Almighty Alchemist

No matter how infamous or invincible Hamilton may be, he is still only one person after all. Behind the gorgeous aura, Hamilton's real combat power is actually no stronger than Hampton.

Just Hampton alone is enough to deal with Hamilton, not to mention there are many high-level warriors around him.

Coupled with the collapse of the Temple of the Holy Spirit, it dealt a great blow to Hamilton's mind, making him unable to fight any longer.

The death spear was knocked off, and there were a few cracks in the armor, and Hamilton was firmly restrained by the court warriors.

They didn't use the air-suppressing ring on him. After all, this kind of thing was too cruel. Strick VI didn't want to really turn his face against the church, so he kept a line in his work. However, the forbidden membrane ring was to be worn by Hamilton.

Holy warriors are magical warriors, and their attacks and defenses are mostly a mixture of magic and fighting spirit. In this aspect, Xiu Yi has always been eager to achieve, but he has never been able to be as free and casual as the church warriors. After wearing the Forbidden Ring, Hamilton's strength dropped by more than half. After sending a few senior warriors to guard him, Strick VI finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, do you think... this is appropriate?" Hampton asked in a low voice.

Strick sighed: "There are many things we have no choice, or the choice itself is a risk. Or if we captured Hamilton today, the Holy See will be greatly annoyed, but they are also very clear, so it is irrational to go to war. Don't forget that the Lance Empire itself is a member of the Holy See."

Hampton nodded.

Indeed, the Church of the Holy Spirit is not a political organization like a country, it is a large and loosely structured organization, and every country on the Northern Continent is part of the church. If you really want to attack the Lance Empire, for the church, this is equivalent to launching a civil war. No matter who wins or loses, there will be no winner in the end.

The Reims Empire does not intend to overthrow the church. They have no conflicts in essence, and they only cause disputes for one repair Igles. This kind of dispute can be resolved with political means. For example, the empire apologized to the church, then paid a certain amount of money, and then released Hamilton, and the matter was exposed. Unless the pope is so stupid that he is the absolute master of this continent and no one can defy his will, otherwise he cannot be stupid enough to start a war.

That's why Strick dared to trust Xiu Yi - even without Xiu Yi's help, he could handle it by himself, but the price was a bit higher.

"It's a pity that the matter was rushed, and I didn't expect to seize the opportunity to have a good talk with Hugh Iglesle, otherwise it would have been stipulated that the alchemy handed over must have a teleportation circle." Hampton sighed. On this issue, no one had a good negotiation with Xiu Yi at that time.

Instead, Strick VI sighed again: "Actually... I thought about it at the time."

Hampton was stunned: "You thought about it? Your Majesty, since you thought about it at the time, why didn't you take the opportunity..."

"Hampton!" Emperor Strick said with a serious expression: "Do you want to threaten Xiuyi with the life of my own daughter to hand over the teleportation circle technology? If he doesn't hand it in, won't he be allowed to save it? Just let my daughter die?"

Hampton was suddenly speechless.

Strick said slowly: "There are some things we can't do after all. Even if it's an opportunity, we can only give up. I don't want Avril to know in the future that there is someone who will save her at all costs, but her father is obstructing the rescue with some kind of alchemy. That will make me lose her forever. Even if the citizens know about such things, they will despise my actions. That is not a decision that a father should make."

"You are right, Your Majesty!" Hampton lowered his head: "However, Lord Cage was very angry when Xiu Yiglale destroyed the Arcane Tower. He has already heard the news of our cooperation with Xiu Yiglael, and he is very dissatisfied..."

"Destroy it and build another one. It's no big deal." Strick VI waved his hand impatiently: "The princess of the empire disappeared, and the magicians of the Arcane Tower contributed a lot. Regardless of whether they planned it or not, they have to bear the unshirkable responsibility. On this issue, Nicolas Cage has no bargaining power. You send someone to tell Nicholas, and immediately hand over all the people suspected of holding the princess!"

"This... I'm afraid it's not very good?" Hampton hesitated. After all, the Arcane Tower is not an ordinary organization, but a joint organization of magicians, with great authority in the empire. As Nicholas is a sanctuary, even the emperor should be polite to him.

But the kidnapping of the princess really annoyed Stricker. What about Sanctuary? What about the magician? The world cannot be resolved by force alone. No matter how powerful your sanctuary is, can you restore the collapsed arcane tower out of thin air? No matter how powerful a magician is, can he use magic to build a house? Can it make food? Can the government and civilians be governed by magic?

The strength of the secular realm is still based on the hard work of countless civilians. At this point, neither the Association of Magicians nor the Church of the Holy Spirit can do without the existence of the functional department of the national organization. This is also the fundamental reason why the strong finally bow their heads to secular power. In the final analysis, they are all lay people, and it is impossible to completely break away from the secular world. In this case, they can only bow to the secular power. At best, they have some privileges and become the vested interests, but they cannot violate the basic operating rules.

Nicolas Cage obviously made such a mistake. Not only did he fail to hand over Erdoris and others, but he even tried to ask Strick VI for Xiu Yi. This has nothing to do with Xiu Yi, but a matter of national dignity. No matter how detached and powerful the Wizards Association is, it cannot and cannot exist beyond the country. Otherwise, what is the point of the existence of the state?

So Strick VI immediately issued an ultimatum to Nicolas Cage, asking him to surrender, which was already the result of his extreme tolerance.

At this time, Lord Sanctuary actually didn't have the courage to fight against the empire, because he was successfully plotted against by Xiu Yi-the collapse of the Holy Spirit Temple completely ignited the anger of the church knights. They are frantically concentrating towards the ruins of the Arcane Tower, preparing to launch a desperate attack on the Mage Association. They believed that it was the people from the Arcane Tower who destroyed the Holy Spirit Temple, because only the magicians of the Arcane Tower could release so many and powerful bursting fireballs. Similarly, the Arcane Tower did have a reason to do so, because Nicholas Cage was snubbed at the Royal Coliseum, and angrily shot and killed dozens of holy knights. It is very likely that he felt that he was still angry, and after seeing the collapse of the Arcane Tower, he simply took action to demolish the Holy Spirit Hall himself.

In any case, such reasons are indeed reasonable. Because of this, the Church of the Holy Spirit went to trouble the Arcane Tower angrily, and the whole Wenlington was thrown into chaos.

The old emperor was very good at choosing the right time, but it was the Lord Sanctuary who made the wrong decision at the wrong time.

Therefore, in this game, the Arcane Tower is doomed not to be the winner.

Hamilton was locked in a carriage relatively far back in the royal procession.

Despite wearing the magic ring, Hamilton has no inconvenience in action. Considering his special status, even Strick VI did not dare to embarrass him too much. He just ordered four senior warriors to guard him strictly, not allowing him to leave, and temporarily restricting his freedom.

As for how to deal with it in the future, a decision can only be made after negotiating with the Church of the Holy Spirit.

Although he still respected Hamilton as much as possible on the surface, for the patron of the gods who had always been arrogant and arrogant, it was absolutely a great shame to be humiliated by Hugh Igles as soon as he stepped out, and even became a prisoner of the empire in the end.

He roared wildly in the carriage: "Strike! You are responsible for your actions! You are an insult to the church and a blasphemy to the gods! The holy light of heaven will cleanse this sinful country one day!"

Evil country? Miya pursed her lips slightly. If the Lance Empire is a sinful country, then what is the Church of the Holy Spirit? Aren't they supported by these evil countries?

Essentially, everyone in power dislikes the clergy, especially those who place the status of gods above secular power.

They are fighting for power with the world.

And those who have been in power for a long time have become accustomed to the manifestation of self-centeredness and self-will, and will never like to have other existences pointing fingers at them. Of course, on the other hand, the existence of the church can concentrate the will of the nation, and can make the country speak with one voice and have a common goal. It is even possible to make good wishes to the people when their lives are difficult, so that they believe that the pain in this life will be the source of happiness in the next life, thereby stabilizing the country.

From this point of view, the existence of religion has a positive meaning.

This is also an important reason why the Doomsday Church was obviously more pragmatic and paid more attention to people's livelihood, but it was not as good as the Holy Spirit Church in its real development-they did not give believers a bright future, but reminded them that the future is cruel and painful.

This made believers choose the Church of the Holy Spirit more because of their nature of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages when choosing religions. This made the Church of the Doomsdays eventually escape to the southern continent, learn from the past lessons, revise the teachings, and re-develop.

Therefore, Prince Mierya's disdain for Hamilton has a very good reason-religion is a tool for the power class to deceive and govern others, but in the end it deceives the power class itself into it. Did that Hamilton really think he was the spokesman for the gods? Does he really believe that there are gods in this world?

"Idiot!" Miya slowly spit out these two words.

"If you are talking about the patron of the gods, then he is indeed an idiot." A voice sounded from behind Miyeya.

Looking back, it was the Prince of Frank, Richard, and beside him was the charming and charming leader of the dark hall, Amelia.

"Why are you here?" Meiya asked curiously.

Richard shrugged: "Such a big thing happened, I have to come."

"You have a strange tone, are you worried about something?"

"Of course, we have to be worried." Richard nodded seriously: "I heard that our allies made some decisions behind our backs?"

"Yes, I am also troubled by this." Mierya nodded unabashedly: "Things have changed dramatically. He directly reached some agreements with my father, not us."

"It's not good," said Richard.

"That's true, but what can I do? We can only watch this situation, not interfere."

"If that's the case, there's no need for us to come here."

Mi Yeya was stunned: "What do you want to do? My friend? Want to change the plans of our allies? No, that will kill my sister and me, and people like him will not accept our control. You and I know this very well."

"If you can't control people, control the situation. If you can't control your friends, then control your enemies." Richard said meaningfully.

Miya was startled: "What do you mean?"

Richard nodded to Amelia, and Amelia released a barrier of silence. Only then did Richard say to Mierya: "Our allies have brought us an opportunity, a good one. It would be a pity if we didn't seize it."

"Where is the opportunity?"

Richard's eyes wandered to the carriage beside Mierya.

"Him?" Meiya was taken aback for a moment.

Richard's voice became erratic: "Yes, don't you think this person is a very useful weapon? He has some very special qualities, tenacity, strength, and the most rare thing is... a fearless spirit of sacrifice."

Miya's eyes narrowed, he lowered his head and thought for a while, and finally looked up at Richard: "That's right, my friend, you reminded me. I think we can make things more beautiful."

"you mean……"

"Since it is a tragedy, someone has to take responsibility. The bigger the tragedy, the more important people are needed to bear it."

Richard chuckled: "It's true, that's it."

The two Highnesses got together and began to whisper to each other. Soon, their opinions reached a consensus.

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When a large group of wolf-like guards and a small number of agents from the Legal Affairs Department rushed to Padgett's house, the place was already empty.

Xiu Yi nodded her head lightly, and several agents rushed into every corner of the place, looking for possible clues.

In terms of finding clues, the detectives are actually more professional than Huey. Xiu Yi is very clear that professional things need to be done by professional personnel. In this regard, he doesn't mind giving other people some room to play, and he can even learn from the other party's problem-solving methods.

Maybe he will need to escape later, and he can understand it in advance.

Huey himself walked around Padgett's living room with his hands behind his back.

He looks very laid back, just hanging out, but in fact the whole person is in a wonderful state. The spirit is like a gossamer, attached to the air, wandering around, and spreading to the whole building like a thread. He could clearly feel that two agents were rummaging through Padgett's wife's room; one agent was knocking and looking around in the study, trying to find some kind of hidden door; and several agents were outside asking the neighbors about the whereabouts of the owner.

The spirit continued to wander, expanding the opposite street, and some disturbing words affected Xiuyi's feelings. He realized that this was his limit, so he had to stop for a while and recover his spirit.

What he is using now is a soul spell inherited from the Western Continent, called Free Perception. By attaching his spirit to some tiny particles in the air, he can extend his vision and hearing. It's just that a large amount of information floods into the brain at the same time, which will cause a heavy burden on the human body, so it is necessary to temper one's soul ability. The higher the soul ability, the more information that can be collected, and the wider the collection area.

Speaking of which, soul spells are not a taboo in the Western Continent. On the contrary, many magicians are keen to study soul spells. In their opinion, this is the most mysterious spell and also the most powerful spell. It can control people's thoughts and determine their fate. What could be more terrifying than this?

Top-level soul spells can even directly turn a person into one's own slave, completely surrendering one's spirit and will under one's feet.

Perhaps this is why the Church of the Holy Spirit is so afraid of soul spells? Brainwashing people is the prerogative of the church, and no one except the church is qualified to teach others what to do and what not to do. But soul mages are different. They influence people's brains, control people's thinking, and control people's destiny. Their power and ability are even higher than that of the church. That's what the church can't stand.

To put it bluntly, the taboos and evils announced by the church are closely related to their own interests.

Interestingly, the glorious period of soul magic was the period of temple rule, and the Church of the Holy Spirit was actually part of the temple's heritage. Later generations inherited the knowledge and mantle of the predecessors, but overturned the achievements of the predecessors.

From this point of view, the Church of the Holy Spirit is the real treason.

After sighing, several agents came back in a hurry. One of the detectives said, "My lord, nothing was found."

When the detective called Xiu Yi Lord Greer, not only did Xiu Yi sound awkward, but the detective himself was also awkward. God knows that the wanted criminal they desperately pursued a few months ago is standing in front of him now, but instead of being able to catch him, he still has to obey his orders.

But Xiu Yi has become numb to this.

He said in a flat tone: "No discovery is the biggest discovery."

This sentence confused everyone, but Huey walked to a corner where there was a painting hanging on it, which showed Padgett and a woman holding a child. It should be a portrait of a family portrait.

Looking at the portrait, Xiu Yi said leisurely: "This is Padgett's home. From this portrait, they live happily together. Do you know that women are family-loving creatures, and they will not abandon their homes easily. Especially after the death of their husbands, the home is their most important protection umbrella, which can shelter them from wind and rain. What makes a woman leave home in such a hurry? There is only one answer, which is danger, a huge danger."

He turned around and looked at the detectives behind him: "Padgett's wife knew what happened, so she took the children to avoid the disaster in advance. But what puzzles me is that it didn't take long for the incident to happen, so how did she know? Also, why can't you elite agents of the Legal Affairs Department find any clues? Maybe you are incompetent, but more likely, it's because someone knows how to deal with detectives. Obviously, Padgett's wife is not this kind of person, she can't know what is a clue and what is not."

"what do you mean……"

"Raschel has been here, and he took Padgett's wife and children away. In terms of time, his speed cannot be much faster than ours. So...he must be nearby!"

Everyone was startled, Xiu Yi had already looked towards the Lilegula Mountains not far away.

At that moment he understood.

"There he is."

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