The second expansion of the current evergreen forest is due to Jenkins closing the world tree seeds, and its scope has completely exceeded the valley where the winery was originally located. Without the dangerous pass of the valley to guard, the church can only set up checkpoints on the only way to the forest. Therefore, before entering the forest, the group stopped and underwent identity checks one by one.
Even in the suburbs, the gray fog, black clouds, and ashes with residual heat are no different from those in the city, and even looking up, you can see the belly of the giant metal whale slowly disappearing under the clouds.
The smell in the air is no different from that in downtown Nolan. This is also the normal state of the world now. No matter where you go, you can't avoid such a doomsday scene.
There was no mistake in the identity check, but the Knights of the Undead could not continue to send the group forward. The unique environment of the Evergreen Forest was very unfriendly to the undead. Fortunately, it is not far from the entrance of the forest, and the church has already arranged for ordinary horses. Next, after less than ten minutes' journey, you will probably be able to reach the forest.
Re-boarding the carriage, seeing Chocolate yawned, Jenkins put it on his lap, and asked Alexia with a smile:
"Would you like to sleep for a while?"
He put the chocolate on his right leg, then patted his left leg:
"I can lend you a pillow here."
Alexia chuckled and patted him:
"I don't need to rest, this book is very interesting."
The book in her hand was not written in Common, not even any human language, nor Elvish:
"What's this?"
He only saw the opened page, drawing a very complicated circular ritual matrix with a pencil:
"Is this the book you wrote?"
"Of course not, this is a question Little Fini asked me, and I'm trying to find a way to help her answer it."
"what is the problem?"
"You actually gave Fei Ni the ability to learn and understand, including the ability of [My God is here]. Do you really think that a teenage girl who has just learned about occultism can understand these things?"
The ability of [My God is Here] can only be known by one person. Once it is passed on to others, the original knower will automatically forget the content of the learning ceremony. For example, Miss Lark Hathaway sold this ability to Jenkins. After that, Hathaway didn't remember any details of the ceremony at all. But Jenkins probably because of the particularity of his soul, the information sent by him will not be forgotten by himself.
And Alexia also knew about this ancient spirit descending ability from Jenkins, so she could help Finnie answer her doubts.
"I remember you mentioned that [My God is Here], [Energy Body], and [Angel Halo] are combined to form a complete ancient séance ceremony."
Alexia asked casually.
"Yes, among them I clearly know the two abilities [My God is Here] and [Angel Halo]."
The former was bought from Hathaway last fall with the moonlight sword. He had just heard about the chain ability at that time, and he was very envious of this powerful ability, so he was obsessed with exchanging numbered items. The latter is one of the fifteen ceremonies given to Jenkins by Miss Magic after giving [Heart of the Ocean] to Miss Magic a few months ago.
"Then what about [Energy Shell]?"
Alexia asked again.
"I just know the name of this, but it doesn't have to be three abilities to form a chain, as long as the effect of the chain is achieved. Even without the long-lost ancient partial ability of [Energy Body], as long as the energy is really realized The body can be temporarily used by the gods, and chains can also be achieved."
Jenkins explained casually.
In the contemporary era, there are actually many ways to realize the short-term energy transformation of the body. Not long ago, during the welcome ceremony of the Pseudo-God Sect, some people appeared from the rain. Even Jenkins can allow himself to exist in the form of a pure spirit of life, which is the privilege of World Tree, but he won't do it.
Relatively speaking, compared to the rather idealistic ability like [My God is Here] and the extremely demanding ability like [Angel Halo], [Energy Shell] is the easiest to achieve by other means.
"Thinking about it this way, Fenny seems to fully meet the conditions for using this chain. After all, as long as Louise is by her side, [Angel Halo] is equivalent to her talent."
Alexia joked, and Jenkins immediately explained:
"That's what I said, but how could I use Fei Ni's body to act?"
He laughed:
"I don't want to be laughed at by chocolate and you for hundreds of years."
"The next time you mention us and your cat at the same time, please put us first... But have you considered whether, using this method of séance, you can temporarily free your soul from the strange place, that is, from the tower?"
Hearing what Alexia said, Jenkins sat up straight. He really hadn't thought of this idea, but it was indeed feasible. After all, the gods communicated by the god descending ceremony are located far farther away than the space fragments like the strange world. Since the gods can be summoned from such a "far" place, it is of course feasible to summon Jenkins from the strange world.
The nine-story pagoda is full of crises, and even if Jenkins' soul is only allowed to leave temporarily, it must be of great help to him.
"No, it still won't work. The divine descent ceremony not only requires the cooperation of mortals, but also the power of the gods themselves. I only have a drop of divinity, and I have to deal with the difference engine at the end, or be forced to use it on the road to protect myself. I can't waste it on helping I left the tower for a while."
Thinking of this, she leaned back in frustration. Alexia also understood this, so she didn't mention this thought again. But she has a new way of thinking, after all, little Fei Ni is quite special.
The conversation with Alexia continued, but it turned into talking about the trivial matters of life, and even talked about the wedding next summer. Only then did Jenkins know that Alexia actually had guests who wanted to send invitations, Those were friends she'd known before, and she wasn't a complete loner, as Jenkins thought.
"Speaking of which, how long has it been since we boarded the carriage again? Haven't we reached the Evergreen Forest yet?"
He suddenly asked suspiciously, and then took out the women's pocket watch to check the time.
Seeing that Jenkins was still wearing his pocket watch, Alexia smiled slightly. This was lent to Jenkins by Alexia during the 31st cycle event last year, when the two split up outside the winery before the evergreen forest appeared in the last 31st. Later, she was anxious to take the carriage to Loen City, so she didn't ask for the pocket watch back, and Jenkins kept it with her.
Although they didn't have the close relationship they have now, Alexia now firmly regards this as a token of love between the two.
"Oh, maybe something went wrong."
He gestured to Alexia to look at the dial, where the three hands were spinning wildly. This does not mean that the clock is broken. Jenkins knew that the internal structure was fine with a knock, and that there was a force affecting it.
"Guessing that the difference will make something happen, I thought it was sending a mechanical army to attack the forest, but I didn't expect it to be such a small trick."
He muttered, patting Chocolate's little head to wake it up, it's not time to sleep.
"The difference machine probably knows that it's just a mechanical army, and it can't help the church."
Alexia pushed open the car window beside her, and the two looked out together. Outside is a vast plain with almost no light shrouded in black clouds, which is consistent with where it should be now. He just poked his head out and looked towards the front of the carriage, but he could no longer see the shadow of the forest.
There were no other convoys that were supposed to be traveling together, shouted loudly, and the driver outside the car did not respond. So Jenkins hugged the chocolate and tried to jump out of the car window with Alexia to see the situation.
But as soon as he landed, before he had time to roll back and forth to relieve his strength, he bumped into Alexia, and the two of them and the cat rolled into a ball in the carriage amidst the "screams" of chocolate.
It was still the same carriage as before, the marks left by the chocolate grinding claws and Alexia's book were still exactly the same.
"It seems that the scope of action is limited... I will try again."
Throwing down the chocolate, Jenkins got up and pushed open the carriage door on the side, then jumped down again. When it landed, if it hadn't been pulled by Alexia, it would have almost hit the cat who was ignorant of the current situation.
But even so, Chocolate was still frowning, and he kept shrinking into the corner. It took a while to be comforted by Jenkins before he stopped his body twitching due to fear.
"Oh~"
Alexia made this sound.
The ambient aura was, as expected, black, but that didn't help the situation in any way. The first thing to figure out is what is the reason for returning immediately after leaving the car. To figure this out can at least break the stage set by the difference machine.
"It may be time or space. If it is time, we were stopped immediately after leaving the carriage, and then moved back into the carriage... Just pretend I didn't say it, this possibility is unlikely, and I can basically Immunity stops. Then there is the space, the surrounding space has changed."
Jenkins said that the blue magic in Alexia's hand had turned, and the sky blue light was brighter than the light of the kerosene lamp in the carriage, so that the faces of Jenkins and Alexia were illuminated alternately.
"But the question is, what does it want to do? Trapping us in the carriage is definitely not the ultimate goal. Maybe there is a problem with the direction the carriage is going."
Alexia said, so Jenkins thought of another method:
"I'll project it out and give it a try."
As he said that, he closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he actually appeared in his closet:
"Space blockade is actually invalid for projection?"
He himself didn't believe that it was so simple, so he checked around to make sure that he really appeared in his home at this moment, and was not deceived by some illusion.