The crisp sound of footsteps came quietly from a distance.
Under Adil's gaze, in the distance, Kaijia hurriedly walked over with an anxious face, walked directly to Gruul, and whispered something to him.
Not long after, Gruul's expression changed drastically, and his expression suddenly became serious.
This scene was accurately observed by the nobles attending the banquet.
"Your Highness, has something urgent happened?"
In front of Gruul, a middle-aged nobleman with a handsome face and impeccable etiquette asked, seeing all the changes in Gruul's expression.
"It's no big deal."
Soon, Gruul reacted, and a familiar smile appeared on his face: "Everyone, please enjoy the banquet here by yourself. I will go outside to greet an important guest."
After saying this, he had a smile on his face, then turned around and left, heading straight to the outside world.
Staying where he was, watching Gruul's retreating figure, Adil pondered for a moment, feeling the familiar aura coming from the outside world. After a while, a smile appeared on his face, he stepped forward, and slowly followed the pattern.
Ruhl walked outside.
The distance between the party and the gate of the manor was not too far, just for a moment, and in the outside world, a figure slowly walked from the outside world.
It was an old man wearing a dark robe with dense black veins carved on his face. He was walking towards the center of the banquet surrounded by a group of people.
This man looks very old, the skin on his whole body has shriveled up, and his old face is full of wrinkles, but it has an amiable and faint influence, which makes people feel like when they see this old man.
Then you will unknowingly get close to this old man and slowly develop a good impression of him.
He just walked from the outside, and along the way, the unique aura of his body was also blooming, accompanied by a head of white hair flying.
Facing the old man and walking out, Gruul quickly showed a smile and saluted him quickly: "Bishop Cudoni, why are you here in person?"
Hearing this title, Adier suddenly understood from behind.
Cudoni is one of the three bishops of the Dark Church in the Kingdom of Tamru. In theory, he is one of the highest leaders of the Dark Church and represents the highest authority in the Dark Church.
When a person of this level is seen, even if he is Gruul's father, the sick King Tamru, he must abide by etiquette and show him the utmost respect, let alone the prince Gruul.
"Because of some things, I need to come to Tam City. Finally, I heard the news from you, so I stopped by to take a look."
Cudoni looks very harmonious and peaceful. There is no hint of arrogance or indifference in his whole person. Instead, he exudes a unique affinity that makes people can't help but trust him.
This is not only the influence of nature and original intention, but also the function of divine magic and divine power.
Sacrifice and serve the gods, dedicating everything you have to the gods you serve. In this process, your heart and will will gradually move closer to the gods you serve, slowly bringing in a little divinity, and thus transforming into another.
A form.
If the god you believe in is evil, the sacrifice must also be evil; if the god you serve is good, the sacrifice must also be good.
This point will continue to deepen as the strength of the sacrifice becomes stronger. If it reaches the extreme, it will be the legendary realm and level of being with God and a saint on earth.
The Cudoni in front of him is a local bishop. His own strength is far superior to that of ordinary sacrifices. His understanding of the path of serving gods is far beyond what ordinary people can match. His own soul essence has begun to change towards what he believes in.
When the gods are close to each other, their words and deeds naturally reveal a little bit of their otherworldly nature, which makes people feel friendly, noble and unattainable, and makes them admire from the bottom of their hearts.
All of this is a natural process. Even Gruul, the prince of the kingdom, could not help but sigh in his heart when facing such a devout believer who embarked on the road of transformation, and could not help but be affected by him.
"The so-called path of sacrifice and transformation is really miraculous"
Standing there quietly, feeling the lofty nature of the old man in front of him, Adil couldn't help but sigh, feeling more curious about this road than ever before.
"This one must be the knight who escorted you back safely from the south."
While Adil was thinking about something, the old man's eyes had shifted from Gruul and slowly landed on him.
He looked at Adier, with a smile on his kind face, and looked at Adier quietly, seeming to appreciate him.
Inexplicably, Adil felt a strange feeling, as if his heart had been stabbed at this moment, and he had a very uncomfortable feeling.
"Dear Bishop Cudoni, you are more majestic than I imagined."
In front of Gruul, Adil didn't show much hesitation and directly lowered his body to make himself look as inconspicuous as possible.
"Young knight, you are more than honored."
Cudoni put a smile on his face and looked at Adier in front of him. At this moment, he kept a kind and approachable smile on his face, like a kind old man next door, and like an elder who knows you well and treats you very well.
Patient teaching: "I'm just an ordinary old man. Every time I see young people like you, I feel like my youth is getting farther and farther away from me."
He sighed softly, with deep emotion in his words, lamenting that his years are numbered.
The corner of Adil's mouth twitched slightly. Listening to the old man's words, he really wanted to talk at this moment.
Although the figure of the old priest in front of him is old and his body is decayed, there is a huge vitality faintly supporting him inside. Judging from Adil's induction, this old priest may look slow and slow on weekdays, but
If he really survives the competition, he might be able to live longer than some of the Silver Knights.
In front of Gruul, Adil had no intention of exposing him, and could only respond with a blank face.
Fortunately, after talking to him for a few words, Cudoni seemed to have lost interest in him, and quickly turned his attention away from him to Gruul, allowing Adil to hide behind him.
On the side, there was a quiet silence.
After stepping back from the conversation center, Adil raised his head and looked at Gruul and Cudoni, who were chatting in front of them. They seemed to be having a great time, as if they were two friends who had never known each other. He couldn't help but shook his head secretly, and prepared to sit in that corner.
Always stay.
The waiting time was naturally very boring. Adier closed his eyes and fell asleep for a while, but then he had to open his eyes and looked at a corner in the distance.
There, a somewhat unique gaze was staring at him, with bits and pieces of hostility in it, and the blatant expression of that emotion, so much so that Adier had to notice it, and couldn't help but open his eyes and follow suit.
Look in that direction.
Opening his eyes and looking, his two eyes instantly looked at each other.
Adil opened his eyes and looked, but saw among the crowd in the distance, a little girl wearing a black robe, with dots of dim textures painted on her face, who also looked like a dim priest, was standing there. At this moment,
She stared at him with wide eyes, a hint of hostility in her expression.
Not sure if it was an illusion, but Adil always felt that this little girl looked familiar, as if he had seen her somewhere before, not long ago.
“It was the street that day”
After a moment, a flash of surprise flashed in Adil's eyes, and he remembered the source of this familiar feeling.
In the few days after arriving in Tamu City, Adil wandered around the city. During those few days, many people were staring at him, including this little girl.
After that day, Adil no longer appeared on the streets, so he never saw the girl again. Therefore, the memory had some shape, and it took a while to recall it.
The little girl is cute and looks about fourteen or fifteen years old. Her round little face is rosy, and she looks like she has drunk some wine.
She stood there staring at Adil from a distance, wearing a black robe unique to dim priests. Judging from her attire, she should be a trainee priest.
Standing in the distance, the girl obviously didn't realize that she had been discovered by Adier. She was still staring closely at him, her fists clenched tightly, and the vague hostility in her eyes was very obvious.
On the same spot, Adier thought for a while, then looked aside.
On a large wine table nearby, Gruhl and Cudoni were still chatting. Their words and actions seemed to be in perfect harmony. No matter what they thought in their hearts, at least on the surface they still seemed to be in perfect harmony.
Looking at this scene, Adil shook his head secretly, lowered his head and thought for a moment, then picked up the wine glass and walked slowly towards the distance.
"What are you looking at?"
A unique sound sounded. In the corner of the dance, Adil walked up to the girl and asked softly.
ah?
The girl was obviously stunned when she heard the voice. When she turned around and saw Adier, she was even more stunned, as if she didn't expect that he would appear in front of her.
"you"
She was stunned for a moment, as if she had never thought that the scene in front of her would happen.
"The Sacrifice of the Dark Church"
Looking at the confused girl in front of him, Adil smiled and went straight to the topic without any nonsense: "You seem to have some opinions about me?"
"Bad guy!" As if she remembered something, the girl's face suddenly became excited, and her big eyes stared at Adil, leaving Adil a little confused.
"Bad guy?" Adil shook his head, the smile on his face unchanged: "I really can't be called a good guy, but calling me a bad guy seems a little wrong."
"It seems like I haven't offended you in any way, right?"
"You injured Uncle Hill. He's not a bad guy!" As if remembering some scene, the girl looked at Adil with an increasingly strange look. Her eyes seemed to be looking at a potential enemy, ready to come forward at any time.
Last hit.
Although she is only a trainee priest, the girl also has considerable combat power, at least much stronger than ordinary people.
"Sil." He nodded slightly, and upon hearing this name, a hint of understanding flashed in Adil's eyes.
Hill, this is the dim priest who seemed to block Adil from leaving when he and Gruul first met.
At that time, in order to successfully leave with Gruul, Adil forced the other party to use the magic to leave, leaving a big impression on the other party.
The magic was forcibly broken through by Adier, and the opponent must have suffered a lot of backlash, and he is probably still seriously injured at this moment.
"What happened to him in the end?" After regaining his composure, Adil's face returned to calm, he looked at the little girl in front of him and continued to ask.
After Adil left the city that day, the city located on the border of the Kingdom of Veruba was massacred by Orf. The church of the Church of Darkness was located in it. It is unknown what the final fate was.
In front of him, the girl tilted her head to one side, seemingly not wanting to pay attention to Adil's question.
"Sil, there's nothing wrong with him." A soft female voice came from a distance, with a soft and kind voice, giving people a gentle feeling.
A beautiful woman with a delicate appearance and wearing simple robes came from a distance. Her face was also painted with dim runes that belonged to dim sacrifices. Her robes were spread all over her body, completely covering her tempting figure. She looked very simple.
.
She came from a distance with a smile, and first rubbed the girl's head: "Kitty, you are willful again."
After speaking to the little girl, she turned around and looked at Adil with some apology on her face: "I'm sorry for this child's attitude. Please forgive me."
"It doesn't matter." Adil shook his head and didn't care much about it: "More than this, I want to know what happened in that city after I left that day."
"This is a bit complicated to say." The woman was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "After you left that day, the remaining believers of the God of Slaughter seized the Slaughter Domain in the city, and the entire city was slaughtered."
"Because Him and the others were located in the city, even though they had the protection of our Lord's Divine Realm, they did not die on the spot, but they were still seriously injured and almost died directly."
"This is also the reason why this child was hostile to you before."
She touched the head of the girl in front of her: "She is the child adopted by Hill, and Hill is his father."
"I can understand." Adil nodded calmly: "In fact, I am also very sorry for what happened that day."
"We are the ones who should be sorry." The woman lowered her head and saluted Adier: "What Hill and the others did that day was wrong in itself. It was an action organized by radicals within the church.
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"The power of sacrifices should not be used to interfere in the internal affairs of the country. Once they do so, no matter what outcome they get, they will win."
When he spoke, he raised his hand and showed a faint smile on his face. Matching her appearance, it gave people a very quiet feeling: "Here, I apologize for them on your behalf."
Adil nodded silently, feeling indifferent to this.
However, compared to the little girl Kitty next to her who had an inexplicable hostility towards Adil, the attitude of the priestess in front of her was obviously much better.