Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 253 Introducing the Wolf
The wicked lord who pretended to be his fiancée followed two bodyguards of the Bofu sect and walked slowly to the outside of the imperial capital.

To Xia Houyan's surprise, even though the three of them were dressed in black robes and were very conspicuous once they left the red light district, the two cult bodyguards found a road in the cobweb-strewn streets of the imperial capital. Less traveled trails out of town:

Along the way, not to mention the piercing eyes of passers-by, the three of them walked through the narrow alleys without even encountering a wild dog.

Xia Houyan knew that these two people must be people from the old imperial capital who have been here for a long time - if it were an outsider who moved in halfway, it would be impossible for him to be so familiar with the roads of the imperial capital, let alone find such a road from the imperial capital. A safe route out of the center of the imperial capital.

Out of uncontrollable curiosity, Xia Houyan tried to communicate with the two bodyguards on the road.

Facts have proved that the hyacinth flowers on Lord Frost Maple Ridge's shoulders, and his voice, which was pirated by Isa, perfectly fooled the two bodyguards of the Bomb Sect. Sir, he also confidently confessed all the problems of Xibei's boss.

Xia Houyan's first big discovery was that these two cult thugs were actually girls.

——When he heard the shrill voices of these two black-robed men just now, the senior official Xiahou was actually a little suspicious, but he was still slightly shocked by the personal confirmation from the other party.

Perhaps it was because Isa Sandria was a daughter herself and had a natural vigilance towards men, so the two bodyguards she chose for herself were born in the imperial capital and raised by the Bobu sect. A pair of twin sisters - this pair of cult sisters, code names in the sect are "Bai Shuang" and "Xuan Bing" respectively.

Xia Houyan thinks the name is okay, but it looks a bit like a computer radiator.

The only regret is that, due to the cloak of the voluminous silent robe, the lord can't see the appearance and figure of these two girls at all, but just listening to their voices, they seem to be the kind of people who are difficult to get along with-even in the face of "" Boss", in the tone of the cult sisters, there is still a hint of indifference:

It's not intentional, it's purely a way of speaking in normal times, and it's a natural thing to get used to.

Xia Houyan tentatively mentioned "self", that is, Isa Sandria's personal information.

As a result, he found that although Isa frankly let the cult sisters serve as her bodyguards, she still did not share all her secrets with them:

Counting from the time Isa Sandria arrived in the imperial capital, "Bai Shuang" and "Xuan Bing" have been escorting her for almost two or three years, but she still doesn't know that the true identity of this mourner of the sect is the famous The countess of the stigmata of the dry imperial capital;

Even from the perspectives of "Bai Shuang" and "Xuan Bing", they only knew that the Mourner was a woman like themselves, and they didn't know anything else, even which of Yisha's constantly changing voices was Really, they couldn't tell the difference.

In other words, even in the face of her closest relatives, Isa Sandria has maintained sufficient vigilance.

Xia Houyan can actually understand this femme fatale:

The public identity is the courtesan of the imperial capital and the countess of the stigmata, but the secret identity is the leader of the cult——Isa Sandria, who has two diametrically opposed identities, seems to be participating in the most dangerous game of death. It is beyond redemption.

"Why did you make yourself like this..." Lord Shuangfengling muttered to himself, without the two bodyguards hearing.

And Xia Houyan's second discovery is that Chairman Xia Duoer seems to be really not lying:
"Bai Shuang" and "Xuan Bing" are indeed the necromancer magicians mentioned by the president of the chamber of commerce, and they are both intermediate magicians of the third level at present - exactly the same as a certain ineffective lord.

Innate element affinity is like genes, twins will definitely share - there have been many twins and even triplets of magicians in the history of the mainland;
It's not too unusual for the Bofu Sect to recruit a pair of sisters with magical talents;
What is really paradoxical is, how did the two magicians use the rune sword to block the lord's working-class iron rod?
And after a lot of troublesome routines, Xia Houyan learned the truth from "Bai Shuang":

The two sisters are indeed magicians;
But they are not ordinary magicians;
They are melee mages!
The so-called "melee mage" is not referring to the scum of the magic world like Xiahou officials who can't learn magic and have to swing people with sticks, but serious ones who use magic to enhance their melee capabilities and mainly fight with melee weapons Mage genre!
In the wild generation far away in Haven Continent, many magicians would carry swords when they explored:

This is not just about being handsome. In the ancient times when followers and guards were extremely scarce, and magicians often had to roll up their sleeves to fight hand-to-hand with monsters, sword fighting has always been a compulsory course for magicians—and like "Hoarfrost" and A magician like "Xuan Bing" who purely focuses on melee combat and tries to prove that "my lord, the times have not changed" has gained a powerful title in history:

Magic Swordsman!
The reason why "White Frost" was able to fend off the Lord Lord's attack with a single sword was not because of how explosive her delicate body was, or because her martial arts talent was enough to rival Alice Comstock's, it was purely because She temporarily enhanced her physique with necromantic magic!
Even the ice-blue death rune on the spine of the long sword in her hand is not a flashy decoration, but a serious spell enchantment used to increase the strength of the weapon!

Of course, there are very few melee magic swordsmen like "Bai Shuang" and "Xuan Bing" in recent years:
For one thing, not all magic powers of the magic department are suitable for melee combat: except for the ghost magic power of necromancer magic, which can temporarily invade and change the human body, only wind magic power is suitable for enhancing the human body's melee combat capabilities. Famous magic swordsmen are basically wind magic swordsmen known for their speed;

Secondly, it would be too wasteful to use magicians for melee combat!

A magic swordsman, even if he brushes himself with 99 layers of buffs, it is not his true strength and cannot be maintained for a long time. After the magic power fades, the actual combat ability of a magic swordsman is impossible to compare with that of a magic swordsman. A full-time warrior—the profession of "magic swordsman" is essentially a historical problem left over from the ancient times that magicians could not find guards, so those who were capable worked harder and took multiple roles;

With the development of various civilizations on the mainland, the profession of magicians has also seen a division of labor and refinement like Adam Smith's needle makers. At present, whether it is the cultivation of the school city or the deployment of the army, magicians are all based on remote output. main:

There are so many knights, warriors and swordsmen around, do you, a mage, want to fight with people at close range?

——Forget it, you!

Xia Houyan estimated that it was because the necromantic magic of the "Thin Burial Sect" was a taboo that could not be easily shown to others, so the pair of mage sisters gave up the easy-to-disguise long-range magic and changed to the ancient school of magic swordsman:
In the case of secretly using magic to amplify themselves, and then fighting with swords, it is not an expert who really can't see that they are taboo magicians-"Bai Shuang" and "Xuan Bing" abandon long-range and choose melee combat, which is to protect the secrecy of the thin burial sect Great sacrifices were made.

But Xia Houyan didn't bother to care whether these two chicks were magic swordsmen or orthodox magicians.

In his concept, the important thing is that as long as the Bobuy Sect can be won over into the family power, wouldn't "Bai Shuang" and "Xuan Bing", who are members of the sect, also be allowed to command by him?

Hehe... a pair of magic swordsman sisters...hehe...

A certain unscrupulous lord picked up the corner of the hood of Moke's robe, and wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth vigorously.

Bai Shuang and Xuan Bing didn't know what their "Lord Mourner" was planning. They dutifully led Xiahou's officials out of the west gate of the imperial capital, across a hill overgrown with weeds, and then in the center of a low-lying valley. , found an abandoned chapel surrounded by crumbling stone bricks and vines.

Due to the dense forest nearby, this place is very hidden, and it is difficult to find it by wandering around without a guide.

Seeing the two bodyguards walking towards the chapel, the official Xiahou knew that this was probably the "headquarters" of the Bobuan sect in the imperial capital.

——Thinking that even President Shador, the dean of the sect in charge of the daily affairs of the imperial capital, did not know the specific location of the headquarters of the cult, Xia Houyan suddenly became curious about this dilapidated small church.

The two bodyguard girls led the fake mourner all the way to the door of the small stone church.

Just when Xia Houyan thought they were going to open the crumbling wooden door of the church, Bai Shuang took a step diagonally, reached out and pressed on the gargoyle sculpture beside the church door, singing loudly:
"Conqueror of death, restrainer of soul, explorer of the nether world, your humble student, your eternal disciple, your faithful servant, seek your protection here--open for me, door of the afterlife, I am here to recite your adage that has been passed down through the ages—"

"One thing to say, Simon Adrian is a handsome guy!"

——Lord Lord rolled his eyes, mouth-to-mouth, and read together with Bai Shuang, who raised his hands high.

Amidst the low friction sound, the gargoyle sculpture was slowly moved aside by the magic mechanism, revealing the door leaf embedded in the stone outer wall of the church behind it.

After reading the opening prayer, Bai Shuang still maintained the respectful posture of "dedicating his heart to the Bobuan Sect", which seemed ridiculous to Xia Houyan.

"I really want to know what kind of person that Master Simon Adrian is, who can make Master Jimmy Davis so obsessed that even the door-opening spell has been used to this day..." Xuan Bing issued beside Xia Houyan A sigh of emotion.

Xia Houyan said in his heart that he could not forget it, he cheated him of fifty silver coins...

After the gargoyle sculpture was completely displaced, Bai Shuang reached out and pushed open the door leaf, revealing a downward staircase passage——when the door leaf opened, the lighting crystals on the slippery stone wall of the passageway were lit up by the hidden magic circle. Illuminate the stone stairs going down one step at a time.

The lord of Frost Maple Ridge has long been familiar with taboo magic and cults who love to live underground and are extremely similar to mole-like lifestyles—he followed Bai Shuang with ease and walked into the secret passage of the church.

However, the headquarters of the imperial capital of the Thin Burial Sect is not hidden underground like Simon Adrian’s magic laboratory. The group of three people just walked down the stone steps for a short while, then turned and walked in. In the hall of the headquarters of the Thin Burial Sect.

Xia Houyan was a little shocked by the scene in front of him.

——This is not because of how huge the headquarters of the Death Cult is, or how gorgeous the decoration is, but because its design is too delicate:

The headquarters of the Thin Burial Sect, located directly under the abandoned church, is completely mirror-symmetrical to the church on the surface:
The rows of seats of the church on the surface were all hung upside down on the dome in this underground space, and the floor under Xia Houyan’s feet was painted with a ceiling painting unique to the ceiling of the Church of the Holy Spirit—even the church The towering flower windows with the images of gods painted on the wall are also reproduced in this underground headquarters, but they are all upside down. At a glance, it seems that the orthodox gods in the windows are hung upside down on the street lamps .

There is no doubt that this is also a church, but it is just a mirror transposition of the Church of the Holy Spirit on the ground, and it is its reflection in the world of the afterlife——

—a church for death alone, for the dead alone.

When Xia Houyan and his party walked into this anti-church, there were several haggard burial believers in black robes sitting cross-legged on the ground, staring blankly at the upside-down pews and pulpit in the sky;
Even if the "mourners" came to the hall, the group of corpse-like sitting people did not make any movement or reaction.

In the palms of their outstretched palms, Xia Houyan saw a handful of dark purple powder, glittering and translucent under the blue ghostly light.

Xia Houyan realized that it was the so-called "shadow dust", a psychotropic drug that was widely circulated among cultists in the Eastern Realm.

Bai Shuang and Xuan Bing seemed to be familiar with this scene.They led the fake mourners through the addicts in the hall, and then opened a door at the end of the anti-church for Xia Houyan, revealing a room similar to a study.

"Please take a rest here first. The list of believers is in the secret library on the second basement floor. Xuan Bing and I will get it for you." Bai Shuang faced Xia Houyan and bowed respectfully.

"Go, go..." Xia Houyan swaggered into the study, waving his sleeves casually.

After Bai Shuang nodded and apologized, she reached out to cover the door for "Boss", and the sound of her footsteps gradually faded away with Xuan Bing.

Xia Houyan looked at the underground study he was in with great interest.

He preliminarily judged that this should be Miss Isa Sandria's special office in the Bomber Sect, because there is a bottle of delicate roses on the desk in the study room, with a pleasant fragrance and a very familiar feeling.

Then, he found that beside the vase, leaning against a small doll made of hay.

He reached out to pick up the doll and put it in front of his eyes, trying to see the face of the hay doll.

In the end, a foolish Lord of Frost Maple Ridge and a hand-painted cartoon version of the Lord of Frost Maple Mountain, the bastard looked at Mung Bean and looked at each other speechlessly.

(End of this chapter)