Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 231 Special Meeting Gift
"Sir, what should we do next?" asked the deacon.

This was his first time encountering such a horrific attack, and it involved an evil wizard who was the mortal enemy of the church. He was completely unable to calm down and think, and his expression looked extremely panicked.

"The enemy's magical weapon, used to set up the anti-magic field, has a very wide coverage area. We must leave this area as soon as possible and find a secluded place sheltered from the wind. This will allow me to temporarily recover from the backlash of the divine spell. If the attacking spellcaster is the only one, the shapeshifter, I am confident I can fight him..."

The priest made a cautious decision and said, "No need to go to Jackdaw Town. Once I recover, I'll turn around and return to Grizzly Castle to seek support from the church branch there."

"Aren't you going to Jackdaw Town? We have our church there too. The journey back to Grizzly Castle from here is much longer than going to Jackdaw Town."

The priest shook his head and said, "We can't go... The attack was too coincidental. Doesn't this just prove that the Federation is secretly monitoring this area? There's definitely a shocking conspiracy. The small church we built in Jackdaw Town is only guarded by two or three low-level priests and pastors. They've probably been controlled by these spellcasters long ago..."

"You are right. This is the first time I have experienced such a dangerous situation. If it were not for you..." The deacon was stunned halfway through his words, his eyes staring straight at the woods beside the side road.

The middle-aged priest's heart sank suddenly, and he turned around to look.

A figure in a black wizard's robe slowly walked out of the dark woods. The wizard's hood perfectly concealed the person's face in the darkness. Judging from her slender figure, she seemed to be a woman.

She raised one hand, revealing a round crystal ball in her palm. The light around her suddenly seemed to become much brighter. Above the head of this mysterious wizard, who seemed to be a woman, a dazzling reflection of the starry sky suddenly appeared.

"Blasphemer! Evil wizard!" The priest's face turned pale and he cursed with gritted teeth.

"Evil?" The mysterious wizard spoke, her voice truly exceptionally soft and beautiful, though her tone was cold and emotionless. "Unprovokedly attacking and killing law-abiding spellcasters, secretly molesting young children for pleasure, colluding with the nobility to extort the wealth of devout believers... Who is truly evil?"

The young deacon couldn't help but shout in a trembling voice, "What nonsense! Those research mages who frequently conduct blasphemous and twisted experiments deserve the just punishment of the Church! And... and those children, they are all orphans without parents, or from poor backgrounds. If the Church hadn't taken them in, they would have starved to death on the streets! The believers, the offerings they make are voluntary and come from the heart. There is no such thing as collusion with the nobility!"

The female mage scoffed and said calmly, "That brainwashing trick you guys use is indeed quite effective. Not only can it deceive the ignorant civilians, it can even hypnotize your own people."

She raised the crystal ball in her hand and said, "Since you are so convinced of what you have done, why don't I send you to the heavenly kingdom of the God of Light?"

Before she finished her words, the reflection of the bright stars above her head immediately burst into light, and the flares scattered by the stars reflected colorful light prisms, shooting straight towards the priests and deacons not far away.

The young deacon was stunned by the dazzling light and stood there motionless. The middle-aged priest suddenly pushed his shoulder and pushed him towards the incoming beams of light, while he himself bent down and rolled to avoid them in a panic.

In a flash, an arm with half of its shoulder blade fell to the ground, and blood gushed out from the huge wound on the deacon's shoulder. The tearing pain took several seconds to spread from the wound, making his eyes go black and he almost lost consciousness. However, he could no longer maintain his balance and fell heavily to the ground, rolling and wailing.

The high-ranking priest who was in the anti-forbidden magic area could not use any divine power. Even if he asked the young deacon to block the opponent's attack for him, there was no way to delay and buy time to escape.

The middle-aged priest looked palely at the deacon who had lost his arm and was lying on the ground, gradually losing his breath. He tremblingly pulled out a golden seal from his arms and roared in despair, "I am a high-ranking priest who has come to Saint Valen to investigate under the order of the Cardinal! I come from Goris, the City of Grace! Kill me, are you trying to restart the all-out civil war between the Union and the Church?"

The female spellcaster sneered, and without waiting for the priest lying on the ground to say anything, she waved her hand and sprinkled out a gauze-like light mist. As soon as the light mist left her hand, it immediately shattered into several glass-like chips, which instantly passed across the middle-aged priest's neck.

There was a dull thud, the sound of a head hitting the ground.

……

"Astrologer" Melissa Peña used her magician's hand to drag two church priests who had lost their lives back to the temporary camp on the side of the road.

The wizard's companion who had transformed into a werewolf had just finished a bloody massacre in the camp.

"Jin, I'm not complaining, but if you do this... it will be very troublesome for us to clean up the scene." Melissa frowned and looked at the messy camp, and couldn't help rolling her eyes.

The werewolf mage's bones crackled, and he quickly transformed from a massive beast three or four meters tall into a gentle, thin young man. It was none other than Melissa's classmate and close friend, "Eye of Illusion" Kim Gavin. Stretching his body, sore and swollen from the transformation, Kim chuckled, "What's the trouble..."

He then squatted down, pressed his palms against the bloody ground, and silently chanted a spell. Soon the ground around him began to shake violently, and the soil suddenly rolled over and sank, burying the entire camp along with the bodies of more than a dozen church inquisitors and priests.

Jin clapped his hands, stood up, and shrugged, saying, "Don't look down on me. You're just the same. Even across the forest, I can see you performing your astrological magic. You're truly the brightest light in the dark night!"

He raised his foot and rubbed the dirt ground, which still smelled strongly of blood, and said embarrassedly, "It doesn't seem appropriate to bury it. The smell is a bit too strong... This is right next to the official road, and people often stay overnight."

Melissa resisted the urge to roll her eyes again, looked up at the gray sky, and said to herself, "It shouldn't be a big deal. There's going to be a heavy rain in an hour, and it'll wash away everything, leaving no trace at all."

Jin was stunned for a moment, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "You astrologers..."

Since the humanoid weather forecaster believed that there would be heavy rain, the two decided not to stay any longer and directly used flying magic to soar into the air, heading towards Jackdaw Town, which was dozens of miles away.

……

"By doing this, we should be able to help Mr. Kel'Thuzad and solve a big problem, right?" Jin, who was flying, couldn't help but turn his head and ask his friend.

"Well...from the perspective of identity exposure, it is indeed a problem. After all, once the paper was published, it caused great dissatisfaction and opposition from the church. They repeatedly asked the Federation to disclose the identity of the author." Melissa pondered for a moment.

"Besides, we didn't do this on purpose; we just happened to encounter them. If we hadn't carried the anti-magic device Benoit gave us, we wouldn't have been able to take care of these guys so easily. Among them is a high-ranking bloodline knight and a battle priest!"

It was an unexpected coincidence that these two high-level spellcasters, who were in the Principality of Pharos some time ago, were forced to seek help and shelter from the forum observer Neumann during the dangerous operation to rescue their teacher.

They owed such a huge favor, but the other party did not immediately ask them to repay the favor and the price, which really made the three of them toss and turn and unable to sleep at night.

Fortunately, this fear did not last long, and soon the Spellcaster Forum broke a shocking news - the mysterious organization that founded the forum actually signed a cooperation agreement with the Spellcaster Union, and directly selected the talented spellcaster named Kel'Thuzad in the forum as the forum's cooperative agent in the southern border.

Afterwards, Observer Mr. Neumann also found the "Astrologer", "Eye of Illusion" and "Mithril Unicorn" separately, and assigned them a task that made them a little confused - to go to the Principality of Saint Valen thousands of miles away, and arrive at a border town called Jackdaw Town on the border of the Divine Spine Mountains in the country to meet with Mr. Kel'Thuzad, the agent of the forum.

Benoit Kevin, an alchemist codenamed "Mithril Unicorn", chose to stay in his own manor in Faros. After all, although their teacher Duncan was successfully rescued, he is now in a severely disabled state with broken limbs and needs someone to take care of him at all times and be responsible for subsequent treatment. Benoit, who is good at preparing alchemical potions, is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate.

The task of going to Saint Varen to meet Kel'Thuzad naturally fell on "Astrologer" Melissa and "Eye of Illusion" Kim Gavin.

As a result, on their way here, the two happened to run into this sneaky group of people composed of the church's inquisitors and priests. Using Melissa's best astrological prophecies and parasitic magic, they overheard the news that the other party was going to harm Kel'Thuzad. They immediately decided to kill them by a surprise attack.

"I never thought that the corrupt officials within the Union would reveal Mr. Kel'Thuzad's true identity to the Church, causing him trouble with the Divine Punishment Faction. These fence-sitters and traitors in the spellcasting world are truly despicable!"

Jin chuckled and said, "Gorris is thousands of miles away. By the time they discover these people are missing, it will likely be several months. By then, the Union will have already fallen out with the Church and no one will be willing to trouble Mr. Kel'Thuzad."

They also tried hard to cover up the crime scene and did not let go of any survivors who might escape and tip off the crime. This was considered a very appropriate handling of the matter.

"I wonder if Mr. Kel'Thuzad is actually a very easy person to get along with in real life. After all, he's a forum agent. Although we're both high-level spellcasters, we still have to treat him with due respect." Melissa, knowing her best friend's casual nature, couldn't help but remind him, "Mr. Observer will definitely give us new tasks later. Regarding forum matters, we should prioritize Mr. Kel'Thuzad's opinions and avoid acting on our own like we did today."

Jin nodded and smiled, "Don't worry! I understand the relationship. Dealing with these troublemakers for him is our gift to him, isn't it?"

(End of this chapter)