Just as Wan Ling'er was concentrating on researching some products to deal with zombie demons every day, and preparing to sharpen his sword against the pigs and sheep, the war atmosphere in Crescent City became more and more intense, and the number of soldiers patrolling the city wall also increased.
, the materials on the city wall are piled up like mountains.
On the ninth day after Zhao Yuan arrived in Crescent City, Chen Dao received a letter. It was an open letter, to the effect that young people over the age of fifteen were required to report to the training camp, and it was signed with the seals of the military and the temple.
When Chen Dao received this letter, he was immediately overjoyed. He immediately took out all the magic cores in his body, bought back a large amount of fine wine and food, and prepared to celebrate grandly.
In the evening, a table of sumptuous meals was prepared, and we waited for Chen Mang to come back to start the meal.
Chen Mang is a person who has a very good sense of time. These days, Chen Mang goes out at dawn every day and comes back on time for dinner.
In Zhao Yuan's eyes, Chen Mang's whereabouts were somewhat mysterious. Apart from occasionally exchanging fighting skills with Zhao Yuan, he spent most of his time busy, but he didn't know what he was busy with.
Zhao Yuan repeatedly made innuendoes and asked Chen Mang what he was busy with, but Chen Mang basically remained silent.
In fact, even Chen Dao was not sure about Chen Mang's whereabouts. He just knew that Chen Mang was a mercenary.
In the Magic Core Continent, mercenaries are a very complex industry. Their duty is to protect the safety of some materials and merchants. Compared with the mercenaries of the Great Qin Empire, the mercenary profession in the Magic Core Continent is more dangerous because,
Their biggest enemy is not the green forest man who dominates the mountain, but the corpse demon.
When it was time to eat, Chen Mang went home on time as always and sat down at his seat quietly.
Seeing Chen Mang return home, Aunt Six and Aunt Ninth immediately brought some warm dishes in the pot to the table.
What is worth mentioning here is that just after moving into Chen Mang's house, Aunt Six and Aunt Nine took over the kitchen, and they all seemed to have received professional training, and the meals they cooked were extremely delicious, and it can be said that they are both delicious and delicious.
It was a feast for everyone, and even the taciturn Chen Mang would say a few words of praise.
"What's going on today?" Chen Mang sat down and looked at the table full of sumptuous meals and couldn't help but ask.
"Brother, look!" Chen Dao excitedly handed the letter to Chen Mang.
"no!"
Chen Mang just glanced at the letter, suddenly became furious, and tore the letter into pieces.
"Why?" Chen Dao didn't expect that Chen Mang would suddenly become angry. He was a little caught off guard and looked at his brother in surprise.
"If it doesn't work, it won't work." Chen Mang said every word, and his tone was decisive, leaving no room for negotiation.
"I don't care. I want to go!" Chen Dao looked aggrieved, tears welling up in his eyes.
"No! Unless I, Chen Mang, die, otherwise you will never even think about it in this life!"
Chen Mang stood up suddenly, walked away with a puff of sleeves, and returned to his room.
Chen Dao's lips trembled and tears flowed down silently. Chen Mang shattered his dream.
The atmosphere is oppressive and suffocating.
Everyone looked at each other in shock. No one expected that Chen Mang would suddenly get angry. You must know that being able to serve as a soldier is the highest honor in Crescent City.
"Everyone eat, eat."
"Eat." Seeing that Chen Dao was heartbroken, Wan Ling'er, who usually lived alone, took the initiative to pick up some food for Chen Dao.
It was originally a joyful celebration banquet, but Chen Mang ruined the atmosphere. Chen Dao, who was originally extremely excited, found it difficult to swallow in front of the feast. He just kept sobbing, and everyone was comforting him.
To no avail.
"Chen Dao, you eat something first so you don't get hungry. I advise your brother to go."
"Yeah." Chen Dao's eyes showed hope.
Zhao Yuan got up and entered the room.
Inside the room, Chen Mang was sitting on the floor with an angry face, sulking.
"Chen Mang, Chen Dao has always hoped to become a respected warrior. This time is his only chance. I think..." Zhao Yuan sat in front of Chen Mang.
"No!" Chen Mang was as concise and forceful as ever.
"Can you tell me the reason?"
"There is no reason." Chen Mang shook his head.
"Is it Xuantian Temple?" Zhao Yuan stared at Chen Mang with his deep eyes, as if he wanted to see through Chen Mang's internal organs.
"Who are you?" Chen Mang stood up abruptly and looked at Zhao Yuan with a shocked expression. Soon, his shocked look turned into boundless murderous intent. The pervasive murderous intent made Chen Mang look like a wolf at any moment.
Wild beasts may break out and hurt people.
"Don't worry, I'm not your enemy. Let's talk slowly. Besides, you can't kill me." Zhao Yuan said calmly.
"How do you know?" Chen Mang sat down slowly, a pair of leopards stared at Zhao Yuan fiercely, with murderous intent still lingering.
"Actually, I don't know anything." Zhao Yuan smiled bitterly.
Chen Mang glanced at Zhao Yuan, snorted coldly, then lowered his head and remained silent.
"What's going on in the Xuantian Temple? I feel weird." Seeing that Chen Mang didn't speak, Zhao Yuan had no choice but to ask.
"Don't ask me, I won't say anything."
Chen Mang closed his eyes slightly, ignored Zhao Yuan again, and actually focused on his own practice.
Although Zhao Yuan had only been in contact with Chen Mang for a few days, he was very familiar with this taciturn man. For someone like Chen Mang, if he didn't want to talk, he would never say it, even with a knife on his neck.
Will frown.
Faced with Chen Mang's silence, Zhao Yuan had no better way. However, he had basically determined that the main reason why Chen Mang did not allow Chen Dao to join the army was due to his dissatisfaction with the Xuantian Temple.
Although the Xuantian Temple does not directly participate in the management of the human army, in fact, the Xuantian envoys sent by the temple influence the decisions of the army leaders.
Whether it is Crescent City or other cities inhabited by humans, Xuantian Temple has absolute influence.
It can be said that Xuantian God Magister is the only belief of mankind and is respected as the only god by mankind. The degree of piety of mankind towards him is extremely terrifying. Many families spend all their wealth to worship the temple, which shows their piety.
In a city where humans live together, the Miao Zong is the supreme leader of the city. Even the top leader of the army does not dare to question the Miao Zong's rights.
In these days, Zhao Yuan purchased a large number of books on Magic Core Continent. Many of the books mentioned heretics, and most of those heretics were tortured and burned to death. There are countless such cases...
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After synthesizing a large amount of information, Zhao Yuan realized that in the human society of the Demonic Core Continent, not all people were loyal believers of the Xuantian Temple. There was also a force opposing the temple in the dark.
The temple was extremely cruel and bloody to the opposing forces. It was heinous that they were often stoned to death in public, tortured to death, and the most common ones were burned alive.
The temple's method of dealing with heretics is extremely absurd and barbaric. As long as they are suspected, they will immediately be named "wizards". In the Magic Core Continent, wizards are regarded as unknown. As long as they are judged as wizards by the temple, they will immediately be sentenced to death.
He was sentenced to death because the wizard was not only reviled by the public, but also hunted down by masters sent by the temple.
The temple has a mysterious organization called the "Temple Inquisition".
The members of the Temple Inquisition are all experts. Not only do they have a high status, but they also have the power of life and death. Anyone they identify as a wizard can be killed directly.
When Zhao Yuan learned about the organization of the Temple Inquisition, he immediately realized that the humans in the Demonic Core Continent were not as united as they seemed...
