Chapter 96: An Invitation(2/2)
"Mind spells are contrary to the Stargate Declaration."
"It is the candidate who casts the mind spell, or the candidate who casts the mind spell," Luo Hao corrected: "But the indigenous people do not have this restriction on the indigenous people. Moreover, although the Star and Moon Council has always opposed the abuse of the mind spell, there are countless people who violate the regulations. You can't let most soul mages lose their jobs directly."
Fang Yu asked, "So the other party may be an indigenous?"
"I can only say that there is this possibility," Luo Hao looked at Fang Yu: "What are you going to do?"
Fang Rong watched the paper balls in his hand burned into ashes, and gently rubbed them with thick gloves to turn into dust and fall down. In such a short time, he had already discussed with Miss Tata in his heart. As an excellent alchemist, he would not even be able to deal with this little trouble.
He replied: "This is around the winter solstice. Now the sun sets at about six o'clock. At that time, everyone else has almost returned to the hotel. We will wait until that time to see what the other party is doing."
"You decided to believe it?" Luo Hao asked.
"You can give it a try," Fang Yu seemed a little calm: "Even if there are any traps, it is difficult to keep the fighting craftsmen. If they are interested in my clockwork fairy, they can hardly give them a few."
"Are you planning to use a clockwork fairy?" Luo Hao then suddenly realized and sighed: "It's really convenient for combat craftsmen."
Fang Yu didn't comment, but remembered another thing and said, "But tonight, we have to arrange someone to watch." Although they rejected the Crow Claw Knights, the other party showed such intentions again and again, and they had to act carefully.
Moreover, their identities are exposed at the moment. Although it is not clear whether the other party is an enemy or a friend at the moment, this at least shows that Gray Owl Town may not be so safe for them. "After today, we will leave this place early tomorrow morning."
Luo Hao nodded, and he also agreed in his heart.
After four o'clock in the afternoon, members of the Qihai Brigade who went out to explore the information returned one after another.
The investigation of the Crow Claw Temple and Shadowman has made no progress. The group only found some information about the details. It is not that the Crow Claw Temple's local governance is very popular. However, just like the owners of the hotel outside, most people dare not talk about things related to the temple easily.
However, due to the panic caused by the shadow man, people seemed to have accused the high-pressure rule of the Crow Claw Temple in this place, and on the grounds of fighting against Nicopolas, the Temple collected religious taxes outside the kingdom tax in many places in the northern border.
This additional expense caused the bankruptcy of many small and medium-sized handicraftsmen, causing the already struggling lives of the northern residents to fall into extreme poverty. The owners of the large workshop also complained, but the nobles surprisingly remained silent.
This makes people not difficult to imagine what kind of exchange of interests was obviously reached behind the Crow Claw Temple.
However, in the harsh situation of the North, it cannot be said that there is anything wrong with this approach. After all, the destruction of Charter City, Elpahin took back his army. In the vast countryside, the knights of the Crow Claw Temple could fight against the dragon beasts of Nicopolas.
Maintaining the expenses of these knights is a huge expense. The so-called wool comes from the sheep, and this money should of course be spent by people who are under their protection.
However, the kingdom's heavy taxes seemed particularly inappropriate at this time—
However, in Fang Zhu's opinion, everything that seems reasonable always has an indescribable sense of dislocation. It is really hard to say what an organization that suddenly rises in the northern part of the kingdom and expands and grows without being controlled by its own control.
Aidan's follower did not seem to be the kind of believer who was transcendent. On the contrary, what he saw in the past few days showed an extraordinary ambition and desire for power, and people's desire for power is endless.
The Crow Claw Temple does not seem to be in awe of the sacred rule of Kaurin-Ishurien. Of course, Fang Zhu, Silvede, and others from the Seven Seas Brigade have no sense of belonging to this land, and the Kingdom is not the kingdom of their conveners. Compared with those who originally ruled this land, the mysterious behavior of the Crow Claw Temple always makes people feel a little uneasy.
But Fang Yu had no idea for a while. It would be difficult for a mere Seven Seas Brigade to change what was happening here. At most, he would report the situation here to the military, but maybe the military should have known about what was happening here a long time ago.
However, their principle is to never intervene in the power disputes among the indigenous peoples, and not to mention that the Crow Claw Temple does nothing out of the ordinary.
Among all, Miss Nightingale was the only one who was so meticulous that she brought back some details about the attack that happened in the town in the morning. During that attack, the attackers were very professional. They used magic to blow up a hole on the wall on one side of the manor, and then led from the hole to the tunnel below the manor.
They rescued some people from the dungeons of the manor and repelled the guards who rushed to hear the news, and then quickly left the same path without any delay. Before the people from the Crow Claw Temple arrived, the attackers had already achieved their goals and left them cleanly, leaving only a mess for the knights.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! Such neat actions almost immediately remind people of the attackers' supporters during the entire planning process.
But Miss Nightingale offered another view, after all, before this attack, they had personally experienced the other party's attack on the trial site.
At that time, the attackers rescued many people from there, and boldly speculated that some of those people might have been imprisoned in that manor. Through the oral narratives of those people, it is not difficult to learn about the defenses in the manor.
The attackers acted so quickly that they launched an attack on the judgment site the day before, and immediately attacked the manor the next day, which was obviously beyond the expectations of the Crow Claw Temple. Perhaps the other party caught the temple off guard in order to achieve this goal, and to make the other party react.
"So those people rescued people from the judgment field just to get information about the inside of the manor?" Fang Ling asked after hearing Alissa's inference: "Their real target is the people who are detained in the manor?"
Miss Nightingale nodded: "But this is just a guess from me, Mr. Commander."
"I think it's almost the same as you," Luo Hao replied.
Fang Yu nodded and agreed.
"But this has nothing to do with us. Just know what the situation is," Fang Yu replied: "I have another thing to tell you."
After saying that, he repeated what happened not long ago to others.
Everyone in the Seven Seas Brigade had more or less heard of the armor about Dorifin, and later most of them had seen the armor brought by Sophie in Duren with their own eyes.
Therefore, most people were a little surprised at what Fang Zhu and the other two encountered in the monastery, but just like the previous few times, they still couldn't say anything about this set of armor.
However, encountering such a thing over and over again will make everyone feel a bit too coincidental.
However, most people had no objection to another matter. Fang Yu was surprised to realize that most of the people in the Seven Seas Brigade had no good feelings for the Crow Claw Temple. Including the Paparals, they seemed to agree that the other party might not have any kindness towards the Seven Seas Brigade.
Therefore, things like vigil have been unanimously recognized.
The evening of the winter solstice came very quickly, and at four or five o'clock in the afternoon, the sky quickly darkened. The setting sun passed through the forest outside the town, turning from bronze to dim red light, and then gradually disappeared.
The last person to return to the hotel was Tianlan. The little girl brought back good news. She finally found a merchant who was willing to sell them some wood for repairing ships, and contacted a transportation team, and could meet with them at the town entrance early the next morning.
"They offer is very cheap," Tianlan said to them with a little smug gesture, "but there is a requirement that we should at least protect them from a safe arrival at Gula Port, and they are actually in a hurry to leave the place."
"There is no problem," Fang Yu replied: "The dragon beasts wandering in the wild do not have any threat to us. Protecting these people should not be a problem. Besides, we were going to Gula Port. But why did they rush to leave this place? Isn't Gray Owl Town still safe at the moment?"
"Safe?" Tianlan shook his head a little exaggeratedly: "It depends on who the elderly and children are safe, but young and middle-aged people may not be. The summoners may be safe, but the indigenous people may not be."
"What's going on?" Fang Yu was a little surprised.
"The knights of the Crow Claw Temple are catching people," Tianlan replied: "Their hands did not grow out of thin air. If there is any war, there must be supplementary. They draw people from all over the place, and all young and middle-aged people must join the guards they established. Although there is also a Crow Claw Temple in Gula Port, they at least dare not be so blatant there."
"There is something like this?"
Fang Yu couldn't help but be stunned.
But when he was unexpectedly, there was a light sound, and the sound of stones hitting the glass came from the window.
The next second sound was immediately. This time everyone could hear it clearly and couldn't help looking in that direction. Fang Yu's heart moved, walked to the window, and looked down - their room was facing the street, and there was an alley behind it.
Fang Zhu could see clearly that there was a thin figure standing in the alley, wearing a cloak, looking up at them. There was only a lonely lamp in the alley, and snow was floating in the sky. He couldn't see the person's appearance, but he saw that the person nodded in this direction.
Fang Yu immediately realized that this was the person sent by that person. He immediately turned around and compared everyone to him to wait for me to tell him, then walked out of the door, came to the hall, and walked out from there into the corridor on the other side, and walked out through the back door of the hotel.
As soon as he pushed open the door, he saw the shadow standing under the street light in the distance turning around and entering the alley in one direction. The other party walked slowly, as if he was just the speed he could keep up with - but when he walked, his steps seemed a little stiff, as if he was a puppet.
This scene also proved Luo Hao's guess. The person who came was still a puppet controlled by his mind. Fang Yu was a little disdainful of such a method, but this also gave him room to use it.
He thought for a while before he took out a clockwork fairy from under his coat - it was not a silver bee, but a very ordinary I-type clockwork fairy. Even if it fell into the hands of anyone, it would be impossible for him to suspect it through this clockwork fairy.
Chapter completed!