dark moon

Chapter 823: Temptation (it’s not easy to break the chapter, so the two chapters are combined into one)

After a year, Shuer once again stepped into the gate of the Earth Temple. The huge stones in the square in front of the temple were still simple and vigorous, telling the vicissitudes of time.Bowing slightly in front of the stone symbolizing Lord Kaia, Shuuer passed by the stone. He could clearly feel the weight of the earth surrounding the stone, and it was like a heavy burden was placed on his shoulders as he passed by.

Climbing up the nine steps of 190, Judy in full dress has already been waiting in front of the temple. Today, Judy brought a full set of sacred objects. The holy robe is also a ceremonial costume. Just look at it from a distance. It makes people feel solemn and solemn involuntarily.When Xiu Er stepped onto the last step, Judy bowed slightly just like Xiu Er had done just now. The smile on her face was still elegant, but her elegance was already filled with solemnity and seriousness.

"Praise the mother of the earth, may the thick soil carry everything in the world forever." The two looked at each other. When Shuer saw Judy's attire, his pupils shrank slightly, and he offered his mortal blessing to the gods in a deep voice.Judy's attire speaks volumes. Once a cleric changes into ceremonial attire and comes into contact with other beings outside of ceremonies, it means that she officially represents the god she serves. Where she is, that is Wherever the gods are, what she says is what the gods say. Therefore, Shuer must treat both emotions and reasons with the etiquette of pilgrimage.

"Praise the lightless moon, may the dark moon stay in the night sky forever." Judy sighed softly and responded with the same solemn etiquette, because she also saw Xiuer's attire clearly, and the two seemed to have made an appointment. Likewise, Shuuer had the Guardian Hammer hanging on his waist and a tightly wrapped irregular disc on his back, which was undoubtedly the Aluminous Shield that had just been withdrawn.Yes, Shuer also took a full set of sacred objects belonging to him, but he did not wear ceremonial attire like Judy. However, this can also be easily explained. The battle priest is not the bishop's officiant, and his duties have nothing to do with the ceremony, so there is generally no ceremony. Used to dress up.

"Are you...preparing to declare war?" After the etiquette, Judy sighed again, the slyness and agility in the eyes of the past were gone, and the sharpness of a blade was faintly revealed in the calmness, "Or, are you ready to go to war directly?" ?”

Yes, in addition to representing the gods, Shuer's current attire can actually have another explanation. The presence of a full set of sacred objects means that he has the strongest combat power at this time. When he plans to be a priest, This image will also appear when fighting a fierce war, or directly fighting a powerful enemy, especially when not wearing ceremonial robes.

"Heh... I just don't have the right clothes." Xiure smiled reservedly, and was polite in every move, "Ms. Judy, don't worry."

"Haha, I really want to believe this statement." Judy shook her head, "When can you tell the truth?"

"That's a good question, I want to know too." Xiuer spread his hands and said with a half-smile, "However, do you dare to say that your current attire is just to show that you are welcoming me on behalf of the gods, and there is nothing about it. Do you mean to be on guard?"

Judy was silent, and after a moment she said helplessly: "We are not enemies, Shuer."

"Of course, of course we are not enemies." Xiuer's voice was calm, and the expression on his face was calmer than his voice. "Why do you think that I will regard you as an enemy?"

"Last night, my lord sent an oracle to me, specifically telling me to be careful today, saying that you are likely to turn hostile. If the person who said this is not my lord, I will never believe it, even if it is my lord. It’s hard for me to accept the oracle, but I didn’t expect...it’s actually true..." Judy’s smile was a little bitter, and she said disappointedly, "I really want to know, everything was fine yesterday, and everyone was talking happily. , what happened last night, and why did it suddenly become like this today."

"I see, no wonder, no wonder, as expected of Lady Earth Mother, no wonder she was so anxious to summon me and had anticipated my possible reaction." Shuer said thoughtfully, "However, Lord Judy, Mother Earth Isn’t the reason revealed to you in your lord’s oracle?”

"After revealing it, do I still need to ask you?" The revelation of true feelings lasted only a moment. In the blink of an eye, Judy had returned to the image of the elegant and noble archbishop in front of others, and even her tone returned to calmness, "I'm sorry, Mr. Seul, it's me. There are too many questions to ask, my Lord is waiting for you at the core of the temple, please come in."

"Huh?" Shuer was stunned, "Won't Lady Judy go in with me?"

"Are you relieved if I go in together?" Judy asked again, with a bit of sarcasm, "I told you, we are not enemies."

"Huh, why do you have to go to this point?"

Taking a deep look at Judy, Xiure knew that the good personal relationship established through many cooperations would probably end today. Even if there was no actual conflict today, the two parties would never be as close as before. .Shure must admit that Judy has been very good to him from the beginning. Both parties are mutually beneficial and get along very happily. Although he always jokingly calls this woman a female fox, this title itself represents a kind of intimacy and specialness. Even Lisa likes her very much. If possible, Shull really doesn't want to tear this friendship apart.

It's a pity that there is no other way. Destiny is often so boring. It seems that I have disappointed her too much. From her tone, you can clearly hear the meaning of breakup. Maybe from now on, everyone will just be the most ordinary colleagues. Bar.

What a joke, how is it possible.

"I also said, of course we are not enemies." Just like repeating the previous question and answer, Shuer said calmly, "If Lady Judy doesn't mind, how about I perform a magic trick for you?"

"Ok?"

Xiuer said nothing more, but took off the guardian hammer hanging from his waist, held the hammer handle tightly with both hands, suddenly winked at Judy, and exerted force on both arms.

With a "click", the extremely hard, sacred object in the name of protection was easily broken into two pieces like wood. Well, it's not a matter of the image. Fresh wood can be clearly seen at the fracture. Stubble, this is simply carved from wood.

Blinking, blinking, and blinking again, the corners of Judy's mouth couldn't stop twitching, and she stared at Soul with a gloomy face, waiting for him to continue the performance. She could conclude that the magic show was not over yet.

It is indeed not over, there is still the Aphotic Shield.

Xiure slowly took off the tightly wrapped sacred instrument from his back. As soon as he took it off, Judy realized something was wrong.This thing is obviously light in the hand, it can't be a thick Aphotic Shield, if you guessed correctly, it should be...

"Pfft", Xiuer stretched out his finger and poked the shield through the wrapped cloth. With a pop, half of his fingers were already submerged in the shield. Sure enough, it was made of paper. Xiuer actually used his finger to push it on. The package was dangling around and accidentally fell, and was actually blown away from the landing point by the wind.

"This magic is very interesting." Shuer bowed and said, "The Aphotic Shield has just been recovered. There is no time to make a fake one, so I can only make a temporary one with the same shape using paper, but the time is too tight. , I didn't even have time to color it, so I had to wrap it up, otherwise it would be seen through at a glance." "Wait, wait." Judy couldn't help it anymore, and put aside other questions first, "That's it. Say, the fake guardian hammer has been prepared a long time ago?"

"Of course, and there are more than one, porcelain, crystal, metal, various textures, there are six or seven in total, not just the guardian hammer, there are so many of all the holy weapons, and they have been hidden in the core of the temple. Our Lord Saint Behind the statue, I was influenced by the sacred power of my Lord day and night. In the end, let alone outsiders, even I couldn't tell the authenticity without holding it in my hands. I don't know when I got it wrong." Shuer said. As if giving a report at a celebration banquet, he said with pride, "Look, today, I accidentally picked up the wrong one. I originally wanted to pick up the metal one. If the one is broken, it can be melted together. No need." If we redo it, this wooden one won’t work.”

"Nonsense, the weights are all different." Judy felt a little dizzy, which was the result of the rapid rise in blood pressure. "How boring are you? What are these habits?"

"No way, as the saying goes in my hometown, only if you are fully prepared can you not be troubled by accidents, so I always like to prepare in advance, maybe I can use it when." Shuer played with the broken wooden handle, He said with a half-smile, "Just like it is now."

"Is this your test?" Judy asked with a cold face.

"Oh, your question is very strange, Lady Judy." Xiure's face also darkened, and he said in a cold voice, "You don't want me to believe that you performed this for me when we met. The play should not be a test on your part but an expression of your true feelings."

Two stern gazes met in the air, and the cold gazes were like sharp swords, colliding with invisible sparks, and like sharp arrows, piercing straight into the opponent's heart, making all the opponent's secrets invisible.

Their eyes met for a long time, and the two of them looked at each other for a long time. Suddenly, like spring returning to the earth, smiles bloomed on their faces at the same time. With the appearance of the smile, the heavy pressure surrounding the two people was swept away. The atmosphere returned to its usual harmony. The cunning, clever and calculating Judy was back, and the deep-minded and scheming Shuer was also back.

"Hey, it's so boring." The two of them curled their lips at the same time, and the two voices said the same content. Even after long-term rehearsals, I'm afraid they can't guarantee such synchronization.

"We are not enemies."

"We are definitely not enemies, at least not yet."

"As long as you know."

"Of course I know, even if I don't know, didn't you still use this unique method to remind me?" Shuer said meaningfully, "You are really more economical than me. You also add a warning while testing, can you A task that is completed in one go will never be divided into two. I just wonder if your doing so will go against Lord Kaia’s original intention?”

"This is the Earth Temple, and the person standing in front of you is the Archbishop of the Earth Temple, the mortal spokesperson of Mother Earth." Judy covered her mouth and sneered disdainfully, "It is really necessary to ask such a stupid question. Exit?"

"Ha, I understand." Xiuer took a long breath, but couldn't help curling his lips and said self-deprecatingly, "It seems that I really made the stupidest mistake."

"What a coincidence, my Lord thinks so too."

"Huh?" Xiu Er was taken aback, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Master Kaiya?"

"Xuer, although I don't know what happened between you and my lord, I am not joking. We are not enemies." Judy put away her joking expression and said seriously, "my lord thinks I am not suitable." I know, so I didn’t ask, but my Lord didn’t deliberately hide it. The reason why she summoned you this time is because of you..."

"Stop, that's it." Xiure raised his hand to stop, "I know, I was too careful, so I judged some things wrong, but it won't have any impact, Lord Kaia must also know, so They waited until today to summon me. If there are really any critical issues, then I don’t think I have to wait until yesterday. As soon as I return to Parvatiga, I will be grabbed by Lord Kaiya and scolded."

"It seems that you really understand." Judy stared at Xiure for a long time again, then smiled reassuringly, nodded and said, "Then you can go in, my Lord will be waiting for you at the center of the temple."

"Lady Judy, won't you go in with me?"

"Will you feel relieved if I go in together?" The exact same answer, but in a different atmosphere, it sounds completely opposite. Judy's eyes flowed, sliding over Xiuer's face, and the corners of her raised mouth showed With an indescribable charm, "The reason a secret is a secret is precisely because it is not known to other people. Once it is known to anyone else, it cannot be called a secret. Does it sound familiar? Really Coincidentally, this proverb also came from your hometown. I don’t intend to be the one to destroy the secret, so, Lord Shuer, please go there on your own."

"Tsk tsk." This female fox was really troublesome. Xiuer rolled his eyes secretly and didn't bother to have a verbal confrontation with her anymore. He simply turned around and walked away. However, after taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped again. After coming down, Xiuer didn't look back this time. He turned his back to Judy and asked, "If... it wasn't a test just now, if it really comes to that step, Judy, what will you do?"

"This body has been dedicated to my Lord. The Lord's will is my will." Judy did not answer, and Xiuer did not intend to wait for her answer. After asking this question, he continued to walk forward and had already walked some distance. Then Judy's faint voice came from behind, "As a fellow priest, aren't you like this?"

"What a coincidence, me too." He murmured in a low voice, and the unexpected answer made Xiure smile. It didn't matter whether Judy heard the murmured answer, Xiure turned his back to Zhu Di waved her hand and laughed softly, "Thank you for today. Prepare the Blue Bell tea for me. I will definitely cheat you out of it when you come out. Well, so prepare more."

"roll."

(End of this chapter)