Chapter 12

"I need a holy icon and the help of the Scorpion God." The boy said: "There are also a large number of space mages and their apprentices who have invaded the Southern Continent this time. I am not sure what they will send over. This is the book. Take it home, commander of the legion."

After a brief silence, the young man snapped his fingers, and lights were turned on in the seventh room for the convenience of men.

Sitting on the ground, Joyce peeked out through the gap at the bottom of the bookshelf and saw a pair of army boots, a teenager's pajama pants, and clean ankles.

"We have not yet found a way to deal with the space mage." The young man said: "This type of mage is very rare, and their spells are difficult to interrupt unless the Holy Light is used to shake them with all their strength, but in this way, we will definitely not be able to spare ourselves to do other mission. ..."

The man said: "You have the Saintess of light."

"The Saintess of light can only move in the sea." The boy replied unceremoniously, "and it must be the sea of ​​the Northern Rift. Don't forget that it is a whale. I can't make it morph out of its original body, Spray water at the Legion of Undead on the continent.."

The man had to say: "I will go back to negotiate with the king."

"Thank you." The boy replied: "If you can, please bring a team of mercenaries back. I need at least 10,000 mage hunters."

The man said: "Don't expect too much, I may not be able to convince him."

"He will agree." The young man said: "As long as the Golden City can withstand this wave of invasion, the Holy See will be able to help him clean up the opponents in the country. I know that the Mercenary Guild has also been infiltrated by the wizards. ..."

Joyce's heart was beating wildly, worried that he heard the news that shouldn't be heard, he couldn't decide whether to get up and leave quietly, or continue to sit here. However, when the boy and the man said this, they stopped talking. It was obvious that the man was just following the boy to get a book.

Man: "I will leave tonight."

The young man: "The Holy Light is with you, sir. According to the guidance of the Holy Light, you have an inseparable connection with the true God. I hope that one day, I will see you in the Holy See."

The man smiled and said, "I hope."

The lights in the seventh room were all extinguished, the man left, and the sound of the boy's footsteps gradually drifted away. It was only when the door at the other end of the seventh room was closed that Joyce was relieved. It seems that there is more than one entrance to the seventh room, otherwise, he would open it. It will be discovered after the agency.

Their conversation obviously involved the war not long ago. Joyce was a little confused. According to the boy, the situation seemed to be serious, and there would be a big battle in the daytime. And the man went back to ask his king for help...

Joyce turned on the light carefully, and in the darkness, his surroundings were once again enveloped by yellow light. Space mage... Joyce remembered the profession that the young man mentioned. Space mage does not have direct spell lethality like wizards. But it can transmit many things.

It would be very dangerous if the giant of flesh and blood were teleported to the city of gold.

Joyce closed the book, put it aside, and was about to get up to find some other information, but the boy's voice said behind him: "Can't you put it back in place every time you finish reading the book?"

Joyce had no idea that the boy would turn back suddenly, and was startled unexpectedly and yelled.

Boy: "Shhh..."

Joyce held the lamp and looked at each other with the boy.

The boy has clear eyebrows, bright eyes, dark gray curly hair, rosy lips, and delicate features. He is wearing pajamas, holding a bead in his hand, and the inside of the bead is shining.

"Uther." The boy introduced himself: "What's your name?"

Joyce vaguely guessed that the person who can enter here must be a big man in the Holy See. The first thought was to run away, and said tremblingly: "My name is Joyce, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..."

"It's okay." Uther said: "Those who can enter the restricted area are permitted by the true God. Only with the power of pure holy light and without hesitance can enter here. Even if the pope comes in person, he will not be punished. you."

"Who are you?" Joyce said, letting go.

"I'm the Pope's Secret Service Officer." Uther replied while tidying the bookshelves: "If you just heard, don't tell anyone, including your guardian knight."

Joyce replied: "I must keep a secret for you, I...may I come in in the future?"

"Of course." Uther replied, "How is your priest review test, little prince?"

Joyce was a little surprised, and smiled: "You know me?"

"I should have recognized you just now." Uther said casually, walked to another bookshelf, snapped his fingers, and the surrounding lights lit up: "You are the most famous of the candidates for the priesthood. And your Guardian Knight, even Ibran looked at him with admiration."

"I'm the teacher's light." Joyce laughed.

Uther pulled out a book, sat on the ground casually, and opened the large atlas.

Joyce sat next to him and asked, "Is this space magic?"

"Yes." Uther turned a page and replied lazily, "Is it cold?"

"A little bit." Joyce was indeed a little cold and gave Uther a bit of the blanket. It was strange to say that although it was the first time they met, he thought Uther was very kind. The two teenagers were covered with blankets and under the shower of dim yellow lights. They sit side by side under the bookshelf, studying the space magic book.

"Do you have light in your body?" Joyce said.

"What do you mean?" Uther glanced at Joyce and said, "Don't you think I feel like your mother?"

Joyce couldn't help but smile, nodded and said, "Yes."

He knew where Uther's intimacy came from. He also had Holy Light in his body, and his ability was stronger than him, like the vast sea of ​​Holy Light, containing the lonely river of Joyce.

They looked at the same page on the magic book, and Joyce said: "Since space magic uses space distortion and teleportation as a method of casting spells, they may also be damaged in the same way."

"Yes." Uther nodded and replied, "Squeeze the space, cause explosions, or split all enemies, but this is not terrible, because where the light is shining, all disorderly rules will tend to Stability, what I fear is their teleportation technique. After all, the Holy See's Temple Army has not gone further, and God knows what is hidden under the frozen soil."

Joyce asked: "They can teleport, and we can naturally grasp this weakness."

"At the moment when the teleportation array is turned on, the holy energy is used to directly destroy the magic array, causing an explosion," Joyce said.

"This is also my original idea." Uther said: "But to mobilize the divine powers to achieve an impact of this magnitude, only the pope-level divine powers and the alliance of thirteen archbishops can destroy the magic circle."

Joyce said: "But I don't think they will have so many space wizards to transmit very large things. After all, connecting space is very mana-consuming."

Uther was a little surprised. He looked at Joyce and said, "You also know this kind of magic?"

"I..." Joyce hesitated and said, "I've read some books about the principles of magic before, it's not good..."

"It doesn't matter." Uther said: "The bishops think magic is evil, and even disdain to learn it. It is good to know our opponents."

He closed the book and said: "I need to combine magic to design a holy power array. If you are not busy preparing for test these days..."

Joyce said: "I am willing to help you."

Uther said cheerfully: "Very good, but please help me keep it secret. I don't know what the archbishops would say about me if they knew that I was studying the enemy's magic circle."

Joyce smiled, "Of course."

From this night on, Joyce brought his notebook to the restricted area of ​​the library every night to assist Uther in designing the holy power array. He knew that this kind of opportunity was very rare. Uther was not only familiar with the principles of magic, but also understood the various rules of the Holy Light and its influence on the surrounding environment.

This is an excellent opportunity to learn. After that, Joyce didn't even go back to his residence, and he and Uther designed this huge circle in the penalty area for several days. In the end, the circle was finally completed. Uther said: "I gave it a name, called the Light Energy Chain."

"It's so amazing!" Joyce looked at the whole picture of the magic circle. It covered the entire Golden City. When the central temple mobilized the holy energy, all the archbishops would summon the holy light. These holy lights flowed towards the center of the temple. Generates a rotating rune of Holy Light, pushing the rune out like a turret.

This kind of rune will seal the teleportation circle located in the center of the rune in a closed manner.

"Suppose they brought an ancient demon." Uther said: "The chain of light energy can be activated when the magic circle is halfway open, and cut the demon at the waist."

"But how do you get the pope to agree to this circle?" Joyce asked.

"I'm sure to convince him." Uther glanced at Joyce and smiled.

Joyce thought for a while and said, "It's still a bit dangerous."

Uther did not speak, looking at the design drawing of the magic circle, and he was silent. Joyce said: "This magic circle uses energy to shake energy. If the opponent's teleportation array is larger, the person who guides the light energy chain has to pay. More consumption, when the opponent's mana reaches 15 million, the light energy chain will be difficult to support."

"Yes." Uther said, "15 million energy, what demon can reach this level..."

Joyce and Uther looked at each other, and Joyce said, "There is only the dragon."

The dragon is the most powerful living creature in ancient legends. It only succumbed to the Titan giant. Uther thought for a while and said: "Even if it is a dragon, it may not be able to reach this energy level."

"Yeah." Joyce flipped through a book of ancient creatures. The dragons of all races mentioned in it all had 10 million magical powers.

Joyce looked at the blueprint designed by the two men and yawned, and the sky was gradually brightening.

Uther said, "First of all, there is room for improvement. Don't you have to participate in the priest assessment today? Go ahead."

Joyce woke up suddenly, unknowingly, it was the last day, he immediately packed up and said, "I'm leaving now."

Uther said: "Come back!"

Joyce drifted and ran back, looking at Uther in confusion, Uther laughed and said, "I give you the refuge of the true God."

Joyce laughed and bowed slightly. Uther stroked Joyce's forehead with his thumb, and lowered his head to kiss his forehead. The kiss seemed to be infused with powerful divine energy, making Joyce's body and spirit excessively pure.

"May the Holy Light protect you, little prince," Uther said solemnly.

"May the light protect you, Uther." Joyce kissed Uther's hand and hurried out of the library.

The maids were waiting anxiously. Joyce strode back, took a bath and changed clothes, took a deep breath, and lay down in the warm water, thinking of meeting Alex after the exam was over.

However, the evaluation of priests is also very important, and joy and anxiety exist in his heart at the same time, which makes him very conflicted. After hurriedly taking a shower and putting on his robes, the young pastor came over again and said, "Are you ready?"

Joyce nodded hurriedly, and the young pastor said: "Please follow me."

Joyce took a deep breath and calmed down his nervousness. The young pastor took him to the empty hall in the center of the West Wing Temple and made a request. Joyce walked in and found that besides him, There are still many people in the temple, all wearing religious robes, standing in the hall.

He nodded to them in salute, presumably, this should be a candidate for the priest, and the others also nodded friendly to him, before they had time to talk too much, an archbishop in red walked out and started to roll the call. The first is Joyce.

"I'm here." Joyce said.

"May the Holy Light protect you." The archbishop said gently, and then went down one by one. After confirming that everyone was due, he turned around and said: "Come with me."

The candidates included young teenagers, valiant youths, and middle-aged people in their thirties. Among these people, Joyce was the youngest. He couldn't help but peek at these people, thinking that they would also have Guardian knight? Is the relationship between them and the Cavaliers the same as they are with Alex?

"Choose a place to sit down." The archbishop said: "Now the exam will begin."

Everyone took their seats, and Joyce got an exam paper with the title of "The Holy Book". The specific content was about the survival of the people, the understanding of the Holy Light, the interpretation of the true God, and the knowledge of the Holy See.

Common sense questions are about the history of the Holy See.

These questions Joyce was very familiar with. He finished answering the question with a quill pen. He didn't close his eyes for a whole night. Now that the tiredness hits, he can't hold it anymore, lying on the table and falling asleep groggy. He don't know how long he slept, and someone touched his head with one hand. Joyce woke up suddenly and saw the archbishop kindly ask: "Mr. Shaqs, are you all right?"

Joyce wiped off his saliva and said, "Sorry, I'm too sleepy."

Everyone around laughed, and the archbishop closed the paper and said, "Please stay here, don't leave."

With sleepy eyes, Joyce saw someone bring breakfast--milk and bread, so he ate something casually, and slept on the table again. About half an hour later, someone called his name.

Joyce looked up blankly, only to hear another burst of laughter around him.

The archbishop took the paper and waved to Joyce, "Come to me, boy."

Joyce got up and went over, there was a lot of discussion in the examination room, and the archbishop looked at the paper again and called out another person's name.

The young man left his seat and got up and walked towards the archbishop. Now the whole examination room became tense. This signal proved the person left behind by the written test. Someone began to pray. The archbishop called a total of thirteen names. Those who were called entered the side hall and waited.

"The rest can go back," the archbishop said gently.

Joyce did not see the disappointed look of the eliminated people in the examination room. He heard a sound and followed the archbishop into the corridor. The remaining thirteen people were taken to another side hall, and the bishop said: "Reserve here for a while and line up."

The candidates began to line up silently, everyone was very polite, and the rest took care of Joyce the youngest, and asked him to stand in front. Joyce hurriedly said: "I don't want to be the first..."

"Are you afraid of being caught in sleepy?" Someone teased in a friendly way: "Stand behind me."

"Are you too nervous last night and didn't sleep well?" someone asked again.

Joyce nodded, everyone used this rare time to introduce each other and get acquainted with each other. Everyone came from different countries. It is always a good thing for a candidate to know a few friends no matter who becomes a priest in the future.

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