The stitch-like priest looked at Fernando blankly with his pupilless eyes: "He dedicated this villa to the great god."
"Then where is he?" Fernando asked solemnly, feeling more and more weird that things were going on. Didn't Tuco plan to escape from here? Why did he suddenly become a believer in the evil god?
Could it be that his thinking has been completely distorted by the priest of the evil god, or even the evil god himself, and he has become a "devotee" without self?
The priest's voice became smooth: "He is in the temple."
"I am his friend. I came to see him. I hope you can take me to the temple to see him." Fernando was originally unwilling to take the risk directly to the lair of this group of weird-behaving believers, but based on normal analysis, he came to find the figure.
Damn it, and there is a "Mage's Mansion" here. It is a city controlled by magicians. If there is any danger, you can definitely get help. If you don't go, you will easily be discovered by the mysterious pursuer.
Of course, Fernando knew very well that in fact, this was not necessarily a city controlled by magicians. This was inferred from the appearance of the "help seeker".
The priest moved forward slowly, bypassing Fernando as if he could see things: "Follow me, the mage who is too suspicious. When you reach the temple, you will feel the majesty and sublimity of the gods, and know that Tu Ke comes from the bottom of his heart.
A better path was chosen.”
He didn't stop him? Fernando had no time to think and followed the priest out of the villa.
At this time, the night was already dark, the silver moon was hazy, and there was darkness everywhere in the city, with few lights.
Fernando followed the priest at a slow pace. But his brain was running rapidly, analyzing the whole thing: "A magician inexplicably became a follower of the evil god after leaving such a note. The entire city can't be entered or left, and there are still people.
Specially sent water and food... Is this what the magicians are doing with the secret of this city, or the followers of the evil god quietly infiltrated into Kufre, took it into their hands little by little, and then sealed the city in order to keep it secret
…”
Logically it is not difficult to come up with these two guesses, because after all, this is an area controlled by magicians and is close to the major churches of the gods. The hands of dark creatures, elves, dwarves or the cult of truth cannot reach that long. It is easy to be
Discovery, and the former also includes the possibility of cooperating with the evil god.
He weighed and judged these two possibilities, trying to figure out the overall situation and find a way to escape. The fact that the caller was a magician seemed to point to the latter possibility.
The priest in front walked to the market area and opened the door of a shop.
There were a lot of groceries placed inside the door. There was nothing special about it. The blind priest dexterously walked through this messy place without encountering anything.
In the center of the shop, a stone staircase leads diagonally to the ground, and there is a faint bright yellow light leaking out from inside.
"Kufre also has such an underground secret room. No wonder the assassin was able to hide and ask for help." Fernando thought to himself. Suddenly, he frowned and noticed the contradiction: "I have deduced it before,
The mysterious pursuer must be at least a level nine expert, otherwise the magician who still has the ability to make me dream would not be trapped here."
"Such a strong man, after knowing that his enemy is hiding in this city, will he conduct a secret investigation, or will he directly use the strongest means to wipe out the entire city in two or three strokes?"
Fernando believes that the strong men of this era do not have the kind thoughts to consider the lives of those who are not their own. If they can complete the task as quickly as possible, they will definitely choose the corresponding method, so as not to waste time and be rushed by the enemy's reinforcements and be killed on the spot. Therefore,
How could this strong man choose to "hide and seek" with the magician in Kufre, and investigate bit by bit? Isn't he afraid that some legendary lord might accidentally pass by here?
Obviously, the most effective method is to directly use thunder to destroy the city and force out or directly kill the master in his hiding place - unless he is hiding very deep underground, or has a ninth-level mystery lock.
Protection, and if the former is not protected by spell effects, it is easy to be discovered by extraordinary means. Therefore, once a huge blow that can destroy the city comes, those mystery locks and spell effects will fluctuate due to stress, and they will be discovered.
There is another possibility, that is, the hidden method involves the deep mysteries of time and space, but it is obviously impossible for a magician to do it. If it is formed naturally, then he can rest in peace and recover, and there is no need to rush for help.
The most important point is that this place is quite far away from Alto. No matter what big movement occurs, as long as the "Mage's Mansion" is destroyed as soon as possible, no one will discover it within ten minutes.
"So, it's not that this mysterious pursuer doesn't want to directly wipe out the city, but there are some factors that make him consider it, making him afraid to choose such a drastic method, and he has to play 'hide and seek' with the assassins.
'..."
By inferring the enemy's thoughts from the choice of method of action, Fernando increasingly grasped the "reality": "Either the evil god here has a power exceeding level nine, which makes him wary, or that is the only possibility!"
Combined with the previous speculation of "are the magicians doing something secretly in this city, or are the followers of the evil god quietly infiltrating Kufre, taking it into their hands little by little, and then blocking the city to keep it secret?" Fernando believes
I have seen through the fog!
"If the evil god reaches the level of legend, given the current situation, as long as he is willing, the magicians will definitely cooperate with him and give him a 'missionary territory', so why be so sneaky..."
"Moreover, every magician has problems here. Even if they can forge voices and letters, there will always be various loopholes that are difficult to cover up, such as those who deliver water and food but do not enter the city, and the sources of these water and food...
In such a tense situation, it would be difficult for Alto's magicians to detect this..."
"So, this is and can only be a secret experimental site for the legendary masters of Alto! Only they can isolate a city under their rule from the outside world without being suspected, and they can mobilize large quantities of food without attracting attention!"
"That's why the mysterious pursuer didn't choose to destroy the city, which would immediately attract legends!"
The fog "in front of you" gradually dissipated. The entire situation was revealed to Fernando's eyes, but upon realizing this, he fell into an even more stunned state.
"We're here." The priest's rigid voice sounded in Fernando's ears.
He was alert and came back from his thoughts, and found that he had unknowingly walked up the steps and stood in a hall engraved with death patterns.
In the main hall, many people knelt down and prayed, including men and women, old and young.
"Tuke." In front of the god, the priest's voice became deeper.
In the front, a man wearing an old black coat walked backwards toward the priest and Fernando. He did not stand up. He was simply kneeling.
It wasn't until he left the prayer team 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 recruit a group of potential magicians, and Fran recommended you."
He specifically mentioned Fran and hid information about the Greater Holm area in the hope that people would be wary. Although this is unlikely, it is better than nothing.
"Haha, a potential magician..." Tu Ke emphasized the word magician, and said calmly and serenely: "I have understood the true meaning of life. I will never study that boring magic again.
"
"Really? I'm sorry." Fernando replied politely and normally.
In fact, if anyone who is familiar with his character is present, they will be aware of his weirdness. How could the "Growler" not spray all over Tuco's head and face, devaluing faith and gods as worthless?
At this time, Fernando's heart was filled with turmoil, not because of Tuco, but because he had seen the true face of the matter!
"The matter can be divided into two parts. One is that the magicians are secretly studying something with this cult. For this reason, they have blocked the city and are not allowed to enter or leave. The other part is that a magician is being hunted and is hiding.
He went into a hidden place in the city, put me to sleep through a prayer ceremony, and asked for help."
"Once separated like this, the problem was completely exposed. The assassin and the pursuer obviously knew the specialness of this place, otherwise someone would have tried to destroy the city and then lead the legend to be killed."
"So, would a city so tightly controlled by a magician sit back and watch a magician being hunted? Even if the magician felt that the magician here had been controlled by a mysterious hunter, he could still do it himself
He wanted to make a big noise and attract the legend who was monitoring this place, but he didn’t do that!”
"And the magician's secret research base, which mobilizes a large amount of manpower and material resources to blockade the city, will it be controlled so easily?"
"Unless, unless, the legend monitoring this place is the same as the mysterious pursuer, or even the same as the mysterious pursuer!"
"That's why the Master who sensed something was wrong from some channel didn't ask for help directly. That's why the 'Master's Mansion' and other places were easily controlled because they were already under control."
"The reason why the legend didn't use strong methods is probably because there are many legends paying attention to this place, so he didn't dare to make too much noise!"
Although he didn't know why this situation happened, and he didn't know if he was involved in internal strife, Fernando couldn't think about that much at this time. He only had a numb scalp feeling, was he an enemy of a legend?
He did not wait for Antek and Fran to search for his missing self, because the legend would definitely choose to kill him before that. Anyway, this is a rule jointly established by many of your Excellencies - Kufre can enter or not!
Tuk nodded and walked back to the prayer line. Fernando mechanically thanked the priest and walked outside.
"How can we save ourselves?" Fernando kept thinking, but he couldn't think of a way to escape from the legend.
Stepping into the street, with the cold silver moonlight shining on him, Fernando's mind cleared and he decided to change his mind and consider the problem from the perspective of the trapped assassin.
"Since the matter is related to the legendary monitor here, it is very risky for the master to let me fall into a dream. And from Turan's notes, there is no content in this regard. This means that he asked me for help because he thought he would
There is a certain amount of hope, rather than a rash choice."
"Then where is this hope? Is it my wisdom, magical strength, or something else?" (To be continued...)