Chapter 694

The more ancient the city is, the easier it is to produce aristocrats and the more solidified the class is.

The eagle's nest city has existed for thousands of years, just like those ancient families in the "game of power", which have long been high and can hardly be replaced by new nobles.

From top to bottom, layer after layer, nobles of different levels occupy different sites, different blocks and different positions. Therefore, eagle nest city is also divided into different regions, and the components of each region are complex.

It's not that the Duke lives together and the Marquis lives together. In fact, there are only a few Dukes in Eagle's nest City, and they still have no real power. The hereditary Duke families with real power are all outside eagle's nest city. The Duke's leadership and even the principality have their own army, temples and bishops they support or take refuge in——

The solidification of the class in Eagle's nest city not only represents the solidification of the title, but also the church power has gradually corresponded with the title for thousands of years.

The Archbishop's status is equal to the eagle emperor, the legendary Bishop's status is equal to the Duke, and the ordinary Bishop's status is equal to the marquis.

The older a country is, the more it attaches importance to tradition and established rules. This is the so-called "immutable law of ancestors", especially when the ancestors are still alive.

So some Dukes support the bishop, and some Dukes take refuge in the bishop.

The legendary bishops who are most qualified to compete for the next Archbishop are basically not in Eagle's nest City, but in charge of a principality, or a secondary parish composed of several Marquis leaders and earls. Behind them are the Archduke, Duke, or a large group of marques and earls.

Basically, it doesn't mean all.

Unlike dukes, bishops who are promoted to legend but have no expatriates tend to be more capable and have higher status.

These legendary bishops who stay in Eagle's nest city are often more deeply rooted, more powerful, higher status and greater power.

Such legendary bishops are often very old.

Some are not even younger than the Pope, 80 or 90 years old, or hundreds of years old.

These people are not eligible to compete for the throne of archbishop. There are age limits.

There are only three young legendary bishops on the surface, but the Church of light is such a giant, just like an iceberg floating alone in the snow ice field. Only a small part is exposed, and most of them are hidden below the water surface. Ordinary people are not qualified to know, even the bottom or even the middle layer of the temple of light.

It's hard to know who will compete from the top of the temple of light. After all, the existence of this level basically stays in the temple of light. Gao Wen doesn't dare to break in and will die.

Ordinary nobles do not know the specific situation.

But those great nobles with high status must know, and probably know better than the high-level of the temple.

The high-level of the temple is often promoted step by step according to their own ability. The details accumulated in decades are certainly not comparable to those great nobles who have existed for hundreds and thousands of years.

It is obviously much easier to deal with the great nobility than the high-level of the temple.

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Everywhere, mages are born aristocrats.

Legendary mages have the same status as Duke and Prince. Great mages are equal to Marquis and earl, and high-level mages are equal to viscount and Baron. This is also a rule, which is common all over the world.

In places like eagle's nest City, of course, aristocrats are relatively dense. Ordinary mages have little status. There are lords and knights everywhere, but there are also barons and viscount. High-level mages with their status can not be seen everywhere.

Eagle's nest city is the territory of the light church. Naturally, it will not separate an area for mages. All mages are concentrated somewhere in the noble area. Several mage towers with more than seven floors stand in it, but they are shorter than the nearby arena. The mage who presides over the mage tower is not a legend, but a great mage.

There is only one legendary mage in Eagle's nest City, not here, but in the palace.

The mages of the holy Giant Eagle empire are mainly concentrated in the Magic Kingdom. Not many mages are willing to come to eagle nest city.

Everyone knows that the mage here has only one purpose, that is, to take refuge in a noble, serve as a consultant or staff, and obtain the support of the noble, money or magic materials in this form.

In the law of wealth partners, mages are a money consuming profession. A baron or viscount may not be able to support a high-level mage. Not every mage will make money. Most mages are actually very poor. It is not shameful to take refuge in nobles. These mages are often richer than those in the Magic Kingdom.

Gawain, disguised as a high-level mage, came to this area and stayed in a special mage hotel.

He's waiting.

Here is like a talent market. Mages are job seekers. Since there are job seekers, there are recruiters.

The nobles will not appear in person, but those loyal slaves have long been here to contact every mage who comes here. Not only mages need nobles, but also mages. The combat effectiveness and knowledge of mages are scarce resources.

Although the nobles supported the priests of the temple and made friends with them, at least it could only be a cooperative relationship on the surface. If they wanted to take care of the house, they had to rely on the mage.

In Eagle's nest City, mages are like those academic bullies with excellent grades in all subjects. They don't worry about finding their owners.

The only thing they need to consider is which club to choose.

For the next three days, Gawain kept meeting people.

There are not many high-level mages willing to come to Eagle's nest city. After all, even in the Magic Kingdom, high-level mages can get a large territory and become mage Lords. They have a lot of resources. Those who are willing to come to Eagle's nest city are either incompetent losers or those who make mistakes and are driven out——

For example, do some taboo experiments, or study some taboo spells, such as channeling.

The nobles don't care.

Although eagle's nest city is the territory of the Church of light, there are places where light can't shine. The more light, the stronger darkness.

Few of the tangled nobles are clean. The hearts of most nobles are darker and dirtier than those of necromancers and warlocks. Naturally, they don't care about the offending mages. As long as they have the ability, they dare to use them.

Not many mages live in the hotel.

Gawain is the only high-level mage.

In the seller's market, Gawain naturally has full choice.

He's not in a hurry to sell himself.

Thought stealing is one of the priest's most important spells. Gawain kept prying into people's memory and soon got a general understanding of the situation of the whole eagle's nest city.

Through the comparison and integration of a large amount of information, Gawain knows all the legendary bishops participating in the competition and the supporters of these legendary bishops. Although not all, it is not specific enough, but it is enough.

It doesn't matter.

Most importantly, Gawain accidentally saw a shadow.

A dark shadow hidden under the light.

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Where there is light, there is darkness.

Stalkers are everywhere, and inferior thieves are naturally more common. The eagle's nest city also has underground areas, which are equally dirty. These darkness that are not exposed to the light is actually a resistance to the light, indicating that the Light Church does not fully control the whole eagle's nest city.

That's a good thing.

This shows that the city can still be saved.

Gawain never thought that divine belief was the salvation of mankind, but the blasphemy of freedom and soul.

The pure belief in the holy light comes from the heart and comes from the purest truth, goodness and beauty, but the belief in the gods is a kind of imprisonment for the soul and thought. In Gawain's view, those thieves and robbers are more lovely than the gods.

What thieves steal is finance. Robbers may kill and take lives, but what gods steal and take is soul and eternal freedom.

It's nothing.

Darkness is everywhere. The God of light has fallen into the God of darkness, not to mention these.

But the problem is that the darkness is not a stalker, nor a thief, nor even an almost impossible warlock or necromancer.

It's the priest.

A shadow priest who serves the God of darkness.

That's interesting.

The temple of light may not kill all those thieves and robbers, because only darkness and dirt can set off their light. Without darkness, how can there be light?

Of course, more importantly, there is darkness when there is light. Thieves and robbers can never be eliminated. The temple of light has no leisure. It is more important to develop believers, penetrate and control nobles, and collect money. Gods don't want money, but the God Church still wants money.

But the temple of light will never let go of the priest of the God of darkness.

The God of darkness is the mortal enemy of the God of light, and the dark Shepherd is also the mortal enemy of the Church of light.

Is there a dark shepherd hiding in places like eagle nest city?

And not found out by the light demigod?

How did he do it?

What is his purpose?

Those who come here to recruit mages are not only the spokesmen of the nobility, but also people from the Imperial Palace, representing the giant eagle emperor.

Gawain saw the shadow priest from the memory of a royal guard.

That's more interesting.

"Giant eagle Emperor... What do you want to do?"

Gawain no longer hesitated.

No matter how deep-rooted noble, it is impossible to be stronger than the royal family. If you want to choose a backer, of course, the royal family is the most reliable. Moreover, Gawain actually doesn't care much about the archbishop or even the temple of light.

He is more interested in the dark shepherd.

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The palace is very big.

A high-level mage was not qualified to be summoned by the emperor. Under the leadership of the Royal Guard, Gaowen came to a separate area, which was the residence of the court mage group and a college.

A school of magic.

The college is not big. All mages hold temporary posts in the college and serve as college teachers.

Students include royal family members and, of course, aristocrats. Mages do not necessarily teach magic, but also other knowledge. After all, every mage is a scholar, and mages are the best teachers.

Gawain was also assigned a position.

Gawain didn't refuse. After all, this is also an opportunity.

As a teacher, you can get along with students for a long time, and these students have a high status and are exposed to many secrets. Of course, in Gao Wen's eyes, they are no longer secrets.

Within a week, Gawain became the most secretive person in the eagle's nest city and even the whole holy Giant Eagle empire.

He knows exactly how many illegitimate children the giant eagle emperor has, how old these illegitimate children are, who they are, and how many illegitimate children there are.

More importantly, the dark shadow became clearer and clearer in his eyes.

There are not many people in the palace who know the existence of the dark shepherd. The former royal guard is obviously a confidant of the giant eagle emperor. Otherwise, it is impossible to recruit mages, let alone contact the dark shepherd, and there must be few people like him.

Even those students of royal descent do not know the existence of the dark shepherd, but someone always knows.

One week, Gawain found the trace of the dark shepherd from the memory of seven people, and then combined with the memory of the seven people, he quickly pieced together more comprehensive information.

There is not only one dark shepherd, but a group.

These dark shepherds hide in the light. Each of them is a priest in the temple of light, and some even have a high status.

They should have some very precious props that can help them hide the shadow. Of course, what really works is the holy light.

The holy light and shadow are not specific gods, but power, so they can be used by anyone. As long as the shadow is hidden and wrapped with the holy light, it can not be found unless the more powerful existence is deliberately checked.

No one knows how many dark shepherds there are, and no one knows the specific identity of these dark shepherds. Perhaps there are high-ranking bishops, or even

Legendary bishop?

Maybe.

If you want to know the specific situation, you can only see it in person.

It's not easy, but it's not difficult for Gawain. After all, he's not just a priest and mage now.

He's also a stalker, master stalker.

It's not easy for master stalker to sneak and track.

Following the dark shadow, Gawain began to layout.

He first controlled a royal guard who had seen the dark shepherd, and then began to gradually infiltrate and contact the high-ranking and more likely to have seen the dark shepherd in the Imperial Palace, such as some ministers, such as some royal members, a prince, a prince and a princess.

Then by peeping into their memory, by controlling them, we can get close to the dark shepherds.

It's not easy, but it's not difficult.

Gao Wen, whose IQ has improved a lot, has become the person who knows the most secrets in the whole eagle nest city. It is not difficult to design an imperfect scheme that will not be found.

On this day, Gawain sneaked into a princess's boudoir.

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Meanwhile, the noble District of eagle's nest City, Duke Jeffrey's house.

The Duke, who has always lived in seclusion, came to the study as usual on this day, dismissed everyone and closed the door.

This is his habit. He reads in his study alone after dinner, which remains unchanged for 30 years.

The whole eagle's nest city knows that although Duke Jeffrey is only a mage apprentice, he is more knowledgeable than a mage. He is the favorite reader in the whole eagle's nest city. If his qualification is not limited and his spiritual strength is too weak, maybe he is already a mage or a legendary mage.

Duke Jeffrey took out a Rune Stone and activated it.

The two bookshelves opened automatically, revealing a wall.

Suddenly, the space changed like a wave, and the wall disappeared and replaced by a door.

The magic door opened quietly, and the Duke walked down a spiral ladder to the deepest underground.