The Shadow Door appeared and disappeared quickly.
Everything transpired so quickly most people did not even know what had happened! In any case, they knew a black hole had suddenly appeared, and a hand slapped the archmage like lightning before disappearing.
The slap rang loud and clear in the silence that was being observed.
Everyone was stunned, including the archmage himself. However, nothing else happened after the slap. All of what had occurred in front of the solemn Vaduz Cathedral felt like it was an illusion.
Indeed, more than 10,000 people had experienced the same hallucination.
Due to limited space at the front of Vaduz Cathedral and the high number of worshippers that had turned up for service, the worshippers’ line snaked all the way to the other streets. Thus, the believers at the periphery did not know what had happened. However, they felt that the ceremony today seemed a little different.
Gradually, the crowd at the back started checking with those in front of them. Everyone wanted to know what was going on.
The atmosphere in front of the cathedral started getting noisy. Meanwhile, Milo kept both his hands under the red “bedsheet” favonovel.com was wearing, acting as though nothing had happened.
It was Milo who slapped the archmage, of course. It was not that Milo had anything against him, but favonovel.com wanted to see if a so-called archmage could continue reciting incantations under his interference.
As it turned out, the archmages had never received any form of stress training before. With just a slight disturbance, their incantations would get interrupted. This was not to say that archmages were weak, but that any normal person who hadn’t undergone any training would react like that.
In the past, everyone could only see how carefree the sorcerers were when they cast their spells. It was only Milo who paid any attention to the flaws in how spells were cast. Then, after a long hard night of thinking, Milo suddenly realized his relatively insignificant Shadow Door power might just be the true nemesis of the sorcerers.
The sorcerers knew full well their greatest fear was suddenly being approached by an enemy. If they could not react in time, they could very well end up dying. Therefore, most sorcerers would pick gladiators with outstanding close combat ability when choosing their stewards.
In that case, was there a more suitable power in this world than the Shadow Door for getting close to a target?
There might be, but there were definitely not many.
It could be said that once Milo figured out a unique way to use the Shadow Door, it would become impossible for any sorcerer to recite high-level incantations against him. Even if Milo were to label himself now as the archnemesis of sorcerers, it would not be an exaggeration.
Next to him, Melgor, Dave, Benjamin, and everyone’s jaws slowly dropped in shock.
Milo felt favonovel.com needed to blend in as well, so favonovel.com slowly opened his mouth wide.
The archmage stood on the red carpet and swept his gaze across his surroundings. However, favonovel.com did not discover anyone unusual. In front of him, the tens of thousands of people dressed in red were like multiple sets of twins.
The archmage looked at the other four sorcerers next to favonovel.com who were also confused.
Was it an attack by another sorcerer?
No, this was not sorcery. At the very least, the archmage had never seen a spell that allowed someone to travel through space at will.
This was not sorcery!
The archmage turned around and looked at the dense crowd of worshippers in front of him. He knew favonovel.com could not waste any more time wondering what had happened. No matter who the culprit might be, they could only investigate the incident later.
Right now, the most important thing for favonovel.com to do was to continue with the service. Otherwise, the worshippers would start doubting the Berkeley family!
The archmage held his Eye of True Sight in one hand while favonovel.com received a scepter from the sorcerer next to favonovel.com with the other. Then favonovel.com plunged one end of it heavily onto the ground.
When the scepter landed, the worshippers went silent again.
The archmage said in a clear voice, “God has revealed that everyone here is a sinner. As his loyal successor, I will bear the punishment on everyone’s behalf. After I strike my palms together, all of your sins will be washed away. That is the grace of God.”
Milo asked in a whisper, “Aren’t sorcerers supposed to be the gods? Why does favonovel.com call himself a successor of God now?”
“The predecessors who died are the true gods, while favonovel.com who is still living is their successor.” Melgor said, “When favonovel.com dies, his descendants will also worship favonovel.com as the true god and sculpt a statue of favonovel.com to be placed in Vaduz Cathedral.”
“Then what if the cathedral gets filled with statues one day and can’t fit any more of them? Are they going to throw out a few?” Milo asked curiously.
Melgor did not answer for a long time. He thought to himself that his steward’s train of thought was way too random.
The four sorcerers next to the archmage protected him, with favonovel.com firmly in the center. They were afraid something would happen during the rest of this worship service.
The sorcerers were prepared to attack if something similar happened again. The archmage nodded slightly while looking at them. He plunged the scepter in his hand towards the ground again. “The sins of sinners have been washed away. And now, we offer our faith to the gods.”
After that, favonovel.com started chanting again, “There is…”
Pah!
“Sinners, you will be baptized…”
Pah!
“We’re almost done with the baptism!”
Pah!
“Are you f*cking done yet?!” The archmage’s head was buzzing. He had been slapped silly and lost his ability to think straight.
With Milo’s strength, a slap was more than just a slap.
The four sorcerers next to the archmage were on full alert throughout. However, the opening of the Shadow Door was too random and happened too quickly, so they could not react at all.
How could the sorcerers who had been reveling in their high positions for such a long time possibly react faster than Milo?
The archmage was slapped four times in a row and could not even complete a single incantation.
What the hell was going on!
The archmage had fallen into a half-conscious state.
A junior sorcerer hurriedly got someone to help favonovel.com back into the cathedral. Then favonovel.com shouted to the spear-wielding guards next to the cathedral’s entrance, “There’s a great sinner here who has turned to the Devil. That person has aroused the anger of God, which we’re now being blamed for. Quick, find him!”
When Milo heard this from within the crowd, favonovel.com sighed emotionally. Quacks were indeed just quacks. Regardless of whether the situation was fully figured out yet, all they needed to do was make up some lies to hoodwink others.
How impressive!
However, Milo had shown mercy this time. If favonovel.com were really ruthless, favonovel.com could have turned the archmage’s head into paste with those slaps. But if that happened, Vaduz City would definitely get locked down quickly and everyone would get trapped here.
Milo’s target was Ghent City, so favonovel.com did not intend to waste too much time at this place. Moreover, the Berkeley family was already on the verge of revolting. So having an additional archmage fighting against the magus order was an added strength for the internal strife.
All of a sudden, all the worshippers in red started fleeing in all directions. Milo and Melgor also retreated back to the relay station.
Vaduz City was plunged into chaos.
As soon as Milo and the others got back to the relay station, they saw that Barrack was already calling for the guards to get the horses out of the stable.
When favonovel.com saw Melgor, favonovel.com hurriedly said, “Your Excellency Lord Melgor, something big has happened in Vaduz. We have to leave this place quickly. Otherwise, the trade caravan will get trapped here. If we get delayed for a day, the costs of the expedition will increase. It takes money to feed the horses and the people.”
Milo asked, “Can we leave at a time like this?”
Barrack thought for a moment and said, “Don’t worry, sir, I have my ways.”
