Evening Bell Church

Seeing Su Ge find him, Lance seemed to sense something and asked: "Do you want me to help you improve your psychic abilities?"

Su Ge nodded: "Yes."

In previous contacts, Su Ge sensed Lance's terrifying spiritual energy. For an expert mystic like him, his spiritual energy was even four to five times that of master-level spiritual energy. This was a very terrifying and abnormal thing.

So Su Ge felt that Lance should have some methods that could directly improve spiritual power.

Lance said bluntly: "This secret method is something that only a few people in our Elf Order can obtain. It can be said to be the core thing of our Elf Order."

Su Ge nodded: "I can guess it, but I must use this method to reverse the situation here. Otherwise, after the son of the great god is born, that kind of existence will even cause the destruction of the entire country, let alone this city."

Lance fell into deep thought and said nothing.

Su Ge continued: "And you just said that few people in your elf cult can get it. What you said is "can get" rather than "qualified to get". This means that this The threshold for this method is very high, and it may even involve huge risks. Although it is a secret method of your Elf Order, there are not many people within the Order who are capable of achieving it. Am I right?"

Hearing this, Lance was shocked. He raised his head and looked at Sugar and nodded silently: "Yes."

"This means that this method is actually not a big secret in the sect. Most regular members of the sect know it, but no one can pass the trial, or they don't have the courage to try it. Strictly speaking, it is not a big secret. Something that requires too much secrecy, right?"

Lance clenched his fists and continued to nod.

Sugar took a deep breath and said in a serious tone: "Lance, I know you are a real knight. I am not a knight. Strictly speaking, I am not even a good person. But I hope you can help here. I don’t want the people in this capital to become sacrifices for that evil ritual, I want to defeat those damn cultists!”

Hearing these words, Lang Dun was immediately shaken. He looked at Su Ge with bright purple eyes, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! I promise you. But I have a condition."

"Fair deal, please tell me." Su Ge said happily.

Lance said sternly: "I know you are a bottom-line and principled person, and I believe you can achieve a great cause. If one day in the future, our Elven Order encounters a crisis and needs your help. I I hope you can do your best to help us get through the difficulties at that time. Don’t worry, if it involves life, you can refuse.”

Su Ge thought for a few seconds after hearing this, then nodded and replied with a serious face: "Yes, I, Su Ge Sotos, swear in the name of my Lord, the Lord of Death and Storm."

After listening, Lance nodded with satisfaction, turned around and said, "Please come with me."

Then the two people walked side by side into a very quiet living room on the second floor.

Lance pulled out the long purple sword from his back and placed it carefully on the table. Then he knelt down, clasping his hands together and praying in a low voice.

Five minutes later, he made two gestures with his hands and pushed forward.

Along with a burst of soft blue light, a blue light appeared on Lance's forehead. This light projected a strange symbol in the air like a projector.

This symbol has a circle outside and four wavy signs inside.

"Is this the rune "Lake"?" Su Ge asked tentatively.

Lance thought for a moment and explained: "Strictly speaking, it is indeed a type of rune, but it is the supreme product derived from runes - the Stigma Rune, or Stigmata for short."

"Stigmata?" Su Ge heard this word for the first time and looked puzzled.

Lance explained: "The runes are transcriptions of the voices of ancient gods. The lowest level, the thirty-three Cairns runes represent the most basic elements in the world. The upper ones are the more advanced Kaldin runes, a total of eleven , respectively mountains, seas, lakes, rivers, rain, snow, earth, sky, forests, plains, and valleys.”

Su Ge nodded slightly. He had some understanding of this knowledge before.

Back in Bain City, the key to cracking Ron's magic circle was the "river" rune engraved on the wellhead.

"The Cairns rune symbolizes the most basic elements, while the Kaldin rune symbolizes the structure of the world. The Stigmata rune relies on the Kaldin rune to concretize and regularize a kind of rune, thus forming A powerful rune of substantial power."

"The stigmata rune is the symbol of every church. Nowadays, all larger churches have their own stigmata rune. For example, your Holy Blood Church, the stigmata rune held by you is "Sky"."

When Su Ge heard this, he muttered in his heart: "What I, the deputy bishop, have done is a real failure. Each of these outsiders understands our church better than I do."

Lance continued: "The stigmata rune held by our Elf Order is this: the Stigmata of the Lake."

"The Stigmata of the Lake?" Su Ge was filled with curiosity.

Lance put away the stigmata and warned seriously: "You must know that the stigmata rune has the highest level of binding force. It is like a shackle imprinted on the soul, binding you at all times."

Su Ge's heart suddenly jumped: "Then what effect does your stigmata have?"

Lance smiled and said: "Don't worry too much. After all, the stigmata is just a rune, not a notepad. The binding force of the stigmata inscription is very limited. Generally, it can only issue an oath. Generally, this oath is not allowed to harm the person. The same goes for us as members of the religious sect.”

"Then why didn't you make an oath not to betray the church?" Su Ge asked curiously.

Lance shook his head: "The so-called betrayal is too subjective and too general. You know that some paranoid people have a different worldview from ordinary people. If one day he suddenly thinks that everyone in the sect is an enemy, then he will treat the people of the sect Even if you kill them all, the effect of the stigmata will not be triggered.”

Su Ge nodded in agreement. This immediately reminded him of the villains in some anime. They all have their own set of values ​​that sound awesome and upright. They are always for the sake of all mankind, but they are unscrupulous in their actions.

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"Water is the most inclusive and gentle, the source of all life. Our spiritual energy is like water, constantly nourishing our souls and allowing our will to grow and preserve. But water depends on the situation. The effects are different. The water in the sea is scary and deadly, the water in the river is turbulent, and only the water in the lake is the softest and calmest.”

"The effect of our Lake Stigma is just like the sparkling and calm lake, which nourishes people's soul and spiritual energy. Engraving the Lake Stigmata on the spirit can allow your spiritual energy to be at normal levels. The basic improvement is five times, and the recovery of spiritual energy is accelerated by 30%, while making my spirit more stable, solid, and tolerant.”

After listening, Su Ge's expression was full of shock, and then asked: "Then what are the conditions for using this stigmata?"

"Of course I passed the test of the Holy Sword." Lance said, pointing to the sword on the table.

"Our Elven Order serves many elves, and the core one is the Lake Elf. According to legend, our Holy Lord saved the Lake Elf from the devil, but was about to die. In order to repay the kindness, the Lake Elf sacrificed the lake. The holy mark and the three holy swords in the lake not only survived, but also became a half-human and half-elf existence. This sword was one of the original three holy swords. Determination to regret." Lance said seriously.

Su Ge blinked: "The lake without regrets you mentioned in the tavern really exists?"

Lance nodded seriously: "Of course, I have officially been recognized by the Stigma because I have stepped on that lake. I am qualified to use this unrepentant determination to become a Holy Sword user."

Thinking of this, Su Ge asked seriously: "What should we do next?"

"The Holy Sword is connected to the Holy Mark. If you hold this sword, since there is no Holy Mark, you will be regarded as an intruder and will be pulled into the lake for the trial. If you pass, you can escape from that lake. Come out of the lake, if you don't pass, your will will be lost here forever, and eventually it will gradually dissipate and become part of the lake. "

Hearing this mechanism, Su Ge sighed: "This is really a perfect protection mechanism. Those who fail to pass the trial will just die there without worrying about the sword being taken away. And those who pass the trial will be imprinted with holy marks. , unable to cause harm to anyone in the Elven Order, even if the sword is taken away, there is no need to worry about it being turned against you."

Lance smiled proudly: "Your focus is really strange."

Su Ge laughed and said: "I just feel it. Of course, this is what I focus on. Is the place where the lake is located a spiritual space? Or is it an illusion? Or is it a space similar to a dream?"

"That is a real space between reality and illusion. It is between the fuzzy zone of all known spaces. I want to remind you here that that space is where the spirit enters, and all your external equipment cannot be manifested and used in it. . Just like this sword, determination without regrets tests the true essence of your soul. Only those with a will as strong as steel and no regrets for their actions can cross that lake!"

The corner of Su Ge's mouth raised slightly, and he stretched out his hand confidently: "I have had many regretful experiences, but now, I don't have any more."

After hearing this, Lance smiled and said: "I hope your true will is consistent with what you said. You are a pure person with a clean soul. I hope from the bottom of my heart that you can pass this trial."

After speaking, he handed over the sword.

Su Ge stretched out his hand halfway: "This thing shouldn't be too time-consuming, right? We are pressed for time now."

"Don't worry, the whole experience only takes a minute in reality."