Chapter 324 Artifact: Viper's Kiss

When Rhodey just returned to Sola sentry today, Hanks and the intelligence he reported were not so serious.

Eftar's taxation is bad, which has caused the territory to fall into financial difficulties-and the nobles treat each other with cold eyes, and even like to hear about it... They all know that the Duke of Angmar's health can't last long. If he dies, I'm afraid this family will be completely finished...

At that time, regardless of whether Sally, the only heir of the family, can barely maintain the bloodline, it is absolutely certain that the territory resources will be "looted" by these nobles.

And how to get the most benefits is what these nobles are thinking at this time. These guys are like sharks smelling blood, and they are always very sensitive to profitable things. Faced with such a situation Temptation, these aristocrats who were originally not united, or even had little intersection, were even willing to stand on the same front... and unanimously pointed their guns at Angmar.

Regarding this situation, Rody already had an alternative plan: he planned to contact the Duke of Angmar directly, and ask the old man to make an official "announcement", announcing the fact that "Rody is back" to all the nobles in the territory , Trying his best to publicize his powerful image of killing Bellom, so as to quickly deter these nobles with bad intentions.

After all, Rody had other things to do, he didn't want to waste time cleaning up the nobles one by one, so he frightened a group and tried a few with the Duke's order, which was enough to stabilize the territory in a short time—— He is very clear that it is impossible to completely solve such a problem.

However, when Soderol brought the news that "Palling was attacked", Roddy knew... this matter might not be good.

Because... they crossed the line.

The silent Rody squinted his eyes and thought about the content behind this message, but Nata, the wood elf who grew up in Elsa Village, was obviously impatient. She took a step forward and asked in a cold voice: "Ai Is Ersa Village really okay?".

"The news report did not say that the village was attacked or injured or injured, but that someone was trying to track the team that entered the Silent Whispering Forest," Sodlor knew what Nata was worried about, glanced at the pensive Roddy, and explained: "We are staying in The team there is enough to deal with the armed forces of less than a hundred people, and ordinary thieves or bandits can't pose a threat at all."

That being said, Nata couldn't calm down at all in her heart. Her relaxed fingers had already tightly grasped the longbow, and she wished she could fly back to the Silent Whispering Forest immediately.

The atmosphere was silent for a while, but Rody, who hadn't spoken yet, suddenly raised his head and said, "Now go and inform the team that the plan has changed. I'll write a letter to the Duke, and then...the team will leave tomorrow."

"Anyone who dares to mess with us will directly settle accounts with them.

"

Such Yu Jian's decision made the other two unable to respond for a while, and each stood there in a daze. Rody turned his eyes to Nata, and seeing her lips tightly holding the longbow, he put his hand on her shoulder and patted her. She clapped her hands and said softly: "Worrying is not the answer, don't worry, I won't delay for a second what should be done."

Roddy's hand seemed to have magical powers, causing Nata's body to stiffen suddenly, but then immediately relaxed - there was an inexplicable warmth flowing in her heart, the coldness in Nata's eyes gradually dissipated, and the eyelids drooped, Then nodded, no longer speak.

Nata, who was an orphan since she was a child, seldom experienced the feeling of being so "cared for" by others. When other wood elves were bullied, they would have parents to rely on, but Nata has always been alone since she was sensible. Setbacks are endured alone, so her character is extremely stubborn, and she wants to solve everything by herself

But at that moment, her first thought was not how to persuade Rody to protect her people, but she was worried about a question: If Rody didn't ask, would she secretly leave the team and go back alone?

Looking back now, she felt ashamed for having such an idea. But what followed was the kind of "peace of mind" that she had never experienced before—with the support of Roddy, she found that her mood was always relaxed, and even sleeping at night was no longer as difficult as before. up.

"Okay, go back and rest first, get a good night's sleep, and leave tomorrow morning."

Rody originally wanted to discuss the "job change" with Nata, but she obviously couldn't think about these issues now, so Rody stopped talking, and let the two go back to his bedroom to rest, while he came to the desk , took out the parchment, and began to write a letter to Angmar...

"To deal with greedy people, after all, only the most primitive way can solve the problem."

While Rody was thinking about how to deal with the nobles in Efta, a mysterious ceremony was quietly going on in a valley at the southwestern end of the kingdom.

It is only about 400 miles away from the royal city of Ignaz, and only 300 miles away from the core "Holy Temple" of the "Rose Cross". As far as Viper Cross is concerned, it is not safe at all.

However, Leonards Canyon is remote and sparsely populated. Since the unification of the Karen Kingdom, there have been three lords here, and these unlucky ones have all moved to other places in despair because the land has no value. Today's "Leonards Canyon" has completely become a "no man's land", and the central area is even more uninhabited.

Wang Cheng is not interested in exploring this place. Even if the "Rose Cross" wipes out the heretics, it will not be able to wipe out this kind of place, so no one knows the existence of this hidden valley.

And in the depths of this labyrinth-like and complex canyon, a huge circular altar is slowly emitting soft light.

More than a dozen clergymen in black robes were chanting incantations in a low voice. In the center of the altar with a diameter of more than 20 meters in front of them was a black lacquered stone tablet with an uneven appearance. And around it, there are more than thirty magic crystals shining with crystal luster. Their size is huge, and their value far exceeds those "treasures" that can be seen in auction houses on the market.

These magic crystals obviously belong to high-level or even top-level monsters, and if it is more specific, the former owners of these magic crystals are all "snake" monsters.

The sacrifice had been going on for an hour, but the shadow priests in black robes were not the slightest bit tired. Instead, there was enthusiasm and excitement in their eyes: they could all see that on the prismatic stone tablet in the center of the altar, There appeared some phantoms floating like pythons entangled.

"Om—"

As the spell became higher and higher, the vague and entangled snake shadow seemed to become clearer, and the originally solid stone tablet seemed to have some cracks as the snake shadow swayed. It looked like a group of colorful snakes It was as if the snake wanted to break through the protection of this stele.

However, after the spell continued for half an hour, the snake shadows did not make any progress—the black-robed mages stopped casting spells, panting and looking at the rock-solid stele, with tired faces.

Among them, an old man whose leader looked like sighed, waved his hand and said, "Continue tomorrow."

His words were orders, and the rest of the people immediately bowed in respect and saluted, and then silently withdrew from the range of the altar—after everyone had left, the old man looked at the altar covered with magic crystals. , shook his head and sighed: "It's still a bit short... If Kevin can succeed, maybe the staff has already been awakened."

Rody, who is thousands of miles away, would not know that the mercenary leader and "Executioner" Kevin he killed in the Silent Whispering Forest, would be the favorite student trained by the Cardinal of the "Snake Cross"

"Lord Goethe, news from Brill Forest."

A black-robed mage came to report the battle situation. In front of the cardinal, all the members of Viper Cross bowed their heads deeply, not even daring to meet the old man's eyes.

"The Rose Cross team currently has the advantage. They are dismantling the team we have deployed layer by layer. According to the estimated speed, maybe in another month, they will clean up the chess pieces outside the forest."

"This is faster than expected, is there a high-level magician leading the team?"

Goethe looked at the center of the altar, looking a little absent-minded.

"My lord, the front line said that there seems to be a strong team led by a priest, and some teams that were able to stop them were defeated by them - that priest has a nickname, 'White Scythe,..."

"Oh, young people always like to have such exaggerated nicknames."

The old man waved his hand, "These arrogant young people... It doesn't matter if you let them dance around for a few days, the end result is the same anyway."

"Yes, my lord."

The other party led away, leaving Goethe alone in front of the altar, thinking about the current plan of "Viper Cross".

The outside world does not know that the "Viper Cross" at this time did not use all its resources to confront the "Rose Cross". The real goal is the obelisk in front of Goethe...

This is a "big gamble" promoted by the pope-they want to use the power of the snake-like magic crystal to awaken the "Viper's Kiss" staff left by the first pope at the beginning of the sect's founding, and use The power of this artifact to restore the sect's influence and change the pattern of religion in this country

And the "Viper's Kiss", known as the "artifact", is now in the stone tablet in front of Goethe... To open it, you must use the power of the snake-like magic crystal to break through the restriction outside the stone tablet.

This step is a test for the artifact owner: if you don’t even have the ability to break the shield, it means that everyone is not qualified to use this “artifact”—obviously, Goethe and others, who have been working hard for several weeks, have not been able to. Breaking through the restrictions brought about by this, even exhausted the mages for this.

The fineness and quality of the magic crystal determine the difficulty of breaking through the restriction, so Goethe never forgot about Kevin's death—if he could have brought the crystal of Sakya, the Snake King, the sect would not have to sacrifice so many believers for the awakening method. Stick to buy more time...

"Who killed Kevin?"

Whenever he was free, Goethe would always feel sorry for the death of his apprentice—but what followed was some hidden cruelty...

"No matter who it is, it will eventually pay the price."