Naturally, the three villagers dared not block the passage of a spellcaster. Besides, the spellcaster was so beautiful, pure, and cute.
Beautiful and pure girls generally couldn't be bad people. That was the subconscious perception of most people. After all, the Appearance Association had the largest number of members in any world.
The gate creaked as it was pulled up. Emma Watson discovered that the gate was made of extremely thick rocks. If one didn't have powerful siege equipment or didn't know how to use powerful destruction magic, it would be very difficult to break the gate.
Inside the city wall, Emma walked forward along the obviously newly built bluestone path, took a turn, and walked for about six hundred meters before she saw the entrance of Reed Village.
Because it was almost winter, the surrounding mountains had turned yellow, and from a distance, they looked like a golden blanket. Reed Village was located in the middle of the golden mountains, like a black pearl, and looked quite beautiful.
Emma Watson entered the village, and her expression was already somewhat blank. She had seen the future of the Hero a dozen times with prophecy, and she knew exactly what Reed Village looked like. It was safe to say that she should know this village better than most people in Reed Village.
It was a dirty, dead, and lifeless village, no different from any other regular village in Hollevin. But now, in front of her was a clean village. The clean bluestone path had replaced the original muddy path, and the villagers who passed by, although still wearing patched clothes, were all clean. There were also some children who peeked at her. These children were also wearing old but clean clothes.
Most importantly … Those children's eyes were beaming with spiritual energy and hope for the future.
As a Holy Lady, Emma had a lot of knowledge bestowed upon her by the gods. She knew that for the children to have such spiritual energy, they had to go through certain education. They had to go through a certain amount of education. In other words, there must be someone in the village teaching this group of children.
But she didn't see such a talent in her prophecy at all. What was going on? Was the prophecy wrong? Or was the prophecy changed?
If it was the former, it was not impossible. After all, Emma knew that she was still young. His mastery of the Prophecy Spell was not complete, and it was not strange for him to make mistakes occasionally. However, the possibility of him making a mistake more than ten times in a row was not high. The other possibility was that someone had changed the contents of the prophecy, changing the fates of these people. However, this was even less likely than the first possibility … Emma had already tried many times. It was impossible to change the predetermined future. If she tried to forcefully change it, the consequences would be even worse.
She slowly walked through the village and soon arrived in front of the Woking Shrine. Then she frowned.
This temple was not mentioned in the prophecy. Was the change in Reed Village related to the owner of this temple?
Emma's imagination was running wild. A little girl dressed in a white maid costume appeared in the temple. She was about eleven or twelve years old, and her appearance was quite exquisite. However, Emma frowned. She did not see this girl appear in the prophecy.
The person who came out of the temple was Jessica. She was about to bring back some well water, boil it, and make some fruit drinks for her master. She guessed that her master would be back soon. It was a hard job to go up the mountain, and her master would be able to drink warm fruit drinks as soon as he returned. It must be very comfortable.
As soon as Jessica came out of the door, she saw an outrageously beautiful girl standing in front of her. She hesitated for a moment, then a look of realization appeared on her face. "Ah, I remember now. You're the Saintess of Northshire. When my master and I passed by there last time, I saw you praying with a group of believers in the church … Why are you in our village?"
"You went to see me in Northshire?" Emma was very curious. Because of the Prophecy Spell, she would know anyone who entered Northshire, but she had no impression of this little girl at all.
Jessica nodded. "Yes, my master bought a lot of valuable magic materials there."
Emma's perfect eyebrows twisted slightly. She could not help but cast the Prophecy Spell to see the girl's fate.
Her eyes emitted a greenish-yellow light that enveloped Jessica's body. The latter immediately fell into a daze, as if she was being controlled.
Jessica saw a werewolf couple move from the grasslands to Rising Sun City with a little girl. They spent four happy years there, but in the fourth year, the couple died in the suburbs because they were on a mission. The four-year-old girl couldn't wait for her parents to come home. Because of hunger, she walked out of the house and wandered around in search of food. In the cold city, no one cared about her. Gradually, she became a beggar, living a hopeless life.
Until one day when she was 11, a female mercenary gave her a silver coin, but because of this silver coin, she was beaten to death by other beggars and her body was left on the street.
Jessica's fate ended there. The illusion created by the Prophecy Spell quickly collapsed. Although seven years had passed in the illusion, only seven seconds had passed in reality. Emma came back to her senses from the illusion. She looked at Jessica and cried in disbelief, "Impossible, you should have died in Rising Sun City."
Jessica nodded. "Yes, I almost died! If master hadn't passed by and saved me, I would have become food in the stomachs of other beggars. "
Jessica had been a beggar for seven years. She knew that many times, hungry beggars would secretly kill old and weak beggars, drag them to a place where there was no one, and eat them bite by bite. Jessica had never done that. She had never eaten a drop of human flesh, no matter how hungry she had been. The smell of human flesh made her sick.
Emma's face was full of surprise and joy. This was the first person she had seen who had truly escaped her fate. The Prophecy Spell said that the girl was already dead, but she was now standing in front of her, alive and well. In other words, someone had forcefully changed her fate, and this person was very likely the master she had spoken of.
"Where is your master now?" Emma asked anxiously. "Can you take me to him?"
Jessica was now a little wary. "Why are you looking for master? Could it be that you also want to become master's maid? Let me tell you, your big steamed bun is smaller than mine, so it's impossible for master to want you. "
The girl in front of her was extremely beautiful, and Jessica was afraid that her master would abandon her after seeing her.
Emma didn't know whether to laugh or cry. In any case, she was a grand saintess of Storm God Religion. How could she become someone else's servant? Even if she was willing, no one would dare to accept her as a maid. It was impossible for Storm God Temple to allow such a thing to happen, unless someone was tired of living.
"Don't worry. I won't become a maid. I only have some things I want to ask your master. "
Emma did her best to slow down her tone. She was extremely excited at that moment. She seemed to have found an extraordinary person.
"Master went to the mountain to hunt." After hearing Emma's assurance, Jessica felt relieved. "You can rest in the temple and wait for master to return. I think he should be back soon. I still have to boil some water for master to drink. I won't entertain you. "
Seeing the little girl skipping away, Emma walked into the church.
Generally speaking, as a saintess, she shouldn't casually enter the church of other gods, but she couldn't care less at that moment.
There was only one girl praying in the church. Emma sensed an aura that was very similar to hers from her body … The fake saintess. As an experienced person, Emma could see through Belin's current state with a single glance.
As if she felt someone watching her, Belinda opened her eyes and turned around. When she saw Emma, she was stunned. When she saw Emma, she was clearly startled by her appearance, but then she smiled. She continued to pray.
Emma sat on the bench and waited for a while. Then, she became somewhat anxious.
She could sense that the hunters were approaching Reed Village.
On the city wall outside Reed Village, three villagers in charge of guarding the city wall watched as seven black-clothed spellcasters walked over. The spellcasters had gloomy expressions, and their bodies emitted a terrifying pressure. They clearly weren't good people.
"Who … are … you people?"
The boldest villager stuttered.
The leader of the black-clothed men ignored him. He shot a black magic ball at the city wall, but it didn't cause much damage. Only a few palm-sized rocks were knocked away.
"Huh?" The leader of the black-clothed men was slightly surprised. He knew his own strength very well. Even iron armor would have a large dent in it after the Dark Meteor. But he hadn't expected that the city wall would be so hard.
"It's Kelo stone!"
"No wonder!"
Kelo stone was a very common type of stone. It was relatively soft. It wasn't suitable to be used as a building, but it had decent magic resistance. But the wall in front of them made of Kelo stone was not only not soft, but also very hard.
In other words, someone knew how to make Kelo stone hard.
The three villagers of Reed Village were startled by the black magic ball. They knew that enemies had come, and they were spellcasters. The two cowardly villagers threw down their bows and arrows in fright, ran down the city wall, and ran home. Only the boldest of the villagers rang the alarm bell on the city wall before running home.
Actually, they couldn't be blamed for being cowards. It was normal for normal people to react like this when faced with spellcasters.
The copper bell rang deafeningly, and everyone in Reed Village heard it. They picked up their weapons and began to gather in the village. Belin finished her prayer. She glanced at Emma who was still sitting on the bench, and quickly walked out of the temple, heading for the village center. Now that her teacher wasn't here, and Kail wasn't here, she was the only one who could take charge.
Jessica was carrying a bucket full of water to the temple. When she heard the bell, her face turned angry, and she let out a low growl before running for the village center.
Outside the city wall, the few Spell Casters in black also heard the sound of the alarm, and their faces were filled with anger at the same time. The leader said, "We followed the scent of the Holy Lady of the Storm here, and this is the closest we've been to her, but we didn't expect to be blocked by this city wall. If the Holy Lady takes the opportunity to escape, I'll definitely kill everyone in that village, leaving no one alive."
"Now, all of you take turns to use Stone to Mud and destroy this city gate, the faster the better …"
Stone to Mud was an excellent spell against city walls, but it had a fatal weakness, which was that the casting distance was very short. Mages couldn't run under someone's nose to cast spells, and it would be strange if they didn't get shot full of holes.
If the three villagers were braver and hid behind the battlements to ambush these Mages, even if they couldn't defend the city wall, they could at least buy time so that they wouldn't be able to destroy the city gate within an hour or two. But now that they were all gone, these Mages could use their spells without any hindrance, and in less than ten minutes, they broke a big hole in the thick city gate.
They entered the vicinity of Reed Village through the hole, and sped up to follow the scent of the Holy Lady along the bluestone path. Experience told them that they were very close to their target.
In the center of the village, Belin wore a white priest's robe. She looked at the people around her and said, "Now that our teacher isn't here, and Kail isn't here either, we have to defend our home ourselves. Our teacher told us a month ago that he felt that there would be danger in the future, so he asked us to build a huge circle of city walls to protect us. Our teacher was very far-sighted, and he was right. Now we've met the enemy. "
"We don't know how strong the enemy is, but we have to have the determination to protect our home and our loved ones. We can't rely on our teacher forever. We also have to be our teacher's shield and spear, or we'll be sorry for the kindness our teacher has shown us all this time. " Belin was now quite dignified. She looked at the silent villagers around her and said, "Now, those who have participated in the training, step forward and fight the enemy with me."
More than twenty people stood in front of her and quickly divided into three groups according to their height. Five of them were children under the age of sixteen.
"You little ones, go get the bows and arrows. The others, take the wooden spears." Belin waved her arm, and golden dust fell from the air and fell on the warriors. "I will bless you on behalf of Goddess Woking. May you become stronger, braver, fearless, and always victorious."
Belin chanted a spell. She was now at level four. In addition to healing and exorcism, she also knew two auxiliary divine spells, Blessing of Courage and Increase of Fighting Spirit.
When she was done, the twenty or so villager warriors felt that their strength had greatly increased, and their apprehension had completely disappeared, leaving only restless hot blood in their hearts.
At this time, the black-clothed spellcasters appeared on the road less than fifty meters from the entrance of the village.
Emma also came out of the temple. She hid behind a small tree and looked at the brave villagers.
In the illusion of Prophecy, the villagers only knew how to scream and run, but now they dared to stand up and fight the enemy.
It was a difference of day and night!