Chapter 783 Want to Be a Sorcerer?

"In conclusion, I believe this is an opportunity to enhance our strength."

The large building in the rebel camp in Hypa Town, which was temporarily used as a meeting hall.

The air still held a lingering heat, and Hervé's voice carried to the crystal ball surrounding him.

Each crystal ball displayed a different image, and upon closer inspection, it became clear that these were all leaders of various rebel churches!

Even if they weren't, someone with similar qualifications would come to the meeting in their place, just like Bishop Vinsmo who replaced the Flame Monk back then.

The three most hated figures from the three major religions gathered together using the teleportation crystal ball. This scene is quite rare, actually, it's been quite common lately.

This was mainly because more and more unexpected things happened after the war started, which required everyone to frequently exchange opinions and discuss plans.

"I'm so nervous"

Reed straightened his back and didn't dare to breathe. He had just demonstrated the spells he had learned in the Sien Dungeon to everyone, but now the meeting had fallen into a silence that he couldn't understand at all.

The atmosphere made him a little nervous, so much so that he unconsciously shrank behind Herve, feeling safer with his own captain.

That's right, the theme of this meeting is [spells/curses].

The floating crystal balls of various colors formed a circle surrounding Reed and Hervi. Behind the crystal balls were the Wildwood Bishop and other church leaders who were stationed in Hypa Town. Incidentally, the position of the Starfire Church should have originally belonged to Hervi.

Numerous spells and a sophisticated spell learning system, represented by Krana, were discovered in the Sion dungeon. As soon as Luluwo and the others came out of the dungeon, they immediately shared this information. Despite their exhaustion, they finished speaking before collapsing into a deep sleep.

When they woke up, they discovered that various churches were already organizing more people to explore the city of Sein, but no one had yet found Krana.

After all, the prerequisites for learning sorcery do seem a bit complicated. In Luluwo's ​​understanding, adventurers must first clear the Undead Town outside the city, find the blacksmith Andre to buy the universal key and the sorcery fire, and then go through all sorts of hardships to clear the Blighttown complex before they can meet Krana in the swamp.

It's so difficult.

However, this was only Luluwo's ​​guess; there were actually other preconditions she hadn't considered.

The entire Skyrim strategy team is currently working hard on this route, striving to find the fastest way to obtain spells by traversing the map.

However, judging from the difficulty level, it would probably take at least four or five days to produce a first version.

The churches were naturally too impatient to wait that long, so they were exploring on their own so far. Every day, they could be seen that the exploration teams came back vomiting violently, suffering from severe post-war psychological trauma and having to undergo psychological treatment.

Meanwhile, Herveta has compiled reports on sorcery and is currently reporting them to "bigwigs" in various churches.

Three days have passed since Luluvo and the others came out, and in these three days no one else has seen Krana, let alone obtained any spells. Reid is currently the only survivor.

So we pulled him over to demonstrate.

"The power of the spells is indeed formidable. If they could be widely disseminated, they would certainly significantly enhance the soldiers' combat effectiveness."

Bishop Vincemo of the Church of Starfire nodded and said, "Hevy, I will support your exploration of sorcery. Go ahead and do it."

"Thank you." Hervé had already guessed this answer and wasn't surprised.

And to be honest, he didn't care much about the opinions of other bishops; he was content as long as his own side understood the advantages and disadvantages.

"While the power is indeed formidable—the fire-breathing spell I just demonstrated, I mean the conjuration spell—was able to unleash power comparable to a mid-level spell with the mana cost of a low-level spell. Such an ability is truly rare," the bishop of the Golden God Church said, changing the subject. "However, it seems that all conjuration spells currently involve fire-related abilities. Won't that make them too easy to target?"

"That's true. And considering the time pressure, we currently regard sorcery as a means to strengthen ourselves, and naturally we won't use it as our main means of combat."

Hervé seemed to have considered this issue long ago, adding to himself:

Moreover, our Starfire Knights' fighting style seems a bit too one-dimensional. While relying solely on the Thunder Spear is valiant, it feels like the enemy is already developing countermeasures. It's time for us to make some changes.

“Acquiring spells is difficult, isn’t it? Exploration isn’t really our forte,” the Golden Bishop said. “How about we provide the money and you provide the labor to help our people acquire spells? That’s the true purpose of gold, hahaha.”

As expected of a church that worships the god of gold who protects commerce, the bishop's very words reeked of nouveau riche.

People seemed unfazed by the Golden Church's behavior, offering no complaints whatsoever, and instead began discussing payment prices with the Golden Bishop.

The other party demonstrated extraordinary ability in negotiations involving money; his skill in this area was comparable to that of a gold-level adventurer.

So far, in addition to Gold and Spark, several other churches have expressed their opinions.

Although these opinions may seem problematic in their own way, they all boil down to one thing: we should learn magic, there's no harm in learning it!

There is only one exception.

“We, the children of the God of Nature, will not use the forbidden power of fire, and the Church of the Wild Forest will not collude with you.”

An aged voice came from the green crystal ball representing the Wild Forest Church, and an old man's face, which looked harsh and rigid, appeared on it. This was the High Priest, the most powerful priest of the Wild Forest Bishop.

Not only does he have a very standard appearance, but even his voice sounds like that of an old sorcerer in a Western fantasy film who is rigid and inflexible.

After saying that, he immediately shut down the crystal ball communication, and the color of the ball immediately dimmed.

“.”

Bishop Wild Forest remained silent, caught the falling crystal ball, put it away safely, and then got up and left the meeting hall.

People watched the members of the Wild Forest Church leave without saying much to try and persuade them to stay. However, some people's eyes showed disdain, and a mocking smile appeared on their lips.

Wild Forest Church is a church that believes in the God of Nature.

They share the same deity as the "Guilin Sect," one of the three major religions.

Their Wild Forest Church itself is a branch of the Return to the Forest Church, but now it has joined the rebel army.

The only difference between the Wild Forest Church and the Return to the Forest Church is that the former believes that all things in the world should return to the embrace of the God of Nature, and that the original state is the best, while the latter selectively returns to nature, believing that there is no need to return to nature if there are good places in modern life.

It sounds like the Wild Forest Church is the one playing the villain, while the Returning Forest Church seems to be the protagonist advocating change, and the ending will definitely be the protagonist becoming the villain.

And that is indeed the case; otherwise, the Wild Forest Church would not have been expelled and joined the rebels.

Even though they were beaten up like dogs, the Wild Forest Church still maintained a high and mighty attitude among the rebels because it was the only church that originated from the three major religions, so it had its own unique pride.

Naturally, they look down on churches like the Spark Church, which rose from decline, and also on unorthodox groups like the Golden God Church, which has only been established for a few years.

Because of their personalities, the rebels had the most complaints about the Wildwood Church; people didn't like these guys.

These followers of the nature god were particularly adept at finding treasures and detecting enemy activity—things related to nature—and were an important part of reconnaissance advance teams and other units. That's why they were kept in the army.

"These guys, ha, they'll be crying when the Church of Holy Light targets them," the Golden Bishop said disdainfully.

The Wild Forest Church worships the God of Nature and only uses natural magic derived from the God of Nature. They do not use any other magic and consider fire, an enemy of nature, to be taboo.

But in the end, so-called natural magic is actually just a combination of wood elemental magic, shamanic magic, and so on, and it is not a distinct school of its own.

No longer worried about the departing Wild Forest Church, those who remained in the meeting hall engaged in an even more heated discussion about sorcery.

On the other side, the group from the Wild Forest Church who walked out of the meeting hall had cold and gloomy expressions, exuding an aura that kept strangers at bay. Everyone who came towards them would take the initiative to avoid them to avoid getting into trouble.

However, when the Wild Forest Bishop, the Wild Forest Captain, and others entered their own camp, their expressions suddenly changed.

A series of barely suppressed laughs echoed throughout the camp. It took a great deal of effort for people to suppress their laughter, and some even had tears welling up in their eyes.

"Dad, you're not really going to listen to that old man, are you?" Captain Ye Lin asked, wiping away tears from the corners of his eyes.

"Of course not! Those old fogies who are stuck in their ways wouldn't understand how wonderful the creations of that underground city are!"

Bishop Wildwood casually tossed the crystal ball aside and addressed his trusted followers:

"We must not only learn spells, but also all the moves of the Sun Warriors!"

"But don't tell headquarters, everyone come quietly!"

"Oh oh oh!"

Just as a slight crack seemed to be forming within the Wild Forest Church, the voices of Luluwo and the others could be heard from outside.

"The route development is progressing much faster than I expected; I now have a route map that I can try!"

(End of this chapter)