There are no legal restrictions in the stronghold, but each place has its own unique rules. Although there are the guards of the Paladins, it is not unusual for conflicts and even deaths in the stronghold. The Temple of the God of War

The doctrine is war and fighting, which determines that their paladins will not care about the nature of everything like the sun god Amon Ra or the truth god Tom, so they are mostly concerned about conflicts between mercenaries.

Turn a blind eye. As long as it is not serious enough to threaten the normal operation of the stronghold, the paladins of the Ares Temple are not willing to get involved in the problems between the mercenaries.

But this time the situation was different. What Zhan En killed was not the mercenaries who traveled to the Dark Territory and worked hard to die, but the followers of a certain big shot. So the nature of the matter also changed. When Zhan En killed

After En and others left, the entire stronghold began to turmoil as if a stone had been thrown into the pond, and the name Zhan En once again became a hot topic among everyone.

But Zhan is not interested in this. This is the Underdark, not the surface. No matter how many people come, they cannot change this. They can stick to their own ideals, their own bottom lines, and their own principles. But they cannot ignore and resist the Underdark.

It has its own rules and boundaries, even if it is as powerful as a temple. Everything here is like a layer of earth and stone hundreds or thousands of meters thick pressing on everyone's heads. The only thing you can do is accept it without objection.

Of course, part of the reason is that Zhan found something more interesting and fun.

"Have you figured out what that is? Elise?"

Sitting on the stone chair, Zhan En looked at the bright red strange substance placed in front of him with interest. After returning to his own cave in the stronghold, Zhan En began to study this strange substance with concentration.

Something. At first, he thought it was an egg, but after using the [Evil Eye] to investigate, Zhan En was surprised to find that it was actually solid inside, which meant that it was not an egg, but something more.

Like a gem or something.

If it was just like this, that would be it. But when Zhan adjusted the [Evil Eye] to the soul mode, he was surprised to find that there was actually a strange soul fire inside. It could be seen that this soul fire had just been

It took shape not long ago. The ever-burning white flame burned slowly but firmly, announcing its existence.

This is interesting. A stone actually has a soul. Could it be that a monkey will pop out of it?

Although Zhan En has read a lot of books, he has never seen such a weird thing. So he gave this red gem to Elise to study. After all, as a mage, studying these things can be regarded as Elise's responsibility.

I'm good at it.

"I'm sorry, Master, I haven't figured it out yet."

Hearing Zhan's question, Elise smiled helplessly and looked at the ruby ​​egg in front of her intently again.

"I can feel the fluctuation of elements coming from it... This should be an existence condensed from something, but it's hard to say what it is..."

"Take your time, we have plenty of time."

Taking the black tea from Bix, Zhan leaned against the stone wall leisurely. During this time, he also communicated with Enoa. At least the dungeon was relatively stable. Moreover, Zhan had decided to temporarily close it.

At the entrance of the dungeon, take back all the aliens and banshees at the same time. Before, I attacked the patrol with the intention of taking advantage of the troubled waters. Now that my goal has been achieved, it is the best choice to stop at the right time.

So, next...

“Dong dong dong!!”

At this moment, there was a rapid knocking sound outside, and Zhan raised his eyelids and looked towards the entrance of the cave. Soon he saw the curtain was opened, and then Liam Paladin hurriedly walked in, and the young man

An anxious look appeared on his face. Seeing Zhan here, Liam sighed helplessly, and then strode to Zhan's face.

"Mr. Zhan, you are still in the mood to drink tea here. Do you know that there is already a turmoil in the stronghold!"

"What does this have to do with me? Your Holy Church is in charge of the stronghold. Aren't you the ones to deal with anything?"

Taking a sip of black tea, Zhan glanced at Liam. He didn't have a good impression of this paladin, but he didn't have any bad feelings either. Although Liam was a bit too "upright", such a person was easy to use.

It still has a certain value to Zhan. So he didn't say much, but made a gesture. Seeing Zhan's action, Bix immediately took out a silver teacup and poured a cup of tea for him.

Liam handed it over.

"Thanks."

After walking for such a long time, Liam's mouth was also a little dry. When he saw Bix handing over tea, he hurriedly thanked her and reached out to take it. After taking a sip, he finally regained his breath.

When he heard Zhan En's words, Liam couldn't help but glare at him. Perhaps thinking of Zhan En's temper, his originally tough expression softened a lot.

"Indeed, to be honest, I have also asked the surrounding mercenaries about this matter. It is true that those servants were wrong first. I also know that you have a bad temper, but...the people killed this time are really not good.

It’s the same!”

"What's the difference?"

Hearing Liam's words, Zhan snorted coldly.

"Speaking of which, my maid was bullied in the stronghold, and you paladins pretended to be blind. Could it be that those people are also paladins?"

"No, no, no, those people are not Paladins!"

Liam was young after all, so as soon as Zhan said a few words, he stood up in fright and waved his hands in denial.

"There are no such scum among us Paladins, but Mr. Zhan, to be honest with you, this matter is indeed difficult to handle..."

And with Liam's introduction, Zhan finally understood the ins and outs of the matter.

It is true that the Holy Church is a cross-regional international organization, but the problem is that no matter how powerful the temple is, it is still a temple. After so many years of ups and downs, many countries have changed their structures. Except for the "Holy Country" Seth, the base of the Holy Church,

Except for countries where the state and religion are united, most other countries have a system of separation of church and state. The Holy Church is very powerful, but it cannot interfere in all aspects of a country. Because of this, if the Holy Church develops something

Action must be supported by local rulers.

Naturally, the same goes for this move into the Dark Territory. Above the Northland where Zhan is located is the Doomsday Mountains, part of which belongs to the Valkyrie Principality's sphere of influence. The Temple of the God of War needs to recruit personnel, go deep into the Dark Territory, and provide logistics and supplies.

Things naturally need the assistance of the Valkyrie Principality.

The Principality of Valkyrie and the Temple of the God of War have quite a connection. In the beginning, it was just an ordinary gathering place for humans. Later, with the invasion of the demons, this place also fell into the flames of war. It was sent by the God of War Maka.

He brought the Valkyries into the main material plane and assisted the residents here to defeat the invasion of the demons. Among them, a human hero fell in love with the heroic Valkyrie, and the two gave birth to a child. Later, the child lived in this land

A country was established and named Valkyrie. This is also the origin of the name of the Principality of Valkyrie.

In the past, when the Temple of the God of War was prosperous, the relationship between the Principality of Valkyrie and the Temple of the God of War was pretty good. But after the fall of the God of War, the relationship between the Temple of the God of War and the Principality of Valkyrie went from bad to worse. The Temple of the God of War, which had lost the protection of the gods, was

The principality is regarded as a burden and wants to hide as far away as possible. As for the friendship between the two parties, it is no longer mentioned much now. But it is no wonder that Valkyrie founded the country because of the blessing of the God of War.

When he was alive, this kind of blessing was a good thing for the people. But after the death of the God of War, the Principality of Valkyrie, which had lost the blessing of the god, would inevitably face a situation of panic.

In order to stabilize the people's hearts, the Principality of Valkyrie had to choose to abandon the useless Temple of the God of War and instead support other temples to preach. In this case, the already weak force of the Temple of the God of War became even worse.

Although the two parties still maintain a certain degree of friendly relations with each other, it is really just a show on the surface.

It is precisely because of this that the Principality of Valkyrie seemed unhappy in the face of the request from the God of War Temple. If it hadn't been for the God of War Temple's begging, I'm afraid they would no longer support the God of War Temple in doing anything. But even if they agreed in the end

To assist the Temple of the God of War, most of them are responsible for the supply work at the rear. The Principality of Valkyrie will not do such things as going deep into the Dark Territory. Because the duty of the army is to defend the country, it is naturally impossible to send them to the Dark Territory to be wasted.

Before that, the local nobles of the Principality of Valkyrie were responsible for supervising the portal together with the church's Archbishop Bosson. Later, because of a sneak attack on the stronghold (Liam was killed, he didn't even think that the person sitting in front of him was the culprit)

) incident made the rear area a little restless. They were afraid that there would be some trouble in the Underdark area. It was not until Zhan En took action and dealt with the group of salamanders that things finally stabilized.

But troublesome things also arise from this.

While the supply base reported to the rear that the surrounding area had been cleared, they also took out many salamander corpses as proof and sent them to the rear. The sight of these evil and weird underground creatures naturally made the gentlemen in the rear quite worried.

Surprised. And after learning that the area around the stronghold was safe and there were no monster attacks, the nobles in the rear area were also ready to move and wanted to see the Dark Territory for themselves. So some noble descendants united and brought some people here.

Supply base, intending to take a closer look at the "customs and customs" of the Underdark.

The few attendants who surrounded Bix before were the subordinates of these noble heirs. Therefore, when other mercenaries and paladins saw it, it was not easy to take too much control. After all, the other party had a noble status and was a collaborator of the temple. The mercenary

Soldiers don't want to cause trouble, and Paladins don't want to settle things.

But I didn’t expect Zhan En to be more ruthless. He started killing people without saying a word, just like killing a chicken. This was simply a naked slap in the face. How could those playboys be calm? Liam was just upright.

You are not a fool. When you heard that Zhan En had killed someone, you knew something was wrong, so you hurriedly ran to him to inform him.

"So that's it."

After hearing what Liam said, Zhan nodded.

"It doesn't matter. If they want to cause trouble for me, just come directly. Don't worry, for your sake, I will spare their lives."

"That's not the problem..."

Liam didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard what Zhan En said. He didn't come here to plead for those people, but hoped that Zhan En would not cause too much trouble. But looking at Zhan En's attitude now, he didn't seem to think so at all.

This is trouble!

It's a pity that I'm afraid of whatever comes next.

At this moment, suddenly, a series of rapid footsteps came from outside, and the sound of the collision of weapons could be faintly heard. When he heard this, Liam's expression changed slightly, but before he could say anything else, he just
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