Clear Water City, backed by the Great Lake Ibera, is currently the largest refuge city in the world.
Clearwater City, which was originally a big trading city, has now expanded a lot due to the immigration of a large number of refugees. However, due to the scarcity of building materials, the expanded parts of the city's fringe are all shanty houses similar to slums, so from the sky From a bird's-eye view, the gray fringe area, which has far exceeded the area of the main urban area, looks like spreading mold...
In the center of the main city, the building that was originally used as a clock tower has now been expanded into a small castle, and the white glow is overflowing from the highest spire of the castle, and finally forms a hemispherical shield over the city, used to Prevent the residents in the refuge city from being hurt by the black snow falling continuously in the sky.
In the minaret room, a durian-sized spherical docosahedron hangs from the ceiling, and a silver-haired girl is kneeling on the floor below the docosahedron, with her head bowed and her fingers interlocked in prayer.
Holy radiance flowed on her body, and that appearance made people think of words such as "angel" and "goddess" involuntarily.
Holy power—this was discovered two years ago, a power similar to magic power.
And after the mutation happened, the holy power was also proved to be one of the few powers that could stop Heixue's erosion.
"Ms. Xia, it's time to change shifts."
Several people wearing white cloaks came up from the stairs at the edge of the room one after another. If they were familiar with the New Church, they would find that the patterns on the white cloaks meant that they were all members of the New Church who had mastered powerful holy power. Episcopal level exists (the old church fell apart three years ago).
This is the core of the city of refuge. The holy power is diffused through the ancient magic core above the room to form a barrier to protect the city. Without this, Clear Water City would soon be reduced to those dead cities that have become purgatory on earth.
The girl is naturally Xia Xueyao who traveled with Yi Qing back then.
After the discovery of the holy power, she was quickly judged to have the talent of the holy power, which is difficult for people in this world to achieve. Usually, thirty-two bishops need to pray together in this small room to achieve the effect. She alone It can be done, even in terms of the strength of the shield alone, it is far stronger than the state of thirty-two people.
But she is still a human being after all, and it is impossible to support the shield without sleep, so changing shifts is very necessary.
"Okay." Xia Xueyao stood up from the ground, her face unavoidably showing a little tiredness, she patted the dust on her skirt and planned to leave the room.
But when she was walking towards the stairs, she stopped as if she suddenly remembered something, and asked the leader among the bishops: "By the way, Yi Qing and the others should have returned, right?"
The bishop froze, as if he didn't know how to answer the other party.
Although Xia Xueyao had always looked speechless, she was actually quite sensitive, and she realized what had happened almost instantly.
She didn't make things difficult for the other party, but turned around and ran to the stairs quickly.
"Ms. Xia... go to the mansion of His Royal Highness the Princess, where you should be able to understand what happened." The bishop finally couldn't bear the condemnation in his heart, and said to the girl.
The latter just nodded and disappeared down the corridor.
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Because the royal capital has also fallen, the royal family of the Frost Eagle Empire can only be moved to Clear Water City—even though that is the case, in fact, the only survivor of the royal family is the eldest princess.
However, Her Royal Highness did not build a luxurious building at such a difficult time for such boring reasons as the face of the royal family. She just requisitioned a villa near the city center from a wealthy businessman as her residence.
When Xia Xueyao came to the eldest princess' mansion, she found that Lin Qian was talking with the eldest princess. Both of them had a heavy and gloomy expression. It seemed that the content of the conversation was not pleasant.
"Lin Qian!" After all, they have been together for three years, and the level of acquaintance between the three of them no longer requires adding a suffix like "classmate" to their names.
Xia Xueyao asked straight to the point: "Where is Yi Qing? Didn't he lead the team with you to search for supplies today?"
Lin Qian's complexion darkened visible to the naked eye, she bit her lip tightly and couldn't say anything.
Xia Xueyao looked serious, staring at her without saying a word.
After a while, Lin Qian seemed to be trying her best, and squeezed out a sentence: "We have encountered the spirit of chaos... Yi Qing wanted to protect us..."
Although she was still unable to continue in the end, Xia Xueyao already understood what she was going to say.
The blood on the girl's face suddenly disappeared and turned pale.
She took a deep look at Lin Qian, her eyes were full of disappointment, and then ran towards the door without looking back.
"Wait a minute, Miss Xia, where are you going!"
The eldest princess of the Frost Eagle Empire couldn't help asking anxiously.
"Go and save Yi Qing."
"Please don't be so impulsive... I will immediately start preparing a rescue plan for Mr. Yi Qing. As a precious priest, for your own safety, Miss Xia should just stay in the safe Clear Water City and wait for news."
The eldest princess hurriedly tried to stop the opponent.
To be honest, the eldest princess felt that Yi Qing's chances of surviving were extremely slim.
After all, those monsters... that is, beings called Chaos Spirits cannot be killed, so when facing them, it is correct to lure them to places with more complicated terrain, and then use this to get rid of the pursuit and escape choose.
But according to Lin Qian's previous description, it is almost impossible to escape alone in the presence of dozens of Chaos Spirits—and there are still a few Phase III heads. All Yi Qing can do is try to hold them back.
And he has not returned to Clear Water City until now, which also shows this point.
No matter how powerful a warrior is, his physical strength and energy are limited, and sooner or later he will show weakness due to fatigue, and finally be killed: the fall of countless strong men in the early stage of the catastrophe has already proved this point, even if Yi Qing came from another world Warriors are no exception.
That being the case, at least Xia Xueyao, who is currently very important to Clear Water City, should be protected.
—His Royal Highness did not ignore Yi Qing's life. In fact, when Yi Qing assisted Finn and the others in ending the war between humans and demons three years ago, the girl had already secretly fallen in love with this man from another world.
But she is the royal family of the Frost Eagle Empire, and is currently the highest leader in Clear Water City.
Her words and deeds are related to the wealth and lives of more than 300,000 people in Clearwater City, and she must try not to mix personal feelings when making decisions, which is why she sometimes appears more ruthless.
"Your Highness... No, maybe you should be called Her Majesty the Empress now. You seem to have made a mistake." Xia Xueyao finally stopped, but she didn't look back, but said in a rare, cold tone: " I will stay here not because of how much you treat me, or how many people I can protect and save here, but simply because Yi Qing is here."
The other two girls in the room looked at each other silently.
"Then, when Yi Qing is not here now, I will naturally not stay here." Xia Xueyao didn't mean to worry about the other party's psychology, but continued: "For me now, the important thing is not to go to the meeting now." It's not too late, it's whether I saved him or not."
After speaking, the girl took another step.
"Wait a minute!" The eldest princess shouted loudly, her eyes became sharper: "I will never let Miss Xia go to die! Even if force is used, I will keep you here! Someone! "
As soon as the words fell, several heavily armed guards rushed in from the door.
"Your Majesty, don't you think these people can stop me?"
Xia Xueyao's tone became even colder.
Even though she is the weakest of the Yiqing trio, after nearly three years of experience, Xia Xueyao's strength can be regarded as one of the best in the world, let alone a few soldiers, even if she pulls out a Thousands of troops come to practice, and it is not certain who will win or lose.
"Of course I don't think that some ordinary people will be Miss Xia's opponents, so..." Her eyes fell on Lin Qian: "I also ask Miss Lin Qian to stop Miss Xia from leaving here... I believe you don't want to Have you seen your friends die in vain at the hands of the Chaos Spirit?"
As soon as she said this, Xia Xueyao, who seemed to be a little careless, immediately became serious. She turned around and stared at Lin Qian, and the invisible holy power also rose from her body.
It is true that Xia Xueyao is quite strong now, but in terms of combat power alone, she is still the weakest among the three of Yi Qing. Once Lin Qian got serious, it would not be easy for her to leave here.
Lin Qian's expression froze for a moment, and then she raised her palm towards Xia Xueyao.
The next moment, the soldiers behind Xia Xueyao were all sent flying by an invisible force, and fell to the ground unconscious.
"Miss Lin Qian?!" The eldest princess was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the perpetrator in astonishment.
At this time, the expression on Lin Qian's face seemed to have figured out something, and it was filled with a feeling of sudden enlightenment: "Yes, people almost forgot their original intention. Xueyao, let's go rescue Yi Qing together." !"
"Worthy of being my eternal opponent."
Xia Xueyao showed a rare smile.
"You... are you all crazy!" the eldest princess couldn't help shouting angrily.
But Xia Xueyao and Lin Qian ignored her.
At this moment, a piercing siren suddenly sounded outside.
Along with the sound of the siren, there was the heart-piercing scream of the lookout above the mansion, who was monitoring the outside situation through lookout magic.
"Watch out! Something black and cigar-shaped is coming down the mountain!"