mediator

Chapter 17

At noon, Ed and his party arrived at the gate of the city, and Rhea also arrived as scheduled.

There are many people gathered here, and they are all adventurers who want to go to the temple ruins to find out.

"Hey? Rex, why are you wearing a suit of armor?" After meeting, Ed, Lumer, and Reya expressed their surprise when they saw Rex wearing gorgeous armor.

"Hey, handsome~" Lacey patted Rex's shoulder triumphantly.

"He's quite handsome, why, don't you become a mage?" Ed smiled teasingly.

"Lacey likes it." Rex's simple words made Ed's mouth twitch.

It's useless to ask.

Just then, a person came in front of them.

"Is there something wrong?" When the team was in action, all the negotiations were handed over to Ed. He was the team leader.

"Everyone must be going to the city of Belem, why not come with us?" The man looked like a mage, wearing a black robe. "Everyone here has decided to act together. After all, the place we are going to is very dangerous. If there are more than one person, there is more or less hope of survival."

"I don't think the words of the dark mage have any credibility." Ed looked the mage up and down.Although the Eastern Continent is not as exaggerated as the Leiden Continent, anyone who dares to walk around wearing black robes so blatantly is either a master or an idiot.Judging from the thick dark aura emanating from this person, this person should belong to the former.Glancing at the disgusted Rossel, Ed secretly smiled.I really don't know what method this dark mage used to make the group of adventurers listen to his suggestion, but he must have other plans.

"You can rest assured that I will never deliberately frame you." The dark mage raised the corners of his mouth, showing a strange smile, "I can swear to the god of the earth."

According to ancient legends, the God of Flame is irritable and irritable, the God of Flowing Water is gentle and persevering, the God of Earth is just and rigorous, and the God of Breeze is lively and changeable. Therefore, the God of Creation appointed them to be in charge of war, healing, justice, and climate respectively.

Do you swear to the god of the earth...

Ed looked at the others and saw that there was no objection, so he nodded, "Let's join."

No matter what your idea is, I haven't paid attention to a level 9 dark mage.

Although he didn't want to, but the prince made a decision, and Rosal could only follow. Anyway, with his ability, he would definitely not hurt the prince.

After everyone was tidied up, the explorers headed towards the city of Belem, led by the dark mage.

"Be careful, all of you, that dark mage is absolutely uneasy." Ed reminded several companions.

"Well." Lacey nodded, "That person is a typical dark mage, he definitely has some plans, we will follow behind, if something goes wrong, we will leave as soon as possible. Lumer, I will leave the movement of that group of people to you, by the way Ask about that dark mage."

"Well, good." As soon as he finished speaking, Lumer started to move, slowly approaching other adventurers.His shy and shy appearance is very helpful for him to inquire about news.

"Mr. Elf." Lacey looked at Rosser, and then at Rex.

"Rother, pay attention to the movement around you." Rex understood Lacey's meaning very well.

"...Yes." Knowing that the dark mage is untrustworthy, but still wanting to act together with him... Rosel was impatient, muttering in his heart while paying attention to his surroundings.

The journey was peaceful, at least until night, when they were resting in the temporary camp, nothing happened, but the number of people increased significantly.And not far from them, there is a mercenary group stationed, as well as people from the Church of Light.

"People from the Church of Light are here." Reya looked at a few people wearing obvious Church of Light costumes with the mercenary group not far away, and carefully identified them. There were about 5 paladins and The 2 priests are a little far away, but I can't tell the level.

"This is the ruins of the Dark Temple. People from the Church of Light came here not for the things inside, but to destroy it." Lu Mo glanced over there, "It's the dark mage, it's not easy."

"What?" Lacey was always interested in other people's gossip.

"That person's name is Casared Ivan."

"Ivan?" Cassie almost spit out the water he drank in his mouth in surprise. Not only him, but others were also shocked. "you sure?"

"I was surprised when I knew about it." Lu Mo shook his head and sighed, "I really didn't expect that the hero of the first battle of light and darkness, the descendant of the great sage Aiwen, would actually be a dark mage."

"I don't think it's strange." Rossell snorted softly, expressing his disgust for humans. "Human beings have always been so cunning and fickle that they can't be trusted."

"What about the Elf?" Lacey said lightly.

"Of course elves are the most upright and beautiful race in the world!" Without even thinking about it, he blurted out the words that had been deeply in his mind since he was born.

"Really." Didn't say much, just smiled at Roser, then turned to Lumer, "Go on."

Then, what kind of look is that!Lacey's smile made Rossel very angry, but he couldn't open his mouth to argue.He clearly saw the sarcasm on Lacey's mouth, and wanted to refute him without hesitation as before, but he really couldn't say anything.Having lived for so long and seen so much, of course he knew what Lacey was laughing at.Humans are treacherous and cunning, but what about elves?Although they have been living in seclusion, how can they really break away from the human beings that have spread all over the world, and have been in contact with human beings for a long time. The elves are no longer the pure and flawless race in the legend.

Rossel clenched his fists tightly, suddenly, he seemed to think of something.

Lacey seems to be only 20 years old, even if she is very old, or has read a lot of books, but it is impossible to have such a reaction, not to mention, Rex is also an elf...

At this time, Rossel found that he could not understand this human that he hated.

Although Lumer was surprised by Lacey's reaction, he didn't pay much attention to it.As long as Lacey does something, it must be right.He has a blind admiration for Lacey.

"That Casared is the only descendant of the Aiwen family. It seems that he was betrayed by his friends before, and then he fell into the dark camp." Lu Mo frowned, "Others, his group is not very good. Clearly, they only know this, that is, because of the name of the great sage's descendants, they dare to join."

"That's right, how should I put it, the descendants of great sages shouldn't lie or anything, that group of people should have this kind of thinking." Rhea sneered, "However, after hearing what you said, I remembered something like this thing."

About 30 years ago, Casared was not called Casared. At that time, he was called Morede, and he was called the Son of God. He was the high priest of the Church of Light after the Pope. At that time, however, At the age of 18, he was full of energy until one day...

"The Pope asked me to come, why?" Mored respectfully saluted the Pope.

"I heard that you are learning dark magic?"

"My lord, how could I learn dark magic! Please don't insult my personality."

"Then what are these books?" As he spoke, Macchivila Deville threw several dark magic tomes at Mored.

"This...it's impossible..." Mored picked up those books, he couldn't believe his eyes, they were indeed his books. "My lord pope, please believe me! I am indeed studying dark magic, but that is to better grasp its weaknesses. I absolutely did not learn dark magic! I swear to the God of the Earth!"

"Then are you willing to accept the divine judgment?"

"I am willing!"

Then, just under the statue of the Goddess of Light, preparations for the Holy Judgment began.

"Do you think this should be a secret, impossible to be discovered?" Deville looked at him coldly.

The pope's words made Mored's face darken instantly.

There is only one person who knows that he is studying dark magic and can enter his room to get things.

"No, why, Flon!"

A priest named Flon stepped out of the crowd standing by.

His face showed an expression of extreme regret for what his friend had done badly, "Morred, you shouldn't be learning black arts."

"You!" Mored was so angry that he didn't know what expression to make to face this good friend of his. "Whether I have learned dark magic, you know best!"

"It's because you have practiced dark magic that I can't stand it anymore so I will tell His Excellency the Pope." Flonn's face was full of sadness, "My Lord Pope, please quickly judge him and let him understand his crimes."

"You traitor!" Mored waited fiercely for Flon, and walked into the court of judgment under the pull of the paladins of the church.

Mored is not afraid at all, because he has not practiced dark magic, he is not afraid of anyone's frame.However, the black smoke that gradually emerged from the magic circle of the Holy Judgment, and the ensuing great pain, made him look at Flon in disbelief.

"Impossible, impossible, I didn't practice dark magic, it was you, you framed me!" Mored yelled loudly, "You despicable traitor!"

"You are the betrayer, you betrayed the belief of the Goddess of Light!"

"My lord Pope, don't you really believe me!" Mored looked at Deville's indifferent eyes, and his heart was full of despair. "You don't believe me, you don't believe me! You don't believe me—!"

Mored laughed loudly, ignoring the pain on his body, "Since you say I practice dark magic, then I will practice it for you!" With his shrill voice, the sacred power of the magic circle could not suppress the darkness emanating from his body The breath, the moment Deville waved his staff to cast a spell, Mored's whole body was covered in black smoke, and then, as if he had also turned into smoke, he floated away.

"I will definitely come back! I will come back with the ultimate dark magic!"

The sky above the temple recalled for a long time the moan full of resentment when Mored left.

"Later, Mored changed his name to Casared and became a dark mage, but he didn't expect to be encountered by us here."

"How do you know such details?" Lu Mo frowned, "Why have I never heard of it?"

"This matter has been recorded in detail in the records and laws of various temples, and what outsiders know is just rumors." Reya smiled, "It's normal that you don't know, of course, I have never doubted your family's intelligence system , but you only started to lift it in recent years."

"..." Lu Mo lowered his head and remained silent.

"What do you think? About that Sakared." After listening to Rhea's narration, Ed pondered for a while and looked at everyone present.

"A dark mage is a dark mage, there is nothing to say, anyway, you can't trust him." Rosel was the first to speak.

The words are very straightforward, but they are indeed what everyone thinks.

"Actually, there is still a follow-up to this matter." Reya said mysteriously, "When I saw this paragraph in the classics, I once asked the teacher, and he said that after Casared became the Dark Mage , never forgot to take revenge on Flon, and later he did succeed in revenge, leaving Flon with nothing. The church also admitted their mistake and sent Flon to prison. The Pope once asked him to return to the light Church, but he said that he is already a believer in the God of Darkness and a dark priest, and it is impossible to transfer to the light camp, so he rejected the Pope's invitation."

"You seem to be talking about me?"

The voice that suddenly appeared in the ear made Rhea tremble.

But obviously, he wasn't the only one who didn't notice it.

"Don't be so nervous, I'm just here to join in the fun with you." Casared went to Rhea's side, "I heard you seem to be discussing my affairs."

"..."

A few people dare not speak, after all, it is not a good thing to speak ill of others behind their backs, let alone being discovered by others?Although they didn't say anything bad about it.

"I just told you not to be nervous." Kasamedin raised the corner of his mouth, "Although the people in the dark camp are very bad, at least for the time being, I won't do anything to you."

That's right, not for the time being, that means waiting for a later meeting.Ed kept slandering in his heart.

"While flashing, flashing, what if the people from the Illuminati Church over there fight with you and involve us? We are all still students."

……

"Don't mind it, don't mind it, that's how he talks, it doesn't matter if you are here!" Ed quickly expressed his opinion to Casared, regardless of the surprised expressions of the other people.

Nonsense, if you offend this person, you will die, you will die!

If it's just a level 9 dark mage, he really doesn't care.In Kasamedin, he successfully passed the graduation exam and became an eighth-level flame mage, but his job is not a mage. In the clan, he is one of the top ten warriors, and he has reached the twelfth level. An ordinary mage Not an opponent at all, but this person is a priest!Or the high priest whose status in their clan is second only to the highest priest... It is estimated that his identity has already been recognized...

"It's okay, it's okay~" Casared looked at Lacey with a smile, and the corners of his mouth were exaggerated, "Why would I be angry with someone who has a 'Dark token'?"

Such a sentence drew everyone's attention to Lacey.

"Dark token?" Roser said with a complex expression, "Do you have a dark token?"

"What is that, I haven't heard of it." Lacey ignored them and continued to eat. He had been hungry for a while.

"Rother, don't ask too much about Lacey." Rex warned Rossel while taking out more delicacies.

Your Highness, do you really like this human being so much?Russell's expression became more complicated.He didn't like Lacey in the first place, but now, this person seems to have something to do with the dark camp. In the future, His Highness the prince's position will be very embarrassing.

Seeing them like this, Casared didn't continue to say anything about the dark token.At the beginning, he saw Ed's identity, so he pulled them to act together. Although there was a white elf between them, but now, it seems that the white elf didn't care about the camp issue at all.And at that moment just now, what he saw, he can be sure that it is the artifact that the God of Darkness once bestowed on the highest priest of the Dark Elves. Appearance and efficacy. In the battle of the gods 6000 years ago, the highest priest of the dark elves at that time died in battle, and the dark token also lost its trace. The battlefield at that time was the city of Belem.

At this time, Rhea finally came to his senses. "Who the hell are you?"

"You are definitely not an ordinary dark mage." Lu Mo frowned. Although he still can't grasp all the information about the family like his brother, his insight is definitely not lost to anyone.

"Of course I'm not a mage." Casared smiled more and more treacherously, "I've always been a priest."

really.

"Don't worry about the people from the Illuminati Church over there, they won't come to attack us yet."

"Don't talk about us, you are not with us." Reya pouted.

"We are all sitting together so closely, who do you think will believe that we are not in the same group?" Casared said so, leaning closer to Rhea on purpose, and making a shy expression again, " Besides, the neutral Flame Temple is not as hostile to the dark camp as most people think. Is it right?" After speaking, he blinked his eyes.

"Are you sure you're not a 3-year-old child?" Reya's mouth twitched, "Besides, the God of Flame is an ally of the Goddess of Light and the Guardian of Light. He hates and hates the dark camp equally. If you don't need your help now, We will definitely destroy you!"

Ed, who listened to Rhea's words, wanted to cry but had no tears.Classmate, you will really die, you will really die...

"Hahahaha!" Casared laughed loudly, "I'm sorry, I haven't teased children like this for a long time, I'm a little excited." He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, raised his eyebrows and looked at Rhea, "I don't know you bold."

"Hey, you're very noisy." Lacey scolded Sakared with an embarrassing face, "It's so late now, and I have to hurry tomorrow, and everyone else is already resting, you are so loud to make people sleep well , are you ready to sneak attack tomorrow?"

"Hehe~ yes, I won't disturb your rest, let's go now." Saying that, Casared stood up, patted the dust off his body, and turned his face to Rhea, "You really don't know the flame temple position?" Then he smiled and walked to another tree not far away to sit down and rest.

"It's finally quiet." Lacey snorted softly, tightened the thin blanket covering her body, and fell asleep leaning against Rex's body.Rex also closed his eyes to rest after setting up an early warning barrier within the range of the few of them.

Roser on the side sighed softly, and was also preparing to rest.

"Dark token, what is it?"

Lumer's words revived Rossel.

"I've never heard of this thing. Do you know?" Lumer was very curious about this thing he had never heard of, and, from the looks of it, it seemed to be a very powerful thing.

"No, but, that person attaches so much importance to it, could it be an artifact?" Although Ed is a member of the dark elves, he doesn't know much about the temple.

"I haven't heard of it either." Reya shook his head, "But it is indeed possible that it is a divine weapon. Every main god, except the highest priest of the temple, will choose a divine envoy as his spokesperson, and bestow the divine weapon .However, I remember reading in the classics that the divine weapon bestowed by the God of Darkness on the envoy is not a 'Dark Token', but a magic book called the Code of Darkness."

They both sighed at the same time. Sure enough, there are many things to understand.

"About the dark token, I know." Roser's sudden words surprised these few people.They always thought that this elf didn't bother to talk to them, judging from Kunou's extreme hatred of humans.

"The dark token is a black crystal with the name of the God of Darkness engraved on it." Rosel lowered his head, telling his memory of this seemingly ordinary artifact, "After the Great Dark Age, believers They started fighting, but the gods didn't stop them, and chose their respective envoys as their spokespersons on the ground, and started wars again and again. The artifacts bestowed by the God of Darkness, except for the one given to the envoys of darkness, are known as priests The dark code of the Terminator, and the other is the dark token given to the highest priest of the dark elves. It is a thing that can drive all dark creatures. It is such a thing that allows the dark camp to compete with the light camp in war after war. "

"So that's how it is." Rhea mused, "Indeed, the four major elemental gods are all in the light camp. Relatively speaking, the power of the dark camp is indeed much weaker."

Ignoring Rhea's words, Rossel continued to speak in a low voice.

"However, the biggest function of the dark token is not to drive dark creatures, but to increase the ability of curses almost infinitely. In every war, too many people are controlled or killed by the highest priest of the dark temple because of it. "His voice trembled a little.

He thought of the scenes where those people died one by one. He didn't know why he survived, but he would rather die.

"Are you... all right?" Ed looked over cautiously, for fear of disturbing him and causing unexpected consequences.

"...It's okay, I'm going to rest." After finishing speaking, he actually walked under a tree beside him, and fell asleep by himself leaning against the tree.

Didn't even pester Rex?

"Don't think so much, go to sleep." Ed had to say this, telling everyone to rest quickly.

Lumer and Rhea didn't say much.If you want to know something, you can check it later. This trial is not that simple, so you should take a good rest.So the two of them found a place to rest.

Ed checked Rex's barrier, took some protective measures, and took a rest, but he still couldn't let go of the information he had just learned.

Dark token...

If Lacey really had this thing on him, it would be a big deal.