Chapter 329: Gatekeeper
"grown ups?"
The Noldor guards outside finally arrived, but it was dark in the barracks and no sound was made, so the Noldor did not dare to shoot arrows.
Lisadilan heard Leon's shout, and he led several Noldor with swords and shields to rush into the barracks, but the door was blocked from the inside.
The guards had no idea what was going on inside. Although they could determine Leon's location, they did not dare to act rashly. Risadilan waved his hand and asked the Noldor to temporarily surround the place.
"Sir Leon...you are no match for me. Let those outside step aside and make way. I don't intend to hurt you, but don't hinder me!"
Elanor's voice came from the dark barracks.
"I'm certainly no match for you, but if you attack me again, you'll definitely die. So, let's talk... so that we don't end up dying together by accident."
Li Ang took out a tinderbox from his body - this was a tinderbox that was improved along with the grenade, made of a fuse and cotton and linen mixed with a little gunpowder. It would ignite as soon as it was blown, and was quite useful.
"Well then... I just wanted to force you to leave here... Please ask the people outside to move away first."
Ilano - or the prophetess was also very clear that this was in Leon's military camp. It would have been fine if her sneak attack just now had been successful, but now Leon's guards had arrived, and killing Leon would be tantamount to mutual destruction.
Although the prophet is powerful, he cannot defeat a thousand enemies alone.
"Risa Dilan, step back fifty steps."
Li Ang gave orders loudly, indeed asking his men to retreat.
However, there was actually no difference between being fifty steps away and five steps away for the Noldor - they were all within the range of their bows and arrows anyway, and being a little further away would actually be more effective...
But seeing that Li Ang was cooperating, the prophetess obviously felt a little more secure, and her voice became a little more relaxed: "Sir Li Ang, I really don't want to be your enemy... I also have questions to ask you."
Li Ang blew the tinder and the flame illuminated the barracks.
The temperament of 'Ilano' opposite has completely changed - there is no trace of the youthful vitality of a twenty-year-old girl in her eyes full of vicissitudes, and her cold expression looks very familiar.
This should be the prophet who once repelled Li Ang, the one who was beaten up by the "New Year's Greetings Sword Technique". Li Ang saw it.
It's amazing, even though her image has changed, I can still recognize her through her temperament and tone of voice. It's definitely her.
After recognizing this prophet, Leon was relieved - this might be the most powerful one among the three prophets, but since he had defeated her before, he could naturally deal with her now.
This should be the prophet who called herself "Cersi" who came to the vicinity of Weird Fox Town to investigate the situation.
"What should I call you?"
Li Ang slowly squatted down, picked up the oil lamp that had fallen on the wall and lit it, then asked the prophetess calmly.
"Medea. Where are my sisters? Anna and Circe…."
The prophetess' attitude was also very calm, she even sat down, it was Leon's chair.
After losing the table, the chair was left alone in the middle of the room.
Leon took a step to the side with the oil lamp in hand, pulled the broken table by the wall over, and sat on half of the table edge: "Are they really called Anna and Cersei?"
"Of course. I know you control Sarleon... I also know they are not dead, but I want to know, where did you trap them?"
Medea still held the Code of Heresy tightly in his hand, and his words seemed very confident.
But Leon was a little surprised - if the other two prophets were really called these two names, then...
No wonder Anna and Circe were not found!
The fat cook named Cersei must be Cersei!
As for Anna, I'm afraid she really jumped off the building - Anna deliberately lured Leon or others to look down from the window!
She just used this method to deceive everyone, making Le Ang believe that the person who jumped off the building was just a blood-sworn witch, and that she had already changed her body and left!
In fact, Anna must have still been in the body of the blood-sworn witch at that time!
Then, the body of the Bloodsworn Witch was thrown in the morgue of the House of Nobles for a few days. After that, no abnormalities were found on the body, and it was carried out of the city by the Noldor and burned.
During this period, no one entered or left the House of Nobles except the Noldor Guards and Leon himself.
The Noldor should be fine, which is why Leon has been using the Noldor elves to block the House of Nobles, but Medea is still certain that Anna is not dead...
Wait... King Ulric's body was also placed in the same morgue - it can't be left outside in the sun, it will rot...
I see!
Before, Fothert had Wendy deliver a message, and he thought the three prophets might be hiding in the corpse of the Nobles. But due to the existence of the Forbidden Magic Tower, forcibly casting a spell would inevitably backfire, so Fothert thought that wherever the corpse was, Anna would be there.
To be on the safe side, Leon burned all the bodies, including the dismembered bodies made by Circe, and the matter was over.
But King Ulric's body will not be burned - the king must be buried intact...
As for Cersei...she probably also forcibly cast a spell to change her body, and she specifically changed it to Cersei, the fat cook - this cook was indeed called Cersei.
In other words, the three prophets conspired with Brennus to do the dirty work in the palace ten years ago!
What Cersei said from beginning to end must have been true, and she really cooperated like an ordinary person in the throne room...
This allowed her to successfully conceal her crime, but she must have lost her magical powers and is currently under surveillance in the Lion Lake City Prison.
Is Amy safe?
I hope Circe's powers haven't returned...
I wish Anna was still in Ulrich's grave!
Li Ang felt a little nervous.
However, this Medea seems to think that Leon has captured the other two prophets...
"You want to rescue Anna and Circe, right? Anna is in Ulric's tomb; Circe is in prison, and she looks like a fat cook now."
Leon didn't lie. Anyway, Medea couldn't leave here now and couldn't save her sisters.
This answer was probably in line with Midya's expectations. She breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "Very good... Just ask whatever you want to know."
"So, first tell me, what happened to Elanor? How did you control her?"
Leon first asked about the body that Medea was using at the moment - Ilano was not a blood-sworn witch or a doom-bringer, she was a determined female warrior who could stay with Roland for so long. Leon did not believe that she was a puppet of the Three Prophets.
"You mean this girl? Give me a body and I can leave her and she will be safe... This body is not suitable for me."
Midya frowned again, and she seemed to be in some pain.
"Can you occupy anyone's body? If you have such ability, why do you need to be a prophet..."
Li Ang also frowned. If the three prophets could control anyone's body at will, it would be too scary...
But this is impossible, otherwise why would they come up with so many tricks?
"Of course not... Like you, we can only forcibly suppress the souls of the weak."
Midya glanced at Leon and said in a very soft voice: "Sir Leon, you are actually the same as us, right?... You don't have a physical body either, this body does not belong to you... You are the Chosen One!"
Leon looked at Media in surprise. This prophetess was actually right.
It seems that the three prophets can indeed see things that others cannot see.
For example...the soul.
But Leon did not answer, but changed the subject: "You can use witchcraft to suppress other people's souls and replace them? In other words, my soul is not safe either?"
"You have the blood of the Noldor in your body, I can see that... The blood of the Noldor is actually equivalent to a forbidden magic circle, and our divine arts have no effect... Otherwise, I would definitely control you instead of this little girl. I wonder, how did you occupy this body?"
Midya squinted at Leon and said, "If I couldn't see your soul, I would have thought you were some abyss demon..."
"So, your witchcraft is actually only effective on human souls..."
Leon could understand what Media meant. To be honest, he and Aigram were the real kind - both were spirits summoned from another world, but Leon just happened to be a human.
Midya shook her head slowly and sneered: "Witchcraft? Ha... Lord Leon, we are not using witchcraft. If I tell you that soul possession is a magic that both the Goddess of Justice and the Goddess of Darkness possess, would you believe it?"
"I believe..."
Li Ang smiled and said, "I even think that it is because you have mastered this kind of magic that you left the Temple of the Goddess of Justice and changed from a priest of Astalia to a prophet of Erida..."
Midya obviously didn't expect Leon to react like this. She was completely stunned: "Do you believe it?"
Li Ang nodded seriously: "Of course, the more famous a god is, the more he needs this ability..."
"...You are indeed different from what we imagined. I originally thought you were Astalia's lackey... In that case, Lord Leon, let's make a deal..."
Medea showed a surprised expression. She paused and made a request: "If you release Anna and Circe, I will return the girl to you, and the three of us sisters can help you. You should also know that we have done a lot for King Ulric, and you will need us."
"I don't want to end up like Ulric... And, Medea, if I'm guessing correctly, you must have met Aigrim, right?"
Leon glanced at the Codex Heretic that was held tightly by Midya and said, "Could it be that you summoned Aigram with the Codex Heretic?"
"Heretical Code? You mean the Gate of the Abyss, right? It wasn't me. It was another group of people who summoned Aigrim, a bunch of fools who knew nothing. I did meet Aigrim two days ago, but it was actually him who found me on his own initiative - he stole the Gate of the Abyss from me."
Midya shook her head and explained very quickly without any pause or consideration.
"What exactly does the Abyss Gate do? I heard that you stole the Heretic Code from the Temple of Justice thirty years ago... Why?"
Leon looked at Medea, and judging from her attitude towards the heretical code, he thought what she said was true.
"The so-called heretic code is the gate to the bloody abyss... We took it away from the temple thirty years ago just to better protect it and prevent the gloomy eye from appearing in this world again. We are the gatekeepers appointed by the goddess Erida, and we have been living in the gate of the abyss before that..."
Medea answered quickly and without seeming to be deceiving.
Leon looked at Midya in surprise: "So, the Dark Goddess Ereda and Aigram are enemies? Then why do those heretical supplicants who summon demons claim to be followers of the Dark Goddess?"
“It’s just throwing dirty water... Aigram is an abyss demon, and it is the enemy of all gods! Goddess Erida has always been the guardian of the abyss and the patron saint who blocks demons! But the world has forgotten her... Astalia, who claims to be righteous, even excluded Goddess Erida from the main pantheon! But even though she suffered such injustice, Goddess Erida still did not forget her mission..."
Midya gnashed her teeth and said, "If it weren't for the watchers like the goddess Erida, this world would have been occupied by the demons of the abyss long ago! Why do you think those so-called main gods never show their miracles? Because they are all deserters! Devourers are their natural enemies, and they are afraid of being devoured by spirits... These so-called main gods only hide in distant regions, watching people fend for themselves, but they enjoy people's offerings with peace of mind..."
"I don't quite believe what you say, Medea. I have seen with my own eyes how you have created a large number of Fallen, and I have also seen your flesh and blood armor with my own eyes..."
Leon didn't expect that Media would suddenly have such a deep resentment, but he didn't think that the Dark Goddess was a righteous god who was wronged - judging from the way the three prophets acted, it was obviously not very decent.
"Because our goddess has been exiled! We can only learn the magic of the abyss demons and use this method to force those so-called main gods to give in and let the goddess Erida return!"
Medea answered without hesitation, "It is for this reason that we have been working with the Sarleon Kingdom, doing dirty work for the king while also increasing our strength."
This reason does seem to be true - creating the Fallen to force other gods to release the expelled Dark Goddess. After all, according to Mediah, it was Eredar who sealed Aigram.
The Three Prophets created the Corrupted from among their followers, and their methods were indeed half-baked, and it is very likely that they were indeed self-taught.
"Then why did Aigram take the Gate of the Abyss from you?"
Leon nodded. He didn't want to get entangled in the matters between gods. He was more concerned about how to deal with Aigrim at the moment.
"It is going to summon its mate... There is more than one Grim Eye. They are the ruling class of the Abyss. You can also call them Soul Devourers. They have no physical form, so they cannot be killed... The so-called demon warriors summoned by those fools who call themselves Supplicants are actually just the lowest level of Lesser Demons in the Abyss, low-level creatures whose souls have been devoured."
Midya looked down at the heretic code in her arms. "As long as we sacrifice evil souls and clean flesh to the abyss, the gloomy eyes in the bloody prison will gain a physical body. With a physical body, they can rush out of the gate of the abyss and appear in this world. But fortunately, your people interrupted Aigrim's sacrifice ceremony..."
