"Hell... This is hell coming!" "Great Lord, please save your believers..."
After the doomsday scene came, the whole seaport town was in chaos. The militia guards that were organized temporarily were unable to maintain order. Rushing figures could be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys.
The raging fire from the dock is expanding along the wind direction, which seems to include the whole seaport town.
"Move the things that ignite the fire away from me, and create a sufficiently open area. Where is the fire brigade? Let's take action!" Tiris, the leader of the temporary guard, shouted at the top of his voice, trying to use the isolation method taught by Lord Adrian before to stop the spread of the fire.
It's a pity that the morale of the whole guard team has nearly collapsed. Many people have left their weapons and fled madly to the harbor town, ignoring his orders.
Seeing the raging flames getting closer and closer, Tiris was desperate.
Just then, a loud voice like thunder sounded in my ears.
"Praise [Ella] - the kingdom of heaven has come!"
At this moment, the extremely chaotic seaport town seemed like time had stopped, and all the people who were fleeing in a panic all stopped, stopped and looked up at the night sky.
The dust cloud that originally hung over the city was torn to pieces by some powerful force. Then, the dazzling white light fell from the sky and spread over every corner of the harbor town.
Under the sweeping white light, everyone felt that the exhausted body was reinvigorated, and the despair and fear in the heart were rapidly fading away.
A man whose leg was broken by a falling stone in the disaster was surprised to find that his broken leg had recovered, and his face suddenly showed extremely enthusiastic piety.
The raging fire, which covered half of the city and was known as the fire of hell and the incarnation of the devil, also went out quickly and disappeared without a trace under such force.
Then, the pure white light gradually converged and turned into a holy and noble goddess shadow. She looked down at all living beings, with stars shining in her eyes, full of mystery and dignity.
"Lord, you have not abandoned your most devout believers after all!"
"The devil... the devil is dead... The great lord of the stars [Ella], thank you for your salvation..."
"Lord, I will confess my sins..."
Tens of thousands of townspeople in Haigang Town knelt on the ground and prayed constantly to express their gratitude for the grace of the Lord. Many people even kissed the land crazily to show their piety.
Of all the people present, the only one who could keep some sense was Tiris.
After being illuminated by white light, a fanatical piety rose in his heart, but he did not kneel down on the spot, as if some magical force had stopped his action.
I don't know when a middle-aged man with a red gold robe and an iron mask appeared beside him.
"Cardinal!" Tiris immediately recognized the identity of the caller from the other party's clothes and saluted respectfully.
"What about Antique? Why did the harbor town become like this?" Edwell looked around at the townspeople who were kneeling on the ground praying piously and asked directly. "If I am not mistaken, the witch hunt ceremony should start at noon tomorrow."
As early as two days ago, the Holy City had received a message from Anthik asking for help. The Archbishop of Nordland, who led an elite guard, was almost destroyed in the process of rounding up several wizards. Even though he used Divine Surrender, he could not keep his opponent.
According to the procedure of the trial court, it is not worth letting the troublesome official wizard do it in person, but Anthik specifically mentioned in his letter that the other side is very young and will probably become a threat to the Holy See in the future.
What is more terrifying is that the wizard can use a very strange fire of hell. If it spreads, it will burn a town in a short time, but Anthik has no way to deal with it.
It was with this in mind that he decided to go to the seaport town in person to ensure the safety. He left the priest who was accompanying him when he perceived the fluctuation caused by the divine power explosion, and came to the seaport town alone at the fastest speed.
It's a pity that it's still a little late.
"It's like this, Cardinal, just earlier this evening, two Devil believers broke into the harbor town and lit the granary..." Tiris told the whole story as briefly as possible.
When he heard that it was the wizard Anthik was chasing that destroyed the harbor terminal, Edwell's face suddenly became dignified.
A great wizard hid his power and pretended to be hiding in the territory of the Nordland Territory. Without thinking, he knew that the other side must be planning some kind of plot to overthrow the empire and the Holy See.
Thinking of this, Edwell saw the sailing warship sailing into the fog through the vision of God's projection, across the ruins of the harbor and the vast sea.
After roughly calculating the distance, Edwell soon gave up the idea of doing things. Even if he used the strongest magic, it was not enough to threaten a great wizard at such a distance.
"You did a good job this time, at least you didn't make the empire suffer more losses."
In Edwell's opinion, it is a lucky thing that he has uncovered a great wizard who is very hidden at the cost of half a seaport town.
Before, he thought that Anthik was a waste, and he was so embarrassed by a formal wizard. He was preparing to remove the other party's archbishop after this incident. But now it seems that it is a crime of non war. Anthik's defeat is entirely due to the fact that the enemy is too strong.
In addition, the casualties in the seaport town were far lower than he expected. Edwell thought that tens of thousands of townspeople would be killed or injured at least half of them in such a disaster, but from the number of souls admitted into the Holy Land, only less than 5000 people died, including 3000 black armor guards.
This is a miracle
"This is the order of Lord Adrian." Tiris did not mean to take credit, and his face was full of resentment. "But Lord Adrian has followed Bishop Anthik into the port, and now he may have..."
"What a pity!" said Edwell regretfully. He could calm the chaos of the harbor town in a short time, and organize the militia guard to evacuate the townspeople quickly. This is definitely a rare command talent.
"Has Anthik collected any information about the great wizard for so many days?" Edwell asked again.
Tiris hesitated for a moment. These things were not accessible to him as the captain of the guard. Fortunately, Merck, the lord of the harbor town, had already arrived. After learning the request of the Cardinal, he immediately asked someone to bring out the information that Anthik had given him before.
However, after taking the parchment roll and looking over it for a few times, Edwell's expression soon froze.
Carl... The illegitimate son of the Imperial aristocrat Viscount of Sderland, who is only 17 years old, disappeared six months ago, and the wizard Kolu captured by them had arrived in Sderland at the same time.
It is speculated that the wizard named Carl may be one of Kolu's apprentices.
"Which fool collected all this information?" Edwell scolded with great dissatisfaction.
This is totally bullshit. Can an official wizard's new apprentice who has not received half a year use the magic to destroy half of the seaport town?
I'm afraid the intelligence personnel led by Nordland have gone crazy
The harbor town lord trembled and dared not answer.
Edwell did not pay any attention to Merck, but took out the golden classics at his waist, turned to the latest page, and used his finger as a pen to carve new information into it.
[Name: Carl (unconfirmed real name)
Extremely dangerous (Great Wizard)
Crime: Kill Archbishop Anthik, destroy 3000 Black Armored Guards, and destroy half of the seaport town!
Reward amount: Sekas gold coins...... 50000!]
(PS: The ranking of the members of the Holy See is based on the religious reform of a certain god, which is roughly [pastor - bishop (archbishop) - cardinal (clergyman) - saint (presiding judge and other senior members of the Holy See) - pope...])