When Bogul found Lyanna, she was brewing a strange potion in the laboratory. A pot of dark green mixed potion was boiling in a large pot, and the smell of thick soup kept rising from the pot. It attracted her
The whole person was sweating profusely.
Bogul couldn't believe his eyes. After not seeing each other for a few days, the priestess looked even more haggard. No one wanted to come to the laboratory, and all the experiments were completed by herself. Even the hard and tiring work was done by herself.
She did it with her own hands. The successful experiments inspired her. In the whispers of the "Medicine God", Lyanna learned the knowledge that she had not learned in the previous ten years.
She was full of confidence and addicted to it.
"Rhode? What does he want from me?"
Bogul originally thought that the priestess would readily agree, and he had tried his best to show a normal demeanor. But Lyanna's answer surprised him. In the past, as soon as she heard that Rhodes was looking for her, she would put down everything she was doing.
I happily went to the appointment. But today is a completely different picture.
"He didn't say anything specific. He just said it was a very urgent matter and I hope you can go there right away."
Bogur came closer and answered calmly.
"Can you wait? Wait until I boil this pot of potion, and then I'll go with you."
Lyanna answered absentmindedly, her eyes always staying on those bottles and jars, as if they were her treasures. What is certain is that if she hadn't heard Rhode's name, the priestess would not have loved her at all.
No matter what, she was completely addicted to it. Knowledge was like poison, constantly eating away at her reason, making her addicted and unable to extricate herself.
"I'm afraid you have to put aside the work at hand first. This matter is much more important than your potions."
Bogul took another step closer. He looked at the things on the priestess's experimental table, various animal specimens, bones, and melted internal organs. The scene was like...like a slaughterhouse. Doctors often perform dissections without any problems, but
Taking out the internal organs of various animals to brew potions is really intolerable.
Bogur wanted to grab the priestess and carry her back to the castle, but he couldn't. He couldn't use such a rough method, otherwise everyone in the city would know about it the next day, and all kinds of rumors would spread.
"Okay...then wait for me. I'll change my clothes."
A trace of struggle and hesitation appeared on Lyanna's face, and then quickly dissipated. Bogul breathed a sigh of relief.
"No need, these clothes are not bad. You know, Rhodes never mind what kind of clothes his assistants wear."
The dwarf shrugged and expressed his willingness to send the lady to the castle now.
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"Rhode? What are you doing?"
Blackhammer Castle, when Priestess Lyanna dragged her exhausted body to Rhodes' office, the door was forcibly closed. Several guards stood outside the door, guarding the door strictly. There were only
Rhodes and Bogul, like inquisitors in the shadows, looked at Lyanna quietly.
Lyanna immediately felt something was wrong. She shouted, her eyes full of doubts, and asked Rhodes what he was doing. Then Rhodes sighed and walked closer.
"Lyanna, you are in danger now. To ensure your safety, I can only do this."
Rhodes said, staring at the haggard and tired Priestess of Sharak in front of him with his gray eyes. She was once the person he valued most, but now, the Chaos Evil God is snatching people from him right under his nose. Just like Rhodes
As De said just now, he must ensure her safety. What Lyanna didn't know was that just after she was taken away from the laboratory, a team of Blackhammer guards had broken into the laboratory, sealed off the site, and destroyed
All the priestess's research.
"Is it dangerous? I don't understand what you are talking about? Are the beastmen here again? Or are there assassins with me?"
Lyanna was a little excited. Although she was here, her mind was still in the laboratory. Those bottles, jars, precious medicinal materials and notes were the most important things to her. If Rhodes hadn't called her, she would have refused
She won't abandon those treasures of hers. Well...baby, she thinks so.
"No, it's not a beastman or an assassin. It's the Chaos Evil God." Rhodes sighed and said earnestly, "I have heard those voices you heard before. They are very sweet and very suitable for your current situation.
The inner needs, however, what I must tell you is that it is not the enlightenment of the gods, but the pollution of the evil god of chaos. This pollution will happen when you are most vulnerable..."
"I do not understand what you are saying!"
Lyanna interrupted Rhodes angrily. She felt in danger and felt that she had been deceived. Those precious experimental materials and that laboratory might have encountered something unexpected.
"Let me out, Rod!"
The priestess yelled, uncharacteristically. The voice in her heart sounded again, which upset her so much that she couldn't control herself and almost went crazy. The irritability was like a big insect, scurrying crazily in her body.
"Calm down! Lyanna!"
Rhodes couldn't help shouting. The sound was like a lion's roar, echoing in the empty office. The guards outside the door heard it, but they could never open the door without the lord's order.
"Look at me, Lyanna." Rhode pressed the priestess's shoulders with both hands, "The pollution of Chaos is everywhere. When you are weak, it comes. When you are strong, it cannot invade.
Calm down and think about what you have done these days? Which of those experimental products, those so-called knowledge, and those prepared medicines are normal? "
A brief moment of sanity flashed through Lyanna's mind, but this clarity only lasted a few seconds before the inner voice sounded again, occupying her heart and her thinking. The sweet whisper...even though she knew it
There may be a devil behind it, but ordinary people can't resist it. It's like arranging many opponents for a combative person, and arranging many prostitutes for a lustful person. This kind of temptation is irresistible. How many people can be so strong?
Can the will resist corrosion? In the end, the closest indulgence is madness.
Lyanna was struggling repeatedly. The memories of the past told her that Rhodes was good to her. The Lord of Blackhammer Castle was not wrong. However, the voice in her heart today told her to say goodbye to the past and return to her true self.
Why act under the constraints of dogma and law? Any medicine is good as long as it can cure the patient.
She struggled to pull away Rhode's hand and retreated back to the corner. Her hair was messy and she seemed to have become more haggard overnight. Even Boguer couldn't help but feel distressed.