Chapter 15, Visiting
Ryan still didn't go to the lord in the end. He happened to meet Oliver when he came out, so he stayed at Oliver's place for one night. If he didn't go, he didn't know. Oliver's caravan was really big, with more than a dozen carriages and dozens of people. The carriage was full of goods, and the imperial businessman helped him pack a clean room, and Ryan stayed there for the night.
Early the next morning, as previously agreed, Ryan and Teresa met at the hotel entrance, and the two went to the Justice Church first.
The wind and snow swept across the street, people came and went on the street, the cries of hawkers and the bargaining of travelers came and went, every household had someone sweeping the snow at the door, everyone wore fur hats and heavy linen clothes, Nords Being in the cold all year round, the residents have already developed a certain resistance to the cold, but some foreign businessmen are wearing large cotton-padded jackets and shivering from the cold. This is inevitably ridiculed by the locals, and cursed by the outsiders Why is the weather in the north so cold.
The road in Kaltzenhaven was not specially built. Generally speaking, it is still a dirt road. The snow on the ground and mountains has been swept away, exposing the black soil. The soil is frozen hard, and it is more comfortable to step on it. , the citizens and travelers along the way avoided him.
In this era, the nobles are still in a dominant position in society. Even wealthy businessmen are just useful pawns in the eyes of the nobles. Once they are no longer needed, they will be killed or replaced by those who control the military power. The nobles decided with one word. Only in Marienburg, the status of merchants would be higher, but that was only because the Duke of Marienburg was the largest and richest merchant.
Today's Teresa Trovik changed into a Firefox fur coat again, with a white wool sweater and tight trousers inside, black suede boots, and her long black shimmering hair was tied up and combed She became a ponytail hanging in front of her body. Compared with her usual arrogance, today's sorceress's dress is gentler, but the gleam in her eyes still shows that her nature has not changed and she has always been proud.
Ryan also changed his clothes. Since he was already in the town, there was no need to wear a full set of chain armor. He was wearing a loose blue Nord aristocratic standard dress today, with a large silk satin scarf tied on his chest, a long suit jacket, Inside are a vest, a white shirt and blue trousers. Unlike the tight trousers popular in the court, the trousers worn by Ryan are relatively loose, and the trousers are partially tucked into the riding boots.
However, since Ludwig was crowned emperor of the new empire, it is true that tight narrow-leg pants have become less popular. Ludwig prefers to wear hunting clothes or loose clothing to attend banquets. Some old imperial nobles feel that Ludwig The customs of the country were brought into the noble imperial court, and the new military nobles followed suit.
This young man was already handsome. He held a golden warhammer in his hand. The head of the warhammer was in the shape of a curved triangular prism. The astonishing momentum and calm face are just like Teresa's image of a heroic young kingdom hero in her imagination.
It's just that this person's attitude is not very good: "Good morning, Teresa."
After speaking, Ryan walked directly in the direction of the Justice Church.
The sorceress quickly caught up with her: "Last night you..."
"Sleeping in the kennel, hehe, I also formed a deep friendship with a big yellow dog... But this has nothing to do with you. I will notify you when I want to leave after the Justice Church is done." Ryan said lightly, with With an extraordinary physique, he would not be afraid of the cold, so his clothing only paid attention to politeness and rules, rather than focusing on keeping warm.
"..." There seemed to be a slight gap between the two of them. For Teresa, she had already reached the limit of her own initiative, and she would not ask any further questions, so she kept silent all the way to the Church of Justice. .
Clean white paint, tall buildings, the gate of Justice Church is more than two meters high,
On the gate, engraved with the holy emblem of the God of Justice - on a huge blue shield, a balance placed on a warhammer is shining, and there are two paladins wearing full plate armor and helmets at the gate , They were leaning on their swords and looking around vigilantly, but one of the paladins was taken aback when he saw Ryan: "Huh? This is not Mr. Sledgehammer Ryan? Is he here to collect the bounty again?"
"How can there be so many bounties to claim?" Ryan complained casually, saying that he came to get things.
Seeing this, the two paladins opened the door of the church: "Mr. Ryan is really an enemy of evil and an old friend of our church. If you have anything to say, please come in."
Due to receiving bounties in the Church of Justice all the year round, Ryan's appearance has been widely broadcast in the Church of Justice. In addition, paladins from all over the world are often mobile, so many paladins recognize him. The two paladins in front of him Although Ryan couldn't make out his name, he looked very familiar.
"Since I'm your old friend, have you prepared my communion?" Ryan joked casually, and the paladins laughed too: "It's not easy for Mr. Ryan to eat, but we will I'm going to prepare, but I think Mr. Ryan, our food, might not like it."
"That's true." Ryan followed a paladin into the Church of Justice.
"You are so familiar with these people." Teresa followed Ryan into the Church of Justice. The paladin at the door noticed this beautiful and dangerous woman, hesitated for a moment, and did not stop her.
"It's really familiar, because they are my parents. With the annual salary, I can barely support myself at most. You see, I don't even have a follower. I'm very poor." Ryan clapped his hands together. Tan, the female sorceress gave him a sideways glance, and said nothing. Ryan has never been alone in the known information.
There are actually very few knights who travel alone like Ryan. Generally, knights travel with at least two knights. One is in charge of horse logistics, and the other is in charge of weapon logistics. For example, Ryan never uses a lance because After riding the spear to the peak in the battle, it was broken, and it was necessary to be protected by a knight entourage and replace the weapon.
In fact, as Teresa knows, there are many knights traveling with far more than two entourages. The knights always have more than ten people, and some even bring their lovers to travel together. The cost is high. Well, Ryan said that his little salary is not enough, and it can barely be justified.
However, the annual bonus Ryan received from the Justice Church or the Minister of Finance of the Kingdom was already several times his salary, so he couldn't even afford to hire a few followers.
Then he just didn't want to, not because he didn't have the financial means, Teresa thought.
The interior of the Justice Church in Kaltzenhaven is clean and full of simplicity. There are some young paladins practicing with swords in the courtyard. Besides, some people are praying. They pass through the wide courtyard and come to the lobby. The God of Justice The statues of gods shone in the cold air and exuded warmth. The stone statues contained majesty and kindness, full of hatred for evil and justice for all things in the world. Nevertheless, the statues several meters high looked somewhat It is sad that in the statue, the eyes of the God of Justice are gone, and what remains in the eye sockets is the deep darkness. One of his hands is holding the balance, and the other is holding the famous artifact, his beloved sword. --Judge.
Whenever he walks into this hall, Ryan will always have infinite admiration for the God of Justice. The God of Justice is not a native god of this world. He is a foreign god like the fairy in the lake. It came to this world only 1,800 years ago. Before that, the God of Justice has already fallen seven times. This God of Justice is already the eighth God of Justice.
The God of Justice is really a high-risk industry.
His eyes were gouged out by Chaos Evil God in the first Chaos Invasion, and his left hand was cut by Chaos Son in the second Chaos Invasion. This God is always on the front line against evil. His disability and numerous wounds symbolize unswerving justice and sacrifice, and because of this, the teachings of the God of Justice are the most widely spread on the entire continent and have the largest number of pan-believers.
The pastor who was in charge of this church hadn't come back, so the two sat down in the small courtyard of the Justice Church, with stone tables and chairs. A pastor brought two glasses of water and motioned for them to drink it. Ryan served it without hesitation. Taking a breath, Teresa hesitated a little, female sorceresses are not used to drinking clear water.
This world is not safe at all, and it is difficult for civilians to find clean water sources, so except for priests and believers who drink water purified by the church, the vast majority of civilians consume water through rice porridge and soup, and there is Teresa's family was wealthy through various low-quality fruit wine and ale. She usually drinks various fruit juices, soups and porridges at home, and occasionally drinks some wine. She rarely drinks water directly like this.
"Drink it, this is holy water." Seeing Teresa hesitated, Ryan said directly: "It is impossible for a small church in this kind of place to be like the large church organization in Winter City. Archbishop Innocent can see through it at a glance. Whether we have the ability to be eroded by chaos, but the priests here don't have it, so we can only gain their trust by drinking the holy water."
The sorceress's beautiful silver eyes stared at Ryan for a while, and after making sure that he was not talking nonsense, she drank the holy water. A burning feeling ran through her throat, a little uncomfortable, like something spicy.
Seeing Teresa's uncomfortable look, Ryan frowned. He suddenly grabbed the sorceress's arm wrapped in white lace gloves without any explanation, then took off the gloves, and stretched out his hand directly to press her wrist.
"What are you doing!!" Teresa yelled angrily, but how could Ryan's wrist strength be comparable to that of a sorceress? Her wrist was firmly pressed against the stone tabletop, revealing a beautiful little hand, slender. His fingers were painted with purple nail polish, which looked delicate and lovely, but Ryan didn't care about that at all, and his big hand was firmly pressed on the female sorceress' wrist.
"Bastard, let go!" Theresa's physical strength was still at a low ebb, she was struggling hard, her eyes were full of humiliation, Ryan realized that she had misunderstood, so he said quickly: "Drinking holy water makes you feel uncomfortable because You are corrupted by Chaos! I am checking for you!"
The sorceress stopped moving.
Light blue energy emerged from Ryan's palm and rushed directly into Teresa's wrist. The sorceress only felt a cold and refreshing feeling rising from her body. Inside her body, black chaotic energy met Ryan. This kind of light blue energy is almost like a mouse meeting a cat, and it was completely wiped out within a few strokes.
Ryan let go of her wrist, and sighed: "Teresa, you must be careful in the future, and don't appear in this state of using up all the magic power again. The caster in this state is a good meal for the evil god. If you don't want to meet the end of destruction like those mad magicians, you must be careful."
"...Understood." Teresa is not a person who is confused about the situation, and her mother has also taught her about the mad magician.
The vast majority of spellcasters need to use the magic net built by the goddess of magic to cast spells. In this case, unless the caster in the sanctuary has felt and contacted the source of magic, they can cast spells without the help of the magic net. For the caster, it is simply the lifeline. Without the magic net, the spellcasting ability of the spellcaster will be greatly reduced. A legendary mage with six rings may even struggle to cast four-ring magic.
In this case, the so-called "wild mages" appeared, that is, the so-called wild mages who refused to use the magic net to cast spells. These wild mages were more violent and wild, and they were greatly influenced by elements, such as the mad magic of the air system After a few years, the mage will be completely bald and the skin will turn grayish white. The hair and beard of the fire-type mad mage will turn fiery red and grumpy. Lidi and beasts and the like.
In fact, it doesn't matter. What's more, these mad magicians have almost the same destination, which is to fall, because the chaotic energy among the elements that wander between the heaven and the earth will also be absorbed into their bodies, and it doesn't take too long. These mad magicians will enter the realm very quickly because of the chaotic energy, and will also quickly fall due to the chaotic energy.
Using Ryan's point of view as an example, if the human soul is the school cafeteria, then the soul of the caster is the dining hall for teachers and staff. Of course, the most valuable is the soul of the elf, which is a Michelin meal.
"Do you treat everyone like this?" Teresa picked up her lace gloves and put them on again, and said angrily. She had accepted what Ryan said, and she still had some dissatisfaction.
"No, it's just because it's you." Ryan's words shattered the sorceress before she could feel a little complacent: "You are an important co-worker, I still need a spellcaster to assist me now Fighting against powerful monsters, there is a spellcaster walking with you, and many problems can be easily solved, isn't it?"
"Oh? Hehe, I think that as long as you can entangle the opponent and ensure that I will not be disturbed while singing, it is enough. I will deal with the enemy and everything. You don't need to rush up and fight the enemy slowly and clumsily with a hammer. Don't you think this is stupid? In various senses." Teresa slapped the hand of the knight of the kingdom and said with contempt.
The sorceress quickly turned her attention to the light blue energy in the man's hand, and finally couldn't help asking curiously, "Can you tell me something, Ryan?"
"you say."
"What exactly... is your occupation?"