What did you do with the dice?

They watched the great wizard enter the cathedral, then bowed towards the church gate with excitement and turned to leave.

As you walk into the cathedral's gate, the first thing you see is two nuns in red wearing masks with sun symbols painted on them, one on the left and one on the right. They stand at the door with their crystal-clear bare feet stepping on the soft white carpet, and slowly bow to Anthony who is passing by.

Then they slowly pushed the door closed.

The moment the door closed completely, Anthony suddenly stopped and stood there in silence.

A few seconds later, he suddenly raised his hand and pointed behind him. A forked laser shot out from his fingertips, hitting the bodies of the two nuns right on target. The latter didn't even have the chance to make a sound before turning into a blood mist and dissipating.

The fragrant and holy air was suddenly filled with the smell of blood and rust.

Anthony snorted coldly and said in a deep voice, "Your Excellency, since you want to invite me to this banquet, you are serving the main course too quickly."

The surrounding space suddenly seemed to be compressed, and the huge cathedral that originally seemed to have no end in sight suddenly became "shorter".

The small door next to the statue slowly opened, and two masked nuns in red clothes slowly walked out, holding the hands of a blonde nun.

The blonde nun was different from the nuns in red who wore thin cloth and had their white feet bare. She was wrapped tightly all over. Not only did she wear a heavy long priest robe and a priest's small round hat on her head, but she also had a light white veil on her face.

Theresa saw the blood mist in the air and the blood-stained white carpet and chuckled softly, "Oh, Master, you killed two of my Sisters of Radiance the moment you walked in. I'm in a very difficult position."

Anthony shook his head and said, "Your Excellency, it is really too hasty for you to isolate the cathedral from the outside world. After all, I am still an old man who knows a little bit of magic, and I am very sensitive to changes in space.

So, you are the one who has been spying on me all this time? I don’t understand, old man, what is there in me that is worth you risking your life to steal?"

Theresa waved her hand, causing the Sisters of Radiance, who looked like puppets standing around her, to turn and leave. "You're worrying too much. I just wanted to chat with you. I would be very happy if you were willing to tell me the true identity of the successor blessed by the Lord of Arcane."

Anthony didn't respond. After thinking carefully for a moment, he laughed dumbly and said, "You are obviously not a follower of the Lord of Arcane, but you can feel the changes in the Lord of Arcane's inheritance? If you have different beliefs, you can't know this..."

Anthony paused and said word by word: "Unless, you are the Messenger of the End."

Theresa smiled but didn't respond, and the next second, a crack appeared around her body.

The transparent blade slashed across her body, cutting her in two.

But Anthony knew that this was just a small test. If Theresa in front of him could be killed so easily by this little magic, how could she be qualified to be wanted by God himself?

The surrounding space changed again. All the benches were suspended in the air, and seven Radiant Sisters appeared and stood in seven directions around Anthony.

A dark red rune was flashing on each of them, and the ominous aura emanating from the rune was as chilling as if it came from the abyss.

The vitality of the seven Shining Sisters quickly dissipated, and the seven bodies fell towards the center at the same time. Seven red lines shot out from where they fell, and began to automatically draw the seven rune patterns that appeared on their bodies along the ground.

After seeing this scene, Anthony's expression of calm indifference was greatly moved. "The Seven Sins Absolution! The Seven Sins Church's ritual of corruption, you actually use this!"

Theresa reappeared in front of the statue of God Light at the end of the central hall. She tilted her head and looked at Anthony, who was in the center of the blood-colored formation. "Oh? Master Mage, you know this, but I still can't figure it out. I always feel like something is missing. If there are any shortcomings, please feel free to correct me."

Anthony knew that he must not let this ceremony go smoothly, so he drew out the staff at his waist without hesitation and quickly cast the Great Purification Spell on the runes in one direction.

However, Theresa could not do as he wished. She clasped her hands together and chanted a prayer devoutly: "Holy Light, answer my request and judge the evildoers!"

Pure white light particles emerged from her body, and a golden holy light shot up into the sky. The particles poured into it, gradually turning the golden holy light into a huge sharp blade, slashing towards Anthony in the center of the magic circle.

This sharp blade, symbolizing purity and justice, forms a sharp contrast with the evil and dark ritual array surrounding it. It is hard to imagine that these two completely different powers are actually mastered and used by the same person.

Anthony quickly tore off the scroll at his waist, and a huge magic barrier blocked the golden sword. Then he completed the spell, and saw a dark door opened in front of him. The red violent magic power rushing out directly swallowed up everything around it.

The magic power transformed into a huge wolf head, which swallowed the surrounding magic power while opening its huge mouth towards Theresa.

"The faith in justice is unshakable, and the power of evil cannot get close to us!" Theresa raised the holy light in her hand, pointed it at the magic wolf's head, and a golden barrier wrapped around her body.

She opened her red lips slightly and said towards the door, "Calm down, my child."

A pink magic power surged in, making the violent magic power quiet down instantly. The wolf head slowly dissipated, and the door that lost its magic supply began to close. A faint unwilling roar could be heard from behind the door.

However, Anthony had no intention of defeating his opponent here. While using the Hell Torrent to buy time, he rubbed the cyan gem in his arms and whispered, "Lord of the Wind, the time of the contract has come. Take me out of this space!"

A cyan light enveloped his body, and the space around Anthony began to distort and collapse, while his body gradually became transparent under the influence of this light, like the fading of dye on canvas.

Anthony smiled at Theresa, who seemed to be standing there at her wit's end, and said, "Goodbye, Messenger of the End. Now it's your turn to hide."

Theresa burst out laughing after hearing this, pointed at Anthony, and said slowly:

"I swear on my honor and life, and ask the gods to grant me a sacred duel, to wash away my shame with the blood of my enemies!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a piece of contract paper slowly emerged in the air, with two names "Theresa Lily" and "Anthony Das" quickly written on it.

Immediately afterwards, two chains emerged from the contract paper and rushed into Anthony and Theresa's bodies respectively. A hexagonal golden field enveloped the two of them, directly interrupting Anthony's teleportation and pulling his body back into this space.

Anthony's face suddenly turned pale.

God decides the duel! She doesn't even meet the requirements to apply for a duel, how could she possibly succeed!

Unless... this is not a fair application duel, but the power of the God of War's followers.

This is the enemy of the twelve gods...

Chapter 145 The court opens!

This unfair battle soon came to an end.

"The power of shadow... ahem, you're the one behind everything in the Shadow Association..."

Theresa didn't answer. Instead, she looked at the blue ball formed by the light emanating from Anthony, and frowned cutely on her face. "Tsk, you really aren't the owner of this thing anymore."

"Haha... cough... I have already given him the authority of this power. He is a more powerful wizard than me... He will definitely avenge me. You despicable guy who stole divine power. In the days to come, you can slowly enjoy this fear..."

"Well, well, finish your mission in peace, you nagging fellow."

Theresa Lily looked at the azure ball in her hand, and the black mist on her arm spread out and enveloped Anthony's body.

After the black mist completely swallowed him, Theresa put away the black mist and sighed slowly.

"Nine Radiant Sisters died, and the cathedral was completely destroyed. All I got was a useless power of faith. That's why I hate mages, the way they always think about things in minute detail and pay attention to every detail."

Theresa put away the blue orb and said, "Next, we need to find the person blessed by the Supreme Arcane Mage. However, it seems that he has only recently received the blessing. What's worse is that I don't have any information about him. There is such a powerful mage hidden in Sinidi. I have no impression of him in the past hundred years. Could it be that he is not human?"

Oh, who should I ask... Oh, right, as for Sinidi, it happens to be the place of that strange Gemini who has no faith but possesses the power of the god Light.

There seems to be a wizard beside him, maybe freaks attract each other, maybe he can help me find that mysterious guy."

However, before communicating with Ai Li, Theresa looked at the ruined cathedral and slowly raised her hand. The surrounding space and the magnificent cathedral began to distort with her movements. All the furniture and broken debris gradually turned into black mist and rushed towards her.

"Mirror flowers and water moons, the boundary between reality and illusion."

The black fog spread, gradually filling the broken space, and the corpses on the ground gradually disappeared. The black fog surged, and the outline of a figure gradually reappeared in the space. The first thing that slowly solidified from the outline of the black fog was a pair of crystal bare feet.

"How slow! The God of Truth is also very cautious, dividing faith among so many constellations. It would be great if he could swallow up the others."

I wonder if I can finish packing it up before the pilgrimage ceremony next month? It’s such a headache.

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At this moment, Rusalka was sitting in the dim dungeon with Sanita and Phoenix, looking at Alice who took the lunch box and started eating with a spoon without caring about her image.

Seeing that she was about to choke, Rusalka hurriedly handed her a bottle of drink.

Alice picked up the cup, tilted her head back, and gulped down the milk tea. She breathed a sigh of relief: "Haha~ I'm alive. What is this tea mixed with? It's delicious."

"Tea, milk, and rock sugar," Rusalka replied. "Every drop of milk comes from authentic cows on carefully selected pastures. Okay, I don't know where it comes from, but a liter of milk costs 50 copper coins. As we all know, the only downside to most expensive things is that they're expensive."

Alice smacked her lips and commented, "Not bad, but the tea isn't very good. It's nowhere near as good as the 'Biluo Tea' from our Elf Forest."

Seeing her being picky, Rusalka wanted to tease her. "Haha, it's okay. Thank you for your patronage. The meal will cost one gold coin. Cash or card, Miss Mage? It's okay if you can't pay. According to our Sneidi rules, we don't accept magic props. We only accept dishwashing as payment. So, you'll be working as a maid in my city lord's mansion for a month, warming the bed."

Seeing that Alijie was so frightened by Rusalka that she couldn't even chew her mouth, Sanitieta temporarily played the role of a good guy: "He was joking."

He felt that if he didn't play the good guy, the native Phoenix, who also didn't understand the jokes of the 21st century, would teach Rusalka a lesson.

After eating and drinking her fill, Alice sat on a small stool, touched her stomach, and asked, "Did you forget to send some to Shana? She must be very hungry too."

Rusalka: "I gave it to her, but she didn't eat it, Iron Ranger."

Alice was not giving her friend face. "Don't worry, she's good at pretending in front of outsiders. After you leave, she'll mutter something like 'It's a waste not to eat, the enemy's arrows are still arrows' and finish her meal. When you go back later, you'll see her empty plates and pretending to sleep. By the way, can you give me another piece of cake?"

Rusalka was very friendly. He could easily afford a simple cake, so he agreed to Alice's request without hesitation: "Okay."

Unfortunately, Sanita was not friendly. He advocated an exchange of equal value: "But we have to finish talking. If you cooperate, I will give it to you."

Alice curled her lips in dissatisfaction. "What? You're the partners of Great Elder Huafalin. Do you think I can hide this from you? Okay, okay, for the sake of the cake, what do you want to ask?"

Sanitta: "We will ask the archer later. What if your statements don't match?"

Without hesitation, Alice continued to sell her friends: "She must be lying to you. After all, she's not on the same team as me, and she doesn't understand our relationship. Don't be fooled by her aloof appearance, she's actually very timid. Take those big bugs and say you're going to put them in her cell. Scare her a little and she'll confess."

Rusalka was shocked. This guy is so despicable, even more despicable than the two of them who came from the 21st century!

But every bad person has their own way of dealing with things, and Rusalka knew exactly how to deal with her, because it felt like looking in the mirror: "Answer a question for a small cake."

Alice: "I want cream!"

Rusalka: "I'll fill you up!"

Alice's lazy and carefree look disappeared, and she really became energetic and eager to try, "Okay, come on!"

Sanitta was also a little helpless. This was the first time he had seen a woman with desire written all over her face. "Okay, first question, what are the Elf Queen's orders to the Rangers?"

Alice was spilling the beans, having no intention of hiding this top-secret information. "At first, we were going to spread out and join various factions to determine the eldest prince's fate and location. I wasn't here at the time. After completing that mission, we switched to assassinating people based on the list provided by Grand Duke Delai. We then tried to conceal our identities during the assassination and search for the second prince's location."

Rusalka: "Have you heard of me?"

Alice: "I've heard that you've killed several of our companions. You seem to be number 12 on the list? But this time, it's because of an urgent order to intercept that intelligence, so we decided to kill you since you're on the list anyway. It's a win-win situation.

Oh, I didn't expect you to be one of us. It's like a tree man beating up a druid, family members fighting each other, hehe. By the way, do you have any other flavors of desserts?"

This world takes fighting and killing lightly, especially when it comes to alien races. They can talk about killing and dying people nonchalantly.

But Rusalka was a stubborn person. No matter what the ranking was, being ranked 12th still bothered him: (Huh? They think there are 11 other fighters as good as me in the kingdom? Why not rank me first? I want to challenge them in a one-on-one duel.)

Sanita: (Thinking with your toes, this list isn't arranged by combat power.)

Sanita: "Okay, second question."

Alice was a little confused: "Isn't it the third one?"

Sanitta glanced at Rusalka, who said it didn't matter and there would be plenty of cakes.

Only then did Sanitta realize that, yes, the reward for answering this kind of question was actually a small cake, a small cake that could not be finished. Whether it was Rusalka or Alice, the two of them treated this secret meeting with a casual attitude, which seemed to show that they took it seriously. It was ridiculous that they made arrangements in advance, deliberately asked the guards to leave, and set up a temporary soundproof barrier.

He even considered adding medicine to his food. Now it seems that it was his own problem and he shouldn't treat everyone as "normal".

Sanitieta sighed, "Then let's have three. The third question is, did Elder Huafalin assign you a secret mission?"

Alice nodded. "Yes, first we need to find the person who matched the code, then find the location where the Grand Duke is hiding the Second Prince. Then we need to find a way to escape from the sight of the other forest rangers and hide our identities. We need to report the Second Prince's intelligence to the Grand Elder first, and finally eliminate our competitors as much as possible.

She said you'd help, right? I've long been annoyed by the bossy captain and the other mage in the team. Because they're so close, they always throw any quests requiring magic to me. Lord Pearltear, please take care of them for me.

Rusalka: (Right?)

Sanita: (That's right. Their internal fighting is good for you anyway. It's easy, so why not do it?)

Rusalka nodded. "I'll consider it if I have the chance, but what about your teammate, the elf named Kujo Sara?"

Alice was stunned for a moment and murmured, "Her name is Shana. Who is this Kujo Sara? I don't know her."

Sanitieta held his forehead and said, "He remembered the wrong name."

Alice believed it, but Phoenix obviously didn't. Sanitta said that he could only help Rusalka up to this point. As for how to explain to Phoenix who the "Nine-Joint Sara" was, it was Rusalka's own fault because of her slip of the tongue, so he would have to find a way to solve it himself at night.

Alice frowned and thought for a moment: "It's not good to keep her locked up all the time. Eating so well will definitely arouse suspicion, right? How about we pretend to break out of prison, send her back to the team, and then I'll find a way to come back alone."

Rushakana was puzzled. "What? You escaped from prison and ran away, so why did you come back? Do you like being in prison?"

Alice also showed a confused expression. "No, I won't go to jail. Didn't you say you would arrange new identities for us rangers? I'll just stay by your side. Besides, if I go back, I can only drink concentrated plant juice every day and carry out dangerous assassination missions. It's better to stay here, where I can eat a lot of delicious food. What's more, the enemies here are not strong. I can protect you."

"Rusalka still needs your protection?" This thought occurred to both the man and the cat.

Ignoring the three people's strange expressions, Alice placed her hands on her hips and said with a smug look, "Don't worry, I know my limits. Although I'm a powerful mage, I only want treatment similar to that of the Filin assassin next to you... Oh, no, no, no, senior, I was wrong. Can't I take a little less than you?"

Well, the second half of the sentence was about admitting her fault because all the vital parts of her body were blocked by the shadow spikes, and Phoenix was holding a dangerous-looking dagger, pointing it at her neck, with an expression that said if Rusalka nodded, she would really dare to cut.

Maomao has the pleasure of having Rusalka accompany her at night, and her statement seems a bit extreme.

Sanitieta was also extremely depressed. Are all the people in this world foodies? This is too outrageous. In novels, when recruiting a younger brother, you have to exude a domineering aura, and help the younger brother solve a few enemies and save his life. But here, they will come to him for food. It's easier than picking up stray cats and dogs.

And rather than the halo effect of Rusalka's Charm 20, is it more of a food effect? ​​Is Sneedi's meal, which Rusalka criticized as "not as good as braised chicken and rice," really that good? What else do other places eat? I wonder what that concentrated plant juice she's talking about tastes like.

Sanitieta coughed dryly and kindly reminded him, "Since you don't know, I'll just remind you that this Filin is not in an employment relationship with us. She is the spouse of the Lord of Pearl Tears."

Alice was stunned after hearing this. She looked at Rusalka, then at Phoenix, with a look that clearly said, "Are you kidding me?" "Huh? Oh, you must be trying to make fun of me again, right? I won't be fooled a second time. The Lord of Pearl Tears is human, the Lord of Sneidi, wielding the Holy Light of Esidi, and holding a shield from the Sea Clan. How could his spouse be a Filin assassin from the El Empire..."

As she spoke, she was almost bewildered by her own words. "Ah, you're indeed a strange fellow. But then again, why would a Filin assassin like you fall in love with a Paladin, traveling all the way from the El Empire to marry him? Aren't you two sworn enemies? How did you two meet?"

Rusalka started to yell in her heart: (What are you doing? You look down on the harmonious coexistence of multiple cultures and the building of a lasting community of shared destiny?)

Sanita extinguished her gossipy spirit with a concluding sentence: "It's hard for me to explain this, but it's the truth."