Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords.

Chapter 330 Hidden murderous intent

(After receiving feedback from the experts, I found that the last part of the previous chapter was not reasonable, so I made some minor changes. If you have time, you can go back and read it. I am very sorry.)
In the Saint Andreas Arena, the news of the death of His Holiness Lilo, the future successor to the Pope of Telesis, spread, causing chaos again.

The messengers from Telesi looked at the body of their own archbishop on the ground and their faces changed drastically, each of them was heartbroken.

"You are such a bold lunatic! You are such an inhuman executioner! You are such an evil ghost who deserves to go to hell! How dare you have the heart to kill an innocent old man who has lost the ability to resist!"

The envoys led by Taylor came towards the lord angrily, and without any reason, they started to curse viciously.

No wonder he made such a judgment——

Although Li Luo was chopped into the floor tiles by Levi's sword before, everyone witnessed with their own eyes that he was not dead. At most, he was just seriously injured, and definitely not without a trace of life as he is now.

The previous scene was too chaotic, and only the lord contacted Li Luo afterwards.

Everyone subconsciously thought that it was difficult to say what cruel things the other party had done during this period.

"Fuck you, sir. I won't resort to such despicable means." Levi crossed his arms and retorted, "When I came over, the other party was already close to death."

In fact, the lord is now very depressed and has nowhere to vent.

His sword was definitely not enough to kill Li Luo. At most, it could only make the other party look miserable and realize the gap between them. He would raise his hands in surrender, and then he could only watch the mermaid being taken advantage of by the lord like an incompetent husband.

Just now he was puzzled when he saw that the opponent looked like he could die at any time, but he did not think too much about it and just happily attributed it to the fact that Li's strength had improved by three points, and a slight shot was already at the legendary limit.

But afterwards, the other party died of anger, which completely stunned him.

After all, he has lived for decades and has seen all kinds of storms. The strong men who can become legends have extremely strong character. How could they be angry to death because of a few words from him?

As an adult with no major intellectual disabilities, who had been influenced by Sun Tzu's Art of War and studied knight novels all night long, Levi naturally realized that something was wrong after he reacted.

At this time, he killed Li Luo in public. With his current identity and status, he would never do such a thing that would not benefit him at all. At most, he would just give the other party a few big shots to vent his anger.

"It would be unfair to either His Majesty Liro or Duke Levi to make a final judgment now." Ferro stood up to prevent the conflict from escalating further: "The truth will be made public when Her Majesty Pope Calis arrives!"

Although accidents are inevitable in a duel, it is even assumed that casualties are acceptable.

If the person who died was just an ordinary clergyman, at most some money would be paid as compensation, and neither side would pursue the matter too much.

However, the death of a great magician has too much impact. If it is not handled properly, it may easily cause disputes between the two countries.

In his heart, Ferro believed that Levi would never do such a thing. Although he looked nonchalant at ordinary times, he was actually very arrogant and would not even bother to lie about this matter.

More than a hundred fully armed paladins carrying huge swords came from the passage in orderly steps.

This team of paladins all have a golden cross badge on their chests, which is brilliant and warm under the sunlight. These are knights who have practiced the Holy Word since childhood. They are loyal believers of the Church of Holy Light and the direct armed forces guarding the Pope.

The person who was surrounded by them in the front wore a papal crown, a gilded golden robe, and had a calm expression on her beautiful face.

"Your Majesty!" Everyone, including the indignant Taylors, bowed and saluted.

This title is a respectful title for people of very high status.

The lord knew something about the Pope from Fadil, so he was not surprised.

The other person was slender, about 1.9 meters tall, just a little shorter than him. Even covered in a wide papal robe, it could not hide her proud chest. The color of her flowing hair was the same dazzling golden color as her beautiful eyes. Her face was beautiful, dignified and kind, just like the older sister next door.

"I already know the whole story. I will investigate the whole matter and tell you the truth." Carlis's emerald red lips opened and closed with a sense of compassion. "And His Majesty Li Luo has not been dead for too long. There is a way to revive him."

"We believe in Your Majesty." The envoys of Taylors nodded in unison.

They did not question whether the Pope would cover up the culprit just because the biggest suspect in this incident had a good relationship with the Holy Light Church.

It can be said that the reputation of His Holiness the Pope is as unquestionable as the power of a dragon.

Carlis came to Li Luo's body and waved her staff. A ball of holy light enveloped his body. However, what no one expected was that as the holy light flowed, everyone suddenly discovered that spider-web-like purple cracks appeared on Li Luo's forehead. These cracks were emitting strange black mist in the air.
"Is this... soul-binding technique?" A solemn look appeared on Carlis's face. She was too familiar with the smell of death.

"The teacher just performed the Soul Resurrection Spell, which can gather the souls of those who have died within a certain period of time." Fadil explained to the Lord of High Cliff Castle, who was illiterate in magic, "Although it won't bring the archbishop back to life, it can still collect part of his soul. When they bring the incomplete soul back to Taylors, there may be a way to combine his soul with his body and revive him again."

"After all, the soul of a legendary magician is stronger than his body."

"The black one?" Levi asked curiously.

By the way, keep this in mind: in the future, you must destroy all traces of your enemies' bodies, otherwise there's no guarantee that the other side may not have a sorcerer who controls the resurrection technique.

"I feel the breath of death spell above." That's all Fatih said.

Levi didn't ask whether the spell had worked, because it obviously hadn't.

As Carlis chanted the spell, rays of holy light fell on Li Luo, but there was no reaction at all.

"Please step back!" Suddenly, Karis opened the holy light barrier, "The other party has been cast under a vicious spell..."

As if to confirm her words, a black mist suddenly burst out from Li Luo's body, and all kinds of harsh and unpleasant mumblings were chanted in an ancient language.

"what!"

Even though Taylorsi and his group, who were closest to them, were protected by the Holy Light Barrier, they were still severely injured. They squatted on the ground, covering their ears with their eyes bloodshot.

Only the lord with the highest magic resistance present scratched his ears, feeling that it was a bit too exaggerated.

Fortunately, Carlisle released the blessing of holy light in advance, otherwise at least most of the people present would have died here, instead of just covering their ears and having bloodshot eyes.

"It's the Chaos Mantra!" Fatih said with a serious face.

"That's right." Carlisle sighed as she looked at Leelo's body on the ground. "I'm sorry, everyone. There's nothing I can do about this."

"Your Excellency the Bishop!" The people on Taylor's side finally couldn't hold back their tears, "Your Majesty, what is going on? Who harmed the Bishop?" "I don't know who did it, but it was definitely not Lord Levi." Carlisle said solemnly, "I detected three kinds of spells on Lord Liro, namely - Death Knell, Soul Binding and Chaos Words!"

"It is well known that Lord Levi is a demonless person."

Levi touched the back of his head, speechless. He never thought that one day his identity as a magical Muggle would allow him to be cleared of suspicion.

Most of the people on Taylor's side are clergymen, and as magicians they are very familiar with these death spells.

The death knell can deal a fatal blow to a dying person, and even a legendary warrior cannot avoid this vicious spell. The soul binding spell can imprison the soul of a newly dead person, making it unaffected by the resurrection spell.

“Who is so vicious!” They were filled with grief and indignation, but some of them were rational and asked: “Lord Li Luo is a top mage who has just been promoted to a legend. How could someone cast so many spells on him without him noticing?”

"Legends are not omniscient and omnipotent. Aren't there many legendary masters who have been tricked in history?" The Lord snapped his fingers at this time: "Everything must have clues. You may as well think back on this journey. Did anything unusual happen to Lord Li Luo?"

"It's the waiter!" someone suddenly exclaimed.

"On the night before the duel, a waiter entered Bishop Lillo's room, and I was puzzled as to why he seemed to have never seen him before."

As Taylorsi and the others recalled, suspicion instantly fell on the unknown waiter.

It is impossible that Taylor's envoys are all composed of a group of wizards who have never done housework. In addition to these clergymen, there are also guarding knights and serving servants.

Although there are still many mysteries involved, the lord's suspicion has undoubtedly been completely eliminated.

Perhaps the Lord of Highcliff Castle made Li Luo lose the ability to resist these spells, but it would be too shameless to attribute the identity of the executioner to him.

"Everyone, I think you owe Lord Levi an apology." Caris said at this time.

Everyone in Taylor West immediately bowed to Levi in ​​shame: "We sincerely apologize, please accept and forgive our stupidity."

"Well, actually I shouldn't have used so much strength just now, otherwise I wouldn't have put Mr. Li Luo into this predicament."

Levi didn't expect that the people of Taylorsi were so understanding. He waved his hands repeatedly and spoke sincerely.

Ferro held his forehead helplessly. He really didn't know whether to say that Levi was too honest or did it on purpose.

"Your broad-mindedness is admirable." A group of Taylor's envoys looked unhappy, but did not say much. "We have to deal with things first. Excuse me."

After saying this, they hurriedly left the arena with Lilo's body, apparently to find the waiter.

The remaining few people looked at each other with serious expressions.

Regardless of whether Liro was killed intentionally by Debe's side, when the other party dies on Debe's territory, it is completely unavoidable to bear part of the responsibility.

They chatted for a few minutes and then left. It was obvious that things were going to change in Gunda, and they all had to be prepared to welcome it.

……

For three consecutive days, the lord strictly forbade the barbarians of High Cliff Castle to leave the Holy Light Church. Although Gunda seems peaceful now, there are actually undercurrents.

These rats hiding in the shadows are terrifying, able to kill a great magician who had just been promoted to a legendary master silently.

Although it was accomplished with the help of the Lord's power, the opponent's strength should not be underestimated.

So it’s best to keep a low profile now.

The Lord of Highcliff Castle, who had nothing to do, naturally started a card game to kill time.

"Lord Levi, this is what His Majesty promised you." When Ferro opened the room, he found that the drow elf named Heather had been killed and defeated. Her rich chest was covered with white paper and her face was full of resentment.

Ferro handed over the box containing the space rings: "One of them is the space ring of the Holy Sith Kingdom's Zhaidaijinren, and the other one is the ring given to me by the Taylorsi envoy, which contains the soul crystals of the mermaid and the magician."

"It's all written in the instructions, so I won't waste my time nagging you."

"As for the five hundred griffins, this is what His Majesty said." Ferro cleared his throat and immediately put on airs and said in a loud voice: "Unless he marries a princess, this kid will never get them!"

"Damn, I have to be the son-in-law, right?" The lord was speechless and instantly understood the king's bad taste.

Five hundred griffins were indeed very tempting. After all, Highcliff Castle didn't even have an air force, so he had to go into battle himself.

If you have it, you can form a group of Griffin Knights in an instant.

It is no longer a dream to strike any tribe in the wilderness.

But he had to sacrifice his own body for this, which made the lord sigh that he originally wanted to rely on his talent to make a living, but God forced him to rely on his face, which was simply unfair.

"By the way, let's talk about Taylor's matter." Levi took the opportunity to ask, "I have been staying here for the past two days and have only heard a few fragments of these things."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in Gaoya Castle pricked up their ears.

After all, it is related to the legendary magician, and they are very curious about what is going on.

"Yes, it is related to the waiter." Ferro couldn't help but feel a chill in his back when he talked about this, "But the details may be more complicated than you think."

"Afterwards, Taylor's men went back to look for the waiter, but they couldn't find him anywhere in the base."

"Your Majesty naturally fully supports this vicious incident and agrees with the other party's proposal to search the entire Gunda to find the real culprit."

“But still nothing.”

"After all, he is a powerful person who can cast a spell on an epic mage without anyone noticing. It is reasonable that he cannot be found." The Lord was not surprised by this.
Although Li Luo had not yet been promoted to the legendary level at that time, he was still an elite among magicians and was known as "the best magician below the legendary level."

"No, just when this matter was about to come to an end, things took a turn for the better..."

(End of this chapter)