Mage's Secret

The silver armor of the Paladin seemed to be shrouded in a sacred halo under the moonlight. Murphy walked past them while maintaining his invisibility, walking as lightly as a cat.

He touched the huge and heavy city gate without disturbing any paladins. Even the fine and almost psychic horses didn't notice his breath, and they still snorted at the holy gate. Walking back and forth under the command of the knights.

It is not difficult for Murphy to get close to the city gate. The real difficulty is to open the city gate with one blow as the mage instructed.Although he swore to Traphael just now that there was no problem, when he actually faced the folding fan engraved with defensive magic patterns, he had intercepted the enemy's attacks countless times in Holtka's long and glorious history. When the heavy city gate opened, Murphy's heart still clenched.

This is a very wonderful phenomenon. When faced with ancient things, all intelligent creatures who can understand the meaning of this ancient will always involuntarily feel awe of them and feel a desire to Hesitant to stop.It is a good habit to be always on the alert, not to underestimate the enemy or the like, but sometimes this quality can become a great hindrance to action.

At this moment, Murphy was straddling this obstacle in front of him.

Can I really do it?Murphy felt a little uneasy, which was unusual.Although there were more than a dozen heavily armed paladins wandering vigilantly behind him at this time, but he actually didn't take these people very seriously.After all, he even dared to single out DeWitt, one of the top 12 Paladins. Although it turned out that he was a bit reckless, it at least showed that he had considerable confidence in his own strength.

But for these ordinary paladins, he didn't pay attention to the fact that their arrogance was true.You must know that strength is not a simple one plus one equals two, nor can it be completely compensated by the number of people.Of course, more ants kill elephants, and a large number of people may also cause qualitative changes due to quantitative changes.But these dozen or so people are far from enough to cause a qualitative change.

In any case, he still had that thought in his heart, even if he couldn't fight it, he could escape it.

Moreover, and the most important point, is what the mage said - after he breaks through the city gate, the mage will show up to attract the attention of the paladins, and he will hardly be in danger, because the paladins cannot detect his presence. exist.This is what Traphael put in front of him, and the guarantee of his safety is precisely what he is most worried about at this time.

He has the strength not to be afraid of paladins, but what about mages?It's not that he underestimates mages, human mages definitely have the ability to rival their fame.But according to his observation, these abilities are more manifested in mage research than strength.A mage is more of a scholar than a combatant—if he hadn't learned black magic from him, Traphael would have very few spells that he could use to attack.

Even though the mage said that he could use the teleportation scroll to escape, if Murphy failed, would Traphael leave him and leave?They will still wait for him to launch the second and third attacks until he escapes smoothly - but at that time, Traphael may not be able to escape from the chasing of the paladins.

At this point, the problems he was worried about had already been revealed.Although Murphy didn't want to admit it, the fact was in front of him like this ancient and strong city gate, which was so eye-catching that he couldn't ignore it—he was worried about Traphael, it was true, nothing Doubtful.

If Traphael was caught by the people of the temple, even though he had already made those disguises for himself, Murphy believed that those disguises would also be broken in front of these priests.So, what will be the fate waiting for the mage... It is not just as simple as being ruined—although this may be what Traphael is most worried about, even more objectively speaking than other consequences—the mage will also face Terrible sanctions from various forces.

Murphy clearly remembered that Traphael once told him that if a black-robed mage walks around the world without a black robe, the crime is equivalent to treason.What's more serious is that Traphael, the "quasi black-robed mage", is also involved with demons like himself.In this way, the temple will not let him go.

Thinking of these possible terrible consequences, Murphy felt an indescribable sadness in his heart.The day before, he was still troubled by his reluctance to admit that he already appreciated this human being a little bit, and in a blink of an eye this human being might disappear into this world because of himself.

Murphy couldn't help but glance back, his eyes passed through the defense line formed by the paladins, all he could see was the empty streets, and the impenetrable, dense night that seemed to be able to swallow some in the distance.

He closed his eyes forcefully, temporarily putting aside the unbearable melancholy that floated up in his heart.When he opened his eyes again and faced the city gate, his heart had become extremely peaceful.He is proud of his bloodline, and the power given to him by this bloodline will eventually help him overcome all obstacles.

He raised his hand and pressed it on the back of his neck, the top of the blood-like bright mark.Then he slowly but firmly pulled out the black spear that had been with him all his life and was connected with him by blood.

Murphy let out a long breath and raised the spear by his side.He clenched the spear tightly, concentrating all his strength on the spear.The runes on the gun body seemed to be given life, emitting a flickering golden light, flowing on the slender gun body.

His eyes turned from camouflage black to blood red, even more vivid than his original pupil color.Because the energy was compressed and concentrated, the surrounding air was filled with restless tremors.The sensitive horses have already smelled the danger and began to become restless.The paladins hurriedly grabbed the reins and lowered their heads to appease their beloved horses.

And their faces were full of fear.

These paladins are indeed not as powerful as the 12 people including Devitt, and there is not even a single one with magic talent among them, but they are already the best among Holtka's paladins.They are determined through the most stringent screening and have undergone rigorous training.They have endured the baptism of light spells for a long time, and their abilities are much stronger than ordinary knights, so they are naturally aware of the evil breath in the air.

Standing among these paladins, the man who looked like a leader raised his long sword high, and everyone suddenly became quiet and looked at his direction. Even the horses under their crotches stopped restless, but Snoring incessantly.Then, the commander swiftly and resolutely swung the long sword downwards, and all the well-trained paladins quickly formed a formation, and with a "swipe" sound, they pulled out the long sword at their waist, and entered the state of preparation for battle.

It's just that the direction they are facing is the empty street where the mage is hidden, not the city gate behind them that is facing the danger of being broken by demons.

Far away in the temple on the other side of the city, the blind priestess stared into nothingness with her foggy eyes.She clasped her hands tightly together and put them on her chest, unconsciously murmuring words that no one could hear clearly: "Evil is about to erupt and cannot be stopped."

However, these are not what Murphy cares about, and they cannot interfere with his upcoming attack, or he can no longer hear or notice even a little noise around him at this time.All his attention and strength were concentrated on his hands and the spear.At this time, his expression was terrifying, and the veins spread from his neck to his cheeks.The muscles of his whole body were so tense that he trembled, but only his hands holding the spear were extremely stable.

His lips, which were tightly pressed because he held his breath while gathering strength, suddenly opened, so wide that the corners of his mouth were almost torn apart.Accompanied by his silent cry, he stretched out his hands so tense that they were almost convulsive, and directly hit the city gate.

The force that had been compressed and condensed exploded the moment the spear touched the city gate, making a loud noise.

The sound of "Boom" almost resounded through the sky and spread throughout the city.The squad of paladins and spellcasters who were nervously patrolling and investigating on the road stopped, looking towards the city gate with almost dull expressions.The residents who were persuaded by the paladins to go home already wondered in their hearts why the paladins took such large-scale measures with surprise and fear. After the loud noise, they could no longer wait quietly at home, and Walk out the door or open the window and look out.

However, no matter how much they looked around, they still couldn't see anything.There was no flare, no explosion, and not even dust raised too high.The city gate is still a city gate, the city wall is still a city wall, and time seems to be standing still at this moment.

To say that the ones who were most affected were the paladins who were under martial law in front of the city gate.By the time they had positioned themselves against the demons they expected to come, the attack had passed through their formation and struck directly behind them.The huge air waves generated by the attack pushed their bodies forward involuntarily, and the horses under them were lifted up by the air waves and neighed in terror.

They pulled out the reins vigorously, stabilized the horse in place, and looked behind with their heartbeats almost stopped due to shock.

Floating in the air behind him was thick dust enough to block people's sight. Through the dust, one could vaguely see the majestic and tall figure of the city gate in the darkness.

The city gate is still intact!The city gate was not destroyed!

This message was transmitted from their retinas to their brains, and after several rounds in their brains, it was transmitted from their spines back to their hearts, allowing the hearts to restart their regular, stable and powerful beating.

The dust fell slowly, and the paladins finally saw everything in front of them clearly.Because of this, their hearts started to be irregular again, as if they would break down and beat wildly in the next second——

The city gate was opened with a gap.