Xuan Weizi led Wolf and Titus to the woods behind the tent, and saw a small figure popping up fearfully. It was the snow goblin wizard Akuma Matata.
"Snow goblin?" Theus was stunned. In the eyes of mages, this kind of creature is a gadget that adventurers can never kill. They are numerous and timid. Although there are closely related species like hobgoblins,
But at best he is just a clown on the stage making people laugh.
"Holy...Lord Olenso." The snow goblin wizard walked out from behind the tree trunk cautiously. Its feather crown was in tatters, its robe was torn in several holes, and only the bone staff in its hand was left.
The lower half shows the tragic appearance of a defeated general.
"Pfft! Doctor, when did you adopt the pet?" Wolf joked.
"I met you by chance on the road." Xuan Weizi was also very surprised. The "Charm" he had cast on Akuma Matata should have dissipated long ago. How come it still came to him and still called him "
Most Holy Olenso"?
Xuan Weizi has also heard of the despicable character of goblins. Once they encounter an opponent who is stronger and kinder than themselves, they will grovel and beg for mercy. If it is an enemy who has no mercy, the goblins will try their best to flatter themselves and say how terrible they are.
They can do hard work in order to save their lives - of course, the premise of these actions is that there is no time to escape.
There is basically no goblin who would seek trouble again after seeing how powerful the opponent is, and it is even less likely that a goblin like Akuma Matata would come to rob someone's home.
Xuan Weizi snapped his fingers, and the astral body hidden in the snow goblin wizard transmitted the healing effect on its own, restoring its energy. At the same time, he asked: "Are you injured? Did you encounter an enemy?"
After being treated, Akuma Matata regained a lot of energy and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes! After being educated by the Holy Saint Olanso, I returned to the lair and led the people in their work seriously.
We raise mushrooms and moles underground, and we keep digging deeper and deeper into the ground, making more holes for our little ones to live in!”
Theus said from the side: "It's strange. Supposedly, goblins don't have the habit of digging holes. They are not good at construction. In this regard, they are not as disciplined as lizardmen."
"Shut up, you long-legged bastard, I'm talking to the Holy Saint Oranso!" Akuma Matata jumped and screamed, looking like a villain who has succeeded, maybe he still wants to
Kick Theus.
"I -" Theus resisted the urge to curse. He didn't dare to cause trouble now. After all, spellcasters keep all kinds of strange pets these days. What if this snow gnome is really Dr. Olenso's pet?
?
"What the hell, even a snow goblin dares to talk to me like that? I'm a mage! You're not even qualified to hold a chamber pot for me!" Theus cursed in his heart, then quickly shook his head and said to himself: "No.
No, you can’t think about it now, I think Dr. Olenso will hear it..."
Xuan Weizi ignored the two living treasures, one large and one small, and just raised his hand to point at Akuma Matata, naturally bringing his past experiences to mind.
It was a chaotic and blurry experience. It was not that Xuan Weizi could not detect it using his psychic powers, but that Akuma Matata's perception and memory were indeed disrupted. There were sounds of fighting and screaming from the snow goblins.
There were the sounds of digging holes and landslides, and then there were blurs, like mosaic shadows, neither human nor animals, creeping closer at a slow speed, swallowing up many snow elves.
Akuma Matata also struggled to resist. It shook its bone staff and attracted flames. Unfortunately, with its little ability to cast spells, it could not resist the powerful being that was coming. It was quickly defeated and had to follow its instinct to escape.
, rushed out of the surface in one breath, wandered in the forest for many days, and finally found "Lord Saint Oranzo".
"What is that?" Xuan Weizi frowned, because Akuma Matata didn't have a clear impression in his mind. He couldn't describe the specific image at all and asked Theus to refer to it for comparison.
"I don't know, I just ran away like crazy and wanted to ask for help from the Holy Saint Oranso." Akuma Matata looked pitiful and gently tugged on the hem of Xuan Weizi's robe.
, it’s just a pity that the face of the Snow Goblin is a bit ugly, so it looks more funny.
"It must be some kind of underground creature." Theus shrugged his shoulders and said: "There are many such things in the old and new continents, but most of the creatures that live deep underground cannot adapt to the surface environment. But underground creatures will also fight each other.
, fighting for the living environment.”
Wolf touched his beard and asked, "What if they burst out of the surface?"
"That would be disrespectful." Theus said: "There are many special magic materials in the underground environment. If you just explore and dig on the surface, you will know how long you will dig. So if there are underground creatures rushing out of the surface, it means that there is a complex environment underground.
and passages, we can instead explore along these passages. And there may be some ancient ruins or treasures underground, and adventurers with some courage will go and find out."
"You want me to be an adventurer who goes deep underground?" Xuan Weizi suddenly turned around and asked.
"Uh...I didn't mean that." Theus didn't quite understand why the other party asked this.
"If it's just an ordinary fight between underground creatures, I won't care." Xuan Weizi pointed at Akuma Matata: "It's just that I found that it seemed to be affected by psychic powers, so I couldn't see the attack clearly.
The person’s appearance.”
"Psychic powers?" Theus was a little surprised. This kind of spellcasting ability was supposed to be very rare. He was lucky to meet a psychic. How could there be another underground creature with psychic powers?
Xuan Weizi smiled and said: "It's abnormal, isn't it? I think so too."
Wolf asked: "Doctor, are you going to investigate? I'm going too!"
"Aren't you the mayor? You run out every once in a while." Xuan Weizi asked.
"Improper!" Wolf slapped his chest: "After you woke me up, I knew that I was not suitable to be the mayor. This shabby mayor can be made by anyone who likes it. Anyway, they don't need me to interfere."
"You have to make your own choice." Xuan Weizi turned to look at Tius: "Do you want to come with us?"
"Me? This..." Theus didn't like crawling into the dirty and smelly burrow of the goblin, but would rather stay in the tent.
Wolf licked his nostrils and said: "That guy Salemi preaches every day, talking about restoring the glorious history of loyal farmers who led by brave knights to knock down the wizard's tower."
"I'll go!" Theus immediately changed his face: "I've been looking forward to being an adventurer since I was a child! The dwarf hills occupied by barbarian wizards, the underground rifts occupied by beholders, and the wizard towers where giant dragons nest.
, all waiting for us to conquer!"
"Then it's settled. Anyway, everything in Dimensional's pocket is complete, let's just hit the road." Xuan Weizi used the method of controlling objects in the direction of the tent, and there was a sound of objects flying through the air, followed by a "bang" sound.
A suitcase-like dimensional bag flew through the air.
This was the first time that Theus had seen such an exaggerated telekinesis spell, and he asked nervously: "Are we leaving now? But I..."
Xuan Weizi snapped his fingers and said, "I have lifted your first and second level spell slot seals. If you perform well enough, I can lift more."
Wolf pointed to his double-edged giant ax and said to Theius: "I advise you not to have any evil thoughts, otherwise I will chop you into a stick and make you die of pain!"
"I know, I know." Theus first cast himself a "Endure the Environment". A mage without sufficient magic items would actually be greatly reduced in strength. A low-level mage might be hacked to death by an ordinary soldier.
At this time, Xuan Weizi turned to Akuma Matata and said, "Lead the way, let's go see what is occupying your lair."
"By the way, aren't you going to tell Salemi and Tar Valon about this?" Wolf asked.
Xuan Weizi glanced at Chai Dui Town and said, "They will do things on their own without waiting for me to express my position, so there is no need to report anything I do to them."
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"Excuse me, how can I get to the church chapel?" The young servant was dressed in a dusty coat, holding the horse's reins with one hand. His face was red from the cold wind, and his eyebrows were covered with white frost.
This is Lagen City, the largest town in the western part of the Golden Crown Wood Dominion. It is located on a transportation thoroughfare and is an important hub for the transfer of products from surrounding small settlements. Whether it is timber, furs, grains or various colonial specialties, they are all gathered here.
There are city walls mixed with rammed earth and stone. Since the natives rarely approach Lagen City, and there are only some refugee bandits at most, the city defense is relatively loose. Business travelers also like to come to this kind of place to do business. Compared with the most remote settlement villages and towns,
Or did the city make the colonists feel more at ease?
Similarly, in densely populated settlements, there will basically be a chapel of the Holy Lord, where residents can pray and bless. It is also an important place for treating injuries and diseases, and no one does not know its location.
Unfortunately, the last time the young guard and Sir Salemi stayed at the church in Lagen City, he only stayed for one night. He could not remember the location long ago, so he had to ask passers-by.
"Go straight to the end of the road and turn right and you will see it." A passerby glanced at the young guard and asked, "What? Are you injured or sick?"
"Oh! No, I'm here to find support from the church members!" The young attendant already felt that he was a part of the church.
"Then be careful, the church in Lagen City is not having a good time now." When the passers-by said this, they scanned the surroundings with vigilance.
"What happened?" The young guard remembered that the church in Lagen City was indeed not very prosperous, but it was not that hard to live in. Last time he drank two large bowls of cream soup there.
"What else can happen? The Red Earl wants to ban the church in Lagen City." A passerby said: "Young man, I think you are also a person with devout faith. Run away now before the trouble comes. If you are late, it will be too late.
Got it!"
"Red Earl? Is he the lord of Lagen City? What is going on? Hey, don't leave..." Before the young servant could figure out what was going on, the passerby wrapped his clothes tightly and turned away without saying a word.
Already.
The young guard was uncertain, so he had to lead the horse and follow the directions to the church chapel. However, it was deserted outside the chapel at this time, and no one even cleared the snow. This was completely against the rules.
Who doesn’t know that the clergy of the Holy Lord Church have the miraculous ability to cure injuries and illnesses? Every day there are patients who come to the church chapel. Even if there are no clergy who have the ability to master the miraculous, there is an endless stream of people who come to pray and bless them.
How could there be no one outside the chapel?
The young guard stepped forward and knocked on the door. After knocking several times, his fists hurting from hitting the thick wooden board. Only then did someone come to open the door and very carefully opened a small gap.
"The chapel is closed, go back!"
A word was uttered in the darkness, and just as the door was about to close, the young attendant shouted: "I am sent by Sir Salemi! Asking for the support of the church members!"
The person behind the door was silent for a while and said, "Wait a moment." Then the chapel door was firmly closed again.
The young guard looked around. The area near the chapel seemed to have become some kind of forbidden area. No one dared to approach. There were only a few pedestrians on the street in the distance. Occasionally, a few looked at him, as if they saw some unlucky ghost, and they avoided fear.
Less than.
After waiting for a long time, the door of the chapel reopened, and a thin old man with pale hair walked out. He was the bishop of the Legian City Church. He was wearing a simple white priest's robe and said: "You are a member of the Salemi Church."
Attendant? Come in quickly, the horses are tied outside the door."
After tying up their horses, the young guard hurriedly entered the chapel. What he saw was darkness, completely lacking the brilliance and brightness of the Holy Lord's chapel.
"What did Brother Salemi ask you to do?" the old bishop asked: "Did he encounter any problems in Chaihei Town?"
"The master has started to build a chapel in Chaidui Town, but due to the shortage of manpower, I hope that several believers from Lagen City can be sent to assist." The young guard glanced around and found that there were not as many clergy here as he had been before.
The old bishop also looked back and sighed: "You don't know, the Red Earl plans to ban the power of the church here, and many of us are injured."
"How could it be? Isn't he afraid of causing the church's counterattack by doing this?" The young attendant only found it incredible.
"The church... is probably unable to cope with it now." The old bishop seemed to have aged a lot: "You are very tired from the journey, so go and rest first. Kelden, take this parishioner to rest."
The old bishop sat on the bench and sighed, and the young retinue had no choice but to leave with the clergyman named Kelden.
The two came to the kitchen on one side. Kelden brought a cup of hot milk to the young guard and asked, "Why are you back? Is life in Chaihei Town difficult?"
"It's okay, mainly because the situation is complicated." The young subordinate also held back his words. Seeing that the other person was about the same age as himself, he confided heartily: "In addition to me and the master, there is also a group of people coming to Chaidui Town now.
He is a sage with a green ring, and the master seems to have some conflicts with him. Not long ago, I heard that a group of mages came to Chaidui Town. According to the master, they came to find some ancient ruins."
"Relics? You mean the ruins guarded by the indigenous people?" Kelden's eyes couldn't stop showing excitement.
"Well, it was originally discovered by hunters from Chaidui Town." The young subordinate was a little tired: "Actually, can't we all work in the fields and live a good life? We have to fight and kill for these things, how tiring it is."
"Yes, yes." Kelden nodded repeatedly and said, "Are you hungry? I'll get you some food. You can have a good rest here. If anything happens, the bishop will take care of it!"