With the speed of the battle fort, Abel could move around freely even if he didn't use a teleportation circle in the Lance Continent.
He picked a spot closest to him. If the Druil soul and the world stone fragment were right, there should be a preacher there.
"Fire Tooth Spirit, go to this place!" His finger tapped on the virtual holographic map and selected a target.
The battle fort immediately changed its direction and flew towards the marked spot on the virtual map. With all 4 flight systems on, its speed was not bad.
At the same time, the Fire Tooth spirit didn't forget to update the ancient map in its database on the virtual holographic map, transforming it into the current real terrain.
Preacher Key was a human noble. His family was one of the first noble families to join Emperor Harvey. Because of this, he had a special faith since he was young.
Perhaps it was because of his status that he was able to gain the trust of Emperor Harvey. Perhaps he had some talent, but he was lucky enough to be chosen as a preacher candidate.
He still remembered that there were 1,000 candidates for the clergy, but the golden armor could only give the first batch of 100 clergy. They had to be chosen from the 1,000 candidates.
Preacher Key was the lucky one. He was chosen by the holy armor, which gave him the identity of a preacher and a large number of preacher inheritances.
In the following days, he spent his time digesting the inheritance.
Until one day, the great Emperor Harvey told all the preachers that the Lance Continent would be the place where the god's faith would spread. The god needed them to harvest it.
On that day, Preacher Key came to Barley Cloud City with a scepter that symbolized power.
He had more power than the city lord. Other than the 10 powerful Holy Knight, he also had the power to mobilize all the troops in Barley Cloud City. At the same time, Barley Cloud City would fulfill any of his requests without any conditions.
On the first day he came to Barley Cloud City, he chose the best area in the city as the location of the temple.
Although this was where most of the merchants in Barley Cloud City were located, and the property belonged to tens of people. However, in less than a day, all the merchants voluntarily gave up their property for free.
Of course, those who didn't want to give up were locked up as blasphemers and burned to death when the temple was officially opened.
"Faith needs some life to ignite!" Preacher Ford clenched his holy staff tightly. He was enjoying the glory that came with power.
All of this was given to him by the gods. He needed to turn this big city into a ranch for the gods, and all the residents in the city would be the gods' lambs.
"How long will it take for the temple to be completed?" He turned his head and asked the city lord who was bowing beside him.
Preacher Ford was standing in the lobby of the mayor's mansion. This was where he lived since he came to Barley Cloud City, and the mayor lived in a guest room so he could summon him whenever he wanted.
"Honorable preacher Key, we have already gathered all the craftsmen we can. It will take at least 2 months!" The mayor bowed humbly.
"No, I'll give you one month. Gather all the strong people in Barley Cloud city and build a temple. This is their chance to upgrade their soul!" Preacher Key said with a dark face.
The mayor didn't know, but he knew he needed to build the temple in the shortest time possible. Only then could he officially start preaching.
They did not have much time. Emperor Harvey wanted the preachers to finish their work in 2 years. That way, the Lance Continent would be connected to the Nation of God.
Preacher Key knew he was racing against time. If he could finish his work as soon as possible, he would receive the support of the Nation of God. Otherwise, he would have to face the wrath of the Wizard Union alone.
"Honorable preacher Key, the residents of Barley Cloud City are all free people. I can't order them to work!" The mayor said with a bitter face.
"Mayor, your guards have weapons. Kill anyone who disobeys. I want you to speed it up. I don't care what you do. I want to see the temple completed in a month!" Preacher Key said coldly.
The mayor didn't understand. Barley Cloud City was a medium sized city in the Holy Light Empire. They paid a lot of taxes to the Holy Light Empire every year. Why would preacher Key treat them like this?
If preacher Key really did what he said, Barley Cloud City would have a lot of trouble. This peaceful city would turn into a city of chaos.
The mayor didn't know that the Holy Light Empire didn't need any taxes. They just needed to harvest faith. And they used the most violent method to harvest faith in a short period of time.
Under this premise, they didn't care about any chaos.
The Holy Light Empire was the most powerful force in the Lance Continent, so a little chaos was nothing. They would use blades, swords, whips, and blood to build the temple as soon as possible.
Once the temple was completed, it could be activated and bewitched everyone within its range to become believers.
Under the guidance of the clergy, these believers would be transformed from a state of bewitchment into true believers.
Just as the city lord was in a dilemma, a white light appeared in the middle of the hall. A hooded wizard in a black robe appeared in the white light.
"The remnants of the Magi dared to show themselves!" Preacher Key stared coldly at the wizard and sneered. He waved his hand and said, "take him down!"
In order to protect the preachers, each preacher had 2 elite Knights and 8 intermediate Knights with them. This was more than enough to protect the preachers.
Unlike preacher Key's arrogant attitude, the 2 elite Knights had a serious look on their faces. They couldn't sense the power of the wizard, and that was the scariest part.
In their perception, it was as if the Magus who had just appeared did not exist, but what they saw with their eyes was real. This extreme contradiction made them feel extremely uncomfortable.
After hearing preacher Key's command, they looked at each other. An elite Holy knight stepped forward and stood behind preacher Key, ready to deal with any danger that might come.
The other elite Knight took out his knight long sword and knight shield and yelled, "Glory to my lord!"
As he yelled, the 8 intermediate Holy Knights also took out their long swords and shields. When they heard the Elite Holy Knight's yell, they knew the enemy was not going to be easy to deal with.
Nine Holy Knights formed a small knight battle formation, and in an instant, they charged towards the black-robed wizard.
However, the black-robed Adept didn't even care about them. Just as the small knight formation formed by the nine Holy Knights was about to reach him, all nine of them stopped as if their bodies had been frozen in place.
Their 'charge' battle technique was also interrupted. At the same time, the 'holy freeze' aura of the advanced holy knights was also interrupted.
Following that, the nine holy knights fell limply to the ground. Their longswords and shields fell onto the hard tiles, producing a messy yet crisp sound.
Preacher Ford and the elite knight felt the same way. Their hearts were pounding rapidly.
"Law-defying wizards!" The last advanced holy knight said with a hoarse voice in disbelief.
Although an elite wizard could also suppress an elite holy knight, there was no way they could directly interrupt a spell that was already activated and make an elite holy knight fall down without a chance to fight back.
Ever since this black-robed Magus had appeared, he had not used any means of attack. Just by standing there, he had caused nine Holy Knights to fall.
"Preacher Key, please go!" The elite Knight yelled. He could die, but Preacher Key couldn't. Every preacher was important.
As Preacher Key was about to turn around and the elite Knight was about to charge, the black-cloaked wizard gently waved his hand.
The elite Holy Knight felt a horrifying pressure coming towards him. His entire body was bound by this horrifying pressure. He couldn't even move a finger.
The elite crusader had never seen a law-defying wizard before. He had only heard about them from rumors. Now that he was facing one, he finally understood how the 9 crusaders felt. That feeling of helplessness made him feel as if his life was in the hands of a wizard.
"Not bad, it's all settled. Bring them back, I want to study them!" At this moment, another voice suddenly appeared. It was a Magus who was also wearing a hood.
It was Abel. He just went to the temple construction site and found a special circle board. At the same time, he put some good materials into his holy portal bag.
No matter how easy it was to build a temple, you couldn't be careless when it came to materials. Only a large amount of precious materials could support the power of the circle board.
Of course, Abel didn't know about this. He just wanted to see how the temple was built when he was observing the construction site.
Therefore, he asked Frankenstein to capture the preachers and the holy knights alive. The most powerful holy knights were only rank 16, so Frankenstein could easily deal with them. Therefore, he decided to go to the temple construction site without worry.
"Mr. Wizard, I am the mayor of Barley Cloud City. I am only following orders. Please spare my life!" The mayor's face was pale as his body trembled.
He thought it was the survivors of the wizard union trying to take revenge. A little mayor like him didn't want to get involved in a fight between powerful figures.
Of course, he didn't have the right to get involved. In his heart, he wanted the wizard union to regain control. That way, those crazy believers wouldn't be able to do whatever they wanted in his city.
"You didn't see anything. You don't know anything. You have to say this to anyone who asks!" With the help of his power of the will, Abel's voice was able to affect the city lord, who was just a normal noble. He added a lock to his memory. Only someone with a greater power of the will could forcefully break it open.
But with the City Lord's body, if he were to forcefully break it open, the City Lord's body would explode.
It was just a small trick. Normal people couldn't even protect their soul in front of a law-defying wizard.
Afterward, Frankenstein's power of the will wrapped around the 10 holy Knight and preacher Key. He ignited a "move in a flash" and appeared in the battle fort hovering in mid-air.
Abel looked at the confused mayor and smiled. Then, he disappeared as well.
"The prestigious preacher Ford!" The mayor regained his senses after 10 seconds, and he said with a respectful voice.
However, he quickly realized something strange. Preacher Key and his bodyguard Knight had all disappeared.
He felt something was strange, but he didn't dare to ask about Preacher Ford. As for Preacher Ford disappearing, he thought it was just a magic trick. It wasn't something he should know about.
On the battle fort, Preacher Ford opened his eyes and saw an elf. Behind the elf was a scary black cloak wizard.
He then looked around and saw the 10 holy Knight struggling to get up.
Suddenly, he froze. He saw clouds in the distance. They were Bai Yun clouds in the blue sky.
Although he had seen clouds countless times in his life, he had never thought that he would see them from this angle, because he was now parallel to the clouds.
He realized he was standing on a giant round plate. There was a transparent cover on top of the plate that separated it from the outside world.
At that moment, he felt like he was looking at a god. He had never seen something like this in his preacher's inheritance.
Abel smiled as he looked at the captives in front of him. These were his research subjects. As an enemy of the Nation of God, he didn't feel bad about experimenting with the followers of the Nation of God. Even if these experiments could endanger the lives of his subjects, he didn't feel bad about it.
He released the suppression of the world stone on the crystal angel statue. It was one of the rare times he released the suppression of the crystal angel statue in this world. Ever since he knew the crystal angel statue could steal the faith of a god, he had been carefully protecting it. He didn't want any energy to leak out.
It was only after he came to the Lance Continent that he dared to let go of the suppression of the crystal angel statue. There were no other gods on this continent. Even the Wizard Union's forces had been wiped out by the Holy Light Kingdom.
The Nation of God was far away in the Central Continent. None of the gods could affect this continent.
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