Heaven's Formula

"It's better than this," Seeing that Xia Fan fell silent, Fei Laidon quickly guided, "I will continue to help you inquire about the affairs of the church, and use this time to rescue Princess Mu Ye. What do you think? After all, if you insist on planning Intervening in the matter of Miss Yongyi, the church will definitely not be able to provide you with any help. It is trivial to say that you are against each other. And my master is equally powerful. In case of a direct conflict with the church, she can also increase the chances of escaping .”

"How do I know that you guys won't sneak away after that blood clan is rescued?" Xia Fan was rather skeptical of his words, "Besides, if the blood clan princess can escape from prison, the city of Xila will probably be boiling. When the time comes, the church will use some weird tricks to find me, so I won't have the time to take care of Taxis."

"My master has a noble character and will be rewarded with grace. Your suspicions are groundless!" Fei Leiden defended the princess, "And you don't have to worry about causing troubles in the city. If you handle it properly, you can get her out of prison. Rescue won't even attract anyone's attention!"

This sentence finally aroused Xia Fan's interest, "You have repeatedly emphasized that it is not difficult to rescue Princess Muye, but you also said that the princess's blood is quite noble. Aren't these two contradictory? Is she locked up? Where is it that the church can be so lax and not afraid of her running away?"

You finally asked this question, and Fleidon couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "His Royal Highness is now imprisoned in the original palace."

……

On the top floor of the cathedral, Archbishop Bolton is considering the final sentence for Taxis.

"You must have read the report of the Department of Canon and Regulations, and you can put forward any ideas you have now." He glanced at the red-clothed priests present and said slowly.

His Holiness the Pope did not show up, enough to see how disappointed he was with Yong Yi's attitude.

If this trouble hadn't happened, Taxis should have been a member of the new red-clothed and temple council.

To be honest, Bolton also had some headaches.

He is old and aging - although the blood of dragons gives them powers that do not fade with time, that does not mean that dragonborn have unlimited lifespans.After reaching the deadline, they will perish in a very short period of time, returning all their power to the world. This process is so fast that sometimes it is too late to react.

Because of this, he attaches great importance to those descendants who shine with the brilliance of the newborn sun. Although ancient dragons are powerful, they only represent the present, and those young dragon descendants who are just fledgling are the future of the church.

Taxis is one of the best.

He sometimes even thinks that if the person whose beliefs are in confusion is the red priest present, it might be better than Taxis having a problem.

But ideas are ideas.

As a bishop, his most important mission is to defend the majesty of the church for His Majesty.

"Since the Canon Department has not found any problems, my suggestion is still the same as before, just deal with it coldly." Alek put down the report and the Azure Fort investigation book in his hand, "The most urgent task now is to let Hera reappear in the world, and wait until the Tower Kexisi's divine power has been restored, maybe her mind can also return to normal."

"As her boss, I don't think this matter can be put down lightly." The head of the jury said with a straight face, "Punishment is necessary, such as letting her start again as an ordinary member of the jury, or let her be the new head , but the bonus and treatment will be calculated according to the lowest one.”

"Is this considered punishment?" Mayne dissatisfied, "Don't forget that there were many believers who witnessed this incident. Your so-called punishment is no different from a child's play! Since you can't speak fairly, you might as well keep your mouth shut and compare." it is good!"

Sedaro was immediately speechless.

"Do you have any good ideas?" Bolton looked at Ms. Mayne.

"Deacon, Abbot of the Abbey, has advised me that I should be punished by beheading—"

"Wait a minute, this sentence is too harsh!" Sedaro couldn't help but interrupted, "Now that the enemy is in front of us, there's no reason to cut off your own hands. Taksis's idea is also for the church!"

The punishment of chopping wings refers to the fact that the victim cut off one wing in public after transforming into a dragon. Although the broken wing can be regenerated after several years under the spell treatment and the strong recovery power of the dragonborn, the pain caused by the broken wing and The psychological humiliation is indelible.He couldn't imagine if Taksis would ever recover after such a punishment.

"Yes, I also think it's too much, but this statement can also show the attitude of other believers." Mayne said with a serious face, "So my opinion is to ban Taksis's ability and let her go back to the dragon. road."

Chapter 669

"Road to the Dragon?" The other three looked at each other.

This is an unexpected verdict.

In addition to the blood of the existing dragon descendants, the Holy Wing Islands also has a way to be promoted to a dragon—or it is also the source of the earliest growth of the dragon descendants.

That is the Ascension Dragon Tower located on the western outskirts of Hilla City.

Its history is even longer than that of the king's capital. It is rumored that the builder of this tower is Hera, the sun god.It only allows demon possessors to enter. After experiencing some challenges, demon possessors have the opportunity to gain the ability to transform into a dragon and become a newborn dragonborn.However, the results of the failure of the challenge ranged from death, serious injury to insanity. In addition, more and more demon possessors fell into the gate of the mage tower. In the past ten years, almost no one cares about climbing the dragon tower.

Mayne nodded slightly, "Although there has never been a precedent for a dragon descendant to enter the Dragon Tower again before, the dragon descendant is essentially a demon possessor and will not be rejected by the tower. It means that Taksis is willing to make a cut with her past self. In terms of punishment, this tower may be life-threatening for ordinary demon possessors, but it is much smaller for Yongyi, who is already a dragonborn. Even if her spell ability is sealed, the strength of her body is still there, she may suffer a lot, but there will be no fatal damage, what do you think?"

"It doesn't sound like a problem." Bolton clapped his hands without waiting for the other two to open their mouths, "As expected of Ms. Mayne who is in charge of the collection hall, she can come up with such a compromise. Denglong is a great treasure to the world. It is both a challenge and an honor, and such a judgment should not cause too much setback to Taksis's heart."

Seeing what the archbishop said, Sedaro and Alek no longer expressed objections.

Taxis is a seasoned presiding judge after all, both in terms of personal ability and combat experience, she is far superior to ordinary Qi-sensing people, taking the road to the dragon once is indeed a perfect tempering experience.

The most important thing is that this challenge has a very high status among non-Dragonborn believers. If Taxis can complete it smoothly, the controversy about her will probably be calmed down a lot.

"Since everyone agrees, let's make it so." Bolton said, "However, as Alek said, letting the god of Hera come to Hera is the current priority. I hope everyone will do a good job." get ready."

"Don't worry," Sedaro nodded, "The jury will temporarily clear out all the members of the mage tower in the capital to ensure that they can't do anything secretly on the day of the ceremony."

"I have also collected all the spell materials here." Alek continued calmly, "The new mystic spell is enough to turn half of the upper city into a land of gods."

"Very good, then the plan remains the same, and we will officially hold the ceremony of God's presence in a week." The archbishop said word by word.

……

On the other side, Xia Fan finally had a general understanding of Princess Muye's situation after listening to Freddie.

This matter actually has to start with the government of the Holy Wing Islands.

After the rise of the Church of Hera, the power space of the royal family was gradually squeezed. The new king needed to be approved by the Pope. It was not until the gods came to the world a hundred years ago that the prestige of the church reached its peak, which led to the integration of orthogonality.The church manages the affairs of the islands, including the command of the army.

To this day, there is no official king in the Holy Wing Islands, or the lord of Xila is the past king.For example, the current Grand Duke Silverscale is a bloodline passed down from the royal family. He is very close to the church and also manages part of the affairs of the Kingdom of the Archipelago. The prime minister is complete, second only to the Pope in status.

But because they were so far away from the king, the Silverscale family did not live in the palace. The forbidden area of ​​the palace, which used to be located in the northern suburbs of Hilla, is now... still a forbidden area, but it was transformed into a luxurious prison by the church. Imprison some special characters.

These "prisoners" are either prominent or capable, and they belong to a category that cannot be treated casually, but it must be ensured that they will not disappear suddenly.For example, the marshal of Oceania worth tens of thousands of dollars, the illegitimate son of the Shazhou royal family, etc... For some people, the church does not even want them to have negative emotions of being imprisoned. You can go out and hang out regularly, which is definitely a good treatment.

In other words, none of the detainees here are real criminals.

Princess Twilight is one of them.

"You even know that there is an illegitimate child of the royal family?" Li shook his ears.

"As I said, all this information was bought with money and blood." Fleidon smiled wryly, "If you reveal a word or two of what you have heard, it will cause an uproar. In fact, most people I didn't know the existence of the palace prison at all, because from the outskirts, it is still as vibrant and full of royal style as before."

"The church also knows how to save resources." Xia Fan joked, "So Princess Mu Ye is now enshrined by the church?"

"How is that possible." Freighton shook his head. "With my master's innate strength, as long as she has the opportunity to leave the palace area once, no one can stop her. In fact, she was imprisoned in the deepest part of the palace and was subject to The restriction of the bloodline technique makes it impossible to leave the palace all day long."

"Is this restriction set by an ethnic group that also possesses primitive blood?" Li Chai asked.

"Yes, it has the same principle as the key of the zodiac, and it must be unlocked by the highest-ranking vampire." Freddon's tone became a little dignified, "In fact, the person who set up this restriction is the current Natalin Emperor—Tarius Frost."

"The king of Nattatin came to Heila, but the church didn't kill him on the spot?"

"He wasn't the king at that time." Fleidon also regretted a little, "and Talius came here by signing the armistice agreement, which was considered an official diplomatic visit. With the Tranquil Sea Fleet in Tower Court and a large group of high-ranking blood races, I guess the Church of Hera doesn't want to turn the capital into a piece of white ground."

"So the role played by Princess Mu Ye is actually a hostage of the armistice agreement?" Xia Fan suddenly felt that the emperor was quite clever. Imprisoning his elder sister secretly in the capital of the archipelago not only greatly increased the reliability of the agreement. The degree of confidence also eliminates the threat of competitors, so that he can free up his hands to attack World Island in a big way, and take a solid step for the expansion of the empire.

"This is a blatant murder, and it is under the circumstances that all the citizens of Natatyn have been deceived!" Fleidon said angrily, "Most people still don't know that their beloved Princess, Her Royal Highness, has now become a Prisoner of the flying lizards!"

Chapter 6 Seventy: Freidon's Plan

"I feel sorry for what happened to Her Royal Highness..." Xia Fan organized the official diplomatic rhetoric, "However, even if you rescue her, she may not return to the kind of situation you mentioned. The time to be admired by all peoples."

"I'm still aware of this fact." Freddie quickly calmed down, "The lifespan of blood race is very long, and sometimes it is a kind of torture. If I die, no one in the world may remember Your Highness—she will also The thought of spending hundreds of years in a tiny palace makes me shudder...that's the only thing I can't stand."

It sounds like a loyal minister.

On the opponent, Xia Fan seemed to see a bit of Qiuyue's shadow.

He pursed his lips and said, "If I understand correctly, because of the existence of this bloodline restriction, the church didn't spend much energy on taking care of Princess Muye?"

"You guessed it right. If I hadn't met Miss Qianyan by accident, I had planned to find the mistress and ask her to intervene. Besides, there is almost no second solution to the restraint." Freighton took out a bag from his arms. A piece of paper came, spread it out and placed it in front of Xia Fan's desk, "This is the map of the palace that I entrusted someone to draw. Some places are not very accurate, but it is enough to guide us to the place where His Highness is imprisoned."

Xia Fan and Li looked together for a long time. I have to say that this map is really rough enough. You can only see that the palace is divided into many square-shaped areas. The squares are separated by red lines. Note the word guard.

In other words, if they want to reach the place where the blood princess is being held, they must first pass through the defense lines without being discovered along the way.As for the lack of precautionary measures around the place of imprisonment, that's all for another story.

In addition, Xia Fan also noticed that there are obvious differences in the number of red lines on the edges of these squares.This is not difficult to understand. According to Fleidon, some people are not so much imprisoned here as they are secretly protected by the church, and the level of guards cannot be generalized.

"You don't intend to attack all the way, do you?" Xia Fan raised his eyebrows and looked at the opponent.Obviously, even if it is the mistress, it is difficult to stir up too much trouble in Xila City.

"Ambassador Xia, do you know where the biggest difference between the palace prison and the real prison is?" Fleidon said with confidence, "That is, besides the detainees and guards, there are many other people here. Among them are servants. , cooks, and even pastry chefs and winemakers. These people are responsible for the supply and operation of the palace. Although they cannot meet the detainees directly, they can easily enter some areas that ordinary people cannot set foot in. And since I learned that Her Royal Highness After being detained here, the entire rescue plan began to be laid out."

"You bought them?"

"The relationship maintained by money is not safe, so I specially selected a few close friends to work in the palace - they are all ordinary people, their family background is absolutely clean, even the Church of Hera can't find any faults." Slowly said his plan, "Of course, a lot of money was also spent in order to open up the relationship between the upper and lower levels. Although the effect is slower, it is more stable and reliable. Now they have been working for two years and are waiting for you at any time. Serve me."

As he spoke, he took out a thin mask and put it on his face, "Whether it is a man or a woman, tall or short, there are replaceable candidates among these people. As long as we put on a little disguise, we can be ignorant." Sneak into the deepest part of the palace unknowingly. Due to the special nature of Her Royal Highness, no one can pass through the forbidden wall, so the food she needs is transported through a narrow secret passage. In other words, even with Her Royal Highness Leaving the palace, the church will not notice any abnormalities in a short time."

In just over ten breaths, Freighton had changed into another look—a middle-aged man who was a bit simple and honest, but also had a bright red wine nose.

"So that's how it is." Xia Fan looked at the other party with great interest. From the appearance alone, it was indeed difficult to tell that this was an illusion disguised by a mask.

No wonder he described the rescue of the Blood Princess as so simple.If there is no problem with the intelligence, this set of procedures is indeed quite feasible.In a sense, the biggest reliance of the palace prison is based on the banning of the original blood, and the most difficult thing to solve in the whole rescue plan is the clansman with the original blood. up.

Li pondered for a while, "If you want to do something, when will you choose to do it?"

Fleidon was overjoyed, and he pretended to be calm and calculated, "I also inquired about another news, the church seems to be planning to hold a grand public ceremony in a week, when the eyes of the whole city will be gathered in the upper city .If I had to choose, this might be the best time to do it.”

"It's not so coincidental." Xia Fan frowned. "The steward said that the meeting with the mission is also scheduled on that day. If I'm absent without reason, I'm afraid it will arouse the suspicion of the church."

"Well... In that case, it's fine to just let Miss Qianyan go with me."

You are fine, but I am worried that Qianyan will encounter problems, who knows if Princess Mu Ye is really as noble as you describe? Xia Fan thought so in his heart, but he didn't say it out of his mouth.He touched his cheek, "How long does it take to make such a mask? Someone in your subordinates should be very good at it?"

"It mainly depends on whether the provider of the facial contour is willing to cooperate with the measurement. If they are all from their own people, they can be made in three days." Fleidon replied.

Three days should be enough... Xia Fan nodded, "Bring him here."

"Whose mask do you want to make?"

Xia Fan pointed to himself, "Mine."

……

Hera Holy See area, confinement room.

The iron door closed again, isolating all noises at the door.

Taxis has already learned of her final verdict from the Canon Department—returning to the path of ascending the dragon.

What was placed in front of her was a black ring collar, which was made of the skin four inches below the dragon's neck, covered with bright red spells.Once the collar is put on, the spells attached to it will automatically take effect, isolating her from communicating with the outside world.In other words, she will lose the ability to cast spells.If you try to take it off with brute force, the collar will quickly tighten until it strangles the wearer's neck.

Obviously, the higher-ups didn't intend to let her complete this round of tests easily.

Regarding this verdict, Taxis did not feel much fluctuation in her heart.

Waiting was worse than any punishment in this dimly lit cabin.She can only judge the number of days she has been imprisoned by the light from the high window. If I remember correctly, this is already the fifth day of her imprisonment. The discomfort caused by the soul search has basically dissipated, replaced by intense sense of isolation.With no one to talk to, no space in the room for her to stretch out, the world seemed no longer about her.

So when she got the punishment decision, she was a little relieved.

Chapter 671 "I'm Watching You"

Taxis has seen the biographies of those who have successfully completed the road to the dragon and jumped from ordinary demon possessors to dragon descendants in the collection hall.According to them, the challenges seem to vary from person to person, and there is no fixed way to break through.Even the description of the space inside the tower, those records are not the same.

But there is one thing she can confirm, that is, it is by no means an easy task to finish climbing the Dragon Pagoda.The challengers were strong and weak, but they all suffered a lot of injuries, and none of them climbed the dragon intact.Considering that there are still many people who failed and died, she guessed that she would have to face a tough fight after being sealed from spellcasting ability.

Presumably this is exactly the "punishment" that high-level and popular believers approve of.

In any case, the result was much better than she expected.

Even if you can't pass the dragon tower and die halfway, that's better than some extremely humiliating punishments.

She is a woman after all.

No matter how determined her will is, she would still feel a tinge of fear if she really had to experience the punishments imposed in full view.

Taxis lay back on the bed, looking up at the dark ceiling - it should be night at this time, and it was also the time when the sun god left the world temporarily.For some reason, she suddenly remembered Xia Fan's description of the sun's route. According to him, the sun will not stay away from everyone, but just appear on the other side of the world, providing light and warmth for the creatures on the other side of the endless sea.

Even the moon itself is but the luminous reflection of the sun.

If this statement is true, then what Natadin believes in is just another sun.

Fortunately, he came to the Holy Wing Islands.If the Church of the Goddess of the Moon heard this remark, they might not have tied him up on the spot for bloodletting.

Thinking of this, Taksis couldn't help but chuckle at first, but soon a sense of depression came over—she promised to find him at the place where she was staying after handing over the task, but it turned out that the delay was good For a few days, he will definitely think that he missed the appointment.

It's not that she didn't think that Captain Tosedaro would send a message to the messenger group, but when she thought of her situation, she restrained herself.At this time, any of her actions will be stared at by other believers. In addition, the Eastern Mission itself is a visitor from a foreign land. Once the message is discovered, it is likely to cause unnecessary trouble for Xia Fan, Miss Li and others. .

What's more... the person the envoy group really needs is not her.

Whether it is the Son of the Holy Spirit or other high-level members of the church, what the other party needs is a healer who can dispel the erosion of evil spirits for them.

The farther she was from the mission, the easier it would be for them to achieve their goal.

The rest of the road can only be walked by her alone.

Thinking of this, Taxis subconsciously rolled up her body and hugged her knees.

Suddenly, a slight rattling sound came from overhead.

In the dead of night in the confinement room, the abnormal sound was very clear.

Taxis opened her eyes involuntarily, and sat up again—because the sound of the rattling not only did not go away, but hovered above the house.

Where did the wild animals come from?

She leaned against the wall and looked up at the narrow high window on the edge of the ceiling—as a ventilation hole for the confinement room, it was only the size of four fists, and there was an iron grill in the middle, which made it difficult for even rats, let alone humans. through.