The western side of the territorial city.

The western area is a temple area specially planned and reserved for the construction of the city, but the territory was newly built, and only a half-finished temple stands on the huge land.

This is the temple of Ogmar, the god of knowledge, and even if it is half-completed, just looking at the size of the area and the main hall that has been completed, it is not difficult to predict how magnificent it will be when the temple is actually completed.

A group of Knights on Patrol was walking along the main paved stone road in the temple area, and each knight looked at the Temple of Knowledge under construction with a look of respect.

“…… In half a month, this temple will be completed, right? ”

"Almost. There is a big engineer from the Arabe Construction Guild who supervises the construction, and those craftsmen are very neat with their hands and feet, and I heard that the lord promised a very high salary......"

The knights whispered their discussions, turning their attention to a clearing next to the Temple of Knowledge construction site.

Overgrown with unrepaired weeds, it was completely untouched in the marshland, and a small tent stood in the center of the clearing, and through the open tent curtains, a beautiful woman could be faintly seen sitting cross-legged.

"Captain, how can there be such an unruly building in the temple area?" A young knight who had just joined the patrol was puzzled.

"This woman was there three days ago." The knight captain said in a deep voice, "Lord Antinoya has ordered not to try to expel this woman, and wait for the lord to come back and deal with it. ”

The young knight could hear the fear in the captain's words.

What happened three days ago? The young knight bowed his head and followed the team through the main road of the temple area.

The patrol had just walked away, and another group of residents had a strange whereabouts. Gathered in the ruins of a building not far from the Temple of Knowledge.

The walls of the central city of the Rock Collar have enclosed some of the ruins that already existed in the open sea swamps, and some of the remains that are still strong have been converted into residential or administrative buildings. Slave camps are a prime example of this.

However, most of the ruined buildings are still waiting to be demolished or rebuilt, so it is only natural that these buildings will become meeting places for this gang of unscrupulous people.

After nearly a quarter of an hour, more than twenty inhabitants came to the dark corners of the ruins, men and women, old and young, all of whom had a common characteristic. When standing in the dark, his face and temperament suddenly changed, revealing a dignified aura.

“…… Very good. It's all here, and no one has lost contact, which means that our whereabouts haven't been exposed. ”

Out of the darkness comes a male masked man, his mask is very strange. Engraved on it was a small bleeding sword. The tip of the sword seemed to pierce the black silk mask, and half of the sword body had disappeared, which was very realistic.

Seeing this mask, the mysterious people gathered here lowered their heads one after another.

"Excellent! Looks like you all recognize the mark of the face! The Masked Man let out a low chuckle, "You're all from the underground headquarters of the Rose Gilded Tavern, and you've been selected for such a special expedition because you've excelled in previous missions. ”

"Don't hesitate or hesitate, the Rock Collar is destined to be the enemy of the Amm Shadow Thief!"

The masked man continued to whisper coldly. "Not so long ago, one of the trump cards of the headquarters. The semi-legendary 'Flamer' was publicly executed by Waterdeep! This is a disgrace to the Shadow Thieves! ”

"The one who led to the arrest of that lord is the true ruler of this new territory!"

"Shadow thieves, we've been sneaking here for over a week, and we're waiting for good news from our headquarters, so I'm calling you for a revenge attempt!"

The masked man suddenly raised his hand and pointed to the temple of knowledge that was being built outside the ruins, and his voice was cold, "Burn this temple!" Tell Rock Collar that the Shadow Thief is here with the fire of vengeance! ”

"Revenge!"

"Revenge!"

From the dark corners came the voices of more than two dozen shadow thieves who had suppressed their responses.

"Now I'll arrange a job for you......," the mask said, "I'll divide you into three formations, the first alchemy item formation, which will be responsible for using props to ignite the temple, and the second reaper formation, which will target that group of Arabe's craftsmen, the great engineer named Garden Black Shield, and I will do it myself!" ”

"The third formation, attack the temple hall and destroy the statue that has just been erected and has not yet begun to collect the power of faith!" The masked man paused at this point, and then said in a loud voice, "The Lord of the Thieves is watching us, don't be afraid, that idol is not yet able to carry Ogma's will!" He won't manifest himself! ”

The masked man has excellent leadership skills, and within a few minutes, he has divided into three teams.

Among them, the shadow thieves who were assigned to attack the hall of the temple, regardless of their strength, were somewhat uneasy.

The statue is the heart of the temple, and in the temples of those ancient cities that have existed for hundreds of years, a statue imbued with the power of faith, almost equivalent to the embodiment of a god, and when the temple is in crisis, the light of protection will come.

However, the Rock Collar was too young, and the Temple of Knowledge was not officially completed, and these elite shadow thieves from Am's headquarters quickly controlled their uneasy emotions, and their eyes and expressions became firm.

……

"Tsk, that little one's temple looks like it's going to be in trouble."

In the small tent next to the temple construction site, a beautiful woman who had been sitting cross-legged and immobile opened a pair of ice-blue crystal eyes.

A playful smile hung on her lips, as if she was listening to the shadow thieves in the ruins, and after a moment she stood up, straightened her robe, and walked out of the tent slowly.

"Ma'am, the temple is unfinished, and no unrelated personnel are allowed to enter!"

The two knights of the Territory, standing under the steps of the temple hall, crossed their spears to seal the woman's path, and stared at her with tense faces, trying to suppress the fear in their eyes.

Three days ago, there was an incident in the Rock Territory that only the high-ranking and some of the Territory Knights knew about.

It was this woman with long ice-blue hair, ice-blue eyes, and snow-white skin who easily defeated the two guardian gods of the territory-

The heroic Berserker Salin and the heroic sorcerer Antinoya.

From then on, a small tent was added to the open space next to the Temple of Knowledge, and the female president, Yuffie, also ordered that it be made a forbidden place.

"Well, do your duty, I'm afraid that he will be unhappy if I hurt you, so I can only ask you to withdraw automatically......" The woman was obviously deliberately suppressing her strength, otherwise the aura of 'fear aura' would emanate, and the two territorial knights would collapse directly.

She stepped lightly on the first steps of the temple, and the spear that lay in front of her seemed to hit a wall of air, and retreated silently. The woman walked slowly towards the hall of the temple, and the whole person had an eternal and perfect temperament.

It wasn't until her back disappeared into the hall door that the two Territorial Knights woke up in a cold sweat.

"Lady's ......"

A territorial knight had just spoken, when several cold crossbows suddenly shot from the corner of the construction site. (To be continued.) )