The Truth of Magic

Chapter 179 Archbishop (14)

Standing in front of the bonfire at the beginning, Andy, the tall and thin man who presided over the ceremony, looked at the man in the cloak shining like stars with a pale face.

At this moment, he has not been able to react, what is going on.

The four companions who followed him had just been transformed into zombies by the evil spirit, but they turned into humans again in the blink of an eye, and their heavy breathing was heard again.

And the other four young men and women who followed the tall and thin young man Andy also had expressions of surprise and uncertainty.

They didn't know why they suddenly passed out just now, but the icy cold feeling before losing consciousness told them that it was definitely not just a simple coma just now.

And why did this mysterious male caster appear here.

Because Zhao Xu used a spell on the evil alien creature, the spell on the invisibility ring became invalid on the spot, so his figure naturally appeared in front of everyone.

He gently put the "Protective Staff" back on his waist after casting the spell, and then lifted the "Time Reversal Talisman". Sure enough, after using the ability only once a day, the sand in the small hourglass at the bottom of the talisman was sucked back to the top of the bottle, and the fine sand slowly flowed downward again.

Before tomorrow came, that is, before all the fine sand flowed to the bottom of the bottle, the ability of this talisman could not be restored.

At this time, Zhao Xu also realized the powerful power of the "expulsion technique" of the "protective staff". With the blessing of a level 20 caster level, these ordinary alien creatures are basically expelled whoever they see.

Compared with other spells on the staff such as "Secondary Spell Invalidation Barrier", it is too active.

Sure enough, destroying the enemy is the most powerful means of defense.

"Andy, what's going on? What happened to us just now?" The fat youth at the beginning asked directly.

Zhao Xu was also staring at the tall and thin young man Andy, waiting for his answer.

I saw Andy suddenly knelt down with his head in his arms, his face was full of tears, and he cried: "I don't know what happened, just now, after the spirit body said to want my friend as a sacrifice, you fell to the ground and died .”

"Then I told it that I want you to come back. It did agree, but in the end you turned into zombies and stood up, and then said that Lisa will become like this later. I'm really sorry, and I didn't know it would happen."

The man named Andy sat limply on the gravel, leaning against the black sack containing animal sacrifices, and the book with the black cover was also scattered on the ground at first.

What happened in just six seconds had a profound impact on Andy, and he even spoke with a choked tone.

At this time, the four young men and women who followed Andy all looked terribly pale, and they all showed frightened expressions.

They didn't think of themselves at all, and they walked back from life to death.

Just listening to what Andy said, they should have turned into evil undead creatures now, how could they recover and become humans?

This means of transforming undead creatures into humans is exactly what they are pursuing in tonight's ceremony—resurrection.

At this moment, the four of them couldn't help but cast their eyes on Zhao Xu, as if they understood something.

After the mood calmed down, the freckled woman asked Zhao Xu, "Mr. Spellcaster, did you prevent this disaster and save us?"

Zhao Xu cleared his mind when he saw the other party. Sure enough, the students who had attended the civil service college that specialized in cultivating civil servants in Arthur were different, which saved him from talking again.

"Well, after the evil spirit body harvested your lives just now, it directly turned you all into undead creatures. I used magic to reverse this disaster."

Zhao Xu said calmly.

After hearing Zhao Xu's answer, those few people formally confirmed that they had indeed been pulled back from the kingdom of the dead, and fell into a state of trance for a while.

The young men and women in front of them were all civilians or scholars of one or two levels to death. Basically, their HP was below 10 HP, so it was not surprising that they were instantly killed by that evil spirit.

The effect of creating undead creatures cast by the opponent later is not a multi-level spell.

For example, the priest's third-level divine spell "Manipulate Dead Corpse" can achieve this effect. Basically, the life dice of low-level zombies are only 1 HD.

That spell could manipulate zombies or skeletons with four times the caster's level hd, when Zhao Xu could cast the three-ring magic. He had at least a caster level of 7 at the time, and as long as there were enough corpses, he could control a full army of 28 zombies.

So waves of undead broke out in many places, and graves in the countryside were dug up, most of which were done by these evil priests or mages.

Good priests can't cast this kind of evil spells, and most of Arthur's residents don't have much contact with evil priests. Of course, most of the infamy of the undead disaster falls on mages.

In areas where magic is underdeveloped, mages are not pleasing, and there are deep reasons.

"Mr. Great Spellcaster, we are really grateful for your rescue. My father is a clerk in the Mystra government affairs office. If you don't mind, I beg you to visit my house so that My family thanks you." The fat young man came back to his senses at this moment, and thanked Zhao Xu.

Several other people also showed gratitude towards Zhao Xu, and Andy, who presided over the ceremony, also came to his senses, and quickly knelt down towards Zhao Xu, thanking him for saving the tragedy.

Zhao Xu looked at the other party and knelt down in front of him respectfully.

Thinking back for a moment, after he presided over justice as a magistrate, those ordinary villagers also expressed their gratitude to themselves with this etiquette for treating gods.

He felt a little lonely in his heart, and pointed out a few people, "There is no need for invitations. It is this ceremony that summons evil alien creatures. If you haven't learned the details in the future, don't touch this ceremony."

Although he wasn't sure if the summoning ceremony led to devils or demons, after all, they were best at luring and deceiving until they harvested the souls of the residents of Arthur, the main material plane.

However, he knew that the alien creature possessing the smoke was strong or not, but it definitely had some ancient background. This kind of ritual that ordinary people can perform is too dangerous after all.

Even a group of mages will be prepared when they summon the entities of alien creatures. This is why mages have specially developed the "Oath from Otherworld" spell that can deal with alien creatures.

As the feeling of gratitude for the rest of the life faded away, the five educated people with good family conditions gradually became clearer.

At great cost, even at the cost of their own lives, they were unable to resurrect Lisa from that evil alien creature.

However, although the face in front of him could not be seen clearly, the young man who was completely similar to them in terms of voice and demeanor was able to bring them back to life.

They who were born in Mystra immediately realized it. Doesn't it mean that the caster in front of him is actually a priest who can cast the five-ring magic spell "Resurrection of the Dead"?

Thinking of this, the faces of the few of them became even paler.

Presumptuously performing evil rituals and being stopped by the priest of the good god, this matter will not be easily exposed.

If they could do it openly, they wouldn't have to come to this kind of tomb wasteland so far away from Mystra.

"My lord, are you a pastor?" The freckled woman asked in a low voice, with a look of uncontrollable horror on her face.

She has already imagined that she will be expelled from school the next day, and her family will be humiliated for her.

"Well, I'm the priest of the Goddess of Magic. You can call me 'Wind'." Zhao Xu said softly, while pinning the holy emblem given to him by Archbishop Sos on his chest.

But laymen may still not be able to understand, these people who were born in Mystra almost turned black when they saw the holy emblem shining with a special glow under the torch.

Although the holy emblem was still in the style of a trainee priest, a brand-new redbud flower spike pattern was engraved on its edge.

This is the badge of the archbishop of the diocese, the highest patriarch of every church.

Above that, there is the class of cardinals at the top of the church who run entire dioceses.

The holy emblem of the goddess will only shine for those whom it recognizes.

For an ordinary person, even if he picked up the Holy Emblem of the Pope and pinned it on his chest, he would only be dimmed.

This is why pastors never have to be afraid of being impostors.

The five of them breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that the other party was indeed the Goddess Priest. After all, they were not the priests of the God of Justice and Punishment, who were jealous of evil.

But after seeing the other party's archbishop-level badge later, the originally hot mind turned cold again.

The archbishop of a goddess doesn't even need to do it himself, as long as she speaks, all the information about their family and all the ins and outs will be delivered to the other party's desk.

They cannot escape.

At this time, the slightly fat man with the best family status among the five said in a trembling tone: "The fifth-level magical technique 'Resurrection of the Dead' cannot resurrect undead creatures..."

The faces of the five people suddenly changed again.

Raise Dead cannot resurrect undead, or people killed by instant-death spells.

That also means that the people in front of them have at least used the seventh-level magic "resurrection" to save them.

The spell materials of "Resurrection" are diamonds worth 10,000 gold coins and a handful of holy water.

And it's still connected with four seventh-level divine arts!

The five of them were a little dizzy immediately, and they looked at the mysterious priest in front of them with reverence in their eyes, which was the instinct of the residents of Mystra.

This proves that the mysterious man in front of him is not accumulated by years of meritorious service, but a priest with outstanding ability, who is favored by God and is in a high position.

The five of them also knew at this time that they might have met the future "cardinal" candidate.

People of this level, not to mention Mystra, even in the whole of Arthur, they are all big figures in the sky, and they have the same or even higher status when facing kings and lords.

Zhao Xu saw that everyone was in awe for some reason, as if he had just cast a spell of confusion and control.

Although he didn't understand what was going on, he tried to show a kind expression, "Can you pass me that black book?"

Chapter 4 After midnight, don't wait.