Chapter 3: A Murder in the Dark Night (1)
Taji City was a commercial city built by the sea, and its level of commercial development was also top-notch on the continent, so the city gates were closed much later than ordinary cities. In general, the closing time of the city gates was about nine to ten in the evening, while the closing time of the city gate in Taji City was 12 o'clock in the evening.
When Ulysses rushed into the gate of Taji City under an acceleration spell, the big church bell rang at twelve o'clock on time. Watching the city gate behind him slowly close in the sound of the bell, Ulysses's legs gave out, and sat on the ground. The rush just now had really consumed too much of his physical strength, and in order to maintain the high speed, he continued to cast acceleration spells on him, and the magic energy in his body was also exhausted. The current Ulysses was extremely weak, probably a level two goblin could easily defeat him.
After resting on the ground for two hours, Ulysses' magic energy finally recovered, and he quickly cast a three-level healing spell to himself, "In the name of Ulysses, heal!"
A soft white light was born from Ulysses's hand and spread all over his body. Under the white light of the healing spell, Ulysses' lost physical strength gradually recovered. Seeing the white light on his body, Ulysses was relieved. Although he was not a priest, he had already practiced a few light magic skills commonly used by lower priests. This was due to his dream of becoming a priest from an early age.
For this dream, Ulysses began to practice light magic while other children were still playing mud and hide-and-seek. Fortunately, although very low, he did have a little light magic talent. After he had worked ten times harder than ordinary people, he became a level four light mage at the age of fifteen. However, there was no church in the village where Ulysses was born, so he could not receive normal priestly education. He learned his light magic from the only low-level light magic book left in the village. Therefore, he didn't know that becoming a priest was not simply based on the level of magic. A firm belief in the Supreme God and the loyalty to the Holy See was just as important as the level of magic.
Therefore, the corresponding priest examination was divided into two parts, the magic examination, and the holy scriptures examination. But Ulysses, who had never been out of the village before the age of fifteen, had no idea about this. He naively thought that as long as he learned the light magic well, he could become a respected priest. It was not until he came to the Taji City church to take the priest test with three gold coins that he had saved for ten years that he knew the existence of the holy scriptures test.
The demonstration of light magic in the magic exam was as easy as eating for Ulysses, who was already a level four light mage. It must be mentioned that ordinary low-level priests could only use level three magic. However, the creeds and history of the Holy See's laws and regulations in the examination of the priesthood made Ulysses, who had never been in contact with them, feel helpless, and had to leave sadly.
In the following three years, Ulysses worked hard to study the holy scriptures, but compared with those apprentice priests who had received more than ten years of priestly education, there was still a long way to go, and it was far from passing the exam. However, Ulysses was a person who never gave up easily. He was convinced that as long as he kept working hard, he would become a respected priest sooner or later.
After recovering his strength, Ulysses stood up from the ground. Nightlife on the streets of Taji City was usually at its peak after two in the evening, but strangely, he didn't see anyone on the street today. Looking at the usual bustling but now empty streets somehow gave Ulysses a hair-raising feeling, as if some unknown magic beast was lurking around here. But this was inside Taji City, magic beasts shouldn't appear here, right? He shook his head vigorously, put this feeling aside, and strode towards his home.