Li Lin and others were unable to leave Descartes as they had originally expected, because early the next morning, the entire Descartes was completely blocked. The guards guarded at various intersections, looking for the murderer who murdered the consultant mage Wisling - Li Lin only then knew the name of the old mage he had killed.

But even if such an accident occurred, it didn't seem to be a big deal for Duncan. He was still calm and asked everyone to prepare all the items and drive the carriage on the road. It seemed that he had already prepared and was not afraid of searching at all. In fact, the Paladins rarely get criticized on such occasions. After all, everyone is very clear about the Paladin's credit issues.

Before getting on the carriage, Li Lin noticed Fina's slightly rosy face. Obviously, everything Anjiela did to her made the little priest completely fall into nothing. He knew what the little guy was thinking, starting with his sister first, making her a slave, and then using her to force and seduce her sister. For Anjiela, training humans has always been her pleasure, and she has no guilt or anxiety about it. In her opinion, this world is the one that she has no sense of guilt or conscience.

All humans on the page are her toys, and she can play whatever she wants, and no one can blame her. Of course, Angela herself also understands where the boundaries are. At least, she will not cause trouble for Li Lin, so Li Lin acknowledged this point and did not mean to stop it. After all, the arcane mages were originally guys with no principles. If they were too kind or too evil, then how could they trade and negotiate with all the gods?

Their only position is that they have no position.

Mina seemed to have noticed some abnormality in her sister, but she opened her mouth but said nothing. Perhaps she noticed it, perhaps she thought it was not something she should ask.

Every misunderstanding, every hesitation, wavering, or even worry will become the best time for vampires to attack.

Li Lin shook his head, said nothing, turned around and walked onto the carriage.

When they arrived at the gate of the city, they were stopped by the guards as expected. The commander of the guards was obviously very familiar with Duncan. After seeing their carriage, he was slightly stunned. He walked up and said hello, and said that although the entire city is currently blocked and the idle people cannot wait to pass. However, Duncan and his party are Paladins after all, and they are frequent visitors who often come and go, not to mention that their destination is the ruins of the Magic Empire, so there is no need to check it. However, due to the order, I still hope that everyone can cooperate with the investigation and at least register. Of course, Duncan has no objection to this.

The reason why the guards here are not tight is that after leaving this city gate, there is only one way forward, that is, the road to the capital of the Magic Empire. This road is built on the edge of the cliff and there is no path to walk on. Not to mention that after the war a thousand years ago, the traffic between the Capital of the Magic Empire and the surrounding roads was almost completely interrupted. Even if you have a life to enter, there may be no life to leave. So even if you escape, you will get a prisoner, as long as they go out through this gate, you don’t have to bother to search for it - perhaps if you are lucky, your bodies will be found under the cliff or somewhere in the ruins a few years later.

It is precisely because it is almost a place where there are no return, so the guards are obviously more relaxed than those at other city gates. Duncan obviously knows this, so he feels relieved and bold to let them go.

After writing his name on the roster, Li Lin returned to the carriage. He closed his eyes and thought for a while. Until the knock on the door, Li Lin opened his eyes and opened the car door and hugged An Jie who was standing outside.

"How about it?"

“Very smooth.”

Angela raised her head proudly. In fact, seeing that the guard commander just now was so familiar with Duncan, Li Lin felt that there might be some problems. So he instructed Angela to ask the guards around her while others were busy registering and not paying attention. After all, no one would ask a blind girl to sign and register, as long as her guardian signed on his behalf.

These guards are not very careful, not to mention that Anjiela's harmless outer skin mixed with her charming performance is enough to make all the men in the world have good feelings and sympathy for her. So a call from "Big Brother" made these guards immediately turn toward each other. There was once a historical record of a man who died on the spot when he was excited by a heart attack by Little Luoli calling him "Big Brother". Although these guards were not as fragile as him, they still confessed everything they knew under the guidance of Anjiela's cute smile and sinister hidden inside.

“There is one thing that is not normal.”

According to Angela, these soldiers had received Duncan here several times, and the members of his team had never changed. They were always five paladins and two priests.

Five Paladins and two priests, each time they have the same profession and the same number of people, and each time they are the only one who comes out alive?

Just thinking about it, Li Lin could smell the scent of the conspiracy.

"And, that guard still remembers that there was a God-Selected One in the team led by Duncan."

And according to the current situation, this seems to be no coincidence.

Although according to this inference, Li Lin thought of some kind of sacrifice at the first time, the Magic Empire has always adhered to the code of conduct of "believing in God but not believing in God" since its founding. There is no temple, and there will be no altar. So even if Duncan went there for such a thing, it would be a bit weird. However, there must be something inside that needs these people to exist.

What exactly is that?

Even Li Lin could not guess Duncan's idea at all. However, no matter what kind of conspiracy is hidden in Duncan's mission, it would be bad for him. After all, one of his goals was to completely bankrupt the plan, and now it seems that this possibility is obviously not low. Next, they have more important things to do. If these people can be turned into subordinates or slaves, it will naturally be much easier.

After passing through the city gate, the carriage slowly drove towards the direction of the capital of the Magic Empire. They were close to the side of the cliff, and the road that could only be walked side by side was a bit narrow. From the side, it seemed like a piece of cut tofu. There was only a small wrinkle left in the middle, and the carriage was driving on the small wrinkle, and if you were not careful, it would fall into the bottomless abyss.

Li Lin looked at the cliff beside him and remained silent. This huge cave that could almost reach hell was one of the remains of the war. At that time, in order to prevent the five-nation coalition forces from invading the capital, one of the arcane mages who had always been good at attacking spells cast this extremely powerful "destructive bombardment". The surging energy light swallowed a million troops together with the land. But even so, it did not stop the barbarians from moving forward. In the end, the arcane mage persisted on the battlefield for a whole seven days and seven nights, and finally died for his country.

The number of people who died in that war was hundreds of millions.

Even if they use their corpses, they cannot fill this bottomless abyss.

Li Lin withdrew his thoughts, shifted his gaze again, and then opened the history book he carried with him.

This is a book that Li Lin bought before leaving Descartes to tell the history of the mainland. In Li Lin's view, it was filled with lies and deception. A war of aggression was concealed by historians as a righteous resistance. The evil magic power gradually faded away in front of the five heroes and the people who yearned for light and freedom. They described the magic empire as an evil capital and committed serious crimes against humanity. In this book, races such as elves and dwarves were also

Together, they are described as accomplices of the Magic Empire, and together with them oppressing the kind people. Every victory mentioned in the book with the word "happiness" is an unforgettable failure for Li Lin. Although the Magic Empire is powerful, it has never ruled this continent. Under the leadership of the arcane mages, the Magic Empire has been living its own life quietly, let alone oppressing and exploiting the people of other countries.

Reading this falsehood of forgery or even completely subverted naturally made Li Lin very angry. But he still had a way to calm down and use these descriptions to find clues about the war. After all, for the Magic Empire, the war came too suddenly, and until Li Lin was defeated in the end, they used many means and did not fully understand what caused the war. But now from this history book, they might get the answer. After all, since history was written by the winner, they naturally would not be stingy to hide their names and true faces.

But what disappointed Li Lin was that the whole history book mostly told, or boasted about how the five heroes rose from adversity, led their country to resist the "oppression" of the magic empire, formed an alliance, and finally destroyed the magic empire. These stories were meaningless to Li Lin. The arcane mages had learned about the existence of these five people as early as the beginning of the war, and never regarded them as real messengers. The arcane mages who had experienced a long time had already discovered that behind these five heroes, there must be someone or force supporting them. These five people were just their pawns, a symbol of the magic empire used to deal with.

Li Lin closed the history book, recalled it again, thought carefully about the scenes of his war with the five people, and tried his best to grasp every memory.

They are indeed very strong, but they are not Li Lin's opponents.

However, they clearly knew Li Lin's weaknesses.

"The time was chosen too cleverly, and... it was too precise."

Looking back on that battle now, it was really too weird for Li Lin. In fact, his battle with the five heroes was not as described in the book as "at the beginning, he forced the five heroes into a desperate situation, and then, a fatal mistake caused him to fail." From the beginning, Li Lin was completely suppressed by those five people. They carefully selected Li Lin to appear when his strength was weakest. The accuracy even made people have to suspect that they were excellent actors and appeared in the most perfect place at the most perfect time. This also made him unable to do too much, and eventually... this also led to his failure.

However, this history book is far from meeting Li Lin's requirements. It is full of exaggerated descriptions, and even some unrealistic speculations from the author. Li Lin is even really curious. With the power of the five people at that time, if they really "summoned hundreds of abyss devils to fight", would they have that chance to go back alive?

However, it is not without gain.

Li Lin's only discovery was that in this history book, many places marked some things that had never happened before and appeared repeatedly. The five heroes "listened to the divine metaphor of the God of Light and Justice", and before attacking the magic empire, the soldiers were "shrouded under the blessing of the God of Light and Justice, full of courage". The frequent appearance of this description in the book even makes people wonder if it was something made up by the temple. However, this is just a history book after all, not the holy scripture of the temple. Such flattery is obviously meaningless. Moreover, based on Li Lin's previous experience on the battlefield, the soldiers did not receive any blessings when fighting.

Could it be that there is really a God related to this war?

Recalling the exploration behavior made by the temple of the God of Justice, Li Lin's guess seems to have a clear direction and concept.
Chapter completed!