"You recite it! This is clearly the defensive spell of our Adventurers Guild, which only protects the staff of our guild." Alex retorted.
"Ah! It seems that ordinary people really cant read it. The Contract God created this rule with good intentions. Unfortunately, due to the changes of the times, the Heavenly Script, which was once a common language, is now not understood by the vast majority of mages. Not to mention a large group of ordinary adventurers who dont even recognize characters. Except for a very small number of erudite mages loyal to the God of Knowledge, there really arent many people who can read it."
When Raven spoke out the phrase, Alexs heart really skipped a few beats. Alex was betting that Raven wouldnt be able to recite this heavenly script.
Alex was bound to lose count.
Levin learned seventeen languages from the treasure house of Ogma, the god of knowledge, which naturally included the language of heaven. It wasnt just the language of heaven, but also many anecdotes about heaven that Levin knew, and he had read them when he was bored to death at first.
Even players who dont get along with Raven know that he plays games because of loneliness...
Now, Ravens persistence paid off.
The language of heaven is Ravens strong point!
A segment of obscure language that all the adventurers present could not understand began to float out of Ravens mouth, with high and low tones ethereal and illusory, having an ineffable sense of sacredness.
An old man in the temple understood this heavenly language that sounded like a hymn.
"In the world, only the scale is the most just. On one end of the scale lies the weight, on the other end lies my hard work. Oh master of the scale, I implore your arrival, polish your eyes and punish that false priest who blasphemes your name of justice!"
When Rays voice reached its final moment, almost everyone had a feeling of spiritual sublimation.
Except for one person - Alex.
His face was completely bloodless. After seeing the dazzling light emitted by the two-sided Tianjie language characters on the top of the counter, he clearly knew that this meant he was finished.
The above text is actually divided into three parts.
The shortest and simplest of these is a defensive spell that will protect any assaulted Adventurers Guild staff.
The second paragraph is generally only used by the pastors of the prophesied god, and is used to request the descent of the divine messenger of the prophesied god to judge the authenticity of objects or events.
The third paragraph is an appeal to the Contract God. Not only must one recite that passage of heavenly script, but its also best to add a reason and explanation - the more detailed, the higher the level of divine envoy sent by the Contract God.
The three parts get progressively harder. At first, Alex spent half a year learning the first part which only had eighteen syllables. Alex never thought he would stumble on the third part of the text.
Even if he didnt believe that anyone could recite the third paragraph, he never dared to be arrogant in front of any monk. As long as someone was wearing a monks robe, even if it was just an apprentice, he wouldnt dare show the slightest disrespect.
But Raven wore a hemp robe! Obviously just a poor kid who died in the stinky ditch, why would someone like that understand Heavenly Script!?
Alex cried, really cried, tears and snot suddenly gushing out of his mouth and nose. He crawled out from behind the counter like a madman, fell to the ground with a thud, and still didnt care as he kowtowed to Raven.
"I was wrong! I was wrong! I didnt know you were the venerable Master! Im willing to offer all my possessions to appease your anger! I...Im willing to sell myself as your slave! Please, please dont recite any further!"
Levin ignored Alexs plea, coldly smiling as he continued to chant the spell. In fact, when he uttered the first sentence, a protective shield had already appeared around him, which was the protection of the Contract God for him. Within the shield, he loudly chanted out Alexs crimes and transmitted all the appeal content to the Contract God.
The last syllable fell.
Two angels appeared at once.
A half-transparent, two-person-tall golden giant suddenly appeared out of thin air and stepped into the Adventurers Guild. In his left hand, he held a stack of scrolls symbolizing contracts, while in his right hand, he lightly grasped a golden scale.
Another white robe with gold trim, right hand holding a crystal ball containing multiple eyes.
The two angels were both radiating a soft divine light on their faces, and others could hardly see their facial features.
Alexs face had lost all its color, his lips were a dark blue, and he was shaking as he turned to Raven, but his eyes were full of venom: "Withdraw the lawsuit! Otherwise, youll be waiting for the endless revenge of the Marcello family!"
"Hah! Revenge?" Raven laughed.
At this moment, several big men suddenly rushed in from the outside of the gate, opening their mouths to shout: "Who is the magicians magic image outside? We were wrong! We shouldnt have teased your people. Please let the magic image spare our companions!"
Suddenly remembering his order to protect Karin, Raven shouted a few sentences in Nefarian towards the outside. Then, he saw the massive body of Jiro, with Karin on his shoulder and a giant arm dragging a man wrapped like a rice ball, with a desperate face, coming in.
A group of people found out that Raven was the real master and hurried over to kneel down and beg for mercy.
Levin didnt respond to them, instead he turned his face and smiled at Alex: "What did you just say? Is the Marcello family going to declare war on my family?"
Alex collapsed instantly.
Perhaps in the Golden City, he was still a figure. But for a small noble to contend with a family of Thaumaturges, its like an ant competing with an elephant in strength, that scene is just too beautiful.
A practitioner will gradually awaken the power of their bloodline as they age, and practitioners with thicker bloodline powers rarely fall below the Golden Rank after coming of age. A Golden Rank practitioner is a distinguished guest wherever they go among the major forces. Not to mention a practitioner family.
A clan of adepts often represents a sprawling entity spanning multiple regions.
From this point on, Alex doesnt even count as a fart.
So he fell to the ground limply.
"Who dares to appeal to the God of Contracts?" The words of the Contract God Envoy were clearly in the Heavenly Language, but they directly entered the minds of the crowd, transforming into a common language that everyone could understand.
"Respected Contract Deity, I am calling upon your just verdict." Raven stepped forward and performed an ancient divine salute. If not for his hemp clothes, his etiquette would be impeccable even in the eyes of the most fastidious ceremonial officials.
Raven then appealed directly in Common, saying that Alexis had withheld his rightful reward and accused him of blasphemy against the Contract, claiming that this three-in-one spell was a protection charm specifically biased towards Adventurers Guild employees, cutting off adventurers avenues for appeal, and lining his own pockets with it.
With a prophet of God who can predict true or false, things are much simpler.
The Contract Gods Envoy made a swift judgment, and with his golden scale held high, he read out the verdict in a loud voice: "Alexis Marcellus, you have violated the teachings of the Contract God. Your greed and shamelessness have desecrated the righteous glory of the Contract God. Now, according to your oath when you joined the faith, surrender your soul. Your soul will be scorched by the flames of the Contract God for a hundred years."
As soon as the words fell, Alexs body suddenly burst into golden flames. At first, it was just a few sparks, but in the blink of an eye, they merged into a sheet of flame that enveloped his entire person.
A scorching golden flame burst out three stories high, clearly having broken through the two-story-high ceiling of the adventurers guild hall, yet nothing was burned. The only one affected was Alex alone.
"Ahhhhh——" An uncontrollable scream of agony burst from Alexs quivering lips. His convulsing body clearly showed that he was in extreme pain.
Unfortunately, no one cast a sympathetic glance at him. Everyone watched with gleeful eyes as he gradually turned into a pile of ashes.
For Alex, his ordeal was only just beginning. Unless the Contract God fell, he would have to endure a hundred years of torment in the Contract Gods divine prison before seeing if the Contract God allowed him to return to the Underworld River.
Having dealt with Alex, the prophesied messenger departed first, vanishing into thin air in an instant. The contract messenger turned to Raven and said: "Wise one! This time we indeed failed in our supervision. You may make a request to us for compensation not exceeding three times the value of this contract."
Leiwens eyes rolled around, and many things flashed in his mind, but unfortunately, he gave up in the end and instead demanded: "I demand compensation for this loss with divine gold coins."
"Your request is reasonable, it will be fulfilled immediately." The Contract God Messenger waved his hand and the 2,000 gold coin bounty that had just been swept under the counter disappeared, only to reappear in Ravens hand as six half-illusory golden coins with a seven-colored rainbow glow.
After all this was done, the Contracted Spirit disappeared.
All the adventurers in the arena gazed at Raven with envious eyes. Everyone knew that Raven had made a huge fortune.
In the concept of divine, the exchange rate between divine gold coins and wealth gold coins commonly used throughout the continent is 1:1000. In fact, as a divine gold coin commonly used in all gods and churches, it can be said to be the hardest currency among hard currencies. What wealth gold coins can buy, divine gold coins can also buy. But what divine gold coins can buy is much more than what wealth gold coins can buy.
In many black markets, the exchange rate of divine gold coins to wealth gold coins has reached an absurd 1:2000, or even higher. Moreover, divine gold coins are convenient to carry around. With 2000 gold coins, you dont need a large box or a horse-drawn carriage to transport them; you can easily take them away.
So in large transactions, only divine gold coins are used.
The bounty for the text originally could only get around 2,000 gold coins, now it has increased by more than six times.
Of course, no one dared to utter a word against Ravens actions.
This is the richest and most peaceful Golden City on the entire continent, and it was also the newbie zone in the game back then. Its not that there arent any legendary powerhouses or even Sanctuary powerhouses stationed here, but these powerhouses generally wont come out unless something happens, so Ravens White Silver Assassin could already walk around freely here.
No matter how Raven explains, others will only take him as a white silver stage mage who has just awakened his bloodline, and no one will take him as a small black iron stage wanderer.
Peoples eyes have only awe.