Things have changed
Hearing that, Tina sneered. "Red Priest, according to our intelligence, he dared to confront the current king of Hollevin and escaped unscathed. He's also suspected to have killed a Master Mage on his own. More importantly, the archbishop of Bronze Drum City and a Paladin were both killed by him. The Temple of Light here has also been occupied by him. With our current strength, we can't compete with him at all. How do you want to judge him? "
Zooey looked at the beautiful Priestess in surprise. He knew who Burke was. Not only was he a young archbishop, but he was also a Master Priest. Besides, Burke was also a noble. Wherever he was, he would be respected and even sought after. However, this Priestess named Tina didn't seem to respect Burke.
Burke chuckled. "I'm a Master Priest, you're a Master Paladin, and Jojo and Dior are quasi-Master Light Knight. Can't the four of us deal with a Red Priest? "
Zooey was even more surprised. He didn't expect that the beautiful girl in front of him was actually a Paladin. He wasn't ignorant. He knew very well how high the status of Paladins was in the Temple of Light.
As for the so-called Light Knight, it was actually a magic swordsman who could use light spells. It sounded similar to a Paladin, but they were actually two different professions. In the case of the same level, the gap in strength was even more obvious.
Tina, however, shook her head. "The previous Paladin and the archbishop probably thought the same as you, but they're now dead. I've met Beta several times. He's unfathomable. "
Burke thought for a moment. "Do you really think we have no chance of winning?"
"It's not completely impossible." Tina blinked, and faint light energy turned into specks of light that slowly rose from her eyebrows. "I'm just not confident. He's not alone with the Red Priest. I heard that the Holy Lady of the Church of Storm appeared beside him from time to time. In addition, there's also a woman named Shirley, the archbishop of the Woking Church. Hmph, there are only troublesome women around him. Both of them are experts. We don't have an absolute chance of winning. "
There was a hint of jealousy in Tina's voice that she didn't even notice.
Burke slightly furrowed his brows, then smiled and said, "Then let's take our time to think about it. Tina, go and rest first. Beautiful women shouldn't stay up late. Leave the rest to us. Of course, we'll ask for your opinion before we carry it out. "
Tina hesitated for a moment before nodding gently. Then, she walked out of the circle of light and left under the guidance of a servant.
Watching Tina's back completely disappear at the door, Burke withdrew his gaze, and his face, which had been indifferent just now, became a little gloomy.
The Light Knight named Jojo suddenly said, "Mr. Burke, according to the intelligence sent by the Inquisition, Tina had a very close relationship with the Red Priest before she became a Paladin. Now that we're going to deal with the Red Priest, she's making excuses. Does she have ulterior motives? "
Burke, however, glared at his subordinate fiercely and scolded, "Shut up. Tina is a Paladin … Do you know how many Paladins there are in the entire church? Twenty-four. And Tina has the best aptitude among all the Paladins. It only took her about a year from becoming a Paladin to advancing to the level of Master. This speed ranks third in the historical record of the church in the past six hundred years. She may have feelings for that Beta as a friend, or something else, but her faith in the Goddess can't be fake, otherwise she wouldn't have her current strength. "
Jojo shrank her neck, but still said, "Tina is a Paladin of the Light. How can she have feelings for outsiders of other churches?"
Burke said rather unhappily, "But in the doctrine, there is no rule that female believers of the church must marry people of the church."
This was what Burke was most upset about. A year ago, he felt that female believers of the church should indeed have the right to love freely. But since meeting Tina, Burke felt that the sisters of his church should be digested internally.
On the other side, Tina went up to the third floor and entered a rather luxurious room. Because it was a newly built mansion, there was still a faint smell of lacquer and mud in the room.
Having grown up in a rich family, she naturally couldn't stand such a smell. She opened the window to ventilate the room.
Although it was close to dawn, the half silver moon in the sky was still bright. Tina was bathed in the moonlight, her mind full of thoughts.
Tina once remembered a bard saying that the most painful feeling in the world was lovesickness. Tina felt that these words had struck a chord in her heart. Every time she thought of that person, her heart would ache, but she would think of him every day and couldn't forget him.
She was able to become a Paladin because of his help. It was only after becoming a Paladin that she knew how precious the Spring of Light, also known as the Tears of Light, was.
She was a little girl with poor qualifications in all aspects except for her appearance. With the Tears of Light and the ability to confer the title of Knight, in just over a year, she went from an ordinary noble girl to the current Master Paladin, standing at the top of the pyramid of combat power.
She knew very well how many people were envious of her, and how many people's eyes were red. Everyone thought that she was talented and extremely devout to the Goddess, so she could make such rapid progress.
But she knew that she did believe in the Goddess of Light, but she might not be so devout.
So she knew very well that as long as she was still a Paladin, it would be impossible to forget him. Instead, she would miss him more and more.
With a long sigh, Tina looked up at the moon. The brighter the moon, the fewer stars there were around it. She felt that she was like that moon, lonely and without anyone to accompany her.
Just as she was feeling sad, she saw what seemed to be a dark shadow in the sky, and when she took a closer look, she found that it seemed to be a bird.
It was so late, what bird could fly so high … it was impossible for an owl to fly to such a height.
She felt a little strange. She closed her eyes, condensed some bright light on her fingertips, and gently touched it between her eyebrows. Then she opened her eyes, and her pupils flashed with star-like spots of light.
Tina looked at the sky again, and this time she could clearly see what the dark shadow in the sky was … a golden eagle.
She was quite familiar with this eagle. After all, she cared about the things around that person.
She saw the eagle, and the eagle naturally saw her too!
Apart from the bird's gaze, she also sensed another gaze cast down from above. It was very familiar. Being stared at by this gaze, her heart beat slightly faster, but she didn't feel uncomfortable. Instead, she was somewhat delighted.
Is that you? Beta.
The eagle circled twice in the sky and left. The gaze also disappeared.
Tina felt a little empty in her heart. She grabbed the ends of her hair with her right hand and gently twirled them with her index finger. After twirling them for a long time, she smiled in disappointment and turned to leave the room.
She went down to the living room and opened the door, only to see that Burt and the others were still discussing in the soundproof barrier. She stepped forward and knocked lightly, then walked in under their somewhat surprised gazes.
Burke's eyes were somewhat surprised. "Tina, why are you down here again?"
"I have something very important to tell you," said Tina leisurely. "We've been discovered. We've been discovered for a long time."
Burke stood up. "What exactly is going on?"
"The red priest has a magic pet, a golden eagle." Tina smiled and said, "When I went upstairs and opened the window just now, I found this golden eagle hovering above us. It seems that the red priest has long since discovered that we came here."
Burke sat back in his chair, his expression not very good.
Jojo, on the other hand, asked, "As far as I know, a magic pet contract is a very difficult thing, and the number of spellcasters who can do it can be counted on one hand. What exactly is the red priest's background to actually contract a flying magic pet? "
Tina shook her head. "I don't know either, but it's an ironclad fact that he has a magic pet."
Dior, with a head of long gray hair, said coldly, "Since the other party already knows that we're here, then the plan we just made has to be completely overturned."
Burke gently patted the armrest of the chair. "Then there's a lot to consider … Tina, you stay too. You've been in contact with the red priest before and should know something about his personality and habits. Tell us about it in detail."
On a small slope opposite the slums, Beta called Joan Of Arc back and then stood silently.
He didn't expect that the Temple of Light would actually send Tina over this time.
In any case, he and Tina were friends, and since Tina was here, many of his previous tricks and ideas couldn't be used anymore, and he had to reconsider how to deal with the people of the Temple of Light.
He sat down on the threshold of the low stone house and didn't do anything else. He just sat there quietly. When the sun showed half of its face on the horizon, he summoned Shirley and Emma from the space of Mystra's Mansion and said, "Things have changed. We'll go up and find them in a moment. Shirley, you stay with me, and Emma, you stay in the space."
Emma was somewhat dissatisfied. "Why can't I stay with you?"
Beta turned his head and said, "Because you're the Holy Lady of the Temple of Storm, and this is a matter between the Woking Church and the Church of Light. If you show up by my side later, with your identity, they'll have the illusion that the Church of Storm is also involved and that they're working with us, which will inevitably affect the relationship between the Goddess of Storm and the Goddess of Light … You can't shoulder such a great responsibility right now."
Emma opened her mouth, but finally she had to lower her eyelids in disappointment, unable to say anything.