were getting deeper and deeper as time passed.
After finally listening to all the good talk, he couldn't help but ask.
"That group of humans really went to the north?"
"Yes...yes! Sir."
The young priest seemed a little nervous. He was far from being as numb as others when facing the high priest. The aura he exuded was enough to make this young, short man with a color like dust
Shivering.
The high priest didn't pursue these matters. He seemed to be thinking about something, and it took him a while to remember.
"Please help me get in touch with Ton immediately. I have something important to tell him!"
The voice was unquestionable, and the priest could only repeat the words of the high priest just now to Tony Prey, who was also a priest of the temple but had a much higher level than him, through his mind.
Soon, Tone learned of his existence and directly took over the young priest's body, appearing in the square like a god descending from him.
I saw this priest saluting the old man respectfully.
"Your Majesty the High Priest!"
The old man also saw the arrival of Ton, and asked Ton directly from a distance.
"There is an exit to the north. Send people to block that entrance as soon as possible and don't let them leave."
Obviously, other priests may not know much about the entrance and exit passages, but as the highest-status priest in the entire plane, the plan of the outsiders to run towards the north obviously cannot be concealed from him.
"Um?"
Tone was a little surprised. After the priest repeated the "entrance blocking method" on both sides, he nodded as if he suddenly understood.
"I understand, Lord Priest, I will send people to block the exit now."
"Don't worry! They can't escape even if they have wings! I will come to you soon with good news."
What Ton said was very confident, but no one doubted it. After all, Ton had been making moves for decades without making any mistakes.
"So much the better!"
The high priest nodded indifferently, without saying too much, and waved his hand to indicate that the chat was over. He was now looking at the obelisk in front of him with all his heart. The dark and twisted runes represented that the magical power here had obviously been destroyed.
If it is drained dry, it may be difficult to recover without the accumulation of tens or hundreds of years.
It was also the first time that Ton saw the Chongsheng District from the perspective of others, but even though he was mentally prepared, the degree of damage here was still far beyond his imagination. The ground was in an almost cracked state, half of the walls collapsed, and the remaining
It is also crumbling, and the sacred monument that used to bloom with divinity is now completely gone.
But he is not like other believers who walk silently like a zombie on the shabby streets. The white beard under his wrinkled and thin face does not droop weakly. Under the bushy and messy eyebrows, the gray eyes are also
What is shown is not emptiness and loss.
The more he looked at the messy scenes, the more hatred he felt toward the group of outsiders grew, and the anger in his eyes burned even more intensely.
Damn it!
He became more and more eager to find out the group of bad guys who dared to enter the plane and destroy the temple.
But just as he was about to leave, a voice stopped him.
"Thon!"
"Um?"
The incarnation was still a while away. When Tone heard someone calling him, he didn't leave directly. Instead, he followed the sound and found that it was a particularly young temple guard wearing a mysterious silver full-body armor. He recognized it at a glance.
This is the red man in front of the high priest after entering the inner hall of the temple, "Sacred Silver Guard Velen."
And his appearance immediately made Tone think of something, so when faced with Viren's question, he answered extremely happily.
"I saw your brother. The team was seriously injured. One of the priests died, but he didn't have much damage. He was just a little tired and injured. The outsiders seemed not busy killing, but rushing.
Time, they don’t block their way, so there is no more entanglement!”
He selected part of the battle report and told it to the divine silver guard in front of him. As a priest of the same professional level, he understood the terror of the man in front of him and the importance of his younger brother to him. This was why he was looking for the weapon at that time.
The main reason why the team didn't reprimand everyone when they saw the defeat was that no one died. It was a blessing in the misfortune, otherwise he really didn't know how to explain to this guy.
Hearing Ton's answer, Velen didn't show any reaction at all. However, when he heard that there was nothing wrong with his brother, the stiff iceberg on his face melted a little. It seems that the heartache just now was just a normal physiological reaction.
, he did not have too many doubts. After all, there was no need for Ton to lie to himself. His voice quickly transitioned from the cold wind in November to the cold spring breeze in March. Although it was equally biting, he could feel the vitality.
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"Thank you very much. I'll treat you to a drink when you come back!"
He obviously also understood the good intentions of the person in front of him. Just now, he didn't mention the defeat in front of the high priest. After all, if he mentioned it, even if his brother survived in the end, I'm afraid it would be difficult to achieve even half an inch.
, he knew very well the temper of the person in charge of him.
There is no room for failure in his eyes.
"Hahahaha, okay, then it's a deal!"
Tone was also overjoyed. After all, Velen was famous for his insularity in the temple. If he had formed a good connection because of this, it would not have been in vain for him to risk being punished by the high priest for concealing the truth about the north.
The temple troops suffered heavy losses when they encountered the enemy. After all, this matter is not big or small. Of course, whether he talks about it or not, it doesn't matter as long as he catches the group of outsiders in the end.
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When Ton returned to his body, the bright stars above his head turned into towering ancient trees that could block the sky. The moist cold wind poured between the huge trees, making their group seem lonely and lonely, with only the cold wind to accompany them.
, but there is an indescribable poetic feeling. At least for now, he feels very comfortable. This is the first time in a long time that he has returned to the forest where he was born and raised after setting foot in the temple.
Looking at the green trees, Ton vaguely saw his hometown that was also wrapped in greenery in the past, but now he was not given too much time to be sentimental. He quickly told everyone the order he received from the high priest,
They also said that they had to speed up time and speed so that they could reach the exit in front of the group of outsiders, and these words also reached the ears of the group of people who had just joined their disintegrating team.
They didn't have much reaction after hearing these words. Just like the temple people that Torn had seen the most, they had their heads drooped, without any vitality, like the frogs at the bottom of the well who were always dejected. They didn't look at anything or think about anything.
, just quietly waiting for the judgment of fate.
Originally, Ton planned to leave them where they were and let them develop, but thinking of the previous chat with Viren, he finally sighed.
"Come along, you must make atonement for your sins this time. Even if you can't defeat the group of outsiders, you must remember their traces and whereabouts in your mind. As long as the entrance is closed, they will be the turtles in the urn and cannot run far away.
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Hearing this, these people seemed a little stunned. Tone did not take any credit and said directly to a pale young man in the middle who looked like a Cardo.
"Your brother just said hello to me! You have to work hard and don't let him down! Cardo!"
Hearing this, everyone else looked at Cardo with envy. They didn't know whether they envied him for having a brother who loved him, or for having a high-ranking relative who could talk to Ton.
"Well...thank you, sir!"
Perhaps it was Tone's encouragement that inspired the young warrior. He seemed a little more excited, but there was still a little hesitation on his face. Tone naturally noticed it and asked directly.
"Why, do you have any more questions?"
"No...no, sir, I don't have any problem! I just..."
"Just what?"
He was still some distance away from his destination, and he had enough time to chat with the people in front of him.
"I just feel that this seems too unfair to other people. I think of my dead companions."
He said in a low voice, seeming a little lost in the death of his teammates.
Tone sighed deeply. After all, this place is no better than the outside world. To die in the Kingdom of God where the gods have disappeared is to really die. Unless the gods wake up and watch them, otherwise, it will be difficult to have an ending. He once faced this
He had faced such a thing once, and that time even shaken his faith in his heart. However, this may also be a fate. If the gods had answered his prayers, they would not have made the current plane like that.
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At this moment, many past events flashed through Tone's mind because of the young man in front of him, but he did not forget his unlocking function as an ancestor.
"Then what do you want to do now?"
He could tell from the words of the person in front of him that he was not relying on the death of his teammates to gain merit that should not belong to him.
"I want to pray, ask for the forgiveness and understanding of the great Balukkarya, and seek spiritual comfort."
Cardo's words did not surprise Tone, because there are too many such people, especially when the confusion caused by the death of a teammate has enveloped the soul, anyone will need a strong message.
Their spiritual sustenance, and the gods they worshiped, naturally became the only choice.
"Then you want to go back to the temple area?"
There was a hint of empathy and pity in Ton's voice and emotion that he couldn't even understand.
"Um."
The young warrior answered silently, without putting too much emphasis on it, as if he was just stating a fact.
But he also noticed Tone's kindness.
"I'll go to your place after I finish this."
This sentence seemed like he was making up for his past mistakes, but Tone felt that the young man in front of him realized that he should not let him down, so he resisted and went to the finish line with him.
Thinking of this, Tone felt more and more that the younger brother of the person in front of him was better than he imagined. He was not squeamish at all, and had his own unique understanding and ideas about everything. Moreover, he could vaguely see from him.
I saw a little bit of my own shadow.
So he said with exclamation and sigh.
"There's no need to worry about this. Since you've already thought about it, let's do whatever you want!"
"Whether it is to atone for one's sins under the statue of Balukkarya, or to meditate at home."
"I'll give you plenty of time. Whenever you get connected, I'll welcome you to come to my place again at any time!"
Obviously, Cardo's behavior made this priest, who was second only to the high priest, feel a little love for talents and wanted to absorb him into his system of confidants.
"Okay, thank you Lord Ton!"
After hearing these words, the young soldier finally showed a long-lost smile. The smile was very weak but also very sweet.
