Chapter 2128 Divine Grace
"Brother Joan, I was really desperate when I was captured, but I am not afraid of death. Instead, I think suicide is a good idea."
"If I fall into the hands of Trim, and he uses a spell of confusion to force me to ask the whereabouts of the spirit collar, I really can't guarantee that I can bear it! Instead of that, I might as well die. At least the dead are better than the living. Keep it a secret."
"However, at the moment when I decided to kill myself, I suddenly felt divine revelation. Lord Hull encouraged me not to give up hope of survival, and also provided me with an asylum to ensure that no one could force me to confess."
"That's all?" Joan asked inexplicably, "The goddess of the underworld has the power of death that can kill life and death. With just one thought, it shouldn't be difficult to kill Trim's party, right?"
Clark shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Brother, you overestimate the influence of gods on this world! This matter is a long story, in short, limited by the oath of the gods, the true god cannot directly intervene in the affairs of the mortal world. "
"If a god wants to achieve a certain purpose in the mortal world, there are usually only two ways, either to bring his incarnation—also known as a 'sage'—to the mortal world, and the power that a saint can use is at most At the legendary level, it may even be killed by other legendary powerhouses; or they can only act on their behalf through their own believers, and gods can project a little divine power onto their believers, which is the so-called 'divine protection'."
Joan had long suspected that Clark had converted to the "Church of Styx", and he was not surprised to hear that he personally admitted that he was the apostle of the goddess Hell today.
"Brother Clark, what is the specific effect of the grace bestowed by the goddess?" Joan asked curiously.
"Well, well...it's embarrassing to say." Clark rubbed his nose in embarrassment, "Once I am affected by enchantment-like magic or supernatural ability, I can't resist it with my own willpower, and there is a risk of losing my mind. It will automatically enter the state of 'eternal stasis', so I have been imprisoned in Winterhold all these years, and Trim has nothing to do with me, and he has never been able to force out the answers to the two questions he cares about most."
"It turns out that the 'eternal stagnation' was imposed on you by the goddess Styx..."
Joan suddenly realized that he thought it was Trim's masterpiece before.
"Brother Clark, besides the whereabouts of the 'spirit collar', what other secrets does the Lord of Winterhold want to ask from you?"
The frost giant smiled, lowered his voice and said, "Brother Joan, do you still remember where we got the 'spirit collar' from?"
"Cloud Manor, the castle of Archmage Vavrunil."
"That's right! That old villain Trim seems to have learned something about Cloudsdale from his dead father. He even dreamed of going to Cloud Manor and becoming the owner of Cloudsdale. He learned that I once held With the 'spirit collar', I immediately guessed that I have been to Cloudsdale, so I want to find out the secrets of Cloudsdale from me."
Joan frowned, and asked inquisitively, "How did Trim know that we got the 'spirit collar' from Cloudsdale, the revelation that Kostchurch gave him?"
"That's not true!" Clark shook his head with a smile, "Brother Joan, in fact, Trim's father is the previous generation owner of the 'Spirit Collar'. When he was alive, he was a legendary frost giant Blackguard. Possibly still possessing mythical powers, when Winterhold was far more powerful under his rule than it is now."
"However, that ambitious old guy, he just wanted to live a good life, but the ghost was obsessed, and he insisted on going to Cloud City to explore and hunt for treasure."
"Trim's father, did you get the magic beans?" Joan couldn't help asking.
Clark nodded slightly: "That's right, there are more than one magic bean. We only got a small part of it. Trim's father got another one. He successfully planted the magic bean vine leading to Cloudsdale, bringing a I climbed up the bean vine with a few personal guards and never came back. I probably died in Cloud City, otherwise the 'spirit collar' would not have appeared in the attic of Cloud City and we would have brought it back to Vales world."
"That's right." Joan said thoughtfully.
Clark's narration reminded him of the ancient book daddy once said that the "spirit collar" was the spoils he captured from killing a group of frost giants who broke into Cloud City many years ago.
Papa Ancient Book also said that the leader of the group of frost giants was a follower of the demon lord Kostchurch, a high-ranking dark guard, and the "spirit collar" was worn around his neck at that time.
This person also summoned the snow demon sleeping in the collar during the battle. With the help of the five brothers and sisters of the "activation spell", Gushu took a lot of effort to kill him and cast a spell to seal the snow demon again. Among the collars, it is stored on the seventh floor of the castle.
Comparing with Clark's narration, Joan was convinced that the frost giant Blackguard who died at the hands of the ancient book father was the father of the contemporary Lord Trim of Winterhold. No wonder Trim was so interested in the "spirit collar" because he wanted to get his father back relics.
"Brother Joan! I just heard from you that we are going to snatch Vignier's bride tonight, right? I don't think it's too early now. Let's not focus on having a good chat and delay the business! "Clark reminded.
Joan blushed slightly, and explained embarrassingly: "It's not about robbing the bride, it's about persuading Slude not to marry Vignier."
"Haha! Persuade if you can. If you can't persuade, we will forcefully take the bride away and ruin the wedding for him!" The frost giant grinned.
Qiao An didn't want to admit it, but she had the same plan in her heart.
He took out his pocket watch and saw that there was still more than half an hour before the engagement banquet tonight, so he packed up the treasures in the dragon's nest, and then cast the "Any Door" to send Clark, Tristan and Zaku together Go back to "Brother Crow"'s lair.
During Joan's departure, there was no sign of the "magic alarm" set in the ice and snow cave being triggered. The sky outside had already darkened, and the surroundings were completely silent.
Joan inspired three "mythical powers" to bless Clark, Tristan, and Zaku with "mythical disguises", dressing them up as majestic Winterhold knights, and turning himself back into the mutant snow monster "Brother Crow". appearance.
Clark combed his hairstyle against the ice... Yes, after being imprisoned in the dungeon for three years, his big bald head actually grew some fluffy hair. Joan couldn't help giving a thumbs up when he saw it. Praise the "Medical Miracle"!
"Brother Joan, after we disguise ourselves, we can walk into the banquet hall on the first floor of Winterhold to attend tonight's engagement ceremony, right?"
"That's a good idea!" Joan gave Clark a white look. "Camouflage can only ensure that we are active outside Winterhold. If we want to enter the wedding banquet hall, we need an invitation card."