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He didn't know what kind of relationship Old Hawke and Kelu had in the Drunkard Tavern that would make them willing to help their wizard apprentices, but one thing was certain!

Such a secret passage leading directly to the outside of the city could not have been built specifically for them!

In other words, Old Hawke was most likely a spy planted by the Wizarding Land in Nordland, and Loud, who could help them sail out to sea, was undoubtedly a more important person.

Lin En could imagine how many wizards had entered the Sekas Empire through this waterway over the years, and how many large ships loaded with materials had departed from the port of Nordland and arrived at the Wizard City...

In comparison, arresting these wizard apprentices was insignificant at all. It was just a side deal to appease the Duke of Nordland. This might be the reason why they were constantly hunted by the Holy See in the outside world, but were safe and sound after entering the town of Ur!

With Lynn's reminder, Johnny immediately understood this and his expression suddenly changed.

In this case, the Vatican may have already known their movements, but has been holding back, waiting for them to take action and then catching them all in one fell swoop.

Thinking of this, Johnny felt a chill down his spine. At this moment, they were like birds that had stepped into a trap, waiting for the hunter to raise his knife.

Johnny pursed his lips and remained silent for a long time, but he could not think of a way to break the deadlock.

"So what do we do?"

After asking this question, the girl did not expect any answer from Lin En. In this situation of being trapped both internally and externally, she was almost in despair.

How can a group of apprentices who can't even trust each other escape from the cage carefully woven by the Holy See?

However, Lynn spoke up.

"It's simple...wait!"

"Wait?" Lynn's answer surprised Johnny.

"You just revealed to them the ferry plan and Lord's intelligence, and we are going to set off tomorrow. By then, everyone will be under mutual surveillance, so..." Lin En said firmly. "Tonight is the best opportunity to pass on the message!"

……

"Squeak-"

When the light of the full moon passed the thirteenth star, Will woke up to the sound of mice chirping. The dry straw on the hardwood bed behind him pricked his back like sharp needles and scrapers.

Will struggled to sit up, and then he saw three or two mice gathered around the robe he had taken off, gnawing on half a piece of black bread, with their long tongues hanging from their mouths and their black toes leaving marks on the blue robe.

"Damn you, you bunch of beasts and scum!" Will was furious. He kicked the dirty black bread aside and cursed viciously. It took him several minutes to calm down. He picked up his robe with disgust and put it on, then cautiously opened the door.

The side hall was dark and no one could be seen. At this time, everyone should have gone to bed except for the white dove that was on night watch.

Will didn't dare to stop for a moment. He walked quickly across the corridor, walked into a remote storage room, turned around and closed the door.

The old wooden door made a series of teeth-grinding noises. Thanks to the group of mercenaries who broke in, all the door locks in the manor had been violently destroyed. The entire storage room was turned upside down, the wooden floor was covered with dust, and several chairs and cabinets were tilted and fell to the ground.

Will bent down nervously and moved the debris piled in the corner. A strange diamond pattern was engraved on the dusty floor.

When the apprentices were choosing elective courses for advancement, Johnny chose elements, White Dove chose psychic powers, and what he mastered was alchemy!

【Boat, port, Lauder...】

Will engraved the characters one by one in the center of the magic circle, and then placed the magic stones on the four rings inside the magic circle. A faint glow gradually emerged and continued to extend along the lines of the magic circle...

Just when the bright light was about to cover the entire magic circle, a sharp sound of breaking through the air was heard in the silent house, and an [Ice Blade] was nailed firmly to the corner of the magic circle, and the gorgeous light dimmed in an instant.

"Who?" Will was startled and sat down on the ground, looking in the direction he came from in horror.

The half-closed room had been opened at some point, and Johnny's eyes were full of disappointment and confusion.

"Why did you betray us, Will?" The hot-tempered Buck strode forward, grabbed Will's collar tightly, and punched him in the face. "Answer me!"

"Why?" Will sneered, pushed Buck away, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said excitedly. "You ask me why?"

"I am Will-Isk, the second son of the Imperial Count!"

"If it weren't for that idiot Kelu, I should have lived in the manor of Isk Territory, attended luxurious high-class parties, enjoyed delicious food and servants, and in the future I could have inherited part of my father's territory and become a baron lord of the Sekas Empire!"

"But what about now? Every day we can only eat the black bread that only the untouchables eat, and sleep in a dirty pit full of rats." Will cursed hysterically. "I've had enough!"

"Kelu is a madman and a devil! He taught us the knowledge of the devil. He turned us from nobles to a group of bugs that can only hide in dark corners..."

Chapter 14: Bird in a Cage

"Have you all forgotten your identities? Before becoming wizards, we were all nobles of the Secas Empire!" Will shouted loudly.

Buck and the others looked at each other and fell into silence.

They also understood Will's experience. The feeling of falling from heaven to hell was indeed very uncomfortable.

In the silence, Lin En suddenly spoke up. "You should understand, Will, the Vatican will never change its treatment of us just because of our status..."

As a monotheistic religion, what is the most important proposition of the Holy See?

Creationism, of course!

The legendary Lord [Ella] created everything in the world and sent down the nectar of life, bringing vitality to the originally dead and barren earth. Because of this, everyone should obey the rule of the Church.

The wizards who tried to analyze the laws governing the operation of the world and gain power from them naturally became the mortal enemies of the Vatican.

After all, this is shaking the foundation of theocracy!

"This time is different!" Will said excitedly, looking at everyone present, the whole person was like a madman. "Johnny, Carl, Buck, the Church's primary target is not us. As long as we sincerely repent, Bishop Anruk and Duke Nordland will definitely forgive our sins!"

"You're crazy, Will!" Johnny sighed. "From the moment we choose to become wizards, there is no turning back."

Once they choose to become a wizard, magic will flow in their bodies forever, which is a symbol of devil and shame in the Sekas Empire.

If Count Isk knew that his second son had become a wizard, his first reaction would definitely be to distance himself from the family as much as possible and expel Will from the family...

This means they can never go back to their previous lives...

"I'm not crazy, I know exactly what I'm doing!" Will said with a sneer, turned his head to look at the silent white dove, and took out a few magic stones from the secret pocket of his robe with his right hand behind his back, and suddenly scattered them towards Johnny and others without warning.

"Johnny... be careful!" Bai Ge screamed loudly. With her psychic perspective, she could clearly see that there was a hidden rune engraved on each magic stone.

As the white dove's voice sounded, several magic stones exploded in mid-air, and sharp fragments of stone fell down like locusts...

The gray-haired witch's expression remained unchanged. She raised her right hand and tapped her fingers as if playing a piano. Runes on the gloves covering her slender knuckles lit up one after another.

A faint flame suddenly appeared at the fingertips, and then the sparks expanded rapidly, and the scorching flames covered everything in front of him in just one second!

This is exactly the first-level magic——【Touch of Fire】!

Will had already planned his escape route the moment he threw out the magic stone. He rolled over in a very embarrassed manner to avoid being roasted by the scorching flames, and then was about to jump out of the wide-open window.

But Lynn's movements were faster than his. A diamond-shaped ice blade came from behind and pierced directly into Will's ankle. His body, which jumped in the air, lost balance in an instant and fell to the ground.

A piercing chill spread up along his ankle, and Will suddenly felt that his right leg had lost sensation. He leaned against the wall, and was about to say something in panic when a slender [Magic Missile] flew straight past and exploded in his eye socket.

Scarlet blood mixed with brain matter spilled down, staining the wooden floor blood-red. Lynn immediately turned his head to look in the other direction, and Johnny questioned in disbelief.

"What are you doing, White Dove?"

When she used the Touch of Fire, she deliberately reduced its power in order to keep the person alive so that she could torture him for some information.

"It's too late, I can only kill him first!" Bai Ge held his head with both hands and shouted in fear. "Outside... There are at least hundreds of guards outside, we are surrounded!"

Hearing this, Johnny ran to the window immediately and cast a fireball to light up the dark night.

In the light of the explosion, Lin En saw from afar teams of guards wearing armor and carrying crossbows on their waists silently crossing the dense forest and galloping towards here.

The leader held a scepter in his hand and wore a white gilded robe. He looked at Lin En from a distance of several hundred meters in the light of the fire.

"It's Bishop Anruk of Nordland! It's over, we're dead!" Patton recognized him at the first sight and fell into despair.

He didn't expect that the bishop of Nordland would go out in person to capture a few wizard apprentices.

Lin En glanced at the dim alchemy circle on the ground. They should have stopped the magic from being activated just now, which means...

Everyone's eyes turned to the white dove at the same time.

"It's not me... I didn't do it!" The girl, about thirteen or fourteen years old, shook her head frantically, her face full of fear.

The chaotic situation on the field and the threatening pursuit of the Vatican made Johnny, who was already nervous, feel dizzy. He bit his lips lightly, forced himself to calm down, and spoke in a deep voice.

"Listen, things are not that bad. There is a wide drainage ditch in the basement of this manor that leads directly to the river outside. We can escape from there!"

As she spoke, Johnny turned her head and asked Lynn with a pleading look to keep a good eye on Bai Ge. She didn't know who else she could trust.

……

A minute ago, in the dense forest outside the town of Ur, hundreds of uniformed guards were walking slowly in the shade of the trees.

Pastor Aaron, who was accompanying the army, looked at the castle standing in the distance and asked in confusion.

"Bishop Anruk, according to the plan we made before, shouldn't we wait for these wizard apprentices to arrive at the harbor town before taking action?"

For the "Bird in a Cage" plan, they mobilized a large number of people to monitor the entire town of Ur, intending to use this group of wizard apprentices to follow the clues and send all the sinners who had abandoned the faith of the Lord in the entire Nordland to hell.

Now that they have taken the initiative to attack, it will undoubtedly destroy all previous efforts.

"Aaron, a qualified hunter not only needs to learn how to set a sophisticated trap, but also needs to know when to close the net." Anluk responded in a deep voice. "A sturdy iron cage may be able to hold a clumsy ostrich, but once a griffin sneaks into it, it can break free from the cage and tear the hunter to pieces..."

“Remember, excessive greed will only make you lose everything you have.”

The essence of the implementation of the "Bird in a Cage" plan is that they have absolute control. No matter how these wizard apprentices jump around, they can't escape the trap they have set.

However, Blainey's death made Anruk feel a little uneasy. There was actually a formal wizard among Kelu's apprentices, which completely disrupted his plans.

Anluk, who had dealt with these devil's followers countless times, knew very well how difficult it was to deal with official wizards. The witchcraft they mastered was so strange that one could die on the spot if one was not careful.

In the great battle in Nordland, if Kelu had not stayed behind to cover the escape of an apprentice, it would not have been easy to capture him.

Chapter 15: The Battle in the Castle

In comparison, it is undoubtedly a wiser move to take the initiative while the situation is still under control. If one or two key figures can be captured, it may be possible to extract intelligence from them.

"Thank you for your teachings, Lord Anluk." Pastor Aaron thought carefully and bowed respectfully.

"Everything is the Lord's instruction!" Anluk spoke freely, and then suddenly seemed to realize something. Without any movement, several bright arrows of light appeared in the void, and in an instant, four gray crows that were about to fly were nailed to the tree.

Three seconds later, a dazzling fireball shot out from a manor not far away, and the flames illuminated the sky.

Anluk raised his head, and his sight, enhanced by divine power, traveled hundreds of meters. Through the open window on the third floor, he saw Lin En and others looking out.

Brown hair, medium build, handsome features...

That was the wizard named Carl who killed Blaney!