"Hell... Hell has come!" "Great Lord, please save your believers..."

After that doomsday-like scene unfolded, the entire harbor town suddenly became chaotic. The improvised militia guards were completely unable to maintain order. People running in panic could be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys.

The raging fire that started from the dock continued to spread along the wind direction, seeming to engulf the entire harbor town.

"Move away the fire-starting objects and create a sufficiently open area. Where is the fire brigade? Get moving!" Temporary guard captain Tiris shouted at the top of his lungs, trying to use the isolation method taught by Lord Adrian to stop the spread of the fire.

It was a pity that the morale of the entire guard team had almost collapsed. Many of them dropped their weapons and fled madly towards the outside of the harbor town, completely ignoring his orders.

Seeing the raging flames getting closer and closer, Tiris was completely in despair.

At this moment, a loud voice like thunder rang in my ears.

“Praise [Ella]—Heaven has come!”

At this moment, the extremely chaotic harbor town seemed as if time had stopped. All the people who were fleeing in panic stopped and looked up at the night sky.

The dust cloud that originally covered the city was torn to pieces by some powerful force. Then, a dazzling white light descended from the sky and spread to every corner of the harbor town.

Under the sweep of the white light, everyone felt that their tired bodies were re-energized, and the despair and fear in their hearts were quickly fading away.

A man whose leg was broken by falling rocks in the disaster was surprised to find that his broken leg had recovered. His face immediately showed an extremely fanatical piety.

The raging fire that covered half of the city and was known as the flame of hell and the embodiment of the devil was quickly extinguished by such power and disappeared without a trace.

Then, the pure and flawless white light gradually gathered and transformed into the shadow of a holy and noble goddess. She looked down at all living beings, with stars twinkling in her eyes, full of mystery and majesty.

"Lord, you have not abandoned your most devout believer after all!"

"Devil... the devil is dead... Great Star Lord [Ella], thank you for your salvation..."

"Lord, I want to repent of my sins..."

Tens of thousands of townspeople in the harbor town knelt on the ground, praying continuously and expressing their gratitude for the Lord's grace. Many people even kissed the ground enthusiastically to show their piety.

Of all the people present, the only one who still retained some sanity was Tiris.

After being illuminated by the white light, a fanatical piety arose in his heart, but he did not kneel down on the spot, as if some magical power stopped his actions.

At some point, a middle-aged man in a red and gold robe and an iron mask appeared beside him.

"Your Excellency Cardinal!" Tiris immediately recognized the visitor's identity from his attire and saluted respectfully.

"What about Anruk? Why has the harbor town become like this?" Edelweir looked around at the townspeople who were kneeling on the ground and praying devoutly, and asked directly. "If I'm not mistaken, the witch hunting ceremony should start at noon tomorrow."

The Holy City received Anruk's request for help as early as two days ago. The Archbishop of Nordland led an elite guard and was nearly wiped out in the process of capturing several wizards. Even the use of the divine descent spell failed to keep the opponent.

According to the procedures of the Inquisition, no matter how difficult a formal wizard is, it is not worth his personal action. However, Anluk specifically mentioned in the letter that the other party looks very young and will most likely become a threat to the Holy See in the future.

What's even more terrifying is that this wizard can use a very strange kind of hellfire. If it spreads, it is likely to burn down a town in a short period of time, and Anluk has no way to deal with it.

It was with this in mind that he decided to go to the harbor town in person to ensure that everything would go smoothly. After sensing the fluctuations caused by the explosion of divine power, he abandoned the accompanying priest and rushed over alone as quickly as possible.

It’s a pity that it’s still a step too late.

When he heard that the wizard who destroyed the harbor dock was the one that Anruk was chasing, Edwill's face suddenly became solemn.

A great wizard actually concealed his power and lurked in the territory of Nordland in disguise. It goes without saying that he must be planning some conspiracy to subvert the empire and the church.

Thinking of this, Edwill saw the sailing ship sailing into the fog through the ruins of the harbor and the vast ocean through the vision of God's projection.

After roughly calculating the distance, Edwill quickly gave up the idea of ​​taking action. Even if he used the most powerful magic he possessed, it would not be enough to pose a threat to a great wizard at such a long distance.

"You did a good job this time. At least you didn't cause the empire to suffer greater losses."

In Edwell's opinion, it was a blessing to catch a great wizard who had been hiding very deeply at the cost of only half of the harbor town.

Before, he thought that Anluik was a waste, as he was made so embarrassed by a formal wizard. He was planning to remove the other party from his position as archbishop after this incident. But now it seems that it was not his fault, and Anluik's defeat was entirely due to the enemy being too powerful.

Moreover, the casualties in Harbor Town were far lower than he expected. Edwill originally thought that with such a huge disaster, at least half of the tens of thousands of townspeople would be killed or injured. However, judging from the number of souls taken into the holy land, there were less than 5,000 deaths, including 3,000 black-armored guards.

This is simply a miracle...

"This is all Lord Adrian's order." Tiris did not take any credit for it, his face was full of resentment. "But Lord Adrian has already followed Bishop Anluk into the port, and now I'm afraid he has already..."

"What a pity!" Edwill said with regret. He was able to quell the chaos in Harbor Town in a short period of time and organize the militia guards to quickly evacuate the townspeople. This was definitely a rare command talent.

"Has Anluk collected any information about the great wizard in these days?" Edwill asked again.

Tiris hesitated for a moment. These things were not something he, the captain of the guard, could touch. Fortunately, at this time, Merck, the lord of the harbor town, had arrived. After learning about the cardinal's request, he immediately asked someone to take out the information that Anluk had given him before.

However, after Edwill took the parchment and looked through it for a few seconds, his expression quickly froze.

Karl... the illegitimate son of the imperial noble Viscount Stelleran, who was only seventeen years old this year. He disappeared half a year ago. The wizard Kelu who was captured by them had arrived in the Stelleran Territory at the same time.

It is speculated that the wizard named Carl may be one of Kelu's apprentices.

"Which idiot collected this information?" Edwill shouted in great dissatisfaction.

This is complete nonsense. How can a wizard who has only been an apprentice for half a year use magic that can destroy half of the harbor town? The intelligence personnel in Nordland must have gone crazy...

The Lord of Harbor Town trembled and dared not reply.

Edwell ignored Merck and took out the golden book hanging from his waist, turned to the latest page, and used his finger as a pen to carve new information on it.

[Name: Carl (real name not confirmed)

Extremely Dangerous (Great Wizard)

Crimes: Killing Archbishop Anruk, annihilating three thousand black-armored guards, and destroying half of the harbor town!

Reward: Secas gold coins... 50,000! 】

(PS: The classification of Vatican personnel is based on a certain theology, roughly [priest - bishop (archbishop) - cardinal (clergy) - saint (chief judge and other high-ranking Vatican officials) - pope...]) (End of this chapter)