"I must escape. I don't want to die here." After realizing the truth, Caposo finally regained temporary sanity. He turned around and tried to run away.
A fireball hit him in the back. The moist clothes instantly evaporated white steam and then caught fire. The burning Caposo screamed. His legs kept running. While running, he tried to put out the fire on his body and patted his clothes with his hands, but it was of no avail.
Fifty steps away, the running fireman slowed down, became lower and lower, until he collapsed. Finally, he merged with the soil and became a part of the earth. The wizard with the Iron Crow Medal paid the price of his life for his own carelessness.
Donning took a look and found it a bit funny. The wizard with the Iron Crow Medal actually attempted to kill the disciple of Ronin, the most outstanding fire element archmage on the Eternal Continent. Moreover, this young mage is even better than the blue. After failure, he still tried to escape.
In Kaise Tanne, Uncle Ronin taught Donning those most profound fire element spells without reservation. He could clearly remember Uncle Ronin's evaluation when mentioning other supernatural forces.
"Those inferior, low-class, and terrible rubbish can't possibly compare with fire elements." Every time this kind of evaluation would cause dissatisfaction among other uncles, but Ronin would never change his words and say half a good word to comfort them.
Donning shook the rain on his raincoat, simply cleaned the mud on his leather boots so as not to affect his steps on the journey. He stepped through the deep and shallow mud and hurried towards where Seibertan and Turan were.
"Paladin, I hope the god you believe in can bless you until I arrive." Thinking like this, Donning got a lot of mud spots on his trouser legs, and his steps became faster and faster.
When he arrived at the place, someone was kneeling on one knee in the muddy rain at night. His clothes were tattered and his holy sword was broken and its glory was gone. Donning could recognize that it was Seibertan, the paladin.
The battle was over. Turan was gone and the paladin was dead. Donning was a bit remorseful for having talked too much nonsense with that Caposo and wasted time. After approaching, he stretched out his hand and placed it on the embarrassed paladin kneeling in the mud. There was no breath.
Standing in the wild rainforest at night, Donning admired this paladin in his heart. Even in death, he would not show the slightest disrespect to the god he believed in. He died with dignity, just like those paladin statues carved in front of the church.
Bowing to the paladin like a sculpture, Donning remained bent over for a long time without getting up. He saw something strange. There was still a faint glow on the paladin's hand that was on the ground, hidden in the mud.
The holy light was still there. The paladin was not dead. Donning was surprised and approached to re-examine. There was no breath, but his heart still had a weak beat. This was the result of holding on by will. Facing a silver crow badge wizard who was much stronger than himself, the iron sword medal paladin actually held on to the last breath by will and held it in his body.
According to common sense, to defeat a silver crow badge wizard, a silver sword badge paladin is needed. Even a copper sword badge paladin cannot survive. But now common sense has been broken.
This has never happened before. Donning also finds it unbelievable, but this is all true. Pulling out the paladin's palm embedded in the mud, the holy light on his palm was flickering and seemed to be about to dissipate at any time. When the holy light goes out, he will die.
"Buddy, hold on." Donning picked up the paladin who was still in a kneeling posture and stretched out his body. He ran wildly in the darkness towards the town. He must save this paladin to avoid the Holy See attaching importance to this town.
Earlier, Turan watched as the paladin's holy sword broke and the hellfire devoured the paladin's life until the paladin's life ended and the holy light went out.
But he didn't notice that the holy light was still on the paladin's hand that was already embedded in the ground. Turan stroked his purple robe with his black and purple palm. The white gas on the purple robe wet by the rain evaporated and the rainwater was evaporated. The purple robe regained its dryness.
He killed a paladin, but he didn't want this matter to spread. That would be extremely unfavorable to him. No one could bear the wrath of the Holy See. The only witness, the wizard with the Iron Crow Medal, had already escaped. He had to make sure that this witness would not speak.
Only the dead cannot speak. No, he had to make the witness's soul disappear. Thinking like this, Turan chased in the direction where Caposo had escaped.
The night and the mud hid the other party's footprints, a natural disguise. But this was not difficult for the wizard with the silver crow medal. He took out a small bag, took out light blue powder, and sprinkled it on the muddy ground. A string of footprints clearly appeared on the ground.
Following the footprints, soon the footprints suddenly stopped and the tracking clue was lost. Turan bent down and looked at the ashes on the ground that were different from ordinary soil. That was burned by fire, and even the origin of the fire could be distinguished.
The wizard with the Iron Crow Medal was burned to death. This means that in addition to the wizard with the Iron Crow Medal, there is another witness. Turan's heart was in his throat. He examined those ashes scattered by the rain and tried to distinguish the identity of the one who burned to death this witness.
His face became more and more ugly. It was even uglier than when he met a silver sword badge paladin of the same level. He already had some clues. These clues made him fearful. This was the flame of a fireball spell from a mage. The wizard with the Iron Crow Medal was burned to death by a mage.
This means that another witness is a mage. Judging from the level of this fireball spell, it is at least a high-level fireball spell, or even higher.
As the basic attack method of fire element mages, fireball spells are divided into three levels: low-level fireball spells are released by iron staff badge mages, ordinary fireball spells are released by copper staff badge mages, and high-level fireball spells are released by silver staff badge mages. So another witness is at least a silver staff badge mage or even higher, because with his means, he can only analyze to this level.
Fire element mages have always been known for their hot tempers. A silver staff badge or stronger mage is a nightmare for wizards. Fire can purify everything and is the nemesis of supernatural power possessors like wizards. Is this fire element mage a friend or an enemy? Turan worried.
He was in a dilemma in this dark rainforest. Either the matter of killing the paladin might be exposed, or he had to find this dangerous fire element mage, but that might cost him his life.
"Damn rain, can't you stop for a while and give me a brief moment of peace to think?" Turan vented his anger at being in a dilemma on the innocent rain. He lost his thinking ability due to impatience, and wisdom slipped away from him.
Instead, the rain became heavier and made a crackling sound as it fell to the ground, as if responding to Turan's disrespect and mocking the wizard who thought his plan was thorough.
After wandering for a long time and his clothes were completely soaked, Turan suddenly figured it out. "Altot, let your damn mission go to hell. Leave this matter to yourself. If the Holy See doesn't let me go, I won't hide the facts for you."
He didn't want to take a huge risk to pursue a fire element mage of silver staff badge or even higher level and eventually lose his life. He wanted to leave here and hide far away. It would be best if he never set foot in this place again. As for this mess, it would be left to the cardinal in Blot City who is enjoying himself.
Of course, before that, he had to find a hidden place to hide and see what happened. The best result would be that the mage would keep silent about what happened here tonight.
Fortunately, Turan bet right. Donning also didn't want this matter to be exposed and cause the Holy See to make a big fuss. Early the next morning, he got up, put on clean clothes, and went to the street to inquire about news.
The wizard with the silver crow medal had fled overnight and didn't even take his things in the room. The innkeeper cursed the guy who didn't even pay enough for the room before leaving.
"Damn traveler. From now on, guests at the inn need to pay a week's deposit in advance before they can stay." The innkeeper vented his anger on the hotel staff hysterically.
As for the dying paladin brought back last night, to avoid unnecessary trouble, Donning didn't choose to bring him back to his own residence but placed him in front of a household's door. After knocking on the door, he left.
The best place to inquire about news is naturally the tavern. There, one can hear all the information in the town. Ordering a glass of tequila and sitting in the corner, listening to those drunkards chatting.
"Hey, have you heard? The Bulma family picked up a paladin last night. I heard that when they picked him up, he was already on the verge of death and should be dead. A paladin of the Holy See died in the town. There will be excitement in the town again."
Donning's hand twitched and the wine spilled.
"Ralston, you're drunk and talking nonsense. He's not dead. I heard that the paladin survived. It must be the blessing of God."
Someone shouted. "It must be the blessing of God."
After getting the news he wanted, Donning left the tavern and returned to the inn. Seibertan being able to survive was a miracle. He thought that the paladin was really lucky.
Soon the door was knocked open. It was Foster. Surprisingly, the paladin disappeared last night. Originally thinking that the damn ghost had finally disappeared and had a good night's sleep. Early in the morning, he heard about Seibertan's information from the mouths of those government personnel. He mistakenly thought it was Donning who did it.
" Donning, you've caused a big disaster. Leave quickly. Intentionally attacking a paladin is no small matter. That will attract the punishment of the Holy See. Damn it. I should have persuaded you to leave in person instead of asking Alice to notify you."
Foster was a bit self-blaming. He was used to taking responsibility on himself. He lived very carefully. He didn't allow even a little mistake. This was not because he was too responsible. Years of poverty and the cold stares of those big shots after making mistakes had made him develop this cautious habit. He didn't allow any mistakes. Even if someone else's mistake caused a mistake in something related to him, he would worry and be afraid, afraid of losing something because he really didn't have much.