"Have you all forgotten your identities? Before becoming wizards, we were all nobles of the Secas Empire!" Will shouted loudly.

Buck and the others looked at each other and fell into silence.

They also understood Will's experience. The feeling of falling from heaven to hell was indeed very uncomfortable.

In the silence, Lin En suddenly spoke up. "You should understand, Will, the Vatican will never change its treatment of us just because of our status..."

As a monotheistic religion, what is the most important doctrine of the Church? Of course, creationism! The legendary Lord [Ella] created everything in the world and sent down the nectar of life, bringing life to the originally dead and barren land. Because of this, everyone should obey the rule of the Church.

The wizards who tried to analyze the laws governing the operation of the world and gain power from them naturally became the mortal enemies of the Vatican.

After all, this is shaking the foundation of theocracy! "This time is different!" Will said excitedly, looking at everyone present, the whole person is like a madman. "Johnny, Carl, Buck, the Church's primary target is not us. As long as we repent sincerely, Bishop Anruk and Duke Nordland will definitely forgive our sins!"

"You're crazy, Will!" Johnny sighed. "From the moment we choose to become wizards, there is no turning back."

Once they choose to become a wizard, magic will flow in their bodies forever, which is a symbol of devil and shame in the Sekas Empire.

If Count Isk knew that his second son had become a wizard, his first reaction would definitely be to distance himself from the family as much as possible and expel Will from the family...

This means they can never go back to their previous lives...

"I'm not crazy, I know exactly what I'm doing!" Will said with a sneer, turned his head to look at the silent white dove, and took out a few magic stones from the secret pocket of his robe with his right hand behind his back, and suddenly scattered them towards Johnny and others without warning.

"Johnny... be careful!" Bai Ge screamed loudly. With her psychic perspective, she could clearly see that there was a hidden rune engraved on each magic stone.

As the white dove's voice sounded, several magic stones exploded in mid-air, and sharp fragments of stone fell down like locusts...

The gray-haired witch's expression remained unchanged. She raised her right hand and tapped her fingers as if playing a piano. Runes on the gloves covering her slender knuckles lit up one after another.

A faint flame suddenly appeared at the fingertips, and then the sparks quickly expanded, and the scorching flames covered everything in front of him in just one second! This was the first-level magic - [Touch of Fire]! Will had already planned his escape route the moment he threw the magic stone. He rolled over in a very embarrassed manner to avoid the burning flames, and then he was about to jump out of the wide-open window.

But Lynn's movements were faster than his. A diamond-shaped ice blade came from behind and pierced directly into Will's ankle. His body, which jumped in the air, lost balance in an instant and fell to the ground.

A piercing chill spread up along his ankle, and Will suddenly felt that his right leg had lost sensation. He leaned against the wall, and was about to say something in panic when a slender [Magic Missile] flew straight past and exploded in his eye socket.

Scarlet blood mixed with brain matter spilled down, staining the wooden floor blood-red. Lynn immediately turned his head to look in the other direction, and Johnny questioned in disbelief.

"What are you doing, White Dove?"

When she used the Touch of Fire, she deliberately reduced its power in order to keep the person alive so that she could torture him for some information.

"It's too late, I can only kill him first!" Bai Ge held his head with both hands and shouted in fear. "Outside... There are at least hundreds of guards outside, we are surrounded!"

Hearing this, Johnny ran to the window immediately and cast a fireball to light up the dark night.

In the light of the explosion, Lin En saw from afar teams of guards wearing armor and carrying crossbows on their waists silently crossing the dense forest and galloping towards here.

"It's Bishop Anruk of Nordland! It's over, we're dead!" Patton recognized him at the first sight and fell into despair.

He didn't expect that the bishop of Nordland would go out in person to capture a few wizard apprentices.

Lin En glanced at the dim alchemy circle on the ground. They should have stopped the magic from being activated just now, which means...

Everyone's eyes turned to the white dove at the same time.

"It's not me... I didn't do it!" The girl, about thirteen or fourteen years old, shook her head frantically, her face full of fear.

The chaotic situation on the field and the threatening pursuit of the Vatican made Johnny, who was already nervous, feel dizzy. He bit his lips lightly, forced himself to calm down, and spoke in a deep voice.

"Listen, things are not that bad. There is a wide drainage ditch in the basement of this manor that leads directly to the river outside. We can escape from there!"

As she spoke, Johnny turned her head and asked Lynn with a pleading look to keep a good eye on Bai Ge. She didn't know who else she could trust.

…

A minute ago, in the dense forest outside the town of Ur, hundreds of uniformed guards were walking slowly in the shade of the trees.

Pastor Aaron, who was accompanying the army, looked at the castle standing in the distance and asked in confusion.

"Bishop Anruk, according to the plan we made before, shouldn't we wait for these wizard apprentices to arrive at the harbor town before taking action?"

For the "Bird in a Cage" plan, they mobilized a large number of people to monitor the entire town of Ur, intending to use this group of wizard apprentices to follow the clues and send all the sinners who had abandoned the faith of the Lord in the entire Nordland to hell.

Now that they have taken the initiative to attack, it will undoubtedly destroy all previous efforts.

"Aaron, a qualified hunter not only needs to learn how to set a sophisticated trap, but also needs to know when to close the net." Anluk responded in a deep voice. "A sturdy iron cage may be able to hold a clumsy ostrich, but once a griffin sneaks into it, it can break free from the cage and tear the hunter to pieces..."

“Remember, excessive greed will only make you lose everything you have.”

The essence of the implementation of the "Bird in a Cage" plan is that they have absolute control. No matter how these wizard apprentices jump around, they can't escape the trap they have set.

However, Blainey's death made Anruk feel a little uneasy. There was actually a formal wizard among Kelu's apprentices, which completely disrupted his plans.

Anluk, who had dealt with these devil's followers countless times, knew very well how difficult it was to deal with official wizards. The witchcraft they mastered was so strange that one could die on the spot if one was not careful.

In the great battle in Nordland, if Kelu had not stayed behind to cover the escape of an apprentice, it would not have been easy to capture him.

(PS: Ostrich, a herbivorous animal from another world, can be understood as... ostrich.) (End of this chapter)