"What? This relic can move?"
The witch asked the same question as Shade, but was only surprised for a moment before commanding her summons to punch the dark stone statue. After all, for a stone statue, piercing the chest was not a fatal injury.
Of course, the battles that the extraordinary people participated in were not simply relying on strength to attack the opponent. I don't know what kind of power the witch gave to the stone statue, but the stone statue's fist actually burst into flames.
At this time, everyone by the lake was staring at the fight in the middle of the lake in amazement. One of the two giants had flaming hands, and the other held solid ice. Although their movements seemed a little slow, the fight between the behemoths was still so shocking and incredible to normal-sized humans.
"They are followers of the evil god Stoneheart Demon!"
Luvia swung her newly acquired pendulum and suddenly said to Shade:
"As expected, their tricks were not to summon the relic, but to give the stone statue the ability to move! The followers of the Stoneheart Demon, who focus on this kind of power, may indeed be able to affect the relic. Oh, but what method can directly affect the Keeper-level relic?"
This question cannot be answered in a short time, as the two giants are fighting fiercely on the black lake covered with snow and wind. Although Miss Benannis's summons have the advantage in size and are better at fighting because of her command, it is a pity that these are magic that she has only mastered for a week, and the hardness of the relics is definitely not comparable to that of ordinary stones.
The battle between the two sides lasted for three minutes. During this period, in the camp on the shore of the lake, high-level warlocks used magic several times to repair the damaged parts of the statue of Miss Benannis, and even used an unknown magic to directly add a bone armor to the statue. However, after the rumbling battle between the two sides, the giant summoned creature summoned by the "Power of the Earth·Summoning Stone Statue" was unfortunately defeated and turned into rubble and fell into the almost completely blackened lake.
But this is not meaningless. Since it has the prefix of "Power of the Earth", the Colossus seems to have absorbed some of the black mud at the bottom of the lake during the battle, and the black mud also disappeared after the Colossus was defeated.
Although this kind of purification is extremely inefficient, it still plays some role.
"But how did Stone Oxenfurt know about this? He is connected with the cultists... Could it be that..."
He frowned slightly and said to Miss Benanis and Luvia:
"Be careful, something else may appear in a while."
Luvia was wearing the beautiful holy white unicorn hair headband, and Shade had noticed that Miss Benannis had looked at the headband several times. Considering the witch's safety, Shade temporarily lent her his unicorn amulet, which made the witch very confused.
"The scale of this incident is too large for us to handle. We can only let the church solve it."
Shade said, looking at the giant statue holding the ice spear, standing still in the snow again:
"But we definitely can't just leave like this. I'm going to go to the center of the lake and use the power of the earth and healing aura with all my strength. After that, no matter what happens, we must retreat immediately. This will delay the time for the earth's crazy spread, and the church's support should be able to arrive in time."
"I'll go with you. Although you're slightly affected by the Mad Land, it's still an impact. I maintain the Field of Plenty and can help you."
Luvia immediately said that Miss Benannis would certainly not let the two of them take risks:
"I also..."
"No, you stay by the lake and summon the stone statues to fight the rain-praying golem again. Otherwise, once we get close to the center of the lake, we will definitely be attacked by the relics."
Shade interrupted her. The witch knew that Shade's arrangement was correct, but she was worried about only the two of them entering the lake:
"Call Sirius and the others over. My followers will protect you."
"No, they don't have the power of the earth. If they follow us, they will only consume Luvia's spirit."
Xia De shook his head and refused, shaking off the snowflakes on his shoulders. When he spoke, the white smoke coming out of his mouth was blown away by the night wind like a long dragon. The temperature dropped rapidly:
"We can't delay any longer, we have to leave now."
"No, I can't let you two pass. You two only have five rings."
The blonde witch grabbed Shade's wrist, her eyes were full of determination:
"I know you're very capable, but you can't take risks casually."
Luvia stood aside without commenting. Suddenly, as if she sensed something, she turned around and looked behind her.
The earth wall that was summoned just now has disappeared. The blizzard has arrived. The starry sky and the moon are completely blocked by dark clouds. The purple eyes see through the darkness and see the person walking in the dark forest:
"Stop arguing and let him go with us."
"who?"
Shade and Miss Benannis also turned their heads and looked behind them, noticing a transparent, glowing soul walking towards them.
It's not quite accurate to say that he walked over. Every time the strange man took a step, his soul would appear more than three meters ahead. Therefore, he looked very far away at first glance, but in just five or six steps, he came to the three people in the snow and nodded slightly to them:
"Let me introduce myself, Johnson Fleming."
"One of the founders of the Stonemasons Guild."
Luvia added, looking him up and down.
"The guardian of the Randall Valley?"
Xia De raised his eyebrows, and then had a new question. He knew this name, of course. It was this gentleman who left the test, the power of the earth, the summoning of the stone statue, and the original share documents in the Stonemason Association. But his soul became a guardian when the association was first established hundreds of years ago. According to Xia De's idea, these guardians have to cast spells frequently, and their souls will be constantly consumed. Therefore, it is necessary for generations of guardians to pass on their skills to each other in order for the "guardian" group to continue to exist.
But the appearance of Johnson Fleming was obviously inconsistent with Shad's idea. His soul was not weak, but as strong as Mr. Lathers and Mr. Thomas Granger whom Shad had first met. This ancient wandering soul did not even undergo inhuman changes due to the grinding of time. He was still as rational as when he just entered death.
However, after seeing the third guardian of the Randall Valley, Shade finally discovered something unusual about them. Compared to normal undead, their power was too strong...
"I will go with you to the center of the lake. Using the healing aura with the power of both of us, we should be able to cleanse the area."
The soul glowing faintly in the snow said to Shad, and Shad noticed that the snowflakes were gradually turning black and would not touch him at all.
"Does every one of you Guardians know how to heal spiritual energy? This is your standard equipment."
Shade asked, but the latter just smiled and didn't answer.
"Then can you explain to us what is going on with you?"
So Shade asked again, and this time the soul spoke, with a worried look on its handsome face:
"Everyone has his own mission, and we have only just discovered ours. Powerful soul, I have my own enemies just like you. For my own safety, I cannot reveal our situation for now, but we are not enemies either."
"Who is your enemy?"
Shade asked again, and Johnson Fleming pointed to the center of the lake:
"Tonight was actually a trap set by my enemy, but I had to come. Soon, you will know who my enemy is. You are no stranger to that opponent. Powerful soul, if we don't act now, it will be too late. For this city, for the Randall Valley, let's set off now."
The divine ritual light of the Orthodox Church continued to restrain the colossus in the lake. At the same time, there were sporadic battles on the lakeshore. It was obvious that the church had also discovered the cultists.
The blizzard was getting stronger and stronger. Because the polluted muddy water could still be frozen at the bottom of the lake for the time being, only a small part of it seeped out, so there was very little black in the snowflakes. But if it continued for a long time, the whole of Randall Valley City would probably fall into madness tomorrow morning.
Seeing that Mr. Fleming was unwilling to speak, Shad could only go to work first. Miss Benanis stayed on the shore and summoned the colossus again at the right time. Shad, Luvia and Guardian Fleming went to the center of Lake Eldron together.
Before leaving, Miss Benanis threw a ring to Shade:
"Be careful."
The ring was one of the witch's jewelry, the sage-level relic witch's golden ring, left one, which could enhance Shade's power.
Xia De was surprised when he took the ring, then put it on his left hand.
Now the entire lake area can be regarded as a polluted area of the "Mad Land". Although the two living people and one soul have the ability to walk on the water, for safety reasons, Shad still sprinkled bone meal and summoned the dilapidated wooden boat.
Normal wood would rot in a few seconds if it came into contact with such lake water, but this wooden boat, which could even sail in real death, would certainly not be affected by this.
However, when Mr. Fleming, who was in the spirit state, saw the boat, he was extremely surprised. This spirit, who had not really left yet, probably saw something from the wooden boat. He glanced at Shade who was explaining something to Miss Benanis, and then took the initiative to step onto the wooden boat.
Although the boat had oars and a dim lantern at the bow, it actually did not need to be rowed. It carried two living people and a soul, and moved forward in the snowstorm according to Shad's idea.
At this time, Luvia had already used the power of the earth, the field of abundance. The purple-eyed girl sat at the stern, fiddling with the newly acquired obsidian pendulum, and couldn't let it go. Shad sat on the side of the bow, and Mr. Fleming stood at the bow and looked at the giant statue. The wind and snow blew towards the soul, and then directly passed through the soul.
In the dark lake, the boat sailed silently towards the center.