The butler glanced at the master's face that was suddenly pale as paper, and then thought of something that had happened in the past two days, and his expression changed slightly.
"master?"
He called out softly, and then Baron Carter recovered his senses. He gave a hurried ah, stretched out a slightly trembling hand to take the document, and concealed, "I'm a little tired, you can go down first."
"Yes."
When the butler walked out of the study, went downstairs and left, only the baron was left in the dark brown house.
This slightly blessed middle-aged man suddenly seemed to be holding his breath, his entire face flushed, and he felt that the official document in his hand was hot, and there was an urge to throw it away.
But he finally controlled it. After a few seconds of silence, he walked to the desk by the window with heavy steps, and pushed the window open.
Although it was already spring, the winter chill had not yet subsided, especially in this early morning, when the exciting cold wind rushed in, making Baron Carter's confused thoughts finally clear.
Dragging the heavy wooden chair, he slowly sat down and unfolded the official document from the church. Because of his nervousness, he did not notice the slight damage to the seal.
The official document is very short and very official.
The general idea is to ask the local lord, Baron Carter, to cooperate with the church knights to further search for heretical wizards who are suspected of hiding in Oaktown on the wanted order.
"Sure enough..." With trembling hands, he put down the thin, cool sheet of paper, Carter leaned back and closed his eyes slightly in pain.
Everything was as he had guessed, and the church really came to the door.
Not surprising. In fact, from the time when the church headquarters issued the "Heritic Judgment Order", Baron Carter had vaguely felt this day.
He didn't know exactly when the change happened.
In his memory, the entire kingdom was originally considered peaceful, until a year ago, the headquarters of the Royal Capital Church suddenly announced that it had received an oracle from the of creation.
The specific content of the oracle is not clear. The approximate meaning is that the devil is resurrecting in the dark, and the wizarding community all over the mainland has long secretly become the servants of the demons.
In order to save mankind from being eroded by evil spirits, the church and the king signed and issued the "Heritage Judgment Order."
As a result, the church's Templar knights with extraordinary powers, with the permission of the king, began to hunt and kill wizards in the entire territory.
All this happened very suddenly, without any warning.
The shamans in the sand were even caught off guard, completely unable to resist the menacing Templars. The search began in the capital, and soon expanded to the entire kingdom.
Because of the poor exchange of information, news from all over the country is seriously lagging behind.
The wizards in many places finally learned of the news until the church chased them to the door. During the whole year, an unknown number of wizards were captured and killed.
In addition, the relatives and families of the wizards have suffered all kinds of incredible injuries.
In addition, during the raid, some nobles colluded with the church to eradicate dissidents in the name of oracles, which made all the people panic.
The whole kingdom is caught in a kind of "white terror".
The wizards who responded were not allowed to leave their homes, hide around, and escape the chase of the church. Gradually, this prairie fire burned from the prosperous place of the royal capital to every corner of the kingdom.
As soon as he got the news, Carter hurriedly passed a letter suggesting that the brothers and his family who were wizards, who were far away, were hiding in hiding. However, shortly after the letter was sent, he suddenly heard bad news.
In the process of being chased by the church, the younger brother was killed along with his wife in order to protect a pair of children who were also wizards. A pair of siblings and heirs were also missing.
After all, his news was too late.
Fortunately, not long ago, his missing nephew and niece quietly fled to Oaktown and rushed to this castle, hungry, cold and scarred.
Carter was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly settled down in the back house of the castle.
In order to avoid being seen by outsiders, he hides in a secret room all day, and Carter personally delivers food every day.
Originally, in his plan, as long as he hid patiently for a while, when the gust passed, then he would find a way to send his nephew out of the Drai Kingdom to the safe southern continent.
However, what Carter did not expect was that just yesterday, the Knights Templar came to town with the wizards captured along the way and claimed to be hunting down a pair of wizards.
This made Carter awake at night. He didn't know how much information the church had. He was even more worried. In his sleep, he was rushed into the castle by the terrifying knights to hide and hang him.
He never thought that he didn't wait for the intrusion of the Knights, but in this morning, he got a letter from the church.
It seemed that the other party should not be clear about the connection between the wizard he was chasing and him... This was the only thing that comforted Baron Carter a little.
However, facing the terrifying knights, this little lord couldn't control the fear in his heart after all.
Once the crime of hiding the wizard is discovered...that...
Thinking of this, the Baron Carter sitting in front of the window shivered fiercely, his heart pounding, and cold sweat on his forehead could not stop flowing.
He stood up and began to pace in the house, his face uncertain.
Finally, he gritted his teeth and made a decision.
Turning to push the door, head towards the back house.
He didn't dare to risk being hanged!
Of course, as an uncle, it is impossible for him to personally hand over his brother's child.
He was going to take the two children away while the church had not been discovered, and hid in the nearby pale mountains, waiting for the church to leave and then pick them up.
"Just do it...it must be fast and hidden...otherwise, once discovered..."
Muttering these words vaguely and unconsciously, the middle-aged Baron Carter went downstairs in a little panic, walked through the garden again, and entered the back house.
The servant of the back house had been arranged elsewhere by him, and he looked around vigilantly for a while, and then Carter quickly walked through the corridor, took out a key from his arms, and came to the storage room of the back house.
However, the moment he came outside the door, his whole body was suddenly struck by lightning and his body became stiff!
I saw that the heavy wooden door in front of it was slightly opened, and the metal lock on it had been broken, and it seemed to be forcibly twisted by some tyrannical external force!
"Ah... Morey! Karina!"
In the next second, the middle-aged lord suddenly pulled out the short blade from his waist and opened the door.
Then, I only saw a pair of young siblings lying on the floor, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.
And in the other corner of the room, a strange, eccentric man was sitting leisurely at the table, flipping through a book.
"You...you are from the church..." At this moment, Baron Carter trembled all over, and he felt the world spin, and the knife in his hand seemed to fall to the ground.
In his opinion, only the church search team can break into the castle silently and control the two wizards!
Although the clothes and looks of the people in front of them are a bit strange.
"Shhh, don't yell loudly, otherwise I will not be responsible for attracting others."
Lin Tuo, who was sitting at the table, slowly closed the book in his hand, and looked at the almost languid middle-aged man at the door with a smile and said in the local language he had just mastered.
After a pause, he tapped his forehead with his finger again, thinking and curious:
"Church? You mean the armor-clad guys in the kind of church in the center of town? So unfortunately, I don't know them."
Don't... know?
At the door, Baron Carter looked dazed, and was stunned for a while.
Seeing this scene, Lin Tuo sighed helplessly, put the knight novel in his hand aside, pointed to a chair next to him, and said lightly:
"I think you can sit down first, don't be so nervous, I have no intentions."
Baron Carter looked at the young brothers and sisters lying on the ground as he cried, and said to his heart that this is not malicious?
"Oh, this is just an accident." Lin Tuo coughed embarrassingly. "I originally wanted to ask them something, but unfortunately it was a young man who overreacted and had to faint.
But now, asking you is the same, eh, you should cooperate with me, right? "
While speaking softly, Lin Tuo slowly broke the corner of the solid wooden table beside him, watching Carter's eyelids jump.
"Come on." After two seconds of silence, Baron Carter dropped his weapon and smiled bitterly. "What do you want to ask?"
Then he got a weird answer:
"all."
...
...
After half an hour, Lin Tuo finally got the information he wanted and established a preliminary understanding of this era.
Likewise, it finally became known that the unconscious young brother and sister on the ground were the so-called wizard.
Hmm... He just saw the two more obvious "etheric lines" floating above the castle, so he came here.
Unfortunately, the opponent's reaction was fierce, and immediately launched an attack when he saw him. Lin Tuo had no choice but to stun him.
Asked by a little lord, the process went smoothly and much more enjoyable.
According to the little lord named Carter, this era is indeed similar to the Middle Ages, with nobles, commoners, and slaves. Of course, there are also extraordinary people.
Wizards, knights, and priests of the church all have power far beyond ordinary people, but there are differences.
The most significant difference is that the power of knights and priests mostly comes from cultivation, absorb "magic power" from the natural world, and then achieve extraordinary effects by learning specific "combat skills" and "divine arts".
As for wizards, they also practice, but the difference is that these people are often born with some unique and weird abilities.
By learning the "practice method" the day after tomorrow, it is often just to improve the physical fitness and strengthen the effect of natural ability.
Of course, the three are not so distinct.
This is consistent with Lin Tuo's guess.
"It seems that wizards are the blood descendants of those genetically mutated and evolved from those with special abilities... and knights and priests are mainly ordinary people with talents for cultivation.
As for ‘Combat Skills’, ‘Divine Art’, and ‘Spells’, they have different names, but they are essentially all human beings from generation to generation. They have been summed up through research and tinkered out, a kind of ability that can be learned..."
As for the so-called "magic power", it is obviously the name of "ether" in this era.
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