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After casting the Cleanse spell repeatedly, the hall was finally clean. Zola opened the door, and Salin ordered the construct puppets to throw the corpses out, but the equipment on the corpses was stripped.
The corpses that had been corroded by the poisonous fog looked quite pitiful, and the horror of mages was on full display at this time. If it was in the wilderness, the poisonous fog could condense, but it couldn't withstand the strong wind. Strong light could also penetrate the poisonous fog, so the people inside could still see. But in this enclosed space, the poisonous fog's lethality increased by more than ten times.
This was also because there were no mages among the people Bivano had sent, or it wouldn't have been hard to disperse the poisonous fog.
Bifano's side was already in a mess. He wasn't wrongly accusing Salin about the missing soldiers. There really were soldiers missing, and the number was gradually increasing. What was more intolerable to Bifano was that the number of missing soldiers was not small, it had already exceeded two hundred.
Among the elites he'd brought this time, only two hundred had died in the battle against the Pink Legion. The five thousand soldiers had been passed down to him by his father to protect his life. Not to mention two hundred missing, even if it was just two, he would still search for them. Of course, he'd sent two hundred heavy infantry to search Salin's hall with the intention of testing Salin.
The people he'd sent to search the central hall had been beaten by the Grizzly Bear, and there was still no news of the two hundred soldiers searching Salin's hall. However, his subordinates had reported that another two hundred soldiers had gone missing.
Ever since the disappearance of the soldiers, Bifano had ordered his subordinates to at least work in small teams. It would be best if they worked in a large team and never split up. This time, it was a large group of two hundred light infantry that had gone missing, guarding the resources.
Bivano wasn't like Rex. Rex had a divine artifact and could store countless resources, while the mages under Bivano were all level-four and could only use the simplest spatial equipment. The space of this common equipment would not exceed the loading capacity of a carriage. Usually, it would only be the size of a standard box.
Bifano did not bring much rations this time. The Pink Legion did not burn the supplies, so he could wait in the temple. Otherwise, his soldiers would have starved.
"Where's that thing?" Bifano lost his composure. For the first time, he did not care about the lives of the soldiers, but the supplies and fodder. It wasn't that he didn't care about the missing soldiers, but if the rations were gone, everyone would be finished.
The soldier who delivered the message answered with a pale face, "Sir, the thing is gone …"
Bifano's hand involuntarily pressed on his sword. He resisted the urge to kill. This was not the responsibility of the soldier in front of him.
"The few of you, follow me to see His Highness Rex," Bifano said to the few mages around him.
The four mages followed Bifano. Bifano brought two hundred guards and went straight to the palace where Rex lived. The layout of the temple was not flat. Each palace was of different heights. The central palace was at the highest point, surrounded by twenty-four palaces of different sizes.
When Goddess Myers was still here, these palaces had their own responsibilities. Each palace could accommodate over a thousand believers, and the central palace could accommodate over ten thousand believers.
There were other buildings between the palaces, but they were all functional houses, such as storing food, water, medicine, equipment, and so on. Although Goddess Myers was a god, humans did not carry out crusades like they did with other gods. This was very strange. Those who knew this part of history could not explain it.
At least half of the gods that were hostile to humans survived, but Goddess Myers, who was trusted by humans, died. Along with her, twenty-four sub-gods also died.
These sub-gods were actually cultivated by humans. Therefore, Goddess Myers' temple had too much of the original human style and human living habits. This kind of place could be easily modified into a solid military fortification.
Bifano led his troops to the outside of the central palace. He saw the tall Grizzly Bear carrying a battle-ax and staring at the square in front of the palace. It seemed that he would not let anyone in.
Bifano had a headache. Violent Bear was a barbarian with fur all over his body. There was no use trying to reason with him. If Rex ordered him not to let anyone in, then he would execute it meticulously and wouldn't be influenced by anyone.
In fact, Bifano still underestimated Grizzly Bear. Grizzly Bear was simple-minded, but he was not without intelligence. He knew very well why Rex asked him to stand outside, so he pretended to be unreasonable. Grizzly Bear used to be a chef. Whether it was his hands or his mind, he was more meticulous than others.
Most people became smart because they did not have power, but it did not mean that they would be stupid with power. Otherwise, creatures like dragons and Great Demons would all become idiots.
Seeing Bifano and the others come to the square, Grizzly Bear suddenly put down his huge battle-ax. The battle-ax was placed diagonally in front of his feet with the blade facing down. This angle was the easiest to swing the battle-ax.
Five meters in front of him, there was a line drawn by chalk. Grizzly Bear's eyes revealed strong hostility. No matter how stupid Bifano was, he knew that as long as his men crossed that white line, they would be attacked by Grizzly Bear.
The door of the palace was half-closed. If he set up a strong crossbow, Grizzly Bear could naturally hide in it.
Bifano's bodyguards were indignant. No matter how noble Rex was, this was too much for the young duke. Bifano hesitated, but he did not dare to go forward alone. Grizzly Bear was only at the level of a senior swordsman, but he was born with great strength and had an advantage in weapons. If he went forward, it would be difficult to deal with him if he went crazy.
Just as he was feeling awkward, Rex's voice came from the palace.
"Bifano, I have nothing to do with the disappearance of your soldiers. I will stay here for a month. Before I leave, I will give you the key to the palace."
"Your Highness, not only are my soldiers missing, but the food that we seized is also missing." Bifano did not want to go against Rex now, but without food, the supplies that the army brought could only last for a week at most. In other words, six days.
"Are you suspecting me?" Rex's voice was obviously very unhappy.
"I dare not. It's just that Mage Salin is not with you. I think this has something to do with him." Bifano had no choice but to throw out this sentence.
The palace was silent. Rex was thinking. She had been training hard these few days, and did not care about what was happening outside. There were only a dozen people around her, and she had to carry the food. Once the door was closed, she did not need to ask Bifano for anything. But she was really not sure what Salin had done.
"Alright, I will go ask Salin," Rex said after a while.
"No need." A young voice came from behind Bifano. It was Salin.
Behind Salin, Neris and Sicar were both there. Zola was not far away, either. Neris looked dejected. She had obviously been taught a lesson by Salin.
Bifano felt a chill in his heart. When Salin arrived, none of the people around him reacted.
"Mage Salin …" Bifano looked at Salin and could not help but take two steps back, getting closer to the mage beside him. Four level-four mages should have no problem dealing with this level-five mage, right?
"Bifano, you sent two hundred heavy infantry to my palace. What do you mean?" Salin took the initiative to attack. He asked Bifano directly, so that Bifano could not find a reason to attack him.
"My soldiers …"
"What does your soldiers have to do with me? If I don't give you the key to the temple, do you think you can leave alive? "Salin's words were cold and full of threat.
Bifano suddenly felt that he was in a bad situation. He was afraid that Rex would be angry, so he only brought two hundred soldiers. Now Salin was behind him, and Rex was in front. Although he had more people, Rex and the other Great Mages were obviously stronger than his mages. If they really clashed, it would be a matter of life and death.
"You want to know where the soldiers went? I can't help you, but I can prove that this has nothing to do with me." Salin said as he walked forward. His body released a powerful spiritual force, oppressing Bifano's bodyguards. These bodyguards, who had killed and seen blood, actually gave way under Salin's pressure, allowing Salin to walk in front of Bifano.
"Follow me in. All of us are here. If something happens to the soldiers when you and I are together, does that prove that I didn't do it?" Salin smiled at Bifano, revealing his snow-white teeth.
"Yes." Bifano could not help but answer.
"Alright, then follow me." Salin walked past Bifano as he spoke. Those level-four mages did not dare to attack, because a dark green stream of water suddenly appeared from Salin's body and wrapped around Bifano.
That stream of water was equivalent to a level-four spell. These level-four mages were dumbfounded. They had all seen how this stream of water could cut through metalized rock. That speed was not something any of their spells could achieve.
Salin walked into the central palace with Bifano with a cold expression. Bifano had too many soldiers under him. If he attacked immediately, the effect would not be good. It was better to control him first, and then let the guys that Neris had sent out kill them slowly outside. When the morale of those soldiers completely collapsed, even Bifano would not be able to regroup them again.
Salin's words were dignified, and those soldiers did not dare to attack either. If Salin killed Bifano directly, these people loyal to the Agares Family would definitely fight to the end. But although Salin was rude and unreasonable, he only expressed that he wanted to prove his innocence. How would these soldiers dare to take the risk? After all, the young duke was in Salin's hands.
Neris hung her head and followed closely behind Salin. She felt that her master was really too powerful. This was much more powerful than her own plan. She was just a sneak attack, while Salin was using the method of boiling a frog in warm water to let the four summoned demons slowly nibble away at Bifano's army.
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