It was a yellowed ancient scroll, about eight inches long, with a bright gold belt, and the knot was sealed with fire paint. Two crossed sword blades are engraved on it, which is simple but mysterious so that people cannot associate it with anything.
Uriel didn't know whether to put it down.
"I'm not here to steal anything." He said to the black cat, "Then the Duke will chop off my head and hang it outside the city gate."
The cat in the ink bottle tilted his head and looked at him.
The apprentice couldn't help but blush, and he added hesitantly: "...Well, I am indeed curious about what is written in it."
"But I can't open it. This is something belonging to the Wiggins family. If it is discovered, the consequences will be much more serious than pretending to be a mercenary... Chief Shunuo will report it to the Duke. She will probably faint when she returns to Yotsuba City. "Joy didn't ask me to do unnecessary things... and Mr. Eads, he will definitely fire me."
Although he was explaining to the black cat, Uriel was actually trying to calm down his mood. Human curiosity is innate, and he can only resist a little bit by trying his best.
The black cat is so small that the apprentice can't see its expression clearly, or he simply can't tell what expression the cat will use to express its mood. Just those bright black eyes staring at him made Uriel feel awkward.
Something along the lines of "Are you kidding me?"
"I'm not joking." Uriel said every word. "I am a law-abiding citizen and I will not use unfair means to obtain benefits."
At this time, he hesitated for a moment, and then added: "I mean, uh, I will abide by the moral principles in my heart. What I said in order to convey information...can it be regarded as a modification?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the fire paint on the scroll suddenly melted silently.
"I didn't do anything!" The apprentice was startled. He let go in a panic and yelled at the black cat. As if the other party can testify for himself.
But the scroll was not calmed by his words. The outline of the blade disappeared, the belt fell off, and was stained with red wax. Only the ancient paper scroll was still floating in the air.
Then it unfolded on its own—
Pale golden silk threads intertwine into peculiar characters. It was not any of the languages of the Eastman Kingdom, not the lingua franca of Binyaio, nor the dialect of Messatori, nor the Maritime tongue of Knight's Bay.
However, the apprentice could understand the writing on it.
That is the divine word used by the Church of Gaia to write scriptures.
The scroll says:
"The man who redeems the world, carrying deep malice, unknown possibilities and an equal amount of hope."
"In the name of Gaia"
"Are you willing to keep your oath?" 』
"Mysterious... mysterious items?" Uriel was extremely surprised, "The goddess's hymn..."
There is no need to think about what to say at this time.
What Uriel said was not a show of words. He truly believed from the bottom of his heart that stealing was illegal, and took the initiative to restrain his behavior according to the principles of virtue and good deeds. Perhaps poverty made him see the indifference of society and made him learn to protect himself, but monastic education is always the starting point for apprentices to establish a complete concept and understanding of the world.
Good and evil are not dogma, and right and wrong are beyond commandments. Gaia's followers pursue extremely pure and precious doctrines, which are the most glorious cross-section of human nature.
"It's my pleasure."
Uriel whispered.
The golden thread spread downwards, writing his words.
In an instant, Uriel felt as if his soul had undergone a baptism, and the tiny fire ignited into a curtain of flames; his consciousness was ethereal, his five senses escaped from the confinement of the body, and some obscure knowledge fell from the void, constantly filling his memory. .
The laws surrounding the world fluctuate in series, and the indescribable mystery comes with the tidal bees of magic; they manifest all kinds of wonderful scenes that are difficult to describe - the sea of fire burning under the ice, the eagles flying under the water, the beasts breaking free from the earth Forests, and waterfalls hanging from the sky.
The vast scenery was brilliant and colorful, like a canopy, but when Uriel looked at it, he felt unable to understand it.
Unexplainable anomalies are mysteries.
He realized that something had changed in his soul flame, which was from top to bottom and from the inside out: the abundance of magic power filled the body with strength, and the world was opening up to him deeper mysteries. The apprentice saw that every second the scenery was different from the last moment, he listened to the sound of wind flowing through the cracks in the rocks, and the dripping water seeping into the moss.
If Joey or Sauron were here, he would be told that this process is a job transfer. From then on, he was no longer an ordinary person who had just lit the fire but had no power, but a warrior who was able to use this magical power.
The mysterious person of the ring level.
The Scroll of Oath provided him with a mysterious profession, the path of the warrior, called the "Knight of Proverbs."
Indescribable feelings spread through his sense of touch. Uriel could detect the friction of bird feathers in the air outside the castle, the children stepping lightly on the carpet in the attic, and even the undead drawing long swords in the corridor——
The apprentice suddenly woke up.
The characters in front of me changed again:
"witness"
"Katie in the Bottle, The Book of Oaths"
Uriel stretched out his hand, and the parchment suddenly dimmed and fell slightly heavy into his palm. He put the scroll of oath into his pocket and without hesitation turned back towards the corpse of the knight sitting on the ground.
There are corpse eaters hunting two humans!
A brief stretch of inspiration brought the scene happening in the castle into his mind. Uriel saw two strange boys and girls, who were trying to escape from a group of guards and were on the third floor.
That's right underneath the knight's body.
The apprentice moved the heavy armor away, and suddenly a thought occurred to him for no reason. He pulled off the knight's visor and immediately saw a familiar face.
"...!!"
The truth about the invasion of Frostleaf Castle was revealed, and he felt dizzy - the knight who died here was Cervantes.
The leader of the Shadow Legion, the big shot who leads the knights and protects the castle. Uriel even saw him once just now, but now the body has cooled down, and it has obviously been gone for a long time.
No wonder there was no movement when the guards were replaced.
Katie in the bottle jumped onto his shoulder. The apprentice took a deep breath and stabbed down with the sword in both hands!
The blade sank into the steel-like rock——
…
"Gavin!" The girl's scream almost penetrated the wall, "Get out of the way!"
The boy at the corner was about to tell his sister not to make such a fuss. Even if Xiu Nuo or Cervantes discovered them, they would not be punished in the absence of the Grand Duke; but when he looked up, he saw the guards in the castle. He drew his sword and rushed towards him.
"Ah!" The Duke's son also screamed. He rolled and crawled back. The speeding sword light passed by the tip of his nose and chopped the vase used as a shield into pieces.
"Are you crazy!?"
Gavin was sweating. He almost died. The young man showed his true self without any aristocratic gestures and etiquette. His tone was urgent and hoarse, and he was almost frightened to the point of losing his ability to think.
"Run! Gavin, run!"
Delphine was horrified. She saw that the guard had no response to her brother's questioning, and began to turn his wrist to prepare for the next strike!
Sure enough, the knight slashed at him with his sword again. Gavin retreated in time at Miss Noone's reminder, but the stones from the broken sculpture splashed up, covering his head and face.
Gavin turned around and ran away without thinking. He grabbed the frightened Danlfien at the end of the corridor, and the two stumbled up the stairs; the knight's armor clanked behind him, and the guards were chasing after him.
"Why are the knights chasing us?" The girl ran out of breath, but she still had doubts in her heart.
"He's not chasing us," Gavin replied, "He's trying to kill us!"
"Where is Mr. Cervantes? Uncle Xiuno, where are you?" Tears welled up in the girl's eyes. The scene where her brother escaped from the sword just now really scared her. "Are we going to die here, Gavin? Killed at home?"
"Of course not, that's just an assassin."
Her brother forced himself to calm down and said, "Don't worry, Danelfein, Chief Shunuo has long been aware that there are intruders in the castle, and he will rush over soon... The only one who will die will be the desperate assassin. "
Delphine wanted to say something, but no sound came out.
At this time, a group of knights came forward——
"Help!" Gavin seemed to see a savior.
What responded to him was the sound of swords being drawn in a neat manner. The standard long sword of the Kingdom's noble army was sharpened on both sides, and its lethality when wielded was terrifying.
At this moment, Gavin saw a rain of sword light flying towards him. He could only turn around and push Danlfien to the ground, his eyes filled with despair and darkness.
boom--!
Dust filled the air as the ground collapsed, and a loud crash interrupted the attack. The undead climbed up from the rubble and raised their heads numbly, their armor intact.
But a half-moon-like arc followed closely, and the sharp light penetrated the armor horizontally, tearing the corpse-eaters who had cornered Gavin and Danlfion into pieces, even cutting them into human shapes.
At this time, the corpse eater who was chasing up the stairs was late.
It's not that the undead move slowly. In fact, the moving speed of corpse eaters is far beyond that of humans. However, their lack of thinking instinct always makes it difficult for them to perform in complex terrain. This is why the two of them were lucky to climb the stairs in a panic.
Uriel had jumped out of the secret room, and dust was still falling. When he landed, he lowered his body to relieve the inertia caused by gravity, and then he mustered up all his strength to kick the ground, and the broken debris made a crisp sound.
"charge"!
The burst of magic power set off a whirlwind——
Fragments and fragments fell like a rain, and Gavin stuck his head out in shock. Just the second he thought he was dead, things took a turn for the worse. The young man struggled to open his eyes and saw strange shadows falling from the ceiling, and then the mutinous guards became silent.
The final charge was extremely smooth: Uriel's long sword intersected with the undead, and the explosive force directly cut the opponent in half with his sword.
The corpse was thrown and smashed against the wall, and the fractures of the steel armor were smooth and natural.
The young man couldn't help but open his mouth.
"Holy...Templar?!"
The first term that came to the mind of the noble young master of Yotsuye City was the Knights Templar who defended the queen's residence.
Uriel cut off the undead's struggling hand at the wrist, but the sound of the bones breaking only made people feel reassured.
He took a breath and looked nervously in the direction of the aristocratic boy and girl. Only then did his raised heart relax. For a moment, he couldn't organize his words: "I am... an adventurer from the Knox Mercenary Group. You don't have it?" Are you injured?"
Delphine was frightened, Gavin helped her up from the ground, and replied with lingering fear: "With the blessing of Berti, we are intact... Gaia is above, are those intruders?"
"They are undead creatures." The apprentice vaguely guessed the identities of Gavin and Danlfion. After all, there were only members of the Wiggins family in Frostleaf Castle. "They were once warriors of the Shadow Legion, and were manipulated to attack you after death."
The Duke's son turned pale: "Undead?"
"That's right. The situation is urgent and we must find Director Xiu Nuo." The apprentice replied.
Since the Cervantes in the castle was faked by the Necromancer, things have changed again.
Uriel thought of a solution to the problem.
