When the dark night passed and the dawn sun shone on the earth, the crazy souls raging in the Jihar territory quickly dissipated without a trace like snowflakes under the scorching sun. However, without the crazy souls raging in the Jihar territory, the Can't calm down anymore.
The mad soul cannot interfere with things on the physical level, but it can erode its pain and madness to the people it touches. Just like a ghost, the mad soul also has the characteristic of being almost immune to physical attacks. That night, the soul-eating mask released An astonishing number of crazy souls caught them off guard, and there were not many mages in the Jihar territory to assist the opponent's crazy souls. Although the city defense troops fought desperately and finally managed to hold on until dawn, many people were eroded by the spirit of the crazy souls. Pushed to the point of madness. When morning came, the crazy soul finally disappeared in the sun, and the guards who had fought for most of the night had to drag their tired bodies to help the people treat and place those injured in the impact.
The number of deaths among the townspeople was not large, but most of them were corroded by the mad spirits and became mentally depressed and needed to recuperate. A few unfortunate people were corroded by multiple mad spirits and became completely crazy. Due to the shortage of manpower, the lords of the Jihar territory could not help themselves. No support was requested from neighboring territories. However, in this attack, the immigration station outside the town unexpectedly suffered very little damage. Whether it was because it was less affected by the crazy souls because it was far away from the town or for some other reason is unknown, although some witnesses claimed that that night A bright golden light was seen rising in the immigration station, but at least for the time being, no one had the time to care about it.
After all, Geralota, the young lord of the Jihar territory, is very busy now. Although he is very worried about Licia who was injured in this incident, as a lord, Geralota still suppresses the pain in his heart in the face of such a big event. Worry focuses energy on dealing with the aftermath.
"Gerlotta, are your injuries really okay?"
At around noon, Gerlota, who had taken a nap after a busy night, was woken up by his mother. Seeing his son with a tired face, the former lord's wife couldn't help but ask with concern.
"Mother~"
Gerlotta, who was lying on the desk, raised his head tiredly. When he saw the maid bringing breakfast~well~it should be lunch at this time, she just picked up the coffee and took a few sips: "Injury It’s much better now. The medicine Ms. Tomoyo gave me is better than I imagined. I almost recovered in one night.”
Geralta raised a bandaged hand. This hand had unfortunately broken its phalanges due to the attack with that strange mask. Originally, such an injury would take at least a month to fully recover, but that night Miss Tomoyo brought As Touma chased Licia who was controlled by the mask, he drank the healing potions given by Miss Tomoyo with an attitude of trust in Licia's friends. Unexpectedly, the broken phalanges were almost recovered in just one night.
Although she also took the medicine stored in the mansion, Geralota believed that the medicine given by Miss Tomoyo must have played a decisive role in her ability to recover so quickly.
The different purity of the medicine leads to different recovery speeds. Geralta also knows some knowledge about the medicine, but the purity of the medicine with such a fast recovery speed is naturally extremely high, and this high-purity medicine is used in many Nobles and people with high positions regard them as sharp weapons that can be used to save lives in critical moments. They are usually valuable but unmarketable things. But when Miss Tomoyo took it out for herself, it felt like she was taking a bottle of ordinary potion. Give yourself the same thing, and give it to several bottles at a time.
Gerlotta looked at her mother with a faint smile with a depressed face. Obviously, just as her mother had guessed, the identities of Licia and Miss Tomoyo were by no means simple, not to mention that Miss Sakagami Tomoyo showed that that night. With her inhuman skills, whether it's strength or speed, Miss Tomoyo doesn't look like an ordinary human being.
"┉Is Licia okay?"
"Don't worry, Licia's condition is much better than yours. She is recuperating. Thanks to those medicines, Licia's injuries healed faster than yours."
Gerlotta nodded: "Then I┉"
"I said Licia is fine now, so I went over to visit her. Now Licia has fallen asleep and is resting. As a lord, you should not focus too much on personal affairs at this time, and deal with the funeral first." The lord's wife could tell at a glance what was going on in her son's mind.
"Yes, mother."
Geralota could only nod helplessly at this moment.
The former lord's wife sighed and said, what should have been a happy and warm banquet turned out to be like this. Unexpectedly, the mask that was once stored in the mansion turned out to be an artifact from ancient times, and there seemed to be an ancient being living in it. The soul of the evil god, I really didn’t expect that the ancestors of the Jihar family would actually get such a terrible thing, and keep it in the mansion as an ordinary trophy for so many years.
Geralta was also thinking deeply. In fact, now that he thought about it, he introduced the mask to Touma who came to the banquet that night, and even played with it as a joke. At that time, Touma seemed to have discovered something special about the mask. , it seemed that he touched the mask with his hand┉However~and then┉
Thinking of this, Gerlota suddenly thought of something: "Where is Mr. Touma?"
After Tomoyo brought Licia back to the lord's mansion, Touma didn't seem to follow him back. Although Tomoyo repeatedly said that Touma would be fine with another companion, considering that the other party was also Licia's friend, Zero Ta really didn't want anything to happen to the other party.
"Someone has brought a letter. Touma has returned to the mansion where Licia and the others live. He is safe now."
"That's great."
Geralta nodded and chatted with her mother about how to deal with the aftermath. Although they had tried their best to mobilize all manpower, the mad soul had caused many people in the territory to go crazy. Now there is an urgent need for mages and priests who understand spiritual magic. Or a priest, and it happened that the Jihar territory had neither a Holy See nor a Holy City stationed there. The only thing that could be done at this time was to ask for help from the royal capital and the neighboring territory of Duke Maurice, although the Duke had already stated that he had dispatched manpower and Supplies are coming, but the manpower and supplies don't arrive just as soon as they are told.
In the area outside the town where mad souls had been raging, the guards who were dispatched discovered the destroyed and crystallized ground along the way, as well as dozens of corpses, which were confirmed to be the original residents of the town. It was only from their Judging from the injuries, they all seemed to have died from falling from a high altitude, and one of the corpses with broken bones looked like it had been beaten to death by a crowd, and it was definitely the mage Felician who was wanted in the royal capital. However, another cavalryman has just arrived at the area where the light pillar rose last night. Looking at the potholes on the ground that are half the size of a town and the ground that seems to be torn apart by giant claws, as a mortal, there is no doubt that there is a huge feeling in the heart. Shock and horror.
Although the leading cavalry captain was also uneasy, after receiving the order from the lord, the cavalry captain still had the courage to lead the team to the bottom of the pit. Because the slope was too high, everyone had to abandon the horses and use the cables they brought to fix them slowly. After climbing down the steep slope, everyone suddenly discovered several amazing things in the center of the pit.
There are several empty armors and weapons on the ground. These exquisite armors falling on the ground give people the feeling that the wearer of the armor seems to still be there one second, and has disintegrated from the inside the next second, and among them An armor holding two swords stood on the ground like a giant, but the black hole inside showed that there was no wearer inside the armor.
The cavalrymen looked at everything with their mouths agape.
"Captain this is it!"
"Follow my orders, no one is allowed to touch these things."
In fact, even without the knight captain's orders, no one in this weird scene had the greed to covet these exquisite armors and weapons that were made of valuable materials just by looking at them. However, what was even more shocking was that There was a huge icicle crystal in the center of the armor, and in the center of the crystal, which was as beautiful as a blue sapphire, was freezing a beautiful figure, an absolute figure who made the cavalry lose consciousness instantly when they saw his appearance, almost forgetting their duties at the moment. Meiqianying, a half-elf woman with long silver-white hair like ice and snow, is frozen in the ice crystal like an exquisite doll. The cold, dignified, and elegant cold beauty looks as if she is sleeping. The ice and snow goddess in it is like a goddess.
After a moment of confusion, the captain of the knight was the first to wake up. Although he was intoxicated by the opponent's beauty, the captain of the knight scolded his subordinates to wake up. After everyone checked the surroundings and found that there was nothing suspicious, the leader The captain immediately sent his team members back to the edge of the pit to let the people stationed above report the news.
"Sir, look! Those armors are starting to disappear!"
And at this moment, a cavalryman suddenly shouted, and the armor and weapons on the ground began to turn into little bits of golden light like gravel, slowly suspended in the air. In a moment, several armors completely dissipated, and all the light The dots gathered together as if alive and poured into the only armor still standing on the earth. When all the light poured into the armor, the originally dark interior began to shine brightly again, and the light substance began to gradually spread. It attaches to every corner of the armor and reactivates the entire armor.
The moment the eyes on the armored helmet relit, four pairs of glorious wings sprouted from the back of the fully activated angel.
The cavalry were so frightened that they almost stood on the spot, and some even knelt on the ground subconsciously. Facing this unknown and sacred existence, all mortals seemed to be able to do was pray.
For the eight-winged angels, the kneeling of mortals to them has no meaning, and they will not accept the sophistry and belief of mortals, because all these are dedicated to the supreme glory of the goddess Ishtar, and as the messenger of the goddess, they will not overstep own identity. The only target of the Eight-Winged Angel at this moment is the chief priest of the Ice and Snow Goddess who is frozen in ice.
Protection constituted by divine magic
It only took one glance to see what the ice crystal that froze the chief priest Serena was about. Although it was a pity, the Eight-Winged Angel knew very well that the goddess Ishtar did not seem to want a direct showdown with the Holy City at this moment.
The time has not come yet, but it is coming soon!
With this thought, the angel flapped his wings and flew into the sky.