Now that the sun is almost completely setting on the mountain, and the low-lying land of Leighton Town is surrounded by mountains, it gets dark very quickly. When everyone enters the town, the lights are already starting to come on, and the magnificent lavender light curtain in the sky is
It looked even more spectacular in the gradually sinking night. However, not many people came to the streets to stop and watch such a spectacular night scene. Hao Ren followed the serious man in black robes into the town and saw what he saw.
Doors are closed everywhere, and not even a stall can be seen in the night market that is supposed to be lively and bustling. The most common ones seen on the road are fully armed town guards, some of whom are wearing standard armor or robes, with the blue kingdom emblem on their chests.
Some of the National Knights are the Knights of the Sect of Radiance who wear black or white smocks outside their clothes. In addition to these two professional soldiers, some mercenaries with messy equipment can also be seen operating on the streets. Although later,
They are not as well-armed as professional soldiers, but their temperament shows that they are veteran warriors who have been killed for a long time. They should have been recruited by the Knights to supplement the defense after the attack.
There is such a depressing and solemn atmosphere everywhere in the town. It seems that the attack between the afternoon and evening made everyone here in a tense state, and Hao Ren also saw blank looks on the faces of some young soldiers.
Even these professional warriors were stunned by the sudden and strange monster.
The tall and thin man who was responsible for guiding the way hardly spoke along the way, and just silently led everyone through such a depressing street. Hao Ren also took this opportunity to observe the other person's image, and to compare what he had just learned in the past two days.
Some knowledge for comparison.
The man wearing a black robe has circles, triangles and lightning patterns on his back, so he should be a church mage. The clergy of the Glory Sect in this world are very special. While they hold the priesthood, they also follow the occupational classification of the world.
, divided into many professions such as mages, warriors, alchemists, hunters, etc. And all races have them, which can be said to be quite inclusive. The priesthood is just another identity outside of their respective professions. The Radiant Priest uses "divine magic" and himself at the same time.
To fight with professional strength, a church warrior must also know the priest's prayer skills in addition to his own fighting ability. Similarly, a church mage must also practice the power of prayer in addition to magic, although no one knows how they obtained this.
There is additional "god-given power", but every radiant priest is indeed more powerful than ordinary professionals.
They interpret this special power as "proof of the goddess's blessing", and most people in the world firmly believe in this.
Hao Ren is of course doubtful about this. He knows what the real gods are like. They are a group of creatures that are beyond comprehension and have vast knowledge. An unreliable guy like Raven 12345 always pays attention to the entire universe.
In terms of balance, he does not think that the "goddess" in the Dream Plane who has been holding back her ultimate move for a long time before finally burning a planet but not completely burning it is a true god. He believes that a powerful creature once existed in this world, but that
Most of the powerful creatures are different from those depicted by the Sect of Radiance.
In short, the clergy of the Huiyao Sect are a group of people who possess special powers, and all their clergy are divided into two types: those in white robes and those in black robes.
The men in black robes are professional combatants. They fight with firm belief in the goddess, and they only focus on their own beliefs. They belong to "force", while the men in white robes are responsible for everything other than charging into battle. Such as preaching and medical treatment.
, research, administration, etc., belong to "wisdom". At the same time, the pope himself must also be a white-robed man. This is stipulated in the sacred text of Huiyao Sect: power must be under the control of reason to ensure balance, so
The spiritual leader and commanding class of the church can only be those in white robes.
Of course, this does not mean that all white-robed men are civilian personnel, nor does it mean that they have no combat effectiveness. Quite the opposite. Not only do white-robed men often appear on the battlefield, but most of them, except for thorough desk workers,
White-robed priests are extremely powerful - it's just that their profession is more focused on strategy and assistance, rather than specializing in combat like black-robed priests. Knights and mages wearing white robes can also be seen on the streets. They
They are community commanders or staff members in the defense force.
The firm belief in the goddess, the fanatical admiration of the holy scriptures, the deep fear of the legend of the end of the world, coupled with the wise rule of the past popes, have jointly ensured that no one has surpassed this system.
In addition to these superficial divisions, there are many subtle divisions of labor within the Huiyao Sect. They influence the entire world with a complex and efficient multi-racial and multi-professional cooperation, but these are not things that Hao Ren can fully understand today.
Perhaps the black-robed priests were just not easy to get along with. The man responsible for guiding the way always had a straight face and never said a word. Nangong Wuyue felt that it was boring to travel like this, so he couldn't help but bring up some topics: "By the way...
Was the attack this afternoon serious?"
The other party was silent for a moment, his face still looking like it was carved from wood and stone: "For local defense, no comment."
Nangong Wuyue was bored, and Betsy became a little dissatisfied: "We have brought important information about the stone giants, and we have also witnessed their separation from the cliff. This information is worth at least twenty gold shields, how can we find out a little bit about it?"
Not even small things?"
The black-robed priest was silent again: "No comment for local defense."
Co-authored, this is still a repeater.
Vivian stopped Betsy who wanted to continue questioning. She felt that now was not the time to care about such things, and everyone had already reached the depths of the town. A small but luxurious church with a steeple appeared at the end of the road.
In front of the chapel is a semicircular square paved with red pebbles. There is a circle of magic light floating around the square, which illuminates the place as bright as day. The church knights wearing black smocks guard the entrance of the church tightly.
Middle-aged monks wearing white smocks formed a circle around a purple-red crystal in the center of the square and prayed silently.
The central tower of the steeple church is emitting a mysterious glow. Layers of complex runes emerge from the ancient and luxurious carved stone bricks, slowly rising around the square tower, repeating in a circle, and a lavender streak appears.
Bright beams of light gathered at the end of these runes, rushed into the unfathomable night sky, and then dispersed and fell around the town. This is the defensive barrier of Leighton Town. It relies on this church and is completely made of "divine magic."
The miraculous power that sustains it.
"Energy sample collection completed," the voice of the data terminal sounded in Hao Ren's mind almost at the same time, "Preliminary analysis... has no analytical value. It is a simple repulsion wall that can offset external physical impacts above a certain speed. The energy flow method is normal.
, no high-level mysterious attributes related to the symbolic power of the true God have been discovered.”
"Is the so-called divine magic of Huiyao Sect really a special kind of magic?" Hao Ren murmured to himself, while the black-robed priest who led the way handed over to the people on guard in the square, and then led Hao Ren
They walked towards the church, and this time he finally spoke a little more: "The Rector, Mr. Gelton, is discussing important matters with the distinguished guests, but he agrees that you should visit first. Please pay attention to the etiquette, Mr. Gelton is a highly respected elder.
"
The church was brightly lit, but there were no ordinary believers in the long hall used for prayer and worship. There were only black-robed priests standing guard. Hao Ren and the others turned around and walked from a small corridor behind the long hall to the depths of the church.
In a certain special room, the black-robed priest who was responsible for guiding the way stopped at the door: "Please."
Betsy opened the door nervously and walked in, revealing the scene in the room in front of everyone's eyes.
Unexpectedly, this place looks quite simple. The entire office of the Rector of the Beinz area is just an ordinary undecorated study room. The room is very spacious, but almost all the walls are occupied by heavy bookshelves filled with files, and the floor is plain.
The floor was made of stone tiles and there was no carpet. In the center of the room was a large wooden table. An old man and a young woman looking from behind were talking across the table.
Rector Gelton is an old man who looks to be in his sixties or seventies. He has thin hair, a long beard, a wrinkled face and a short stature. He is sitting behind the desk with his body hunched over and his hands shrunk in his sleeves as if he is afraid of the cold. This is
A rector often takes his priests to patrol near Beinz Blood Lake. He absorbs too much "bad air", which makes his health appear to be worrying, but no one who knows it will despise this seemingly slow man.
Old man: His body may have begun to decay, but his spirit is still strong. As long as those wise eyes have not closed, he will still be a powerful spellcaster, and the gods' gifts will follow his thoughts.
Opposite Galton is a woman wearing women's close-fitting armor. Since her back is to everyone, it can only be seen that she has long curly chestnut hair, and the fair skin color exposed on her neck and wrists shows that she should still be
very young.
When Betsy opened the door, Rector Gelton was talking to the female soldier opposite: "Your Excellency Ofra, the situation is not clear yet. There is no evidence that this series of mutations are related, and there is no evidence that the test of the goddess will
In this form, we should first appease the people, and then with piety... Oh, it seems that our guests have arrived."
The old man stood up, nodded and smiled at Hao Ren. (To be continued...)