Chapter 3 A Murder in the Dark Night (Part 1)
Taji City was a commercial city built by the sea, and its level of commercial development was also top-notch on the continent, so the city gates were closed much later than ordinary cities. In general, the closing time of the city gates was about nine to ten in the evening, while the closing time of the city gate in Taji City was 12 o'clock in the evening.
When Ulysses rushed into the gate of Taji City under an acceleration spell, the big church bell rang at twelve o'clock on time. Watching the city gate behind him slowly close in the sound of the bell, Ulysses's legs gave out and sat on the ground. The rush just now had really consumed too much of his physical strength, and in order to maintain the high speed, he continued to cast acceleration spells on him, and the magic energy in his body was also exhausted. The current Ulysses was extremely weak, probably a level two goblin could easily defeat him.
After resting on the ground for two hours, Ulysses' magic energy finally recovered, and he quickly cast a three-level healing spell to himself, "In the name of Ulysses, heal!"
A soft white light was born from Ulysses's hand and spread all over his body. Under the white light of the healing spell, Ulysses' lost physical strength gradually recovered. Seeing the white light on his body, Ulysses was relieved. Although he was not a priest, he had already practiced a few light magic skills commonly used by lower priests. This was due to his dream of becoming a priest from an early age.
For this dream, Ulysses began to practice light magic while other children were still playing mud and hide-and-seek. Fortunately, although very low, he did have a little light magic talent. After he had worked ten times harder than ordinary people, he became a level four light mage at the age of fifteen. However, there was no church in the village where Ulysses was born, so he could not receive normal priestly education. He learned his light magic from the only low-level light magic book left in the village. Therefore, he didn't know that to become a priest was not simply based on the level of magic. A firm belief in the Supreme God and the loyalty to the Holy See was just as important as the level of magic.
Therefore, the corresponding priest examination was divided into two parts, the magic examination and the holy scriptures examination. But Ulysses, who had never been out of the village before the age of fifteen, had no idea about this. He naively thought that as long as he learned the light magic well, he could become a respected priest. It was not until he came to the Taji City church to take the priest test with three gold coins that he had saved for ten years that he knew the existence of the holy scriptures test.
The demonstration of light magic in the magic exam was as easy as eating for Ulysses, who was already a level four light mage. It must be mentioned that ordinary low-level priests could only use level three magic. However, the creeds and history of the Holy See's laws and regulations in the examination of the priesthood made Ulysses, who had never been in contact with them, feel helpless, and had to leave sadly.
In the following three years, Ulysses worked hard to study the holy scriptures, but compared with those apprentice priests who had received more than ten years of priestly education, there was still a long way to go, and it was far from passing the exam. However, Ulysses was a person who never gave up easily. He was convinced that as long as he kept working hard, he would become a respected priest sooner or later.
After recovering his strength, Ulysses stood up from the ground. Nightlife on the streets of Taji City was usually at its peak after two in the evening, but strangely, he didn't see anyone on the street today. Looking at the usual bustling but now empty streets somehow gave Ulysses a hair-raising feeling, as if some unknown magic beast was lurking around here. But this was inside Taji City, magic beasts shouldn't appear here, right? He shook his head vigorously, put this feeling aside, and strode towards his home.
Suddenly, a tall figure rushed out from the alley next to him - no, it seemed inappropriate to say "rush". To be precise, it was "thrown" out, and fell to the ground very hard with a dull "thud" sound. At the same time, an equally tall figure slowly walked out of the alley.
"Ulysses, save me!" The figure that fell to the ground found Ulysses on the side and crawled towards him desperately. Upon closer inspection, he turned out to be the number one master in Taji City, Magic swordsman - Leon.
In the past, Ulysses and Kanka had done several mercenary missions with him. He knew his strength very well. As a level six swordsman and a level thunder mage, he was the well-deserved number one master of Taji City.
Ulysses had personally seen him cut a level six magic beast into five pieces in one minute. He was considered to be the only person in Taji City who had the potential to break through the limits of the human body and reach level seven, the realm of the strong.
It must be said that for humans, the gap between level six and level seven could be called one was the sky and the other on the ground. As long as a warrior or a magician was not terribly talented, and if they were willing to spend time practicing hard, they could reach level six in their lifetime. But more than ninety-nine percent of people could only stay at level six, and no matter how hard they worked, it was impossible for them to break through the peak of level six and reach level seven.
Only a genius who possessed the ultimate talent and was willing to pay all costs to practice could break this limit. And only humans who had broken through the limits of the human body and possessed the strength of level seven could borrow special magic catalysts to obtain the unique ability of human beings - Summoning Phantasm. It was necessary to know that humans with Phantasms were almost invincible in battles of the same level, and they had the ability to fight against a thousand warriors or mages below level seven.
Leon was one of those geniuses. He had extremely high martial arts and magical talents, and he had reached the top of the level six when he was sixteen years old. Everyone believed that it was only a matter of time before he broke the limit. So who in Taji City could hurt him like this!?
"In the name of Ulysses, heal!"
"In the name of Ulysses, heal!"
"In the name of Ulysses, Shield of Light!"
Ulysses did not hesitate to use three level three spells; two healing spells to heal Leon, one Shield of Light added a layer of magic defense to himself. Looking at the shining shield of light on his body, Ulysses felt quite relieved. This shield of light was enough to withstand a full blow from a level six warrior. It was not called the first in light magic defense for nothing.
Under the shining of the moonlight, the figures of Leon and his opponent gradually became clear. After seeing Leon's situation clearly, Ulysses gasped.
Lyon fell to the ground with blood all over his body, and an expensive high-end magic beast suit had been torn apart. The long sword made by the dwarf that almost never left his hand had only half left. His face and body were covered with appalling wounds, many of which could be seen to the bone, and his stomach had a bloody hole running all the way through to his back.
Ulysses's healing technique was impossible to treat such wounds. The two healing techniques just now may only be able to relieve his pain. From the fragments of the suit, Ulysses recognized that this was a suit made of the Earth Magic Bear skin. It must be said that the defensive ability of Earth Magic Bear was the most among the level seven magic beasts. The suit made of its skin could make the wearer ignore any martial arts or magic attack below level seven. What kind of attack could make this suit become like this?
Ulysses took a deep breath, feeling that death was so close to him for the first time, and the sense of security brought by the shield of light disappeared without a trace in an instant, leaving only a biting chill in his heart. Even Leon was defeated so badly, so who was his opponent? He began to look at Leon's opponent- the tall figure that appeared later.
Unexpectedly, when Ulysses looked at it, he unconsciously screamed in fear,
"You, what are you!!!"