Salin smiled. "Nicholas, go ahead."
"I want to be His Excellency's follower," Nicholas replied, gritting his teeth. He was already a ninth-level mage. Although he had fallen, his strength hadn't decreased. Following a sixth-level mage made him blush. Fortunately, as he grew older, his skin thickened. Sarin couldn't tell.
Moving his left hand, Sarin looked at Nicholas. Nicholas' expression was calm.
"Why?"
"In the contract with His Excellency, I can't hurt him. If I become his follower, I'll be His Excellency's subordinate. I can't hurt him either. I just want to know that I can't be half-hearted. "
"Fine." Sarin didn't say much. He took out another blank scroll and began to write.
The two silently signed the second contract. Sarin smiled. "Nicholas, it's not easy for you to make up your mind."
Nicholas replied bitterly, "If I follow His Excellency, I'll have my day. I don't have a choice."
"You won't regret it. I originally planned to let you stay by my side and not cause me any trouble. But now, Nicholas, you might be free one day. Give me your Pearl of Soul. "
Nicholas gave the Pearl of Soul to Sarin. Sarin looked at it. He took out a tourmaline from his ring, put the Pearl of Soul with the tourmaline, and began refining in front of Nicholas.
Water flames appeared. Sarin melted the tourmaline and put the Pearl of Soul into it. He also released a trace of life force into the Pearl of Soul. Green divine runes appeared on the tourmaline, mixed with magic words and three-dimensional magic patterns.
Nicholas was dazzled. Even he couldn't reach such a refining method.
His Soul Pearl had been refined by Salin into an even larger pearl. This pearl was green in color and had twenty-four holes on it. Nicholas could still absorb power from the 24 holes, but because of the contract, it was impossible for others to control the Soul Pearl. The Soul Pearl and Tourmaline had completely fused into one. If someone wanted to destroy Tourmaline, they wouldn't be able to protect the Soul Pearl.
In other words, from now on, even Faka couldn't control this Pearl of Soul. The only one who could control it was Sarin.
A simple law of matter blocked all the ways to use this bead. As for the divine runes inside, they were the divine spells of the Goddess of Nature. If Faka turned to believe in Goddess Myers, it would be easy for him to regain control of the Soul Pearl with his power.
The question was, could Faka convert?
A mage's methods did not necessarily rely on their own power, but rather their ability to make use of the laws of this plane. Myers Continent was known as the Main Plane. As long as one didn't leave the Myers Continent, the rules of the Main Plane were higher than the rules of other planes, even if it was the rules set by the gods.
"Sir Salin …"
"Hmm, from now on, your power will no longer be restricted by the spell cards. As long as you don't find trouble with him, he won't do anything to you. And I won't let you deal with the Divine Emissary directly. " Salin didn't hide anything in his temple. His temple was built in a square shape, with the standard configuration of a Magic Tower inside.
In the Magic Tower, mages could basically ensure their own safety. At the very least, the small rule area in the Magic Tower was not something that could be interfered with.
When Faka secretly approached Salin, it was also in the port. If they were in the temple, Faka would not be able to control Salin without anyone noticing.
"Nicholas, I didn't want to control people at first, but your power comes from the Soul Bead. I don't want you to suddenly become an ordinary person when you're working for me." Salin said word by word as he deliberated over his words.
Nicholas held the Soul Pearl in his hand. The interior of the tourmaline naturally emitted an electric current. The electric current was extremely weak and flowed in the three-dimensional magic patterns, self-destructing. The Soul Pearl was hidden in the surrounding electric current.
Nicholas knew that even divine spells could be destroyed by the electric current. There was once a mage who used tourmaline to make arrowheads to destroy armor enhanced by divine spells. The effect was quite good. However, there were too few tourmalines, and it was difficult to mine, so it was only an experiment that could not be popularized. There were too many ways for mages to destroy divine spells, so this method did not become popular.
However, this did not mean that tourmalines were worthless. The price of a tourmaline stone was higher than that of most gems. The most common use of tourmalines was for healing spells. When humans were seriously injured, their hearts would stop beating. Stimulating the electric current in the tourmaline and infusing it into the human body could restore the heart's vitality.
Using this method, intermediate mages could revive people who had just died, just like mages.
"Lord Salin, Faka's power probably exceeds that of a level-nine professional," Nicholas reminded Salin.
"Don't be afraid. At most, he can destroy this thing, but he can't use it to control you. If we really turn against each other, as long as I don't leave this temple, he can't do anything to me. If he dares to enter the temple and cause trouble for me, you saw how I killed the gold sword saint, "Salin replied calmly.
Although Nicholas was worried, he somewhat believed it. If Faka killed the gold sword saint, it would take some effort. However, Salin only used a piece of equipment to instantly kill the gold sword saint. This equipment was really powerful. Nicholas also knew that this equipment had its limitations, but Salin was not bragging.
But Salin wasn't bragging. If Faka entered the temple, his movements would be greatly restricted, and Salin would be able to target him more easily.
A person like Faka would definitely not risk his life.
What Salin didn't tell Nicholas was that if all the mages of Seriger Island came and built a magic tower, Faka would not be able to move freely in Metatlin.
It wasn't that Salin wanted to break off relations with Faka. Joey would naturally deal with Faka himself. Joey took the Seal of God's Prestige to deal with Faka. Salin just wanted to ensure his own safety first before thinking about other things.
After going through fire and water so many times, Salin no longer felt fear, but he did things more meticulously.
"Lord Salin … Thank you." Nicholas knew that his relationship with Salin was still too distant, and he couldn't gain Salin's trust immediately. However, Salin had already given him a way. As long as Salin could control him, trust would be generated correspondingly.
Salin didn't go deeper into this topic. Anyway, Nicholas had surrendered, and he had a level-nine professional by his side. It was still very useful. Nicholas was much more useful than the two level-nine mages. After all, the two mages could only help him guard West Town, but Nicholas could be sent anywhere.
"Nicholas, since the contract has been signed, you will live here. I will send a few people to help you, and you don't need to take on any duties for now. You will stay with me every day, and we will talk about some things. I still need to learn more about the Holy Church. What kind of subordinates do you want? I have undead creatures and demons here, and they are much more useful than humans. "
"Lord, you have ordinary demons?"
"Yes. Why? "
"Give me 12. I will let them eat the souls of red robes, and they will become Abomination Demons. They will forever be enemies of the Holy Church. I don't need to worry about them."
Nicholas looked at Salin expectantly. Demons had the ability to devour souls. If he succeeded, he could use the Fallen Divine Art on a demon, which was equivalent to having an extra layer of insurance. In the future, whether it was Faka or Dinicio, it would be impossible to kill him instantly. These 12 demons were actually scapegoats.
Although Nicholas had signed an unfair contract with Salin, the one he feared the most was still Pope Dinicio. Salin really needed his power, and Pope Dinicio needed his powerful soul.
"You have to ask her for help." Salin pointed at Neris. Neris had just woken up. In less than ten days, she hadn't completely evolved her fifth ability, and she still felt sleepy. However, after hearing Salin's order, Neris smiled and said, "Nicholas, I will definitely help you with this."
Here comes another opportunity to extort money. Master is very generous.
"Hello." Dinicio's beard shivered. He felt like Neris made him uncomfortable; it was a natural reaction when facing terrifying creatures.
"Hello, I'm Neris. From now on, we are on the same side." Neris blinked her eyes and calculated how much she could get from this old man.
"Ok, Ainphent and the others are anxious to see me. Nicholas, you come with us." Salin put on his gloves and walked out of this room with Sicar. There was a meeting room on the second floor of the godly palace, and Salin had to go to a more spacious place to meet the nobles.
There were a lot more people in the meeting room. After this battle, some people were made barons by Salin. These people made great contributions in defending the city and reduced the losses of Salin's main army. Salin was very grateful.
When Salin arrived, everyone stood up and saluted, including Ainphent. Salin smiled and sat down. He looked around and said, "Let me introduce someone to everyone. This is Nicholas, the former red-robed archbishop of the Holy Church. Now, we are on the same side."
The nobles were in an uproar.
Qin Yin and the Tanggulas Empire had been enemies for thousands of years, and many mages had betrayed them. However, there had never been a red-robed archbishop who had fallen. Salin was too cruel, wasn't he?
This was equivalent to slapping the God of Light in the face, and the entire Holy Church would be humiliated because of this.
These nobles indeed didn't have a good impression of the Holy Church, and they were even willing to go to the battlefield and kill a few Tanggulas people. The problem was that Salin had caused too much trouble. This time, the Holy Church would put all their attention here. Could the newly built Metatlin City withstand such a test?
"It seems like everyone doesn't have much confidence in me." Salin's voice was calm, a little sarcastic, and a little sad.
"Even if you want to die, I will go with you." Ainphent patted the table and answered.
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