Volume 1, The Wizard's World Chapter 6, The Believer's Prayer
"Have you thought about it? Master Hyde?"
Seeing Ian push open the door and enter, Jasmine's eyes flashed with joy, but her face didn't show it at all, and she asked lightly.
Ian nodded and asked straight to the point: "I agreed. When does the instructor want us to set off?"
"the day after tomorrow!"
Jasmine smiled happily, and the wood finally agreed. In order to increase the confidence of the two of them, she suggested, "This operation may involve dealing with the dead, so be prepared as much as possible. Let's go to the library to check the information, and be prepared as much as possible."
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"OK!"
He did not refuse, and then the two of them left Jasmine's boudoir and walked towards the library to the east.
The location of this mission is Appleton, a new city forty miles away from Avon. It was established only two hundred years ago and was as short-lived as Avon's autonomy.
The incident occurred at the home of a believer in the Carlos Parish in the north of the city. According to the information given by Abel Fox, the Scythe Bearer believer Conlia's family began to suffer from nightmares a few months ago. From the beginning, it was a few days apart, and now
Nightmares occur frequently, and this dilemma seriously interferes with their lives and even threatens the lives of the entire family.
Her husband Willie Catherine turned to the Dominican priest for help only after he couldn't bear it anymore. Since the incident happened in the Parish of Light, the priest turned to the monastery for help.
At first, they also looked for the pastor of the Church of Light, but to no avail, and the situation became worse. Only then did they find the head of the Dominican Church of the Scythe Bearer. Because it was inconvenient for the church pastor to have jurisdiction over the affairs of the Carlos Diocese, he turned to
The matter was left to the Hyderian Monastery behind the scenes.
According to the knowledge Ian has learned, the reasons for nightmares are very complex. It may be the revenge of vengeful spirits, or it may be hallucinations caused by strong negative energy fields interfering with ordinary people's perception, or a combination of both, or
It was formed accidentally due to other reasons, and it's very troublesome anyway.
The first two situations are naturally the best to deal with. They have two options: conquering and expelling them. If they can't be defeated, just come back and file a complaint. The solution is simple and crude.
But if it were for other reasons, these two rookies would probably have a headache.
Of course, the last thing Ian wants to encounter is the manipulation of other wizards, especially other local divine wizards. These people themselves represent trouble.
The reason is that even though the followers of the Scythe Bearer occupy the entire Devon County, the churches of the three main gods still occupy an important position here. This is the honor of the main gods.
They are: Hanks Church of Death, Carlos Church of Lord of Light, and Luying Church of Star Spirits.
The pastors in these churches are also possessors of extraordinary powers, and are also capable of playing these conspiracies. This becomes a "diplomatic" issue. In such conflicts, small fish and shrimps like him are often the standard cannon fodder.
"Isn't the Church of Light better at dealing with nightmares? The Catherine family had approached Carlos before, and with their strength they wouldn't be able to handle it." Ian looked through the old records in his hand while casually asking about Jasmine's information.
tone of voice.
Jasmine, who was sitting across from the decaying old bookshelf, heard this. Her first reaction was not to respond to her guess, but to think, would this guy take the initiative to speak? She was extremely surprised, but it was good, this guy could at least communicate.
She thought to herself, so she smiled and responded politely: "Of course not. I guess the monastery also thinks it was done by pastors from other churches. In order to prevent the consequences from being irreversible, they sent us awakened ones there."
"To simply deal with nightmares, you and I should be enough. If it can be solved, that would be the best. That means it is just an accident. If it cannot be solved, it has nothing to do with us. Anyway, we just need to figure it out. The rest is over there
The pastor will sort it out on his own.”
Jasmine laughed softly for a while, showing a confident look.
Ian shook his head after hearing this. He was not so optimistic.
Dealing with Nightmare is not that simple, otherwise Jasmine wouldn't have roped him in. Not to mention novices, even experienced awakeners may overturn this kind of task, so it's better to be cautious.
"What should I do with the materials?" he asked, as he couldn't go empty-handed.
Jasmine came over and shook a stone token in her hand, and said, "Don't worry, Teacher Fox allows us to borrow a magic item from the material room."
After a pause, she asked again: "I'm optimistic about the 'Sand of Sorrow', what do you think?"
Sands of Sorrow?
Ian thinks it's not bad. This kind of magic item made from the blood of fire beasts and quartz crystal powder is very lethal to ghosts. The only drawback is that it will be contaminated by negative energy after use, making it very troublesome to clean up afterwards.
Regarding this point, he prefers the "white bone hammer" that deals physical damage. With his body, he can just swing it and it will be done, ensuring that all the undead will disappear.
However, he still nodded in agreement. After all, he heard from Jasmine's tone that she had no intention of discussing it.
I brought him to the library today just because I wanted him to understand the details of the task so as not to be held back later. Furthermore, it was just to show "democracy"
Don't think too much about the rest.
He and Jasmine made a fool of themselves, and it was night in a blink of an eye.
Before dinner, the two went to the conference hall, which was a tall stone cave. It was an unusually grand and vast stone hall carved out of the mountain by the previous wizards using alchemy.
There is a lifelike statue of Hyderian on the stone wall in the hall, and below it is a church-like layout. At this time, there are some apprentices and awakened people sitting sparsely. As for the high-level wizards, they no longer need to rely on this kind of prayer.
Come and get strength.
Half an hour before each dinner, the awakened ones and apprentices need to complete their prayers here.
The apprentice relies on the contribution of faith to obtain feedback from the gods to enhance perception and increase the possibility of awakening. The awakened person expects the mental power of Hydrian's feedback to accelerate the speed of absorbing negative energy. Both parties get what they need.
"Hey, isn't this Miss Felix? My partner died just a few days ago, so why did he change his role today? It seems like the new one is better than the old one!"
As soon as the two sat down, there was a burst of ridicule from beside Jasmine. Ian knew who it was without even thinking about it: Jasmine's arch-enemy, Yvette Franklin, and her follower Marcus Wood.
"This is too cool, what do you think, Miss Jasmine!" Marcus said angrily at the right time.
childish!
Ian thought to himself, if he really wanted to mess with the other party, he would just look for an opportunity and kill him directly. Why would he keep talking nonsense? The former owner didn't want to pay attention to them. In addition to his personality, he also just looked at them.
Don't fall for these little kids' tricks.
Jasmine smiled faintly and said, "It's just a cooperative relationship. You can't cooperate with anyone."
"Don't say it's a partner, it's a lover. You can change it at will. A handsome young man is naturally charming, but once he meets a better one, he will be ruthlessly abandoned. Oh, emotions, emotions are such a nihilistic thing."
Although Jasmine was facing Yvette, her smiling eyes stayed on Marcus's face. This burst of overt and underhanded sarcasm made his face look ugly.
Leaving aside Gervas, who died in Ian's hands, Jasmine was the most talented, followed by Marcus, while Yvette was only ranked in front of Ian, and her talent was really not that good.
However, she was able to make Marcus surrender and follow her inseparably, naturally using some coquettish tactics.
"You, an inexperienced little girl, don't know anything about romance. You can't understand anything about feelings. Love is intoxicating, don't you think? Marcus."
The smile on Yvette's face did not change at all, and then she spoke such affectionate words naturally and then leaned on Marcus's shoulder, so tenderly that Ian had goosebumps all over his body.
But Marcus was very impressed. He first glared at Jasmine fiercely, and then quickly and gently comforted the lovely girl in his arms.
They are not good birds!
Ian secretly despised it.
The other apprentices were far away and could not hear their conversation clearly. But when they saw the most charming Yvette being caressed by the strong Marcus, their eyes straightened secretly. At the same time, they began to think about the plot and their minds were filled with excitement.
"Quiet!" A tutor walked in slowly.
After the words fell, all sounds disappeared. After a few minutes, the leader began to read, and everyone closed their eyes and prayed.
When the instructor saw this, he quickly left the place. He didn't need to pray, but he didn't dare to watch here.
After all, this is not an ordinary church. After hundreds of years of accumulation, the divinity of the stone statues has accumulated to a certain extent, and it will automatically exclude non-believers when it collects the power of faith.
He doesn't want to suffer.
"On the road to the Ape Moon, the scythe-bearer leads the lost mortals. The reaper's scythe in his hand cuts through thorns and thorns, opening a smooth path for his people. At the end of the road is the kingdom of God established by him."
During the entire prayer process, no one was attentive and solemn. Even Yvette, who had been so flattering just now, was extremely pious.
All this is because devout faith is another important way for wizards to obtain power in the early stage.
Due to the devout prayers of everyone, countless gray-white hairsprings sandwiched in the gray atmosphere were slowly floating towards the statue. From Ian's spiritual perspective, he vaguely sensed that this statue carved from stone seemed to be endowed with a magical property.
, has transformed from a dead object into a bridge between humans and gods.
Even in the void, he can sense a dark but reassuring existence - no matter what the nature of the gods is, for believers, they will always be the most solid support - that is the void in the image of the sickle bearer
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For wizards, they can also gain power from it, absorb the negative energy floating around them into the body, and enhance their own magical energy.
This is the usual way of cultivation for awakened people.
Thousands of years ago, wizards came from believers of the gods. They eventually turned against the gods and launched an unprecedented tragic war; but tens of millions of years later, before embarking on the extraordinary path, the wizards were still among the most devout believers of the gods.
"Hunter Ian Hyde prays to the wrong object, and the Hunter Obelisk corrects itself!"
"Correction successful, start typing classics!"
However, just as Ian was reciting the same prayer, his elbow suddenly felt hot and woke him up, and a strange picture appeared in his mind.
At the same time, it is accompanied by voice prompts, just like artificial intelligence.
Correction?
Before he had time to think, he saw that the vague image of Hyderian imprinted in his mind was completely shattered by a new idol, and the power of faith in him was also transferred at the same time.
The new statue depicts a dark shadow, a tall and dark figure hidden under a hunting robe. His whole body is covered in darkness, only a pair of vicissitudes of eyes are exposed, exuding infinite wisdom of time.
Behind him is the incomplete and hidden tower of bones, which makes him look extremely solemn.