Mercenaries and Adventurers

In fact, it is not a god. At most, it is a ritual procedure reserved by the gods specifically for this miracle.

It takes priests several days to understand the murmurs of the ancient nature gods, so how can they specially participate in the miraculous ceremony in Kendall County every year?

It was just a special ritual channel left by the gods just for them after the priest couple communicated with the gods decades ago.

A huge eye made of Wumi Lake water appears in the center of the lake. Naturally, the people of Wumi Lake Village cannot see anything special on the lake shore. Only the tilted water mirror located at high altitude can reveal the huge eye on the lake. The complete projection is revealed, and naturally, the people of Hekou Town can also look up and see it all.

On a high platform more than ten meters high, the male priest raised his hands and raised his head just to look into the eyes in the water mirror. He murmured to himself and conveyed the prayer that needs to be repeated every year through the water mirror.

Soon, the eyes in the lake dissolved into the water and disappeared, but a blue light fell from the sky and fell directly on the male priest.

The water mirror in the sky quickly expanded and expanded, and soon spread into a large cloud of water mist, disappearing like raindrops.

On the high platform, the male priest, whose whole body was shrouded in blue light, was bathed in a strong divine power. His soul seemed to be washed away by water. He raised a hand tremblingly and raised it to the sky.

Immediately, a steady stream of vigorous and powerful divine power was transformed by him and rose upwards from the high platform.

This blue divine power shoots straight into the sky and extends to very high places.

The blue beam rising from the ground was seen across Kendall County.

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"Here we go. Kids, focus!"

In front of the temple on the river side of Kendall City, the female priest and several children stood in a circle surrounded by colored pebbles, and they all saw the blue light from the north.

Immediately, the children clasped their hands and closed their eyes to pray, silently reciting the prayers they recite every year.

The female priest, like her husband, also raised her hands to the sky.

Without any guidance from her, the blue light projected into the sky from Bayou Town fell back on her at an extremely fast speed.

With a bang, the moment she accepted the projection, a blue circle of light spread out from her palm and swept out instantly, attracting the attention of the people on the wall of Kendall City not far away.

And Kiel’s attention.

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Keir noticed that not only was a beam of blue light falling from the sky nearby, but also a blue beam of light rising from the horizon in the distance in the direction of the northern river mouth town.

What he didn't know was that as the couple was releasing blue light into the sky, one was receiving the blue light.

Feature film: Where the god emblems of the Lord of Rivers and Lakes are placed on the land of Kendall County, those god emblems gradually seem to be remotely charged, and each one becomes bright and active.

In the main town of Hekou Town and various ferries, the emblems of the gods in the small shrines set up by the fishermen emitted bright blue light. After these blue lights filled up, some luminous water gradually dripped down. These currents are different from ordinary rivers and lakes. They respond to the prayers of the priests, couples and children. After flowing on the ground, they do not come into contact with any other substances. Instead, they splash out like children and run to the town. Periphery, the periphery of the ferry.

Begin to circle around the land where humans live.

There wasn't much water at first, but as more and more luminous water overflowed from the god's emblem, the luminous water flowing out gradually increased and became full.

Not only in Hekou Town, but also in the impact plain on the north side of Kendall City, in the rooms in the center of the farm, there is also a stone pillar placed in the secret room that no one comes to. The stone pillar is engraved with the image of the Lord of the rivers and lakes. The emblems of the gods, just like before, as the couple released and received the endless blue light, they constructed a cycle of divine power in the sky, the earth, and the rivers. The emblems of these farms in the cycle were also filled with energy. Aroused the power of the gods.

The water that emits blue light also gradually gushes out, and then flows along the cracks in the farm building to not far from the outer wall of the farm. It also dances around the farm in circles like before.

As the luminous water flow increases, the circles around the farm become higher and thicker. When they reach a height of two or three meters, they gradually stop rising and everything becomes smooth and constant.

All the people in the farm came to the heights of the farm, opened the windows or sat on the wall, pointing at the water wall that protected them, and saying all kinds of things.

Some people looked to the north, guessing when the flood would come. They even opened a small gambling game for this reason, betting all the few coins they had on it.

Some people complained about why the protected water flow could not be larger. It would be better to surround the fields they cultivated, so that after the flood, they would not have to be busy re-measurement of the fields. They have to do it once a year, and they already find it troublesome.

In Kendall City, it is so close to the temple where the female priests live, so it is naturally surrounded and protected by water flow to prevent flooding.

The city of Kendall is built on a mountain, and it stands to reason that the lowest point is far higher than where floods can reach. However, the Baron Kendall family is proficient in the construction of magic engineering and has free protection measures. Naturally, they do not want the magic mechanism located under the city to be affected by floods every year, which saves a lot of money for city maintenance.

At this time, in addition to the people on the city wall like Kiel, high in the city, in the hall of Baron Kendall's mansion, in addition to the members of Baron Kendall's family, some knights were also here.

Baron Kendall was sitting on the main seat of the hall, looking up at a map of Kendall County.

"Jenny, you have the best eyes. Please go to the top of the water tower and see if there are any problems with the protection measures of various farms and settlements." The baron ordered to Knight Lanisa who was sitting aside.

Knight Lanissa's injuries have mostly healed at this time, but the scars left by the burns have not yet been removed through magic. This is a long-term effort. The priest responsible for the treatment can only restore the ugly scar on a small piece of skin to its original state in one day. .

After receiving the lord's instructions, Knight Lanisha stood up and saluted, and walked out wearing a female cavalry light armor that was more decorative than practical for the knights.

She called a few servants waiting outside the hall and headed towards the water tower, the highest point of the baron's mansion.

Arriving at the water tower soon, she climbed up the specially built stone stairs inside the water tower. Behind her, there were several male and female servants who were out of breath from climbing the stone stairs.

When she reached the top of the water tower, she didn't need a servant to wipe it and sat directly in the open area. She rubbed her eyes, and soon, a small amount of life energy gathered in her eyes. When she opened her eyes and looked to the north, a large divine energy field that could not be identified by the naked eye appeared in her eyes.

"Oh!! It feels so spectacular every time I see it."

Knight Lanissa murmured to herself, while the servants following behind looked at each other, completely unable to guess what the Lord Knight had seen.

But soon, Lanissa Knight recovered from the shock and started working.

She clearly knows the location of every farm on the north side of Kendall City. At this moment, by identifying some of the most active places in the divine force field across the sky and earth, she compares the location with the various farms she is familiar with.

With the tap of her fingers, each area with active divine power matched the location of the farm in her memory. Every time she confirmed the situation of four or five farms, the servants behind her would remember the names of the farms she mentioned and send one person back to the mansion hall.

Soon, after all the farms were confirmed to have raised protective water circles, the last servant remembered the names of those farms and returned to the original route.

And the people in the hall gradually became quiet as each area was secured.

Knight Lanisa just sat at the highest point in the entire Kendall City, sitting quietly and silently.

With the official arrival of spring, she seems to be gradually letting go of the things that didn't make her happy about this winter.

"Father has been dead a long time ago, he has been dead a long time ago." She muttered softly, stroking a piece of skin on her neck that had not yet returned to normal.

She felt that compared to the knighthood and family property passed down to her after her father disappeared, the scars left when the two fought were the real things that the man left to her.

These things were far more important than the rest. These days, she relied on her father's final ending to deliberately look for content about werewolves in the family books. She learned a lot of things that she didn't know before, not only some of the man's early adventures, but also many legends about her hometown in the empire.

Connected with his experience, she finally knew everything behind it.

Then the female knight began to sob softly on the empty water tower.

She hated these things because they not only destroyed her father, but also destroyed her possible life.

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Keir took off the leather hat from his head and shook it vigorously, shaking the water droplets on it to the ground.

Putting on his hat again, he had been waiting here for a long time.

Waiting is not boring, after all, here you can clearly see the thick circle of water several meters high surrounding the entire city of Kendall. I heard from people next to me that although those things looked like water, they were actually used to protect their city.

Of course, many people feel that Kendall City does not need the protection of these things. After all, the city is built on a high place. Some people told the story of their fathers' early days living here. At that time, the couple of priests who could perform such miracles did not come here. People lived here in Kendall City today, but they were not affected by the floods every year.

It's just that although the situation at that time was as these people said, the development of Kendall County has been greatly affected.

People could only cultivate a small area of ​​land around Kendall City, but not the fertile land on the north side on a large scale. The population of Kendall City could not increase. Migrants came and left, going to other places not affected by floods.

Until one day, a middle-aged priest couple came here and saw the plight of the Kendal people. After a period of preparation, they performed a miraculous magical ceremony during the flood period of the next year.

As farms were built one after another to the north, Kendall County's population increased rapidly and its economy prospered. After more than ten years, the then Baron Kendal decided to rebuild the city of Kendal.

As he spoke, a roar gradually rose from low to high.

Keir heard it, and so did everyone else.

"The flood is coming!"

"It's finally here! Everyone, look north!"

With similar shouts, all the people on the city walls looked north. A faint black line on the horizon at the end of the sight attracted everyone's attention.

Everyone came to the edge of the wall, squeezing each other and looking to the north. Keir's eyes narrowed and he saw two young men with dirty hands and feet taking advantage of the crowd to dig into other people's wallets.

But he ignored it and turned his head to look at the flood.

Rumble, boom, the sound of the incoming water is faster than its own movement, but that does not mean that the speed of the water is slow.

On the contrary, the floodwaters rushing along the Kendal River were much faster than galloping horses. It was just because they were so far away that they seemed very slow without comparison.

Keir just watched, the black and yellow flood coming from the horizon passed over one barely visible farm after another.

However, those floods with huge impact and raging across the fields could not do anything to those small farms. It wasn't because of how solidly the farm was built, but simply because outside the farm, a thin layer of blue-lighting water barrier that was inconspicuous compared to the seemingly endless flood easily blocked the surging flood.

It didn't take long before the floods seemed to have lost all their strength due to the open impact plain, and they were no longer very scary when they arrived at the foot of Kendall City.

But at this moment, the entire area around Kendall City, except for the temple of the god, was not yet submerged in the black and yellow flood.

"ah!!!!"

Some people shouted at the floodwaters to relieve themselves of the mental impact.

Although Kil found all of this very surprising, he did not shout too.

He noticed that as the floods came, the power and volume of the floods were increasing. Even though Kendall City was already located in a relatively southern area, the floods here gradually rose from one meter to two meters high.

What he didn't know was that at this time, outside every farm north of Kendall City, the flood situation there was even more terrifying and desperate.

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"Oh oh oh!!! This year's flood is even bigger than previous years!"

High above Weiss Farm, Millenton was standing on the roof of a farmhouse, shouting at the surging floodwaters.

Beside him, there were scattered other brave young people standing. Everyone followed his example and howled loudly at the flood, because the surrounding area was full of flood and the glowing water walls colliding with each other. A huge roar was produced.

These loud noises scared some children in Zhuangzi to tears, and their parents had to find things to plug their children's ears, and then constantly comforted the frightened children.

At the farm's owner, Mr. Weiss, he was currently counting the tools for re-measuring the fields with his family after the flood. In the evening, there was another conversation between him and the farmers who rented his fields in Zhuangzi, which was bound to last for a long time.

During this conversation, the heads of each family will re-rent Mr. Weiss's farmland according to the manpower situation of each family. The reason? That is, some adult men from each of their families have gone to Kendall City at this time and will participate in Baron Kendall's expedition after the spring.

There is one less man in the family, so naturally the land does not need to be rented as wide this year. After all, the rent is less when the land is rented, and the rent paid when receiving the goods is less.

Farmers come to these farms where they have to pay double rent to make money, and they will not engage in loss-making business. If they could not make more wealth on this extraordinarily fertile land than if they settled in remote villages, who would Don’t you want to have a piece of your own land?

Not only does it have the most fertile land they have ever seen, but it also has cattle and farm tools that can be used for free. It is really far better than the hard working life in the empire.

Sure enough, people have legs, and they have to rely on them to find the best place in life.

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Further north in Hekou Town, people boldly walked to the town's pier and pointed at the surging floodwaters that were four to five meters high.

Every year, the floods here are the most violent, no matter how big or small.

The people who grew up here have also developed a big heart that is different from other places. At this time, some people even took out drinks and started singing and dancing while drinking.

It was the noisy Knight Elisa who led them into trouble, and the people of Hekou Town had the habit of making a fuss first when something happened.

However, Knight Elisa did not participate at this time. He sat firmly on the chair and looked carefully at the figure of the male priest who was bathed in extremely powerful divine power.

He tried to learn one and a half moves from this person. Even if it was just a superficial skill, it would be a special skill that his family could pass down.

The Lanessa family is like that. Even if the head knight suddenly disappears, relying on the solid family inheritance, they can still quickly cultivate a new knight-level head knight. Unlike the old knight in the south, he still has to find a way to hand over his skills to the nephew of the family who is most likely to be promoted to a powerful knight.

Even though Knight Elisa didn't look down on the old knight's nephew at all.

For these old guys who fought hard to become knight-level warriors when they were young, the most troublesome problem is how to pass on their skills to their children.

It was easy and simple for them to go and kill something, but it was too difficult for them to pass on their skills of being promoted to knights without even knowing what was going on.

To this end, Knight Eliza thought of many ways. Fortunately, his territory is very good. Over the years, he has established a good relationship with the Imperial Border Knights stationed not far to the north. By taking the opportunity to maintain the supplies of the Knights, he has also established a good relationship with the Knights. The local vice-captain established a good friendship.

He is a serious imperial magician!

Thinking of this, Knight Elisa felt that there would be no problem in cultivating offspring, so taking this opportunity to figure out a unique skill or trick would be more useful to him and the family he founded.

There are still two or three days left for the flood to rage, and he still has a long time to observe carefully. Therefore, Knight Eliza turned to look at the unhappy old priest Cook: "Haha, priest Cook, do you find it difficult to understand all this?"

The old priest, whose chest was rising and falling, raised his head and smiled bitterly.

"Hey, what a careless move. My trust in the gods was shaken just now, and I was reprimanded by my gods."

Knight Elisa smiled: "You should be mentally prepared. Miracle rituals are not just words. When I was wandering around the capital of the kingdom, I never saw those high-ranking high-ranking priests who could guarantee that they would perform miracles. "

After his breathing had calmed down, the old priest stroked his gray beard, shook his head and said, "You can't say that, miraculous ceremony. Each church has its own unique skills. It's not that they don't have that ability, but in the royal capital, The royal family will not let them have this opportunity."

"oh?"

Knight Eliza became more energetic: "Please tell me in detail."

"Within the capital, the number of priests allowed to live in each church is controlled. The number of senior priests, the number of ordinary priests, and the number of trainee priests are all reviewed by officials. Haha, those king's lackey spies Every once in a while, we will count the number of priests from various families in the capital, which is very annoying to everyone."

These words made Knight Elisa laugh. When he was hanging around in the royal capital when he was young, he had been harassed more than once by those guys who cared about everything. At that time, I thought that the king would not welcome wild wandering knights like him, but now it seems that not only the knights, but also the high-ranking priests and priests are also harassed by them.

But also, who told the king to have the reorganized Royal Guards Knights as the best support for his power?